Saran’s ‘Kavita Me Jivan’ released
Bhopal: ‘Kavita Me Jivan’ — a compilation of poetry by JS Saran was released by Chief General Manager and HOD of MP laghu Udyog Nigam on Saturday in unique manner. The book was released in a very simple ceremony. Saran is by profession a post graduate civil engineer and double MBA and having long list of association of various professional bodies, member of governing council, of various professional bodies including Indian Building Congress since last 14 years. During his leisure moments, he pens the poems of social milieu. His poem reflects the grand child, daughter, son, brother, father.
Arya inspects upcoming girls hostel
Bhopal: Minorities Welfare Minister Antar Singh Arya undertook a surprise inspection of a 50-seat under-construction minority girls hostel here on Sunday. He expressed displeasure over the lack of quality in construction at some places. Arya expressed dissatisfaction over non-completion of hostel construction within time-limit, use of inferior quality iron in windows and the lacunae in construction at several places. The Minister had inspected this hostel in January last also. Arya said that quality of construction had improved as compared to earlier. Despite it, there were lapses in it. Arya said that safety of girls was above all. If needed, contractor should be changed. The hostel is being constructed through laghu Udyog Nigam.
Modern tents to ease festive rush
Indore: In a bid to adjust the mad rush of tourists during the ensuing festive season, 100 tents with modern amenities will be put up at the picturesque hill station Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh’s Hoshangabad district. “On an experimental basis, we are going to raise the village of tents at Pachmarhi for 10 days from December 23,” Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation General Manager MN Jamali said. “Tourists nowadays want to experience new thrills during their stay, so we are for the first time putting up tents to give a nature’s feel at Pachmarhi. Each tent will accommodate two persons,” he added. Jamali said ‘Pachmarhi Festival’ will also being from December 25- December 30and to add colour to the festival, famous artists were being roped in to perform at the event. He recalled that similar tents were put up during a tribal festival at MP’s Alirajpur district in March this year. Meanwhile, according to reports, hotels, resorts and guest houses at Pachmarhi — popularly known as Satpura ki Rani (queen of Satpura) have already been booked by the tourists scheduled to flock at the hill station at the year-end.
Mahajan to turn Potlod into ‘model village’
Indore: After adopting Potlod village near here on Saturday, lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan set a one-year deadline to turn it into a “model village.” After formally adopting Potlod, local MP Mahajan said that basic infrastructure would be developed in the area and two other villages in Indore would be developed into model places next year. She said that her thrust areas in Potlod would be to boost to organic farming, small industries and cottage industries, as well as employment generation. She asked villagers to join hands with her as well as bureaucrats to make Patlod a “model village”. Mahajan also laid the foundation stones of projects worth Rs35 lakh.
CISF woman constable alleges harassment
Sagar: A woman constable of Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) posted at Khajuraho airport was admitted in an unconscious state to Chhatarpur district hospital on Saturday evening. While talking to the media later, the woman alleged that she fainted due to mental pressure being harassed by one of her seniors. She alleged that the senior official was harassing her for the last 3-4 days. She said that on Saturday, he abused her again, which came to her as a shock and as a result, she fainted. CISF Khajuraho area Commandant Jagdish Chandra, however, said the woman constable was prone to epileptic attacks and this might have led to her fainting. “She speaks incoherently when she gets an attack,” he said. On her allegations of harassment, Chandra said that it was an internal matter of the force, however, he will get an inquiry conducted into it.
Tiger attacks two forest guards
Bhopal: A tiger attacked two forest guards in Magdhi range of Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday evening. The guards had gone there to install tracking cameras to monitor the movement of tigers in the area. DK Gupta, deputy director, Bandhavgarh National Park confirmed the attack and said, “Two forest guards have been injured in an attack by a tiger. While one of the guards fell on the spot and injured himself, the other guard was injured by the tiger’s claws on his leg. He has been hospitalised and his condition is stable.”