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No corruption inelectrificationscheme, saysRajendra Shukla

BHOPAL: Energy minister Rajendra

Shukla said in the assembly there

was no corruption or lack of

quality in the work being done

under the Rajiv Gandhi rural

electrification scheme in Shivpuri.

Congress MLA KP Singh alleged

thatelectricitypoles erected under

the scheme had

fallen and wires had come off.He

alleged that the staff of the energy

department was demanding

money from people for

completion of work.

Denying the charges, the

minister said the project worth Rs

64.95 crore wasawardedto Hethro

power of Gurgaon on December

31, 2009. Under the project,

hamlets with a population of 100or above are being taken up for

electrification and single point

connections to 38,705 BPL families

will be given.

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Self-reliance in energy

key to country'sdevelopment, says Modi

BHOPAL

G

ujarat Chief Minister

Narendra Modi has said

that country can be devel-

oped only through self-dependence

in energy. India has witnessed

Green and White Revolutions. Now

Saffron Revolution is needed. En-

ergy is of saffron colour. He said

that the Central Government

should formulate a comprehensive

Energ y Policy.

Narendra Modi was dedicating

country's largest solar energy

plant at village Bhagwanpur

(Deken) in Neemuch district today.

Presiding over the function, Chief

Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan

said that Madhya Pradesh will be

made number one state in country.Public Relations, Energ y, New &

Renewable Energy Minister Rajen-

dra Shukla and Minister of State

for School Education Deepak Joshi

were present on the occasion.

Showering praise on Madhya

Pradesh, Modi said that Chief Min-

ister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has

done a great service not only to

Madhya Pradesh, but entire coun-

try by changing this once sick state

into a developing one. He had

linked Narmada with Kshipra and

today earth and sky to tap solar en-

ergy through this plant. He said

that power plants of upto 20 thou-

sand MW capacity are lying shut

mainly due to unavailability of

coal. If such indifference towards

energy continues then dreams of

development cannot be fulfilled. In-

dia will have to work in mission

mode to make the country strong

and chalk out new policies. Modi

said that development should be

environment-friendly. He said that

immense natural resources for en-

ergy are available in different parts

of the country. Eastern India is

heaven for hydro power genera-

tion, Western seashore area is best

for wind energy and Gujarat and

Rajasthan's plain desert areas for

solar energy. If a policy is chalked

out to tap these energies, neither

coal nor petroleum import will be

required. Modi had special words

of praise for Madhya Pradesh for

agriculture sector growth.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh

Chauhan said that this is a historic

day for state's development. Mad-

hya Pradesh has registered 3 major

achievements during last 3 days.

On the first, foundation stone for

Infosys campus was laid at Indore,

on the second day Narmada was

linked with Kshipra and on the

third day country's largest solar

energy plant has been inaugurat-

ed. Chauhan said that there is no

shortage of power in Madhya

Pradesh. At present, 11 thousand

600 MW power is available in the

state. It will be increased to 14 thou-

sand MW next year and 20 thou-

sand MW in next 5 years. In the

years to come, 2500 MW solar and

wind energy will be generated. Del-

hi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor

will change state's scenario. State

is number one in the country in

agricultural production. Madhya

Pradesh is going to leave Punjab

and Haryana behind in wheat pro-

duction. Chauhan said that state

government has changed policies

in the interest of farmers. Provi-

sion for compensation has been

made for loss of Isabgol crops in

Neemuch area. The Chief Minister

said that adequate assistance will

be given to farmers whose crops

have suffered damage due to rains

and hailstor m recently.

Modi and Chauhan also inspected

the solar plant. Country's largest

solar power plant has been com-

pleted in a short of span on only 8

months. Additional Chief Secre-

tary Renewable Energy S.R. Mo-

hanty welcomed the guests and in-

formed that Madhya Pradesh is be-

coming new power hub of the

country. Rajya Sabha member

Raghunandan Sharma, MLAs Om-

prakash Sakhlecha, Kailash

Chawla, Rajendra Pandey, Dilip

Singh Parihar, Yashpal Singh

Sidodiya, Rajesh Yadav and Vice-

Chairman of State Planning Com-

mission Babulal Jain were also

present on the occasion.

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Five IPS officerstransferred in CGRaipur: In a minor reshuffle ahead of

the Lok Sabha elections, the

Chhattisgarh government has

transferred five Indian Police Service

(IPS) officers. "The directive in this

regard has been released from

Mantralaya late last night. They will

be in charge of new departments

until further orders," an official said

here Monday. As per the order,

Superintendent of Police Korba,

Ratanlal Dangi has been shifted as

Commandant, 4th Battalion,

Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) at

Mana camp in Raipur. Dangi will be

replaced by AIG, police headquarters,

Amresh Mishra. SP Korea Ramgopal

Garg will replace SP Balod T R Paikra,

who will be the Commandant, 8th

Battalion CAF, Rajnandgaon. Besides,

commandant of 8th Battalion CAF,

Rajnandgaon, BS Dhruv will be the

new SP of Korea district.

Vivek Dhand new chiefsecretary of ChhattisgarhVivek Dhand, a 1981 batch IAS officer,

was appointed Chief Secretary of

Chhattisgarh today, official sources

said. He will succeed Sunil Kumar

who is retiring on February 28.

Dhand, who hails from Chhattisgarh

itself, was Additional Chief Secretary,

Panchayat and Rural Development.

Six policemen killed inNaxal ambush in

Chhattisgarh's DantewadaIn a tragic incident, six policemen

were killed in Naxal ambush in

Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on

Friday. Five police jawans, including a

SHO were killed in the ambush.

Earlier this month four Maoists were

arrested in Dantewada district.

The incident took place when a

police patrol party headed by SHO,

Kuwakonda, Vivek Shukla was on way

to Shyamgiri Hills for security of an

under-construction road near

Kuwakonda-Bacheli, a senior police

official told PTI. The patrol team

comprising around 10 police jawans

was moving on motorcycles whenarmed rebels opened indiscriminate

firing on them, resulting in the death

of SHO Shukla and five other

policemen on the spot, he said. In

2010, the Leftwing guerrillas

ambushed and massacred 76 security

personnel in the dense forests of

Chhattisgarh in the worst such attack

since the Maoist rebellion erupted 43

years ago. Fearing leakage of their

strategies ahead of Lok Sabha polls,

Naxals are keeping a close watch on

people who could act as informers

and pass on information using

mobile phones in villages of their

hot-bed Bastar. In some pockets of

restive Narayanpur district

comprising a major part of the

Abhujmad region, local cadres are

visiting villages and collecting

information about mobile users and

even asking them to deposit the

gadgets with rebels assuring to

return them after the Lok Sabha

elections.

02 (MP&CG)March 3 to March 9, 2014Chhattisgarh Explore

PSUs didn't obtain mandatoryclearance from Centre before mining

RAIPUR

Public sector undertakings

did not obtain the mandato-

ry clearance from the Union

Ministry of Environment and

Forests (MoEF) before undertaking

mining in foreat areas in the state.

Forest land measuring 835.616

hectares is being used for mining

purposes by public sector under-

takings (PSUs) in Chhattisgarh

without approval of Union govern-

ment. The MoEF mandates that

compensatory afforestation should

be undertaken on non-forest land to

compensate for the diversion offorestland for mining and other

non-forestry activities. Comensato-

ry afforestation on forestland is al-

lowed only when such non-forest

land is not available.

However, according to a review

report of Chhattisg arh State Com-

pensatory, Afforestation, Manage-

ment and Planning Authority

(CAMPA) by CAG, PSUs have been

mining on forestland even after

their in-principle approval lapsed

seven years ago. The report states

that despite availability of non-for-

est land for compensatory af-

forestation (CA) in state, certifi-

cates of non-availability of non-for-

est land were given and CA was

done in degraded forest area. The

report also reveals that forest land

measuring 77.500 hectares was

used for development of an eco-

tourism centre by state govern-ment in violation of Forest Conser-

vation (FC) Act. CAMPA unautho-

risedly spent Rs 12.31 crore on pur-

chase of vehicles, infrastructure

and other eco-tourism activities in

contravention to guidelines and in-

structions of Centre.

Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh Chief

Minister Raman Singh said recent-

ly that Rs 3.40 crore were recovered

as fines from over 1,700 cases of il-

legal mining were reported during

the last four years. The state also

recovered Rs 13.64 crore as fines

from 13,084 cases of illegal trans-

portation of minerals during the

same period.

The Chhattisgarh government

will use satellite imagery to detect

activities of illegal mining and es-

tablish barriers to check unlawful

transportation of minerals. Senior

government officials have directedto take help of satellite imageries

to intensify the drive against illegal

excavation of minerals. However,

government's own PSUs continue

to flout norms while undertaking

mining in the state.

