It carves out its jurisdiction of routes within East Coast Railway and South-Central Railway zones.
It will take up a large part of Andhra Pradesh, the regions of Telangana and Tamil Nadu as well.
Waltair Railway Division (previously called East Coast Railway) was split up into two as well by the Cabinet.
The government has renamed the first part as Visakhapatnam Railway Division and placed it under the new zone citing its colonial era name.
The other side will also be under the East Coast Railway and will be transformed to a new district with headquarters at Rayagada, Odisha.
In the Financial Year 2023- 24, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has broken all the records of Indian Railways and created history in Freight Loading.
Between April 1, 2023, and March 25, 2024, ECoR loaded 250 million tons of freight that outstripped the previous record when it loaded 245 million tons during the 2022-23 financial.
Shatavari works to lead to better health
In order to create awareness on health benefits of medicinal plants, a species-specific campaign, which refers to asa species, was developed under the title Shatavari-For Better Health.
The old awareness campaigns that NMPB successfully implemented include Amla, Moringa, Giloe and Ashwagandha.
Such projects have helped to propagate the knowledge about the health advantages of medicinal plants all throughout the nation.
Potash reserves
In some areas in Rajasthan, the Surveys of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) have also discovered reserves.
Punjab now seizes to be the second state after Rajasthan to possess the significant potash reserves.
The three potash blocks of the mines are Kabarwala (Muktsar Sahib), Sherewala and Ramsara (Fazilka) and Shergarh and Dalmir Khera (Fazilka) which excels to almost 18 square kilometres.
There were two Punjab districts that were placed about 450 metres underground.
Potash are the minerals that contain potassium and are mainly used in fertilisers.
Potash is consumed mostly as fertilizer with more than 90 percent of consumption being utilized as fertilizer and it forms one of the three main agricultural nutrients which include N-P-K.
100 GW Solar Power Capacity Milestone
India has made a historical milestone after reaching the mark of 100 GW Solar power installed capacity (100.33 GW).
The solar power sector in India has seen a phenomenal rise of capacity by 3450 per cent in the last ten years.
It was increasing to 100 GW in 2025 compared to 2.82 GW in the year 2014.
Month: Current Affairs - September 07, 2025
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