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Rs 27,655 CR INVESTMENT FOR RAIL

CONNECTIVITY OF NORTH EAST

evelopment of
DNorth Eastern
region has always
been the top priority
of the Government.
The Government
invested Rs 27,655
crore on Railway projects between 2014 and
B.R.O. CONSTRUCTS 2019 while investment of Rs 10,610 crore was

BRIDGE IN 20 DAYS made between 2009 and 2014. Now, the entire
North East is connected with the Railway network
ringing relief to about 15,000 except Sikkim which will also be connected by
Bpeople of 20 villages from December 2022. n
Jauljibi to Munsiyari in Pithoragarh
district of Uttarakhand, Border Roads USE OF PLASTIC IN J&K ROADS
Organisation (BRO) has achieved UNDER PMGSY
a feat of constructing a 180-feet
bailey bridge in the sector in less onnectivity in Union territories of Jammu
than three weeks despite frequent Cand Kashmir and Ladakh is not only being
landslides and heavy rains. The augmented but plastic waste is being utilised to
50-metre long concrete bridge was construct roads in the
washed away on July 27, 2020 due Leh district. To connect
to cloudburst, flooding nallas and unconnected habitations,
rivers. There were many casualties under Pradhan Mantri
also due to landslides and the road Gram Sadak Yojana,
communication was also broken. (PMGSY), 1,858 roads
The BRO mobilised its resources to of 11,517 km length and 84 bridges have been
construct the bridge in 20 days. n completed in J&K while in Ladakh, 96 roads of 699
km length and 2 bridges have been completed till
July 2020. n

SUCCESSFUL CIVIL SERVICES CANDIDATES HONOURED

he Government’s resolute effort for “promotion
Tand progress” of meritorious youth from minority
communities has resulted in selection of 22 youth from
poor, weaker, deprived sections of minority communities
in the prestigious civil services with the assistance of
free coaching under “Nai Udaan” scheme, being run by the
Ministry of Minority Affairs. Union Minister for Minority
Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that there is no dearth of
talent in minority communities. n

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