Fashion designer Satya Paul no more
Veteran fashion designer and the founder of the acclaimed Indian clothing brand, Satya Paul, who was known for giving the Indian saree a contemporary touch, passed away at age 79 on Wednesday, his son Puneet Nanda wrote on a Facebook post. Paul, who had suffered a stroke in December, breathed his last at Sadhguru’s Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore. “He had a stroke on December 2 and as he was slowly recovering in the hospital, his only wish was to get all the things he was being monitored and poked with removed so he could fly away... We finally got clearance from doctors to take him back to Isha Yoga Center, his home since 2015. As per his wish, he gently passed on with blessings of the Master,” Nanda wrote, adding that though there’s grief, the family is also celebrating the wholesome life he led.
JAIPUR : Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restart the sanctioned and stalled railway projects i n Rajasthan on priority.
Gehlot was speaking at the virtual inauguration of a section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC). He said the majority, around 42%, of New Rewari-New Madar section of the WDFC, crosses Rajasthan for Gujarat. “We have demanded that a railway station be made in Bhiwadi town as it has a Japanese investment zone, first of its kind in India, with around 6,521 industrial units,” he said.
Speaking on the occasion, Gehlot said, “Several projects of Rajasthan, which were sanctioned and started are stalled due to some reasons. The PM should take them up on priority and restart.”
Gehlot said projects such as Sarmathura-Gangapur via Karauli railway line was inaugurated but closed; Pushkar-Medta road railway line, and Chauth ka Barwada to Ajmer via Tonk railway line work has been stalled.
“The state had 50% partnership in the Banswar-DungarpurRatlam project, benefitting the tribal area adjoining Gujarat. The state has given around Rs 250 crore and the work had started but later due to some reasons it got stalled. I urge to resume the work on priority but as the state isn’t in a sound position, the entire expenditure now has to be borne by the railways,” said the CM.
He said the Memu coach in Bhilwara was sanctioned, and inaugurated but later stopped.
“Oil and gas are there in Jaisalmer and Barmer – the country’s 20% oil is supplied from Barmer. Now the refinery work has also started. The demand for rail line to connect MundraKandla port with JaisalmerBarmer is there for the last 40 years, which is justified looking at future,” said Gehlot.
Welcoming the PM for giving a major part of the WDFC to Rajasthan, the CM said that the state is committed to the cause on how the Delhi –Mumbai industrial corridor be made and developed along Delhi-Mumbai Freight Corridor.