Convenes high-level meeting of state administration’s top brasses
Raipur, September 28, 2010
The 4th India and Asia Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) to be hosted by Chhattisgarh branch from October 25-29, 2010 at Raipur should be major success and memorable for which coordination between all the government departments should be evolved. The directives were issued by state Assembly Speaker Dharam Lal Kaushik while he was convening a high-level meeting of top brasses of the state administration at Vidhan Sabha’s (VS) main conference hall on Tuesday.
Kaushik said considering the arrival of delegates, secretaries and distinguished guests from several countries including Lok Sabha Speaker Meera Kumar to participate in the conference, proper plan should be chalked out beforehand.
He also suggested the departments to narrate government’s development through exhibitions stalls besides establishing joint centres to sell handicraft and other unique products of Chhattisgarh.
The inaugural ceremony of CPA conference will be organised at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee auditorium in the VS complex at 10.00 am on October 26, 2010. The plenary sessions would be organised in the VS chamber on October 26 and 27. The participants would not be allowed to carry video cameras, cellular phones and other electronic gadgets along with them in the meeting halls.
On October 28, all the participants would be taken to different places of state having historical importance under its post-conference tour programme.
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary Home, Jail & Transport NK Aswal, DGP Vishwaranjan, PWD’s Principal Secretary MK Raut, Principal Secretary Forest Narayan Singh, Secretary Culture Department Subrat Sahu, Secretary Health Vikas Sheel, Secretary GAD Nidhi Chibbar, Secretary Food Department Pradeep Pant, Secretary Rural Industries Department P Ramesh Kumar, Commissioner Culture Department Rajeev Shrivastava, Raipur Collector Rohit Yadav, Raipur SP Dipanshu Kabra and others.
Civic Commissioner reconstitutes all 8 zones
Raipur, September 29, 2010
The civic Commissioner Om Prakash Choudhary on Wednesday reconstituted all the eight zones according to the resolution passed in the general body meeting on August 23, 2010. In this regard, Choudhary has directed all the zone commissioners to make amendments in the documents at the earliest.
According to new zone setup, there will be 90 wards under zone 1 that are – Yatin Lal, Banjari Mata, Veer Shivaji, Netaji Kanhaiyya Lal Bazari, Thakkar Bapa, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Danveer Bhamashah and Veerangana Avantibai ward.
In zone 2, there will be 10 wards – Indira Gandhi, Raman Mandir, Rajeev Gandhi, Rani Laxmi Bai, Mahatma Gandhi, Pt Ravishankar Shukla, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Shaheed Hemu Kalani and Kushabhau Thakre ward.
In zone 3, there will be 8 wards – Guru Ghasidas, Maharshi Valmiki, Kalimata, Shankar Nagar, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Guru Govind Singh, Civil Lines and Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh ward.
In zone 4, there will be 9 wards – Hawaldar Abdul Hameed, Mother Teresa, Rani Durgawati, Dr Rajendra Prasad, Pt Bhagwati Charan Shukla, Pt Motilal Nehru, Lt Arvind Dixit, Babu Jagjeevan Ram and Shaheed Brigadier Usman ward.
In zone 5, there will be 8 wards – Pt Sundar Lal Sharma, Pt Deendayal Upadhyay, Thakur Pyarelal Singh, Mahant Laxmi Narayan Das, Dr Khoobchand Baghel, Comrade Sudheer Mukherjee, Pt Madhav Rao Sapre and Shaheed Chudamani Nayak ward.
In zone 6, there will be 9 wards – Shaheed Pankaj Vikram, Chandrashekhar Azad, Moreshwar Rao Gadre, Shaheed Rajeev Pandey, Ravindranath Tagore, Dr Vipin Bihari Sur, Pt Vaman Rao Lakhe, Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Mahamaya Mandir.
In zone 7, there will be 90 wards – Brahman Para, Ramsagar Para, Maulana Abdul Rauf, Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru, Tatya Para, Sadar Bazar, Swami Vivekanand, Swami Atmanand and Kankali Para ward.
In zone 8, there will be 9 wards – Veer Sawarkar Nagar, Ramkrishna Paramhans, Sant Kabeer Das, Amar Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Dr Ishwari Charan Shukla, Sant Ravi Das, Sant Ram Das, Shaheed Manmohan Singh Bakshi and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel ward.
CPA conference: Naxalism & terrorism issues to be discussed
About 200 delegates to participate in CPA conference
Raipur, September 29, 2010
The burning issues like naxalism and terrorism would be discussed during the 4th India and Asia Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) to be hosted by Chhattisgarh branch from October 25-29, 2010 at Raipur in which about 200 delegates are expected to participate. Informing about the conference to the media persons on Wednesday, state Assembly Speaker Dharam Lal Kaushik said it would be the first time in the capital that any international level parliamentary conference would be organised and hoped that state would get benefited from it.