RTE flop show

in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR

As authorities have drawn up a cal-

endar for the implementation of

the Right to Education (RTE) Act

for 2013-14, a recent survey shows it

was a flop show in Chhattisgarh in

the past two years. The root cause

of the problem is that many private

schools are not even aware of the

rules.

The survey was conducted in nine

districts by the RTE Task Force set

up by the state government. Poor

implementation has been the bane

of the RTE Act. While nearly half

of the 25% seats reserved in private

schools for the poor under the RTE

Act remained unfilled during 2012-

13, the first year of implementa-

tion, the next year it was more than

one-third. The survey covered 83

schools in the state, including 14

aided, 33 unaided and 36 govern-

ment schools. It found that 10 aided

and 14 unaided schools did not pro-

vide even a single seat under the

RTE quota in 2012-13, 24 were un-

aware of the basic rules, while the

faculty of only 58 schools partici-

pated in RTE workshops conducted

by the government.

The survey also detected several

other violations. Three dozen

schools did not form School Devel-

opment and Monitoring Commit-

tees, while only a few held special

training for dropouts who had re-

turned to the classroom. The sur-

vey found there is a shortage of

teaching staff in 30 unaided and 24

aided schools. Half the schools did-

n't have ramps for physically chal-

lenged students.

POORPROGRESS

In 2012-13, 59,000 of the 1.08

lakh seats under the RTE quota

were vacant.

In 2013-14, 37,000 seats

remained unfilled.

27 schools didn't have

compounds.

Nine schools lacked separate

toilets for girls.

23 schools didn't have good

playgrounds. Drinking water in eight schools

was not fit to drink.

Rs 29 lakh cash,ammunition seizedfrom Naxal hideoutsRajnandgaon: In a major haul, a

whopping Rs 29 lakh were seized

from a Maoist dump in Chhattis-

garh's Rajnandgaon district, police

said Tuesday.

Besides, ammunition and elec-

tronic gadgets were also recovered

from two separate Naxal hideouts

in the region. "A joint squad of se-

curity personnel busted two Naxal

camps in Sitagaon and Aundhi po-

lice station limits in the past two

days and seized cash, live car-

tridges and electronic items," In-

spector General of Police (Durg

Range) Pradeep Gupta told re-

porters here.

Cash worth Rs 28.95 lakh was re-

covered from a Naxal hideout inNideli village forests under Aund-

hi police station limits last

evening, he said.

The joint contingent of Indo Ti-

betan Border Police (ITBP), Border

Security Force (BSF) and local po-

lice team was on a search opera-

tion along the border of Raj-

nandgaon-Kanker district for past

several days.

On Sunday, it unearthed a Naxal

dump in Pitemeta-Amakoda

forests under Sitagaon police sta-

tion limits and in Aundhi.

The other recovered material in-

clude 10 live cartridges of 9 MM

pistol and 12 bore gun, a magazine

of Insas rifle, steel containers used

in planting landmines, three cell-

phones, data cable, radio, batteries,

Naxal literature and other related

items, Gupta said.

Prima facie it appeared that the

recovered money was extorted

from locals.

Six policemen killed in

Naxal ambush in

Chhattisgarh's DantewadaRaipur:In a tragic incident, six po-

licemen were killed in Naxal am-

bush in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada

district on Friday.

Five police jawans, including a

SHO were killed in the ambush.

Earlier this month four Maoists

were arrested in Dantewada dis-

trict.

The incident took place when a

police patrol party headed by SHO,

Kuwakonda, Vivek Shukla was on

way to Shyamgiri Hills for security

of an under-construction road

near Kuwakonda-Bacheli, a senior

police official told PTI.

The patrol team comprising

around 10 police jawans was mov-

ing on motorcycles when armed

rebels opened indiscriminate fir-ing on them, resulting in the death

of SHO Shukla and five other po-

licemen on the spot, he said. In

2010, the Leftwing guerrillas am-

bushed and massacred 76 security

personnel in the dense forests of

Chhattisgarh in the worst such at-

tack since the Maoist rebellion

erupted 43 years ago.

Fearing leakage of their strate-

gies ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Nax-

als are keeping a close watch on

people who could act as informers

and pass on information using mo-

bile phones in villages of their hot-

bed Bastar. In some pockets of

restive Narayanpur district com-

prising a major part of the Abhuj-

mad region, local cadres are visit-

ing villages and collecting infor-

mation about mobile users and

even asking them to deposit the

gadgets with rebels assuring to re-

turn them after the Lok Sabha elec-

tions.


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03(MP&CG) March 3 to March 9, 2014 Bhopal

Now online assistancecan be donated to CMsAssistance Fund

Now online assistance can be

donated to CMs Assistance

Fund (Farmers Relief) through

website of MP Online. Even over Rs. 10

thousand donation can be given

online or by depositing the same at

MP Onlines kiosk. A receipt will be

generated soon after deposit of

money. Donated money is income tax-

free. Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh

Chouhan was apprised of it by

Secretary Information Technology Shri

Hari Ranjan Rao here today.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Shri

Chouhan was presented a cheque of

Rs. 5 thousand towards CMs Farmer

Relief Fund by Dainik Kshitij Kirans

editor Shri K.K. Saxena and Smt.

Bhavna Saxena.

Governor donates one

months salary forassistance to hailstorm-affected farmersGovernor Shri Ram Naresh Yadav has

donated his one months salary for

assistance to hailstorm-affected

farmers. The Governor has urged all

industrialists, businessmen and

wealthy people to extend maximum

assistance for hailstorm-affected

farmers. Principal Secretary to

Governor Shri Vinod Semwal and all

Raj Bhavan officers and employees

have also decided to donate their one

days salary for assistance to hailstorm-

affected farmers.

Bhopal: Court summonsDow Chemicals in gastragedy caseChief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Bhopal,

Pankaj Maheshwari issued a notice to

Dow Chemicals on Friday to appear

before the court on July 4 and present

its stand with regard to the Bhopal gas

leak disaster of December 1984.

Bhopal Group for Information and

Action, an NGO working with the gas-

affected people, had filed an

application seeking to make Dow

Chemical America a party to the case.

It contended Dow Chemicals wasnow the owner of the e rstwhile Union

Carbide Corporation.

Madhuri Dixit ousted fromBhopal airport VIP loungeNew Delhi: Bollywood actress Madhuri

Dixit and producer Anubhav Sinha who

were recently in Bhopal for the

promotion of their upcoming movie

`Gulaab-Gang were asked to leave the

VIP lounge in Bhopal airport. After the

promotion when the two were waiting

for their return flight to Mumbai, an

airport official came to them, and took

them to the VIP lounge. The official

wished to get a photograph with the

`dhak-dhak` girl, but she refused to

pose as she was very tried with entire

days of promotion. The official got

angry and asked the actress to leave

the lounge immediately. Madhuri Dixit,

who has won 6 Filmfare Awards and

honoured with Padma Shri Award in

2008, performs rare martial art forms

for the movie.

Loan recovery from affected farmers suspendedbenefit of Kanyadan Yojana even if they marry off daughters from home

BHOPAL

Chief M inister Shivraj Singh

Chauhan has said that Re. 1 per kg

wheat and price will be provided

for 8 months to farmers who have

suffered over 50 % crops loss by in-

cluding their names in the list of

beneficiaries. Chauhan said that

maximum assistance will be pro-

vided by the state government to

the affected farmers.

Chauhan visited hailstorm-af-

fected villages in Sehore district's

tahsils Rehti, Nasrullahganj and

Ashta including Chakaldi, Kothar

Pipaliya, Kankariya, Harmau,

Suned, Ladkui, Bhadakui, Gu-

larpura and Kanyakhedi today.

The Chief Minister took stock of

crops and held discussions with

hailstorm farmers. Consoling

farmers, Chief Minister Chauhan

said that state government stands

by them.

Chauhan said that hundreds of

villages in 40 districts of the state

have been affected by this natural

calamity. For this, necessary in-

structions have been given to field

staff. The field staff will survey

every single field and ensure pay-

ment of proper relief and crop in-

surance amount to affected farm-

ers.

The Chief Minister said that

farmers will be able to marry off

their daughters from home this

year. They will be given Rs. 25 thou-

sand assistance each under

Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana

even if affected farmers marry off

daughters from home. Defaulter

hailstorm-affected farmers will

also be provided seeds and fertilis-

ers by societies. Recovery of loan

from affected farmers will be sus-

pended. Payment of interest will

be made by the state government.

On girls' demand at village Kothra,

the Chief Minister announced to

open a high school from next aca-

demic session.

In-charge Minister of Sehore dis-

trict Rampal Singh, former Chair-

men of corporations Rajendra

Singh Rajput and Guru Prasad

Sharma and Zila Panchayat Chair-

man Dharmendra Singh Chauhan

were present on the occasion.

