Current Affairs..............30 April 2015 .......................
1) What is the name given to an ambitious road project proposed by the Union Govt. from Gujarat to Mizoram to be built along India’s vast West-to-East land border? – “Bharat Mala” Explanation : According to the information disclosed by Union Roads Secretary Vijay Chhibber, “Bharat Mala” project will be a road built along India’s vast west-toeast land border, from Gujarat to Mizoram, at a cost of around Rs 14,000 crore. The government hopes to finish the project in five years. The project will start from Gujarat and Rajasthan, move to Punjab and then cover the entire string of Himalayan states – Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand – and then portions of borders of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar alongside Terai, and move to Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and right up to the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur and Mizoram. The Bharat Mala project has a strong strategic component. It’s India’s attempted answer to improve reach and connectivity in border areas, right across a larg...