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PM Modi's Nagpur visit cancelled due to rain alert

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit to Nagpur was called off in the wake of a heavy rain alert. Modi however, will still visit Mumbai and Aurangabad.

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Published : Sep 7, 2019, 5:40 AM IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Saturday visit to Nagapur has been cancelled due to heavy rain alert. The Prime Minister, however, would visit Mumbai and Aurangabad, officials said here.

Modi was scheduled to visit Nagpur, Mumbai and Aurangabad on Saturday to inaugurate several infrastructure projects, intended to boost the Bharatiya Janata Party's prospects in poll-bound Maharashtra.

He was to lay the foundation stone for a Metro coach factory in Nagpur and a Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) project to connect Nagpur with Wardha, Ramtek and Bhandara.

In Mumbai, Modi will lay the foundation stone for three metro lines, which will together add more than 42 km to the metro network of the city. The three corridors are 9.2km-long Gaimukh to Shivaji Chowk (Mira Road) Metro-10 corridor, 12.7km-long Wadala to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Metro-11 corridor and 20.7km-long Kalyan to Taloja Metro-12 corridor.

The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone for a Metro Bhavan, a 32-storey centre, which will operate and control 14 metro lines spread over 340 km.

The Metro Bhavan, to be built at a cost of around Rs 13 crore, will be spread over 1.14 lakh sq metres in the lush green Aarey Colony, Goregaon. It has attracted stiff opposition from Mumbaikars, environmentalists and celebrities who fear huge loss of green cover due to the project.

He will inaugurate Bandongri Metro Station, Kandivali East, and a modern Metro coach, the first to be produced under 'Make in India'. He will also release a brand vision document for the Maha Mumbai Metro.

In Aurangabad, Modi will address a state-level Mahila Saksham Melava, being organised by the Maharashtra State Rural Livelihood Mission.

He will lay the foundation stone for a section of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, and inaugurate the AURIC Hall or the headquarters of the futuristic Aurangabad Industrial Township.

It's described as India's first greenfield smart industrial city coming up on over 10,000 acres in Marathwada as part of DMIC, being developed jointly with the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC).

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil, central and state ministers and other party officials are expected to attend these function.

Read: Chandrayaan-2: ISRO loses contact with Vikram lander, PM to address nation today

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Saturday visit to Nagapur has been cancelled due to heavy rain alert. The Prime Minister, however, would visit Mumbai and Aurangabad, officials said here.

Modi was scheduled to visit Nagpur, Mumbai and Aurangabad on Saturday to inaugurate several infrastructure projects, intended to boost the Bharatiya Janata Party's prospects in poll-bound Maharashtra.

He was to lay the foundation stone for a Metro coach factory in Nagpur and a Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) project to connect Nagpur with Wardha, Ramtek and Bhandara.

In Mumbai, Modi will lay the foundation stone for three metro lines, which will together add more than 42 km to the metro network of the city. The three corridors are 9.2km-long Gaimukh to Shivaji Chowk (Mira Road) Metro-10 corridor, 12.7km-long Wadala to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Metro-11 corridor and 20.7km-long Kalyan to Taloja Metro-12 corridor.

The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone for a Metro Bhavan, a 32-storey centre, which will operate and control 14 metro lines spread over 340 km.

The Metro Bhavan, to be built at a cost of around Rs 13 crore, will be spread over 1.14 lakh sq metres in the lush green Aarey Colony, Goregaon. It has attracted stiff opposition from Mumbaikars, environmentalists and celebrities who fear huge loss of green cover due to the project.

He will inaugurate Bandongri Metro Station, Kandivali East, and a modern Metro coach, the first to be produced under 'Make in India'. He will also release a brand vision document for the Maha Mumbai Metro.

In Aurangabad, Modi will address a state-level Mahila Saksham Melava, being organised by the Maharashtra State Rural Livelihood Mission.

He will lay the foundation stone for a section of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, and inaugurate the AURIC Hall or the headquarters of the futuristic Aurangabad Industrial Township.

It's described as India's first greenfield smart industrial city coming up on over 10,000 acres in Marathwada as part of DMIC, being developed jointly with the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC).

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil, central and state ministers and other party officials are expected to attend these function.

Read: Chandrayaan-2: ISRO loses contact with Vikram lander, PM to address nation today

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Amazon countries meet to bolster rainforest protection
          Leticia (Colombia), Sep 7 (AFP) Presidents and ministers from seven Amazon countries met in Colombia on Friday to agree on measures to protect the world's biggest rainforest, under threat from wildfires and rampant deforestation.
          The summit took place in the wake of an international outcry over months of raging fires that have devastated swaths of the Amazon in Brazil and Bolivia.
          The gathering aimed "to foster a space for regional dialogue to advance the protection and sustainable use of this region, which is essential for the survival of the planet," Colombia's President Ivan Duque said.
          Duque inaugurated the meeting in a "maloka" -- an indigenous hut -- surrounded by members of the Tikuna tribe with headdresses of colored feathers in southern Colombia's Amazon city of Leticia.
          Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, widely criticized over policies that favor deforestation and a delayed reaction to the wildfires, did not travel to Leticia, citing doctors' orders.
          However, speaking by videoconference, he urged other leaders to resist calls, spearheaded by French President Emmanuel Macron, to internationalize protection of the Amazon.
          "We must take a strong position of defense of sovereignty so that each country can develop the best policy for the Amazon region, and not leave it in the hands of other countries," said Bolsonaro, who is due to undergo surgery Sunday.
          Seated at a long wooden table in the shade of tall trees, the representatives of the seven nations signed the "Leticia Pact for the Amazon" that Duque said would provide greater protection for the rainforest, as existing treaties had "fallen short."
          The pact establishes a roadmap for safeguarding the rainforest "not only for the Amazon countries but also the nations of the region and the international community," he said.
          Colombia's Environment Minister Ricardo Lozano said the new measures include the establishment of an "Amazonian cooperation network" to share information on deforestation, including weather data to mitigate the effects of climate change, and threats from illegal mining and logging.
          "We needed to increase and strengthen the cooperation between us, precisely to meet the great challenges of the Amazon, which are becoming more extreme and more intense every day," he told reporters in Leticia.
          Aside from the host Duque, other presidents attending were Peru's Martin Vizcarra, Ecuador's Lenin Moreno and Evo Morales of Bolivia.
          Suriname's vice-president Michael Adhin and Guyana's natural resources minister Raphael Trotman also attended.
          Brazil was represented by Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo.
          "We have to give concrete answers," Vizcarra told the conference. "The dimension of the problem forces us to make drastic decisions."
          In a message to the summit, UNESCO director general Audrey Azoulay called on leaders to "reinforce existing instruments" designed to protect the Amazon.
          "These instruments should be strengthened, more states encouraged to ratify them, increase protected areas, strengthen surveillance and action capabilities." Brazil contains 60 percent of the rainforest within its borders, with the rest spread over areas of Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela as well as the French overseas department of French Guyana.
          Venezuela, despite having a large swath of the Amazon, was not invited, as host Colombia does not recognize the presidency of Nicolas Maduro. (AFP)
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