Says he breached the promise that shops at Santoshi Nagar would not be demolished
Raipur, June 12, 2010
The Congress on Saturday burnt an effigy of PWD Minister Brijmohan Agrawal alleging that he had breached the promise he had done to the businessmen that shops at Santoshi Nagar would not be demolished.
The DCC (City) president Inderchand Dhariwal said that since Santoshi Nagar comes under Agrawal’s constituency, the local residents and businessmen led by their corporator Amit Das along with Congress leaders had requested him to ask the RMC administration to stop demolitions works in the area for road widening process as the existing road was amply wide.
“Agrawal had assured that no demolition works would be carried out in Santoshi Nagar, but he failed to keep his promise as the RMC started razing the both commercial and residential establishments on either side of the road without giving prior information to the affected people on Friday. It is really shame that Agrawal has deceived people,” Dhariwal said.
When the demolition continued on Saturday, the Congress leaders reached the spot and burnt the effigy of the minister in presence of corporators Amit Das, Samir Akhtar, Satnam Singh Panag and others.
Notably, the RMC demolition squad had razed about 200 shops and houses Santoshi Nagar on Friday in the of heavy police security.
The municipal officials on the other hand informed that according to project, the road would be widened up to hundred feet considering the traffic pressure on it and for convenience of motorists. The road widening is also necessary because a large number of educational institutes had been emerged close to the area and the school and college buses always adopt the Santoshi Nagar road, they said.
Govt approves Rs 59.31 cr for new Nagar Panchayats
Raipur, June 12, 2010
State government has approved Rs 59.31 crore for 55 newly constituted Nagar Panchayats to carry out development works in the financial year 2010-11. The fund has been approved by Urban Administration and Development Minister Rajesh Munat. This amount would be spent in various development schemes being launched for urban development. Notably, Chief Minister Raman Singh had announced to provide fund for development in the new Nagar Panchayats during his budget speech in state Assembly.
The officials of Urban Administration and Development department informed that Rs 6.49 crore had been sanctioned for cleaning and beautification works of ponds under Sarovar Dharohar Yojana, Rs 8.65 crore would be spent in developing the gardens under Pushpa Vatika Yojana while Rs 1.26 crore would be utilised in developing the sports grounds under Unmukt Khel Maidan Yojana.
Similarly, Rs 3.44 crore has been approved for construction of Muktidhams, about Rs 20.90 lakh to repair school buildings under Gyan Sthali Yojana, Rs four crore for public lavatories, Rs 12.75 crore in construction of cultural buildings, Rs 20 crore for construction of haat bazaars and Rs 1.87 crore for construction of Prateeksha bus stands.
Govt to make PDS more transparent & accountable
Raipur, June 12, 2010
With an aim to make the Public Distribution System (PDS) more transparent and accountable, the state government has taken significant decisions under which it would confirm reception of ration materials from fair price shops, conduct regular inspection and verification of remaining stock, would update complete information about distributed ration in the website and would issue delivery order and truck challans through distribution centres of Civil Supplies Corporation (CSC) to provide ration to the fair price shops till August 2010.
In this regard, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department Principal Secretary Vivek Dhand has sent necessary guidelines through a circular to all the Collectors on Saturday.
Dhand said the directives mentioned in the circular would make the PDS more transparent as already the CSC is providing food grains, sugar and salt to the fair price shops through its distribution centres by issuing online delivery order and truck challans. He informed that the department would soon upload new food inspection software module to ensure smooth functioning of PDS.
He has directed to ensure that the detail information about all the food inspectors should be updated through the software module made available for the food controllers. He further said that the mobile number of salesmen of fair price shops should also be updated in the website as it would enable the food inspector and assistant food officers to conduct inspection of the particular shops. The food inspector and assistant food officers have also been asked to take affidavits from the operators of fair price shops of their respective area or development block before 10th of every month.
The department would also arrange training for those officials who are not computer savvy. These officials would be trained through District Information Officer and National Informatics Centre (NIC).
Citizen call centre
Raipur, June 12, 2010
The Union government has approved the proposal of state government to open citizen call centre to redress the problems of the people. This functioning of this call centre will be in Hindi language and there will be toll free numbers through which the citizens would be able to make call at any time. The officials of Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society (CHIS) informed that three types of facilities would be available in the call centre – emergency service that comprises of prompt facility of ambulance, fire brigade and police, citizen services under which the services of different department for the common mass would be included and third would be complaint and grievance redressal services through which people could register their complaint either by calling toll free numbers or by visiting the call centre. The CHIPS has issued letters to all the department heads of the government and had sought information about the citizen services provided by each department.
Incentive scheme for tour and travel agents
Raipur, June 12, 2010
The Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) has commenced a new incentive scheme for the tour and travel agents of the state under which they would be given various facilities including cash award for promoting booking state owned hotels, motels and tourist rest houses and making prior booking arrangements for them. The CTB officials informed that the board would give Rs one lakh cash award and citation to those tour and travel operators who would give it a business of at least Rs 10 lakh in one year. Besides cash award, the travel agents would also receive heft commission on each booking. They informed that the scheme had come into effect from April 1, 2010. However, the travel agents would have to provide the details of the business given to the board at regular intervals, the officials said.
