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LG Manoj Sinha flags off e-buses in Srinagar
The Srinagar Smart City Limited (SSCL) on Wednesday launched 75 e-buses in Srinagar, saying that more 25 electric buses will be plying on the roads in next few days.
The e-buses were inaugurated by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha this afternoon.
Pertinently, Jammu and Kashmir administration has procured 200 e-buses, 100 each for Jammu and Srinagar cities. These air conditioned buses with CCTVs installed inside have been procured under the Smart City project.
The e-buses will also have digital on-boarding facility, live tracking so that people can be aware about arrival timing of the buses.
While speaking on the occasion, the LG said that it is a happy moment for Srinagar as 75 e-buses have been launched, which will ensure zero emission on the ground.
He added that more 25 such buses will be plying on the roads in the next few days, adding that Srinagar Smart City has taken an appreciable step by launching such buses here while the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has played a key role in making such a step successful.
The Lt Governor further added that India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a lead to reduce the carbon footprint as the existing vehicles have badly impacted the ecology and increased the pollution as well.
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In this regard, a bold decision to come up with e-buses was taken by PM Modi and thus Rs 100 crore capex has been spent on such buses while 66 crore out of it is being given by the Government of India.
Also, in 12 years, Rs 900-Rs950 crore is being spent on the maintenance and other things and 50 percent out of it is being supported by GoI, he said.
E-buses will be plying on 15 intra-city routes and 2 inter-city routes and will be running a minimum of 200 KM per day from 8 AM to 8 PM.
There are two types of electric buses which include 75 nine meter buses and 25 are 12 meter buses. These electric buses will ensure zero emission and the driver will have all the control on the vehicles like doors and other things.
The officials had earlier stated that these buses are more similar to those in London buses and the idea is that the buses will run for next 12 years. The contract for the first 12 years has been given to Tata Company and a proper route planning has been done in this regard.
Notably, the trial run of six such buses was done in August this year. KNO
An unidentified girl allegedly jumps into river Jhelum in Sopore area of district Baramulla on Wednesday afternoon.
Reports said that an unidentified girl jumped into river Jhelum from a bridge near Jamia Masjid Sopore this afternoon.
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They said that the rescue operation has been launched to retrieve the body of the girl.
Further details awaited…
The minimum temperature has plummeted further in Kashmir while Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded the coldest night of the season at minus 2.0 degree Celsius.
Several places across Kashmir including Srinagar, Qazigund, Ganderbal, Pahalgam, Kupwara, Shopian, Bandipora and Baramulla recorded coldest night of season.
In Qazigund, the mercury settled at minus 2.0 degree Celsius while in Gulmarg, a minimum temperature of minus 2.2 degree Celsius was recorded.
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Pahalgam, a famous tourist place, recorded a low of minus 5.1 degree Celsius while Kupwara in north Kashmir recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.7 degree Celsius.
In order to strengthen and synergise the security grid of District Srinagar, ADGP Law and order Vijay Kumar chaired a joint meeting of Police and CRPF in Police Control Room Srinagar.
A police spokesman in a statement issued to Asian News Hub said, IG CRPF Ajay Kumar Yadav, IGP Kashmir V.K Birdi, DDIB, DIG CKR, DIG CRPF North & DIG CRPF South, SSP Srinagar, SSP PCR Kashmir, all the Nodal COs of CRPF, SP Cargo Srinagar, all Zonal SPs and SDPOs of Srinagar participated in the meeting.
During the meeting, a detailed security plan of Srinagar district was discussed in threadbare where in CRPF and Police were acquainted with their new roles besides suggestions were also taken from the field officers to have a fair idea of the shortcomings, avoid confusion at the cutting edge in order to make it a perfect and comprehensive CT grid.
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Besides, ADGP L&O, IG CRPF and IGP Kashmir also contributed their valid suggestions. ADGP stressed upon all the officers that idea of a perfect security grid is only possible if the things discussed are implemented on ground in letter and spirit.
ADGP has focused upon strengthening function of joint police control room and better communication mechanism between field officers of CRPF and JKP in city. Area domination of water bodies was discussed and included in area domination plan in today’s meeting.
He has also instructed SSP Srinagar to conduct joint mock drill to handle post terror incident situations in city. ADGP Kashmir reinforced the commitment to dealing strictly with individuals disrupting the peace and emphasized the need for stringent actions under the law.
ADGP Kumar emphasized the necessity to strengthen the CI grid and enhance the basic functioning of police stations through effective supervision. The ADGP’s guidance and directives aim to fortify security measures and maintain a secure and peaceful environment in the district.
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