Raipur, January 10, 2011
The municipal corporation has imposed property tax to the tune of Rs 1.08 crore on the Gass Memorial Ground. In this regard, Deputy Commissioner and zone 4 Commissioner SK Sundrani shot notice on the ground administration on Monday and has asked it to clear all its dues in one month. The civic Commissioner Om Prakash informed that the ground administration had not paid tax to the RMC since 1997. The tax on the ground spawning in about 154329 sq ft area was imposed from 1997 to 2011, he added.
RSU to constitute grievance redressal cell
Will also appoint a CA, mulls over to give answer sheets to students
Decision taken in Executive Council meeting
Raipur, January 10, 2011
Pt Ravishankar Shukla University (RSU) is on image building exercise under which it would soon constitute a grievance redressal cell. The decision was taken during the meeting of varsity’s Executive Council (EC) that was chaired by vice chancellor Professor Shiv Kumar Pandey on Monday.
The members agreed that the grievance redressal cell would be the appropriate forum through which all the teaching and non-teaching staff would have their say. The cell’s responsibility would be to solve the problems of the complainants in short span of time.
The RSU will also appoint a Chartered Accountant (CA) who would verify all the payments done by the varsity against different works that would be carried out in the campus. For this, the EC members consented on constitution of a panel which would select the CA.
The varsity is also brooding to provide photocopies of the answer sheets to the students before reevaluation of the exam results. For this, a comprehensive report would be prepared that would comprise estimation of all types of practical complications in implementation of this proposal, requirement number of staff and amendment in the ordinance. The report would then be presented in the next EC meeting for final decision.
The EC further recommenced that the varsity should revoke its contract with the Ahmedabad-based publication company that had failed to print required number of examination forms in the given timeframe. The EC said the RSU’s image was tarnished due to scare exam forms that resulted in blackmarketing of forms in various places. Now, the varsity will give the contract to another bidder who had quoted the minimum amount to print exam forms.
The EC also decided to restore affiliation of Bhoramdev Arts and Commerce College Murmunda Kumhari (district Durg) for which it instructed the inspection committee to quickly conduct inspection of the college and submit its report. Similarly, the varsity will constitute a committee to probe into the ban on first year admission in Bhilai College of Information Technology for academic session 2010-11. The ban would be lifted on the basis of the committee’s report.
On the episode of Abhishek Gupta, the student of first semester in BALLB, the EC approved the recommendations of the committee that constituted on November 23, 2010 and asked the varsity administration to lodge FIR.
It was also informed in the meeting that about 114 research scholars would be given PhD or D Lit degrees in the 17th convocation ceremony. These research scholars have completed their degrees amid January 21, 2010 to December 22, 2010.
The RSU’s Executive Council (EC) unanimously decided that the varsity require to upgrade its basic infrastructure and overcome all its shortcomings to earn A grade from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The decision was taken after the complete report of NAAC was presented during the EC meet on Monday. The NAAC tam has given B grade to the RSU. The RSU will also confer honorary degree of D Sc to the chairman of Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) Dr DK Radhakrishnan for his overall achievements and contribution in space science during its 17th convocation ceremony that would be organised on January 24, 2011. Radhakrishnan would be the specially invited guest during the convocation ceremony.
DCC demands from RMC to shift nullah
Raipur, January 10, 2011
The District Congress Committee (DCC) has demanded from the RMC shift the nullah flowing below the statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at the station road to some other place. In this regard, the DCC president Inderchand Dhariwal, president of Subhash Manch Shailendra Tiwari and other Congress leaders submitted a memorandum to civic Commissioner Om Prakash Choudhary on Monday and warned that the DCC would stage dharna at Station road in front of Netaji’s statue if the nullah would not be shifted elsewhere in the three days.
“Choudhary has assured us that the municipal corporation would start the shift process of the nullah in next three days and would complete the work in seven days,” informed Dhariwal.
The RMC had earlier shifted Netaji’s statue from the Station road square to the corner over the nullah. “It is unfortunate that statue of such a great leader was shifted over the nullah from where the waste water flows. This is sheer insult of Netaji whose lifestyle inspires all the countrymen,” said Dhariwal.
On the occasion, DCC general secretary Dr Niranjan Haritwal, spokesperson Sheikh Shakeel, state Youth congress spokesperson Manish Dayal, Nitin Thakur, Manish Ahluwalia and others were also present.