75 % population to get benefit of Food SecurityAct; names of 3.70 cr people in Samagra portal

BHOPAL

Food Security Act has been implemented in

Madhya Pradesh with effect from March 1,

2014. State's 75 percent population will be under

the Act's purview. So far, over 3 crore 70 lakh 73

thousand people's names have been included in

Samagra Portal developed by Food and Civil

Supplies and Social Justice departments. Even

before implementation of this Act, wheat and

rice are being provided at the rate of Re. 1 un-

der Annapurna Yojana through public distri-

bution system in the state since January 1, 2014.

As per Food Security Act, Central Govern-

ment will provide wheat at the rate of Re. 2 per

kg and rice at Rs. 3 per kg to the state govern-

ment. However, both wheat and rice will be pro-

vided at Re. one per kg under Mukhyamantri

Annapurna Yojana by giving additional sub-

sidy to all eligible families.

Food and Civil Supplies Department has

made large-scale preparations for implementa-

tion of National Food Security Act. Antyodaya

Anna Yojana (AAY) card holders and priorityfamilies will get its benefit. These include BPL

families, beneficiaries of social pension

scheme, building and other construction work-

ers, Mukhyamantri Mazdoor Suraksha Card,

forest rights patta holders, cycle rickshaw &

handcart pullers, women domestic helps, urban

vendors, registered bidi workers, landless kot-

wars, registered weavers and craftpersons, reg-

istered hair dressers, persons affected by de-

fence agreement, registered railway porters,

labourers of closed mills, registered persons

with multiple disabilities and mentally retard-

ed persons, inmates of old ag e homes, children

of juvenile homes, porters and weighing assis-

tants at mandis and all SC and SC domiciles of

the state. In SC and ST category, income tax

payers and class I, II and III officers and em-

ployees of state and Central governments have

not been included in the scheme. According to

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's an-

nouncement, all registered fishermen, drivers,

conductors and calamity-affected families will

also be provided subsidised food grains by in-

cluding them in the category of priority fami-

lies. In the SC and ST category, all income tax

payers and Class I, II and III officers-employees

of Central and state government have not been

included in this scheme.

Of total 3 crore 70 lakh 73 thousand persons

registered on Samagra portal, 2 crore 84 lakh 3

thousand belong to rural and 86 lakh 70 thou-

sand to urban areas. Registrations at Samagra

portal are being done under supervision of col-

lectors. Urban bodies are conducting survey in

urban areas and Panchayats in rural areas withcooperation of Food Department.

After implementation of National Food Secu-

rity Act, every AAY ration card holder will get

35 kg food grains and families identified under

priority families will get 5 kg per person per

month.

The state government has also decided that

families having over 7 members will be provid-

ed 5 kg food grains per person under Antyodaya

Anna Yojana. In this way, every eligible family

will get over 35 kg food grains each.

PEB scam: Is BJP too arrogant to reply to Cong charges?BHOPAL

The Professional Examination

Board (PEB) scam has shaken the

state and the Opposition Con-

gress is trying its best to derive

political mileage. However, the

BJP is surprisingly calm. Con-

gress leaders feel that after the

success in assembly polls the BJP

is so confident of its success in

Lok Sabha polls that it is not even

caring to reply to Congress accu-

sations.

Congress leaders claimed some

big personalities of the BJP are

involved in the scam and will be

named shortly. "This is the arro-

gance of getting 165 seats in as-

sembly elections,'' Katare

claimed" The BJP does not want

to speak to the Opposition on the

issue. They don't want to answer

questions we are asking. But we

will take up the issue continuous-

ly in the assembly, media and law

courts till the truth is uncovered."

While the PEB scam will top

Congress agenda for general elec-

tions in the state, BJP leaders say

there is no need to answer base-

less allegations of the Congress.

Katare said that more revelations

of the BJP's involvement in the

multi-crore PEB scam will be ex-

posed in coming days.


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04 (MP&CG)March 3 to March 9, 2014Raipur Trail

RAIPUR: Union minister for health and

family welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad has

said that our country requires more

hospitals with well-equipped doctors

and nurses. For states like Chhattisgarh,

Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and

Jammu and Kashmir, Medical Council of

India (MCI) has relaxed the rules, as now

20-acre land is being provided for these

states. For proper healthcare of kids and

pregnant women in rural parts of the

country, 'Asha Scheme' has played an

important role, he added. Referring to

steps being taken to improve facilities atAIIMS, Raipur, Azad said 4089 posts of

doctors, employees and other officers

have been sanctioned.

Azad was speaking during

inauguration of All India Institute of

Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Raipur

recently. He said the UPA Government at

the Centre had always focused on

promoting setting up of more and more

hospitals and medical colleges across

the country. He also lauded the facility of

e-Library at AIIMS, Raipur which is not

present in any other AIIMS in the

country.

Chief Minister Raman Singh in his

address in his address called the

establishment of AIIMS as a milestone in

the history of Chhattisgarh. He promised

to take initiative to increase the 160-

bedded hospital with 1,000 beds. Singh

thanked the Union Ministry of Health

and Family Welfare for its help and

encouragement in bringing up the

premium healthcare institution in

Raipur. From now onwards, the people

of the Chhattisgarh do not need to go to

New Delhi for availing world-class health

services as AIIMS has now been

established in the State, the Chief

Minister said, adding the institute will

not only benefit the people of

Chhattisgarh but also those in the

neighbouring States.Singh said the State Government has

established medical colleges at Jagdalur

and Raigarh. While a medical college is

being set up at Rajnandgaon, a new

medical college is proposed for Sarguja.

He also announced to set up Rs 120

crore cancer institute at Bilaspur and a

cancer research centre at Manendragarh

in north Chhattisgarh. Singh said the

proposed centre to be set up at

Manendragarh, at an estimated cost of

Rs 45 crore, would cater to me dical

needs of tribals. Referring to a vast

population in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and

Jharkhand suffering from genetic

disorder of sickle cell anaemia, Singh

urged the union minister to set up a

national level centre for treatment and

research on the disease at Raipur. He

said lack of infrastructure was not only a

challenge being faced by health sector,

but the state is also facing challenge of

reducing Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR)

and Infant Mortality rate (IMR) and other

complex ailments.

AIIMS opens in Raipur Raipur boy growing vegetables on rooftopRAIPUR

There are many people who

have deep interest in harvest-

ing but unfortunately do not

have land. Animesh Tiwari, living in

Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, is one

such person. Animesh worked hard

on his dream and today he is a happy

man growing broccoli, cabbage and

vegetable on his rooftop. Animesh

applied hydroponics method to grow

vegetables on his rooftop. Animesh

says that by adopting hydroponics

one can grow a variety of vegetables

and that too in sufficient quantity. He

says this method neither requires lot

of soil nor much of water. In fact, hy-

droponics is a subset of hydrocul-

ture and is a method of growing

plants using mineral nutrient solu-

tions, in water, without soil. The roof

of Animesh is full of vegetables likechinese cabbage, broccoli, brinjals

and capsicum. Animesh is a Law stu-

dent and is preparing for UPSC ex-

ams. He loves gardening and this is

why he thought of adopting hydro-

ponics technique and grow vegeta-

bles on his roof. Animesh acquired

knowledge of hydroponics by self

study and collected material from

his own sources.

METHOD

Animesh has plastic pipes on his roof which have

special holes at regular intervals in a particular

design. He uses a special pot with mesh and

fills it with coconut husk. Seeds are sown in this husk

and then watered. When plants come out they are

transferred into these pipe holes. The pipe contains

water having potassium nitrogen and phosphorous.

These ingredients help plants grow much faster.

MORE PRODUCTION

Hydroponics helps in procuring 20 times higher

output than traditional harvesting of

vegetables. Animesh says that the roots of

plants do not have to search for nutritions here and

there. Necessary nutrition for the development of plants

is readily available to plants in the watered pipes. This is

ht ereason why cauliflower grows in about 45 days by

this method, whereas in traditional method the

cauliflower grows in about three to four months.

OUT OF SEASON

VEGETABLES

The most important

feature of this

method is that one

can grow vegetables

even if it is not the

season. This mehtod is

inexpensive and one

only needs some space

on the roof and a small

amount of money. When

Anemesh started his

production he invested

mere Rs 14 thousand

rupees. Today, he is

happy man earning good

profit.

Illegally built speedbreakers major health hazard

RAIPUR

The capital has seen a large num-

ber of speed breakers coming up

in almost every locality of the city.

These have been built illegally ig-

noring all norms and are proving

to be a health hazard. Most often,

instead of being a boon for road

users they result in accidents and

sometimes even take away lives of

people.

