A 26-year-old lioness dies
Bhopal: Jamuna, a 26-year-old lioness, Sunday died at the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal due to old age. Jamuna was not suffering from any ailment and died a natural death due to weakness from old age.He added that, at 26 years of age, the lioness lived a longer life than that of the average big cat as she was well looked after at the Animal Rescue Centre of the Van Vihar National Park. Jamuna was brought here from Kanan Pendari Zoo in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur in 2010. The lioness was, earlier, rescued from Rajmahal Circus in Bhilai, an official said. "A post mortem by two Van Vihar doctors has revealed that her internal organs were not functioning normally," he said.
Bhoomi poojan of 9 development works by CM
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan performed bhoomi poojan of 9 development works costing over Rs 152 crore at Shehpura block of Dindori district. He performed bhoomi poojan of Kosam Ghat Group Tap-Water scheme worth Rs 148 crore and Tap-Water Scheme at Bansa. Along with this, Chouhan performed bhoomi poojan of other construction works too. Chouhan performed bhoomi poojan of seven development works costing Rs 6.47 crore in Samanpur block. The Minister for Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Omprakash Dhurve, MP Faggan Singh Kulaste, President of Jila Panchayat Jyoti Prakash Dhurve and other public representatives were present on the occasion.
Discussion on World Suicide Prevention Day-18
Bhopal: In Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is being organized a Panel discussion on the occasion of World Suicide Prevention Day-2018 on Monday from 3 pm at Rock Art conference hall. Prof SN Chaudhuri (Rajiv Gandhi Peeth, Barkatullah University, Bhopal), Prof. Tapan Mohanty (Associate Professor, National Law University, Bhopal), Fr John PJ (Principal, Bhopal School of Social Sciences, Bhopal) and Abhijit R Rozatkar (Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal) will be participated in this panel discussion. In this regard, for further details, please contact SK Pandey (Assistant Keeper) on 9425080466.
Villages to be connected by all weather roads
Bhopal: The Minister for Panchayat and Rural Development Gopal Bhargava said that villages with small population, situated at a distance of 500 meters or less will be connected with all weather roads. He informed that an amount of Rs 335 crore has been approved by the state government in this connection. The Chief Executive Officer of MP Rural Road Development Authority Nitesh Vyas has informed that 571 km long roads will be constructed under 507 roadways by this amount. Tenders have been invited by the authority to accomplish this work, he added.