District Magistrate Divya Mittal has assured the farmers that their problems will be solved on top priority. She made such an announcement while addressing the farmers on the occasion of Kisan Diwas organised at Vikas Bhawan on Wednesday. She said drought-like situation is a matter of concern so she had sent a survey report to the government about less sowing of crops as well as less transplantation of paddy which will affect the production of crops. DD Agriculture Vikesh Patel appealed to those farmers, who are still deprived of fund due to technical problems in banks, to open account in the post office to get the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi. The farmers demanded a cold storage at Lalganj and raised the other issues for which the DM asked the officials concerned to take them on priority. Chief Development Officer (CDO) Srilaxmi VS, Additional District Magistrate (ADM/ Finance & Revenue ) Shiv Pratap Shukla, DFO, CVO and other district level officers were present.
ARRESTED: In a joint operation with the SOG, Rajgarh police on Wednesday arrested seven persons and recovered 25 batteries, five mobile phones, etc and seized a vehicle which was being used in the crime. Interacting with the media at Police Lines, SP Abhinandan said tower technician Ajay Jaiswal of Robertsganj, Sonbhadra, had lodged a complaint at Rajgarh police station on August 14 that 24 batteries had been stolen from Nadihar village. Thereafter the SOG was involved with the police and the joint team succeeded in working out the case with recovery of 25 batteries and arrest of seven accused. He said a pick-up vehicle which was being used in theft was recovered. The arrested persons were identified as Vinod Patel of Puraini village under Alinagar police station, Chandauli, Firoj Khan of Hydel Colony, Sahupuri, under Mugalsarai police station, Chandauli, Shyam Lal Gupta of Sujabad Padav under Ramnagar police station, Varanasi, Mataroo Patel and Aman Pal of Bagahi village under Mugalsarai police station, Chandauli, Rahul Chauhan of Harishankarpur under Mugalsarai police station, Chandauli and Prakash Patel of Chaanditara under Alinagar police station, Chandauli. The police sent the accused to jail.
MEETING: ADM (Finance and Revenue) Shiv Pratap Shukla while presiding over the meeting of District Road Safety Committee at Collectorate on Wednesday directed the officials concerned to ensure that no school bus is allowed to move without proper papers, including fitness certificate. He asked the officials to ensure that the character certificate of drivers of school buses should be updated. He said enforcement of laws was a must to control road accidents so it should be conducted regularly by the Transport department.
He directed the officials that no illegal parking of vehicle should be allowed. SE PWD Ashok Kumar Dwivedi, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP/City) Srikant Prajapati, ARTO and other officials were present.