Saturday, May 6, 2000,
Chandigarh, India
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Centres
additional aid for Gujarat
NEW DELHI, May 5 (PTI) The Centre today announced
an additional Rs 200 crore to tackle the centurys
worst drought in Gujarat, the state government said. The
announcement of the additional central assistance came
soon after state Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel met the
Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, today to apprise
him of the drought and measures being taken by the state
government to tackle it.
SC ruling on
petrol
NEW DELHI, May 5 (PTI) After banning the plying of
over eight-year-old buses, the Supreme Court in a bid to
lower vehicular pollution today directed the Centre to
provide petrol with 0.05 per cent sulphur content, from
June and 1 per cent benzene content from October in the
National Capital Region (NCR).
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