It’s official: Delhi is kerosene-free
With the successful implementation of Delhi — A Kerosene Free City Scheme, Delhi has become the first kerosene free city of the country. The scheme was launched in the year 2012-13 in collaboration with the three Oil Marketing Companies and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India. This was stated by the Food Supply & Weights & Measures Commissioner SS Yadav. Under the scheme, free gas connection along with lPG filled cylinder for the first time, two burner gas stove, regulator and suraksha pipe was issued to the Jhuggi Ration Card (JRC), Below Poverty line (BPl) and Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) ration card holders who were using kerosene oil for cooking. The Government has incurred one-time expenditure of Rs62 crore on the scheme.
1,701 blazes tamed with fire in belly: cfo
The Delhi Fire Service has taken a number of steps and conducted important activities in order to curb the problems of fire during last three weeks in Delhi. The Chief Fire Officer (CFO) GC Mishra informed that the fire service has received 1,701 emergency calls for extinguishing fire, which were attended to. Thirty four programmes were organised to make people in jhuggi-jhopdi (JJ) clusters aware by imparting training and distributing posters and leaflets. He also informed that Delhi Fire Service has also issued 73 fire safety certificates and has sanctioned/approved 21 building plans/issuance of fire safety directives.
Delhi Congress on a power trip
Delhi Congress on Monday held the Central Government and the Aam Aadmi Party responsible for the deepening power crisis in the national Capital and accused them for making Delhi a “powerless Capital”. Harassed by the power and water crisis, the Delhi Congress workers, despite searing heat and humidity, continued their agitation by holding a chakka jam on NH-24 at Patparpanj and at GTB Hospital, Dilshad Garden. The demonstrators also burnt huge effigies of BJP and the AAP leaders. Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh lovely, former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler and party spokesperson and senior leader Mukesh Sharma addressed the demonstrators.
‘law school is a marathon, not a sprint’
Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida, marked two-day celebrations, starting Saturday, for the commencement of its 27th batch of students. Inaugurating the celebrations,
H Chaturvedi, Director, BIMTECH, praised the Modi Government for focussing on economic development, social investment, transparency and the 3S’ of skill, scale and speed and said it is in stark contrast to the previous Government, which was riddled with scams. He also lauded the Indian media’s efforts for exposing weak governance, critical political analysis, corruption and other ills. Congratulating the students for choosing BIMTECH over 3,500 B-schools in India, he asked them to concentrate on marathon rather than sprint.