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OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW www.fi rstindia.co.in www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ twitter.com/thefi rstindia facebook.com/thefi rstindia instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD l SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 122 HAPPY HOLIDAY NOTICE The press and offi ces of First India will remain closed on March 28 and 29, 2021, on account of Holi. There will, therefore, be no edition As devotees throng the Sri Bankey Bihari temple in Vrindavan to celebrate Holi, on Saturday, all corona protocols of the paper on March 29 and 30, were put aside, as many were seen without face masks and 2021. Wishing all our readers a social distancing too was absent. —PHOTO BY PTI very happy & safe Holi. —Editor Sachin tests covid positive, India, Bangladesh sign five Bengal, Assam vote now in home MoUs to further enhance ties quarantine Addressing the Matua community, PM Modi said both India and Bangladesh want to see peace, stability and love in world Dhaka: India and Bang- ladesh on Saturday their heart out signed five MoUs to fur- ther enhance bilateral Nearly 80% turnout in Bengal, 72% in Assam in 1st phase ties between the two na- tions during Prime Kolkata/Guwahati: Mumbai: Former In- Minister Narendra Voting was held in a total TMC ALLEGES dian cricketer Sachin Modi delegation-level of 77 seats — 47 in Assam Tendulkar has tested meeting with his Bang- and 30 in West Ben- ‘POLL RIGGING’ positive for COVID-19. ladeshi counterpart gal——in the first phase A 10-member Tendulkar confirmed Sheikh Hasina. PM PM Modi and Sheikh Haseena during a meeting on Saturday. of polling for the 2021 As- Trinamool Congress that he is infected with Modi is on a two-day sembly elections. Over- Parliamentary the virus on his official visit to the neighbour- Sheikh Mujibur Rah- desh want to see peace, all, West Bengal record- delegation met the Twitter profile. ing country where he man’ in Tungipara. stability and love in the ed 79.79% voter turnout Election Commission “I have been testing also paid tribute Sheikh Addressing the Mat- world. “Both India and and Assam registered in Kolkata on myself and taking all Mujibur Rehman by ua community in Bang- Bangladesh want to see 72.14% turnout in the Saturday to raise the recommended pre- laying a wreath at ‘Mau- ladesh’s Orakandi ear- the world progressing first phase of polling for some ‘serious cautions to ensure Cov- soleum of Father of the lier in the day, he said through their own pro- the assembly elections. concerns’ regarding id is kept at bay. How- Nation Bangabandhu both India and Bangla- gress. Turn to P6 Assam and Bengal polling in fi rst phase ever, I’ve tested positive will have three-phase alleging vote-rigging Voters undergo scanning while waiting to cast votes in Bengal. today following mild and eight-phase elec- symptoms. All others at tions, respectively. The BOMBS HURLED, home have tested nega- counting of votes will tive,” Tendulkar wrote 91 killed in one of deadliest be on May 2. Voting is SHOTS FIRED ACTIVISTS OF BJP, TMC CLASH in a statement on his of- being held today in 30 BEFORE VOTING IN NANDIGRAM, THREE INJURED ficial Twitter profile. days since coup in Myanmar of Bengal’s 294 Assem- Hours before polling Kolkata: A clash broke out on Saturday between “I’ve quarantined my- bly seats. There are 191 began in Bengal, the activists of the BJP and the TMC in Purba self at home and am fol- Yangon: Myanmar me- March 14, which ranged candidates in the fray, East Medinipur dis- Medinipur’s Nandigram constituency, which is lowing all the necessary dia say security forces from 74 to 90. The kill- and over 73 lakh voters trict witnessed vio- set to go to polls on April 1, leaving at least three protocols as advised by have killed 91 people in ings quickly drew inter- are on the rolls to exer- lence - bombs were persons seriously injured, a senior police offi cer my doctors,” the state- deadliest day since last national condemnation, cise their franchise. hurled and shots here said. Seikh Sufi yan, the election agent of TMC ment further read. month’s military coup. with multiple diplomatic The prominent candi- fi red in Bhagabanpur supremo Mamata Banerjee, however, claimed that Meanwhile, former The online news site missions to Myanmar dates include BJP dis- constituency. Two goons hired by the BJP carried out an attack on India all-rounder Yusuf Myanmar Now reported releasing statements trict president Sukham- security personnel the workers of the state’s ruling party, a charge Pathan also tested posi- the death toll, higher that mentioned