NO WATER SUPPLY TO HYDERABAD ON 1st & 2nd MARCH 2016

Due to the preventive maintenance work being taken up in Krishna Drinking Water Supply Project Ph-I a shutdown is being taken for 30 hours from 6.00AM on 01.03.2016 i.e Tuesday to 12.00 noon on 02.03.2016 Wednesday by the HMWSSB, there will be no water supply to the following areas on Tuesday and Wednesday i.e., 1st & 2nd March 2016:

1)Azampura,
2)Sultanshahi,
3)Mogulpura,
4)Darulshifa,
5)Falaknuma,
6) Bahadurpura,
7) Jahanuma,
8)Charminar,
9) Pathergatti,
10)Misrigunj,
11) Ansari Road,
12) Vattepally,
13)Engine Bowli,
14) Ashqmahal,
15)Mahboob mansion,
16) Santhoshnagar,
17)Vinay nagar,
18)Saidabad,
19) Chanchalguda,
20) Asmangad,
21) Moosarambagh,
22) Malakpet,
23) Aliabad,
24) Maisaram,
25)Gowlipura,
26) Talabkatta,
27) Madannapet,
28) Yakutpura,
29) Boggulkunta,
30) Afzalgunj,
part of
31)Jiyaguda,
32)Adikmet,
33) Ramanthapur,
34) Golnaka,
35) DD Colony,
36)Nallakunta,
37) Vidyanagar,
38) Musheerabad,
39) Azamabad,
40) Narayanguda,
41) Bolakhpur,
42) Baghlingampally,
43) Vaishalinagar and part of 44)Dilsukhnagar.

The RWS schemes of Nalgonda, Nasarlapally, Godakondla, Ibrahimpatnam and Gungal.

HMWSSB request the consumers to use water conservatively and avoid inconvenience.

Rail way budget -NEW TRAINS, LINES

* Plan to electrify 2,000 km track in 2017

* Track laying to be at 13km/day in FY18, 19km/day in Financial  Year2019

* North-South dedicated freight corridors in Delhi-Chennai

* Plan Kharagpur-Vijaywada freight corridor

* Plan Mumbai-Kharagpur freight corridor

* Decongestion on Jalandhar-Jammu line going on

* To put 3 freight corridor projects on high priority

* Mizoram, Manipur to come under broad gauge network soon

* To launch long distance fully unreserved Antyodaya trains

* To have more unreserved passenger coaches

* Proposed dedicated freight corridor for east-west, east coast

* Proposed dedicated freight corridors for north-south

* Overnight double-decker trains named 'Uday trains'

* Overnight double-decker trains for better access on busy line

* 2 elevated suburban networks to be set up in Mumbai

* To start 2 elevated train corridors in Mumbai

* To run Aastha Circuit Trains to connect key pilgrim centres

* Resolved all issues with Kolkata's east-west corridor

* Elevated corridors between Churchgate-Virar, CST-Panvel

* To partner with Delhi govt for ring rail system in Delhi

* To revive ring railway system in Delhi

* 2 dedicated freight corridor to be commissioned by 2019

LIGO-India mega science project

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ‘in principle’ approval to the LIGO-India mega science proposal for research on gravitational waves. The proposal, known as LIGO-India project (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory in India) is piloted by Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology (DST).
The LIGO-India project will establish a state-of-the-art gravitational wave observatory in India in collaboration with the LIGO Laboratory in the U.S. run by Caltech and MIT.  LIGO-India will also bring considerable opportunities in cutting edge technology for the Indian industry which will be engaged in the construction of eight kilometre long beam tube at ultra-high vacuum on a levelled terrain.  The project will motivate Indian students and young scientists to explore newer frontiers of knowledge, and will add further impetus to scientific research in the country. 

e-tolling system in 360 Toll Plazas

 The Minister of Union Minister for Shipping, Highways and Road Transport Mr.Nitin Gadkari announced that e-Tolling system on all the 360 toll plazas in the country will be operational by April this year.

The Minister said a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will be formed to implement this project. Shri Gadkari said the introduction of e-tolling will reduce waiting time at toll plazas and save cost and fuel.

The Minister also said that his Ministry is now focusing on Hybrid Annuity and Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) models for development of road projects. “Road projects worth Rs 380,000 crore that were stalled have been revived and Rs 100,000 crore contract order has been issued in the North East region” Shri Gadkari added.

The Minister said that India’s national road highway length has been raised to 152,000 km from 96,000 km and is expected to cross the 200,000 km milestone by April-May. In Maharashtra, the road length has been raised to 22,000 km from 7,000km,

plan to create 30 water ports on this stretch and overall 500 water ports across the country,

Under DDUGY 253 Villages to Get Electricity

As per the Narendra Modi's promise to electrify villages, the project has been taken on mission mode and strategy for electrification consists of squeezing the implementation schedule to 12 months and also dividing village electrification process in 12 Stage  under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY),253 villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 8th to 14^th February 2016) Out of these electrified villages, 111 villages belong to Odisha.  81 villages in Assam,   40 in Jharkhand, 13 to Rajasthan, 4 in Bihar, 3 in Madhya Pradesh  and 1 in Uttar Pradesh. The progress of ongoing electrification process can be tracked on http://garv.gov.in/dashboard

Government plan to raise reservations from 33 percent to 50 percent

Government to bring amendment to raise to 50 % reservation for women in panchayats from existing 33% in coming Budget Session.

The government today said that it will pushamendments for increasing to 50 per cent the reservation for women in Panchayats from 33 percent in the coming Budget session of Parliament. Speaking at a National Workshop here on 'Implementation of PESA Act: Issues and way forward', Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Shri Birender Singh said though some States had provided 50 per cent reservation to women in Panchayats, but through the Constitutional Amendment, it will be implemented in the whole country. He also expressed hope that all Political Parties will extend support in the passage of the amendment. The Minister also informed that it will also bring about changes in law to reserve the ward for women for two terms of five year each from the existing single term so that they can undertake developmental activities in a continued fashion. 

Shri Singh said on the basis of the report of the Bhuria Committee submitted in 1995, PESA was enacted in 1996 to extend Part IX of the Constitution with certain modifications and exceptions to Fifth Schedule areas in 108 districts in 10 States. The Minister also made a strong pitch for the faster implementation of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) PESA Act by states for the uplift of tribals, saying that they cannot wait any longer for development as they had already waited for 65 years. He said that effective implementation of PESA will enhance people’s participation in decision making at local level as tribal population will feel more comfortable to raise their issues and concerns in smaller Gram Sabhas at village level rather than at Gram Panchayat level. 

Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj Nihal Chand said that PESA will have a positive impact in preventing and checking extremism and resentment among tribal population if implemented effectively. He also thanked the NDA government for organizing such a workshop on PESA after 20 years in force to assess the effectiveness of the Act and to chart new course of action. 

Shri Nihal Chand said that financial assistance under the 14th Finance Commission award is also available to the Fifth Schedule Areas for supporting and strengthening the delivery of basic services. 

Panchayati Raj and Tribal Development ministers from 10 states are attending the workshop. 

Agenda for the discussions in the two-day workshop include framing of PESA Model Rules; compliance of the provisions of the State Panchayati Raj Acts and Subject Laws with provisions of the PESA Act; empowerment of Gram Sabha; strategies for capacity building; infrastructure and staff in Gram Panchayats and effective utilisation of grant of Fourteenth Finance Commission awards etc.