From Rohinipuram to GE road, from Ayurvedic College to Mahadev Ghat Road
Conducts bhoomipujan for beautification of Rohinipuram Talab
Raipur, May 10, 2010
The RMC will construct two new bypass roads of which one will be from Rohinipuram’s Gol Chowk to GE road and the other will from Ayurvedic College to Mahadev Ghat Road to connect Ring Road No 1. Urban Administration and Development Minister Rajesh Munat has asked the RMC officials to conduct survey and physical verification of both the routes at the earliest. Munat’s directives came after he performed bhoomipujan of Rs 29 lakh beautification and development works of Rohinipuram Talab in Pt Deendayal Upadhyay ward on Monday.
Considering the ponds in the capital on verge of extinction,
Munat appealed from the people to conserve them and avoid throwing garbage in them. “The government is committed to save ponds, but it needs public support,” he said.
“This is the second time that my department is providing fund for the development of Rohinipuram Talab, but unfortunately, people have continued throwing garbage in it,” said Munat and urged the local residents in preserving the pond. Notably, the Urban Administration and Development department had earlier sanction Rs 22 lakh for the development of Rohinipuram Talab.
He further requested from the common mass to save every drop of water and not to waste it unnecessarily. Munat asked local corporator Gyanesh Sharma to constitute a committee of prominent citizens that should monitor the beautification works of Rohinipuram Talab and must promptly inform the Mayor and the Commissioner if they would find the quality of the project inferior.
On the occasion, Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak urged people to adopt rainwater harvesting technique to conserve water. The RMC Speaker Sanjay Shrivastava appealed to all the political parties to join hands in development of the capital city.
Choubey demands for special assembly session
To hold discussion on naxal issue
Writes letter to Governor
Raipur, May 10, 2010
Leader of the opposition in Vidhan Sabha Ravindra Choubey has demanded from Governor Shekhar Dutt to call special assembly session to hold discussions on rising naxal problem and deteriorating law and order in the state. Choubey wrote a letter to Dutt in this connection and said the government should clarify its stand on naxalism so that the people gripped in terror could reestablish their trust on state’s law and order.
Choubey wrote that the Maoists were gradually expanding their domain and had even reached to the rural pockets of capital and its neighbouring cities by posing tough challenge for local administration and police.
He said the hefty packages announced by the government under Bastar Development Authority (BDA) for radical development of the locals never reach to the end beneficiary owing to corruption prevailed in the entire system.
He informed that the schools in tribal regions were being operated only on papers as the naxals had completely destroyed the educational infrastructure in such places. The government schemes launched for the benefit of the students including distribution of bicycles to girls under Saraswati Yojana and mid-day meals are effective only in fake documents, he added.
He said the tribals also lack proper health facilities in the absence of adequate doctors and paramedical staff. A number of health centres have been locked, but the papers contain detailed information about distribution of medicines worth cores and disbursal of payments to the non-existent staff. Similar are the conditions of Rural Development, Public Works, Tribal Development and other departments in tribal areas, he said.
Choubey said the recent Chintalnar carnage, in which 76 jawans were killed, apparently proved that the security forces incur heavy loss in terms of lives and resources due to inactivity of senior officials and ineffective leadership. He said the recent naxal attack on security personnel in Bijapur that claimed lives of eight jawans confirmed that the national highways in the state, too, were not secure from the threat of Maoists.
He also objected on the statements given by the Home Minister Nankiram Kanwar in the aftermath of Bijapur incident to the media persons that the government would have to seriously consider the naxal issue and army should be deployed in the state to tackle naxalism.
Choubey said the Home Minister’s statements clearly exhibit the government’s impuissance to uproot naxals from the state and in such conditions it must clarify its stand to the common mass.
When asked about the opposition’s demands from the Governor to call upon special assembly session, Chief Minister Raman Singh said, “The opposition is completely free to give its suggestions, but the special session is a prerogative of the Governor and only he will take decision on it, not the government.”
RMC’s special general body meeting likely on May 15
Raipur, May 10, 2010
The RMC’s special general body meeting likely to be held on May 15, 2010. The municipal Secretariate issued a notification in this regard on Tuesday. The general body meeting that has been called upon to hold discussions on tax issue is expected to be uproarious.
Where the opposition BJP is planning to trap the ruling party Congress on property tax, the latter, too, is likely to raise the issue of consolidated tax that has been hiked by the state government.
Notably, the RMC has turned into a political battleground for the past couple of days owing to blamegame and verbal assaults between both Congress and BJP on tax hike.
When the property tax was hiked, the BJP launched aggressive protest campaign against the ruling party demanding its annulment. The BJP alleged that the hike in property tax would put an extra burden over the common man. Finally, the Congress buckled down and the Mayor-in-Council (MiC) during its meeting on May 8, 2010, decided to revoke the increased tax.
However, the Mayor maintained that the MiC never recommended for increase in property tax and it had only taken decision to hike annual rent rate, but the officials of municipal Secretariate amended its decision without taking permission from MiC members.
The Mayor said the opposition was trying to mislead people on property tax issue, but it was the state government that had deceived common man by increasing consolidated tax. The Mayor got support of her party’s senior leaders who, too, demanded revocation of consolidated tax. The party launched a massive signature campaign in capital’s each ward to protest against the hike in consolidated tax. The Congress and independent corporators demanded from the Speaker to call upon a special general body meeting.
According to Municipal Act, there is a provision to conduct special general body meeting within fifteen days if over one third of the total corporators demand for it. The Secretariate officials informed since the number of corporators demanding for special general body meeting exceeded the minimum required figure the Speaker had to issue necessary directives in their favour.