RMC to fill vacant posts soon
Raipur, January 10, 2011
The RMC will soon fill the vacant posts of its Women and Child Development department. In this connection, the department’s president Rani Satish Jain issued necessary directives to the officials during the meeting of advisory committee on Monday. She further asked the officials to prepare the budget of the department on the basis of actual requirements and appropriate figures. She said the budget preparation should be done with consent of the advisory committee. She also took stock of the works of Aanganbadi centres and directed the officials to submit updated report on such centre in the next meeting of the advisory committee. In the meeting, it was decided that all the committee members would pay courtesy visit to the Urban Administration Minister and Secretary to urge them for additional provision of department’s works and their upgradation. It was also decided that the department would regularly launch different types of awareness campaigns for women besides health and literacy drives by organising special camps in every ward. To celebrate Republic Day on January 26, 2011, the members unanimously decided to organise literary, educational, sports and inspiring programmes in the city. The meeting was attended by corporators Neetu Ghanshyam Tiwari, Anamika Sahu, Anju Chandrashekhar Tiwari, Anita Futan, Anita Yadav, Renuka Prashant Bakshi, Nikhat Anjum Javed, Vijeta Mannulal Yadav, Dhaneshwari Dhruv and departmental officials.
Shun colonial robes, use desi dress: NSUI to RSU
Warns to protest varsity’s convocation ceremony if its would not be met
Raipur, January 10, 2011
The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) has demanded from Pt Ravishankar Shukla University to shun colonial robes in the convocation ceremony and use desi dress instead. In this regard, the NSUI members led by their state president Sanjeev Shukla on Monday demonstrated through banners and posters in front of varsity’s administrative office before the commencement of RSU’s executive council meeting.
The NSUI also demanded from the RSU administration to quickly prepare university anthem. The NSUI members categorically warned the varsity that they would aggressively protest the convocation ceremony if their demanded would not be fulfilled in next coming days.
“The students, professors and the invited guests who distribute degrees and medals still wear colored costumes along with mortarboard (cap) during the varsity’s convocation ceremonies. This apparently signifies that we are following the colonial legacy. Being an independent country, the Indian universities should stop this tradition and must adopt desi dress that could reflect the country’s rich culture and age-old lifestyle,” said the NSUI members.
“We have also repeatedly requested from the RSU vice chancellor Professor Shiv Kumar Pandey to take stern action against those responsible ones who are delaying the preparation of varsity anthem. The anthem would not only be a linking factor for existing students as well as ex-alumni, but would also be pride of the varsity and be played during all the RSU events being conducted in every academic session,” they added.
The RSU’s 17th convocation ceremony would be organised at the varsity auditorium on January 24, 2011 for which gowns have already been arrived from New Delhi. The costumes are in three colours. The black and red coloured cloaks would be for the gold medal winners and degrees holders while the invited guests will wear maroon ones.
The NSUI members who accompanied their president in demonstration at the RSU campus were organisation’s state general secretary Subodh Haritwal, Gulzeb Ahmed, Shahbaz Hussein, Nadeem Salat, Sheikh Asif, Gaurav Kushwaha, Siddhartha Jain and others.
AICM demands more power to improve basic infra of urban people
Raipur, January 10, 2011
The All India Council of Mayors (AICM) has demanded from the Centre to give more power and sphere to the civic bodies so that they could improve the basic infrastructure of the urban people. The AICM put its demand during the council’s two-day meeting of executive committee at Cuttack (Odisha) that was also attended by Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak.
In this 100th edition of AICM conference, the mayors once again requested from the Union government to quickly implement the 74th amendment of the Constitution. The council further demanded that the Centre should adopt universal procedure for election of mayors across the country and their tenure too must be same.
During the conference, two technical sessions were also organised which were chaired by AICM president Ashutosh Varshney from Aligarh. Varshney expressed his concern over the plight of major cities of the country and felt that the Centre must prepare effective work-plan to improve their basic infrastructure.
In the meeting, the mayors also discussed over the ongoing cold wave condition prevailing in the country and regretted that even the large civic bodies do not have provision of night shelters for impoverished class who spend their nights on streets. They said even the basic facilities like road, water, electricity and sanitation become secondary during such extreme cold conditions and the civic bodies need to make night shelter arrangement for poor. For this, the mayors would demand succor from their respective state governments and Centre as well.
In addition, the mayors discussed over urban poor and the schemes launched by the civic bodies for their upliftment. Holding the state governments responsible for increasing urban population, the council said the negligence resulted in rise in the list of poor and slum dwellers in cities.
The meeting was attended by about 22 mayors and over 100 delegates from different parts of the country.
RMC to observe Shastri’s death anniversary today
Raipur, January 10, 2011
The municipal corporation will observe death anniversary of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on Tuesday. On the occasion, the municipal’s Culture department will organise all-religion prayer at Shastri chowk before the statue of former PM at 10 am on Tuesday. Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak has appealed to RMC Speaker Sanjay Shrivastava, leader of BJP corporators Subhash Tiwari, Mayor-in-Council (MiC) members, corporators and all the citizens to take part in the all religion prayer at large number on Tuesday.
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