311 Km route electrified by ECR in 2020-21
As a result of continuous efforts and reforms, more than 86 per cent of the East Central Railway sections have been electrified on which trains are operating with electric locomotives. As a result, along with environmental improvement, fuel is being saved and time compliance has also improved. As a result of rapid electrification of railway blocks, in the year 2020-21, about 311 route kms was electrified. It may be noted that out of the five divisions of ECR, four divisions have been cent per cent electrified, except for some rail blocks of Samastipur division. In this order, out of a total of 4220 route kilometers, electrification of 3640 route kilometers has been completed and the remaining work is also likely to be completed by the end of 2021. During the year 2020-21, 40 km long Samastipur-Kishanpur (double line) and Kishanpur-Darbhanga (single line) were electrified. Similarly, Darbhanga-Sakri-Jayanagar (67.27 km), Muzaffarpur-Sitamarhi (67 km), Karela Road-Shakti Nagar (33.40 km), Natesar-Islampur (21 km), Dildarnagar-Tarighat (20 km) and Darbhanga-Sitamarhi ( 63.14 km) electrification of the railways was completed during the financial year 2020-21.
MECON celebrates 63rd Foundation Day
MECON limited, celebrated its 63rd Foundation Day on Thursday in a very low key manner, due to surge in number of coronavirus cases. CMD, Atul Bhatt, Salil Kumar, Director (Projects) , R.H Juneja, Director (Finance), S.K Verma, Director (Commercial), A.K Agrawal, Director (Technical) and U. K Kedia, CVO, addressed the employees at Ranchi and all other offices through video conferencing. Bhatt congratulated MECON family for stepping into the 63rd year and motivated the employees to make more efforts to set new milestones. Employees who completed their 30 years of dedicated service with utmost sincerity and dedication were felicitated. MECON Management acknowledged the dedication and commitment shown during this extraordinary situation by all employees and urged them to continue putting in efforts to take MECON to greater heights.
First Assembly at SBPS
Sarala Birla public School, Ranchi began with the new academic session 2021-22 with a ray of hope and optimism on Thursday. The school conducted virtual assembly for its students. To evoke the blessings of the God Almighty, the assembly began with Ganesha Vandana, followed by the Principal’s words of encouragement motivating the students to work harder for the new session. The class teachers delivered motivational speeches and briefed the students about all that is expected of them. At the onset of the new academic session, the students took the opportunity to express their happiness by sharing their thoughts, views and experiences. The assembly culminated with the School Song. It marked the dawn of the new academic session, exhibiting optimisim and joyfulness that the school fraternity is brimming with.
DPS Bokaro students shine in competitions
In ‘Shaksham 2021- Oil and Gas Conservation Awareness Drive’, organized by ONGC, competitions like Quiz, Painting, and Essay Writing were conducted for the students on the theme ‘Green and Clean Energy’. The competitions were organized for the students of Classes VI to XII. In the Quiz Competition - Ayushman Dutta bagged the first position while Kunal Anand and Amogh Anand Jha bagged the second and third position respectively. In the painting competition, Khushi Bharati got the first position while Aayush Keshri and Aditya Kumar received the second and third position respectively. In the English essay competition, Swastik Atharva bagged the first prize while Nikhil Kumar and Prakriti Sharma bagged the second and third prize respectively. In the Hindi Essay Competition, Samridhi Pratap Dubey won the first position while Pavni Kumar and Sweksha Sharma bagged the second and third position respectively.
Congress condemns interest rate reduction
Congress district president BP Singh has condemned the Union government for lowering the interest rates of post office savings. This would help adverse effect on the senior citizens dependent on the interest based income for livelihood. He demanded restoring benefits for all schemes related to retired and senior citizens.
Corona test at bus stand
Dhanbad district administration has decided to hold corona test for passengers coming from Bihar and West Bengal at Bartand bus stand from tomorrow. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by deputy commissioner here today. All bus operators have been asked to ensure that buses were stopped inside bus stand so that test of all passengers may be conducted.
2 women commit suicide in Bokaro
Two women allegedly committed suicide in two separate incidents in Bokaro steel city, police said on Thursday. A 28-year-old woman, wife of Tinku Kumar Joshi, a resident of Joshi Colony, committed suicide by hanging herself in the kitchen of the house in the extent of City Police Station of Bokaro district. Police reached the spot and started an investigating the case. The second incident is reported to be from Sonatand village within limits under jurisdiction of the city police station area. Here, a 34-year-old woman committed suicide by hanging herself from a bathroom pipe. The deceased is said to be Nisha Verma, wife of Mantosh Verma. Police reached the spot and took the body in its possession and sent it to the Sub-Divisional Hospital Chas for postmortem.