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Nitin Gadkari says set up urine banks, produce urea
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday put forth his idea to set up urine banks in each tehsil/ taluka where urea could be produced and delivered to farmers for its further usage as a fertilizer.
Speaking to the press, Gadkari further said that human urine is rich in nitrogen and it has potential to produce urea in optimal quantity and adopting this method could help minimise the urea import.
“Human urine contains a lot of nitrogen. But this is wasted. Since converting waste into wealth is my passion, I feel there is no harm in trying the idea. We already have organic substitutes for phosphorous and potassium. If we could add nitrogen, it could make an ideal plant booster,” he said
Though the idea is at nascent stage but he is trying to make it feasible with the help of Swedish scientists, said Gadkari
Stating his plan further, Gadkari said farmers would be required to bring their urine in 10 litre container to their taluka centres. “The cans will have to be provided by the government and the farmer would get Rs 1 per litre. The trial can be done in rural areas because here the urine is not diluted with water in the toilet. The urine will then be distilled to make it pure so that it can act as a soluble organic fertilizer,” he said
Talking about the feasibility of project, Nitin Gadkari said he is not sure whether the project is viable. But, he said initial tests would be carried in Dhapewada village — his home village — near Nagpur.
The minister had recently claimed that about 10 crore trees will be planted under the Ganga Tree Plantation programme on the river banks, from Haridwar to Kolkata.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Amit Shah files nomination from Gandhinagar
The Union Home Minister Amit Shah was accompanied by Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel.
Ahead of the upcoming general elections, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah submitted his nomination today from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency. During his nomination, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhuperndra Patel accompained him.
Former deputy prime minister and BJP chief LK Advani, who earlier served as a representative of this seat during Shah’s successful run for re-election.
Soon after filing nomination, Shah said, today he has submitted his nomination from the Gandhinagar seat. He said it is a matter of pride for him that this seat was represented by the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, LK Advani and the seat where Narendra Modi himself is a voter. He also said he has been an MLA and MP from this seat for 30 years. The people of this region have given him immense love, Shah said.
With an astounding vote share of 69.67 percent in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Shah maintained the BJP’s stronghold in Gandhinagar with a resounding victory. Election turnout has been consistently high in the city.
In 1984–85, Amit Shah joined the BJP. His political skills and organizational prowess were recognized, and he soon became the national treasurer of the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
Amit Shah’s political career took a significant turn in 1991.
Shah became the national president of the BJP in 2014, and he was promoted to the position of Home Minister five years later.
In the context of Indian politics, Gandhinagar is a historical landmark. The former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, won seats from Gandhinagar and Lucknow in the 1996 Lok Sabha elections. However, he decided to stay to his Lucknow seat, opening the door for other leaders to set their mark in Gandhinagar.
Meanwhile, Congress has fielded its party secretary Sonal Patel from Gandhinagar.
Gujarat is scheduled to go for a single phase of elections on May 7. The results of the election will be announced on June 4.
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Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai says party will sweep Karnataka and emerge victorious in Telangana, accuses DMK, AIADMK of influencing voters in Coimbatore
Annamalai expressed his confidence of a historic result for the NDA on June 4, the IPS officer-turned-politician said the BJP will see a rise in its vote share in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu BJP chief and party candidate from Coimbatore seat K Annamalai said the time of Dravidian politics is over and also accused the ruling DMK and AIADMK of spending Rs 1,000 crore in Coimbatore to influence voters. Annamalai made the statement after casting his vote at Uthupatti polling booth in Karur village on Friday.
He expressed his confidence of a historic result for the NDA on June 4, the IPS officer-turned-politician said the BJP will see a rise in its vote share in Tamil Nadu. Annamalai further added people of Tamil Nadu are with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He said in the state of Karnataka the party is expecting a clean sweep this time. The State BJP chief said the BJP will be the number 1 party in Telangana. He said he was confident that Tamil Nadu will deliver a very big resounding result this time. He said there will be a rise in BJP’s vote share in the state and time of Dravidian politics is over.
In Coimbatore, K Annamalai is contesting the election from Coimbatore and is facing DMK’s Ganapathy P Rajkumar and AIADMK’s Singai Ramachandran. All 39 seats in Tamil Nadu will go for voting in the first phase. K Annamalai spoke to the media after casting his vote and accused the ruling DMK and AIADMK of spending more than Rs 1,000 crore in Coimbatore to influence the voters.
He said if the ruling DMK and AIADMK can bring 1 voter in front of the media to say that BJP is trying to influence them, then he will leave politics the same day because he is running in this election as a matter of principle. The elections to the state of Tamil Nadu will be closely monitored as the state has been at the centre of the BJP’s southern push in order to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 400 paar goal.
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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Newly married couple cast vote in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur, video goes viral
A video went viral amid the ongoing Phase 1 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, where a couple went to cast a vote in Udhampur soon after their wedding, in their wedding dresses
People from all walks of life have come together to participate in the biggest festival of democracy as the Lok Sabha elections for the first phase have begun. Voters of all ages, including first-time voters, exercised their right to vote during the first phase of the election. A bride and groom appeared at the booth to cast their votes in an unusual incident that took place in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir.
The video of the couple is now going viral on the internet. Netizens are praising them for exercising their right. A user said these couples are inspiration to many. Another congratulated them and said they had set an example in the society.
Meanwhile, the Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency, which is comprised of the five districts of Udhampur, Kathua, Ramban, Doda, and Kishtwar, began polling at 7 a.m. despite bad weather.
In a simillar incident, Kapil Gupta married on Thursday and shortly after returned home on Friday morning, he cast his vote at a polling booth that was put up on the premises of the Jammu and Kashmir Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes & Backward Classes Development Corporation Limited in Udhampur town.
He urged people to cast their ballots in big numbers, saying, voting is our right and must be done on priority.
Sahil and Radhika, another recently-wed couple, showed up at an election booth set up at an Udhampur school dressed as bride and groom.
The bride said, on Thursday, the day when they got married, she suggested to to her husband that they will go for voting. Although her vote was not there but she accompanied her husband to the polling booth.
She continued saying that she will be visiting her parents later in the day, which is in a nearby village to fulfil her democratic right as well.
In Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur-Kathua, voting is presently underway. However, despite of bad weather, people are going to polling boot to cast their vote. Voting is scheduled to end at 6 pm.
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