World Forestry Day & World Sparrow Day celebrateD
The Delhi Government celebrated World Forestry Day and World Sparrow Day on Monday. On this occasion, a Nature Walk was organised at Asola Bhati Wildlife Sanctuary which was attended by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) Prakash Javdekar, and Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain along with senior officers of Centre and State Government as well as schoolchildren. Asola Bhati Wildlife Sanctuary is located at Delhi-Surajkund Border and attracts local visitors as well as schoolchildren. Asola Bhatti Wildlife sanctuary area was earlier a mining area for Badarpur and other building material. Since 2000, the Forest Department of Delhi through 132 Infantry Battalion of Eco Task Force undertook rehabilitation of degraded and abandoned Mines in the area by taking up plantation. The area slowly rejuvenated with life, sustaining indigenous flora and fauna.
Mahasabha demands Yadav regiment in Army
In the lines of Jat, Gorkha and Rajput regiments in the Indian Army, All India Yadav Mahasabha has demanded for Yadav regiment in the Army. Addressing Yadav Mahasabha on Saturday, Yadav Mahasabha Delhi president Jagdish Yadav urged the Centre for Yadav regiment in the Army. The other guests who were present at the All India Yadav Mahasabha include Central Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation Ram Kripal Yadav, president JDU Sharad Yadav, Home Minister of Madhya Pradesh Government Babulal Gaur, Education Minister of Jharkhand Neera Yadav and general secretary of Samajwadi Party Shivpal Yadav etc. The dignitaries & representatives of the community from other States also graced the occasion. The Yadav Mahasabha was held at Talkatora stadium. Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya inaugurated the function. Besides demanding a specific regiment for Yadav in the lines of Jat or Rajput regiments in Indian Army, Jagdish Yadav, president of Yadav Mahasabha, Delhi said that there should no interruption of addition of new caste in OBC category. He also discussed about women empowerment & the measures taken for women involvement in community based activities & others. There were huge gathering from Jharkahand, Haryana, While addressing the gathering Union Minister Ram Kripal Yadav said, “The community should be enough united, that no Government let bypass their reasonable demands.” He also focused on the marginalised section of the community living under miserable conditions in different parts of the country.
AAP Govt finalises names of Delhi Haj Committee
The AAP Government has reportedly finalised the names of the Delhi Haj Committee. A highly-placed source said AAP’s Seelampur legislator Haji Ishraq Khan is said to have been appointed as the chairman of the Haj Committee. The orders related to the constitution of the six-member committee will reportedly be issued in the next few days. AAP MlA from Okhla, Amanatullah Khan, and Rajya Sabha MP Parvez Hashmi are said to be the members of the newly appointed committee. Amanatullah Khan was earlier appointed as the head of the Delhi Waqf Board. North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Congress councillor Seema Tahira has also been appointed as the member of the Haj Committee. Mayor Ravindra Gupta had reportedly recommended the Congress councillor’s name despite recommending BJP’s lone Muslim councillor Noorbano for the job. Social activists Nasiruddin Saifi and Maulana Feroz have been appointed as member from the social activist quota.