Vivekananda’s 150th birth anniversary observed

Raipur, January 12, 2011

The municipal corporation paid tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his 150th birth anniversary on Wednesday. In this connection, the RMC’s Culture department organised a tribute programme at Neelabh Udyan at Vivekananda Sarovar (Budha Talab) at 10 am on Tuesday in which Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak, municipal Speaker Sanjay Shrivastava, leader of BJP corporators Subhash Tiwari, DCC president Inderchand Dhariwal, MiC members, corporators and municipal staffers were present.


Impose tax on empty plots in commercial areas: Cong

Alleges that state government compelling civic bodies to recover property tax of past 13 years

Raipur, January 12, 2011

The Congress has demanded from the Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) to impose property tax on empty plots located in commercial areas, not on all plots within the RMC limits. “This is not practical. It is the state government that is compelling all the municipal corporations to impose property tax on people owning empty plots – whether it is in commercial or residential areas. The government wants civic bodies to recover tax of past 13 years from these empty plot owners which is ridiculous and frustrating for the taxpayers,” charged DCC president Inderchand Dhariwal.
In this regard, a delegation of DCC workers led by Dhariwal, general secretary Dr Niranjan Haritwal and spokesperson Sheikh Shakeel on Wednesday evening submitted a memorandum to Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak, civic Commissioner Om Prakash Choudhary and president of RMC’s Revenue department Manoj Kandoi.
“We have urged from the RMC authorities to impose only one year of tax on empty plot owners in commercial areas. We asked from them that when the calculation of taxes have been done in this financial year then why should the citizens will pay taxes of last 13 years?,” the trio said.
“We have also pointed that if the RMC wants to increase its revenue then it should impose property tax on those 40000 houses that have not been included under tax net by far. This is how, the municipal’s exchequer would inflate by Rs 2-3 crore annually,” they added.
The corporators too feel that the residents are shocked by the RMC’s new ‘tax collection mission’. Some of the corporators from both ruling and Opposition parties say that several middle class taxpayers would not be able to shell out huge tax amount of 13 years.
“The Raipurians invested heavily on lands in the past ten years after Chhattisgarh became state. However, no property tax was imposed on their empty plots any year. Now if the municipal corporation would ask the citizens to pay the collective tax amount then it would not only be impractical, but also injustice to empty plot owners,” the corporators said.
According to RMC’s tax collection plans, the Revenue staff will assess tax amount of all the empty plots in residential and commercial areas of the city and outskirts. For this, all the empty plots would be first enlisted zone-wise.
Then the property tax on the empty plots located in the residential or commercial areas would be recovered from the date of registration of the piece of lands.
However, there would be tax relaxation for agricultural land owners. The municipal corporation will impose tax on such lands after the three years of date of their registration.
Another tax relaxation would be for small plot owners. The RMC will recover property tax of past three years from those owning residential plots with less than 5000 sq ft area and commercial plots with less than 1000 sq ft area.


BJP medical cell demands relaxation in property tax

Raipur, January 12, 2011

The BJP medical cell has demanded from the RMC to relax property tax. In this regard, a delegation of cell met Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak, RMC Speaker Sanjay Shrivastava and leader of BJP corporators Subhash Tiwari on Wednesday. The delegation said that the RMC should impose minimal property tax on doctors who are practicing in slum areas. The cell’s city president Dr Ravi Rathi informed that the Mayor assured the delegation to raise the issue in upcoming general body meeting for discussion. The delegation was comprised of cell’s president Dr Akhilesh Dubey, former president Dr JP Sharma, city president Dr Ravi Rathi, Dr Satyendra Pandey, Dr Neeraj Agrawal and others.


Rashtriya Ekta Yatra in two mandals today

Raipur, January 12, 2011

The Bharatiya Janata Yuwa Morcha (BJYM) will take out Rashtriya Ekta Yatra from Lakhe Nagar at 11 am on Thursday. The Urban Administration and Development Minister Rajesh Munat will flagged off the yatra, informed the BJYM district president Sanju Narayan Singh Thakur, district convenor of Tiranga Vahini Jayanti Patel and yatra incharge Dharmendra Rawat on Wednesday. The yatra will be cover two mandals on Thursday - Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Mandal and Tatya Para Mandal.



