16.07.21

CHIAL pays Rs 3.56cr dividend to Hry for 2020-21

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A dividend of Rs 3.56 crore has been disbursed byChandigarh International Airport Limited(CHIAL) to the Haryana government for 2020-2021.

Haryana government has a 24.5% stake in the joint venture formed by the Authority of India (AAI) and the governments of Haryana and Punjab.
Aviation sector has been hit badly by the pandemic, domestic and international flights have been banned. Even after resumption of domestic flights, restrictions were there on the number of passengers.

An official said Chandigarh International Airport sailed through these tough times, earned profit and paid dividend to its stakeholders. The airport has handled 13.70 lakh domestic passenger movements in 2020-21 and 23.23 lakh domestic passengers in 2019-20.

Wetlands authority asks UT to discuss sewage issue with Punjab

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UT administratorVP Singh Badnorehas taken a serious view of untreated sewage flowing from Kansal inPunjabinto the forest areas behindSukhna Lake, which is getting contaminated.

Despite repeated reminders from the Chandigarh administration, the governments of neighbouring Punjab andHaryanahave failed to stop sewage flowing from their territories into the forest areas. The critical issue pertains to sewage flowing from Nayagaon and Kansal villages of Punjab and Saketri and Madadevpur villages of Haryana, and damaging and Fauna. To deal with the dirty water of Kansal and Nayagoan, the administration had recently chalked out a proposal to construct a new sewage treatment plant atKishangarh.

In February last year, the UT administration had taken up the matter with the Punjab and Haryana governments during a meeting of theapex committee for coordination of Tricity, besides a letter was also sent to both the states in 2019.

Shimla’s Govt Dental College 7th in survey

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Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College, Shimla, has figured at the seventh position in the most-economical colleges category in the country as per the survey conducted by a magazine. Principal Ashu Gupta congratulated the students and teachers for the achievement and informed that the college was ranked 27th overall. The parameters for assessment included quality intake and Governance, academic performance, and Atmosphere, Leadership and Personality and placements.

Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (DBT) of Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, organised several academic events during the pandemic. Apart from the first batch of MSc bio-technology programme, which began last year, a new postgraduate programme, MSc Microbiology, will begin this year. The department, in collaboration with HIMCOSTE, imparted training to two batches of undergraduate science students under the DBT Skill Vigyan Programme.

Concrete cover in Dehradun increased by 600% between 1995 and 2015: Study

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There has been a 600% increase in Urbanisation increase in concrete cover — in Doon between 1995 and 2015. As a result, the city has lost over 18% of its seasonal streams, which have now converted into ephemeral (rain-dependent) seasonal streams. It has also led to a 1% decrease in permanent water cover of the city.

This, in turn, has increased the risk of flooding during the monsoon season and led to greater water scarcity during summer months. These revelations are part of the City Water Balance Plan (CWBP) study, conducted by USAID along with the Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence (CURE) to analyse water use inDehradun, and how to optimise groundwater use and recharge. The study was presented to the government earlier this month and, in fact, was conducted in collaboration with it. Researchers claimed that this study is one of its kind to be done in India.

Adding to the water woes of the city is the fact that water loss due to transmission through water supply pipes is 30%, much higher than the usual 15-20%.

Establishing direct interaction with athletes from the state set to represent the country in the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath praised them for their struggle, determination and sustained efforts and also urged every citizen to bolster their enthusiasm.Uttar Pradesh has a representation of a total of 10 players for the Tokyo Olympics, namely Priyanka Goswami, Annu Rani, Seema Punia, Shivpal Singh, Satish Kumar, Vandana Kataria, Saurabh Chaudhary, Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Lalit Upadhyay and Arvind Singh.

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Earlier, the UP government had announced that all athletes from the state who win a gold medal at Tokyo Olympics would be rewarded with Rs 6 crore, every silver medalist with Rs 4 crore and bronze medal winners with Rs 2 crore. For team events, each winning player will be rewarded with Rs 3 crore for gold medal, while silver and bronze medalists will be rewarded with Rs 2 and Rs 1 crore each respectively. Besides all UP athletes participating in the Olympics will be rewarded with Rs 10 lakh each, independent of their performance at the games.

NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd, a 100 Per cent subsidiary of NTPC, has received the go-ahead from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to set up a 4750 MW renewable energy park at Rann of Kutch in Khavada, Gujarat. This will be Indias largest solar park to be built by the largest power producer of the country.

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NTPC Ltd (NTPC REL), has been given the go-ahead by MNRE on 12th July 2021 under Mode 8 (Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Power Park) of Solar Park Scheme. NTPC REL has plans to generate green hydrogen on a commercial scale from this park.

As a part of its green energy portfolio augmentation, NTPC Ltd, Indias largest energy integrated company aims to build 60 GW Renewable Energy Capacity by 2032. Currently, the state owned power major has an installed capacity of 66 GW across 70 power projects with an additional 18 GW under construction.Recently, NTPC has also commissioned Indias largest Floating Solar of 10 MW (ac) on the reservoir of Simhadri Thermal Power Plant, Andhra Pradesh. An additional 15 MW (ac) would be commissioned by August 2021.

Further, a 100 MW Floating Solar Project on the reservoir of Ramagundam Thermal Power Plant, Telangana is in the advanced stage of implementation.

Bihar health dept sets up 3-tier committee to update Covid toll

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Shortly after the Patna high courts flak over inconsistencies in the Covid-19 related death toll, the Bihar Health department has set up a three-tier committee to compile, verify and update the details of Covid-19 deaths in the second wave of the pandemic.

The state-level committee, comprising administrative officer of the state health societies and the additional director, health department, has been asked by the department to scrutinise the claims of deaths recommended by the district magistrates (DMs) based on reports submitted by the committees set up at medical colleges and hospitals and the district levels.

Chhattisgarh government to launch twinning of government-private schools

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Chhattisgarhgovernment will introduce the concept of twinning of government and private schools, under which nearby two schools of each sector will be combined to mobilize each others Resources for TEACHING and organising Learning activities, soon. The concept will be initiated for classes 1 to VIII once schools reopens in Chhattisgarh.

Under this, both the schools should identify the resources, which can be used by both the schools. For example, laboratory, library, Sports field, subject-specialist teacher, sports teacher etc.

TheDistrict Mission Coordinatorsof the program have been directed to approach all the government and private schools for this. Chhattisgarh consists of around 6,000 private schools and 45000 government schools.

The concept of twinning of schools is launched under government of India’s new Education policy. Under which collaboration may also be done between government to government schools.

MP: Cine association seeks tax waiver for cinema halls

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The Central CircuitCine Associationon Wednesday demanded a complete waiver of property tax for 2021-22 and a rebate of fixed charges in electricity bills for cinema halls inMadhya Pradesh.

TheGujaratgovernment has waived property tax of cinema halls completely and also given rebates of fixed charges in electricity bills which means they have to pay only as per the actual meter reading,” the association’s director O PGoyalsaid.

Crocodiles Relocated From Panchmuli Lake – Gujarat

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In closing two days, 194 crocodiles have been relocated from Panchmuli lake near Statue of Unity in Narmada district, Gujarat.

Highlights:

Crocodiles have been relocated for the security of tourists do boat rides in the Panchmuli lake.
This lake is situated near the 182-metre-tall statue of in Kevadia.
Lake has grown to be a fundamental vacationer attraction. It had a giant number of crocodiles which used to be a threat to visitors.

Background:

In between October & March 2019-20, 143 crocodiles had been relocated. In 2020-21, 51 crocodiles were shifted to two rescue centres in Gandhinagar and Godhra. In 2019-20, seventy-three rescued crocodiles were released into Sardar Sarovar reservoir.

About Panchmuli lake

This lake is also recognised as Dyke-3 of Sardar Sarovar Dam. It was developed for travellers travelling to the Statue of Unity. Lake is located about 5 km away from the Statue of Unity. It presents a clear view of the Vindhyachal mountain range and Sardar Sarovar Dam.