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• Which of the following will become a smart city in
Uttarakhand ?
1. Dehradun
2. Haridwar
3. Garhwal
4. Rishikesh
CEO for smart city project is Dilip Jawalkar For air connectivity, Uttarakhand has got the sanctions for international Airport for Dehradun and Pant Nagar Delhi-Dehradun National Highway is almost ready to start.
Secondly, the Delhi-Saharanpur-Shamli Expressway has been approved. The government has approved railway connectivity till Badrinath.
Commonwealth Games 2018 : Madhya Pradesh 22 medals (9 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze), Haryana was head and shoulders above the rest with Maharashtra second best with 8
medals (5 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze) and Tamil Nadu third with 11 medals (4 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze).
Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand made no medal contributions.
Manish Rawat – Athletics (Chamoli) Vandana Katarya – Hockey (Haridwar)
Top 10 police Stations of India list released by the Ministry of home affairs
1. R.S.Puram PS, Coimbatore
2. Panjagutta, Hyderabad
3. Gudamba, Lucknow
4. Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri
5. K4 PS, Anna Nagar, Chennai
6. Banbhoolpara, Nainital
7. Ghiror, Mainpuri
8. Rishikesh, Dehradun
9. Valapattanam, Kannur
10. Kirti Nagar, Delhi
Project Signing: Government of India and World Bank Sign $120 million Agreement to Improve Access to Water Supply in Uttarakhand About 45 percent of households in peri-urban
areas in Uttarakhand are connected with piped water but receive only one to two hours of
supply each day From 2001 to 2011, the state’s urban population grew by nearly 42 percent, which is substantially higher than the national average of 32 percent.
The Center has sanctioned Rs 1,500 crore for three years to promote organic farming in Uttarakhand.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of developing Uttarakhand as an organic state which he spelt out during his visit to Kedarnath in 2017
The Centre also cleared a proposal worth Rs 2,600 crore for the cooperative sector in the state. Of which, Rs 200 crore is meant for the reorganization of sugar mills.
Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel : ‘Chardham Mahamarg Pariyojana’
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister gave its approval to the construction of Bi-Directional Silkyara Bend – Barkot Tunnel
The project will fall along NH-134 (old NH-94) in the state of Uttarakhand and built under Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Mode.
The tunnel will provide all-weather connectivity to Yamunotri (one of the dham on Chardham Yatra) and encourage regional socio-economic development, trade and tourism within the country.
The project aims at the construction of 4.531 Km long two-lane Bi Directional
tunnel (along with 328m approach road) with escape passage on Dharasu –Yamunotri in the State of Uttarakhand.
Reduce distance: The tunnel will reduce the travel distance from Dharasu to Yamunotri by about 20 km and travel time by about an hour. The total distance between Dharasu and Yamunotri Temple is 76 kms
Sushri Uma Bharti, launched the Bagori Ganga Gram project, New Swajal Project at Bagori
And Gangotri Iconic Place at Dunda village in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand.
Besides creating cleanliness, providing basic amenities to the people of Ganga bank villages, these projects would also generate employment.
ODF village Bagori is one of the 24 pilot Ganga Villages picked up to be transformed into Ganga Grams this year.
Swajal is a community owned drinking water program for sustained drinking water supply.
Uma Bharti also visited village Sadag, where Swajal scheme is successfully running since 1996.
The Union Minister also launched Gangotri as Swachh Iconic Places.
ONGC with its CSR fund will help in taking Gangotri to a higher level of swachhta
Uttarakhand BJP leader and Tharali MLA Maganlal Shah passed away He was 55.
Shah was suffering from a lung infection first-time legislator.
He was elected MLA from Tharali in the 2017 Uttarakhand Assembly elections.
International Yoga festival held in Rishikesh Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on March 1 inaugurated the week-long 29th annual, world famous International Yoga Festival (IYF) in Rishikesh’s Parmarth Niketan.
The Festival was officially inaugurated by Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu on 3rd March e-Way Bill system for Intra-State movement of goods was implemented from 20th April 2018 in the following States/ Union Territory:-
(i) Bihar
(ii) Haryana
(iii) Jharkhand
(iv) Madhya Pradesh
(v) Uttarakhand
(vi) Tripura
value more than Rs. 50,000
Shri R K Singh laid down the foundation stone of the 60 MW Naitwar Mori Hydro Electric Project in Uttarkashi.
