Survey of JJ clusters on DDA, Centre’s lands
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is nodal agency for implementation of In Situ Development of JJ clusters as per Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) on DDA’s and Central Government’s land in National Capital Delhi. A total of 376 JJ clusters (approx.) exist on DDA’s and Central Government’s land spread across entire Delhi comprising about 1.73 lakh Households covering an area of about 40 lakh Sqm. In order to achieve the objectives of PMAY (U) in Delhi, the demand survey of 32 JJ clusters namely Kalender Colony, KhaddaBasti, HarijanBasti, JJ Bandhu camp, etc. has already been competed by DDA hired private agency i.e. Society for Promotion of Youth & Masses (SPYM). For other 160 JJ clusters on DDA’s lands in various parts of Delhi comprising about 85,000 households, the work order has been issued. The survey work shall be completed in a time bound manner. For remaining 184 JJ cluster (approx.) on DDA’s and Central Government’s lands, the demand survey will be carried out by engaging an agency on priority.
N Rly TAKES INITIATIVE TO REDUCE ELECTRICITY BILL
New Delhi: Indian Railways has been granted the status of Deemed Licensee under the Electricity Act since 2015. After which the Zonal Railways have started to procure power through Open Access directly from the Generating Companies through tariff based bidding or bilateral arrangements without the involvement of DISCOMs. This marks a major shift as IR is now identified as a Distribution Company and not as a Consumer. Northern Railway has furthered the initiative taken by IR by procuring power through the open access in Punjab. 35 MW Power to feed 11 TSS (Traction Sub-Stations) is being obtained through this system. It is envisaged that NR will be able to save up to Rs 56 crore annually on the Electricity Bill of Punjab which is about 33 per cent of the total bill from the State. The traction sub-stations provide electricity to the over head wires from where the electric locomotives draw power to run.
SRM gets University of the Year Award
New Delhi: SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Kattankulathur won the prestigious ‘University of the Year Award 2019’ (under the category of 11-30 years old Institutes). This award was received by Vice-Chancellor of SRMIST, Dr Sandeep Sancheti from Honorable Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari at the 6th edition of FICCI Higher Education Excellence Awards 2019, held in New Delhi recently. Universities and Institutions were awarded in seven categories and SRMIST competed under ‘University of the Year Award 2019’ since, being a multi-stream university, it has many dimensions of excellence. The process consists of submitting an exhaustive questionnaire highlighting how SRMIST stands out in many facets of university life. These include Governance, Curriculum & Pedagogy, Infrastructure, Faculty Development, Internationalization, Student Employability, Collaborative Initiatives, Research, Patents, Impact on Society, etc.