the kill- oy Satpati, actress June were reportedly in- denied by the saffron camp. tive for coronavirus on than all estimates for Anti-coup protester in Yangon ing of civilians Saturday, Maliah, four-time Con- jured in the incident. Saturday. Pathan is quar- the previous high on in Myanmar on Saturday. including children. gress MLA Turn to P6 antined at home. CONGRESS FIELDS LATE MLAs’ SUVERTING HISTORY KIN FROM SUJANGARH & SAHADA, SOCIAL WORKER IN RAJSAMAND Is there a hidden agenda behind the Gandhi Ashram devt? Gargi Raval First India Bureau Gayatri Devi will contest Reason for globe over the years? against BJP candidate The “hidden agenda” Jaipur: The Congress Ratanlal Jat. This seat Gandhi Gandhinagar: After a activists and political on Saturday fi elded late fell vacant after her wait of nearly two observers say, is to MLAs’ kin from Sujan- husband Kailash Trivedi Ashram years, the authorities snatch a piece of history garh and Sahada con- died in October after be- have now become vocal away from Mahatma stituencies and a social ing infected by Cov- Precinct is regarding the new Gan- Gandhi and make space worker from Rajsamand id-19. Tansukh Bohara, dhi Ashram Precinct for Prime Minister Modi for bypolls scheduled a social worker, will be to replace (GAP) to be developed at the centre of the GAP. on April 17. The party contesting against BJP’s at Mahatma Gandhi’s Social activist and po- fi elded Manoj Meghwal, Deepti Maheshwari from the Sabarmati Ashram. litical observer Mahesh former minister Master the Rajsamand assem- A new governing Pandya takes it a step Bhanwarlal Meghwal’s bly constituency, which Mahatma body and executive further to say that Modi son from the Sujangarh fell vacant after Deepti’s council were set up for and his Bharatiya Janata assembly seat which fell mother Kiran Mahesh- with Modi, the purpose in the first Visitors pay their respects to a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Sabarmati Ashram. —FILE PHOTO Party are attempting to vacant after his death wari died due to the week of March, and replace Gandhi’s legacy last year. For Sahada Covid-19 in November says Tushar the Ahmedabad later the next fiscal. still: What is the gov- popular attraction that and ideology. “The BJP assembly constituency, last year. Turn to P6 allocated Rs10 crore Yet, the question on ernment so insistent on has drawn thousands of and Modi have no legacy Gandhi for the GAP project in many people’s minds is redeveloping an already visitors from across the of their own. Turn to P6 NEWS www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2021 02 Anand district tops Gujarat in soil salinity SALINITY HAS AFFECTED SOIL ACROSS 7,000 HA OF FERTILE FARMLAND First India Bureau An expert who works cilities. on land conservation The soil conservation Gandhinagar: Data told First India that expert says that the so- from the state’s agri- there are two kinds of lution to this problem is culture department soil salinity to reduce water con- shows that 7,000 hec- The first, salinity in- sumption. For that, tares (ha) of fertile gress, refers to the pro- both the state govern- agricultural land in cess of saltwater invad- ment and farmers will Anand district were ing areas that previ- have to identify alterna- hit by soil salinity. On ously contained only tives such as drip irri- the plus side, 10 dis- freshwater. This mostly gation. tricts show no soil sa- affects groundwater in He added that laser linity at all. coastal areas. drip irrigation systems Replying to a ques- The second reason currently under devel- tion from MLA Virji for saline soil is the opment--through which Thummar, Gujarat’s overconsumption of only the required Agriculture Minister surface water resourc- amount of water is used RC Faldu admitted es--commonly for irri- in fields--cost about a that his department gation purposes. fifth of that traditional does not carry out Farmers in Anand drip irrigation systems. any survey or study have been exploiting The other option is to on soil salinity in ag- the district’s good irri- train farmers to culti- ricultural land, add- gation facilities to culti- vate crops that require ing that the depart- vate crops through the less water, for which the ment’s soil conserva- A fi eld affected by soil salinity. —FILE PHOTO year for the past few state needs to develop tion efforts, such as decades. This overcon- an agriculture map in injecting gypsum in Department. was brought under con- Vadodara was the Surendranagar, with katha, Rajkot, Botad, sumption of water has accordance with irriga- the land, have now According to agricul- servation programmes second-worst hit, 1,183 ha each.