Transport Ministry in talks with one foreign firm for Delhi-Jaipur electric highway, says Gadkari
The Hindu
Mr. Gadkari said like electric railway engines, buses and trucks will also be powered by electricity.
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that his ministry is in talks with a foreign company to construct an electric highway from Delhi to Jaipur.
While reviewing the progress of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (DME) at Dausa, in Rajasthan, Mr. Gadkari said like electric railway engines, buses and trucks will also be powered by electricity.
"It is my dream to build an electric highway from Delhi to Jaipur. It is still a proposed project. We are in discussion with a foreign company," he said. Mr. Gadkari said as a transport minister, he has taken a resolution to bring an end to use of petrol and diesel in the country.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.