He said all the preparations are on final footing and the besides necessary arrangements, adequate security would also be provided to the participants. He informed that first three conferences in the region were held in Hyderabad, New Delhi and Islamabad (Pakistan). When asked why so more the conferences are hosted only by Indian cities, Kaushik said, “There are total 44 branches in region of which 32 are in India and hence our cities get more opportunity.” There are total nine regions of CPA that are – Africa, Asia, Australia, British Island and Mediterranean, Canada, Caribbean Americas and Atlantic, India Pacific and South East Asia.
Asked about the estimated expenditure on the event, Kaushik said it would be incurred by the India and Asia region, CPA headquarter based at London and the state government. “The CPA London will provide £ 12000 and India and Asia region will provide £ 6500,” he said.
The subjects on which discussion would be held during plenary session in the House are – on October 26 - Terrorism and Naxalism: Threat to democracy – need for joint effort in the region and on October 27 – Food security and Co-operation at regional levels: Role and responsibility of legislatures.
Spiritual journey gives me mental strength: Nayak
Raipur, September 29, 2010
The journey to Kailash Mansarovar always gives me mental strength and this time too, I was as enthusiastic as I had been in previous years. Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak uttered these words while she was sharing her experience with the media persons on Wednesday about the tough journey of Kailash Mansarovar from where she returned home 31 days. She had been journeying to Mt Kailash for the past five years and she has pledged to go there for 13 years continuously.
Nayak, who was stuck while returning from the journey in Goonji for five days due to bad weather conditions along with 36 others and were only airlifted to a safer place on the sixth day, said none of the devotees were afraid in spite of adverse circumstances. “In my group, some of us contacted quickly sought help from out respective state governments and from acquaintances at Centre and according we got help,” she added.
She informed that another group that contained five from Chhattisgarh (2-Bhilai and 3- Kanker) was also left stranded in Taklakot (Nepal) for five days because of extreme weather condition that not even permitted the Government of India to rescue them using helicopter services.
She informed that the expenditure of the journey was about Rs 90000, but besides monetary factor one’s medical fitness is more important. “The heights of Kailash-Mansarovar ranges from 16000 to 19500 feet and in such high altitudes people usually face several problems due to less oxygen. So, to make us accustomed to the climate, our guides from Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) would ask us to rest after every 1000-1500 feet journey,” she said.
When asked how the Union government shortlists the devotees, Nayak informed, “Every year, about one lakh devotees apply for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, but only 960 are selected through lottery system. These devotees are placed in 16 batches and each batch contains 60. However, several fail to turnout on the journey date and hence, an average of about 600-650 devotees proceed for Yatra annually.”
When asked about the role played by China government during journey, she said, “Each devotee has to give $700 as fee to China against which he or she gets bus facility, stay facility for 10 days and two guides for the entire batch. China also provide ration/meals for 4-day to us, but we are supposed to arrange meals for the remaining days.”
She informed that the Mount Kailash resembles Shivling and the path around it is 52 km long that takes 3 days and two nights to complete one round. “During Kailash Mansarovar Kumbh, one round of Mount Kailash is equals to 12 rounds,” she said. The next Kumbh in Kailash Mansarovar is in 2014 and Nayak is planning go there along with her spouse. Regarding climatic conditions she informed that usually the temperatures plunges below minus degree celcius, but during her recent visit the temperature hovered from 5-6 degree celcius. “To combat the shivering temperature, the devotees are instructed to wear 4-5 layers of cloths below winter jackets/woolen clothes,” she said.
She further informed that the toughest patch during journey is in India which is about 80 km. “We walk to and fro to about 225 km during entire journey,” she said.
The civic Commissioner Om Prakash Choudhary on Wednesday reconstituted all the eight zones according to the resolution passed in the general body meeting on August 23, 2010. In this regard, Choudhary has directed all the zone commissioners to make amendments in the documents at the earliest.
According to new zone setup, there will be 90 wards under zone 1 that are – Yatin Lal, Banjari Mata, Veer Shivaji, Netaji Kanhaiyya Lal Bazari, Thakkar Bapa, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Danveer Bhamashah and Veerangana Avantibai ward.
In zone 2, there will be 10 wards – Indira Gandhi, Raman Mandir, Rajeev Gandhi, Rani Laxmi Bai, Mahatma Gandhi, Pt Ravishankar Shukla, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Shaheed Hemu Kalani and Kushabhau Thakre ward.
In zone 3, there will be 8 wards – Guru Ghasidas, Maharshi Valmiki, Kalimata, Shankar Nagar, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Guru Govind Singh, Civil Lines and Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh ward.
In zone 4, there will be 9 wards – Hawaldar Abdul Hameed, Mother Teresa, Rani Durgawati, Dr Rajendra Prasad, Pt Bhagwati Charan Shukla, Pt Motilal Nehru, Lt Arvind Dixit, Babu Jagjeevan Ram and Shaheed Brigadier Usman ward.
In zone 5, there will be 8 wards – Pt Sundar Lal Sharma, Pt Deendayal Upadhyay, Thakur Pyarelal Singh, Mahant Laxmi Narayan Das, Dr Khoobchand Baghel, Comrade Sudheer Mukherjee, Pt Madhav Rao Sapre and Shaheed Chudamani Nayak ward.
