BJP ON E-WAY TO 2024!

z PM Modi sounds poll bugle in Rajasthan as he unveils Ist leg of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Dausa

Aishwary Pradhan, Sikha Sharma & Laxmikant Sharma z The expressway will benefit the Sariska, Keoladeo and Ranthambore National Park, stresses PM Modi

Dausa: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a 246-km section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Dausa on Sunday. PM pressed a remote button to mark foundation laying and inauguration of a total 4 projects, including the 1st phase of Delhi-Mumbai E-way, worth over ` 18,000 crore. “Investment on infrastructure attracts more investment. Cong govt was afraid of building roads in border areas of India,” he said.

PROVISION OF `10L CRORE FOR INFRA IN RAJASTHAN: MODI

PM Modi said in this budget, his govt has made a provision of `10 lakh crore for infrastructure. He said, a huge benefit of this investment is going to be given to Raj, its villages, poor and middle class families. When govt invests on the NH, railway, port, airport.

GADKARI: WILL TRY TO MAKE OUR NHs AT PAR WITH U.S.

whom he de scribed as the “icon of olden times”. The remarks triggered protests from the opposition parties, who de manded that he be sacked.

4 BJP leaders, former SC judge among 6 new Guvs President

Droupadi Murmu appoints 6 new Governors, reshuffles 7 others

First India Bureau

New Delhi: The government on Sunday appointed 6 new faces as governors, including retired Supreme Court judge S Abdul Nazeer, who was part of the historic 2019 Ayodhya verdict, and four BJP lead- ers, besides carrying out a rejig of the gubernatorial posts in the 7 States.

President Droupadi Murmu has accepted the resignations of Bhagat Singh Koshyari and RK Mathur as the governor of Maha and the lieutenant governor of Ladakh respectively.

THE NEW GOVERNORS ARE...

ARUNACHAL Lt General Kaiwalya T Parnaik

SIKKIM Lakshman Prasad Acharya

HIMACHAL Shiv Pratap Shukla

ASSAM Gulab Chand Kataria

ANDHRA Justice (Retd) S Abdul Nazeer z LADAKH: Brig Dr BD Mishra (Retd) z MAHARASHTRA: Ramesh Bias z CHHATTISGARH: Biswa

Bhusan Harichandan z MANIPUR: Sushri

Rajasthan is already known for its tourism sector and the attraction will increase further with the new infrastructure project. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said the government is making every effort to take the road infrastructure of the country to a level at par with America by the end of 2024. “We will try to make India’s highways at par with America’s.

JHARKHAND CP Radha Krishnan

Anusuiya Uikye z NAGALAND: La Ganesan z MEGHALAYA: Phagu Chauhan z BIHAR: Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar

PM MODI IN RAJ

PM Narendra Modi, Nitin Gadkari, GS Shekhawat, Kailash Choudhary, Arun Singh, Vasundhara Raje, Satish Poonia, Rajendra Rathore, Dr Kirodi Lal Meena and others greet people during inauguration of the Delhi–Dausa–Lalsot section of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, in Dausa on Sunday. —PHOTO BY

SANTOSH SHARMA

CM Gehlot urges PM Modi to declare ERCP as a nat’l project

Construction of the 54,000 km of roads in the State in four years, 46,000 km in progress: CM Gehlot

Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday reiterated his stand to declare the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) as a national project. Gehlot said that availability of drinking water and water for irrigation in 13 districts of Rajasthan is very important.

Gehlot was addressing the ceremony of inauguration of DelhiMumbai E-way & work of 4 NHs. He skipped the event and addressed the gathering through VC from the CMR. Gehlot termed connecting the DelhiMumbai expressway with Jaipur as useful. He said that along with the construction of new roads in the state, strengthening works are being done by the state govt.

Governor Kalraj Mishra and CM Ashok Gehlot met PM Narendra Modi before his departure at the Jaipur airport on Sunday.

Earlier, CM Gehlot paid a courtesy visit to PM Modi at airport and he informed about situation in State. As a courtesy, PM Modi also warmly met CM Gehlot and inquired about his wellbeing. It was speculated that CM Gehlot would not meet PM Modi but after meeting on Sunday, all such speculations ended.