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if Modi be-
comes PM
Tribals
launch
agitation to
save their
forests from
mining
Sunny Leone
approaches
Mumbai
Police against
KRK's 'strip
show' remark
ITPL's first
leg shifted
to Manila
from
Bangkok
Nadal continues,
Li Na loses in
Madrid Open
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Double decker between
Bhopal and Indore may
be discontinued
BHOPAL: AC double-decker train
between Indore and Bhopal can be
discontinued if poor public response
to the service continued.
Railway Board (traffic member) DP
Pandey said here recently that to us
this service does not seem viable as
we are not getting passengers. He said
we cannot continue running the train
unmindful of the financial loss but we
shall see two-three months more and if
the same response continues, we can
discontinue the services of the train.
It is being said that the double-decker
is running in a loss and had failed to
generate enough traffic. Pandey said
the railway administration has agreed
to extend the services of Bhopal-New
Delhi Shatabdi Express up to Habib-
ganj railway station. The demand for
extension of Shatabdi Express has been
an old one but the railway adminis-
tration, despite giving positive signals
from time to time, has refrained from
doing it. Pandey also said the railway
authorities are discussing strategy to
increase freight traffic in trains, to
improve the operation of the trains,
operate the trains on time, increase
the revenue of the railways and to
start new trains between stations. He
informed that the timing of the trains
has improved a lot. The trains ran
83% on time this year as compared to
81% last year. Efforts are being made
to further improve the situation. Re-
garding increasing the speed of the
trains, Pandey said that study was
being conducted to operate trains at
speeds of 400 km, 200 km and 160 km
per hour.
Unholy pollution in
Indias holiest city
VARANSI
T
here cannot be many
priests who understand
sewage treatment technol-
ogy, but in the holy Hindu city of
Varanasi, which has now become
the focus of national politics, it
makes sense: every day thou-
sands of devotees bathe in the
Ganges from the steps of the
citys famous ghats, convinced
not only of the sanctity but also
of the purity and medicinal qual-
ities of the river water.
Varanasi produces 35 crore
litres a day of sewage, but is able
to treat only 10 crore litres and
even that only partially.
The shocking state of the
Ganges along much of its
2,500km between the Himalayas
and the Bay of Bengal is an en-
during misery. If the river is so
holy, how come the 45 crore peo-
ple who depend on it for water
and food treat it with such con-
tempt? Why has so much state
money for cleaning the river been
wasted, stolen or simply never
spent?
Varanasi itself provides a clue.
The holiest city in India is also
among the filthiest and most di-
lapidated. Drains are blocked
with garbage. Tour guides blithe-
ly discard plastic cups into the
Ganges after finishing their tea.
When you stumble across yet an-
other heap of rubble in the
streets, it is hard to tell if it
comes from an ancient building
that has collapsed or is destined
for another that may eventually
be built.
This is more than just a lack of
civic pride. The rivers sanctity
may itself be part of the problem.
BD Tripathi, head of environ-
mental science at Banaras Hindu
University, has been concerned
about the Ganges since 1972.
When he spoke of pollution and
started measuring it, his mother
and others were appalled.
Varanasi is a religious place,
says Prof Tripathi. Tripathi cam-
paigns against dams that reduce
the rivers water flow and claims
to be the first to calculate how
many human corpses are burnt
each year at Varanasis main cre-
mation ghats: 32,000, he says, re-
leasing 200 tonnes of half-burnt
flesh into the Ganges.
If Modi does become prime
minister, and if he is elected in
Varanasi, those in the city who
care for the Ganges will be quick
to hold him to his promises after
decades of broken government
pledges. Prof Mishra says he will
be the first person to tell him that
he made this commitment in
Sankat Mochan temple. Our ob-
jective is that not even a drop of
sewage should go into the
Ganges, says Mishra.
POSTAL REGD. MP/BHOPAL/4-323/2013-15
Child protection panels
not formed, human
trafficking continues
RAIPUR: Even four months after
National Commission for Protection
of Child Rights (NCPCR) and
Railway Board ordered formation of
child protection committees (CPCs)
at railway stations to check human
trafficking, it has not been im-
plemented despite Chhattisgarh
being a major trafficking hub.
Known to be a major source and
transit point for human trafficking,
Railway Board and NCPCR had
made it mandatory to form com-
mittee which would also help
making railway station a child-
friendly place.
Ironically, while Child Line in state
is waiting for further plans from
state commission for protection of
child rights (SCPCR), railway offi-
cials and SCPCR confusingly denied
any knowledge about such order.
