Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday reached Panchkula and met the shopkeepers affected by the fire that broke out in Rehri Market, Sector-9, on Thursday night, causing damage to over 100 shops.
He announced an initial relief of Rs 25,000 to all the affected 100 shopkeepers on behalf of the government and assured financial assistance to the affected shopkeepers through the Mukhyamantri Vyapari Kshatipurti Bima Yojana. He said that after assessing the damage, financial assistance will be given to the shopkeepers.
Khattar said that to protect the interests of the traders, steps are taken by the government from time to time and the Mukhyamantri Vyapari Kshatipurti Bima Yojana is being run by the State Government for the traders and shopkeepers. Under this, insurance is provided to them in case of loss of their property. Under the scheme, financial assistance is provided to the traders in case of theft of goods and loss due to fire etc.
A massive fire broke out at the Rehri Market in Panchkula's Sector 9, causing damage to over 100 shops in the area. No casualties were reported in the incident but the fire caused extensive loss to goods inside the shops, an official of the Panchkula fire department said. The blaze was doused after several hours of efforts involving 15 fire tenders brought from neighbouring towns of Chandigarh, Zirakpur and Derabassi, he said.
''The fire has caused extensive loss to the goods. The market has several shops including those selling tyres, garments, plastic items, plastic crockery, handloom items and toys, all of which are combustible material,'' he said.
Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration and PGI initiates National Symposium on Millets-2022
Chandigarh: Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA), Punjab, and Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh jointly organised “National Symposium on Millets-2022” at MGSIPA, Punjab, Sector 26 in Chandigarh on Friday.
The Symposium was inaugurated by Anirudh Tiwari, (Director General, MGSIPA). Dr B Dayakar Rao (Principal Scientist and CEO Nutrihub IIMR, Hyderabad), Dr Raj Bhandari (Member, National Technical Board of Nutrition, Niti Aayog, GOI), Mrs. Deepti Gulati (Industry Chair Professor: Nutraceuticals and Fortification, NIFTEM, Sonepat, Haryana) and Dr Navtej Bains (Former Director of Research, PAU, Ludhiana) were present during the inaugural ceremony. Dr Arun K Aggarwal (Prof & Head, DCM & SPH) said that the theme of the symposium is in align with the upcoming international years of the millet 2023. Dr Poonam Khanna (Associate Professor of Nutrition, DCM & SPH) briefed about the symposium theme and outcome of the symposium will be to come up with a roadmap for the upcoming international year of millet and to make this symposium outcome-oriented, Symposium welcomes addressed by Sh Girish Dayalan, Introduced the delegates to Symposium by Dr. Arun K Aggarwal, Prof & Head, updation given on Policy intervention for mainstreaming millets by Sh. Anirudh Tiwari, and Dr B Dayakar Rao explained Value chain development and policy Implications: A way forward to the international year of Millets. The symposium was conducted in two technical session parts, first was evolved by Dr. Raj Bhandari, Deepti Gulati, and Dr. Tapas Chandra Roy, Certified Farm Advisor on Millets with Distinction at the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE). The second was a panel discussion: Millets the Future Crops. Experts involved were Prof. Jitendra Shah (Consultant GISE Lab, Consultant CTARA, IIT Bombay), Dr. NG Malleshi (Former Head GST Division, Central Food Technology Research Institute), Dr. Kanthi K Kondepudi (Scientist E, NABI), Dr. Puneet Khanduja (Lead-Head and Nutrition Microsave Consulting, New Delhi), Chef Vikas Chawla (FBO Representative) and Mr. Dilpreet Singh Shergill (Millet farmer).
