Rs 1,000 cr for flood-related projects

The Uttar Pradesh Flood Control Board on Monday approved flood-related irrigation projects worth Rs 1,000 crore,an official spokesman said in Lucknow. During a meeting of the permanent committee chaired by state Irrigation minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui,projects related to flood control were approved. The minister directed that quality of works related to flood should be maintained and projects completed within the stipulated time. He warned that stern action would be taken in case any shortcoming was detected in quality.

VIP registration numbers: Rates hiked
The state government has hiked the rate of buying a lucky or VIP registration number for a vehicle. “A notification for increasing the price has been issued on December 31,” a senior Transport department official said. With this,the price of VIP registration number has gone up by 50 per cent under all categories. The categories have been renamed as — very attractive,very important,attractive and important costing Rs 15,000,Rs 7,500,Rs 6,000 and Rs 3,000 respectively. Earlier,maximum price was Rs 10,000. The price revision and regrouping of saleable numbers is expected to bring an additional revenue of Rs 5 crore to the state exchequer.