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SSP/LW/NP-34/2019-21 @TheDailyPioneer instagram.com/dailypioneer/ Established 1864 OPINION 8 Published From AVENUES 10 WORLD 13 DELHI LUCKNOW BHOPAL CHILL IN THE PRE-BUDGET EXPECTATIONS & PAK SC UPHOLDS BHUBANESWAR RANCHI RAIPUR VALLEY RECOMMENDATIONS ASIA’S ACQUITTAL CHANDIGARH DEHRADUN Late City Vol. 155 Issue 28 LUCKNOW, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable IND EVES BEAT NZ IN 2ND ODI, SEAL} SERIES } 16 SPORT www.dailypioneer.com Seeks approval Govt to SC: Want to to give back Yogi gifts UP world longest e-way 67.390 acres PNS n PRAYAGRAJ dding a new leaf to the his- non-disputed Atory of governance in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath return Ayodhya land land to owners Government held its Cabinet meeting in the Kumbh Mela PNS n NEW DELHI land required from out of the area on Tuesday and took sev- Ways and Means superfluous/excess land to eral decisions to beautify the n a significant move ahead of ensure that the successful party Sangam city and install statues Ithe Lok Sabha polls, the * Only 0.313 acre land on which the disputed structure stood before in the dispute pending regard- of saints related to Lord Ram, Centre on Tuesday moved the the demolition was disputed portion of the land, Centre tells SC ing the “disputed land” can besides constructing the world’s Supreme Court seeking mod- * The Govt had acquired 67.703 acre through a legislation in 1993 but have proper access to and longest Ganga Expressway ification of its 2003 order to the Supreme Court had ordered a status quo in 2003 enjoyment of rights in the dis- from Meerut to Prayagraj. allow it to return to original * Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas is the owner of 42 acres of the acquired puted land”. The Government also owners the 67.390 acres of non-disputed land. The organisation is a trust that was formed to The petition comes the approved the much-hyped “non-disputed” acquired land promote and oversee the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya day the Supreme Court was Bundelkhand Expressway around the disputed Ram supposed to begin the long- and the Gorakhpur Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid * Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, this writ petition is being seen as anticipated hearing on the Link Expressway to connect structure in Ayodhya. The the BJP-led Government’s move to reaffirm its commitment towards Ayodhya title dispute case, but with the Purvanchal 0.313 acres plot, on which dis- building a Ram temple in Ayodhya the court cancelled the hearing Expressway. The Cabinet meet- puted structure stood before it due to the unavailability of one ing started after around 30 was demolished by kar sevaks of the judges on the five-judge Ministers took a holy dip in the on December 6, 1992, was Constitution Bench. Ahead of Sangam and had darshan of the within the 2.77 acres plot. the Lok Sabha elections, this century-old Akshay Vat and The Government had writ petition is being seen as Saraswati Koop. acquired 67.703 acres, includ- the BJP-led Government’s Yogi, who himself briefed ing the 2.77 acres, through a move to reaffirm its commit- the media about the Cabinet legislation in 1993 but the ment towards building a Ram decisions, said it was decided to Supreme Court had ordered a temple in Ayodhya. approve the 600-kilometre status quo in 2003 on the The Centre’s petition Ganga Expressway connect- entire land in Ayodhya where comes at a time when the ing Meerut, Amroha, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath takes a holy dip in Ganga at Sangam during the ongoing Kumbh Mela in the 16th Century mosque newly formed Constitution Bulandshahr, Budaun, Prayagraj on Tuesday stood before it was demol- Bench is set to hear the title dis- Shahjahanpur, Kannauj, ished in 1992. The Babri Masjid pute. This Bench initially com- Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh Expressway running along the this expressway, 3,641 hectare and Ambedkarnagar and its stood on 0.313 acres of these 67 prised Chief Justice of India and Prayagraj. Ganga. The Expressway was land would be required and the total cost is expected to be acres, which constitutes the Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SA He said it would be a four- slated to connect Greater Noida total cost would be around `555 crore. The CM said a stat- disputed land. Bobde, NV Ramana, UU Lalit lane access control greenfield to Ballia, connecting major `14,716 crore. ue of Maharishi Balmiki, who The application filed by the and DY Chandrachud, and expressway which could be cities like Varanasi, Mirzapur, Starting from Etawah, the scripted Ramayana, would be BJP-led NDA Government on was scheduled to hear the mat- expanded to six