A week-long vigilance awareness programme as per the instruction of the Central Vigilance Commission began at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A) here on Monday.
CVO Prof Tapobrat Lahari administered the pledge to all in the administrative block auditorium for corrupt free functioning of the institute.
In his speech he focused on the procedural details to lodge whistle blower complaints under Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Informer (PIDPI) Resolution (current year theme of CVC) without disclosing the identity of the complainant. He said several programmes will be ogranised during the week to generate awareness about vigilance matters.
Joint Registrar (Finance) Om Prakash Srivastava spoke on financial discipline during procurement of goods. He outlined several legal points to avoid malpractices.
Chief Information Security Officer Dr Venkateseshan threw light on cyber hygiene narrating several examples. Earlier the week started with lighting of the lamp and garlanding of the idol of Goddess Saraswati.
SPECIAL TRAIN: In view of Chhath festival, preparations are also being made by the Railways. The Chhath special train will run from November 20 to 28. It will run from Malda Town to Anand Vihar Terminal via Prayagraj and then from Anand Vihar to Malda Town. The train No 03435 will run from Malda Town to Anand Vihar and train No 03436 from Anand Vihar Terminal to Malda Town. Chief Public Relations Officer of NCR Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay said in view of large crowd of devotees on Chhath festival it has been decided to run special trains for their convenience.
The train No 03435 will leave Malda Town at 9.30 am. From here after a stoppage of 2 minutes at various stations, it will reach Prayagraj Junction at 1.40 pm.
Meanwhile the semi -high speed train Vande Bharat Express will be operated as a special train this time on Diwali and Chhath. This journey between New Delhi and Patna will be completed in about 11.35 hours.
The 02252 Vande Bharat Special will run at 7.25 am from New Delhi on November 11, 14 and 16.
NCR CPRO Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay said that special Vande Bharat will take 4.50 hours to reach Patna from Prayagraj.
Similarly, the journey between Prayagraj and New Delhi will be completed in 6.45 hours.