The Municipal Corporation has started manufacturing various types of products from waste plastics. The waste plastic manufacturing unit has been set up near Airport Road, Karhaida, Mohan Nagar. The unit has prepared a benchmark made of plastic as a model. These benches will be set up in various municipal parks. In the first phase, 75 benches will be prepared daily. Apart from this, the work of making planters, pots, gates, dustbins, buckets and tiles and much more will also start very soon. The Municipal Commissioner Mahendra Singh Tanwar claimed that Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation has become the first corporation of the year not only in Uttar Pradesh but all over India to manufacture various products from plastic waste. He said, “We have employed local artists in this project. This will give these artists an opportunity to show their skills as well as a chance to get employment.”
An on-duty RPF staff recovered a mobile phone from a sitting chair at Rabindra Sadan metro station. After a while, he received a call on that recovered mobile phone, where the caller claimed that he was the owner of the phone. The caller was advised to contact station master’s office of Rabindra Sadan station. The on-duty RPF staff deposited the phone to the station master’s office. After sometime, a person arrived and after proper verification and completing all the formalities, the recovered mobile phone was handed over to him.
IAS Vijayendra, CMD, NSIC, launched a mobile application “MSME Global Mart” on November 12 for facilitating MSMEs and to popularise the M-Commerce. Also present on this occasion were P Udayakumar, Director (P&M), NSIC, Gaurang Dixit, Director (Finance), NSIC. The key features offered in the first version of the app, which include Public Procurement Information, International Trade, Key Catalogues, Success Stories, Prospective buyers etc. Corporates, PSUs and others can reach relevant suppliers for sourcing and sub-contracting needs through this app by searching from 86 categories and 1462 sub-categories offered in the app. The initiative aims at benefitting more MSMEs become Atma Nirbhar. One can log on to www.msmemart.com too.