The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Thursday witnessed a walkout by Independent member Dinesh Rai, who expressed dissatisfaction over Mineral Resources Minister Rajendra Shuklas reply to his query over illegal mining.
During the Question Hour, Rai sought information with regards to investigation into alleged illegal mining at stone crushers and sand quarries in Seoni district. Shukla said a task force has been formed to prevent instances of illegal mining and investigation is a continuous process.
The member expressed dissatisfaction over the Ministers’ reply and demanded that he be included in the investigation process. As Speaker Sitasaran Sharma tried to proceed with the next question, Rai staged a walkout from the House.
GUJARAT OWES AROUND 5 CR TO STATE: govt
Gujarat owes about Rs4,900 crore to Madhya Pradesh the joint irrigation and water projects in the Narmada Valley, the Government told the Assembly on Thursday.
Raising the issue during the Question Hour, Mukesh Nayak of Congress sought to know the amount the regime owed to the Gujarat Government and whether the latter had written to them in this regard. He asked whether the Gujarat Irrigation Minister has told the Gujarat Assembly that Madhya Pradesh owed over Rs3,500 crore to that State.
In his reply, Minister of State for General Administration lal Singh Arya denied that the state owed the amount to Gujarat. On the contrary, Gujarat owed Rs5,883.66 crore to Madhya Pradesh while it has to receive Rs973.03 crore from the State. Thus, the net amount payable by Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh is around Rs4,910.63 crore.
student suicides for exam failure raised at house
The spurt in suicides by students, as a direct consequence of tension the Board of Secondary Education’s High School and Higher Secondary Examinations, echoed in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Thursday.
Ramniwas Rawat of Congress raised the issue during the Zero Hour by referring to newspaper reports. Speaker Sitasaran Sharma assured the Member that a related calling attention notice is being taken up.
In the context of the deaths of five people and grievous injuries to ten following three cylinders exploding within a dwelling in Jabalpur on February 26, Tarun Bhanot of Congress demanded establishment of a burn care unit at that cantonment towns Government hospital.