Patients' attendants inconvenienced
Gwalior: Hundreds of attendants of patients come to JAH hospital from the neighbouring districts, besides Gwalior and stay here for months. Some patients suffer from cancer and their attendants have to be with them for months. Although there are night shelters in the hospital premises, they are so badly managed that the attendants prefer to stay and cook their food in the open on improvised chulhas which use wood as fuel. The employees managing the night shelters demand money from them for their stay. Municipal commissioner Vinod Sharma said that night shelters had been built for the stay of the attendants and the irregularities there would be looked into and the guilty punished.
Traders send relief to Uttarakhand
Gwalior: The office-bearers of Dal Bazar and transport union have sent a truck laden with relief material from Inderganj Chauraha for the people stranded in Kedarnath (Uttarakhand). A transporter, Sunil Maheswari said that all traders had cooperated in the endeavour and and had contributed flour, pulse, clothes, rice, sugar and many other items of daily use. Those carrying the relief materials include Farid Khan, Sonu Shivhare, Sonu Khan and Sanjay Yadav.
Miscreants mulling surrender
Gwalior: Following the killing of three miscreants carrying a reward of Rs 5,000 each by the crime branch here on Monday morning, other wanted miscreants are terrified and are reportedly thinking of surrendering before the police. The number of such miscreants is more than 100. Additional SP (crime branch) Pratibha Mathew said the list of such miscreants was long and was being updated. A list of their harbourers is also being prepared for taking action against them.
One lakh saplings to be planted
Indore: About one lakh saplings would be planted in the city during the current monsoon season. A decision to this effect was taken in a review meeting was held in the Indore municipal corporation here on Tuesday. In the meeting, which was chaired by IMC additional commissioner Manoj Pushp, decisions were taken to plant saplings at several places in the city including at mental hospital premises, Tarun Pushkar Mhow Naka, Yashwant Sagar, limbodi Talaab, district hospital, Ring road, Khajrana Ganesh temple premises, etc. As decided in the meeting, saplings of various varieties would be planted in selected areas in presence of the corporator of that areas concerned.
CM to launch Atal Jyoti Abhiyan in morena
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will launch Atal Jyoti Abhiyan in 44th district Morena on June 27. Work of ensuring 24X7 power supply under Atal Jyoti Abhiyan is underway one-by-one in every district of Madhya Pradesh. So far, 24X7 power supply has been ensured in 43 districts so far. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and MP Narendra Singh Tomar will launch Atal Jyoti Abhiyan for 24X7 power supply in the district at village Khajuri (Thara) in Ambah on June 27 at 11 am. On the occasion, a consumer and panchayat convention will also be held. Energy and Mineral Resources Development Minister Rajendra Shukla, School Education Minister and in-charge of district Archana Chitnis Madhya Pradesh Backward Classes and Minorities Finance and Development Corporation Chairman Rustam Singh will be special guests on the occasion. district Panchayat President Satyapal Singh Sikarwar (Neetu) MlAs Kamlesh Jatav advocate, Shivmangal Singh Tomar, Haidar Singh Kansana, Suresh Choudhary, Parasram Mudgal and Maniram Dhakad and Ambah Janpad Panchayat President Rajabeti Tomar will also be present.
Parashar assumes charge, meets Guv
Bhopal: The first State Cooperatives Electoral Officer Prabhat Parashar paid a courtesy visit to Governor Ram Naresh Yadav at Raj Bhavan here on Tuesday. Extending congratulations and best wishes to Parashar, Governor Yadav urged him to work in right earnest. Parashar has assumed charge on Tuesday.