BJP general secretaries hold meeting
Bhopal: A meeting of the divisional organisational general secretaries of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was held here on Tuesday in two sessions at party’s state headquarters Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya campus. State organizational general secretary Arvind Menon discussed the future working plan of the party in detail with the divisional organizational general secretaries and called on them to continue their efforts of achieving goal of the party to reach every citizen of the state. Menon Said that with the hat trick of power in the state under the leadership of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan we now need to work to accomplish the dream of making Madhya Pradesh a golden state. It is the duty of the organizational general secretaries to energize the party workers for achieving this task, he added.
Transport minister goes tough on bus drivers
Bhopal: Transport Minister Bhupendra Singh has said that intensive campaign will be undertaken for checking passenger and school buses. During the period, strict action will be taken against concerning officers if buses are found overloaded. Singh was addressing a review meeting of Transport Department at Academy of Administration here on Tuesday. He said that school buses must be run as per guidelines of Supreme Court. No negligence or influence about this will be tolerated. Transport officers must issue permits for passenger buses after inspecting route themselves and as per requirement so that situation of overloading does not crop up. Transport Minister Singh asked the officers that departmental activities will be reviewed every month. He said that a control room will be set up in Bhopal soon, which will review targets given to flying squads. The Transport Minister directed that permits should be issued within time-lime and at the earliest. Monthly reports must be submitted. He said that all transport officers must prepare proposals for minimum 4 non-stop buses in their respective areas through personal efforts. Principal Secretary Transport Pramod Agrawal informed about auction process of web-based vehicle numbers under new transport policy, motor vehicle taxation and rural transport. Commissioner Transport Sanjay Choudhary was also present.