REC to Support Rural Development in NE
REC Foundation, the CSR arm of the Navratna Central PSU REC limited, signed a memorandum with the North East Slow Food and Agrobiodiversity Society (NESFAS) promising a support of Rs 9.41 crore with a view to partner in the rural development programme No one shall be left behind.
No one shall be left behind is a three-year project aimed at enhancing indigenous food systems to improve nutrition, provide food security and generate sustainable livelihoods for over 3000 households in 130 remote villages in Meghalaya and Nagaland.
The project activity includes nutritional analysis, community seed fares, promoting consumption of nutrient-rich local species, skilling and training for entrepreneurship and livelihood programme, and an initiative in renewable energy for community wellbeing. The programme is designed to benefit the youth, adolescent girls, women and community elders.
The agreement was signed on February 30 between Dr PV Ramesh, chairman, REC and Phrang Roy, chairman, NESFAS. Dr Ramesh appreciated NESFAS for its groundwork in rural communities in Meghalaya and expressed his hope for such an important community-based project to be replicated in other states.
NDMC ORGANISES MEDICAl CHECK-UP camp
To commemorate the Ayushman Bharat Diwas, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has organised the free health check-up and awareness camps at its five major gardens in Delhi in the early morning on April 30. Aiming at the wellness of the morning walkers, this facility had been extended under the overall supervision and guidance of NDMC Secretary, Rashmi Singh at lodhi Garden, Nehru Park, Talkatora Garden, Children’s Park at India Gate and Sanjay Jheel, at laxmibai Nagar in collaboration with the Fortis Escort and Moolchand Hospitals. Dr SK Sharma, a doctor from Ram Manohar lohiya Hospital, who is a regular morning walker at Nehru Park said that in the wake of hectic life styles, stress had become a major concern for people, especially in the metropolitan cities, so such types of awareness camps should be organised on regular basis by the government as well as civic bodies and it is a good initiative by NDMC.
First flight from Adampur Airport to Delhi has started
The first flight from Adampur Airport to Delhi under Regional Connectivity Scheme is going to take off from May 1. Adampur Airport will be fourth airport in Punjab to operate RCS flights. This flight will operate seven days a week, with Q-400 Bombardier 78 seater Aircraft.
HIAl signs agreement
In the northern part of India, Petronet lNG Foundation (PlF) unveils another important initiative. Recently PlF signed agreement with Himalayan Institute of Alternative learning (HIAl), ladakh.
In the presence of Petronet lNG Foundation’s Chairman Prabhat Singh and other Pll's senior officials. Geetanjali, founding member, HIAl and Manoj Pawa, chief executive, PlF inked the agreement on April 6 in Pll's corporate office.
HIAl founding member Sonam Wagchuck envisages to establish an alternative university for mountain development. HIAl will be establishing a visitor centre Phyang, ladakh. PlF through financial assistance will be supporting the construction of a visitor's centre of HIAl University in Phyang Valley, ladakh for the benefit of the local people of ladakh and other migrants in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. This project will address the issues related to education, urban migration, skill development, employment, preservation of local culture and environment in the region of ladakh.
NDMC’s vice chairman felicitated with Turban
The NDMC workers presented the turban to Karan Singh Tanwar, vice chairman, NDMC on the occasion of Majdoor Diwas on May 1. They presented a Memorandum of Demands in respect of Same Work-Same Salary of contractual employees, DTl issue, RMR, TMR issues et al in NDMC. Tanwar had assured the members of the committee that an appropriate action would be taken on their demands and he would raise this issue at the appropriate level.