pratibha inaugurates AOl programme
Bhopal: A 5-day ‘Art of living’ programme was inaugurated the other day by Pratibha Thakur, President (BHEl ladies Club). On this occasion all vice-president of various centres run by the club were also present.Addressing the gathering Thakur said that the aim of the programme is to connect the people with the real self, free from all sorts of stress. She further threw light on the five art of leading a happy life. It is noteworthy to mention that programmes are also being conducted under ‘Art of living’ for the development of children.
solid waste mgt workshop by NHDC
Bhopal: NHDC organizes a workshop programme on topic ‘Solid Waste Management’ at BSSS College, Bhopal to create awareness on Cleanliness not just among school children but also in college students. Around 70 students of NSS joined and participated in this workshop.The workshop on ‘Solid Waste Management’ was conducted by the founder of ‘Sarthak’ NGO, Imteyaz Ali, who shared the information and explained to the students about Solid Waste Management model being implemented in Bhopal and Indore cities. In addition to the information on respective model, Ali also explained about the recycling and reuse of plastic waste which can be used in road construction. He also encouraged in developing new thoughts in order to make the national mission on ‘Swachhta’ a successful move.During the workshop, NHDC presented the Swachhta kits to the 35 number of cleaning agents of BSSS College apart from training programme to them. NHDC Corporate Office is organizing various activities on Swachhta Pakhwada from May 16 to 31 where most of the activities for children, local people in association with NGOs have been done and now few competitions like, poster making and essay writing will be organized for employees and for their family members.
car ploughs into pilgrims: 3 killed
Bhopal: Three persons, including a woman, were on Wednesday killed and six others injured when a car ploughed into a group of pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh before hitting their parked bus alongside a highway in Jammu.The bus, on its way to the Vaishno Devi shrine, developed some technical snag and was being attended by its driver and a mechanic on the roadside near Sidhrah highway here when a speedy car allegedly skidded off the road and hit the pilgrims before crashing with the rear side of the vehicle, a police official said.Some pilgrims were waiting outside the vehicle when the incident took place, he said.He said two pilgrims – Ramesh Chander (55) and Hira lal (73) - and a local woman identified as Sita Devi (55) of Reasi district travelling in the car died on the spot, while six others were injured and were shifted to Government Medical College hospital for treatment.The injured included driver of the car and his two sons, he said, adding their condition was stated to be serious.