BJP leader Uma Bharti Sunday said the Uttarakhand flood tragedy triggered by a glacier burst is a matter of concern as well as a warning, and added that as a minister she had spoken against having any power project on the Ganga and its major tributaries. Bharti was the minister of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation during the first term of the Modi government. In a series of tweets in Hindi, she said the glacier breaking off had damaged a power project, triggering the massive crisis. This tragedy that has happened in Rishi Ganga in the Himalayas is a matter of concerns as well as a warning, she said.
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The massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river triggered by a glacial burst in Uttarakhand s Chamoli district on Sunday came as a grim reminder of the Kedarnath deluge of 2013 which led to widespread devastation in the ecologically fragile Himalayan region. A devastating natural disaster in the form of torrential rains of unseen magnitude had struck Kedarnath on 16-17 June in 2013. The banks of the Chorabari lake in Kedarnath collapsed due to a cloudburst that had resulted in a major flash flood causing widespread destruction in Uttarakhand and led to heavy losses to infrastructure, agriculture lands, human and animal lives. However, unlike the Kedarnath tragedy which struck after a downpour, the flash flood on Sunday occurred on a bright and sunny morning which helped in relief and rescue operations by police, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel in the affected areas.
Committee (CPCC) on Saturday passed a resolution seeking that Rahul Gandhi be made the party president again. The resolution was passed unanimously in a meeting of CPCC executive body and district presidents held at Rajiv Bhawan, the party s state office, a release issued by CPCC spokesperson Vikas Tiwari said. The resolution to reelect Rahul Gandhi as president of Indian National Congress was proposed by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. It was seconded by AICC state in charge P L Punia and CPCC president Mohan Markam, the release added. It said all Congress members were with Gandhi and the party would continue to grow stronger under him.
On a consolidated basis, Tata Power Company reported 28.4% rise in net profit to Rs 248.21 crore on 7.5% increase in net sales to Rs 7597.91 crore in Q3 FY21 over Q3 FY20.
The company s improved profitability was mainly due to better performance in Mundra, steady operational performance across all businesses and interest cost savings on account of debt reduction.
Consolidated EBITDA was up 1% at Rs 1,997 crore in Q3 FY21 as compared to Rs 1,970 crore in Q3 FY20. Profit before tax in Q3 December 2020 stood at Rs 421.09 crore, up by 20.4% from Rs 349.74 crore in Q3 December 2019. Current tax expense increased by 2.41 times to Rs 174.72 crore in the third quarter from Rs 72.5 crore in the same period last year.