Union Minister Piyush Goyal made these remarks at the inauguration ceremony of Delhi's first road tunnel underneath Pragati Maidan and five underpasses on Mathura Road and Bhairon Marg inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday morning.
The Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor, comprising a 1.3-km-long tunnel and five underpasses and built over four years, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
The Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor project has been built at a cost of more than Rs 920 crore and funded entirely by the central government. With the inauguration, motorists travelling from Noida, Ghaziabad and east Delhi areas will have signal-free access to India Gate, Supreme Court, Mathura Road and vice-versa.
The corridor is aimed at providing hassle-free and smooth access to the new world-class exhibition and convention centre being developed at Pragati Maidan.
This will be the PWD's second big road infrastructure project that will be thrown open to the public this year. In April, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had inaugurated the underpass at the Ashram intersection in south Delhi.
DMRC said it'll start selling IITF entry tickets for 'Business Days' from Nov 14 and for general public days from Nov 19.
The fair was not held last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the second time in history that IITF was not organised. The first time this happened was in 1980.
Female Cop Manisha Sharma was part of the Pragati Maidan encounter. In which Police caught two miscreants identified as Rohit Choudhary and Titu with illegal weapons.
A number of metro stations in the national capital were closed by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Wednesday evening. The metro stations that were shut included Central Secretariat, Udyog Bhawan, Pragati Maidan, Khan Market and Mandi House.
Delhi's Pragati Maidan metro station has been renamed as Supreme Court metro station by the Delhi government's naming committee.
The government on Wednesday approved transfer of 3.7 acres of land at Pragati Maidan here to ITDC and ITPO on a 99-year lease for Rs 611 crore to set up a five-star hotel.
The apex court though made an exception when it came to construction activity for the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) at the Pragati Maidan, where the Trade Fair draws huge crowds.
The accused persons have been identified as Shahid Khan, a resident of Laxmi Nagar, Ratan Singh Chauhan, a resident of Sagarpur and Sanjay Singh, a resident of Sangam Vihar, Police said.
"Books are not a product. This is a social service, and the idea behind free entry is to let everyone come and read"
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The fair is being organised at Pragati Maidan by the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) under Commerce Ministry.
The expo aims to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship in India and it supports Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 'Digital India' and 'Make in India' initiatives.
New Delhi: It was time for the darker shades of winter to take over the ramp of the Amazon India Fashion Week here, with designers Malini Ramani and Rina Dhaka taking to the stage to
New Delhi: Designer duo Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna have decided to shift their autumn-winter collection showcase at the forthcoming Amazon India Fashion Week (AIFW) from March 26 evening to afternoon, due to a personal
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