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Rao Inderjit opens FoB, escalators at g’gaon station

New Delhi: Minister of State for Statistics, Programme Implementation and Planning (Independent Charge) Rao Inderjit Singh on Monday inaugurated a foot overbridge and escalators at Gurgaon Railway station.  He also laid foundation stone of limited height subway in place of  level crossing No. 46 at Pataudi through video conferencing. Hon’ble Mayor Gurugram Madhu Azad and Municipal Councillor were present on this occasion. S.C. Jain, Divisional Railway Manager, Delhi and senior officers of Delhi Division were also present. The provision of Escalators on FOB will be beneficial for Senior Citizens and Divyaangs. After construction of the Limited Height Subway in place of Level Crossing No. 46 at Pataudi there will be unhindered movement of  LMVs.

Kolkata METRO TO RUN 216 SERVICES ON SARASWATI PUJA

Kolkata: Metro Railway will run 216 services on Saraswati Puja on 16.02.2021(Tuesday) instead of 240 services run on weekdays.  The first service will start from both ends i.e. from Dum Dum and Kavi Subhash at 07.00 hrs and from Noapara at 07.09 hrs respectively.The last service will leave Kavi Subhash and Dum Dum at 21.30 hrs and from Noapara at 21.25 hrs. There will be no change in the timings of the first and last services. Only Smart Cards will be used. No tokens will be issued.

NTPC works on modalities for compensation

New Delhi: NTPC Ltd has fast tracked all modalities and procedures required for distribution of compensation to the immediate families of those who lost their lives in the natural disaster that struck Tapovan project in Chamoli District on February 7 even as rescue operation continue in full swing with high-end machinery. While NTPC is extending a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the immediate family of the contract labourers of the agency engaged in construction of NTPC project, the State and Central Governments have separately announced compensation package of Rs 4 lakh and Rs 2 lakh, respectively. Further, compensation against PF and Employees’ Compensation Act covered under statutory provisions of the workers in the range of Rs 5 lakh to Rs 15 lakh will also be made available.

Sleep Championship offers Rs 10 lakh award

Mumbai: At  time when Covid-19 pandemic has affected sleep due to stress and career turbulences, Wakefit.co is back with its epic Sleep Internship Season 2 that offers Rs 1 Lakh reward to interns, and a grand prize of Rs 10 Lakh if selected as “India’s Sleep Champion”. About 60,000 applicants have already applied for Season 2 that requires interns to sleep uninterrupted for 9 hours for 100 consecutive nights. Chaitanya Ramalingegowda, Director and Co-founder, Wakefit.co, said, “We aim to drive home the message that sleeping is a serious job, it can be both satisfying and rewarding.”

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