SOlID AND lIQUID PROGRAMME TO BEGIN
Bhopal: Solid and liquid waste management programme is going to begin in 31 Gram Panchayats with above 10,000 population in the state under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan. The programme will be implemented in 18 districts through State Water and Sanitation Mission. Process to prepare DPR for this has started. Besides, necessary directives and guidelines are also being sent for regular monitoring and technical cooperation during implementation of the programme. Wide publicity campaign will also be launched to create community awareness regarding Solid and liquid waste management programme in 31 selected Gram Panchayats. For this, training will also be imparted to rural community stakeholders. Experienced voluntary organizations and private agencies will also participate in the programme. The programme will be implemented in Shahdol district’s Gram Panchayat Bakho, Anuppur’s Bangawan, Devhara and Dola, Sagar’s Rajakheri, Makroniya Buzurg, Dhana and Khimlasa, Gwalior’s Mohna, Tekanpur and Dabra, Morena’s Jauri Khurd and Rajauda, Shivpuri’s Sirsaud, Jhabua’s Meghnagar and Khapa, Bilpura and Harduli Gram Panchayats of Jabalpur district. Similarly, the programme will also be implemented in Rajgarh district’s Gram Panchayat Kurawar, Khandwa’s Narmada Nagar, Chhindwara’s Chandan Gaon, Seoni’s Chhapara, Hoshangabad’s Bankheri, Burhanpur’s Aimagird, Khargone’s Dhoolkot and Barawah town, Indore’s Bada Bangrada, Palda and Podriya and Bhansoda Gram Panchayat in Mandsaur district.
MNREGA AWARENESS CAMPAIGN HElD
Bhopal: Effective initiative is being taken to bring about public awareness regarding MNREGA convergence with various rural development programmes by holding district-level conventions. Through these conventions, field staff of Panchayats and Rural Development Department and elected representatives of Gram Panchayats are being informed about smooth implementation of MNREGA convergence and EFSM. Detailed information is also being given at these conventions regarding public works and individual beneficiary-oriented schemes in rural areas. Commissioner Madhya Pradesh State Employment Guarantee Council Ravindra Pastor has directed to review progress till date in MNREGA scheme and discuss chalking out of future road map at the conventions. Review of physical and financial progress as per labour budget and pending payments for year 2012013 are also being reviewed. Review of Gram Panchayats with maximum and minimum implementation and expenditure of funds is also being undertaken. Review of those Gram Panchayats is also being undertaken where works are incomplete and works on which no expenditure has been made or wages paid. Besides, action is also being taken to provide 100-day employment to MNREGA job card holders and issuance of work completion certificates.
‘Maintain cleanliness in police station’
Bhopal: Home and Jail Minister Babulal Gaur has directed to maintain cleanliness on police station premises. Seized vehicles kept on PS premises should be shifted elsewhere. Trees and plants should be grown. Gaur undertook surprise inspection of Koh-e-Fiza police station here on Tuesday. Gaur directed to shift seized vehicles elsewhere from police station premises. He said that any hurdle in this work should be removed. In-charge officers of police stations informed about action in this regard. It was informed that 53 seized vehicles have been shifted from Koh-e-Fiza police station while 48 two-wheelers, 2 autos and half a dozen four-wheelers are yet to be shifted. He said that after shifting of seized vehicles, plants should be planted there. He also took stock of police station office’s arrangements. He inspected daily diary and attendance register. Finding office arrangements good, he wrote in the police station’s register that he is satisfied with arrangements.
grand All-India Kalidas Samaroh to be held
Bhopal: Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Surendra Patwa has said that All-India Kalidas Samaroh will he held on a grand scale. Patwa chaired a meeting of All-India Kalidas Samaroh’s central committee Swaraj Bhavan Sansthan here on Tuesday. Ujjain MlA Mohan Yadav, Ujjain divisional commissioner Arun Pandey, Director of Kalidas Sanskrit Academy Prof Mithila Prasad Tripathi and Joint Secretary Shriram Tiwari were also present. A proposal was put up at the meeting to increase prize money of 5 all-India painting and sculpture awards from Rs 25,000 to Rs 51,000 each. Noted singer Kailash Kher will perform on opening day of Kalidas Samaroh on February 4, 2014. Consent to perform will also be sought from famous Bhajan singer Pandit Chandulal, Varansai and kathak dancer Sushri Sushmita Bannerjee, Kolkata. It is noteworthy that All-India Kalidas Samaroh is held at Ujjain every year from February 4 to 10.
TN OFFICIAlS REVIEW works
Bhopal: A 19-member team of officials from Tamil Nadu visited different parts of the city and reviewed works being carried out under different schemes. The tour was sponsored by the World Bank and Madurai based voluntary organization NIWCRHT facilitated the tour of the team comprising chairpersons and Commissioners of different civic bodies in Tamil Nadu. The team reviewed various projects conducted by being implemented by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC). They also witnessed the BRTS project from New Market to Bairagarh and they expressed happiness on the successful implementation of the BRTS in Bhopal. Thereafter, they visited the Narmada water accumulation plant being run by MBSR technique; they also went to the facilitation centre at New Market and watched the operations of BRTS and presentation related to Municipal administrative system, Boat club and laser show located at Neelam park etc. Additional Commissioner of BMC Sanjay Kumar and various officials of Municipal Corporation and of Bhopal city link limited were also accompanied the team during the visit.