The Asian Development Bank will provide USD 500 million loans to expand the metro rail network in Bengaluru with the construction of two new metro lines totalling 56 kilometres. An agreement in this regard was signed between the Government of India and the ADB.
NTPC Ltd commissioned the largest floating solar PV project in Visakhapatnam. It is a 25 MW project on the reservoir of Simhadri thermal power station.
India's highest herbal park, at a height of 11,000 feet, was inaugurated near the Indo-China border at Mana village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.