UP, Delhi to work on development of border areas

This was decided after a meeting between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and the Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung in the Union capital on Tuesday.

An official said that it was decided to have encroachment free and planned development in the Yamuna region. The official also said that land allotment for extension of educational institution campuses was also discussed by the Delhi government.

A consensus was arrived at the meeting that chief secretaries of both the governments would survey land records and take a decision on land utilization.

Source: Chhattisgarh News in Hindi and MP News in Hindi

Lok Adalats to be held in Delhi tomorrow

Gyanesh Bharti, DC of Revenue Department, said that matters related to the department will be taken up in this Lok Adalat.

According to the department, DSLSA (Patiala House Courts) will be holding such Adalat across the national capital.

"Deputy Commissioner may designate 2 SDMs or one SDM and ADM for holding Lok Adalat in the districts. At initial stage matter relating to 133 CrPC, 145 CrPC, senior citizenship cases or cases related to Collector of Stamp will be taken up," Bharti said in his order.

Source: Chhattisgarh Hindi News and MP Hindi News

Goa airport gets visa-on-arrival facility for 43 countries

Goa's Dabolim airport is among one of the nine places that has extended this facility, which will further improve the prospects of its tourism growth, state tourism minister Dilip Parulekar told here on Thursday.

The cities where VoA (visa-on-arrival) will be issued include Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.

The countries included in the list are – Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Luxembourg, Marshal Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue Island, Norway, Oman, Palau, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russia, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, UAE, Ukraine, USA, Vanuatu and Vietnam, he said.

The single-entry tourist visa will be valid for 30 days, the minister said. The state government had been pursuing the issue of VoA and e-visa with the Central government for over two years, he said. "We are very happy to announce that the facilities have finally been launched and extended to 43 countries effectively from Thursday," Parulekar said.

"This facility will enable tourists from the 43 countries enlisted for the benefit to apply and procure the visa within 96 hours with a validity of 30 days, which is extendable subject to approval from the respective embassies," he said. He mooted the need for aggressive marketing in these countries in order to ensure that travel agencies and tourists are made aware of the facility and to encourage foreign visitors to avail it.

Goa tourism department is confident that the launch of VoA will increase foreign tourist arrivals from 12 to 15 percent annually. "Within the next four years, we could see the arrivals doubling from five lakh to one million," Parulekar said.

Source: Chhattisgarh News in Hindi and MP News in Hindi