Agartala, Oct 15: The Central Government has sanctioned Rs 665 Crore for water project in Agartala under Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM) to ensure supply of safe drinking water.
Official sources here today said the project include renovation of existing water systems, maintenance of ground pipes and transportation of water from Gumati River, 70 kilometres away from Agartala.
About 100 kg of gold and silver is being sold in jewellery shops in Tripura every month, according to the Tripura Chamber of Commerce. Traditionally, families in Tripura have had a huge stock of gold because tribal people had been gifted gold by erstwhile kings and during the post-1971 exodus from Bangladesh, non-tribal families brought only gold with them. Now Tripura is importing gold to meet
In an effort to make people aware of the rapid and alarming change in the environment worldwide, Tripura State Pollution Control Board along with Centre for Media Studies (CMS) and Cine Delve, a film society of Agartala will screen a series of special films here on September 26 next. The Agartala film fest will actually be a part of country-wide similar show to be organized by CMS. Besides Agartala six other selected State capitals
Promising massive infrastructure building, Tripura Finance Minister Badal Chowdhury presented a budget of Rs 5,248.76 crore with a deficit of Rs 76.74 crore for the 2008-2009 financial year in the Assembly here today. The budget has proposed substantial increase in capital expenditure as the outlay for infrastructure building has been pegged at Rs 1,763 crore.
