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When PM Narendra Modi had announced the high-speed bullet train project in India in September 2017, few would have imagined the impact on the ecology of the region around the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad route. In response to question raised by Shiv Sena legislator ManeeshaKayande in the state Legislative Council, state transport minister Diwakar Raote said Monday confirmed that close to 54,000 mangrove trees spread over 13 hectares would be affected due to the construction.However, he clarified that the number of trees cut down would be far less as the height of the pillars would be well above the trees and the damage to environment would be limited. As a compensatory measure, the Government has also proposed to plant five times the number of trees felled for the bullet train project.

Most of People have changed their Facebook profile picture into tricolour (After PM Narendra Modi & CEO Mark Juckerberg did) to support digital India Initiative. But do you know, what is "Digital India"?

Leaders from across the world added their voice of optimism to India's definitive election result and Prime Minister elect Narendra Modi. Over 550 million votes were cast during the world's biggest election event over nine phases and five weeks, which concluded with the results.

Digital India initiative was launched by the GOI in the year 2015, to ensure that the Government's services are made available to citizens electronically by improved online infrastructure, and making the country digitally empowered in the field of technology. The flagship program, initiated by Honorable Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi envisioned transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy by focusing on making available the Digital Infrastructure as a Core Utility to Every Citizen, Governance & Services on Demand, and Digital Empowerment of Citizens.