CM orders to find missing Malaysian woman
Bhopal: After Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan received a distress message about a Malaysian woman missing from the Simhastha Kumbh Mela, he intervened and called on the officials to track down the lost woman, managing to successfully find her. Yesterday, a message was posted on Chouhan's Twitter page saying, "Unable to contact Alamelu kandasamy From malaysia. she is in ujjain kumbh mela. her family is worried on hearing accident."
The Chief Minister kicked into action immediately and after hours of searching were able to track down the woman who was found safe at the Nityananda Ashram in Ujjain. Following which, Chouhan tweeted regarding the whereabouts of the woman assuring the concerned relative that she was safe. The woman immediately responded on Twitter thanking Chouhan and saying that her mother has established contact with her family in Malaysia. "Thank you very much sir. She has contacted her family at Malaysia. Amazing of your quick action in this regard," the missing woman's daughter tweeted. The renowned Kumbh Mela has a history of people getting lost in droves during the celebrations as people from all over the world gather in large numbers.
Will not waste opportunity to serve saints : CM
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that he does not want to waste the opportunity to serve saints in Ashrams devastated by recent rains and storm in Simhastha Mela area at Ujjain. The Chief Minister volunteered labour at various Ashrams in Mela area on Saturday. The Chief Minister said that saints and seers from all over the country are attending Simhastha. With their blessings, Simhastha will be held successfully. Everything will be restored in Ashrams with cooperation of all. Chouhan said that the state government is making maximum efforts that devotees from country and abroad face no problems. During Shramdan, the Chief Minister sought blessings of Ramtapeshwar Maharaj of Janakpur Dham of Nepal in his Ashram, Balramdas Maharaj of Vrandavan, Rampadarath Das Junagarh, Gujarat, Gauredau Radhe Radhe Baba, Hari Narayan Santoshi Khalsa, Akhil Bharti Nirmohi Radhe Radhe Baba, Bankhandi Shaktipeeth Kalidhan Jalon, Anjani Annapurna Kshetra and Ujjain Khalsa. The Chief Minister also sought blessings of Ayodhya’s Sant Nrityagopaldas Maharaj at his cottage in Chhoti Chhaoni Ayodhya Ashram. later, Shri Chouhan visited Rawatpura Sarkar’s Ashram and held discussions with Sant Ravishankar Maharaj.
Hema gives Kathak presentation during kumbh
Bhopal: Along with devotees, Simhastha is also hosting film stars, eminent personalities and guests from country and abroad. For this, devotees taking the holy dip in Kshipra are considering themselves fortunate. To preserve Indian art and culture, colourful cultural programmes are being organized on various art stages in Ujjain Mela area. In the series, eminent film actress and MP Hema Malini gave an attractive presentation of Kathak and Rasleela in Shri Uttam Sewadhan Ujarkhera zone on Friday night. She danced attractively on the song “Main Radha Barsane Wali”. People profusely applauded the over 2 hour long presentation.
machines help restore arrangements at Akharas
Bhopal: Difficulties caused by Thursday afternoon’s cyclonic storm have been overcome in Managalnath zone of Simhastha Meal area at Ujjain. Road, water and power arrangements were restored. Even heavy gates of Akharas are also being re-erected through machines. Manager of ISKON Mandir Sachin Gaur Sunderdas informed that heavy dome of their Pandal had caved in, which is being re-installed with the help of 2 cranes. Meanwhile, public service and feasts are continuing there as usual. Over 3 thousand devotees have been provided Prasadi after rains and cyclone. On second day also, Prasadi was prepared for 5000 persons, which was distributed through Zonal Officer.
Sri lankan President to visit Sanchi
Bhopal: Sri lankan President Maitripalal Srisena will visit Sanchi on May 14. Chief Secretary Anthony de Sa inspected arrangements for his visit at Sanchi. New temple is also situated in world heritage site Sanchi in Raisen district where followers of Buddhism as well as tourists from country and abroad will pay a visit. Along with the CS, DGP Surendra Sinh also inspected the arrangements. Collector Raisen lokesh Kumar Jatava and other administrative officers were also present on the occasion.
‘Swachh Bharat’ Abhiyan by igrms
Bhopal: IGRMS in compliance with Prime Minister’s ‘Swachh Bharat’ Abhiyan organises cleanliness drives on weekly basis. This week all employees and officers participated and cleaned the office complex of the museum which included cleaning of dirt and dry leafs, cutting the grass and cleaning passages by removing the old furniture, files, garbage etc.. Thematic Cleanliness drive on theme- Heritage places and monuments cleanliness drives in various sections of the museum and Open-air exhibitions was carried out. The banners and signage boards at different places of Sangrahalaya were displayed. The cleaning of Water coolers and Toilets were carried out to provide better public facilities.
3 MPSTF personnel attacked by sikligars
Dhar: Three personnel of Madhya Pradesh Police Special Task Force (MPSTF) were injured while on duty in an attack by a group of Sikligars (a local weapon manufacturing tribe) at lalbagh village in Dhamnod town in the district, police said on Sunday. “The incident took place last night when acting on a tip-off, STF sleuths, led by Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) Santosh Pande, raided a hideout of Sikligars,” Dhamnod police station In-charge Dinesh Chouhan said. The assailants retaliated by pelting stones on the policemen, injuring three personnel, he said, adding they fled the spot after the attack. The wounded cops were admitted to a hospital in Indore for treatment, he said. The condition of policemen Vishnu Yadav and Manish Rathore is serious, he said. On Pande's complaint, a case was registered against Malkhan, Pratap, Rajmal, Ter Singh and few unidentified persons under relevant sections of the IPC, he said, adding further investigation is on.
Trainee IPS at Kumbh to gain first hand knowledge
Ujjain: With an aim to gain first hand training on crowd management over 120 newly-recruited IPS officers, currently receiving training at National Police Academy, Hyderabad, arrived at ongoing Simhastha (Kumbh) mela here. A total of 136 trainee officers from the academy - 121 from India, six from Royal Bhutan Police, four from Maldives, and five from Nepal - arrived here, an official of Madhya Pradesh's government public relation department said on Sunday. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) S l Thousen explained in detail yesterday about the importance of Simhastha fair, its history, religious and cultural importance on the occasion at the Police Control Room. The officers were also informed about the arrangements made for crowd management and also about similar melas being held in Haridwar, Prayag and Nasik, the official said. Thousen also shared how police managed a sea of crowd during 'Panchkroshi Yatra' during which 12.50 lakh devotees visited the Simhastha mela two days back. Ujjain's Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Ujjain Range Rakesh Gupta also informed the trainee officers about arrangements made by police to manage the crowd. Police Academy DIG, GS Rao was also present on the occasion, he said.