Free polio vaccination today
On the occasion of National Immunisation Day, the State will administer free polio vaccine to children below the age of five years on Sunday. In a bid to spread awareness about the campaign, health workers and commoners participated in a awareness rally on Saturday. The rally commenced from Mahatma Gandhi’s statue at Morhabadi and Ranchi Civil Surgeon marked the beginning of the campaign by administering polio vaccines to two children at Morhabadi.
Shaswat Institute celebrates Women’s Day
Shaswat Institute of Teacher’s Education celebrated International Women’s Day at the premises of the institute by sharing success stories and motivating women not to settle for anything less than what they deserve. Dr. Asha Kumari Gupta from Ranchi College spoke about the achievements of women in India and how they play a pivotal role in shaping the society. Reena Kerketta, Zila Parishad member from Ormanjhi shared her experiences at the function. A cultural programme was also organized to mark the occasion.
14,948 cases disposed in Lok Adalat
A National Lok Adalat was organised by Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority across the State of Jharkhand under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority on Saturday. It was held in all the courts across the State of Jharkhand. This National Lok Adalat was on all matters. As many as 14,948 cases were disposed and a total amount of Rs 40,88,43,932 was settled. In Ranchi 226 pending cases were disposed and a total amount of Rs 6,62,225 was settled.
Workshop at RRD
A workshop on Gender Sensitisation was organized at Ranchi Railway Division on Friday. On this occasion, Senior Divisional Security Commissioner, Maheshwar Singh, showed a PowerPoint presentation related to women's rights. He said that women are employed in large number of security forces today. They are doing all kinds of work with great courage. They discussed a wide range of women's rights at the workplace. ADRM (Infra) Ajit Singh Yadav said that the government is campaigning to end the gender bias. ADRM (Operations) MM Pandit said that the best practices should start from the house first. In the house where women are respected, they see the child and behave in the same way. Dr. Manisha said that we should educate our sons so that they can respect women. Sumari Tate, Kalavanti Singh etc. also expressed their views.