PWD to construct 3 new rly overbridges
Bhopal: The Public Works Department will construct three new railway over-bridges (ROBs). Their estimated cost is Rs 61.76 crore. ROB at Sagar railway crossing will cost Rs 24.61 crore. A sum of Rs 35 crore will be spent on construction of ROB from Maharaja Man Singh Tomar’s statue to Scindia Girls School trisection in Gwalior city and Rs 2.15 crore on ROB at Datia.
Dist Collector told to link with Electoral office
Bhopal: All district collectors in the State have been directed to connect with Chief Electoral Office through ‘like’ and ‘Group’ of Facebook ID (chiefelectoralofficermp). Through this, they will be able to upload information pertaining to voter awareness campaign, fair elections, letters regarding publicity of SVEEP plan, posters, banners, hoarding, creative material, clippings of newspapers, progress report, SVEEP-related information sent to districts etc. by making their IDs on Facebook.
Posting order of 4 ips officers issued
Bhopal: Orders for new postings of 4 IPS officers have been issued. Ashok Dohre, Additional DG Technical and Fire Brigade Services, PHQ, Bhopal has been posted as Additional DG Cyber Cell, Dr. Vijay Kumar, Additional DG Home Guards (Disaster Management), Bhopal as Additional DG Fire Brigade Services, PHQ, Bhopal, Surendra Kumar Pandey, Additional DG Naxalite Campaign as Additional DG Home Guards (Disaster Management) and UC Shadangi, Additional DG Anti-Dacoity Campaign Gwalior has been posted as Additional DG Intelligence (Naxal Campaign), PHQ, Bhopal.
MP Govt reconstitutes Cabinet panel
Bhopal: The State Government has on Friday reconstituted the cabinet committee constituted earlier to formulate a comprehensive policy on allotment of land to non-government institutions for various purposes. The committee reconstituted under the chairmanship of the Finance, Planning, Economics and Statistics, Commercial Taxes, Water Resources and Environment Minster Jayant Malaiya shall include law and legislative Affairs, Public Health and Family Welfare and Housing Minister Narottam Mishra, Revenue and Rehabilitation Minister Karan Singh Verma and Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta as members. The Principal Secretary Revenue will be the member-secretary of the committee.
Drinking water arrangements in 8,100 rural schools
Bhopal: Public Health Engineering Department has made drinking water arrangements in about 48,000 rural habitats and 8,100 rural schools during last 4 years. During the same period, 2,175 piped water schemes were also completed. Arrangements of clean drinking water have been made in 1,540 habitats affected by excess of fluoride. Preference is being given to surface water sources for providing drinking water in villages through piped water schemes in order to reduce dependence on groundwater sources. Madhya Pradesh Water Corporation has been constituted for this. The corporation is ensuring supply of drinking water to 614 villages through 27 surface water-based schemes.
Malaiya reviews development works
Bhopal: Water Resources and Environment Minister Jayant Malaiya took stock of various ongoing construction and development works in Damoh city on Friday and directed to complete them within time-limit. Malaiya also announced Rs 2 lakh for repair of toilet at bus stand. Malaiya inspected the road from Teen Gulli Chowraha to Mohan Talkies and directed to widen it and install streetlights there. He also instructed to reconstruct a nullah from Teen Gulli Chowraha to Station Chowraha and make things in order at power transformer at Teen Gulli Chowraha. Malaiya also directed to abolish blind-turn on the road from D.J. Bungalow to Saraswati School.
Govt regularises 39 contractual lecturers
Bhopal: The State Government has issued orders to regularise services of 39 contractual lecturers working with Government autonomous Ayurved colleges. Besides, rationalisation of 9 posts of lecturer/reader has also been done. Minister of State for AYUSH Mahendra Hardia said that lecturers working on contract for long have now been provided regular appointment. Besides, following merger and rationalisation, those colleges will also get lecturers which have shortage of a subject lecturer. Hardia informed that with the regularisation of contractual teachers’ services shortage of Government Ayurved colleges as per norms of Medical Council of India will end and uncertainty about recognition to colleges will come to an end.
Health dept to observe motivation Day on july 25
Bhopal: Public Health and Family Welfare Department will observe Motivation Day on July 25. On this day, people in the State will be apprised of benefits of various family planning methods to ensure sound health of mothers and children. The department has issued guidelines and directives regarding observance of Motivation Day on a large scale. Accordingly, Ad-hoc Health Committee constituted in every village will observe Motivation Day at Village Health Centre. During the programme, information will be given regarding positive effect cast on health in limited families. Public Representatives, socially influential persons and subject experts have also been invited to these programmes.
Financial assistance to SC students
Bhopal: Students Welfare Scheme has been started by Scheduled Castes Welfare Department to extend financial assistance to SC students in emergencies, especially illness. A sum of Rs 75 lakh has been provisioned for this in departmental budget. Financial assistance worth Rs 40 lakh was provided to 5,200 students under the scheme last year. Under the scheme Rs 25,000 financial assistance is provided to student under special circumstances.
Bank pays Rs 373.27 CR central Govt
New Delhi: Central Bank of India paid Rs 373.27 crore which includes dividend on equity shares and PNCPS to Government of India for the year ended March 31, 2013. In a small function organized in the Office of Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, MV Tanksale, Chairman and Managing Director along with Malay Mukherjee and RK Goyal, Executive Directors of the Bank handed over the cheque. On this occasion Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State Finance and Snehlata Shrivastava, Addl Secretary, Department of Financial Services were also present. During the meeting Tanksale felicitated the Finance Minister and appraised him about the various activities taken by the Bank during the last year and the way forward.
Irregularity in mutation of land
Gwalior: Irregularity of stamp duty worth Rs 4.50 crore in the mutation of a land situated on the Mela road has come to fore. A complaint in this regard was filed with the lokayukta headquarters few days ago and reacting on the complaint, a team of lokayukta officials reached Gwalior. The lokayukta has registered a case and started enquiry. Construction of a multistory has proposed on this land the land was in the name of four persons who had handed it over to a company. The land was handed over to a company without registry to save the stamp duty of Rs 4.5 crore. The complaint about this land was made to the lokayukta with facts. DSP lokayukta Surendra Rai Sharma started enquiry. The SP lokayukta Santosh Singh Gaur said that enquiry is being conducted about handing over the land to the company and theft of 50 files of construction of housing committee of Gwalior development committee. The GDA had complained to the Padav police station about the theft of 50 files and to the lokayukat also.
Doctor allows fake examinee in MBBS test
Gwalior: Doctor Jagdish Sagar who has been arrested for organising fake examinee in MBBS test has said that he has allowed a youth who was a criminal and the police had announced a reward of Rs 5000 on him to become a doctor. In this case Addl SP Virendra Jain said that such a case has come to his notice. The youth is a resident of Gola Ka Mandir police station area.