A vast majority of the speed-breakers that have proliferated in

the city are dangerous, since they

are not constructed as per rules

and guidelines laid down by the In-

dian Roads Congress (IRC) which

is the sole authority on road safety

in India. They are ostensibly

speed-breakers but the unscientif-

ic and illegal road humps do their

job so overzealously that they are

turning into back-breakers and

neck-breakers. Residential areas

like Devendra Nagar, Anand Na-

gar, Shailendra Nagar and Samta

Colony have numerous speed

breakers in violation of Indian

Road Congress guidelines.

The city traffic police are clue-

less on how to nip the problem as

the more they remove these

humps, the more they spring up on

city roads every day. According to

residents there are thousands of

unauthorized/ unscientific roadhumps in the city. Yet more are

coming up every other day in vari-

ous localities. Traffic police cops

say soon after any accident involv-

ing over speeding vehicles occurs,

residents of the area seek a solu-

tion and the civic authorities

agree to people's demand to con-

struct a speed breaker to prevent

future accidents. But in fact they

only lay a road hump.

There are no signboards ahead

of speed breakers as a warning for

motorists to slow down. Speed

breakers must be painted with

white stripes to ensure they are

visible but this is never done. As

per road engineering, a particular

alignment is prescribed. Improper

road alignment is proving danger-

ous for those driving on an average

speed, as they tend to lose their

balance and fall. None of the

speedbreakers are perfectly made.Either they are too bumpy or are

not aligned on both sides. The

guidelines clearly specify that

speedbreakers are expected to be

10 centimeters in height and 3.7

meters in breadth and should be

painted in painted in black and

white.City's traffic expert, Mayank

Seth, said Raipur has more than

2,000 speedbreakers and barring a

few, all are violating norms.

Raman Singh has

played with the esteem

of Chhattisgarh: ShuklaRaipur: BJP stalwart Atal Bi-

hari Vajpayee's niece Karuna

Shukla, who has joined Con-

gress, Saturday attacked Chhat-

tisgarh Chief Minister and BJP

leader Raman Singh, saying that

he had "played with the pride

and esteem of the state." Shukla

said this after formally accept-

ing the membership of Congress

in the presence of PCC chief

Bhupesh Baghel and the Leader

of Opposition in the Assembly T

S Singh Dev at the Congress

Bhawan here.Shukla's decision to join Con-

gress was announced by the par-

ty on Thursday.

"Raman Singh has not only fin-

ished the tribal leadership in

Chhattisgarh, but has also

played with the esteem and

pride of the state," she said.

About the decision to join Con-

gress, Shukla said after 32 years

of service, she was going to her

"in-laws house from her parents'

house."

"Congress is an old party. The

contribution made by it for the

nation cannot be forgotten. Af-

ter spending half my life in BJP,

I will spend the remaining life in

Congress," she said.

On a question on corruption,

Shukla said," Congress has it-

self send its corrupt leaders to

jail, but BJP is a party which has

taken back Yeddyurappa for the

sake of power."


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Mercedes Benz opens

outlet in BhopalBhopal: Leading automobile major,

Mercedes Benz India opened its

62nd outlet in the country here

today to meet the growing demand

for luxury cars in Madhya Pradesh.

"With the opening of this outlet,

the company has established its

network in 35 cities across the

country to cater to the growing

demand for luxury cars," Mercedes-

Benz India Managing Director and

CEO Eberhard Kern told reporters

after inaugurating the new facility

here.

The company already has an

outlet in Indore in MP.

"The fascination for luxury cars has

been fuelling the demand for

Mercedes-Benz cars in Madhya

Pradesh."The inauguration of this facility

with Benchmark Cars in Bhopal is

part of our qualitative network

expansion across the country and

will be instrumental in reaching out

to our growing customer base in

and around Bhopal," Eberhard said.

The company is also working on

setting up a workshop in Bhopal, he

said.

"There is a lot of potential for

Mercedes-Benz to grow in Madhya

Pradesh and with this new facility,

we are confident of reaching out to

more customers in Bhopal and

other cities like Gwalior and

Jabalpur," Benchmark Cars

Chairman Sanjay Thakker said.

Gen VK Singh appears

for Ph.D viva at BUFormer Army Chief General VK

Singh on Monday appeared for a

viva

examination

for his

doctorate

thesis at the

Barkutallah

University in

Bhopal. Prof

KailashTyagi,

Singh's

guide, said

that the General arrived in Bhopal

on Sunday night and appeared for

the viva in the morning.

General Singh is doing his

doctorate on 'Security implications

of rise of fundamentalism in

Afghanistan: Its Global and Regional

impact with special focus on

Wakhan'. Wakhan is an Afghan

territory sandwiched between

China and Pakistan. Tyagi said Singh

enrolled for his doctorate in 2009

and submitted the thesis in

September last year. He was the

only candidate who appeared for

viva on Monday.

His examiners included Prof SK

Mishra who had come from Hissar

for the purpose. Tyagi expressed

hope that the former Army Chief

may be awarded the PhD in a

couple of days.

BRIEF

BHOPAL

Bhutan's Princess Ashi Sonal

Denchan Wangchuk inau-

gurated second internation-

al Dharm-Dhamma symposium

here recently. The inaugur al ses-

sion was presided over by Chief

Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Apart from India, Vedic and Bud-

dhist scholars from USA, Norway,

Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Korea, Vietnam,

Myanmar etc. are also attending the

symposium.

Princess Wangchuk said that sim-

ilar values and philosophy of life of

India and Bhutan cement emotion-

al bonds between the two countries.She said that she has come here as a

friend of India carrying Bhutan

King's concept of Gross National

Happiness. She said that norms of

permanent satisfaction and devel-

opment should be education, health

and other resources available to

common people.

In the presidential address, Chief

Minister Chauhan said that all hu-

man beings wish and aspire for

long and happy life. A number of

philosophies and ways of worship

have come into existence as a re-

sult of this. Chauhan said that

norms of happiness are different

for different people. Some people

find happiness in wealth and mate-

rialistic life. Indian philosophy

wishes happy and disease-free life

for all. It teaches principle of

Vashudhaiv Kutumbakam consid-

ering entire world as one fa mily.

He said that Lord Buddha's ideals

of mercy, compassion, love, hu-

manism and Ashtang philosophy

can pave way for happy life in

world burning in fire of material-

ism. Chauhan said that this inter-

national Dharm-Dhamma sympo-

sium will give message of human-

ism to the world. Welcoming

Bhutanese Princess, he said that

ties between India and Bhutan will

not only continue but will also ce-

ment further. Senior Sri Lankan

Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama,

Chancellor of Sanchi Buddhist and

Indic Studies University Ven

Samdhong Rimpoche and Sri

Lankan Buddhist scholar Vengala

Upatista Nayak also spoke on the

occasion.

It was informed at the programme

that Sanchi University's next ses-

sion will commence with a new

course. Chancellor of Sitagu Inter-

national Buddhist Academy Ven-

gala Ashin Nyanisara got released

booklet of proposed new course bythe guests. Chief Minister

Chauhan got down from the stage to

felicitate experts of Buddhist phi-

losophy Prof. Dr. Ramashankar T ri-

pathi, Prof. Lokeshwar, Prof. An-

graj Choudhary, Prof. Sagarmal

Jain, Prof. K. Ramkrishna Rao and

Sanchi University's Prof. Samtham

Rimpoche. At the outset, event's co-

ordinator Prof. S.R. Bhatt welcomed

the guests. Chief Executive Officer

of Sanchi Buddhist and Indic Stud-

ies University Rajesh Gupta pro-

posed a vote of thanks. The pro-

gramme was conducted by Prof.

Shashi Prabha Thakur. Minister of

State for Culture and Tourism

Surendra Patwa was also present

on the occasion.

Indore's Khajranapond to get facelift

The Khajrana pond is all set toget a facelift, thanks to Indore

Municipal Corporation (IMC)

which will set up a water treatment

plant here with the help of a NGO.

"We are working on a plan to make the

water of Khajrana pond usable as till

now, the pond was almost rendered use-

less due to many factors. The pond was

given on a contract for fisheries a few

years ago but later the pond was

banned for all the activities," said IMC

city engineer Dilip Singh Chauhan.

He added that an NGO named Taru

Leading Edge has approached the civic

body evincing interest to set up water

treatment plants at some ponds.

"We will render technical support in

the project as we did in setting up a wa-

ter treatment plant in Indore zoo a few

months ago. The plant in zoo will have

capacity to treat 50,000 litres of water

that can be used in irrigation, cleaning,

gardening and other works. The water

will be taken from a nullah flowing

through the zoo," said the NGO coordi-nator, Megha Barve.

Barve added that if given a nod by the

IMC, the plant will be the first-of-its-

kind to treat pond water in the state.

As a part of the plan, the civic body

has diverted drainage water pipeline

connected with the pond to drain out

the water.

"Besides, the fencing and sapling

plantation work around the pond catch-

ment area has been completed. The ca-

pacity of this pond will also be in-

creased. The aim behind the project is

to increase ground water level, reduce

water pollution and to make the water

useful for other works.

