Cong raises murder of forest guard by sand mafia
Bhopal: The main opposition in the State Assembly, Congress on Tuesday raised the incident of killing of a forest guard by a sand mafia two days ago and the recent hailstorms in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly and demanded discussion on these matters.
As soon as the Zero Hour began, Govind Singh said forest guard Narendra Sharma was crushed under a tractor on Sunday in Gwalior and the incident should be debated in the House. Mahendra Singh Kalukheda and other Congress members demanded a discussion on damage farmers crops due to unseasonal rain and hail in several places in the state.
In his statement, Revenue Minister Rampal Singh informed that the officials from Agriculture, Panchayat and Revenue departments arrived at the affected area and survey was being conducted. However, Deputy leader of the Opposition Bala Bachchan alleged that officials were yet to arrive at the affected villages for survey.
Journalist dies of cardiac arrest
Ujjain: Prem Bhatnagar, a veteran journalist and a former principal of Madhav College, Ujjain, died of cardiac arrest here last night. He was 83 and is survived by the wife and two daughters. He had worked for news agency PTI for a long time.
free eye camp held on women’s day
Bhopal: On the occasion of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, Aarambh organisation and ‘Sight Savers’ organised free eye camp only for women.
Under the joint auspices of Aarambh organization and Sight Savers, a free eye camp was organised in which cataract, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and eye related refractive errors were identified and referral facilities were made available.
The Amrita Vision urban eye health programme organised by Aarambh organization as free eye camp for women on International Women’s day was held at Sikandari Saray area at Chandbad. In the camp 300 women participated.
During the eye check up in the camp 141 women got them registered and went through their regular checkup. Cataract was detected in 30 women who will soon go under surgery for its correction in Sevasadan Eye Hospital. Free spectacles were distributed to more than 100 women.
During the camp secretary of the Aarambh organization Anoop Kishore Sahay, project manager of Sight Savers Jaishree Kumar and Staff of Aarambh organization were present.