December Current Affairs part 14

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1. New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of EDFC 

•PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, EDFC on 29 December 2020, 

•The 351-kilometer section of EDFC is situated in Uttar Pradesh and is built at a cost of Rs. 5,750 crore. 

•The section will decongest the existing Kanpur-Delhi mainline and will enable Indian Railways to run faster trains. 

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2. Jawhar earns tag of mini-Mahabaleshwar 

• In Maharashtra, the tribal area of Jawhar has earned the tag of being called as mini-Mahabaleshwar. 

•Strawberry is mainly grown in Mahabaleshwar, a famous hill station in the state. 

•On an experimental basis, about 86 farmers in Jawhar and Mokhada talukas have planted strawberries on 11 acres of land drawing huge profit. 

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3. Mhaismal village gets tap water for 1st time 

•For the first time after independence, tap water came to Mhaismal village of Nashik district in Maharashtra a few days ago. 

•Mhaismal village in Surgana taluka of Nashik district had been severely affected by water scarcity for decades. 

•It was part of a regular routine for the women from this village to roam for miles to fetch water for household use.

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4. UP govt to constitute Prantiya Rakshak Dal 

•UP govt has decided to constitute companies of Prantiya Rakshak Dal (PRD) in urban areas also. 

•Till now the companies were only getting volunteers from the rural areas. Women volunteers will get special preference in PRD, Established through an act in 1948, PRD works as an alternate security force. 

•First time after 71 years of its formation the urban company of PRD is being constituted. 

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