Visit of 1TS to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Visit of 1TS to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The ships of First Training Squadron are on a visit to
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as part of their five nation Overseas Deployment.
Why is it
in news?
Captain Aftab Ahmed Khan, Senior Officer, First Training
Squadron along with Commanding Officers of the 1TS ships called on Rear Admiral
Yahya Bin Mohammed Al-Assiri, Western Fleet Commander of the Royal Saudi
Naval Forces. Issues of bilateral Naval cooperation and training initiatives
between the two countries were discussed.
Highlights
During the visit, the ships will be involved in interaction
with officials from Royal Navy of Saudi Arabia and various other dignitaries as
well as training exchange.
Shri Nitin Gadkari announces New Guinness World Record created by NHAI in laying 75 km of bituminous concrete in a single lane on NH53 in 105 hours and 33 minutes
Shri Nitin Gadkari announces New Guinness World Record
created by NHAI in laying 75 km of bituminous concrete in a single lane on NH53
in 105 hours and 33 minutes
Union Minister for
Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari announced today New Guinness World
Record created by NHAI in laying 75 km of bituminous concrete in a single lane
on NH53 in 105 hours and 33 minutes.
Why is it in news?
In a video message,
Shri Gadkari said commemorating 75 years of India’s
independence and under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav announced by the
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi NHAI has created a world record that was
certified by the Guinness World Records.
He said the record has been made for laying 75 km of bituminous concrete in a
single lane on NH 53 between Amrawati to Akola Districts in 105 hours and 33
minutes. The total length of the 75 km of single lane continuous
bituminous concrete road is equivalent to 37.5 km of two-lane paved shoulder
road and the work started on 3rd June 2022 at 7:27 am and
completed on 7th June 2022 at 5 pm, he added.
Highlights
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The Minister said the bituminous mix
of 36,634 MT consisting of 2,070 MT of bitumen was used. He said the project
was implemented by 720 workers including a team of independent consultants
worked day and night to complete this task.
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Shri Gadkari said before this,
the Guinness World Record for
the longest continuously laid bituminous was for building 25.275 km that was
achieved in Doha, Qatar in Feb 2019. The task took 10 days to complete.
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The Minister said the Amrawati to
Akola section is part of NH 53,this is an important east-east corridor which
connects major cities like Kolkata, Raipur, Nagpur and Surat. He said once
completed, this stretch will play a major role in easing movement of traffic
and freight on this route.
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Shri Gadkari congratulated all the
engineers, contractors, consultants, workers from NHAI and Raj Path Infracon
Pvt. Ltd. for efficient implementation of the project that has helped in
successful completion of this world record.
