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‘Saksham 2018’ awareness programme

Bhopal:A month long awareness programme ‘Saksham– 2018’ aimed at creating awareness amongst masses towards judicious utilization and conservation of petroleum products,  has been started by Petroleum Conservation and Research Association under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.As part of the activities entrusted to Oil Marketing Companies, ‘CAR RAllY’ was organized at Tatpar Petrol Pump, BHEl, Bhopal on Thursday by Oil Industries. The rally was flagged off by in Presence of AK Sabharwal, KV Shahane, RD Singh, Ravishekhar, Tusharkant Tiwari and Other Senior Members of all the Oil Industries.The event commenced with a ceremony whereby Participants of Car Rally were distributed caps and T Shirts. large number of participants took pledge on fuel conservation.

tractor-trolley overturns in umaria

Umaria:One person was killed and 17 others injured when the tractor-trolley in which they were travelling, overturned near Beli village in the district.The victims were on the way to Gadhrola to take part in a pre-wedding ceremony when their tractor-trolley turned turtle as its driver lost control over the vehicle, Pali police station in-charge, Rakesh Vaish said."One man died in the mishap, which also left 17 others injured," he said. The injured were admitted to a nearby hospital and a case was registered in this connection, Vaish said.

10-year-old mauled to death

Chhindwara:A ten-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard in the Tamai forest division area near here last night, the fourth such incident in the last 31 days."The big cat attacked Punam Salaam when she was playing alone outside her house in Khulsan village," said area Deputy Ranger SS Mishra. The leopard had killed Kalpana (5), Harsh (10) in the Tamia forest division area on January 7 and Sawan (12) on January 9, he said.Since January 7, around 500 ground duty officials of Forest department have been scouring the jungle to catch the feline that has apparently turned a man-eater. Officials have installed 50 cameras to track the location of the leopard.