VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# #% / $01 "%00230456$#01 17 430456$#015 !" "##$%$ !" & * + &&, -. & '() &, & &.* !" #$% &'$ ( )$!'*+*+, *-") $ %'( $) * &' %R # , he holy city of Kashi * (Varanasi) is all set for the T visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. Projects worth crores of rupees are scheduled for launch while those launched groups, as a few of them want- ndia on Saturday criticised during his previous tenure will ed Shah to pay a visit at the Turkish President Recep be inaugurated. After winning fter several rounds of protest site as the demonstra- ITayyip Erdogan for raking Lok Sabha elections for the sec- Ameetings, Shaheen Bagh’s tion belongs to all people. up the Kashmir issue during ond consecutive time last year, anti-CAA protesters on Protesters said that on his address at the Pakistan Modi had come to his parlia- Saturday decided to march to Saturday, after an announce- Parliament, and asked him to mentary constituency Varanasi the residence of Home Minister ment in this regard was made desist from interfering in on a thanksgiving visit and it will Amit Shah on Sunday. The from the dais, suggestions were India’s internal affairs. be his first visit during this term. march will start from Shaheen invited about who and how External Affairs Ministry He will be gifting 36 projects Bagh protest site at noon. many people will go to meet spokesperson Raveesh Kumar worth around Rs 997.10 crore to The protesters said they Shah. ! said India rejects all refer- his parliamentary constituency. have not taken any appoint- In the meeting, we received " # $%&' ences made by the Turkish ment as Shah had conveyed via many suggestions, and later on, ( ( President on Jammu and TV channels his willingness with the considerations, it was ) Kashmir, asserting that the to meet the Shaheen Bagh pro- decided that this is time to be *+ union territory is an integral testers. The Home Ministry has united and we decided to sup- , ( and inalienable part of India. not received any request for port our elderly Dadis (Senior # " * In his address at a joint session appointment from the protest- women protesters), said pro- of Pakistan’s Parliament on ers, sources said. testers. We would ask Shah to -* + Friday, Erdogan compared the Talking to The Pioneer, withdraw the Act and our .+) “struggle” of Kashmiri people Meraj, a protester, said the protest would continue till our ) with that of the fight by protest is leaderless so there will demand is met, said a protest- Turkish people against for- ' - "'. (/ our schoolchildren, includ- not be any representative but er. While the protesters have # Q) - 0 1 eign domination during the Fing a three-year-old girl, people will march to Shah’s res- been staging a sit-in against the 0 2 3- 4 World War I. Kashmiri people were burnt to death when a pri- idence. He said soon after the CAA, National Register of have suffered for decades and reference in a joint declaration Nations General Assembly. vate school’s mini van caught news of Shah’s readiness to Citizen (NRC) and National 50 their sufferings have increased by Turkey and Pakistan. In August last year, India fire in Sangrur on Saturday. meet the protesters reached Population Register (NPR) for # ) following “unilateral steps “We call upon the Turkish announced its decision to with- It was a miraculous escape Shaheen Bagh, several meet- the past two months, the pro- &% taken in recent times”, Erdogan leadership to not interfere in draw special status of Jammu for eight others as a total of 12 ings were conducted and a testers demanded an initiative -* &% said referring to India revok- India’s internal affairs and and Kashmir and bifurcated the children were traveling in the memorandum of understand- from the Government to call 6% ing the special status of Jammu develop proper understanding state into two union territories. ill-fated mini-van on way back ing was signed. “We all are one them for talks. -* and Kashmir last year. of the facts, including the Pakistan reacted angrily to the from the school, police said. and decided to march with This may be recalled that in &''7 )Q “India rejects all references grave threat posed by terror- move and even downgraded its “Preliminary inquiry indi- Dadis…our concern is one. an interaction with a news 5 to Jammu and Kashmir, which ism emanating from Pakistan diplomatic ties with India by cates the ramshackle van was Thus, we will march together channel earlier this week, Shah +7% is an integral and inalienable to India and the region,” expelling the Indian High being run illegally as per a and will meet Shah tomorrow said anyone who wants to dis- "Q 8% part of India,” Kumar said. Kumar said. Commissioner. Islamabad also report of District Transport (Sunday),” he added. cuss issues related to CAA He was