The charging stations would be set up under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric (FAME II) scheme of the Centre
Each station will have 15 kwh DC-001 chargers and one 100 kw dual charge gun, making 66 charging points in the state capital, according to an official of the Ministry of Heavy Industries.
Manipur the mini powerhouse of Sports of the nation has so far produced 19 Olympians, three of whom won medals in the worlds biggest sporting event. The achievers include iconic boxer MC Mary Kom ( bronze, London, 2012) and weightlifting star Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (silver) and hockey playerSanglakpam Nilaknata Sharma(bronze) in the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics, 2020.
Construction of the park will be started soon ahead the enforcement of election Code Of Conduct as the next assembly polls is due early next year.
Union tribal welfare minister ArunMundahas reviewed the ongoing projects and schemes undertaken for the development of indigenous community of Tripura especially for Autonomous District Council areas during his two-day state visit, state tribal welfare minister Mevar Kr Jamatia said.
Munda had presided over a major review meeting on the progress in implementation of various schemes, including projects like Van Dhan Vikash Karyakram. The matters of forest rights act and tribal sub-plan were also discussed in the meeting and the progress of Tripura had impressed him, he claimed.
While emphasising on sanctioning the pending projects of the state, Jamatia requested Munda to ensure the introduction of 125th constitutional (Amendment) Bill regarding Empowerment of Tripura ADC and formation of theTripura Territorial Councilin the upcomingParliamentsession slated to start from July 19, which has been pending for a long time.
Underlining Indian governments focus on northeastern part of the country, Indian Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said Prime Minister Narendra Modis new model of Governance through Seva, Sushasan and GaribKalyan (Service to people, and Welfare of Poor) has ushered in tremendous development in the north-eastern region, making it an attractive destination for investors.
Pre-2014, there was no development in the North-East and investors used to stay away from it as there were no roads, RAILWAY Network or connectivity by air. Today the region is connected like any other in the country. It has made tremendous progress in the nine years of Prime Minister Narendra Modis governance and foreign countries are eager to engage with us, said Chandrasekhar, while addressing a meeting organised by the JanjatiMorcha initiative at Chakma Ghat Community Hall of Khowai district in Tripura.
The Indian government has spent more than Rs 3.84 lakh crore for the development of Infrastructure in the North Eastern (NE) states since 2014-15. A total of 55 non-exempted Central ministries and various departments have spent at least 10 percent of their Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) for the overall development of the region including Assam.
An amount of Rs 3,84,426 lakh crore has been spent on several Infrastructure Development projects to improve road connectivity, air connectivity, railways network, waterways, telecom, and power, reported Financial Express.
The news report said as of December 2022, a total of 4,121 km of road projects have been completed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in the region in the last seven years, while several projects of length 7,545 km amounting to Rs 1,05,518 crore are presently underway. The major ongoing road projects in the NE region are the 62.9 km long four-laning of Dimapur-Kohima Road in Nagaland, 167 km long four-laning of Nagaon bypass to Holongi in Arunachal Pradesh, 152 km long alternate two-lane highway from Bagrakote to Pakyong (NH-717A) in Sikkim, 351 km long two-laning of AizawlTuipang NH-54 in Mizoram, 20 km long four-laning of ImphalMoreh section of NH-39, and 75.4 km of two-laning in Manipur.
Weather conditionsare set to turn favourable in the northeast for the monsoon to set in. The three-month pre-monsoon season did not experience much rainfall this year.
In the northeast, the normal date of the arrival of the rainy season is June 5. After the rains hit the Kerala coast, within a couple of days, the rains may arrive in the northeast. We are keeping a close watch on the movement of the clouds, said a senior official of theIndia Meteorological Department(IMD).
In 2020, the rainfall during the season was normal over Assam and Tripura and it was largely excess (71% more than normal) and over the rest of the region it was deficit.
Union minister of state for chemicals and fertilisers and new and ,Bhagwanth Khubaon Thursday visited Nongstoin inMeghalaya’s West Khasi Hills district to assess the status of Centre’s schemes in the state.
Highlighting the PM KUSUM rooftop solar scheme, Khuba informed that more subsidies are available to the northeastern states. “All schemes pertaining to the NE region are always given priority, more subsidies are provided to benefit the people. I urge the District Administration to avail of the benefits of the MNRE schemes,” Khuba said. The minister also held a meeting with the locals and headmen who apprised him about the challenges they face.
A 3-member delegation ofPress Council of India(PCI) visitingTripurahas advised the to appoint a nodal officer to deal with media-related issues.
According to reports, all the media organisations here have expressed serious concern and sought action from PCI over the growing attack on journalists and media outlets. As many as 22 journalists in Tripura have been assaulted in the last six months.
For a state that has given the Indian national team more than 50 footballers and provided a steady supply line to the national squad sinceKiren Khongsaibecame the first to don the Indian jersey in 1989, it has been a long wait to host and see the Blue Tigers in an international match.
While it will be a feather in the cap of the 35,000-capacityKhuman Lampark Stadiumwhich has regularly hosted I-League matches as well as the local leagues and been one of the venues for the group stages of the Durand Cup this year, the jewel will be in the crown of the N Biren Singh government whose saffron glow has been marred by recent incidents of social unrest and protests in the state’s hill districts.
A month after setting sail on the Ganga from Patna, the MV Lal Bahadur Shastri carrying 200 metric tonnes of food grains for the (Fci), docked at Guwahatis Pandu port on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra on March 6. The occasion is believed to have taken inland water transport, on two of Indias largest river systems, to the future.
Around Independence, Assams per capita income was the highest in the country primarily because of access for its tea, timber, coal and oil industries to seaports on the Bay of Bengal via the Brahmaputra and the Barak River (southern Assam) systems. Ferry Services continued sporadically after 1947 but stopped after the 1965 war with Pakistan, as Bangladesh used to be East Pakistan then.
India has invested 80% of 305.84 crore to improve the navigability of the two stretches of the IBP (Indo-Bangladesh Protocol) routes Sirajganj-Daikhowa and Ashuganj-Zakiganj in Bangladesh.
The seven-year dredging project on these two stretches till 2026 is expected to yield seamless Navigation to the north-eastern region.
The Government has also undertaken the Jal Marg Vikas project with an Investment of 4,600-crore to augment the capacity of NW1 for sustainable movement of vessels weighing up to 2,000 tonnes.
Highlighting the success of the government inTripura, Assam CM Himanta BiswaSarma sought votes for the saffron brigade in the upcoming assembly while addressing Jana Viswas Yatra on a chariot at Killa in Gomati district.
Sarma claimed that Tripuras progress is much ahead of other northeastern states, including Assam and there is no chance of the return of CPM. He said, In five years, the scale of development in Tripura is incomparable with other states despite two-year-long hindrance created by Covid-19.
Manik Saha da has become a reference point for us I have given only 4% DA to Assam employees but he has given 12% at a time and 20% in five years. Agartala airport has become bigger than Guwahati airport with all modern facilities. The monthly social pensionsroseto Rs 2,000 to a large number of beneficiaries and the list of development in Tripura is too long, Sarma claimed.