Childline centre co-ordinator Hem-
lal Naik said that their foundation
had sent a copy of CPC order but
unless all nodal officers including
railway's station manager,
Government Railway Police, NGOs
and SCPCR conduct meetings and
plan accordingly, committees can't
be formed.
When contacted, SCPCR secretary
Prateek Khare said that commission
doesn't have any chairperson
presently nor had he received any
such order from the board. Similar
reply was received from railway
officials when station manager and
PRO Ratan Basak were contacted.
Child Welfare Committee chair-
person Amit Chourasiya said that a
letter has been circulated in all
concerned departments for
implementation and formation of
CPCs across state but as of now there
has been no reply even after a
meeting with officials. Similarly,
Durg CWC member Dinesh Singh
said that Durg being a major hub for
crime against children, he had asked
child rights departments to put
helpline numbers on display at
stations, but his request had fallen
on deaf ears.
According to NCPCR's order letter,
once formed, CPCs may bear fruitful
results as it will be responsible and
authorised to set mechanism for
protection of children at and around
railway stations. Nodal officers who
are supposed to work together in-
clude station manager,
representatives from Government
Railway Police, NGOs, child welfare
committee, Railway Protection Force,
ticket inspector and section engineer.
The committees are being
instituted in compliance with a
Delhi high court directive on
safeguarding child rights in all
states specially majorly affected
ones like Jharkhand, Odisha, West
Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.
Chhattisgarh has been waiting for
solutions to curb human trafficking
for years but apart from providing
delayed compensations and poor
rehabilitation to trafficked victims,
prevention measures are a far cry.
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May 12 to May 18, 2014
Chhattisgarh Explore
Issuing Aadhar card becomes ordeal
RAIPUR
Issuing Aadhaar card has become
an ordeal at fewmunicipal zones in
capital, thanks to poor manage-
ment by civic body and district ad-
ministration. Many citizens have
to return without verification as
officials, who are supposed to in-
stall biometric machines, remain
missing from spot.
Fuming residents of Raipur Mu-
nicipal Corporation's zone-3 region
had to wait since 8am for their ver-
ifications, under scorching heat,
only to see an unidentified person
who came and pasted a slip of pa-
per with a message saying that the
date has been postponed due to
technical issues.
Now, citizens wait for announce-
ment of next date. "I had taken
leave twice from office as getting
an aadhar card is a necessity but
irresponsible administration isn't
bothered about what public has to
go through. I tried to call officials
right from top to junior level and
they kept passing the buck or nev-
er answered my calls," said Ab-
hishek Mishra, a resident of
Anand Nagar, zone 3.
Another resident Gauri Dixit
said that her sick mother was wait-
ing since morning as the RMC offi-
cial, who had handed over the
form, asked them to come early to
avoid waiting in long queue. "But
centre's shutter remained closed
from 8am-12 pm," she said.
Similar cases came to fore in var-
ious municipal zones. Zone com-
missioner SK Rathore said that
civic body was responsible only for
making arrangement of centre, in-
forming citizens about dates and
time. "As far as answer to people's
queries is concerned, state census
department is answerable," he
said.
Rathore revealed that a Banga-
lore based company has been given
the contract for installing biomet-
ric machines, taking photographs
of citizens and executing other
procedures for issuing Aadhaar.
"There are many operators who
have not been paid for conducting
aadhar card camps reacting to
which they simply don't turn up,"
he said.
Due to outsourcing to contrac-
tors, who further pass it on to oth-
er contractors, the system and citi-
zens are suffering. When contact-
ed, operators in charge didn't re-
spond to calls.
Woman teacher assaulted, stripped in Jashpur
RAIPUR
A 35-year-old tribal teacher in
Pathalgaon area in Jashpur dis-
trict of Chhattisgarh was beaten
UP and stripped in front of every-
one but was also asked to pay Rs 1
lakh or face boycott from village.
The incident took place at Pakar-
gaon of Pathalgaon block recently.
The woman was assaulted be-
cause her nephewwas allegedly in
a relationship with a girl of same
village. According to woman's
statement given to state commis-
sion for women, her nephew and
the girl belonged to same caste
and wished to get married. Al-
though the woman reported the
matter to the police naming the ac-
cused, police is still waiting to get
a detailed complaint on assault
and are investigating to ascertain
the truth in her being stripped to
take stringent action.
The teacher has nowapproached
human rights commission and
women's commission after alleged
police inaction. While discus-
sions were going on for the wed-
ding, the girl allegedly stayed at
woman's home where her nephew
Bijendra also lived but after brief
counseling the girl left.