Conducts bhoomipujan for beautification of Rohinipuram Talab
Raipur, May 10, 2010
The RMC will construct two new bypass roads of which one will be from Rohinipuram’s Gol Chowk to GE road and the other will from Ayurvedic College to Mahadev Ghat Road to connect Ring Road No 1. Urban Administration and Development Minister Rajesh Munat has asked the RMC officials to conduct survey and physical verification of both the routes at the earliest. Munat’s directives came after he performed bhoomipujan of Rs 29 lakh beautification and development works of Rohinipuram Talab in Pt Deendayal Upadhyay ward on Monday.
Considering the ponds in the capital on verge of extinction,
Munat appealed from the people to conserve them and avoid throwing garbage in them. “The government is committed to save ponds, but it needs public support,” he said.
“This is the second time that my department is providing fund for the development of Rohinipuram Talab, but unfortunately, people have continued throwing garbage in it,” said Munat and urged the local residents in preserving the pond. Notably, the Urban Administration and Development department had earlier sanction Rs 22 lakh for the development of Rohinipuram Talab.
He further requested from the common mass to save every drop of water and not to waste it unnecessarily. Munat asked local corporator Gyanesh Sharma to constitute a committee of prominent citizens that should monitor the beautification works of Rohinipuram Talab and must promptly inform the Mayor and the Commissioner if they would find the quality of the project inferior.
On the occasion, Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak urged people to adopt rainwater harvesting technique to conserve water. The RMC Speaker Sanjay Shrivastava appealed to all the political parties to join hands in development of the capital city.
Choubey demands for special assembly session
To hold discussion on naxal issue
Writes letter to Governor
Raipur, May 10, 2010
Leader of the opposition in Vidhan Sabha Ravindra Choubey has demanded from Governor Shekhar Dutt to call special assembly session to hold discussions on rising naxal problem and deteriorating law and order in the state. Choubey wrote a letter to Dutt in this connection and said the government should clarify its stand on naxalism so that the people gripped in terror could reestablish their trust on state’s law and order.
Choubey wrote that the Maoists were gradually expanding their domain and had even reached to the rural pockets of capital and its neighbouring cities by posing tough challenge for local administration and police.
He said the hefty packages announced by the government under Bastar Development Authority (BDA) for radical development of the locals never reach to the end beneficiary owing to corruption prevailed in the entire system.
He informed that the schools in tribal regions were being operated only on papers as the naxals had completely destroyed the educational infrastructure in such places. The government schemes launched for the benefit of the students including distribution of bicycles to girls under Saraswati Yojana and mid-day meals are effective only in fake documents, he added.
He said the tribals also lack proper health facilities in the absence of adequate doctors and paramedical staff. A number of health centres have been locked, but the papers contain detailed information about distribution of medicines worth cores and disbursal of payments to the non-existent staff. Similar are the conditions of Rural Development, Public Works, Tribal Development and other departments in tribal areas, he said.
Choubey said the recent Chintalnar carnage, in which 76 jawans were killed, apparently proved that the security forces incur heavy loss in terms of lives and resources due to inactivity of senior officials and ineffective leadership. He said the recent naxal attack on security personnel in Bijapur that claimed lives of eight jawans confirmed that the national highways in the state, too, were not secure from the threat of Maoists.
He also objected on the statements given by the Home Minister Nankiram Kanwar in the aftermath of Bijapur incident to the media persons that the government would have to seriously consider the naxal issue and army should be deployed in the state to tackle naxalism.
Choubey said the Home Minister’s statements clearly exhibit the government’s impuissance to uproot naxals from the state and in such conditions it must clarify its stand to the common mass.
When asked about the opposition’s demands from the Governor to call upon special assembly session, Chief Minister Raman Singh said, “The opposition is completely free to give its suggestions, but the special session is a prerogative of the Governor and only he will take decision on it, not the government.”
RMC’s special general body meeting likely on May 15
Raipur, May 10, 2010
The RMC’s special general body meeting likely to be held on May 15, 2010. The municipal Secretariate issued a notification in this regard on Tuesday. The general body meeting that has been called upon to hold discussions on tax issue is expected to be uproarious.
Where the opposition BJP is planning to trap the ruling party Congress on property tax, the latter, too, is likely to raise the issue of consolidated tax that has been hiked by the state government.
Notably, the RMC has turned into a political battleground for the past couple of days owing to blamegame and verbal assaults between both Congress and BJP on tax hike.
When the property tax was hiked, the BJP launched aggressive protest campaign against the ruling party demanding its annulment. The BJP alleged that the hike in property tax would put an extra burden over the common man. Finally, the Congress buckled down and the Mayor-in-Council (MiC) during its meeting on May 8, 2010, decided to revoke the increased tax.
However, the Mayor maintained that the MiC never recommended for increase in property tax and it had only taken decision to hike annual rent rate, but the officials of municipal Secretariate amended its decision without taking permission from MiC members.
The Mayor said the opposition was trying to mislead people on property tax issue, but it was the state government that had deceived common man by increasing consolidated tax. The Mayor got support of her party’s senior leaders who, too, demanded revocation of consolidated tax. The party launched a massive signature campaign in capital’s each ward to protest against the hike in consolidated tax. The Congress and independent corporators demanded from the Speaker to call upon a special general body meeting.
According to Municipal Act, there is a provision to conduct special general body meeting within fifteen days if over one third of the total corporators demand for it. The Secretariate officials informed since the number of corporators demanding for special general body meeting exceeded the minimum required figure the Speaker had to issue necessary directives in their favour.
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