An Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) reached Odisha on Sunday to make on-the-spot assessment of damages caused by cyclone Yaas that hit the state s coast on May 26, official sources said. The seven-member team headed by Ministry of Home Affairs Joint Secretary Sunil Kumar Barnwal arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here. The team includes four Odia officers, they said. The team is scheduled to visit Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapada and Mayurbhanj districts on Monday and Tuesday to assess the damages caused by the cyclone. The IMCT will be divided into two sub-teams and each unit will visit two districts in the next two days, a member of the central team said.
The Statue of Unity Area Development and Tourism Governance Authority (SOUADTGA) on Sunday said it will develop the country s first electric vehicles-only area in Gujarat s Kevadia. In its statement, the authority said that the area surrounding the 182-metre tall Statue of Unity in Kevadia in Gujarat s tribal-dominated Narmada district will be converted into an electric-vehicles-only area in a phased manner. The announcement comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Kevadia, which houses the world s tallest Statue of Unity, will become the country s first electric vehicle city. Speaking at the release of ethanol blending road map 2020-25 on the occasion of World Environment Day on Saturday, Modi had said that necessary infrastructure is being made available to run only battery-based buses, two-wheeler, four- wheeler in Kevadia in future.
Read more about Gujarat to set up over 75 oxygen plants in view of possible third wave on Business Standard. The Gujarat government initiated the process to set up more than 75 oxygen plants if the demand for it goes up during the possible third wave of Covid,Dept CM Nitin Patel said on Sunday.
Food-tech startup Daalchini Technologies plans to raise growth capital of up to USD 8 million (around Rs 58 crore) in the next 2-3 years to support its growth plans. Daalchini Technologies, which provides home cooked food through IoT-enabled vending machines, is expecting an annual turnover rate of Rs 144 crore by the end of FY22. Daalchini plans to raise growth capital of up to USD 5-8 million in the next 2-3 years..As of now, we are planning to raise the growth capital and we are in early stage discussions with few prospective investors. As we adapt ourselves to the pandemic, we plan to raise fresh funds to expand our solution beyond 10 cities and the form-factor to more use-cases, Prerna Kalra, Co-founder and CEO, Daalchini technologies told PTI.
Read more about Maha doing everything possible to grant quota to Marathas: Dy CM on Business Standard. The Maharashtra government is making "all possible efforts" to grant reservation to Marathas, without disturbing the existing quotas of other communities, said Dept CM Ajit Pawar.