However, as soon as village
sarpanch Nehru Lakda came to
know about the girl's stay, he
blamed the woman for misleading
her and accused her nephew of
rape. When the village gathered at
gram sabha of April 19, the girl
under pressure denied having any
relationship with the boy follow-
ing which sarpanch, holding the
woman responsible, ordered men
and women present there to beat
her. The victim also complained
that she was robbed off her gold
ornaments while she was being
assaulted. On accusations of de-
faming the girl, the woman was
asked to pay Rs 1 lakh or leave the
village with her family. "No one
visits or talks to me. Moreover, I
have been struggling for help from
police since a fortnight but even
after reporting the matter, none of
the accused were arrested," she
said.
Demanding justice, the victim
said, "I have already informed po-
lice amid threats fromsarpanch to
withdraw the complaint." Secre-
tary of state commission for
women Jagrani Ekka said that a
letter has been sent to superinten-
dent of police Jitendra Mina ask-
ing Jashpur police to register a
case under relevant sections. "Fol-
lowing the report submitted by po-
lice, commission would intervene
for her justice," she said. Mean-
while, state Congress committee
president Bhupesh Baghel has
formed a party level committee for
examining the case.
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May 12 to May 18, 2014 Madhya Pradesh
Animal activists
protest proposal to
shoot pigs in Shivpuri
Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh):
Increasing pig population in
Shivpuri town has become a
headache for the civic authorities
and now they have found an easy
solution--shoot down the pigs. For
this they have floated a tender and
looking for shooters who are
willing to kill the pigs. But animal
activists allege this is cruelty to
animals and serious violation of
the law. According to sources in
the civic body, the 'shooter' must
have a licence gun and
cartridges. The applicant has to ac-
company a copy of his licence and
apply to the municipal council,
which will later decide the rates.
After the bids are received, the
municipal authorities will take a
decision on giving contract to the
shooters on the basis of the rates
offered by the applicants. A
resident of Shivpuri Dr Rajendra
Gupta had approached the high
court bench in this regard.
Subsequently, the court asked the
municipal authorities to take
action to check the pig menace.
Animal activists maintain that
the court did not order killings of
the animals. "Court asked to find a
solution to the problem and killing
is no solution," told Dr. Sudhir
Khetawat. Dr. Khetawat is chair-
man of MP Branch of Karuna
International Chennai and
fighting against cruelty to
animals. "This shooting tender is
in clear violation of Section 11 of
The Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act, 1960. We are going to
write to the authorities to find a
reasonable solution to the problem
and withdraw the tender,added
Dr. Sudhir Khetawat.
Animal activists suggest that pigs
could be re-located to other places
but it requires serious effort on the
part of civil authorities.
Over 15,000 officers-employees to be deployed in counting
RAJIV TIWARI
A
s many as 15 thousand 244 of-
ficers-employees will be de-
ployed in counting of votes
for 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in
Madhya Pradesh at 51 district head-
quarters on May 16. These include 29
returning officers and 22 other dis-
trict collectors/district election offi-
cers.
Besides, 321 AROs (assistant re-
turning officers) will also deployed.
Postal ballots will be counted sepa-
rately for which 56 AROs will be de-
ployed. Officers-employees will be de-
ployed as per requirement at 3,255 ta-
bles to be placed for counting of EVM
votes. These include 3255 each micro
observers, counting supervisors and
counting assistants. One technical
team will be deployed at every dis-
trict headquarters to ensure that no
EVM develops snag. About 5 thou-
sand additional staff will also be in-
volved in counting process. State-lev-
el control room will be set up at
CEOs office to exchange counting-re-
lated information. Apart from 5 tele-
phone lines, the control room will
also have facilities of fax, etc. Control
rooms will also be set up at all dis-
trict headquarters. Officers-employ-
ees will also be deployed at these con-
trol rooms. Counting centres will
have contact room and media room
where officers of Public Relations
Departments will be deployed.
Besides, 17 companies of Central
Armed Police Force (CAPF) will be
deployed for security of strong
rooms. There will be tight security in
all districts on counting day. Three-
tier security will be maintained at
counting centres manned by local po-
lice, SAF and large number of home
guards. The corridor from strong
rooms to counting centres through
which EVMs will be taken for count-
ing will also be heavily guarded. Em-
ployees of Public Works, Electricity,
Revenue and other departments will
also be deployed to ensure smooth
counting.
Global Investors Summit preparations reviewed
BHOPAL
C
hief Secretary Shri Antho-
ny de Sa has started process
for department-wise review
regarding preparations for Global
Investors Summit to be held in Oc-
tober next. In the series, Shri de Sa
reviewed preparations being made
by Information Technology and Ur-
ban Administration departments.