BJYM’s Rashtriya Ekta Yatra begins

Will conclude on Jan 26, will be taken out in all 16 mandals

Raipur, January 12, 2011

The Bharatiya Janata Yuwa Morcha’s (BJYM) Rashtriya Ekta Yatra commenced from Wednesday after the organisation’s workers paid floral tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his 150th birth anniversary in front of his statue at Budha Talab. The BJP’s general secretary Organisation Rampratap Singh and PWD Minister Brijmohan Agrawal flagged off yatra in presence of senior party leaders by handing over the national flag to the BJYMN workers.
On the occasion, Rampratap Singh said the life of Swami Vivekananda would always inspire the people. “Kashmir is an intact part of the country and we would hoist flag there as a mark of respect to Pt Shyamaprasad Mukherjee who led the movement to save Kashmir and sacrificed his life for India,” Singh said.
The PWD Minister shed light on spiritual journey of Swami Vivekananda and said the BJYM too is following him by taking out yatra to spread message of unity and integrity across the nation.
The BJP’s district president Ashok Pandey said that Swami Vivekananda introduced India to the remaining world as land of spirituals and knowledge hub. He said the commencement of Rashtriya Ekta Yatra on Vivekananda’s birth anniversary is a real tribute to him.
The yatra that is aimed to unite the people of India will has also commenced at national level from Kolkata and would conclude at Lal Chowk in Srinagar where the organisation’s workers will hoist the tricolor, informed the BJYM district president Sanju Narayan Singh Thakur.
The BJYM will take out Rashtriya Ekta Yatra all the 16 mandals in Raipur district from January 12 to 26 and would cover two mandals everyday, he said. The organisation’s workers would be guided by Tiranga Vahini’s divisional convenor Rajesh Pandey and district convenor Jayanti Patel.
The yatra was taken out in Purani Basti and Lakhe Nagar mandals on Wednesday. The yatra in Purani Basti Mandal was led by mandal president Chudamani Nirmalkar and convenor Badri Prasad Gupta. The yatra was welcomed by the BJYM workers in different squares and streets, informed Thakur. The yatra in Lakhe nagar mandal was led by mandal president Mahesh Sharma and convenor Prashant Singh Thakur.
On the occasion, the BJP vice president Sachchidanand Upasne, secretary Sanjay Shrivastava, Ashish Agrawal, Rajeev Agrawal, district president of Mahila Morcha Meenal Choubey and others were present.


CCCI office-bearers felicitated

Raipur, January 12, 2011

The office-bearers of newly elected body of Chhattisgarh Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCCI) including president Shrichand Sundarani and general secretary Jain Jeetendra Barlota were felicitated by Prajapita Bramhakumari Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya (PBIV) on Wednesday. The PBIV head Kamla hoped that the CCCI would progress under the leadership of Sundarani and his team. On the occasion, Sundarani said that the felicitation of CCCI office-bearers was actually a felicitation of entire business community. “The past 20 days of hectic election schedule was really stressing and now we are feeling relaxed by visiting PBIV,” said Sundarani. The other CCCI office-bearers present on the occasion were – treasurer UN Agrawal, vice presidents - Lalchand Gulwani, Rajendra Jaggi, Gurjeet Singh Sandhu,  Amarlal Gidwani, secretary Vikram Singhdeo and members – Sunil Sachdev, Mohan Sundarani, Naresh Harchandani, Bhrat Bajaj, Shyam Mahesnwari, Mahesh Rai, etc.


Ajay Sahu new PKC general secretary

Raipur, January 12, 2011

The Pradesh Kisan Congress (PKC) on Wednesday appointed Ajay Sahu as its new general secretary after his name was approved by All India Kisan Congress president SS Surjewala, informed the PKC convenor Digvijay Singh Kridutt.


Eight officials from DPR transferred

Raipur, January 12, 2011

The state government on Wednesday issued directives to transfer eight officials from Directorate Public Relation (DPR). According to directives – Deputy Director Majhi Ram Sahare has been transferred from Bilaspur to Korba, Deputy Director Dhananjay Rathore from Raigarh to Rajnandgaon, Assistant Director Santosh Maurya from Sarguja (Ambikapur) to Durg, Assistant Director Balmukund Tamboli from Korba to Raigarh, Assistant Director Sunil Singh from Bilaspur to Chhattisgarh Information Centre New Delhi, Assistant Director Jayant Dewangan from Raipur to Narayanpur, Assistant Public Relation Officer Mrigendra Sori from Durg to Raipur and Assistant Public Relation Officer Vedlal Markendey from Janjgir-Champa to Bilaspur.



About 3300 BJYM workers to go J&K Jan 23

To hoist tricolour at Srinagar on R-day

Raipur, January 12, 2011

About 3300 Bharatiya Janata Yuwa Morcha (BJYM) workers from the state will go to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) to hoist national flag at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Republic day on January 26 under the organisation’s Rashtriya Ekta Yatra. These workers will board a special train on January 23. The information was given BJYM state office incharge Amarjeet Singh Chhabra who added that over 2500 more workers will also leave for Srinagar through other trains.
“The list of all the BJYM workers going to J&K would be prepared at mandal level and then it would reach to the state president Anurag Singhdeo. In this connection, all the mandal incharges have been asked to collect complete detail of the workers along with their photo identities, cell phone numbers, etc. The final list would then be pasted in the state office,” Chhabra said.
“The yatra has started nation-wide as well as in every state. The BJYM workers in the state have commenced tiranga yatra in each district at mandal level to diffuse the message of unity,” he added.
“We are also organising nukkad natak besides campus meetings, wall writings and exhibition of banners and posters to link youths with our yatra mission,” he said.
In this regard, the BJYM has appointed divisional and mandal incharges. “Singhdeo has already completed his tour to Raipur, Bilaspur and Bastar divisions pertaining to yatra and has urged all the workers to link large number of youths with this campaign,” Chhabra added.