CM inaugurates various projects
Shimla: Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday inaugurated collection centre building of Agriculture Department constructed at a cost of Rs73 lakh, smart underground dustbin project worth Rs4.46 crore and foundation stone of building of regional lab of HP Pollution Control Board to be constructed at a cost of Rs3 crore and inaugurated new building of Forest Training Institute Campus and Rangers training constructed at a cost of Rs3.47 crore and Rs2.46 crore respectively at BBMB colony at Sundernagar in Mandi district. He also planted a sapling of ‘Jamun´ plant on the occasion
Over 30.67 lakh quintals sugar produced
Chandigarh: The cooperative sugar mills in Haryana have crushed 309.82 lakh quintal of sugarcane and produced over 30.67 lakh quintals of sugar so far during the ongoing crushing season. A spokesman said that cooperative sugar mills Shahabad has so far crushed a maximum of 55.52 lakh quintals of sugarcane and has produced over 5.73 lakh quintals of sugar, followed by cooperative sugar mill Rohtak which has crushed 46.71 lakh quintals of sugarcane, producing over 4.54 lakh quintals of sugar.
April 8 declared as gazetted holiday
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has declared April 8 as gazetted holiday for all factory workers, commercial establishments, industrial undertakings, shops, trades falling within the jurisdiction of the areas where the polling will be on account of panchayat elections. A spokesman said that panchayat elections will be held in ward number 10, Gram Panchayat Garnala, Ambala Block II, and of the Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat laha, Block Naraingarh, District Ambala and of member ward no I, Zila Parishad, Gurugram on April 8.
Campaign wins top US award
Chandigarh/Washington: A Sikh nationwide campaign, “We are Sikhs”, launched across America to generate awareness about the minority community in the country has won a top US award for excellence in public relations programming to promote public causes. A non-profit organisation National Sikh Campaign (NSC) launched the campaign to inform Americans about their religion amid a spike in hate crimes against the minority community in the country. The campaign received the top 2018 PR Week US award, nicknamed the “Oscars of the Public Relations Industry”, in the category of Public Cause.
‘Emphasis would be laid to facilitate poorest of poor’
Shimla: Himachal Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Virender Kanwar said, “We should work in coordination with each other for the development of rural areas of the state. He said that Block Development Officers role was very crucial and important in rural development. Rs407 crore was expected to be released for the state by the Centre, said he while urging officers to prepare a master plan at the cluster level. He said that an observer should be authorized to monitor the progress of 100 days plan at every level.
Online assets registration gains ground Chandigarh: The new state-of-the-art cloud-based National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) rolled out by Punjab Revenue Department is fast gaining ground. As many as 16201 documents have been registered online since the launch of the pilot project in November, 2017, said Vini Mahajan, Financial Commissioner Revenue. She said it is running in eight districts.
Haryana Govt invites applications
Chandigarh: Haryana Women and Child Development Department has invited applications to fill up posts of chairperson and members of child welfare committee and also for the members of Juvenile Justice Board by April 27. A spokesman said that the applications are invited for three posts of chairperson, Child Welfare Committee (CWC), five posts of member CWC and four posts of member, Juvenile Justice Board (JJB). The application performa can be downloaded from the departmental website www.wcdhry.gov.in, he added.