l-G launches mobile app “Find x Toilet”
lt Governor Najeeb Jung on Tuesday launched a mobile app named “Find X Toilet” created by a consultant Ishan Anand as part of Swachchh Bharat Initiative, not only to locate the toilet nearest to your current location, but also to improve quality and upkeep of public toilets in Delhi. The mobile app will prove to be very useful in locating the nearest toilet, especially a clean one. While launching the Android mobile app, Anand said anybody can now download this app from their Android mobile as this facility has already been made on those mobiles. He also explained that the mobile app will facilitate better up-keep of public toilets by concerned public agencies. On the occasion, Jung urged all the three Municipal Corporations as well as DDA to make use of this mobile app to upgrade the existing conditions /services of public toilets and also help in up-dating the locations of all the public toilets which do not figure at present.
Sports meet organised to mark women’s Day
Delhi Transco ltd (DTl) organised a sports meet for women employees of the company to commemorate International Women’s Day on Tuesday. JPS Chawla, Director (HR and Finance) inaugurated the sports meet that was organised at Pragati Power Station Ground near Pragati Maidan. The sports activities organised on the occasion included T-20 cricket match, tug of war, spoon race, three-leg race, balloon race, walking race etc. While inaugurating the event Chawla said that women are excelling in every sphere of life. “Now they are prominently visible in many areas such as military, para military forces etc which were male dominated few years back,” he said. In total, 45 women employees took part in various sports activities.
DMRC’s theme on Women Empowerment
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) celebrated the International Women’s Day on Tuesday at its Corporate headquarters at Metro Bhawan. Various activities were organised to commemorate the event. DMRC organised a Slogan Writing Competition exclusively for its women commuters and a Poetry Writing Competition for its women employees from March 4 to 6 on the theme “Women Empowerment and Delhi Metro”. More than 500 entries were received by DMRC for Slogan Competition and out of these the three best slogans were selected. Similarly three best poems were selected out of the poems submitted by DMRC’s women employees. A Quiz Competition was also organized for all the women employees at Metro Bhawan.
Dr. Mangu Singh, Managing Director of DMRC, gave away the prizes to the winners of both the competitions at Metro Bhawan on Tuesday in the presence of Mr. Sharat Sharma, Director, Operations and Mr. K. K. Saberwal, Director, Finance.
Women Tihar Inmates Sing, Dance on Women’s Day
Poetry recitation, hope-filled songs and dance performances by women Tihar jail inmates on Tuesday marked the International Women’s Day. Cultural programme ‘Naya Sawera’, which began with a dance performance paying obeisance to goddess Saraswati, saw participation of around 40 women inmates.”The event was aimed at encouraging the inmates to leave negativity of their past behind and see the world in new light of hope and happiness, peace and prosperity,” said Additional IG (Prison) Mukesh Prasad.We are working towards ‘Naya Sawera’ by imparting life skill training and education to the women prisoners so that they can empower and rehabilitate themselves in the world outside the prison confidently and claim their place in the society, Prasad said.Delhi High Court judge Justice Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal was a guest of the function.