Raipur, September 13, 2010
The municipal corporation on Monday planted 1450 saplings in different wards of zone 8 under state government’s Hariyar Chhattisgarh campaign to preserve and conserve water and to protect environment.
The zone commissioner Rakesh Jaiswal informed that the different varieties of saplings and about 6-8 feet sized plants were planted in prefixed locations including gardens, at roadsides, at embankments of ponds, etc.
Notably, the civic Commissioner Om Prakash Choudhary has repeatedly appealed to the Raipurians to help RMC in its plantation campaigns. He says that the environment can only be protected through massive plantation drives.
Choudhary further says that the awareness about environment and benefits of plantation can only be created among people through plantation drives. In this regard, he has asked all the zone commissioners and incharge officer of Horticulture department Gaindsingh Tamrakar to continue such drives at zonal and ward levels. He said the distribution of saplings should be done through zonal offices.
Choudhary has further advised the officials to take help of the social organisations, NGOs, industrialists and local residents in plantation campaigns.
Expressing his concern over felling of trees and rising pollution in the capital and its ambience, Choudhary had recently taken meeting of the officials and had directed them to plant saplings up to 8-10 feet height under the ward-wise plantation drive. He said the survival rate of plant size saplings was higher than the small ones.
“The residents can take care of large size saplings more comfortably. The saplings could also be protected from stray cattle that either trample small samplings or eat them,” he said.
Choudhary also said that the saplings should be planted on the roadsides and all other suitable places to make the ambience of the locality green. The municipal is committed to make the city green for which the civic administration has fixed responsibilities of all the zonal officials and has given them target to complete plantation works in their respective areas within the given timeframe, said Choudhary.
Also expressing his concern over the declining groundwater table in the capital city, he has instructed the officials to plant more number of saplings at the embankments of the ponds that would expedite natural water recharging process.
Choudhary asked the officials to provide adequate number of saplings in all the zones so that the given targets could be achieved. He appealed to the people to take initiative and plant saplings in their surrounding areas to gift a greener Raipur to their next generation.
Development works for different wards approved
Raipur, September 13, 2010
The RMC Commissioner Om Prakash Choudhary on Monday approved various development works including construction of drains, culverts, CC road, interlock block paving, etc in different wards. In this regard, Choudhary has directed the officials to invite fresh tenders to commence new projects immediately after the rainy season.
Choudhary has approved Rs 10,32,257 for development works in Kankali Para ward that would be spent in construction of drains in Mukut Nagar and Hanumangarhi region at the estimated costs of Rs 4,88,257 and Rs 5,44,000 respectively.
The development work in Thakur Pyarelal Singh ward will be carried out at the cost of Rs ten lakh under which an interlock block paving road would be constructed from Ma Danteshwari Mata temple to sulabh toilet.
Similarly, Rs 7,58,830 will be spent in Mahant Laxmi Narayan Das ward to construct CC road and drain from Patel Para chowk to Gopia Para chowk. In Pt Vaman Rao Lakhe ward, drain and culvert would be constructed at the cost of Rs 10,26,244 in Profession colony. In Comrade Sudhir Mukherjee ward, a CC road and drain would be constructed at the cost of Rs 7,27,000 from Ajay grocery shop to Dewangan grocery store near mosque.
In Pt Sundarlal Sharma ward, the RMC will spend Rs 10,10,348 in development works including road concretisation and drain construction works from Sundar Nagar chowk to CS provision stores at the cost of Rs 6,14,753 and WBM road construction in Om society at the cost of Rs 3,95,605.
In Dr Khoobchand Baghel ward, Rs 10,00,400 will be spent in construction of two drains from Ganpat chowk to Hariom clinic at the cost of Rs 8,17,400 and in Ayodhya Nagar area at the cost of Rs 1,83,000. Similarly, drain construction works in three streets of Shanti Vihar Colony in Pt Deendayal Upadhyay ward would be done at the cost of Rs ten lakh.
State-level school sports tourney from Sept 15
Raipur, September 13, 2010
The state-level school sports tournament including volleyball, basketball and kabaddi will be held from September 15 to 18 in Kawardha. The boys and girls from age-group 14-19 years can participate in this tournament. According to information, about 672 players and 150 officials will take part in the tournament. The state administration has directed the Kawardha Collector to make arrangements of stay and meals free of cost for the participants. The Collector has also been instructed to take help of the municipal council in making arrangements like drinking water, lights and cleanliness besides other basic requisites during the tournament.
8.27 lakh MT chemical fertilisers distributed
Raipur, September 13, 2010
The state government has so far distributed about 8.27 lakh MT chemical fertilisers to the farmers under current Kharif season. The officials of the Agriculture department informed that about 5.11 lakh MT fertilisers had been distributed through primary cooperative societies while 3,16,144 MT fertilisers were made available through private sector. The state government has set a target of distributing ten lakh MT fertilisers to the farmers in 2010-11 Kharif season of which it has already stored 8,76,504 MT fertilisers in the distribution centres which is 88 percent of the target.
Over 5 lakh olds getting benefit of pension scheme
Raipur, September 13, 2010
About 5,28,161 old people are getting benefit of Indira Gandhi national Old Age Pension Scheme operated by the state government’s Social Welfare Department. The beneficiaries get Rs 300 per month under the scheme, informed the department’s officials. The aim of the scheme is to provide financial succor to the old citizens of the state over 65 years of age who are living below poverty line. The highest number of beneficiaries are from Sarguja district where 72,53,000 old citizens are getting pension under the scheme. In Raipur district, about 68,767 old people are being benefited by the scheme.
