JICA green signal for Pune’s Rs 1,000-crore river clean-up project

JICA green signal for Pune’s Rs 1,000-crore river clean-up project

JICA’s assistance of Rs 1,000 crore would be for mitigation of pollution of Mula, Mutha and Mula-Mutha and also improving the sanitation and living conditions. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has green signalled the tendering process for a Rs 1,000-crore project for cleaning up Pune’s rivers, Mula, Mutha and Mula-Mutha (confluence of both rivers). The … Read more

PM Modi inaugurates JICA-funded Rudraksh convention centre in Varanasi

PM Modi inaugurates JICA-funded Rudraksh convention centre in Varanasi

The foundation stone for Rudraksh was laid in 2015 during a visit to Varanasi by then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Image credit: PM Narendra Modi on Twitter) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention centre in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi today. The two-storey convention centre can accommodate 1,200 people and … Read more