First phase counting from Jan 22
Bhopal: The first phase counting for district and Janpad panchayat members polling which was held on January 13 will be held on January 22. State Election Commissioner R Parasuram has issued directives in this regard to all Collectors and district election officers. It is noteworthy that Madhya Pradesh High Court had stayed counting of votes for district Panchayat members during Panchayats general election 2014-15, which was to be held earlier on January 16, 2015. The stay order has been vacated on Monday. In this context, it has been decided to hold deferred counting for district and Janpad Panchayat members on January 22 next.
six officers for virtual classes
Bhopal: The State Government has deputed six officials for operation and coordination of virtual classes. These officials will be present at the time of class operation, monitor teaching work and review the schools which do not log-in to virtual class. They will also send necessary suggestions about possible problems in operation of virtual class to Commissioner Public Instructions. All these officers are of the rank of Deputy Director Public Instructions.
Govt seeks report on reparable toilets
Bhopal: The State Government sought proposals from districts regarding all reparable toilets to be included in annual action plan 2015-16. District collectors have been asked to send proposals for major/minor repair of school toilets. District Project Coordinator will be solely responsible if any district fails to send proposal. It will be assumed that no toilet in the district is reparable. Currently, annual action plan 2015-16 is being chalked out in which proposals for major/ minor repairs of all schools are being included. It is a mandatory activity for all districts. Repair works will be recommended following inspection of toilets in schools by assistant/ sub-engineer. Separate estimates with photographs should be prepared in accordance with guidelines prescribed by Central government. Year of construction of toilet should be mentioned in the proposal. Cost of major repair must not be over 60 percent of toilet’s cost. Photographs of toilet taken from 3 different angles must be attached with the proposal along with the report of joint inspection by school management committee and technical officer. Proposal thus chalked out should technically approved by competent authority. As per Prime Minister’s announcement, separate toilets for boys and girls are to be constructed in all schools of the state. Districts have completed survey of need for new toilets and estimates of reparable toilets. They have been asked to submit proposals accordingly.
SKOCH chief calls on Maya Singh
Bhopal: Chairman of SKOCH Group Sameer Kochar called on Women and Child Development Minister Maya Singh at Mantralaya here on Monday. While lauding efforts for women’s empowerment through Kodo-Kutki Programme in Dindori district, he expressed wish to impart fiscal training to them. He also consented to impart training of value addition on products being produced by these women.
Minister Maya Singh informed about schemes being implemented in the state for welfare of women and children. SKOCH Group promotes excellent efforts in the country through SKOCH Development Foundation.
Mishra lauds health officials
Bhopal: Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Narottam Mishra has expressed gratitude and congratulated Government servants of Health and other departments for ensuring success of Pulse Polio Campaign’s first phase. Mishra has hoped that the children upto 5 years of age left out from administering dose on January 18 will be administered polio drops on January 19 and those left out on January 19 will be given polio drops on January 20. For administering polio drops to 1.14 crore children upto 5 years of age, about 80 thousand booths were set up in the state. About 1.50 lakh vaccinators were pressed into service. The Health Minister has also hoped that work of administering pulse polio in the second phase onFebruary 22 will be done with the same enthusiasm.
Schedules for 1st and 2nd phase polling
Bhopal: Programme for second and third phase of polling during Panchayat general elections has been amended. Now, second phase polling will be held on February 5, third phase on February 22 from 7 am to 3 pm. Counting of votes for panch and sarpanch seats in the second phase will be made at polling booths soon after end of polling and for Janpad and Zila Panchayat members at development block headquarters on February 8. Tabulation and results of sarpanch and panch will be announced on January 26. Tabulation of votes for Janpad Panchayat members’ election of all phases will be made and results announced on January 27 at development block headquarters. Tabulation of votes and results of district Panchayat members’ election will be made at district headquarters on January 28. Counting of votes for district and Janpad Panchayat members polled on January 13 in the first phase polling will be made on February 22.
Sangrahalaya to organise pottery workshop
Bhopal: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is working for national integration, and promotes research and training for salvage and revitalization of vanishing but valuable cultural traditions. In this series Manav Sangrahalaya is organizing All India pottery workshop ‘Shilpayan-2015’ at Ceramic Section at 12 Sheds of Sangrahalaya. The pottery workshop was inaugurated by Prof Sarit Kumar Choudhuri (Director, IGRMS) and traditional artists. In the first phase of workshop two teams of artisans from Bastar, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. The three member team from Bastar region of Chhattisgarh is being led by Sahdev Rana and loknath Rana is leading the two member team from Odisha. In the next phase teams from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal will participate in the workshop. The programme coordinator of this workshop is Assistant Keeper of IGRMS, RM Nayal.
Workshop at BHEl
Bhopal: A workshop on ‘Knowledge transfer on surface condenser’ was conducted by HRDC, BHEl Bhopal the other day for executives of Condenser and Heat Exchanger Engineering Division. On this occasion, S Barai, Retired BHEl executive from Haridwar was present as the faculty. Shri PK Goyal, General Manager, HRDC; I Soreng (Sr DGM-HRDC); D Makhija (Sr. DGM-HRDC) and Rajeev Shrivastava, (AGM-CDE) also shared their experiences with the participants. Barai in his address shared his experiences on various aspects of Surface condenser like design features that affect overall performance of the equipment, site issues and further constraints.