Body formed for three Primitive tribes
Bhopal: State-level development authorities have been constituted in Madhya Pradesh for comprehensive development of three primitive tribes Bharia, Baiga and Saharia. Orders have been issued for constitution of these authorities. Sanction has also been granted for Chairpersons and office staff for the authorities. Chairperson of each authority will be from concerning tribe. Term of Chairperson will be of three years, who will be nominated by the State Government. The State Government will nominate 4 members for each authority. In all three authorities, Principal Secretaries of Panchayats & Rural Development, Tribal Welfare, Water Resources, Public Health & Family Welfare, Farmers’ Welfare, Horticulture, Forest and Public Health Engineering departments have been included as members. Primitive tribes Bharia, Baiga and Saharia mainly live in Mandla, Baihar (Balaghat), Dindori, Pushprajgarh (Anuppur), Shahdol, Umaria, Gwalior, Datia, Sheopur, Bhind, Morena, Shivpuri, Guna, Ashok Nagar and Tamia (Chhindwara)
Govt to increase tendupatta collection rate
Bhopal: Impact of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s announcement to increase tendupatta collection rate by Rs. 200 per standard bag on May 8, 2013 is clearly visible now. This year, high quality tendupatta has been collected as compared to previous years. As on June 14, 19 lakh 77 thousand 142 standards bags of tendupatta have been collected. About 70 percent tendupatta has been stored and 72 percent transportation work has also been accomplished. Forest Minister Sartaj Singh informed that work of tendupatta collection is almost complete. Distribution of wages to collectors is underway. So far, wages worth Rs. 106 crore 52 lakh 24 thousand 387 have been distributed to tendupatta collectors, which is 56.71 percent of total wages to be distributed this year. Singh informed that rates of tendupatta were Rs. 300 per standard bag in year 2003. It was increased to Rs. 550 in 2008, Rs. 650 in 2010, Rs. 750 in 2012 and now Rs. 950 per standard bag in year 2013. There are 60 lakh tendupatta collectors in the state.
foundation stone for drinking water scheme
Bhopal: Water Resources Minister Jayant Malaiya laid foundation stones for drinking water schemes of 4 villages costing Rs. 1.75 crore under Damoh Janpad Panchayat today. Shri Malaiya also announced sanction of Rs. 1 lakh for construction of a fully equipped waiting room at Hinauti-Bhuri-Bijauri trisection. Rs. 46 lakh 56 thousand has been sanctioned for Kotatala drinking water scheme under Damoh Janpad Panchayat, Rs. 36 lakh 62 thousand for Gwari, Rs. 48 lakh 35 thousand for Hinauti and Rs. 45 lakh 24 thousand for Bijauri drinking water scheme. Shri Malaiya has asked villagers to ensure proper maintenance of these drinking water schemes by constituting committees.
Ajay slams MP govt for poor power supply
Bhopal: Ajay Singh on Sunday termed as “total flop” the Madhya Pradesh government’s Atal Jyoti Abhiyan meant for uninterrupted power supply. “The state government can make any number of claims about the Abhiyan, but the reality is that it has flopped,” the leader of Opposition in MP Assembly told media persons. The campaign was recently launched in more than 30 out of a total of 50 districts. He alleged that in many districts where the campaign was launched, power was being cut-off more than in the past. The government’s eagerness to launch the campaign can be understood as this happens to be an election year, Ajay said. Residents at a village in Neemuch district put a garland of shoes around the neck of an electricity official yesterday as there was no power for last five days, he said. “Neemuch is also one of the districts where the ‘abhiyan’ was launched. The incident shows how it is working,” he remarked.
Cong afraid of naming cm candidate: BJP
Bhopal: The ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday claimed that Congress is afraid of declaring its chief ministerial candidate due the popularity of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. “Chouhan is incomparable as he has created a name for himself in the state politics by hard work,” state BJP president Narendra Singh Tomar told reporters. “His popularity cannot be compared with other political party’s leaders in the state,” Tomar said. Tomar claimed that the Congress is afraid of Chouhan’s popularity and is therefore not declaring its chief ministerial candidate. He also dismissed rumours that after MP Assembly polls, Chouhan will move towards national politics. The BJP leader said that he was sure that under Chouhan’s leadership the party would score an hat-trick in the Assembly polls, due for later this year. To a question, Tomar said that the party will declare its candidates for 230 Assembly seats in MP at an appropriate time and have no plans to declare it earlier.
BJP ready for ‘jail bharo’ agitation
Gwalior: The leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have started preparations for jail Bharo agitation to expose corruption of Central Government. The vice chairman of GDA Rakesh Jadon has been made in charge of the agitation. Under the programme the leader’s office bearers and workers of BJP of the whole state would court arrest on 26 June. The senior leaders of BJP have decided to organize last beneficiary conference of its tenure to present the achievements of state government. The state vice president of BJP Ved Prakash Sharma said that the jail Bharo andolan to be organize on 26th June would be historic and express the anger the anger of the people against the corruption of the UPA government in the center.
Cong to remove indisciplined leaders
Gwalior: The District Congress Disciplinary Committee would pass a proposal for removal from the post and non allotment of tickets for ignoring party directions. The position would be clarified on 22 June in the meeting of disciplinary committee meeting. It is stated that through the proposal the party is preparing to remove the leaders who do not walk step to step with party and their supporters. The disciplinary committee had identified the leaders who are to be taught the lesson on the name of discipline. According to sources the intention of senior leaders of the party is to remove such leaders who would also be deprived the tickets for assembly and municipal corporation election. It is stated that the decision has been taken by the All India congress and state congress committee. The district executive committee is to implement the same.
Police register case against rapist
Gwalior: The police registered the case against a person who lured a married woman and raped her. The accused of kidnapping two girls from Mohna and Purani Chawani have also been nominated.
According to information wife of latif Kha, resident of Benhat had disappeared from the village four days before. The police registered the case and started her search. She returned last night and told the police that her neighbored Mustaq s/o Munir Kha had kidnapped her and raped her. Similarly Dwarika s/o Narian Namdev resident of Gharseva lured Sapna, daughter of Sitaram Rathore resident of Dixit Colony Mohna. In another incident Asharam Shakya had lured Poonam d/o Ramesh Vishwakarma from Rairu under Purani Chawani police station.
CM promises electricity in 614 villages
Gwalior: Inaugurating the Atal Jyoti scheme in Dabra Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said that the state government fulfilled its promise which was made earlier. He said that not only Dabra city but also 614 villages of Dabra would get electricity 24 hours. Ten years before the state used to purchase electricity even than the city and villages remained in Dark, but during the BJP rule the condition have changed and we have become state of surplus electricity.
On his arrival at Dabra the people were enthusiastic. The chief minister reached Gwalior in state plane and then reached Dabra in a helicopter. He was accompanied by electricity minister Rajendra Shukla. On this occasion MP Yashodhra Raje, MP and state president Narendra Singh Tomar, cabinet minister Anoop Mishra, Narottam Mishra, MP Prabhat Jha, MP Kaptan Singh Solanki, MP Maya Singh (Rajya Sabha) Narian Singh Kushawah minister of state for transport, jail and home, Balendu Shukla state chairman of general category weaker section welfare commission, Jai Bhan Singh Pawaiya chairman 20 point implementation committee, Prema Devi Ram Varan Singh Gurjar chair person Jila Panchayat Gwalior, Mayor Samiksha Gupta, MlA lakhan Singh Yadav, Madan Kushawah, Imarti Devi, P. Tomar and president municipal committee Satya Prakash Parsedia were present.