Raipur, January 19, 2011
The state Congress has urged from Governor Shekhar Dutt to save the state’s water and agricultural lands by directing the government to annul all its memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the power plant companies. In this connection, the PCC president Dhanendra Sahu, working president Satyanarayan Sahu, leader of Opposition at Vidhan Sabha Ravindra Choubey, PCC general secretary incharge Subhash Sharma and other senior Congress leaders submitted a memorandum to the Governor on Wednesday.
The Congress leaders informed the Governor that the BJP-led state government was gradually selling the river water and agricultural lands of the Chhattisgarh to the industrialists. They alleged that the government had signed pct with the power plant companies regarding provision of water from barrages to be constructed on river Mahanadi beyond their annual storage capacity. Besides, they said that the irrigation water of Hasdev-Bango project would also be allocated to the industries.
They further pointed out that the government’s wrong industrial policy would ruin the lives of lakhs of people of Janjgir-Champa district. “About 50 power plant companies would be establishing their units in Janjgir-Champa. The government has already completed 33 MoUs and 17 would be done in next couple of months. The power plants would acquire more than 75 percent of the highly fertile agricultural lands of the district from which the farmers take double crops. The power plants will produce large amount of ash as byproduct when they will use about 2000 lakh coal and this will completely pollute the environment. Consequently, the crops of nearby farm lands as well as the jungles in the district would be damaged,” the Congress leaders said.
They also questioned establishment of the power plants in the state and asked why the government require more power when Chhattisgarh has surplus power. They informed that the new power plant units would generate about 40000 MW electricity for which they would require 16 lakh cubit meters water. “But the government entered into contract with the power plant companies without ensuring the availability of water in Mahanadi and other rivers and without obtaining consent from Central Water Authority (CWA).
They said the government’s anti-farmer policies would deeply affect the agriculture sector as well as annual crop production.
The Congress further demanded from the Governor that the government should stop suppressive measures against the farmers. They said that the police barbarically lathicharged and arrested the farmers of Janjgir-Champa district who were agitating against the KSK Energy ventures Limited for over 45 days. They alleged that the action was taken due to nexus between the police administration and the KSK Energy ventures Limited. “The government should stop victimising the farmers and must take stern action against the guilty officials,” the Congress leaders said. They also demanded compensation package for the farmers who incurred huge loss due to unseasonal rains in the first week of December 2010. The Congress leaders said other states had already announced compensation for the farmers but the Chhattisgarh government was still baulking to provide them relief.
Mayor misleading people on property tax: Rathore
Raipur, January 19, 2011
The BJP corporator Suryakant Rathore has alleged that Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak was misleading people on property tax. “During the civic polls, the Congress party had declared in its manifesto that it would neither impose any tax on Raipurians nor would hike the existing tax slab. But now, the RMC has decided to impose tax on the empty plots which contradicts the promises of both the Congress party as well as Nayak,” said Rathore.
“It is strange that first the Congress submits memorandum to the mayor and civic Commissioner to roll back decision to impose tax on empty plots. But instead of waiving off the tax fully, the Mayor-in-Council (MiC) makes some amendment and recommends for tax imposition on both residential and commercial areas except agricultural lands. This is how, the RMC is charging heavy tax on the citizens,” he said.
“Among the ten municipal corporations in the state, only the RMC has decided to recover tax from empty plot owners while the remaining nine municipal corporations including the three ruled by the Congress have not given any such directive,” he said.
Rathore demanded from the Congress to ask the RMC mayor to revoke decision to charge tax on empty plots to give relief to the citizens.
Vijayanta tank to be dedicated to public on Jan 26
Raipur, January 19, 2011
The Vijayanta tank arrived here from army headquarters at New Delhi to be placed for exhibition in front of Anupam garden at the vacant space would be dedicated to the public on January 26. In this regard, the municipal corporation has started painting the tank under the guidance of army officials from Sub-Area headquarters (Chhattisgarh and Orissa) located at Kota. Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak on Wednesday informed that the construction of platform for the tank would soon be completed. The weight of the Vijayanta tank is 40 MT and it is 28 feet long, 10 feet wide and 8 feet tall. Nayak said the Vijayanta tank would not only be the pride of Raipur but it would also encourage the young generation to join defence service.
RMC’s musical programme today
Raipur, January 19, 2011
The RMC will organise a musical programme at Pt Ravishankar Shukla conference hall from 7 pm on Thursday. The programme will be presented by capital’s renowned Bhajan singer Madan Chouhan and his group informed the president of RMC’s Culture department Jagdish Ahuja on Wednesday. The programme would be attended by Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak, municipal Speaker Sanjay Shrivastava, leader of BJP corporators Subhash Tiwari, civic Commissioner Om Prakash Choudhary, MiC members, corporators, Aldermen and RMC staffers.
Government sanctions Rs 45.22 cr for RMC
Raipur, January 19, 2011
The Urban Administration Department has approved Rs 45.22 crore for Raipur Municipal Corporation to purchase the 1780 EWS flats for poor. The flats are built by Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CHB) under Centre’s Basic Service to the Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme in Boriyakala. Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak informed that the government has sanctioned fifty percent of the total approved fund, i.e. Rs 22.61 crore as financial aid while the remaining amount would be given as loan grant under Infrastructure Grant Scheme.
Martyr Hemu Kalani’s death anniversary tomorrow
Raipur, January 19, 2011
The death anniversary of martyr Hemu Kalani will be observed on Friday. In this regard, the municipal’s Culture department will organise a tribute programme in front of Kalani’s statue at Kutchery chowk at 10 am on Friday. The programme will be attended by Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak, municipal Speaker Sanjay Shrivastava, leader of BJP corporators Subhash Tiwari, MiC members, corporators, RMC staffers and citizens.
