Jharkhand

• 19 Aug 2021

Launch of Several Schemes

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• On August 18, 2021, Chief Minister Hemant Soren inaugurated/laid the foundation stone of 60 schemes of different departments and some of the beneficiaries selected by different departments were given certificates symbolically related to Pradhan Patta, appointment letters and other welfare schemes during a programme organized at Teshobathan village in Sundarpahari block of Godda district.

Key Point

• In the programme, the CM inaugurated 37 schemes worth Rs 7,050.83 lakh and laid the foundation stone of 23 schemes worth Rs 2,230.42 lakh.
• Under the housing scheme, he handed over the keys of the house to six beneficiaries, while four were given Pradhan Patta.
• Apart from this, some of the beneficiaries selected by the District Establishment Branch, MGNREGA, Education Department, Health Department, Cooperative Department, Welfare Department, Social Welfare Department, Supply Department etc were given a symbolic appointment letter, community forest rights lease, ration card, and pension, grant acceptance letter etc.
• The CM presented a cheque of Rs 4 lakh each to the dependents of those who died due to the lightning.

Tatanagar Railway Station

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• Recently, Tatanagar railway station officials said that Garden Reach, the headquarters of South Eastern Railway (SER), has given a green signal for the proposal of a third-foot overbridge at the Kharagpur end of the railway station.

Key Points

• The station management has undertaken several infrastructure projects which include the overbridge.
• The engineering wing of Tatanagar railway has come up with a final blueprint of the Rs 2 crore project. The blueprint was also approved by South Eastern Railway.
• As per the plans, the third foot overbridge would come up next to the first foot overbridge at the Kharagpur end of the railway station. It will connect platform no 1 with the other four platforms. Work for the project is expected to start from September.
• The station management informed us that they identified the place for putting up pillars on the platforms. Work for the project was supposed to begin earlier this year but couldn’t due to the second wave of Covid-19.
• Currently, the A1 category station has two foot overbridges. The second one costing Rs 1.90 crore was inaugurated in October 2019.