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Tag: ‘Gudi Padwa’ (Marathi New Year)

Celebrate Gudi Padwa At Home: Maha Gov Koshyari

(Mumbai) Celebrate Gudi Padwa At Home: Maha Gov Koshyari
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday asked people to celebrate Gudi Padwa, which marks the beginning of New Year in the state, indoors due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The number of COVID-19 patients in the state stood at 101 as on Tuesday.

Gujrat’s ITIs Will Issue Learning Driving Licence

(Gandhinagar,Gujarat) Gujrat’s ITIs Will Issue Learning Driving Licence
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Thursday said learner’s driving licenses will be issued at industrial training institutes (ITIs) and polytechnic colleges from November 15 onwards.
The move will help ease the backlog at 36 regional transport offices (RTOs) in the state,
Every year, around 20 lakh people visit RTOs to get their learner’s license and many have to wait for almost a month to their appointment. The new arrangement will ease the burden on RTOs and speed up the process, the chief minister said.

Tanker Water Used to Fill “Ramkund”Pond in Drought Hit Maha

[Nashik,Maharashtra] Tanker water used to fill sacred “Ramkund” Pond in Maharashtra’ After Which Gudi Padwa’ (Marathi New Year) Was Celebrated
Ramkund, the sacred pond on the banks of Godavari river which had dried up, was finally filled with water from tankers and wells.
Nashik mayor Ashok Murtadak said he had appealed to owners of water tankers to pour water in Ramkund.
“They (owners of water tankers) gave response and filled Ramkund yesterday using waters from 50-60 tanks,”
Following this, locals could take a holy dip yesterday to mark ‘Gudi Padwa’ (Marathi New Year), the mayor added.
It was for the first time in last 139 years that Ramkund had dried up as water stock in Gangapur dam had gone down due to severe drought and scanty rainfall last year.