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UP Tourism to develop
Kaushambi as part of
BUDDHIST CIRCUIT
followers.
The proposal explains
how various ancient and
historical sites in
Kaushambi can be preserved
and developed to
boost the district’s tourism
potential. "If the proposal
is approved, we plan to
add several attractions for
tourists, including a
Lucknow : The Uttar Pradesh Tourism
Department plans to develop various tourism
sites, including Kaushambi, associated with
Buddhism under the ’Swadesh Darshan’
scheme and connect these with the Buddhist
Circuit.
Tourism Department Deputy Director
Dinesh Singh said a Rs 50-crore proposal in
this regard would be submitted to the state
government for approval. The proposal is
based on an elaborate survey conducted by
different departments like forest, power, revenue,
and tourism of several sites of religious
and historical importance.
The Buddhist Circuit follows the footsteps
of Gautam Buddha from Lumbini in
Nepal where he was born, through Gaya in
Bihar where he attained enlightenment, to
Sarnath where he gave his first sermon, and
Kushinagar where he died.
Gautam Buddha visited Kaushambi town
a number of times to deliver sermons to his
majestic meditation centre.
Visitors will also be
treated to an audio-visual
show about the importance
of various Buddhist
sites in Kaushambi," said
Vishal Gulati, the architect
for the project.
Public amenities like
toilets, restaurants, waiting
halls, handicraft markets
and shops are also to
be constructed for the
convenience of visitors. Other proposed
attractions included an open-air theatre,
water points, ATM kiosks and currency
exchange centres for the convenience of foreign
tourists.
"As there is not enough parking space at
most places of tourist attractions, the department
has proposed to launch its own e-rickshaw
service to ferry tourists to the meditation
centre," he said.
Good road network
will boost economic
growth: Hasina
Dhaka : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina on
Thursday said her
government was
working to build a
’communication
network’ across
the country to
ensure transportation
of goods and
economic self-sufficiency
of people.
The premier
made the remarks while addressing the opening ceremony
of the Itna-Mithamain-Astagram road in
Kishoreganj district via video conference, reports
bdnews24.
H"We are building a road network across
Bangladesh so that the communication system along
with the waterways remains dynamic. We are
enhancing rail connectivity by re-establishing and
expanding rail links to new areas. We are increasing
connectivity on roads and waterways.
"When the communication system is good, people
will have the benefit of transporting goods. This will
bring economic independence to the people and
Bangladesh will be the hunger and poverty-free
’Shonar Bangla’ as envisaged by the Father of the
Nation," he was quoted as saying/
The 29.73-km road starts from Itna and stretches
all the way to Astagram via Mithamain.
It was constructed at a cost of Tk 8.74 billion and
President Abdul Hamid had flagged off the construction
work on April 21, 2016.
Pakistan Peoples
Party to stage
'massive power show'
Karachi : The opposition Pakistan Peoples
Party has announced that it would stage a "massive
power show" in Karachi on October 18,
which would the "beginning of the end" for the
incumbent Imran Khan-led government.
The announcement was made on Wednesday
by President of PPP’s Sindh chapter Nisar
Khuhro following a meeting of the party’s executive
committee, reports Dawn news.
"The October 18 rally would be held at Baghi-Jinnah
adjacent to Quaid’s (Mohammad Ali
Jinnah) mausoleum. The federal government has
already started panicking and the October 18
rally will lead to its fall," he said.
Khuhro added that people from all over Sindh
would attend the rally, which would be
addressed by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-
Zardari and other opposition leaders.
ISRO plans to test ground
landing of ’desi’ space shuttle
Chennai : The Indian space agency is likely to test its reusable
launch vehicle’s (RLV) landing on the ground sometime in
November or December 2020, said a senior official.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is targeting to
build RLV similar to USA’s space shuttle to put into orbit satellites
and come back to land for the next mission. This in turn would
bring down the satellite launch costs.
The two Indian rockets in service - Polar Satellite Launch
Vehicle (PSLV) and Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
(GSLV) - and also the upcoming Small Satellite Launch Vehicle
(SSLV) - are expendable ones. "We are planning to test the
Reusable Launch Vehicle’s landing in Chitradurga District in
Karnataka. We want to do the test in November/December this
year," S. Somanath, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
(VSSC) -- part of ISRO -- told IANS.
As per plans, the RLV will be lifted up by a helicopter and from
the height of four km it will be released. Post release by the helicopter,
the RLV will glide and navigate towards the runway and
land on its own in an airfield in Chitradurga District deploying its
parachute, Somanath said. According to ISRO, RLV Interface
System (RIS) for interfacing with helicopter and Qualification
Model of landing gear have been realised.
Simply put, RLV will ascend to orbit, stay there, re-enter and
land on a runway like an aircraft. The technology has the challenges
of meeting the complexities of both -- a rocket and an aircraft.
According to Somanath, about 30-40 ISRO officials have to be
taken to Chitradurga and stay there for about two weeks.
In 2016, ISRO successfully tested RLV’s descent from an altitude
of 65 km, its atmospheric re-entry at around Mach 5 (five
times the speed of sound). According to ISRO, the vehicle’s navigation,
guidance and control system accurately steered the vehicle
during this phase for safe descent. After successfully surviving high
temperatures of re-entry with the help of its Thermal Protection
System (TPS), the vehicle successfully glided down to the defined
landing spot over Bay of Bengal, at a distance of about 450km from
Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Total flight duration from launch to
landing of this mission lasted for about 770 seconds.