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Nagpur Metro retains citys green cover; saves 427 trees from being cut
Nagpur Metro trimmed and saved 427 trees from being cut
Trees along Metro Rail alignment were trimmed
While executing ambitious infrastructural project in Nagpur, Nagpur Metro has been equally cautious of conserving environment in Nagpur. And one of the greatest examples of its efforts in this direction is the fact that the organisation has saved 427 trees just by trimming those trees instead of cutting them.
The trees, which were saved by trimming, were located along Kamptee Road along the Reach-II alignment or Central Avenue (CA) along the Reach-IV alignment. While executing the project, Maha Metro officials conducted extensive and detail survey and studies of the two alignments. During the study it was felt that trees were located along the alignment.
The survey had indicated that 427 tress were needed to be acted upon. The trees belonged to Mungna (Drum Stick), Ashoka, Banyan and other such species and belonged to different age groups. It was essential to act on the trees, as work on the Metro project work could not have gone further.
However, Maha Metro officials decided to consult experts, working in the field of agriculture and horticulture including Srikant Deshpande, a city-based environmentalist. Deshpande and other experts had suggested Maha Metro officials that the project work could go ahead just by trimming the branches.
After getting expert opinion, Maha Metro decided to just trim or cut few branches of these 427 trees. Thus Maha Metro did not just gave these trees a new lease of life but also ensured that the citys green cover remains along the two major roads remains undisturbed.
Deshpande said that it was great initiative on part of Maha Metro officials to trim trees.
It was major decision on part of Maha Metro and this caution has manifested in a multitude of steps taken by the organisation. The trees, whose branches were cut, but yet saved, today stand tall and are testimony to the steps taken by Maha Metro in conserving the local environment.
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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.”
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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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