Beautification work will also be car-

ried out at the pond after getting a nod

from MIC members to develop this

pond as a picnic spot," said Chauhan.

There are some encroachments

around the pond and removing these

structures from the locality will be a

challenge for the officials concerned.

Chargesheet filed inIAS couple's dispro-

portionate assets case

The Lokayukta Special Police Estab-

lishment (SPE) on Saturday filed a

chargesheet in the district court against

tainted IAS couple Arvind and Tinoo

Joshi, besides 17 others, in connection

with the couple's assets disproportion-

ate to the known sources of income.Lokayukta sources said the

chargesheet was filed against 19 per-

sons, including the IAS couple, Arvind

Joshi's father HM Joshi, mother Nam-

rata Joshi, sisters Abha and Vibha, as-

sociate SP Kohli, his wife and sons

Simat and Sahil, Delhi-based stamp ven-

dor, Raj Rani, insurance agent Seema

Jaiswal and property broker Pradeep

Jain. The prosecution filed a 6,700-page

chargesheet before Additional Session

Judge BK Dwivedi on Saturday, in

which they alleged the couple has addi-

tional Rs 41.37 crore assets from their

known sources of income. n 2010, the In-

come tax department had raided the

residence of the IAS couple in Bhopal

and unearthed assets valued at Rs 360

crore. They had been charged under rel-

evant sections of IPC. The prosecution

said the Joshi couple, his father H M

Joshi, mother Nirmala Joshi, Abha

Joshi, Dhani and Vibha Joshi were not

present on Saturday in the court during

today's hearing.

Gross National Happiness parameterof satisfaction: Princess Wangchuk


6/12

06 (MP&CG)March 3 to March 9, 2014Editorial

ASTROLOGY

05-03-2014- Wednesday - Falgun

Mah Shuklapaksh-Panchami

Positive directions - North and

East

Bad time - 12:38 pm to 2:06

pmGood time - 6:46 am to 9:42 am

and 11:10am to 12:37 pm and 3:34

pm to 6:31 pm

06-03-2014-Thursday- Falgun

Mah Shuklapaksh-Shashthi

Positive directions - South and

East

Bad time - 2:06 pm to 3:35 pm

Good time - 6:45 am to 8:13

am and 11:10 am to 2:05 pm and

5:03 pm to 6:31 pm

07-03-2014- Friday -Falgun Mah

Shuklapaksh-Sapatmi

Positive directions - East andSouth

Bad time - 11:09 am to 12:38

pm


am and 12:39 pm to 2:06 pm and

5:03 pm to 6:31 pm

08-03-2014- Saturday -Falgun

Mah Shuklapaksh- Ashatmi

Positive directions-South and East

Bad time - 9:41 am to 11:09

am


am and 12:38 pm to 5:03 pm

09-03-2014- Sunday - Falgun Mah

Shuklapaksh- AshatmiPositive directions - South and

West



pm and 2:06 pm to 3:35 pm

10-03-2014- Monday -Falgun

Shuklapaksh- Navami

Positive directions- West and

South

Bad time - 8:10 am to 9:39 am

Good time - 6:42 am to 8:09 am

and 9:40 am to 11:08 am and 2:06

pm to 6:33 pm

11-03-2014- Tuesday -Falgun MahShuklapaksh -Dashami

Positive directions-North and

West


Good time - 9:39 am to 2:06 pm

By AACHARYA SARVESH

E-Mail: achar [email protected]

Mobile: 9826609192

VASTU TIPS FOR COLORING WALLS

North facing structures should

have Yellow colors

Violet is best used in poojan

(prayer) and study rooms, and is

ideal for students, scholars andpeople whose work requires a lot

of mental activity

Violet color should not be used

in toilets and kitchens

White or Yellow with violet is a

positive combination

LJP decision to go with BJP will severely affect Nitish

The decision of Ramvilas

Paswan-led Lok Janshakti

Party (LJP) to go with the

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in

the upcoming Lok Sabha polls is

expected to severely affect Bihar

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and

his party, the Janata Dal (United)

or JD(U).

Nitish Kumar, the chief anchor

of the federal front comprising of

regional parties offering a non-

Congress and non-BJP alternative

to the country, was counting on the

support of former Socialist party

members, including Paswan. But

with LJP supremo aligning with

the BJP, Nitish loses one anti-Modi

voice in the state and about 4.5 per-

cent of Dalit votes.

Meanwhile, the BJP has also

reached an important understand-

ing with OBCs in Bihar. It has

reached an alliance with Upendra

Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok

Samata Party (RLSP), with the

party likely to leave three Lok Sab-

ha seats for Kushwaha community

leaders.

BJP's tie-up with Kushwaha, who

parted ways with Nitish Kumar, is

aimed at wooing non-Yadav, non-

Kurmi sections of OBCs and

MBCs in Bihar. The alliance with

the RLSP leader comes amid BJP

projecting prime ministerial nom-

inee Narendra Modi's credentials

as an OBC leader.

Upendra Kushwaha is consid-

ered to have a grip over 6 percent

of the 'Kushwaha' community

electorates in the state. With

Kushwaha gone too, Nitish seems

to have lost a possible addition to

his federal front.

On the other hand, the BJP, the

former ally (with 'antagonistic'

ideology) of the incumbent JD (U),

looks like to be living in a superior

position, at least what the present

says.According to political analysts,

the BJP commands majority

(around 17 per cent) of the 'upper

caste' votes in the state and sizable

portion of 'Baniya' votes (7 per

cent) in the state.

Now, with the saffron party part-

ing ways with the Nitish Kumar's

JD (U), the former holds less possi-

bility of being weighed down by

anti-incumbency wave, most ex-

pectant to play a part in the com-

ing parliamentary elections.

Additionally, after projecting

Narendra Modi as BJP's prime

ministerial nominee, the cadre

votes are bound to be retained, and

new additions being made more ef-

fectively.

However, with Nitish siding up

with the UPA, the Muslim popula-

tion, which is well spread over 10

constituencies in the state and

share something around 18 per-

cent to 70 percent of the vote

share, is set to benefit the former

the most, says the analysts. These

Muslim dominated areas may play

a deciding role in the forthcoming

Lok Sabha polls.

For the basic reason, Lalu Prasad

Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal

(RJD), which holds a major clout

over a substantial number of Mus-

lim votes in Bihar, but chances of

his playing a spoilsport can't be

ruled out, for him being out of

power for about 10 years from the

state politics now.

Anti-incumbency feeling, which

is surely seeping in the minds of

Bihar's people, may come to Lalu'srescue, when needed the most.

Conversely, he does hold 14.5 per-

cent of the state's Yadav communi-

ty votes firmly in his pocket. How-

ever, something that can play an

imperative role in the upcoming

parliamentary elections for the

state leaders are the votes of Ma-

hadalits (10%), and Most Back-

ward Caste (21%), the political ex-

perts say. This is where Nitish

comes into force once again. The

veteran JD (U) leader is known to

have planned well throughout his

second term, on how to bag most

of the 'Mahadalit' votes.

Debutant voters can alter country's political landscape

In less than two months, India is going to

vote to elect its next central government.

With 762 million eligible voters, the 2014

general elections will be the largest electoral

exercise ever conducted in the world, al-

though this is nothing new for the world's

largest democracy. Ever since the first na-

tional elections took place in 1951-52 over a

four-month period with 173 million regis-

tered voters, Indian national elections havebeen the biggest democratic exercise in the

world.

Unlike those 173 million voters, most of

who were poor and illiterate, the present vot-

ers recognise their rights and perceive party

politics as a game changer for the country.

What is remarkable about the forthcoming

general elections that India's 149 million

debutant voters will help select its 16th Lok

Sabha members. That's about close to 20 per-

cent of the total registered voters. Analysts

say this post-liberalisation bunch of 149 mil-

lion new voters thinks very differently and

will heavily influence the general polls.

Let's look at the numbers first. More than

half of India's population is already under

the age of 25 and 65 percent of Indians are

below the age of 35, and in about two years,

India will have the youngest population in

the world with the average age of the coun-

try is expected to be around 29 years. The lat-

est Census data tells us that the 378.6 million

of the 762 million eligible voters are in the

age group of 18-35. Moreover, young voters

comprise the majority voters in 26 states, in-

cluding Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya

Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal,

which can heavily influence the political

game at the centre. By only strength of num-

bers, the young population can make a dif-

ference to the political system of India.

The Election Commission data shows

about 90,000 voters, between the ages of 18

and 22, will be eligible debutant voters per

Lok Sabha constituency. As of 1st January

2014, over 42,000 voters between 18 and 19

years of age were registered on an average in

each Lok Sabha constituency of this country.