Raipur, June 12, 2010
The Congress on Saturday burnt an effigy of PWD Minister Brijmohan Agrawal alleging that he had breached the promise he had done to the businessmen that shops at Santoshi Nagar would not be demolished.
The DCC (City) president Inderchand Dhariwal said that since Santoshi Nagar comes under Agrawal’s constituency, the local residents and businessmen led by their corporator Amit Das along with Congress leaders had requested him to ask the RMC administration to stop demolitions works in the area for road widening process as the existing road was amply wide.
“Agrawal had assured that no demolition works would be carried out in Santoshi Nagar, but he failed to keep his promise as the RMC started razing the both commercial and residential establishments on either side of the road without giving prior information to the affected people on Friday. It is really shame that Agrawal has deceived people,” Dhariwal said.
When the demolition continued on Saturday, the Congress leaders reached the spot and burnt the effigy of the minister in presence of corporators Amit Das, Samir Akhtar, Satnam Singh Panag and others.
Notably, the RMC demolition squad had razed about 200 shops and houses Santoshi Nagar on Friday in the of heavy police security.
The municipal officials on the other hand informed that according to project, the road would be widened up to hundred feet considering the traffic pressure on it and for convenience of motorists. The road widening is also necessary because a large number of educational institutes had been emerged close to the area and the school and college buses always adopt the Santoshi Nagar road, they said.
Govt approves Rs 59.31 cr for new Nagar Panchayats
Raipur, June 12, 2010
State government has approved Rs 59.31 crore for 55 newly constituted Nagar Panchayats to carry out development works in the financial year 2010-11. The fund has been approved by Urban Administration and Development Minister Rajesh Munat. This amount would be spent in various development schemes being launched for urban development. Notably, Chief Minister Raman Singh had announced to provide fund for development in the new Nagar Panchayats during his budget speech in state Assembly.
The officials of Urban Administration and Development department informed that Rs 6.49 crore had been sanctioned for cleaning and beautification works of ponds under Sarovar Dharohar Yojana, Rs 8.65 crore would be spent in developing the gardens under Pushpa Vatika Yojana while Rs 1.26 crore would be utilised in developing the sports grounds under Unmukt Khel Maidan Yojana.
Similarly, Rs 3.44 crore has been approved for construction of Muktidhams, about Rs 20.90 lakh to repair school buildings under Gyan Sthali Yojana, Rs four crore for public lavatories, Rs 12.75 crore in construction of cultural buildings, Rs 20 crore for construction of haat bazaars and Rs 1.87 crore for construction of Prateeksha bus stands.
Govt to make PDS more transparent & accountable
Raipur, June 12, 2010
With an aim to make the Public Distribution System (PDS) more transparent and accountable, the state government has taken significant decisions under which it would confirm reception of ration materials from fair price shops, conduct regular inspection and verification of remaining stock, would update complete information about distributed ration in the website and would issue delivery order and truck challans through distribution centres of Civil Supplies Corporation (CSC) to provide ration to the fair price shops till August 2010.
In this regard, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department Principal Secretary Vivek Dhand has sent necessary guidelines through a circular to all the Collectors on Saturday.
Dhand said the directives mentioned in the circular would make the PDS more transparent as already the CSC is providing food grains, sugar and salt to the fair price shops through its distribution centres by issuing online delivery order and truck challans. He informed that the department would soon upload new food inspection software module to ensure smooth functioning of PDS.
He has directed to ensure that the detail information about all the food inspectors should be updated through the software module made available for the food controllers. He further said that the mobile number of salesmen of fair price shops should also be updated in the website as it would enable the food inspector and assistant food officers to conduct inspection of the particular shops. The food inspector and assistant food officers have also been asked to take affidavits from the operators of fair price shops of their respective area or development block before 10th of every month.
The department would also arrange training for those officials who are not computer savvy. These officials would be trained through District Information Officer and National Informatics Centre (NIC).
Citizen call centre
Raipur, June 12, 2010
The Union government has approved the proposal of state government to open citizen call centre to redress the problems of the people. This functioning of this call centre will be in Hindi language and there will be toll free numbers through which the citizens would be able to make call at any time. The officials of Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society (CHIS) informed that three types of facilities would be available in the call centre – emergency service that comprises of prompt facility of ambulance, fire brigade and police, citizen services under which the services of different department for the common mass would be included and third would be complaint and grievance redressal services through which people could register their complaint either by calling toll free numbers or by visiting the call centre. The CHIPS has issued letters to all the department heads of the government and had sought information about the citizen services provided by each department.
Incentive scheme for tour and travel agents
Raipur, June 12, 2010
The Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) has commenced a new incentive scheme for the tour and travel agents of the state under which they would be given various facilities including cash award for promoting booking state owned hotels, motels and tourist rest houses and making prior booking arrangements for them. The CTB officials informed that the board would give Rs one lakh cash award and citation to those tour and travel operators who would give it a business of at least Rs 10 lakh in one year. Besides cash award, the travel agents would also receive heft commission on each booking. They informed that the scheme had come into effect from April 1, 2010. However, the travel agents would have to provide the details of the business given to the board at regular intervals, the officials said.
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