Ganga Expressway to become backbone of UP's economy: Sitharaman

by Argus News

Lucknow, Aug 21: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday hailed UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath for taking the state to the path of development, saying that Uttar Pradesh will soon emerge as a shining example for others in time to come.

Sitharaman was on a trip to Uttar Pradesh during which she asserted that in the last four to five years a series of world-class infrastructure projects such as Purvanchal Expressway, Bundelkhand Expressway, Gorakhpur and Ballia Link Expressway and now Ganga Expressway have been initiated in the state which will take the state on the road to a 'new' Uttar Pradesh.

"The thought behind the Prime Minister's Vocal for Local is clearly reflected in the One District One Product (ODOP) scheme here," she added.

Further referring to the Uttar Pradesh Defence Corridor, she said that the state, which was known for agriculture and MSME sectors, not only showed interest in undertaking such big and important projects, but has also been executing them successfully.

Terming it as a grand success, Sitharaman credited it to the 'visionary' duo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The Finance Minister was giving her views in a meeting organised for Ganga Expressway at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan on Saturday.

Appreciating the Yogi government for giving 'meaningful' direction to the government policies, she said that the promptness and success with which the schemes of the central government have been implemented in the state is an example for others.

The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, was to find ways how to raise finances for the Ganga Expressway project.

In the meeting, Managing Director & CEO, Punjab National Bank, S.S. Mallikarjuna Rao handed over the Rs 5,100 crore loan sanction letter to the state government for the project.

The Chief Minister said that the Ganga Expressway, which will be built from Meerut to Prayagraj, would be the backbone of the Uttar Pradesh economy.

Yogi said that the Finance Minister, in her Union Budget 2021-22 speech, had articulated the broad concept of National Infrastructure Pipeline and National Monetisation Pipeline, emphasising on the development of necessary infrastructure for coordinated development in different parts of the country.

"In order to mobilize the required financial resources for the infrastructure projects, the Union Finance Minister had suggested the method of monetization. Taking the concept forward, the Uttar Pradesh government has finalised the process of securitisation based loans from banks as a part of raising finances for Ganga Expressway," the Chief Minister noted.

State Finance Minister Suresh Khanna said that the state government has added many new dimensions in the field of all-round industrial development of the state in the last four years.
(IANS)

Blue Tape On Cameras, Security Net Around Pichola: Ragneeti Wedding Preps In Full Swing

by Manisha Das

Jaipur, Sep 22: Udaipur is all set to host the wedding of AAP MP Raghav Chadha and Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra at Leela Palace. Raghav Chadha and Parineeti Chopra will reach Udaipur airport on Friday as the wedding rituals start before the big day on September 24.

Along with the couple, their family members and friends will also be present. In this royal wedding, 100 private security guards have been deployed.

Hotel Leela Palace is situated in the middle of Lake Pichola. So, security guards will be deployed on four to five boats in the middle of the lake. Special security has also been deployed at the jetty (platform built till the boat) here.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, other politicians of the country will be attending this wedding. The CMs of Delhi and Punjab will reach Udaipur on Saturday evening. Apart from this, Parineeti's cousin, actress Priyanka Chopra and her husband Nick Jonas and many big celebrities of Bollywood will be in attendance.

Sources confirmed that celebrities like Karan Johar, tennis player Sania Mirza, designer Manish Malhotra will also come to Udaipur on Saturday for this wedding.

According to hotel sources, special preparations have been made to ensure that photos and videos of the event do not go out along with the preparations for the wedding. Blue colored tape will be pasted on the mobile cameras of those entering the hotel so that they cannot take any video-photograph during the wedding ceremony.

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The special thing about this blue tape is that once it is applied on the mobile camera, if someone removes it, an arrow symbol will be visible on the tape. With this, when checked by security, it will be known that the tape has been removed to use the camera.

This restriction will especially apply to hotel staff as well as those for tents, decorations, sound systems, and chefs.

(IANS)

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Kerala HC Dissolves Marriage After 38 Years

by Manisha Das

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 22: The Kerala High Court has intervened and decided to dissolve a marriage that was on the rocks for the past 38 years.

The court pointed out that retaining a marriage that has irretrievably broken down would amount to cruelty to both parties, and no meaningful purpose would be served by the same and rode on an apex court judgment which said keeping parties together despite irretrievable breakdown of marriage amounts to cruelty on both sides.

The court came to the conclusion when an elderly appellant, who is the husband of the respondent, filed the present appeal on being aggrieved by the dismissal of the plea for divorce on the ground of cruelty by a family court.

The beleaguered man claimed that the marriage had irretrievably broken down and the refusal to issue consent for mutual separation ought to be treated as cruelty.

He also emphasized that he had been neglected by his wife and two children, and that he had not even been invited to the wedding of his son.

The respondent, however, denied the allegations levelled against her, and submitted that minor bickering in the marriage could not be treated as cruelty.

The Family Court found the allegations as not constituting any mental or physical cruelty to grant a decree of divorce, and dismissed the plea.

However, the high court noted that the marriage, now 38 years old, could not be revived.

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It also took note that the appellant was living alone.

Finally, the Court relying upon the Supreme Court went forward and said, "retaining the marriage itself is a cruelty to both the parties and no meaningful purpose would be served," opined the court and allowed the appeal and dissolved the marriage between the parties.

(IANS)

Ganga Expressway to become backbone of UP's economy: Sitharaman

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