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  • UP BJP MLA injured while cycling on road with pothole in his constituency

    By PTI

    NOIDA: BJP leader and Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh has been hospitalised after suffering injuries during a cycle ride in his constituency, his associates said on Sunday.

    Singh, 55, was out on a road on his bicycle on Saturday when the accident took place near Kishorepur village around 7.30 pm, they said.

    “The MLA was out for routine cycling. It was drizzling and when a vehicle he was trailing moved ahead, he suddenly encountered a water-filled pothole. His bicycle stumbled into the pothole and he hurt his elbow badly,” the legislator’s associate Devendra Singh told PTI.

    Singh was soon rushed to a private hospital in Greater Noida where doctors found out that he had broken a few bones of his left arm, the associate said.

    “The MLA is in the hospital and being operated upon. He will be staying in the hospital on Sunday,” he added.

    Singh, a fitness enthusiast, is a two-time MLA from Jewar.

    He is known, among others, for his key role in negotiating the land acquisition with villagers for the upcoming greenfield Noida International Airport in Jewar.

    ALSO READ | Portion of Bundelkhand expressway develops potholes due to rains, days after opening by PM Modi

    NOIDA: BJP leader and Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh has been hospitalised after suffering injuries during a cycle ride in his constituency, his associates said on Sunday.

    Singh, 55, was out on a road on his bicycle on Saturday when the accident took place near Kishorepur village around 7.30 pm, they said.

    “The MLA was out for routine cycling. It was drizzling and when a vehicle he was trailing moved ahead, he suddenly encountered a water-filled pothole. His bicycle stumbled into the pothole and he hurt his elbow badly,” the legislator’s associate Devendra Singh told PTI.

    Singh was soon rushed to a private hospital in Greater Noida where doctors found out that he had broken a few bones of his left arm, the associate said.

    “The MLA is in the hospital and being operated upon. He will be staying in the hospital on Sunday,” he added.

    Singh, a fitness enthusiast, is a two-time MLA from Jewar.

    He is known, among others, for his key role in negotiating the land acquisition with villagers for the upcoming greenfield Noida International Airport in Jewar.

    ALSO READ | Portion of Bundelkhand expressway develops potholes due to rains, days after opening by PM Modi

  • Jewar airport in Uttar Pradesh to be India’s largest with 6 runways

    Jewar airport in Uttar Pradesh to be India’s largest: The airport will have 6 runways, similar to the world’s largest airports. Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, currently the biggest in the country has 3 runways.

    Uttar Pradesh government signed the concessionaire agreement with Zurich Airport on Wednesday to kickstart the work for development of Jewar Airport. In November last year, the Zurich Airport International AG had won bid for building the greenfield airport in Greater Noida’s Jewar but the concessionaire agreement signing got delayed due to Covid-19 pandemic.

    As per a statement, UP govt said that the agreement grants Zurich Airport International the licence to build and operate it for a period of forty years. The NIA will be developed as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to open in 2024, and will merge Indian culture and hospitality with Swiss technology and efficiency. India’s newest greenfield airport will deliver quick, efficient processes and excellent value for passengers, airlines and partners,” the statement said.