responding to a Last September, Erdogan unsuccessfully tried to rally Officer,” said Sangrur Deputy Notably, on meeting with with him can visit in his office ( question on Erdogan’s com- raised the Kashmir issue dur- international support against Commissioner Ghanshyam Home Minister, Shaheen Bagh and will give time within three 0 + 9- ments on Kashmir as well as its ing his address at the United India on the issue. Thori. protesters were divided in two days. #$%$& ( 9- 0 0 Q R 89O . ; 8 ; & ( 9 ,& , & ( - - ( ) !" , & &, * O . * 3 ( dent by the report submitted by ., ; < the WII scientists after sur- Central expert panel of veying the site for a month. &, * -*Q Athe Union Environment They said that they 8 ; Ministry has given its green sig- observed a total of six species <&, . 5 nal for the Greenfield Jewar of mammals, 60 species of bird *&, : Q International Airport (GJIA) in species, 28 independent groups ( Uttar Pradesh, which will result of blackbuck, 21 independent = ;&.&& in the felling of nearly 12,000 groups of Nilgai, Golden Jackal, 8; & : trees and filling up of 14 water jungle cat, 64 sarus cranes, &, * 3 bodies. Indian Peafowl and Egyptian According to sources in the vulture (Neophron perc- *& Ministry, while a total 11,282 to be monitored by the nopterus), an endangered , * trees will be cut, around 178 Government of Uttar Pradesh species during different occa- trees will be transplanted from so that the target of planting sions during a month long 8 &* & : the proposed site spread over 1,12,820 saplings is achieved in survey. 99 * an area of 1,334 hectare to else- a time-bound manner, their A total of 99 perennial >** where. To compensate the survival rate is monitored and water bodies were recorded ;<< green loss, the Expert Appraisal mortality is replenished. across the GJIA landscape, the & ** = Committee (EAC) has asked “In case of non-survival of WII further said in its report. &*&O ) the State Government to plant any transplanted tree, com- On the fund to be allocat- # ) *!#+ , & &3 # Q 1,12,820 saplings as per manda- pensatory plantation in the ed under the Corporate $%&' tory compensatory plantation ratio of 1:10 (i.e. planting of 10 Environment Responsibility =< : in a time-bound manner and trees for every 1 tree) shall also (CER), the EAC said, “The esti- -* ensure their survival. be done and maintained,” said mated capital cost of the pro- ) ! The Yogi Government has the minutes of the meeting of ject is Rs 37,540 million for > also proposed creation of nine the EAC held on January 28, Phase I and Rs 35,370 million >& on Saturday. situation had changed now. new ponds (total area: 6 ha) 2020. The expert committee for Phase II. Therefore, CER Addressing the gather- The CM said the mainly at the barren lands has also asked the State (Corporate Environment hief Minister Yogi ing, he said: “Water is life. We Swachh Bharat Mission has -* outside the airport boundary in Government to submit a con- Responsibility) cost is Rs CAdityanath on Saturday should make an effort to cre- reduced diseases and due to lieu of the 14 lands that will be servation plan for birds and 187.895 million for Phase I and asked people of Lucknow to ate awareness about the puri- this, there is a sharp decline :< $%%$$%%6 $%&$ lost to the country’s largest fauna in consultation with the Rs 177.095 million for Phase II. make efforts to keep the ty of water.” in cases of encephalitis in international airport to be built Dehradun-based Wildlife “The allocated CER budget Gomti river clean. “The gov- Referring to the Namami Gorakhpur. " # in two phases. Institute of India (WII) within to be spent on health, educa- ernment is making efforts at Gange project, the CM said The Chief Minister and The estimated capital cost six month from grant of this tional and sanitation facilities its level to clean the Gomti when he visited the Ganga others unveiled the statues of of the project is Rs 37,540 mil- clearance to be implemented in among others should get allo- river. People here should also along with NDRF personnel goddess Sharada and god of +# Q lion for Phase I and Rs 35,370 the right earnest. cated in effected villages like be aware of this so that we during floods, soldiers told medicine Dhanvatri at ‘Ma # million for Phase II. It is The landscape where the Rampur Bangar, Nilaouni, could restore the river to its him that four years ago they Shardalaya’ temple in KGMU. -*+ expected to be completed by proposed airport is coming up Dungarpur Rilka, Chandpur old form,” the CM said used to get red rashes on their Earlier, Yogi also planted two + 2023. “The proposed 10 times seems to be rich with the and Achheja Buzurg,” said the addressing a function at King body while touring the river ‘Rudraksh’ saplings at the compensatory plantation needs wildlife flora and fauna as evi- EAC.