That's a staggering number, considering the

winning degree of dif ference was less than

this in 226 Lok Sabha constituencies in the

last general election. Hence, understanding

the aspirations of young voters and winning

their votes become primordial for all parties.

It will be difficult but interesting to read

the minds of young people whose votes

might alter the political landscape of the

country. Born after the great economic liber-

alisation to parents who just started to pros-

per owing to an increasing per capita income

and a rise of nuclear families, India's young

voters suffered scarcity of any sort much

lesser than their parents and grandparents

who had to manage large joint families with

a meager salary that hardly grew over theyears. Today's youngsters have grown up

with the belief that they can fulfill their am-

bitions and earn good money if they work

hard. They are well aware how corruption

has crippled their country and are less likely

to draw on their castes to accomplish tasks.

The rise of actual youth participation will

certainly influence the political scene at the

centre but in what measure needs to be seen.

What factors drive young people to vote? Will

they choose young politicians over the old

ones? What about religion - is it a concern for

them, if yes, how are they going to choose

representatives to address and prevent com-

munal riots? Apart from a lack of job oppor-

tunities, women's safety and corruption, are

the young people worried about Section 377

of the Constitution and dwindling of toler-

ance and freedom of speech in the world's

largest democracy and in what degree and

how would they like to resolve these issues?

They results of 2014 general elections will

hopefully hold the key to these crucial ques-

tions.

- (Editorial by Dilip Ojha)


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07(MP&CG) March 3 to March 9, 2014 Must Read

Malwa region witnesses historicconfluence of Narmada and Kshipra

BHOPAL

Malwa region witnessed historic

confluence of 2 holy rivers Narma-

da and Kshipra recently. Ex-Deputy

Prime Minister Lal Krishna Ad-

vani dedicated Madhya Pradesh

government's ambitious Rs. 432

crore Narmada-Kshipra Link Proj-

ect at Kshipra's originating point at

village Mundla Dostar (Ujjaini) in

Indore district. Advani said that

this confluence will become a new

centre of pilgrimage in the country.

Abhishek of Lord Mahakal in next

Mahakumbh will be done with Nar-

mada water. This project has beencompleted in a short span of just 14

months.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Leader

of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sush-

ma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari, former

Chief Minister Kailash Joshi were

among those present at the ceremo-

ny.

Advani said that whenever he

comes to Madhya Pradesh, he wit-

nesses new proofs of development.

He said that only 14 months ago, ap-

prehensions were being expressed

that Malwa will turn a desert. This

project will be fruitful for Malwa

region. In future, Malwa will also

get water as a result of Chauhan's

resolve to link Kali Sindh, Parwati

and Gambhir rivers.

Advani said that former Prime

Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had

announced river-link project to

save the country from droughts and

overcome shortage of dirking wa-

ter. A task force for this was consti-

tuted headed by the then Minister

Suresh Prabhu. Giving a ruling to

this effect, the Supreme Court had

directed in year 2012 to constitute a

committee of ministers and offi-

cers and hold its meetings every 2

month. Advani said that a similar

project was undertaken in Gujarat

by flowing Narmada water into

Sabarmati river

Malwa to turn green

Advani said that after Narmada-

Kshipra link, now Kali Sindh,

Gambhir and Parwati rivers will

also be linked with Narmada. Grad-

ually, all Malwa rivers will be inter-

linked. Malwa will have plenty of

water and turn lush green. He in-

formed that the Supreme Court in

one of its orders had observed in

year 2012 that work of linking

rivers is not being undertaken in

the country. We are proud that Mad-

hya Pradesh has done a commend-

able work in this direction.

Narmada water willchange destiny

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh

Chauhan said that Narmada water

has come to change destiny of Mal-

wa. The project will provide irriga-

tion and drinking water to a large

area in Malwa region. It will in-

crease groundwater level. Malwa

will have ample water and food. He

said that the state government's re-

solve to bring Narmada to Malwa

has been fulf illed today. Village Uj-

jaini will become a new pilgrimage

centre. Chauhan said that under

river-link project, Narmada water

will be flown into Gambhir river at

a cost of Rs. 2200 crore. Later, Kali

Sindh and Parwati rivers will also

be linked with Narmada following

which 16 lakh acre will be irrigated

and drinking water will be provid-

ed to 3 thousand villages and 72

towns in the region including De-

was and Shajapur. Crops will sway

right from Ujjain to Neemuch and

industries will get ample water.

Chauhan that had special words of

praise for Principal Secretary Wa-

ter Resources Rajneesh Vaish and

his team of engineers and employ-

ees.

The Chief Minist er said that re-

building of the state has begun.

Madhya Pradesh will be made num-

ber one state in the country with

the cooperation of every section of

society. State is making progress in

agriculture sector. Now, 24x7 power

is supplied in the state. Outstand-

ing work is also being undertaken

in industrial and technical sectors.

A day before, foundation stone for

Infosys has been laid at Indore.

Asia's largest solar power plant is

all set to be inaugurated in

Neemuch.

Dev Guradiya and

Kevdeshwar temples

to be renovated

The Chief Minister said that Dev

Guradiya and Kevdeshwar temples

will be renovated. He said that a 4-

lane road is being constructed upto

confluence at Dev Guradiya. It will

be upgraded to 6-lain if needed in

future. At the outset, Advani, Gad-

kari, Baba Ramdev, Sushma Swaraj

etc. unveiled a foundation plaque atthe confluence point. They released

Narmada water and worshipped

Maa Narmada.

ProjectUnder Narmada-Kshipra-

Simhastha Link Project, Narmada

water has been brought to

Kshipra's originating point at vil-

lage Sisliya at a height of 348 me-

ters through pumping at 3 places.

From here, water will flow down

through Kshipra river upto a dis-

tance of about 115 kilometers to

Ram Ghat in City of Mahakal Uj-

jain. Project's capacity is 432 MLD.

Centre of attractionConfluence spot of Narmada and

Kshipra has been given a beautiful

shape. Narmada water falls like a

waterfall from a height. On the up-

per side of the waterfall, image of

Makarwahini Maa Narmada has

been displayed as providing water

to image of Kachhapwahini Maa

Kshipra. Water pools, ghats and

canals here are also attractive.

Prisoners and visitors to talk while seeing each other

BHOPAL

Home and Jail Minister Babulal

Gaur launched intercom meeting

facility at Central Jail for meeting

between prisoners and relatives.

In visitors' room, prisoners and

visitors will talk while seeing each

other. Earlier, a grill used to be be-

tween prisoners and visitors

which has been removed now. Cen-

tral Jail Superintendent M. R. Pa-

tel was present on the occasion.

Gaur inaugurated this facility in

2 separate rooms for under-trial

and convicted prisoners. Under

the system, a transparent glass has

been put between prisoner and vis-

itor due to which they can see each

other while talking. Intercom fa-

cility has been provided so that

they can hear each other clearly.

This system is effective from secu-

rity point of view also.

Gaur also took stock of arrange-

ments at the Central Jail. He got

trial of video-conferencing from

jail and inspected electronic sys-

tem to keep watch over every part

of the jail through CC TV cameras.

He also held discussions with peo-

ple coming to meet prisoners. On

the appeal of women prisoners to

transfer them to home district jail,

Gaur asked DG Jail that if women

prisoners in Bhopal jail apply to

get transferred to home district

jail then their application should

be considered if there is arrange-

ment to keep women prisoners

there.

Gaur checked quality of food

served to prisoners and inspected

kitchen. He inspected anganwadi

in the jail being operated for

women prisoners' children. He

also sought information about var-

ious other issues.

Gaur appreciated Bhajan sung by

prisoners' cultural group. Gaur

went round the jail hospital and

held discussions with prisoner pa-

tients.

Director General Jail Surendra

Singh informed that there are 2895

prisoners in Bhopal Central Jail of

which 2750 are males and 145 fe-

males. Of these, 1987 convicted

prisoners, 948 under-trial prison-

ers, 18 NSA and 29 SIMI detainees.


8/12

08 (MP&CG)March 3 to March 9, 2014Politics

Uncertainty inRJD-Cong alliance

gives BJP-LJPalliance upper hand

Patna:The uncertainty in the RJD-

Congress alliance has given the BJP-LJP alliance an upper hand in Bihar,

as RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has

been trying hard for around 2

months to forge and alliance with the

Congress.

Lalu had broke his alliance with the

Congress in 2009 and has been

released from jail on bail in

December on account of the fodder

scam. The Congress-RJD-LJP alliance

had won 29 Lok Sabha seats in 2004

Lok Sabha polls. However, the RJD

managed to win only four seats

fighting alone in 2009 while the

Congress managed only two seats.

Still hopeful of an alliance with

Congress, Lalu said that it was not his

party's sole responsibility for an

alliance to defeat communal forces.

