Director SUDA and nodal officer of the district Dr Anil Kumar Pathak directed the officials to carry out development works under a time- bound plan to complete the works within stipulated time. Such direction was issued by him while holding the meeting of the officials at Collectorate on Saturday. Reviewing the progress in works related to basic amenities he said it was the duty of officials to make available pure potable water to people. He directed the officers to visit the health centres regularly and ensure availability of health services in a proper way. Regarding welfare schemes he asked the officials to ensure the availability of benefits to the eligible without fail. On the issue of IGRS portal he directed for time-bound disposal of matters and in case laxity was found at any stage action should be taken. He reviewed progress in all schemes point wise. During his visit he inspected the works being carried out under AMRUT Project. He inspected Mahaveer Park in which beautification work was on under AMRUT Project. He interacted with some beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas scheme and directed the officials to make available all necessary amenities in the houses under it. He asked the EO to ensure cleanliness to such level that the ranking of the city could be improved. During his visit he was accompanied by Additional District Magistrate (Finance & Revenue) Shiv Pratap Shukla.
ARRESTED: Under the joint operation of RPF, Adalhaat police station, SOG and SWAT/ surveillance teams five persons were arrested and railway parts and illegal arms were recovered from them on Saturday. On being tipped off by an informer the police raided the place under Adalhaat police station. During the raid the accused opened fire on police but the police team was not injured. The arrested persons confessed their involvement in the theft. For the successful operation the SP awarded the police team with the cash reward of Rs 20,000.
The accused were identified as Kanhaiya of Bahadurpur, Gorakh Nath of Kamalpur and Brijesh Agrahari the of Sikiya under Adalhaat police station, Rahul Patel of Lakshmanpur under Shivpur police station, Varanasi, and Pradeep Patel of Matihani village under Madihan police station.
SEMINAR: A seminar was organised to observe the 99th birth anniversary of martyr Naresh Chandra Srivastava at BLJ Inter College.
The chief of KSP Trust Dr Shakti Srivastava while addressing it as the chief guest saluted the patriotism of the martyr who sacrificed his life in the fight for freedom at the age of 18 years. Proposing the vote of thanks Pankaj Srivastava said it will be the real tribute to the martyr if we could contribute the nation through our deeds and show the path to the coming generation. The seminar started with the garlanding of the statue of martyr installed in the college campus. The seminar was conducted by Shivam Srivastawa and presided over by Rajat Srivastava. Vishal Srivastawa, Deepak Srivastava, Ashish Srivastava and others were present.