CS to visit Ninaura
Bhopal: Chief Secretary Anthony de Sa will be on official visit to Ujjain on May 12. He will attend 3-day Vichar Mahakumbh's inaugural function at Ninaura. Due to this, meeting of CS with common people has been postponed. CS meets common people at Mantralaya every Thursday.
‘Youths should help in preservation of rivers’
Bhopal: Didi Maa Sadhvi Pragya Bharti of Vedratan Sewa Prakalp has said that work of link ing Kshipra river with Narmada in Madhya Pradesh is laudable. Sadhvi Pragya Bharti also lavished praise on Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for river conservation efforts through public participation. She said that youths should come forward for preservation of rivers. Sadhvi Pragya Bharti was addressing devotees taking part in Kshipra Maha Arti on Mangalnath ghat at Ujjain on Tuesday. Sadhvi said that Indian culture adores nature as God. Its preservation is our duty. She said that under water conservation efforts, priority should be attached to ponds, lakes and rivers. Sadhvi Bharti said that mass Arti was held on the banks of rivers in ancient times to make the water bodies pollution-free. Maximum number of people are being included in mass Arti on the banks of Narmada in Madhya Pradesh and river Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh. Under the campaign, she has raised Nadi Prahris (River Guards) who have been administered resolve to protect rivers. Sadhvi informed that another mass Arti will be held at Mangalnath Ghat during Simhastha at 7.30 pm on May 21.
Foodgrains being supplied without delay
Bhopal: In all, 40 temporary government fair price shops have been opened in Simhastha Mela area to which 2424 temporary ration cards have been assigned. On these ration cards issued to devotees staying in Pandals of saints and seers, wheat flour and rice at Rs. 10 per kg each and sugar at Rs. 20 per kg are being provided. So far, these 40 fair price shops have distributed 1103 MT wheat flour, 710 MT rice and 500 MT sugar to ration card holders. All temporary government fair price shops function from 8 am to 8 pm.
9 lakh-feet-long ‘chunri' for Kshipra River
Ujjain: A nine lakh-feet-long 'chunri' approximately 271.08 lakh km would be offered to holy Kshipra River from the point of its origin to the point of its confluence during the ongoing Simhastha Mahakumbh, with the objective of giving the message of environment conservation. The offering would be made by Sai Gair Paramparagat Urja Sanrakshan Evam Kalyan Samiti. As a symbolic gesture, the Samiti offered 501 feet-long chunri to Kshipra on Tuesday. Besides, 16,101 plants would be sown near the banks of Kshipra. The samiti's pundit Anil Parashar said that offering of 'chunri' and plantation work is being carried out with the inspiration of their chairman Ml Guruji.
Consumer rights info being spread at Simhastha
Bhopal: Devotion is reigning supreme everywhere during Simhastha at Ujjain. Meanwhile, some social organisations are also conducting campaigns for social reforms and consumer awareness in Mela area. One of these organisations, All-India Consumers' Panchayat is apprising devotees of consumer rights. Along with distributing pamphlets and slips in Pandals, the organisation is also taking out consumer awareness rallies. Pandals' workers are also lending maximum cooperation to the organisation in this unique initiative. Consumers are being made aware of their rights on various Central government services like petroleum and gas, financial, telecommunication, information & broadcasting, education, transport, highway toll plazas, Department of Post, electricity etc. Devotees are also being told to have information about quality and price of goods before purchasing. They must get bill and payment receipt during purchase, inspect warranty or guarantee card and date of manufacturing and expiry of product. They should not purchase anything getting misled by false advertisements. While purchasing sweets, consumers should make payment after getting deducted weight of packet. They should never pay more than MRP (maximum retail price) printed on a consumer good.
Products manufactured by prisoners on sale
Bhopal: Along with the holy dip in Kshipra river during Simhastha, devotees are also visiting religious places at Ujjain. As soon as devotees go towards Kal Bhairav Mandir, they get attracted towards a sales centre on the premises of Ujjain Central Jail. The products manufactured by prisoners are displayed and sold at this attractively designed sales centre in Mela area. Products available at the centre mainly include wooden furniture, artistic showpieces, leather bags and special durries produced by prisoners in the jail. Devotees are also fond of paintings on peepal tree leaves by some prisoners. Paintings in glass frames are also popular and much in demand by devotees.
UNI Stringer's nephew gets 106th rank in CSE
Harda: The nephew of a stringer, working for a national news agency, has secured the 106th rank in a list of 1,078 candidates recommended for appointment on the basis of results announced today of the Civil Services Examination, 2015 and subsequent interviews conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. Naman Upadhyaya, who hails from this district headquarters, is the nephew of the United News of India news agency's Stringer Naveen Upadhyaya who is covering the district for more than a couple of decades. Naman Upadhyaya schooled in Khandwa and possessing a Bachelor of Technology (Marine Engineering) degree from Pune is the son of Narmada Prasad Upadhyaya who served as director in the Madhya Pradesh Commercial Taxes Department.