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The government has decided to rename Gujarat’s Kandla port as Deendayal port. The ex-post facto approval was given by the Union Cabinet in its meeting on Wednesday.
Kandla is one of the largest ports in the country. The decision comes just ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections later this year.
“By renaming Kandla Port as ‘Deendayal Port, Kandla’, a grateful nation would be remembering the invaluable contributions made by one of the greatest sons of India, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay,” said an official release, adding that it would also inspire the people of Gujarat, particularly the youth.
The Cabinet was also apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding between Ministry of Railways and the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications of Swiss Confederation on Technical Cooperation in the rail sector.
The MoU signed on August 31 this year will enable technical cooperation in areas such as traction rolling stock, EMU and train sets, traction propulsion equipment and freight and passenger cars.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet also approved signing and ratification of the Extradition Treaty between India and Lithuania.
“The treaty would provide a legal framework for seeking extradition of terrorists, economic offenders and other criminals from and to Lithuania,” said an official release.
The Union Cabinet also gave its ex-post facto approval to an MoU between India and Myanmar on upgradation of the Women’s Police Training Centre at Yamethin, Myanmar.
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