The state Congress has urged from Governor Shekhar Dutt to save the state’s water and agricultural lands by directing the government to annul all its memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the power plant companies. In this connection, the PCC president Dhanendra Sahu, working president Satyanarayan Sahu, leader of Opposition at Vidhan Sabha Ravindra Choubey, PCC general secretary incharge Subhash Sharma and other senior Congress leaders submitted a memorandum to the Governor on Wednesday.
The Congress leaders informed the Governor that the BJP-led state government was gradually selling the river water and agricultural lands of the Chhattisgarh to the industrialists. They alleged that the government had signed pct with the power plant companies regarding provision of water from barrages to be constructed on river Mahanadi beyond their annual storage capacity. Besides, they said that the irrigation water of Hasdev-Bango project would also be allocated to the industries.
They further pointed out that the government’s wrong industrial policy would ruin the lives of lakhs of people of Janjgir-Champa district. “About 50 power plant companies would be establishing their units in Janjgir-Champa. The government has already completed 33 MoUs and 17 would be done in next couple of months. The power plants would acquire more than 75 percent of the highly fertile agricultural lands of the district from which the farmers take double crops. The power plants will produce large amount of ash as byproduct when they will use about 2000 lakh coal and this will completely pollute the environment. Consequently, the crops of nearby farm lands as well as the jungles in the district would be damaged,” the Congress leaders said.
They also questioned establishment of the power plants in the state and asked why the government require more power when Chhattisgarh has surplus power. They informed that the new power plant units would generate about 40000 MW electricity for which they would require 16 lakh cubit meters water. “But the government entered into contract with the power plant companies without ensuring the availability of water in Mahanadi and other rivers and without obtaining consent from Central Water Authority (CWA).
They said the government’s anti-farmer policies would deeply affect the agriculture sector as well as annual crop production.
The Congress further demanded from the Governor that the government should stop suppressive measures against the farmers. They said that the police barbarically lathicharged and arrested the farmers of Janjgir-Champa district who were agitating against the KSK Energy ventures Limited for over 45 days. They alleged that the action was taken due to nexus between the police administration and the KSK Energy ventures Limited. “The government should stop victimising the farmers and must take stern action against the guilty officials,” the Congress leaders said. They also demanded compensation package for the farmers who incurred huge loss due to unseasonal rains in the first week of December 2010. The Congress leaders said other states had already announced compensation for the farmers but the Chhattisgarh government was still baulking to provide them relief.
Mayor misleading people on property tax: Rathore
Raipur, January 19, 2011
The BJP corporator Suryakant Rathore has alleged that Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak was misleading people on property tax. “During the civic polls, the Congress party had declared in its manifesto that it would neither impose any tax on Raipurians nor would hike the existing tax slab. But now, the RMC has decided to impose tax on the empty plots which contradicts the promises of both the Congress party as well as Nayak,” said Rathore.
“It is strange that first the Congress submits memorandum to the mayor and civic Commissioner to roll back decision to impose tax on empty plots. But instead of waiving off the tax fully, the Mayor-in-Council (MiC) makes some amendment and recommends for tax imposition on both residential and commercial areas except agricultural lands. This is how, the RMC is charging heavy tax on the citizens,” he said.
“Among the ten municipal corporations in the state, only the RMC has decided to recover tax from empty plot owners while the remaining nine municipal corporations including the three ruled by the Congress have not given any such directive,” he said.
Rathore demanded from the Congress to ask the RMC mayor to revoke decision to charge tax on empty plots to give relief to the citizens.
Vijayanta tank to be dedicated to public on Jan 26
Raipur, January 19, 2011
The Vijayanta tank arrived here from army headquarters at New Delhi to be placed for exhibition in front of Anupam garden at the vacant space would be dedicated to the public on January 26. In this regard, the municipal corporation has started painting the tank under the guidance of army officials from Sub-Area headquarters (Chhattisgarh and Orissa) located at Kota. Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak on Wednesday informed that the construction of platform for the tank would soon be completed. The weight of the Vijayanta tank is 40 MT and it is 28 feet long, 10 feet wide and 8 feet tall. Nayak said the Vijayanta tank would not only be the pride of Raipur but it would also encourage the young generation to join defence service.
RMC’s musical programme today
Raipur, January 19, 2011
The RMC will organise a musical programme at Pt Ravishankar Shukla conference hall from 7 pm on Thursday. The programme will be presented by capital’s renowned Bhajan singer Madan Chouhan and his group informed the president of RMC’s Culture department Jagdish Ahuja on Wednesday. The programme would be attended by Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak, municipal Speaker Sanjay Shrivastava, leader of BJP corporators Subhash Tiwari, civic Commissioner Om Prakash Choudhary, MiC members, corporators, Aldermen and RMC staffers.
Government sanctions Rs 45.22 cr for RMC
Raipur, January 19, 2011
The Urban Administration Department has approved Rs 45.22 crore for Raipur Municipal Corporation to purchase the 1780 EWS flats for poor. The flats are built by Chhattisgarh Housing Board (CHB) under Centre’s Basic Service to the Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme in Boriyakala. Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak informed that the government has sanctioned fifty percent of the total approved fund, i.e. Rs 22.61 crore as financial aid while the remaining amount would be given as loan grant under Infrastructure Grant Scheme.
Martyr Hemu Kalani’s death anniversary tomorrow
Raipur, January 19, 2011
The death anniversary of martyr Hemu Kalani will be observed on Friday. In this regard, the municipal’s Culture department will organise a tribute programme in front of Kalani’s statue at Kutchery chowk at 10 am on Friday. The programme will be attended by Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak, municipal Speaker Sanjay Shrivastava, leader of BJP corporators Subhash Tiwari, MiC members, corporators, RMC staffers and citizens.
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