Decks cleared for Yamuna Action Plan-III
New Delhi: The Environment Ministry said it has approved the phase III of Yamuna Action Plan (YAP) for Delhi besides sanctioning two projects of pollution abatement for the river in Sonepat and Panipat in Haryana. “The YAP Phase III project for Delhi has been approved by the ministry at an estimated cost of Rs 1,656 crore with loan assistance from Japan International Cooperation Agency,” Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said while replying to a question in Rajya Sabha.
AG leads Indo-bangla maritime hearing
New Delhi: Attorney General GE Vahanvati is leading the country at the hearing concerning the delimitation of maritime boundary between Bangladesh and India at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague from Monday. The Oral Hearings before the Arbitral Tribunal are scheduled to take place at the PCA till December 18, 2013 and the Indian delegation for the hearing would be led by Attorney General Vahanvati, who would be introducing India’s case before the Arbitral Tribunal today, External Affairs Ministry said.