The talks for seat sharing between

RJD and Congress have not got

finalized mainly over two Lok Sabha

seats of Madhubani and East

Champaran which has Lalu in

dilemma. Congress has already

agreed to contest 15 of the 40 Lok

Sabha seats of Bihar and RJD on 25

seats, but the Congress is eyeing the

above mentioned two seats.

Congress general secretary Shakeel

Ahmad is keen to contest from

Madhubani as he had won it in 2004

and RJD legislature party leaderAbdul Bari Siddiqui also wants to

contest from the same seat as he had

lost it to the BJP in 2009. The recent

revolt by 13 of his 22 legislators has

also put Lalu under pressure,

although he managed to bring them

back to the party with the promise of

giving them party tickets to contest

Lok Sabha polls.

Lalu Yadav has said that the time for

alliance is now over and the time has

come to focus and concentrate to

prepare for the poll campaigns. The

RJD will now go to the ground for

the political battle on its own, he

said.

Earlier, Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok

Janshakti Party (LJP) had ditched Lalu

for joining hands with the BJP led

NDA. Lalu further said that there was

no time for talking about alliance by

sitting in Delhi and the party will

now focus on getting ready for the

poll campaigns. He will be in touch

with Delhi over the telephone.

Cong has learnt nothing from BJP'sunsuccessful 'India Shining' campaign

Politicians in India do not

learn from mistakes, nei-

ther from their own nor of

others. The Congress party has

gone for a Rs. 100 crore advertise-

ment blitz to refurbish the image

of Rahul Gandhi and the party be-

fore the 2014 general elections.

They have not learnt from the un-

successful 'India Shining' cam-

paign of the Bharatiya Janata Par-

ty in 2004. The tone and message

of both 'India Shining' in the past

and 'Bharat Nirman' now are quite

similar. However, tho se designing

these campaigns forget the most

important fact that Indian voters

do not have a record of having

been swayed by an advertising

campaign - however well crafted.

Regardless of the fact that televi-

sion beams directly into living

rooms - not only in cities and

towns but also in those villages

lucky enough to have uninterrupt-

ed power supply - the very fact that

the Congress and the UPA have

been caught in several scams has

turned the campaign on its head.

People are not talking about the

highways and the airports built,

but are calculating how much theministers would have made while

handing out the contracts for

those.

A government is remembered by

what it does - on that count alone,

the UPA II government is seen as

the most ineffective government to

have ruled India. Even apart from

the facts and figures (the current

and the 15th Lok Sabha has been

without doubt the most unproduc-

tive in history, having passed only

165 bills), this government has

been dogged by indecision and in-

ertia from the very beginning.

With some of India's finest brains

at the top, the people expected a lot

more 'Bharat Nirman' than actual-

ly happened. With the Congress

ministers themselves making hay,

the allies were never behind and

the country witnessed the specta-

cle of collective looting of re-

sources. Files vanished and no one

seemed accountable.

As for Rahul Gandhi, the very

fact that he chose to give his first

media interview a decade after

joining 'active' politics shows that

he has nothing much to say. Even

in the interview it was apparent

that he has no clear views on manyissues. He has no administrative

experience and he has not built up

a core team of advisors that he can

be proud of. Even the Gandhi sur-

name has now been given a

derogatory meaning with Modi

calling him shahzada. It has to be

understood that in India, the

shahzada barb is going to stick

more than any refurbishing done

by Rs. 100 crores.

AAP MP unit intensifies poll preparationA

am Aadmi Party's (AAP)

MP unit has intensified its

poll preparations and is

right now busy in creating a

statewide network. AAP's state unit

is using internet, CDs, social media,

WhatsApp, SMSs and so on to reach

out to its growing cadre and people

in the state ahead of the parliamen-

tary elections.

"Mission 2014" is the name of the

campaign under which AAP will

fight the electoral battle in the s tate.

The party's 12-member state cam-

paign committee for Lok Sabha elec-

tions has also decided that as part of

the campaign, 10 new members will

be added from each booth and Rs

2014 will also be collected from each

booth, which will be used for fund-

ing the elections in the state.

Besides 500 trained workers wouldbe sent to 230 assembly constituen-

cies for campaigning. Two trained

party workers will be sent to each

one of the assembly constituencies.

Of these two, one will be local party

worker and other could be from oth-

er areas. AAP's 12-member state

campaign committee has supersed-

ed the AAP's state unit for the next

three months.

AAP screening committee for

Madhya Pradesh has sent a list of

250 probable candidates for 29 Lok

Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, for

which nearly 600 candidates have

applied. The committee had con-

ducted interviews of around 250

candidates and evaluated them ac-

cording to an "evaluation format"

created by the party's national lead-

ership. Akshay Hunka, who is part

of the five-member screening com-

mittee, said that they sent the list of

250 interviewed candidates with

their comments to AAP leadershipin Delhi for finalising the list. "With-

in a day or two, we will interview

around 15 more probable candi-

dates. By the end of this month or in

the first week of March, we will be

in a position to announce the finallist of AAP candidates from MP", he

said. According to the new evalua-

tion format, such candidates who

have made significant contribution

in social sectors, have a clean image,

have no major criminal cases andhave leadership qualities would be

given preference in the selection

process.

11 parties will worktogether to defeat UPA

and stop BJP: KaratNew Delhi: The curtains have fi-

nally been raised and the air has fi-

nally been cleared. The leader of

CPI(M) Prakash Karat has de-

clared that the 11 parties will join

hands to work together in the di-

rection of defeating United Pro-

gressive Alliance (UPA) and not to

let the Bhartiya Janata Party win

the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections.

At the end of the meeting of these

11 parties, the way for the third

front has been carved.

"11 parties will work together to

defeat UPA and stop BJP from com-

ing to power," said Karat. "BJP's

policies are same as that of Con-

gress; we will present the third al-

ternative. The BJP and the com-

munal forces must be defeated and

prevented from coming to power.

Will make sure Narendra Modi

does not become the PM; Modichallenges secular edifice of India"

"We urge other secular democrat-

ic parties and forces to urge our en-

deavour. We want to provide a peo-

ple oriented developmental path.

We have resloved to work towards

strengthening the democratic

framework," Karat added.

Now when the third front has fi-

nally come into force the biggest

question that will bug the mind of

voters is that who will be the prime

ministerial candidate for this

front. An alliance of 11 parties is

not a usual thing and each and

every candidate for the most im-

portant post will face extreme op-

position from the other end.

For now the three politicians who

will want to grab the opportunity

with both the hands are Samajwa-

di Party's supremo Mulayam Singh

Yadav, Bihar Chief Miniter Nitish

Kumar and Chief Minister of

Tamil Nadu Jayalalitha.

Congress faces rout even in its bastions

The Congress is predicted to

perform just averagely in Kar-

nataka, a State from which it

must be hoping to reap rich electoral

dividend. Ironically there is no other

bastion it can depend on for the num-

bers. There are two major States

which helped it make to power at the

Centre in 2004 and 2009. The first is

Maharashtra. The State has a Con-

gress-Nationalist Congress Party

Government and sends 48 members

to the Lok Sabha. Surveys predict

that the BJP-Shiv Sena combine will

corner significantly over half the

seats. In other words, the Congress

can expect no windfall from here this

time around. The second State that

catapulted the party to the Centre is

Andhra Pradesh. But the Congress is

facing a rout here, with opinion polls

giving it a paltry two out of the 42

seats on offer. Even political com-

mentators that have been very sym-

pathetic to the Congress are finding

it difficult to improve upon these fig-

ures to any substantial extent.


9/12

09(MP&CG) March 3 to March 9, 2014 Glamor

Ajaz Khan wishes a dozen kidsfor Gauhar Khan-Kushal Tandon

MUMBAI

Bigg Boss 7 fame Ajaz Khan,

who created lot of buzz in

the house for hindering the

love relationship of Gauhar Khanand Kushal Tandon recently re-

fused to identify the two love birds.

As per reports, Ajaz at an event

said that he don't know who are

Kushal and Gauhar.

While attending an event when

Ajaz was asked about his Khan Sa-

hab and Kushal then he instead of

replying continued asking media

person that you tell me first that

who are they? This question came

as a big surprise before all as we all

know that Ajaz was very much in-

clined towards Gauhar while stay-ing in the mad house. In fact,

Kushal many a time entered a

brawl with him for increasing

friendship with Gauhar.

Later, when he was asked about

the flowing reports that it is be-

cause of his intervention in the up-

coming show "Khatron Ke Khiladi"

that Kushal and Gauhar decided to

quit the show Ajaz said this is not

true, he has got nothing to do with

it.

In fact, he said that he always

wishes both of them best of luckfor their future life and may they

get happily married and become

parent of eleven to twelve kids.

Well, Ajaz we just have a question

to ask that when you are not aware

about Gauhar and Kushal then

how could you pray for their bright

future and happy married life?

