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Nagpur Metro rail to be operational on two routes by Feb end
Dr Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director of Maha Metro, claimed that Nagpur Metro rail is soon going to make two of its routes operational by February end. The two routes, which would be a total stretch of 19 kms, would commence from Khapri to Sitabuldi Munje Square (13 kms) and between Lokmanya Nagar to Subhash Nagar (6 kms).
Dixit, while addressing media persons on Thursday, also said that eight metro stations (Khapri, New Airport, Airport, South, Airport, Jaiprakash Nagar, Sitabuldi, Lokmanya Nagar and Subhash Nagar) would be operational on both the routes. The fare of the Metro (decided by the state government) would be Rs 30 from Sitabuldi to Khapri and Rs 23 from Lokmanya Nagar to Subhash Nagar.
Dixit, while launching the design of womens coach Naari Shakti Coach? at South Airport Station, informed that the first coach of Nagpur Metro rail would be exclusively allotted to women passengers.
Anil Kokate, General Manager (administration) at Maha Metro, told Nation Next, One out of three coaches would be reserved for women. Usually such coaches are named as Ladies Coach? or Mahila Coach, so we named the womens coach as Naari Shakti Coach? in the wake of women empowerment.
Janak Kumar Garg, Executive Director (Rolling Stock) said that the coach would have CCTVs and panic button to ensure safety of women commuters.
However, as per senior officials, it has been said that there is a possibility of PM Narendra Modi inaugurating Nagpur Metro rail in the presence of CM Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. Kokate, speaking about the same, told Nation Next, “There’s a possibility but nothing has been confirmed yet. The decision lies with the state government.”
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Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) added 25 additional beds in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital Kalwa apart from arranging a special ward dedicated to COVID-19 patients. The total number of active patients in the city stood at 252 while five succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, TMC Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said a ‘death audit’ of patients who died of COVID would be conducted. The TMC has ensured it has additional stock of oxygen concentrators, testing kits, medicines, to name a few. Bangar told HT, “Due to the increasing number of Covid patients, it is necessary for everyone to be alert.”
He added, The number of Covid tests should be increased to stay one step ahead of the disease. As a result, the number of patients is likely to increase due to increased testing. However, as per the ‘test, isolate, treat’ protocol for Covid, it becomes necessary to isolate and treat more and more patients. The testing centres will not remain closed even for a single day. At the same time, more arrangements for testing will be made immediately in public places, markets, railway stations, malls.”
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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Politics
After Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification, his namesake who contested from Wayanad disqualified
Rahul Gandhi
An independent candidate for Lok Sabha elections named Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from contesting polls for failing to lodge account of election expenses. Gandhi, who’s name figures as ‘Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma’ in an Election Commission list of persons, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent and had received 2196 votes from the Wayanad seat in Kerala – a constituency from where ex-Congress MP Rahul Rajiv Gandhi had won with over seven lakh votes.
However, since it is mandatory for all contestants to submit their account of election expenses among other mandatory requirements under EC rules and the Representation of the People Act.
Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma stood disqualified to contest polls from September 13, 2021 till September 13, 2024. According to Section 10A, the Election Commission can disqualify a contestant for a period of three years from the date of the order if he/she has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by law and has no good reason or justification for the failure.
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A total of 22 patients tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur in past 24 hours on Thursday. Almost 242 people were tested in the city, out of which 15 belonged to urban area while and 6 were from the rural areas, and one from outside Nagpur district.
At present, there are 72 active patients in the city. Three new cases of the new XBB.1.16 variant of COVID-19 were detected that took the total tally to five in the district.
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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