PM Modi gets emotional as India starts administering vaccines against Covid-19
GN Bureau | January 16, 2021
India on Saturday began the massive vaccination drive against Covid-19, as prime minister Narendra Modi paid tributes the ‘corona warriors’.
“Such a vaccination drive at such a massive scale was never conducted in history. There are over 100 countries having less than 3 crore population and India is administering vaccination to 3 crore people in the first phase itself. In the second phase, we’ve to take this number to 30 crores,” Modi said as he flagged off the first phase of the pan-India rollout of Covid-19 vaccination drive at 10.30 am via video conferencing.
(Illustration: Ashish Asthana)
The Maharashtra government has announced a spending of Rs 2,500 crore annually to develop infrastructure of state-owned distribution company Mahavitaran (MSEDCL).
Out of the total amount, Rs 1,500 crore will be spent on energisation of conventional agriculture pumps and Rs 1,000 crore will go towards strengthening the infrastructure of industrial and urban areas. Additionally the government will implement the new agriculture and renewable energy policies in which solar-based agriculture pumps will be installed and solar power would be made available to farmers during day time.
Addressing a review meeting of the Mahavitaran officials in Mumbai, energy minister Nitin Raut said the funds would be spent for infrastructure development including erection of new substations, installation and distribution of transformers and construction of HT and LT Lines.
TV not in the business of news, but of polarization: Vir Sanghvi adgully.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from adgully.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.