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FOR ‘SINKING’ JOSHIMATH RESIDENTS
Uttarakhand approves compensation
Financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh to people who were running shops
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Dehradun (PTI): The Uttarakhand Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to a policy for compensation and permanent rehabilitation of the affected families and people in land subsidence-hit Joshimath.
It approved a onetime financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh to people who were running shops or business- es in rented accommodations rendered unsafe by the disaster.
The approval to the proposed policy was given at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Chief Secretary S S Sandhu told reporters.
Dismantle work is underway as cracks were noticed in the area due to land subsidence, in Joshimath. —FILE PHOTO cilitate distribution of one worked with better teamwork. The local public cooperated with a positive spirit. Both programmes have become an example of good governance,” it read.
A total of 52 decisions were taken by the cabinet including approval to a strict anticopying law brought through an ordinance, increasing the retirement age for Ayurvedic college principals from 60 to 65 years and appointment of 285 special teachers for children with special needs, he said at the cabinet briefing.
Lucknow: This is the first time in the history of Uttar Pradesh that investment proposals to the tune of Rs 33.52 lakh crore have come to all the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh through the recently concluded Global Investors Summit (GIS), Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday. Yogi said the GIS has given just a glimpse of the potential that the state has always had and that prior to 2017, this could not be achieved because the “governments were mortgaged due to casteism, communalism and family politics.”
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New Delhi (PTI): A seven-year-old girl was allegedly burnt with tongs and beaten up by her adoptive mother and her son in Delhi’s RK Puram, police said on Wednesday. The 50-year-accused woman works as a nurse at a central government hospital here and is currently on the run. Her son was arrested and sent to judicial custody, police said. The girl’s biological parents are relatives of the accused, police said. The girl has been sent to a child welfare facility. There were scars and injuries on her body, a police officer said.
2 GROUPS CLASH IN PALAMU; SECTION 144 IMPOSED Palamu: A clash erupted between two groups of people over installation of a ‘Toran gate’ (entry gate) in a market in Jharkhand’s Palamu district on Wednesday, police said. The incident took place in Panki village of the district. Section 144 has been imposed in Panki and more than 100 personnel have been deployed to maintain peace. “The clash erupted between two groups in Palamu’s Panki. Section 144 has been imposed. The situation is under control with the presence of teams from three police stations.
ODISHA IS INVESTING MORE THAN `2500 CRORES IN SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE
Bhubaneswar (ANI): Focusing on the development of Sports infrastructure at the elite and grassroots level, the Odisha Government is investing over Rs 2500 crores as its one of the priority sectors, said R Vineel Krishna, Secretary of Sports & Youth Services Department. “The CM desires that Odisha should become a health, fitness and sports-oriented society. And therefore, in the last few years the state government has been investing in creating massive infrastructure, organising national and international sports championships,” he said.
6 DEAD, 8 INJURED AS JEEP CRASHES INTO TRUCK IN GUJ
Patan (PTI): Six people including four women were killed and eight injured after a jeep rammed into a stationary truck from behind in Gujarat’s Patan district today afternoon, police said. The incident took place near Radhanpur when the driver of the Mahindra Jeep, which was carrying some 15 passengers, lost control after a tyre burst, said Deputy Superintendent of Police K K Pandya. The jeep was heading for Varahi village, he said.
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