Passage 1
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas this month dedicated to the nation India’s first small-scale liquefied natural gas (SSLNG) unit at GAIL (India) Ltd’s Vijaipur comple. SSLNG involves liquefying and transporting natural gas on a smaller scale, catering to areas without pipeline connections using specialised trucks and vessels.
GAIL’s Vijaipur SSLNG unit is being seen as a key first step in taking SSLNG distribution deep inside the country. LNG has been used successfully as a fuel for medium and heavy commercial vehicles in countries such as China.
This development is part of the government’s broader initiative to promote the use of natural gas in various sectors and increase its share in the country’s primary energy mix.
Source – https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/e
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Passage 2
Six heritage sites in a Indian State have been included in the tentative UNESCO list. The CM of the state congratulated the people of the state for this.
In this list of tentative sites, various important sites are included such as Historic Group of Dhamnar, RockArt Sites, Khooni Bhandara, Fort, God Memorial of Ramnagar etc.
Municipal Corporation Commissioner Sandeep Srivastava said, “In 2010 efforts were started to include the underground water structure Khooni Bhandara in the list of UNESCO’s World Heritage. In 2013 a UNESCO team came to see this structure. All the shortcomings pointed out by them were rectified. Now the district administration, municipal corporation administration and state government have prepared an action plan to provide facilities here given the possibility of domestic and foreign tourists and researchers visiting the place shortly.”
Source- https://travel.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/
