Finance department sanctions ₹1,396.05 crore as first instalment of maintenance fund to local bodies

The Finance department has decided to release ₹1,396.05 crore as first instalment of maintenance fund (road and non-road) to local bodies for the 2025-26 fiscal. This includes ₹536.94 crore in the non-road component and ₹859.10 crore for roads. As the first instalment, grama panchayats will get ₹878.49 crore in all, including ₹640 crore for maintenance…

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A view of the waste to energy plant at Bidadi near Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: RAVICHANDRAN N 1. Failure of waste-to-energy plant exposes lack of segregation in Bengaluru  On the one hand, where the civic administration is finding it difficult to manage the waste in Bengaluru, the waste-to-energy (WtE) plant at Bidadi, is unable to…

IIT-M incubated Cygni Energy opens 4.8 GWh BESS Gigafactory near Hyderabad

Cygni Energy’s 4.8 GWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Gigafactory has been set up on a five-acre campus at E-Mobility Valley in the Electronics Manufacturing Cluster in Maheshwaram, near Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: Arrangement Hyderabad-headquartered Cygni Energy opened a 4.8 GWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Gigafactory at E-Mobility Valley in the Electronics Manufacturing Cluster,…