Chardham to get round-the-clock power
Dehradun: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pilgrimage to Badrinath and Kedarnath, the Uttarakhand Government has decided to provide uninterrupted power supply to all the four highly revered Chardham shrines —Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri. Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited will install 33 KV sub-stations, each costing Rs 10 crore, near all the shrines to strengthen the supply. IANS
India’s 2nd detention centre for foreigners
Panaji: Goa CM Pramod Sawant on Wednesday inaugurated a detention centre set up near here to lodge foreign nationals violating visa norms. The government spent Rs 50 lakh to convert the old sub-jail in Mapusa town into the detention centre for foreigners overstaying in Goa after expiry of their documents.
