WCd dept, power company bag award
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Women and Child Development Department and Central Region Power Distribution Company have been selected for national award for e-governance. The awards will be given away at Gandhi Nagar in Gujarat on January 30-31. Women and Child Development Department’s “Anmol” Project has been selected for Gold Award under the category “CAT-X-Innovative Use of ICT By State Government”. Member Secretary of Jawahar Bal Bhavan and Commissioner Women Empowerment Kalpana Shrivastava has been invited to receive this award by the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension. Central Region Power Distribution Company has been selected for Silver Award for “SMS-based Field Distribution Transformer Information and Management System” project. This award will also be received on January 30-31 by Chief General Manager (IT) of Corporate Office Shri Sanjay Shrivastava at Gandhi Nagar.
Two-minute silence to pay tributes
Bhopal: A two-minute silence will be observed to pay tributes to known and unknown martyrs on Father of Nation, Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary January 30. The Government has directed all Government departments, Collectors and Commissioners to make arrangements for observing 2-minute silence on Shaheed Diwas. Officers and employees will assemble for this at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Park at Mantralaya where siren will be blown for 2-minute silence at 10.50 am. The silence to pay tributes to martyrs will be observed exactly at 11 am.
CS for regular review of application
Bhopal: Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa has made arrangements for regular review of action on the applications of people who meet him at Mantralaya. Recently, a team of Public Grievances Redressal Department’s officers visited different districts and sought information about pending cases. On the report of the team, the Chief Secretary has directed to give away letters of commendation to 6 collectors and 3 superintendents of police. The cases of applicants from different districts who meet the Chief Secretary at Mantralaya every Thursday are generally disposed of at collector, SP and department level. The 6 collectors include those of Shivpuri, Ashok Nagar, Morena, Satna, Sidhi and Rewa and the 3 SPs include those of Ashok Nagar, Sidhi and Guna. Recently, the Chief Secretary has sanctioned artificial limb to a 9-year-old boy of Ratlam. So far, direct relief has been given to 421 applicants. About same number of cases are under process.
No Govt schools can be closed
Bhopal: Decision to close Government schools at district-level cannot be taken without prior permission of the State Government. Directives in this regard have been issued to all divisional commissioners and collectors. According to the government, if need is felt to close schools then a decision in this regard can be taken by concerning collector only after seeking permission with School Education Department. District administration takes decision to close schools from time to time. This casts adverse effect on teaching work. About 88 per cent schools in the state are run in one shift from 10 am to 5 pm. In view of schools number and schedule of their running, it is not in the interest of students to close schools only on the basis of weather or any other reason.
licences of 92 drunken drivers suspended
Bhopal: Transport Department has suspended licences of 92 drunken drivers. The action has been taken on the directive of Transport Minister Bhupendra Singh. On the directives of the Minister for reducing road accidents in the state, the department had conducted a campaign from December 1, 2014 to January 25, 2015 to check vehicles and drivers. During the campaign, 92 drivers were found drunk while driving. The department suspended their licences. Maximum 20 suspended driving licenses belong to Gwalior district, Indore 16, Jabalpur 8, Alirajpur and Dewas 7 each, Jhabua 6, Khargone and Ujjain 4 each, Mandsaur and Satna 3 each, Rewa, Seoni, Agar, Narsinghpur and Barwani 2 each and one licence each belongs to Singrauli, Bhind, Hoshangabad and Guna district.