Amitabh Bachchan's Facebook

page crosses 10 million 'likes'DELHI

Amitabh Bachchan`s official

page on Facebook has garnered

10 million likes.

The 71-year-old actor, who has

an equally impressive fan follow-

ing on Twitter as well, thanked

everyone and tweeted, "It is 10

million on Facebook!! whoopee!

Thank you all".

Bachchan is followed by

Shahrukh Khan who has 7 mil-

lion likes on the social network-

ing site.

Deepika Padukone - thenext Queen Of Bollywood?

NEW DELHI

It is likely that Deepika will be

called the next reigning queen

of Bollywood.

After delivering back to back

blockbuster hits in the year 2013

and tantalizing her fans with im-

peccable performance in `Yeh

Jawaani Hai Deewani`, `Chennai

Express`and Ram-Leela`, there is

surely no looking back for this leg-

gy lass. Following the tremendous

success of Bhansali helmed

`Goliyon Ki Raasleela - Ram-

Leela`, rumours are rife that

Deepika has managed to bag his

next `Bajiro Mastani`, and report-

edly Bhansali has plans to cast

Hrithik Roshan opposite her.

It is crystal clear that Bhansali is

mighty impressed with her per-

formance in `Ram-leela` which

landed her the Filfmfare Award

for Best Actress, and also his next

movie, respectively.

Presently, the 28 year old beau-

ty`s plate is full with her forth-

coming movies `Happy New Year`,

Kochadaiyaan - The Legend, and

Imtiaz Ali`s next..

Looking back, her career took a

significant turn after `Cocktail`

for which she had earned critical

accolades from all over.

And it won`t be wrong to say that

2013 was completely her year and

the way her career is marching

ahead, probability is high that this

year too she shall walk away with

all the awards.

Well, girl just let your hair down

for a while and relax. You surely

rule the hearts of many.

Shahrukh Khan makes fun

of Salman Khan's 'Jai Ho'!Mumbai:

It seems that the muchtouted "Khan War" is still going on

as recently Bollywood 'Badshah'

Shahrukh Khan has again took a

dig at his friend turned foe Salman

Khan.

While attending an event organ-

ized by Tag Heuer, a watch brand

that SRK endorses, he apparently

questioned filmmaker Kunal

Kohli's taste in films, when he said

that the last film he saw was

Salman Khan's 'Jai Ho'.

Shahrukh, who is popular for his

perfect comic timing and wacki-

ness, staged a 'rapid fire' round at

the event with Kunal Kohli, for the

audience's pleasure. The act was

definitely a treat for all the audi-

ences there but turned out to be a

problem for the filmmaker as he

got a little embarrassed with SRK's

reply. The rapid fire suddenly turn

into a problem for Kunal when,

SRK asked Kohli the last film he

saw, and he replied "Jai Ho!",

though the answer earned a lot of

hooting from the audience but

King Khan, turned that hooting

into laughter with his wicked

statement, "There is no accounting

for taste." Later, even Kunal took to

Twitter for expressing his tough

time at the event. Kunal in his

tweet stated, "Toughest, Most Fun

part of "TagHeuer" event, Rapid

Fire wth @iamsrk, his comebacks

to answers had everyone in splits."

Well, we hope that Salman Khan

wouldn't mind SRK's approach as

it was just to bring even more fun

to the event.


10/12

10 (MP&CG)March 3 to March 9, 2014Miscellaneous

Indelible ink: Mark on finger, a moment of prideI

ndelible Ink is popularly known as Vot-

er's Ink to mark on voter's finger during

elections to avoid fraudulent, multiple

voting and malpractices. It is not an ordinary

ink, once it is applied on the finger it re-

mains for few months. The credibility of pro-

ducing the special ink goes to the Mysore

Paints and Varnish Limited (MPVL), the

Government of Karnataka undertaking,

which is supplying this ink to India and var-

ious foreign countries.

In India it has been a great challenge for the

government and the Election Commission to

hold and complete the process of general

elections. In achieving this and to eliminate

the fake voting, the EC has introduced a

measure, i.e. using Indelible Ink which is put

on the left hand finger nail of the voter. The

Indelible Ink cannot be removed by any

chemical, detergents or oil, it remains for

few months.

Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited

(MPVL) specialized in manufacturing andsupply of q uality Indelible Ink, in associa-

tion with the Election Commission of India,

National Physical Laboratory, and National

Research Development Corporation. It is the

sole authorized supplier of this type of fool-

proof Indelible Ink in India having exclusive

license granted by National Research Devel-

opment Corporation (NRDC), New Delhi

since 1962.

Mysore Paints & Varnish Ltd. was estab-

lished during 1937 by late Nalwadi Krish-

naraja Wodeyar, then the Maharaja of

Mysore province under the nomenclature

"Mysore Lac & Paint Works Ltd". Apart from

supplying indelible ink to Indian elections,Mysore Paints & Varnish Ltd has been ex-

porting the Ink to 28 countries across the

world since 1976, to name some few countries

are: Turkey, South Africa, Nigeria, Nepal,

Ghana, Papua-New Guinea, Burkina Faso,

Canada, Togo, Sierra Leone, Malaysia, Cam-

bodia etc.

Interesting facts about indelible ink

For 2009 general elections, MPVL supplied

about 20 lakh vials of 10 ML size. Uttar

Pradesh alone consumed about 19 lakh vials.

Ink is applied on voter's finger as a line

from the top end of the nail to the bottom of

the first joint of the left fore finger with ef-

fect from February 1, 2006. Earlier, the inkwas applied on the joint of nail and skin.

Electoral stain typically contains silver ni-

trate which stains the skin on exposure to ul-

traviolet light, leaving a mark that is impos-

sible to wash off and is only removed as ex-

ternal skin cells are replaced.

Usually indelible ink is in violet colour.

Suriname country used orange ink in its leg-

islative elections of 2005.

In the case of proxy voting, ink is applied

on the middle finger of the left hand of the

proxy.

Fighting cybercrime needs

concerted efforts

With the continual expansion of the

'cyber world' around us, more and

more people and organizations are

getting intertwined on the internet and other

platforms, including the mobiles and the fast

expanding 'cloud'. This on the one hand has

proved to be a boon for the business, estab-

lishments, enterprises, education field, inter-

personal relations and the society as whole;

but at the same time has also become a prey-

ing ground for the unscrupulous elements

thereby providing innumerable and innova-

tive ways of cheating and defrauding.

This de-

frauding can

take place not

only with re-

spect to finan-cial losses but

also in rela-

tion to reputa-

tion, privacy

and network-

ing websites,

including mat-

rimonial websites. As a result, there is a con-

tinuous effort on the part of the Government

to take such steps as will prevent and punish

the cyber crimes and their perpetrators so

that even the common man can tread on the

cyber highway without fear of falling prey to

unscrupulous elements. In this effort the Cen-

tral Government is working in consort with

all stakeholders. As per the Crime Data /in-

formation maintained by National Crime

Record Bureau (NCRB), 2,464 cases of crime

such as hacking and others, were registered

during 2013.

Fighting cyber crime needs concerted ef-

forts. Police and Public Order are State sub-

jects under the Constitution and as such the

State Governments and Union Territory Ad-

ministrations are primarily responsible for

prevention, detection, registration and inves-

tigation of c rime including Cyber Crime and

for prosecuting the criminals through Law

Enforcement machinery within their juris-

dictions.

The Cyber space is virtual, borderless and

anonymous. Anyone can open e-mail account

in any name including fake name from anypart of the world. Any user with any email

address is allowed to register with social net-

working sites with any name including fake

names. No background information check is

performed by the social networking sites,

which leads to creation of fake accounts by

miscreants for committing crimes/ frauds.

Most of the networking sites are located

abroad. The servers of these social network-

ing sites are also located abroad.

A total of 3, 45, 37 and 45 cases of fake ac-

counts/ profiles on various social networking

websites were reported to Indian Computer

Emergency Response Team (CERT) in the

year 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 by various Law

Enforcement Agencies. CERT contacted these

social networking websites for disabling of

fake accounts and for getting user access de-

tails of these fake accounts/profiles. In most

of the cases, such fake accounts were suc-

cessfully disabled in association with social

networking sites, having offices in India.

However, success rate is low in disabling ac-

counts and getting information from social

networking sites having offices abroad.

Jungle introduction camp for orphans held in Samardha

BHOPAL

Madhya Pradesh Eco-tourism Development

Board organised a 2-day eco-tourism "jungle

introduction camp" at Samardha eco-

tourism centre with the cooperation of vol-

untary organisation "Make A Difference" for

orphan children of various ashrams. As

many as 128 children between 10 and 18 years

of age and 30 volunteer coordinators partici-

pated in the camp. The board made all

arrangements for children including food,

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