FLIP SIDE
The forgotten enemy: Crouching tiger, hidden dragon
Indian market is flooded with Chinese items from toys, to festival articles to electronic gadgets to automobile spare parts and so on. If you are a frequent shopper, you must be aware that how omnipresent these Chinese items are from small shops to big departmental stores and malls. And unless you name some brand, the shopkeeper would always suggest you to go for the Chinese products terming them economical and equipotent.
In other words, India has become ‘major consumer’ of China. But this does not mean that other countries do not use the Sino (China) products. In fact, China has succeeded in invading the retail markets of several advanced countries. However, there is a big difference in establishing markets in underdeveloped and developed countries.
In the third world and growing economies, India has turned into the biggest primary market for Chinese articles because of assorted reasons like – vast population, increasing gap between rich and poor and desire of financially weaker section to lead a plum life like upper crust that rapidly changes its style statement. Consequently, the demand of motley of cheap and duplicate items invariably remains high in India.
Although, similar conditions prevail in other countries too, but India is ahead of them because of two reasons – the poor hardly save money for future and they do not hesitate in spending their complete salary. In fact, the poor spend over 80 percent of their monthly income in liquor, gambling, entertainment and purchasing unguaranteed worthless duplicate items, a tendency that has been well comprehended and surveyed by China before it launched its range of commodities here.
India is also a ‘test market’ for China. If the daily use items become popular in the subcontinent then China relaunches them with slight alterations in the developed countries.
Actually, China became strong economy because it identified its strengths and weaknesses at right time. This enabled it to utilise its available pool of skills in improving growth rates of each sector individually. The Communist China always explored new dimensions in technology and infrastructure preserving its rich tradition.
Hence China is least dependent on other nations to meet its requisites. As compared to India, china’s agriculture sector is much organised. Similarly, China has also succeeded in capturing the software market and its professionals are heavily demanded across the globe after Indian techies and Russian widgets.
But, except trade relations, China terms India as its enemy. Hence, China wants to distract India creating continuous disturbance either by supplying modern weapons to Pakistan, wooing Nepal and pampering Bangladesh. China neither wants India to become permanent member of the UN nor stomachs it earning global sympathy on its fight against terrorism. Rather China makes attempt to project ‘bad boy’ image of India in the world arena. Besides, the Sino army never misses an opportunity to trespass the Indian border.
Although, India is privy to all the latest developments occurring at its periphery, but it is still forbearing to consolidate its position in borders, especially abutting China. Ergo, as Pakistani infiltrators are provoking Jammu & Kashmir residents on the name of jehad and religious war, the Chinese are sneaking North Eastern states to disseminate its principals and values by brainwashing the inhabitants. Even the people of the North Eastern states feel themselves disconnected from the remaining country because neither the politicos nor the top brasses from the Centre visit these regions except during elections.
According to global predictions, Indian economy will boom in next 25-30 years and it would emerge as a superpower, but this does not mean that China or the developed countries would cease progressing. Also, growth in India will remain a far-fetched dream unless it succeeds in eradicating both forms of terrorism – external which is sponsored by adjoining enemies including Pakistan and internal that comprises naxal activities and extremisms like civil wars waged on the basis of caste, land and language besides incongruous demands of separate like ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) in Assam and KLF (Khalistan Commando Force) headquartered in Canada. Thus, India would first have to make its borders impenetrable by creating virtual wall of armed forces.
China has never been a trusted neighbour. India must remember the tactics of China to launch offense against it. Already, China has pressed about 11,000 soldiers in POK’s (Pakistan occupied Kashmir) Gilgil-Batistan region on pretext of helping flood-affected Pakistanis. But considering China-Pak relations, it does not seem that the Sino troops intend to move back from this land after completing their task and are expected to increase disturbance in J&K with the help of ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence).
China, that never considers J&K as Indian state, rather had showed it as part of Pakistani in the global map of its official website and only omitted it in wake of India’s strong protest.
India should also not forget that China do not develop relation on emotional ground and is highly self-centered nation. It is also providing succor to Bangladesh and Nepal, the countries that owe to India on various counts. Bangladesh is the country that was liberated by India from Pakistan, but it is now providing safe base to Pakistani terrorists that enter India through West Bengal. Bangladesh has also become safe hub for Assam’s ULFA terrorists. In addition, many more terrorist groups have surfaced in Bangladesh that infiltrate in India. The Bangladeshi army is also posing consistent challenge to the Indian army at border through conflicts.
Nepal is another country which is gradually increasing its proximity with China. The reason is apparent – China knows how to pamper Nepal which is reeling under acute economical crisis. The Chinese government is also suspected to support the naxalites operating from their Nepal-based global headquarter who want to propagate Mao Tse Tung’s (Mao Zedong) philosophy in the world through violence.
Chhattisgarh too is suffering due to abrupt inflow of Bangladeshis and owing to naxals Nepal connection. Where the Bangladeshis started taking refuge in this peaceful state four decades back and continue to find it ideal to settle down, especially in remote areas like Bastar, the naxals, too, have stretched their red corridor from Chhattisgarh and its adjoining states to Kathmandu (Nepal) where they get support from China and Pakistan.
China is an enemy that unfolds many more concealed enemies of India. Hence, India needs strategy to track and check the ramification of the enemies from border to its states.
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