Govt school students to get free uniforms
Chandigarh: Punjab School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla said as many as 13,48,632 government school students will be receiving free uniforms at their homes for the academic session i.e. 2021-22 as grants of Rs 80.92 crore have been released by the Education Department. The Minister said after sanctioning the required grant, detailed directions have also been issued to all district education officers for the proper arrangements of the uniforms and have also been asked to precisely follow the safety protocol while distributing uniforms to students.
HP CM flags off equipments for COVID-19
Shimla: Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur virtually flagged off two truckloads of consignments of life saving equipments for Covid-19 donated by Captain Sonika Prashar and Captain Sanjay Prashar, Managing Director of VR Maritime Services Private Ltd. for the state from Shimla. Captain Prashar said this was the second consignment of life saving equipment donated by him for Kangra and Una districts. The consignment includes 1500 oximeters, 25 oxygen concentrators, 3200 PPE kits, 500 face shields, 10 oxygen cylinders, 15000 safety gloves, 1000 each N-95 and NRB Masks, 20000 surgical masks, 1600 litres sanitizers and other immunity boosting medicines.
Officials to be permitted to hire vehicles
Chandigarh: The revenue officers would be permitted to hire vehicles for official use as per their entitlement, assured Punjab Revenue Minister GS Kangar, in a meeting with representatives of Punjab Revenue Officers Association at Punjab Civil Secretariat. The office bearers of the Association put forth the fact that only 10% of the tehsildars or naib tehsildars offices have the official vehicles while the rest are performing duty in their own vehicles. The members also raised the need of security personnel to be deputed with Executive Magistrates on duty. “
Sanitation services disrupted during Covid
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) senior leader and Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Saravjit Kaur Manuke said due to Captain Amarinder Singh-led Congress government, the sanitation services in Punjab are disrupted during the Covid-19 pandemic. She appealed to the Chief Minister to immediately accept the demands of the sanitation workers and end their strike. Manuke said for the last few days the sanitation workers had been on strike at the call of the Municipal Employees Action Committee, Punjab, to enforce their demands from the government.