Prasanna Kumar Suryadevara has been appointed as the new secretary of Delhi Legislative Assembly. He served as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Somnath Chatterjee when he was Lok Sabha Speaker. Before moving to Delhi Assembly, Suryadevara served Lok Sabha for five years and Rajya Sabha for over six years through the offices of LS Speaker and RS Chairman respectively.
Must Know Facts About Delhi
- The city was founded in 1911 by George V, Emperor of India during the Delhi Durbar of 1911.
- The city was designed by the British architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker.
- New Delhi’s Khari Baoli Market is Asia’s largest wholesale spice market.
- Delhi is one of the ‘greenest’ cities in the world with a green cover of almost 20%.
- The entire public transport of the city runs on environment-friendly Compressed Natural Gas.
- Qutub Minar in Delhi is the world’s tallest brick minaret.
- The Delhi Metro network consists of a total of 200 trains covering a total distance of 69,000-kilometers every day.
