CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Delhi Metro has become the first ever project in the country to receive power generated from a waste-to-energy plant. Delhi Metro has started receiving 2 MW power from a 12 MW capacity waste-to-energy plant set up in Ghazipur.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indian Railways has commissioned country’s first governmental Waste to Energy Plant, having capacity of 500 Kg waste per day, in Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop at Bhubaneswar in East Coast Railway.

Detailed explanation-3: -Waste management concessionaire Ecogreen Energy will set up a 25-MW waste-to-energy plant on 10 acres of land at Bandhwadi, located on the Gurugram-Faridabad road.

Detailed explanation-4: -The DMRC opened its first corridor between Shahdara and Tis Hazari on 25th December, 2002. Subsequently, the first phase of construction worth 65 kilometres of Metro lines was finished two years and nine months ahead of schedule in 2005.

Detailed explanation-5: -Japan helped India build the Delhi metro rail. The Government of Japan financed around 60% of the project cost by way of a soft loan through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Q. Which of these countries helped India financially, to build the Delhi metro?