JSHB to be revived, says CM
Chief Minister Raghubar Das said on Sunday that Jharkhand State Housing Board will be revived under Chairmanship of Janki Yadav and unfulfilled promises to the people would be brought to the grounds. In JSHB meeting, the CM directed to construct houses on its 70 acres of vacant land and hand it over to those in need. He also asked to levy commercial rate from anyone using their residential properties as commercial ones.
Poddar demands improvement of cremation sites
Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh Poddar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi and requested him to improve the conditions of cremation sites all over the Country. In his letter written to the Prime Minister, Poddar stated that the cremation sites must be equipped with electric crematories which may be managed by government or non-governmental organisations where unclaimed dead bodies could also be cremated easily.
CPI(M) opposes the Bill
CPI(M) State Secretariat has condemned the attempts of the Raghuwar Das led State Government to encroach the democratic rights of the people, just before the 75th anniversary of Indian independence. “Freedom of Religion bill 2017 has been passed through voice votes amidst protests. The Remedy and Right to Transparency in land Acquisition, Rehabilitation & Resettlement Amendment bill 2017 was also passed amidst walk out by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha legislators. The party strongly condemns such moves of the government,” said the party.
RAOCAPS-2017 concludes
The two-day All India Seminar RAOCAPS-2017 organised by the Institution of Engineers, JSC in association with MECON ltd was concluded on Sunday. The second day of the seminar started with D Verma (MECON) presenting a paper on Supercritical Cycle based power generation. Protection for the environment was discussed in detail and it was emphasised that future technologies must be environment friendly.
Plantation drive by NCC cadets
Army Public School has started plantation drive in wake of rising environmental concerns on the campus premises. The drive that initiated from August 5 will continue till August 15. NCC Air Wing Cadets on August 12 planted 25 various types of saplings like neem, tulsi, ashok and different types of ferns. School principal, Abhay Kumar Singh in his address, laid emphasis on the importance of greenery and encouraged Cadets to plant a tree on their birthday.
Munda inaugurates solar lamp assembling unit
Minister, Rural Development, Neelkanth Singh Munda on Sunday inaugurated Solar Study light Assembling Centre at Khunti -Torpa Agri Horticultural Co-operative society. So far, a Self Help Group working in Khunti has linked 35 females in the venture of assembling solar lights. At a nominal cost of Rs. 100, students can get solar study lamps from the centre.
IFWJ’s ‘Tiranga Samman Yatra’
Indaresh Kumar of International Sai Foundation on Sunday flagged of IFWJ’s ‘Tiranga Samman Yatra’ from India Gate, New Delhi. Notably, Minister Urban Development, CP Singh including other officials had flagged off ‘Tiranga Samman Yatra’ on August 10 from Ranchi. With the aim to uphold the feeling of ‘Kashmiriyat’ the project has been initiated.