It is noteworthy that the summit
is proposed to be held at Indore
from October 8 to 10, 2014. The
Chief Secretary apprised himself
of details regarding preparations
being made by the agencies for
inviting investment for improving
civic services and information tech-
nology sector. Principal Secretary
Commerce, Industries & Employ-
ment Shri Mohammad Sulaiman,
Principal Secretary Urban Admin-
istration & Development and Envi-
ronment Shri S.N. Mishra, Secre-
tary to CM and Information Tech-
nology Shri Hari Ranjan Rao and
other concerning officers were
present on the occasion.
The Chief Secretary has started
process of department-wise review
since last week. Review of Agricul-
ture and Food Processing depart-
ments has been undertaken earlier.
Preparations by Public Health and
Family Welfare and Medical Educa-
tion departments will be reviewed
next. Preparations are afoot for
global investors' summit (GIS) to be
held in Indore in October this year.
JWT, the design partner for the
event, is preparing the design and
website logo. "At present, we are in
designing phase and the website
will be launched when it is ap-
proved. We are holding review
meeting every week and taking
feedback for the same," an official
told. JWT plans to keep the website
name investmp.com, the same
name used during global investors
meet held in October 2012. A sepa-
rate cell has been set up at the TRI-
FAC for monitoring the prepara-
tions. Consultancy firm Ernst &
Young has been selected as 'knowl-
edge partner' for the summit. TRI-
FAC had invited proposal from the
experienced companies engaged in
the business of providing advisory
services in the field of investment
promotion and increasing private
sector participation in the state's
economy.
NGT orders closure of 18 mines in Betul
BHOPAL
Central zone bench of the National
Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered
closing of mining leases of 18
mines in Betul district approved by
the district-level environmental
committee on grounds that they
were not approved by a competent
authority.
Hearing the petition filed by Bhu-
pendra Gupta, NGT bench com-
prising Justice Dalip Singh and ex-
pert member PS Rao has urged col-
lector of Betul to direct mining-
lease holders to stop operations
with immediate effect. Six out of
the 18 mines are currently opera-
tional.
Agreeing with the petition filed
by Gupta in which he cited a prin-
cipal NGT bench ruling of Novem-
ber 28 last year, NGT Bhopal bench
has upheld the principal bench rul-
ing that "environmental clearance
under the central law can only be
granted by the MoEF or SEIAA".
According to the central law, sand
mining on land measuring five
hectares or more requires environ-
mental clearance (EC) from MoEF
and clearance for areas smaller
than that is given by State Level En-
vironment Impact Assessment Au-
thority (SEIAA).
Even after the notification was is-
sued by MoEF on September 9,
2013, the district-level environmen-
tal committee chaired by Betul col-
lector issued mining leases, in con-
travention of the same, on Septem-
ber 28 last year.
Taking objection to the same, the
NGT bench said, "ECs granted by
the district-level committees are
unsustainable."
Also, the principal bench has cat-
egorically held that "the state gov-
ernment was not competent to alter
or completely give a go-by to the
said statutory procedure and
methodology and assume to itself
any authority appointed by it to
grant environmental clearance" by
constituting district-level commit-
tees in place of SEIAAfor the afore-
said purpose or to assign the afore-
said task to district-level commit-
tees constituted by it in the absence
of constitution of the SEIAA by
MoEF."
The state government filed a Spe-
cial Leave Petition before the
Supreme Court and in view of the
same, the state counsel had asked
for an adjournment to file a reply.
NGT granted the request and the
next date of hearing will be May 20.
Randomisation of counting officers
Election Commission has released directives to district election officers
regarding randomisation of counting officers for counting of votes for 29
Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh. The commission has
directed that counting officers should be randomly selected in such a
way that they are informed about constituency and time to reach
counting venue assigned to them. According to the directives, district
election officers will issue photo ID cards to counting officers, who will
be directed to reach their respective counting centres at 6 am. Ran-
domisation of duty on tables will be done at 5 am on May 16 jointly by
observers and district election officers through computer or manually.
The commission has clarified that randomisation process should be
video-graphed and completed by 6 am.
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May 12 to May 18, 2014
Madhya Pradesh
Patients in Bhopal
dont get ventilator
support on time
Bhopal: Most of the patients which
are rushed to government or private
hospitals in critical situation are
unable to get the ventilator support.
The situation has arisen because of
shortage of ventilators in the
hospitals. The relatives of patients
have to roam around from one
hospital to other in search of
ventilator support.
In the meanwhile, the situation of
the patient worsens due to delay in
treatment. Secretary of Indian Society
of Critical Care Medicine Dr Lalit
Mehndiratta said that there should be
at least 600 ventilators in the hospitals
around the city where as there are
only 400 ventilators in city's hospitals.
