Tag: Shakti

[CURTAIN RAISER] The Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, will chair a Regional Conference of Ministers of the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), rural water supply and sanitation departmentof the North-Eastern States on28th February, 2022 at Guwahati, Assam. The regional conference will focus on important issues pertaining to implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission and Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen). The meeting can be viewed on the following link: https://youtu.be/N2Wo8QLA6jA The Union Minister will be setting the roadmap for the North-Eastern States, keeping in line with the guidance received from the Prime ... Read more

 Nominations for the Nari Shakti Puraskar, 2021 is open and applications/nominations may be made on the online Portal www.awards.gov.in  .The last date for nomination is 31st January, 2022. Details regarding eligibility and guidelines in respect of Nari Shakti Puraskar are available on the above said portal. ***  NW/AY/RR (Release ID: 1789961) Visitor Counter : 534

Paradip Port Trust under the aegis of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways organized a workshop with the theme “Gati Shakti – The revolutionary Multi-Modal Connectivity for Integrated & Seamless Supply Chain” at Bhubaneswar today. Addressing the inaugural session, Dr. Sanjeev Ranjan, Secretary, MoPSW said that PPT has the potential to reach a World Class Port by addressing the issues of efficiency and cost related matter. He called forexpediting the widening of NH-53 (Paradip to Chandikhol) under Gati Shakti. The widening of SH-12, Paradip to Cuttack to four lane also may be undertaken on a priority ... Read more

The PM Gatishakti National Master Plan has been developed by BISAG-N (Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics) in a dynamic Geographic Information System (GIS) platform wherein data on specific action plan of all the Ministries/Departments is being incorporated within a comprehensive database. The system will be further developed as a Digital Master Planning tool with Project Management tools, dynamic dashboards, MIS reports generation etc. In order to facilitate the process, capacity building exercise is being conducted by the BISAG-N team with senior-level officers ofrelevant ministries and departments under Government of India with an aim to integrate and synchronise ... Read more

The Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Rattan Lal Kataria, speaking at a webinar organized by BRICS International Forum, a civil organization, highlighted the role of BRICS Nation in resolving common problems like lack of access to safe drinking water. Shri Kataria cited example of Cape Town, South Africa, which became the first major city to have run out of water in the year 2017-18, to highlight the gravity of water crisis being faced in the world today. He mentioned about Brazil where around 3 million population still lack access to safe drinking water. Russia on the other hand ... Read more