In zone 6, there will be 9 wards – Shaheed Pankaj Vikram, Chandrashekhar Azad, Moreshwar Rao Gadre, Shaheed Rajeev Pandey, Ravindranath Tagore, Dr Vipin Bihari Sur, Pt Vaman Rao Lakhe, Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Mahamaya Mandir.
In zone 7, there will be 90 wards – Brahman Para, Ramsagar Para, Maulana Abdul Rauf, Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru, Tatya Para, Sadar Bazar, Swami Vivekanand, Swami Atmanand and Kankali Para ward.
In zone 8, there will be 9 wards – Veer Sawarkar Nagar, Ramkrishna Paramhans, Sant Kabeer Das, Amar Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Dr Ishwari Charan Shukla, Sant Ravi Das, Sant Ram Das, Shaheed Manmohan Singh Bakshi and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel ward.
CPA conference: Naxalism & terrorism issues to be discussed
About 200 delegates to participate in CPA conference
Raipur, September 29, 2010
The burning issues like naxalism and terrorism would be discussed during the 4th India and Asia Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) to be hosted by Chhattisgarh branch from October 25-29, 2010 at Raipur in which about 200 delegates are expected to participate. Informing about the conference to the media persons on Wednesday, state Assembly Speaker Dharam Lal Kaushik said it would be the first time in the capital that any international level parliamentary conference would be organised and hoped that state would get benefited from it.
He said all the preparations are on final footing and the besides necessary arrangements, adequate security would also be provided to the participants. He informed that first three conferences in the region were held in Hyderabad, New Delhi and Islamabad (Pakistan). When asked why so more the conferences are hosted only by Indian cities, Kaushik said, “There are total 44 branches in region of which 32 are in India and hence our cities get more opportunity.” There are total nine regions of CPA that are – Africa, Asia, Australia, British Island and Mediterranean, Canada, Caribbean Americas and Atlantic, India Pacific and South East Asia.
Asked about the estimated expenditure on the event, Kaushik said it would be incurred by the India and Asia region, CPA headquarter based at London and the state government. “The CPA London will provide £ 12000 and India and Asia region will provide £ 6500,” he said.
The subjects on which discussion would be held during plenary session in the House are – on October 26 - Terrorism and Naxalism: Threat to democracy – need for joint effort in the region and on October 27 – Food security and Co-operation at regional levels: Role and responsibility of legislatures.
Spiritual journey gives me mental strength: Nayak
Raipur, September 29, 2010
The journey to Kailash Mansarovar always gives me mental strength and this time too, I was as enthusiastic as I had been in previous years. Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak uttered these words while she was sharing her experience with the media persons on Wednesday about the tough journey of Kailash Mansarovar from where she returned home 31 days. She had been journeying to Mt Kailash for the past five years and she has pledged to go there for 13 years continuously.
Nayak, who was stuck while returning from the journey in Goonji for five days due to bad weather conditions along with 36 others and were only airlifted to a safer place on the sixth day, said none of the devotees were afraid in spite of adverse circumstances. “In my group, some of us contacted quickly sought help from out respective state governments and from acquaintances at Centre and according we got help,” she added.
She informed that another group that contained five from Chhattisgarh (2-Bhilai and 3- Kanker) was also left stranded in Taklakot (Nepal) for five days because of extreme weather condition that not even permitted the Government of India to rescue them using helicopter services.
She informed that the expenditure of the journey was about Rs 90000, but besides monetary factor one’s medical fitness is more important. “The heights of Kailash-Mansarovar ranges from 16000 to 19500 feet and in such high altitudes people usually face several problems due to less oxygen. So, to make us accustomed to the climate, our guides from Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) would ask us to rest after every 1000-1500 feet journey,” she said.
When asked how the Union government shortlists the devotees, Nayak informed, “Every year, about one lakh devotees apply for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, but only 960 are selected through lottery system. These devotees are placed in 16 batches and each batch contains 60. However, several fail to turnout on the journey date and hence, an average of about 600-650 devotees proceed for Yatra annually.”
When asked about the role played by China government during journey, she said, “Each devotee has to give $700 as fee to China against which he or she gets bus facility, stay facility for 10 days and two guides for the entire batch. China also provide ration/meals for 4-day to us, but we are supposed to arrange meals for the remaining days.”
She informed that the Mount Kailash resembles Shivling and the path around it is 52 km long that takes 3 days and two nights to complete one round. “During Kailash Mansarovar Kumbh, one round of Mount Kailash is equals to 12 rounds,” she said. The next Kumbh in Kailash Mansarovar is in 2014 and Nayak is planning go there along with her spouse. Regarding climatic conditions she informed that usually the temperatures plunges below minus degree celcius, but during her recent visit the temperature hovered from 5-6 degree celcius. “To combat the shivering temperature, the devotees are instructed to wear 4-5 layers of cloths below winter jackets/woolen clothes,” she said.
She further informed that the toughest patch during journey is in India which is about 80 km. “We walk to and fro to about 225 km during entire journey,” she said.
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