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Indian Express
5 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Today in Politics: PM Modi to launch project to restore degraded land in Aravalli range
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will officially launch a massive project to restore degraded land in the Aravalli mountain range on Thursday, Environment Ministry sources said on Tuesday. Modi will plant saplings in the ridge area in South Delhi, a part of the mountain range stretching 700 km from Gujarat to the national capital, the sources said. The CMs of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat will participate in the launch of the project. Sources said around 1,000 nurseries will be developed in 29 districts falling in the Aravalli range as part of the project. The Aravallis, India's oldest mountain range, are the source of important rivers such as the Chambal, Sabarmati and the Luni. Its forests, grasslands and wetlands support endangered plant and animal species. Tribal leader Netam to attend RSS event Veteran tribal leader Arvind Netam, who served in the Cabinets of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and P V Narasimha Rao, will be the chief guest at the concluding ceremony of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's volunteer training camp in Nagpur on Thursday. The 25-day training camp — Karyakarta Vikas Varg – Dwitiya — in which 840 volunteers from across the country are participating, began on May 12. It is currently underway on the premises of Dr Hedgewar Smriti Mandir located in Reshimbag area of Nagpur. While Netam, who hails from Chhattisgarh, will be the chief guest of the closing ceremony, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will address the gathering, a functionary of the organisation said. Telangana Cabinet meeting The Telangana government on Sunday decided to conduct a meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday to discuss crucial issues, including implementation of Indiramma housing scheme and preparedness for rainy season agricultural crops, government sources said. Sources said discussions regarding the implementation of Rajiv Yuva Vikasam self-employment scheme would also be held. Fadnavis to inaugurate final stretch of Samruddhi highway Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will inaugurate the fourth and final phase of the 701km Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Mahamarg on Thursday (June 5), the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) said on Wednesday. Currently, 625km of the expressway is operational, and nearly two crore vehicles have utilised it so far. The maximum speed limit on the expressway is 100 km/h in ghat sections and 120 km/h on flat terrain, it said. The state-owned corporation said once the final 76km stretch between Igatpuri in Nashik district and Amane in Thane district (part of Mumbai metropolitan region) opens for traffic, the journey between the two cities can be completed in just eight hours. Dhankhar to visit Himachal Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will visit Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh from Thursday, his office said on Tuesday. During his visit, Dhankhar will also interact with students and faculty of Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in Solan. – With PTI inputs
The Print
6 days ago
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- The Print
Veteran Chhattisgarh tribal leader Arvind Netam to address RSS volunteers
The 25-day training camp — 'Karyakarta Vikas Varg – Dwitiya,' is currently underway at the Dr Hedgewar Smriti Mandir at Nagpur, with 840 volunteers from across the country participating. The invitation to the 83-year-old tribal leader has raised some eyebrows in political circles given the role his political party had played during the 2023 polls in swinging crucial tribal votes in Chhattisgarh. Nagpur, June 4 (PTI) Veteran tribal leader Arvind Netam, who was a cabinet minister in the governments of Indira Gandhi and PV Narasimha Rao, will be the chief guest at the ceremony of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's volunteer training camp in Nagpur on Thursday. During the function, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will address the participants at the event which marks the completion of the training period for 'swayamsevaks' (volunteers). Former President Pranab Mukherjee had attended the concluding ceremony in 2018, drawing criticism from some sections of the Congress party. The presence of Netam, a prominent voice on tribal issues, is heightened by his political background and influence, particularly in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region. This invitation comes six months after Netam had met the RSS chief in Raipur to discuss tribal concerns. The former Union Minister, who hails from Bastar, had quit the Congress party before the 2023 Assembly elections and floated the Hamar Raj party, carved out of the Sarva Adivasi Samaj (SAS)- an umbrella group of tribal organisations. According to political analysts, Hamar Raj affected Congress's performance in at least two assembly constituencies in the 2023 assembly elections, and the Kanker parliamentary seat during the Lok Sabha polls. PTI CLS NP SKL NSK This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
