Shukla inspects Rewa Ghat construction
Bhopal: Public Relations, Energy, New and Renewable Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Rajendra Shukla inspected under construction Ghat at Rewa on Wednesday. Shukla elicited information from representatives and engineers of construction agency about the ghat being constructed under PPP mode. He directed for early completion of construction with quality.
Besides, Shukla attended Shrimad Bhagwat Mahayagya at Mangawan in Rewa district today. Shukla also sought blessings of Badri Prapannacharya of Chitrkoot. District Panchayat President Vibha Patel, other public representatives and local people were present on the occasion.
EPCO to conduct Post-graduate Diploma
Bhopal: Environmental Planning and Coordination Organisation (EPCO) is conducting Post-Graduate Diploma in Environmental Science. Its exam will be held from April 28 to May 6.
Admission process of diploma course for year 2016-17 will begin from May. Information about it will also be displayed on departmental website. EPCO is conducting the diploma course for the last 4 years. There is a provision to give admission in the course to fresh graduates. Besides, EPCO has also organised various training programmes pertaining to environmental conservation. EPCO's office at Arera Colony, Bhopal may be contacted for information about environmental conservation.
118 l families to get ration under TPDS
Bhopal: Details of 118 lakh families have been computerized for distribution of ration under targeted public distribution system (TPDS) in the state. For this, point of sale (POS) machine has been installed at every fair price shop.
Food and Civil Supplies Department conducted a special campaign at shop level to enhance awareness about this machine. Wheat and rice are being provided at Re. one per kg to eligible families of Mukhyamantri Annapoorna Yojana in the state under National Food Security Act.
leopard dies after touching a livewire
Bhopal: A five-year-old leopard was electrocuted after it touched a livewire in this district's Tirohi forest area, Forest Department sources said.
The leopard touched a high voltage electric wire which was lying in between a mine's dump and the resident of a mine manager yesterday. It was suspected that the leopard came in the locality in search of water and touched the livewire. The forest official rushed to the spot and it was cremated after conducting post-mortem. This has been the third incidents of its kind in a week time when a wild animal died after it came in search of water, the sources said.
Four people die in car crash
Bhopal: Four people, including the brother of a groom, were killed when their car hit a roadside tree near here in the wee hours on wednesday, police said.
A marriage party came to Badora near here from Pathakheda when brother of the groom Vijendra Kaushik and three others went to have tea in a roadside eatery. But their car rammed into a tree as it was running in high speed. Besides Vijendra, Sanjay Ghote, Omprakash Ghote and Mukesh Raghuvanshi died on the spot. The bodies were sent for post-mortem, police added.
police catches head constable red-handed
Bhopal:The Madhya Pradesh lokayukta police today caught a head constable red-handed for accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 in Kolgaon Kotwali police station limits. “Rajbhan Mishra demanded the bribe from one Dheeraj Kuswah in lieu of settling a case of brawl. On being informed, the lokayukta police arrested Mishra while he was taking the amount,” lokayukta Superintendent of Police TK Vidyarthi said.