The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to inaugurate Delhi Dehradun corridor.
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The PM will also launch several other projects along with the corridor, which will reduce the distance between the two cities from 248 km to 180 km.
The primary purpose of the corridor is to decongest North East Delhi.
The corridor will improve the Mandola Vihar Yojana of the Government of Uttar Pradesh and also the Growth potential of Tronica city.
PM Modi will set the foundation stone for the Delhi Dehradun corridor, which will be built at Rs 8,300 crores.
The project is to be executed in Engineering, Procurement and Construction mode, where the government pays the private developer for constructing roads. And the toll revenue accrues to the government.
The highway is divided into four sections, and Section 1 is to be developed as 6 lanes.
Also, it is divided into two packages where package 1 falls in the Delhi portion, and Package 2 falls in the Uttar Pradesh portion.
The Exercise Ekuverin is a joint military exercise held between India and Maldives. It is held between the armies of India and Maldives.
Ekuverin means Friends in Dhivehi language. It is an Indo Aryan language. It is spoken in India, Lakshadweep and Maldives.
The Exercise is being conducted between India and Maldives since 2008.
In 2019, the exercise was held in Pune, Maharashtra and in 2018, it was held in Maldives.
The exercise focused on enhancing inter operability between the armed forces of India and Maldives.
It also included counter insurgency and counter terrorism operations.
The joint exercise in 2021, also conducted Sports and cultural activities to enhance the bilateral and DEFENCE relations.