Paradise continues social work in rural areas
The Paradise Society distributed ration among the needy people in Karra Block — Jari and Bada Jari village of Khunti (these two villages are 70 kms from Ranchi). A total of 55 kg ration (rice, lentils, spices, salt, oil, face mask, jaggery, chuda) was provided per family among 60 beneficiaries. The beneficiaries were selected earlier, who used to work as labourers and were in a lot of trouble due to the current lockdown situation. Among them were some pregnant women who needed nutritious food immediately. Ajay Jaiswal (member of the organisation and founder of Asha Foundation) took the entire project off the ground.The total project cost was approximately Rs. 1,00,000. Jeev Daya Foundation played a significant role in the project and sponsored 50 kg of rice per family (approximately Rs 65000 worth). Necessary ration will be distributed at different places in the coming days so that the society can play a small role as well as reduce the economic burden of the poor and needy people.
ECR GM chairs Official Language Committee meet
The 70th meeting of Regional Railway Official Language Execution Committee was held at the East Central Railway Headquarters under the chairmanship of General Manager, Lalit Chandra Trivedi, through virtual medium on Friday. Presiding over the meeting, the GM said, “Today we are in first place in terms of railway gross revenue etc. This is the result of good and effective teamwork and I am proud of it. Now in ECR, e-office work is being executed on a large scale in a better manner in Hindi with complete accuracy. Information has been given by ECR about litterateurs at major stations, it is undoubtedly a commendable work and this will help in the promotion of official language Hindi,” said the GM. He directed that in many stations etc. the sign boards/ nameplates written in Hindi are well written and there is no uniformity in them, it needs to be improved as it is a matter directly related to the public. Trivedi said that in ECR, the sign board or nameplate should be written in blue and white colors as well as any one font should be used, it should be followed by all the departments and divisions.
MIG electrode grade wire rods produced at SAIL-ISP
N Banerjee, ED, RDCIS led from the front in successfully developing and commercialising a special quality wire rod grade for Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding electrodes. This steel is the highest NSR yielding steel grade in the long products wire segment. He acknowledged the unflinching support and encouragement provided by AV Kamlakar, CEO, SAIL-ISP along with AK Singh, ED (Works), and S. Basu, ED (MM), SAIL-ISP and thanked the entire team for their contributions. MIG wires are used in Gas Metal Arc Welding along with a shielding gas. These copper coated special quality welding electrodes are used for continuous welding in the automotive industry as well other critical fabrication work which requires the highest quality standards. The wire rods are produced in accordance with the standards of American Welding Society and call for the highest level of steel cleanliness and low gaseous content (particularly Nitrogen). The steel was produced using special quality ferro-alloys with stringent quality checks and rolled into 5.5 mm at ISP's modern Wire Rod Mill under controlled rolling conditions to achieve the desired properties. The material has been successfully converted to MIG electrode wires at one of the leading manufacturers of MIG electrodes in eastern India and has passed all the extensive tests as per the industry norms. With this breakthrough, SAIL has geared itself to regularly cater to this niche market and be a leader in the industry segment.
Railways approves 660 more trains in June
With the flattening of Corona curve, the Indian Railways is enhancing the number of special trains to facilitate the traveling public, to provide trains for the movement of migrant labour and to clear the waiting list in various origin destination clusters. During pre Covid, an average of about 1768 Mail/Express trains were operating daily. As on 18.06.2021, about 983 Mail/Express trains are being operated daily which is about 56 per cent of the pre-Covid level. The number of trains is being enhanced gradually as per demand and commercial justification. As on 01.06.2021, about 800 Mail/Express trains were in operation. During the period 01.06.2021 to 18.06.2021, approval for operating 660 additional Mail/Express trains was given to the Zonal Railways.
XISS-UNICEF Joint Venture for Vaccination Promotion
Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi, on Thursday organized an interaction programme with District Collectors (DC) of Godda & Deoghar for SBCC District Project Coordinators (DPC) of the XISS-UNICEF Joint Venture for Vaccination Promotion and following of Covid-19 Appropriate Behaviour in 21 districts of Jharkhand. During the interaction DCs showed their clear emphasis on activities of the District Covid-19 task force & expectations from the DPCs on ground level in the 21 districts of Jharkhand. XISS in partnership with UNICEF had launched this joint venture on 10th June 2021 in 21 districts of Jharkhand for Vaccination promotion and following of Covid-19 Appropriate Behavior (CAB).
BJP leader protest for farmers’ cause
Intermittent rain and wet grasses did not dampen the spirit of BJP leaders when senior BJP lady leader Lovely Gupta stood standing with group of women at Jore panchayat asking women to raise voice for the farmers. Gupta said women are peeved as their husband farmers or labourers feel cheated by this Government. Gupta said, "I got drenched. I remained with our womenfolks. That shows our fight for the farmers."