Monthly Archives: June 2018

UP airport 1st to have national highway under runway

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Lal Bahadur Shastri airport

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HIGHLIGHTS

The construction of an underpass will ensure the expansion of the airport’s runway for the landing of big planes, as well as convert the highway into a four-lane road.

The AAI has given its nod to the airport’s runway expansion by building the underpass, which will keep the alignment of the Varanasi-Lucknow highway (NH-56) intact.
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Varanasi :

The Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) International Airport in Babatpur — about 26km from Varanasi — will soon become the first airport in the country to have a national highway running under its runway. The construction of an underpass will ensure the expansion of the airport’s runway for the landing of big planes, as well as convert the highway into a four-lane road.

The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has given its nod to the airport’s runway expansion by building the underpass, which will keep the alignment of the Varanasi-Lucknow highway (NH-56) intact. The existing runway is 2,750m and is proposed to be extended up to 4,075m to ensure landing of big cargo and Boeing planes at the airport. The runway expansion and underpass construction will commence simultaneously, said officials.

“It will be India’s first highway to pass under the runway of an airport. The proposed underpass will also solve the long-pending issue of deciding the alignment of NH-56, which is being converted into a four-lane road. As AAI’s project of runway expansion is yet to begin, the NHAI is repairing the existing highway patch for smooth vehicular movement,” NHAI project director (Varanasi) S B Singh told TOI.

The proposal to convert the NH-56 into a four-lane has been in the pipeline for over a decade and was approved by the UPA government in 2013. The NHAI started basic work on the Varanasi-Sultanpur stretch but not much headway could be made. With the change of guard at the Centre in 2014, the process of land acquisition and other work on the stretch sped up. However, the alignment issue remained unresolved.

AAI, in its Masterplan-2004, proposed the runway extension. However, as a railway track runs on the eastern side of the runway, the expansion could only take place on the west where the NH-56 exists. For the project, AAI sought 593.77 acres of land in Mangari, Bikunthpur, Karmi, Ghamhapur Karmi, Sagunaha and Pura Raghunathpur villages.

The proposal was neglected for over a decade until AAI sent a letter to the Uttar Pradesh government on March 27, 2015, through the director of civil aviation (UP), seeking the required land. The scheme gained momentum in 2017 when AAI restarted identification of land for expansion.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City News> Varanasi News / by Rajeev Dikshit / TNN / June 05th, 2018

UP win powerlifting championship

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Kanpur :

Hosts Uttar Pradesh emerged as overall champion in the national subjunior powerlifting championship, which concluded here at Gaurav Memorial International School, Kalyanpur, on Thursday. The winners finished with 219 points.

Delhi and Haryana got the second and third spots with 154 and 65 points respectively.

In boy’s group UP collected 111 points, while Delhi and Haryana garnered 98 and 65 points respectively. Similarly in girls’ group the hoem side emerged on top with 108 points. Maharashtra and Delhi got second and third places with 64 and 58 points respectively.

Divya Khatri of Maharashtra (291kg) and Abhishek Kumar of UP (401.5 kg) were adjudged the best lifterers in girls’ and boy’s group respectively.

The prizes were given away jointly by Sanjeev Pathak table tennis player and vice-president UPTTA, Dr Ashok Tiwari (director PSIT) and RP Katiyar (vice-president UPTTA).

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Kanpur News / TNN / June 01st, 2018

Lucknow boy wins national accolades

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Aysuh Mishra has won the national-level science championship – Vidhayarthi Vigyan Manthan

Lucknow :

Ayush Mishra, 15, of the city has bagged the first prize in the north zone division of the national-level science championship—Vidhayarthi Vigyan Manthan—held under the central government’s science ministry on Tuesday.

The young boy who wants to be a scientist in the stream of aeronautical engineering in future is a student of standard XI who had scored 94.4% in class X CBSE result.

The national-level competition tests students on presentations, scientific understanding, creativity, out-of-box activities, assessment and leadership quality. It is jointly organised by Vigyan Prasar (VP), a national institute for science and technology communication established under the Central government’s science and technology department, NCERT and Vigyan Bharati, a national movement for propagation and popularization of science and technology.

“The competition was divided into three levels—district, state and national and the process had started in November last. The state winners were then called to the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai on May 12 and 13 for the final competitions,” said Ayush, a student of DPS Janakipuram. He received a trophy, certificate and cash reward for winning the north zone.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> News> City News> Lucknow News> Schools & Colleges / TNN / June 06th, 2018