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New Delhi : The private sector may have to chip to ensure the success of the government’s ambitious flagship programme Rajiv Awas Yojna to make the country slum-free.
“There would be a requirement of about Rs 4 lakh crore to implement Rajiv Awas Yojna and the money cannot be sourced from the government alone,” said Union Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Ray while addressing an Assocham seminar on ‘private equity in infrastructure’.
Private players will have a big role to play in the project and the modalities are being worked out by the Planning Commission, Ray said.
The scheme, which aims to make the country slum free in five years, got a special mention in the Presidential address as a flagship programme of the Centre.
Jet airways cancels 173 flights as stir continues
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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Sept 11 (NNN-PTI): With the Jet pilots’ agitation continuing for the fourth consecutive day today, the airline has cancelled 173 flights across the country including 15 from the national capital.
The flights were cancelled despite the airways management and its pilots last night hammering out a broad understanding to break the deadlock over the pilots’ stir raising prospects of a quick return to normalcy.
The understanding came after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inquired about the crisis at the Cabinet meeting which was given an update by Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel.
“Around 15 flights including four international flying from Delhi till afternoon have been cancelled. In total we have cancelled 173 flights from across the country,” a Jet Airways spokesperson said.
The airline said in Mumbai that 495 of its pilots reported sick and did not join duty.