DRUG PEDDlER NABBED WITH 320 GRAM SMACK
Jabalpur: A drug peddler has been arrested and 320 gram smack, worth Rs 62 lakh in the international market, has been seized from him in Madhya Pradeshs Jabalpur district, police said. On a tip-off, Ajju Chodhary (30) was arrested from near a building while he was trying to peddle the contraband last evening. Ajju had earlier been arrested on six instances while trying to sell drugs. All the cases are sub-judice. Ajju was arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
hundreds of bigha of Govt land freed: dist admin
Sheopur: The district administration Thursday claimed to have freed hundreds of bigha of Government land at Jakhda Jageer village, bordering Rajasthan border. According to official information, Collector Pannalal Solanki, Superintendent of Police Sunil Kumar Pandey and senior officials of the District Forest Division reached the ravines at the village yesterday. land mafia had cleared forests in more than 3,000 bigha land and had put it into cultivation. More than 25 borings had been done on the land. On seeing the team arriving, over 50 people fled from the spot. Official sources claimed that most encroachers belong to Rajasthans Baran district. Besides, land mafia from Sheopur district are also involved. All the tube-wells have been razed to the ground. Hundreds of cut trees have been seized besides tractors and other resources. The anti-encroachment drive continued for nine hours. Steps are being taken to identify land mafia and register cases against them. Freed land is estimated to value at over Rs 300 crore.
PATWARI CAUGHT RED-HANDED TAKING BRIBE
Satna: A patwari has been caught red-handed by Madhya Pradesh lokayukta’s Special Police Establishment while accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000. laulachh Halka Patwari Akhand Pratap had demanded the bribe from peasant Jai Singh for preparing land-related document. On the basis of Jai Singhs complaint, he was arrested while accepting the amount at his office today.
CHIEF SECY ClEARS petitions FROM PUBlIC
Bhopal: Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa accepted applications from common people and forwarded them for disposal to concerning departments. CS directed to give widow pension to Bhopal's cancer patient Madhu Shrivastava whose husband has died recently. Kalyan Singh Sahariya of Guna districts apprised of problem of not being given admission in DEd. Course. CS directed ACS school Education for immediate solution of the problem. CS directed for necessary action on application of lab technician/ assistant Ramcharan Dangi and others of Panchayats and Rural Development Department about not giving prescribed honorarium. CS also issued directives on applications regarding transfer of Bhopal resident Jaishri Nadkarni and Ankit Vyas, compassionate appointment of Deepak Saxena, transfer of Prachi Dube Gupta, payment of dues of late father to Deepak Diwakar and payment of tuition fee of students selected in IIT and IIM.
50,000 quintal firewood MADE AVAIlABlE
Bhopal: So far, 50,000 quintal firewood, 35,000 teak rafters and 50,000 bamboos have been made available by Forest Department for Simhastha-2016. The department has set up central depot at Nagjhiri in Ujjain forest division for supply of forest produce for Simhastha and temporary depots at Ujarkhera, Mangalnath, Dutt Akhada, Bherugarh (Peer Machhandar Nath) and premises of Chief Conservator of Forests Ujjain Circle. Forest Department has set a target to store 75,000 quintal firewood, 50,000 rafters (Ballis) and 75,000 bamboos for Simhastha-2016. As much as 6500 quintal firewood, 13 thousand rafters and 47,000 bamboos would be stored at Nagjhiri depot, 27,500 quintals firewood each, 14,000 rafters each and 9,500 bamboos each at Ujarkhera and Mangalnath depots, 7500 quintal firewood and 5,000 rafters and bamboos each at Dutt Akhada, 4000 quintal firewood and 2,000 rafters and bamboos each at Bherugarh depot and 2000 quintal firewood and 2,000 rafters and bamboos each have been stored at depot on premises of Chief Conservator of Forests. Forest Department sets up temporary depots to provide firewood and wood for pegging tents, barricading etc and supplies them as per demand. Firewood has been arranged from Dindori, Khandwa and Dewas districts. Of the total bamboos provided so far, 25,000 have been collected from Ujjain district itself.