lanes. The Allahabad, Pratapgarh, Rae Expressway will connect with constructed at his ashram near Tuesday claimed that only oversee the construction of a said. It sought modification of ter on January 10. However, Chief Minister said the pro- Bareli, Unnao, Kanpur, Agra-Lucknow Expressway and Chitrakoot on Prayagraj high- 0.313 acres land on which the Ram temple in Ayodhya. the apex court order of March Justice UU Lalit recused him- posed Ganga Expressway Kannauj, Hardoi, Farrukhabad, pass through Auraiya, Jalaun, way. The Government will also disputed structure stood before “The applicant (Centre) is 31, 2003, by which the Central self from the case. This was would be laid out on 6,556 Shahjahanpur, Budaun, Mahoba, Hamirpur and Banda set up a research institute and the demolition was disputed filing this application seeking Government was directed to after Senior Advocate Rajiv hectare land and would have Bulandshahr, etc. But, the to culminate at Chitrakoot. beautify the place. Similarly, the portion of the land. permission of this court to maintain the “status quo” with Dhavan, who represents the eight rail overbridges and 18 Allahabad High Court had The Cabinet also Government will install a The Ram Janmabhoomi permit the applicant to fulfil the regard to entire land, including Sunni Waqf Board, pointed flyovers costing around stayed its construction as there approved Gorakhpur Link statue of Lord Ram and Nishad Nyas (RJN) is the owner of as duty to revert/restore/hand the non-disputed acquired out that Justice Lalit had rep- `36,000 crore. was no environmental clear- Expressway to connect Raj Milan at Shringaverpur in much as 42 acres of the over the excess/superfluous plots. The Modi Government resented former UP CM Earlier in 2007, the then ance for the project at that time. with Lucknow-Ghazipur Prayagraj, besides constructing acquired non-disputed land. land acquired under the in its 33-page application said Kalyan Singh, in a contempt of Mayawati Government had The Cabinet also approved Purvanchal Expressway. The a park and beautifying The organisation is a trust that Acquisition of Certain Areas of modification would enable it to court case 24 years ago. launched a 1,047-km access the much-hyped 297 km-long 90-km-long link Expressway the area. was formed to promote and Ayodhya Act, 1993,” the plea determine “the exact extent of Continued on Page 7 controlled eight-lane Ganga Bundelkhand Expressway. For will pass through Azamgarh Continued on Page 7 Why only ‘babus’ Govt OK’s `7.2K cr calamity relief Another shifted CBI PNS n NEW DELHI `6,691 cr will be given as Central aid to 4 drought-hit head of 2019 Lok Sabha picked for CIC, Apolls, the Modi States — Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra, Karnataka SP accuses chief of Government has approved a package of `7,214.03 crore to which include `317.44 crore to six States and one Union Himachal Pradesh for floods 4 aides posts: SC ` acting out of malice Territory that were affected by and landslides, 191.73 crore to PTI n NEW DELHI crats. “Their (petitioners) natural disasters such as Uttar Pradesh for floods, and RAKESH K SINGH n NEW DELHI “…I request you to search objection is that only civil ser- drought, floods, cloudburst, `13.09 crore to Puducherry for your heart and recall this fact he Supreme Court on vants are there. Ultimately, you landslides and cyclone during cyclone. oon after the controversy you bear, or think you bear, an TTuesday asked the Centre do not find even a single per- 2018-19. The decision was taken by Ssurrounding the transfer of animosity to be, not to an ail- as to why only retired or sitting son other than bureaucrats,” the Of the total, `6,691.77 crore a high-level committee chaired CBI SP Sudhanshu Dhar ing old woman. I request you bureaucrats were being short- Bench told the ASG. will be given as Central assis- by Union Home Minister Mishra, who registered the FIR on purely humanitarian listed by the search committee The SC also observed that tance to four droughts hit States Rajnath Singh and will cater to against former ICICI MD grounds in the hope that you for appointment as information the search committee com- — Maharashtra Gujarat, Andhra the needs of those States that Chanda Kochar, her husband can truly make a start to redeem commissioners. prises civil servants only. The Pradesh and Karnataka — for have faced floods, landslides, Deepak and Videocon Group your humanity. It is never late A Bench of Justices AK SC is hearing a plea filed by RTI Kharif season. The package was drought, cloudburst and MD VN Dhoot, another SP has in life to become a good man Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer was activists Anjali Bhardwaj, announced after high-level inter- cyclone.
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