Work of Rudraksh convention centre in progress
Varanasi: As construction of many big projects, including Rudraksh the international convention centre constructed with Japanese cooperation are set to be over by March 31, the district administration has stepped up preparations for their likely inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April.
District magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said, “A meeting of all departments under which development projects are being rolled out has been convened on Wednesday to know the actual number of projects ending by March 31. Detailed proposals of new projects especially of tourism department will also be sought during the meeting.”
Sharma said this is being done keeping in mind possible inauguration of completed projects during the next visit of PM to his parliamentary constituency.
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BALLIA: The police in Uttar Pradesh s Ballia recovered 3,000 bottles of liquor worth Rs 18 lakh during a raid at a closed cold storage facility owned by a Samajwadi Party leader and arrested a bootlegger, officials said on Wednesday. The liquor was to be sent to Bihar, the police said.
Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and the Special Operations Group (SOG) raided SP leader Manju Singh s cold storage, which is closed, in Gangapur locality of Maniyar town, superintendent of police Vipin Tada said.
A total of 3,000 bottles of Arunachal Pradesh-made liquor worth Rs 18 lakh were recovered during the raid. Liquor smuggler Sangam Yadav was arrested from the spot, he said.
LUCKNOW: In 2018, 45-year-old Sushila was selling eggs to support her family of 11. On a whim, she approached a person in her colony in Prayagraj to help her purchase an e-rickshaw. Three years down the line, the grandmother of two can be seen at the Prayagraj railway station during the early morning hours, ferrying passengers across the city and saying that she has never felt more liberated.
Sushila is one of 80 women who have been empowered across the three cities of Prayagraj, Varanasi and Lucknow to break into what has traditionally been a male dominated field: driving e-rickshaws. Helping them into the profession is a startup, SMV Green Solutions, which started the project with three main agendas empowerment of women; promotion of green transport, and providing safe public transport for women.
Varanasi: President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Varanasi on Saturday and offered prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath temple and then witnessed the mesmerizing Ganga Aarti at the Dashashwamedh Ghat in the evening.
The President on a three-day east UP tour with his wife Savita Kovind and daughter Swati, was earlier welcomed by Governor Anandiben Patel and chief minister Yogi Adityanath on landing at the LBSI Airport in the afternoon.
From airport, the President went to Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) by helicopter for staying at its guest house.
Later, the President entered the Kashi Vishwanath Dham (corridor) area through Chhattadwar to enter Kashi Vishwanath temple complex through Rani Bhawani entry point.
VARANASI: In a path-breaking accomplishment, Dr. Rajesh Kumar Upadhyay of the department of chemical engineering and technology and his team at IIT (BHU) have developed a membrane reformer prototype for producing ultra-pure hydrogen from methanol.
The team said it is the first such prototype in India and there are no such commercial units worldwide.
The prototype isolated 99.999% pure hydrogen from a mere 15 ml/minute methanol to 13 litre/minute and succeeded in producing 1 KW of power on integration with a hydrogen fuel cell, Dr Upadhyay said.
The Union government has recently launched the National Hydrogen Energy Mission to promote production of hydrogen from green energy resources.