The project on Tons river, a tributary of the Yamuna to give 265.5 Million Units of renewable energy to grid and cut CO2 emissions by 0.21 Million Tons annually project was allocated to SJVN Ltd by the Government of Uttarakhand. SJVN Ltd is a Mini Ratna PSU under administrative
control of the Ministry of Power, Govt. of India.
The ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) has selected eight different levels of panchayats of Uttarakhand for Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar 2018 which
were given out on National Gram Panchayati Raj Diwas by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
24 April- Maximum panchayats of Uttar Pradesh, 36, were incentive through awards followed by Maharashtra (18) and Madhya Pradesh (16).
In the Uttarakhand district panchayat category, Pauri Garhwal, has bagged the award and in the intermediate panchayat awards category, Jakhnidhar in Tehri district and Joshimath in Chamoli have won the award.
In the best village panchayats category, four villages of Uttarakhand have made it to the list. Two each from Uttarkashi and Dehradun districts — Chinwa and Saransh from Moori block of Uttarkashi and Pawala Soda of Raipur block and Nebi village of Kalsi block in Dehradun — have been selected.
Udham Singh Nagar’s Nandpur village has clinched the prestigious Nanaji Deskhmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar 2018 which is given to just one village from each state of India.
Ashu Satvika Goyal received Bharat Vikas Ratan Award for outstanding achievement as a social activist. The award was presented to recipients by the Global Society for Health and
Educational Growth.
Goyal is the co-founder of Rang-Himalaya festival held annually in Dehradun since 2013 to celebrate diversity and earth fellowship.
She works as an educational coordinator and event organizer in Nanhi Dunya an NGO working in the field of children and women welfare.
Madhya Pradesh bags the most film friendly state award, while Uttarakhand gets special mention under the same category.
65th National Film Awards
The state of Uttarakhand is given a Special Mention Certificate to recognize the efforts made by the State of Uttarakhand towards creating a film-friendly environment.
In March 2018, Uttarakhand organised the fifth edition of its three-day Spring Bird Festival at Jhilmil Jheel Conservation Reserve and Thano Reserve Forest areas.
Around 1,000 bird lovers participated in the event, which was supported by the Union environment ministry, the state’s Pollution Control Board, Eco-tourism Department
and several wildlife NGOs.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat launched a biography based on chronicles of his early struggle and lesser known aspects of his life. Titled ‘Trivendra Ek Zindaginama – Khairasain ka Sooraj’, the book is written by a doctor named Nandan Singh Bisht
Uttarakhand madrassas to teach Sanskrit. The lower committee of Uttarakhand Madrassa Education Board (UMEB) has given its nod to a proposal seeking inclusion of Sanskrit and Computer Science as optional subjects in madrassas all over the state from the next
academic session.
At present, madrassas in the state offer Maths, Science, Ayush and Social Science as optional subjects. With an aim to involve people and expert in development works and
government schemes, the government intends to conduct “Devbhoomi Dialogue” conclave each month.
Each conclave with focus on different topic and would be held in different area. Experts of the topic concerned and locals would be invited to interact with the CM to provide their feedback and suggestions.
The dialogue will aim to involve youngsters who are role models in their respective areas, social entrepreneurs and other experts. The initiative has been inspired by Apka Budget Aapki Rai campaign of the state government, in which the CM himself interacted with people hailing from different sectors of the society to take their views, which could be included in the budget.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated 2nd mega food park in Uttarakhand at Mahuakhera Ganj in Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar. Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
The over 50-acre Himalayan Mega Food Park Private Ltd has been set up at a cost of Rs 99.96 crore and will benefit around 25,000 farmers in this and neighboring districts.
The first Mega Food Park in the state, located at Haridwar, has already become operational.
Pressure on Government To shift capital to Gairsain, a town in Chamoli district In Tehri, a project from the sea-plane has been approved.
The Tehri district administration had even conducted a hydrographic survey of Tehri Lake for the Aero sport activity. seaplane that can carry 12 tourists in one go will be a
major attraction.
The plan includes ferrying tourists from Dehradun to Tehri on a seaplane at Rs 5,000 per head
Champawat.
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