Raipur, November 15, 2010
The state Congress has alleged that the paddy moisture content meters are not credible and the reports of such meters have been varying for the same crop in the government’s different procurement centres. The opposition party has demanded from the government to stop using moisture content meters and to directly procure paddy from the farmers.
“Our demand is based on two reasons, first – since the credibility of the moisture content meters is in question, the corruption in procurement centres is bound to increase. Second, the majority of the farmers are bringing paddy with excessive moisture content in the procurement centres due to regular and unseasonal rains this year. But since the government has announced to procure paddy less than 17 percent of the moisture content, a large number of farmers are returning empty handed from the centres,” Sahu said.
Sahu also demanded from the government to declare compensation package for those farmers whose crops have been completely damaged due to rains.
The officials of Food and Civil Supplies department accepted that the paddy arriving this time have high moisture content, even beyond fixed limit in many cases. They further conceded that they have received complaints from the farmers pertaining to rejection of their paddy at the centres on the basis of excessive moisture content in spite of moistness less than 17 percent.
There are 1587 procurement centres under 1333 primary cooperative societies in the state and by far the government has procured 59,068 MT paddy under minimum support price (MSP) in this Kharif season.
Mayor nominates zone members
Raipur, November 15, 2010
Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak nominated zone members for all the eight zones on Monday. Each zone will have two members. The members have been nominated under section 48A(5) of Municipal Act. These members will coordinate with the zone presidents and inform them about the grievances of the residents, Nayak said. The zone members will also submit their daily report to the mayor regarding conditions of their respective areas. The nominated members are – zone 1 – Advocate Amit Shrivastava and Vijay Singh Jadeja, zone 2 – Dr Chouleshwar Chandrakar and Arun Janghel, zone 3 – Akash Tiwari and former corporator Balwinder Singh Saini (Gaggi), zone 4 – Direndra Tamboli and Advocate Vinod Bharat, zone 5 - Dr Shiv Nayak and Dr Amit Pansari, zone 6- Sumit Das and Rauf Memon, zone 7 – Chandrahas Nayak and former Alderman Suresh Thakur and zone 8 – Shreekumar Menon and Advocate Dheerendra Choudhary.
Shrivastava assumes office as zone prez
Raipur, November 15, 2010
The RMC Speaker Sanjay Shrivastava on Monday assumed the office as zone 3 president at Shankar Nagar zone office in presence of Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak, MiC members and BJP corporators. Notably, the RMC had conducted zone president elections for the seven out of eight zones as Shrivastava being the municipal Speaker is the ex-officio president of zone 3.
Conditions of municipal schools need improvement: Nayak
Bal Mahotsava, cultural fest begin in RMC schools
Raipur, November 15, 2010
The conditions of municipal schools are pathetic and need improvement. The concerns about schools are expressed by Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak during the inaugural ceremony of RMC’s weeklong Bal Mahotsava and cultural festival that commenced at RD Tiwari school on Monday. Nayak admitted that the civic schools lack basic facilities and require quick improvement measures. She further praised RMC’s Education, Sports and Youth Welfare department for organising cultural festival in the schools and informed that such events would be conducted every year.
The state Congress has alleged that the paddy moisture content meters are not credible and the reports of such meters have been varying for the same crop in the government’s different procurement centres. The opposition party has demanded from the government to stop using moisture content meters and to directly procure paddy from the farmers.
“Our demand is based on two reasons, first – since the credibility of the moisture content meters is in question, the corruption in procurement centres is bound to increase. Second, the majority of the farmers are bringing paddy with excessive moisture content in the procurement centres due to regular and unseasonal rains this year. But since the government has announced to procure paddy less than 17 percent of the moisture content, a large number of farmers are returning empty handed from the centres,” Sahu said.
Sahu also demanded from the government to declare compensation package for those farmers whose crops have been completely damaged due to rains.
The officials of Food and Civil Supplies department accepted that the paddy arriving this time have high moisture content, even beyond fixed limit in many cases. They further conceded that they have received complaints from the farmers pertaining to rejection of their paddy at the centres on the basis of excessive moisture content in spite of moistness less than 17 percent.
There are 1587 procurement centres under 1333 primary cooperative societies in the state and by far the government has procured 59,068 MT paddy under minimum support price (MSP) in this Kharif season.
Mayor nominates zone members
Raipur, November 15, 2010
Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak nominated zone members for all the eight zones on Monday. Each zone will have two members. The members have been nominated under section 48A(5) of Municipal Act. These members will coordinate with the zone presidents and inform them about the grievances of the residents, Nayak said. The zone members will also submit their daily report to the mayor regarding conditions of their respective areas. The nominated members are – zone 1 – Advocate Amit Shrivastava and Vijay Singh Jadeja, zone 2 – Dr Chouleshwar Chandrakar and Arun Janghel, zone 3 – Akash Tiwari and former corporator Balwinder Singh Saini (Gaggi), zone 4 – Direndra Tamboli and Advocate Vinod Bharat, zone 5 - Dr Shiv Nayak and Dr Amit Pansari, zone 6- Sumit Das and Rauf Memon, zone 7 – Chandrahas Nayak and former Alderman Suresh Thakur and zone 8 – Shreekumar Menon and Advocate Dheerendra Choudhary.
Shrivastava assumes office as zone prez
Raipur, November 15, 2010
The RMC Speaker Sanjay Shrivastava on Monday assumed the office as zone 3 president at Shankar Nagar zone office in presence of Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak, MiC members and BJP corporators. Notably, the RMC had conducted zone president elections for the seven out of eight zones as Shrivastava being the municipal Speaker is the ex-officio president of zone 3.
Conditions of municipal schools need improvement: Nayak
Bal Mahotsava, cultural fest begin in RMC schools
Raipur, November 15, 2010
The conditions of municipal schools are pathetic and need improvement. The concerns about schools are expressed by Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak during the inaugural ceremony of RMC’s weeklong Bal Mahotsava and cultural festival that commenced at RD Tiwari school on Monday. Nayak admitted that the civic schools lack basic facilities and require quick improvement measures. She further praised RMC’s Education, Sports and Youth Welfare department for organising cultural festival in the schools and informed that such events would be conducted every year.
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