In the next five years, approximately Rs 7 lakh crore will be spent in building and expanding highways and constructing expressways across the country Road construction is considered a major employment generator. Sources said around 40,000 km of highways will be expanded till 2022, which includes
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Only last week a news was posted on this web site of a village in Jharkhand where every girl aspires to play hockey for the country. (The link is http://bharatmahan.in/positive-news/jharkhand-village-every-girl-aspires-play-hockey-india-1020) Now comes the story of a village in Bihar which has given
We keep on reading news of shortage of judges as being the main reason for the staggering number of pending court cases. The government has made plans to recruit some 6000 judges soon and to seat them 3000 court halls are being constructed. At present, there are more court halls than the working
Three girls at the Government Science College in Jabalpur are doing research on different projects which will come as a boon to many. Two projects are specifically meant for the people in Leh-Ladhak and the third project is making of artificial bones which do note break. जबलपुर में तीन ल़डकिया
Like the blood bank and eye bank, of which we generally hear, we also have bone banks. Not much of this is heard and even donors are not there. And still the need is there. In its 18-year existence the bank at AIIMS, Delhi, has got only 32 donations, and none at all in the past two years. The number
Market Research Division of Ministry of Tourism compiles data on domestic and foreign tourist visits to States/Union Territories (UTs) received from Departments of Tourism of various State Governments and UT Administrations. Following are the salient features of the compilation for 2016: Domestic
Central government today announced another list of 30 cities for development as smart cities taking the total cities picked up so far to 90 under Smart City Mission launched on June 25, 2015. Announcing the new batch of smart cities at a National Workshop on Urban Transformation here today, Minister
We have so many examples of students from humble backgrounds making a mark in the competitive examinations of schools boards or professional courses. (Read earlier post - http://bharatmahan.in/positive-news/students-humble-background-score-high-995) Now comes another news of how a son of a dhaba
16 former women convicts of Hyderabad's Chanchalguda prison will start a new life at an all-women petrol pump where they will work for a pay of Rs 12,000 per month. The prisons department had undertaken a programme called 'Maha Parivartan' to bring about a change in prisoners so that they can start
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has approved construction of 70,784 affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor in Uttar Pradesh under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) with an investment of Rs.3,528 cr for which central assistance of Rs.1,062 cr has been approved. UP had
DEGREES ranging from law to engineering under their belt, about 400 youngsters are now living in some of India’s least developed districts, starting their day at 4 am, visiting spots that villagers use as toilets, drawing up plans for building toilets, and reviewing village-wise plans for better
This is the story of one Ranganayaki of Tamilnadu who was forced into farming after her husband's death. She is 65 now. Her husband died when she was 45 and she had to take care of three children. It was Ranganayaki’s efforts around a decade ago that brought water to over 1,400 acres of land