PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Department of Community Development is sponsoring a public hearing and input session at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, as part of the preparation of its 2022 Annual.
Mizoram Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai on Tuesday said that the state government has accorded the highest priority to achieving self-sufficiency, especially in food grains. Addressing the assembly on the first day of the budget session, Pillai said that Mizoram has seen steady progress in the implementation of centrally sponsored schemes and the states flagship programme - Socio-Economic Development Policy (SEDP). He said that oil palm cultivation area has increased to 26,531 hectare, a rise of 2.34 per cent, by the end of 2020. The governor said that under the Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region, a Central Sector Scheme, Mizoram has covered 13,000 hectare of land involving 14,104 farmers.
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Flooding in and around the Square in Barnstaple. Picture: Simon Ellery
- Credit: Simon Ellery
Barnstaple has been moved to the top of the priority list for flood prevention schemes in Devon in response to the ‘worst flood event’ in the last decade last summer.
The torrential rain on August 17, 2020, left parts of the town under as much as 3ft of water reported in places, while traffic came to a standstill as floodwater made the town impassable.
People from basement flats were rescued by fire crews, with several having been made temporarily homeless by the flooding, with more than 100 properties, including the town’s Queens Theatre having been damaged.
The Annual Activity Plan 2021 of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the electricity sector regulator was unveiled today. A total of 111 projects based on service quality and consumer rights protection in the power industry, water service industry and petroleum industry are to be implemented this year. Projects related to the electricity industry have been formulated under four main objectives suCh as improve productivity and convenience for electricity consumers, supplying electricity at affordable prices to the consumer and maintaining a sustainable financial position for licensees, improve the safety of every living being and properties of the general public, licensees and operators, improve environmental conditions for humans, animals and plants. Four special projects will be implemented this year to expedite the resolution of electricity consumer complaints and disputes.