Chief medical and health officer Dr
Pankaj Shukla said that there are 8
government and 240 private nursing
home in the city. In these hospitals,
there are more than 3000 speciality
bed which are mostly accommodated
with at least 1500 patients. Nearly 250
of these patients need ventilator. Many
times, doctors provide oxygen to the
patients through pipe. Dr Shukla said
that he will send a request to increase
the number of ventilators in hospitals
to Health Directorate. Dalchand
Panthi, who is a resident of Shiv Nagar,
took his mother to the People's
Hospital after she fell unconscious. His
mother had received head injury in a
mishap and became unconscious. The
doctors told him that no ventilator
was available in the ICU and
discharged his mother after providing
her with basic treatment. Dalchand
said that after this incident, he went to
3 other hospitals inquiring for
ventilator. Thereafter, he came to
know about one ventilator which was
free in LBS Hospital.
Sitar and classical music
workshop at Ustad Alauddin
Khan Academy fromMay 17
A workshop will be held at Ustad
Alauddin Khan Sangeet Evam Kala
Academy Bhopal daily from 10.30 am to
12.30 pm from May 17 to June 16, 2014.
Objective of the workshop is to create
awareness and interest among youths
about Indian classical music. Apart from
preliminary and theoretical aspects of
classical music, training will also be
given in the workshop in finer points
and technique of playing on sitar.
The workshop will be conducted by
noted sitarist Dr. Neera Sharma. She had
given sitar performances at prestigious
musical festivals in India as well as
Germany and America. She worked as
invited professor for one year at
Maharishi international University in
Fairfield-Iowa. Dr. Sharma has also
published the bookAshtdhaam Sangeet
Ek Vishleshan. For re-establishing
importance of sitar and popularizing it
among new generation, the academy
has exempted the workshop from fee.
For registration, applications can be
obtained from Ustad Alauddin Khan
Sangeet Evam Kala Academy,
Rabindranath Tagore Lane, Banganga
Road, Bhopal from 11 am to 5 pm.
Chalk out ideal plan for better
use of Narmada-Kshipra link: CM
BHOPAL
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan has said that the water
of the Narmada-Kshipra link
scheme should be better utilised
and the project should be present-
ed as an example before the coun-
try. The chief minister said that
projects for utilising the water for
irrigation, drinking water and in-
dustrial use should be prepared.
He was taking a meeting of Nar-
mada-Kshipra link project in
Bhopal in which chief secretary
Anthony D'Sa and other senior of-
ficials were present.
The chief minister said that all
steps to control pollution in
Kshipra should be taken. He said
basic infrastructure should be de-
veloped in Ujjayani and also in
Ramghat in Ujjain for tourists.
The CM directed that all the nec-
essary arrangements should be
made to control pollution in
Kshipra river under the project.
International level infrastructure
should be constructed. Narmada-
Kshipra confluence point in Uj-
jain and Ramghat in Ujjain should
be beautified and developed from
tourism angle. Comprehensive
schemes should be chalked out for
the cities and villages where
drinking water is to be supplied
from the project.
The meeting was informed that
drinking water to 3000 villages
and 72 towns will be supplied from
the project. Water will also be sup-
plied from the project to indus-
tries in Pithampur and Dewas. A
micro irrigation scheme is being
chalked our for agricultural and
horticultural use of water.
Those who attended the meeting
included chief secretary Anthony
JC DeSa, additional chief secre-
tary Rural Development Aruna
Sharma, additional chief secre-
tary Agriculture MM Upadhyay,
additional chief secretary Fi-
nance Ajay Nath, principal secre-
tary Narmada Valley Develop-
ment Rajneesh Vaish, principal
secretary Commerce & Industries
Mohammad Sulaiman, managing
director MP Tourism Develop-
ment Corporation Raghavendra
Singh, principal secretary to CM
SK Mishra and secretaries to CM
Vivek Agrawal and Hari Ranjan
Rao.
Construction firm booked for not taking care of trees
GWALIOR
Gwalior district administration has
registered an FIR against a civil con-
struction firm under the Madhya
Pradesh Preservation of Trees Act
2001 for failing to take care of 5,000
saplings planted by it.
District collector, Gwalior, P
Narhari said, "On August 15, 2013 we
took an initiative to plant around 1
lakh saplings on a single day in the
city". However due to efforts made by
several organisations and people
about 1.35 lakh saplings were planted,
he said.
"During the same initiative a con-
tractor of Madhya Pradesh State Road
Transport Development Corporation,
Ratnesh Shukla whose firm felled
hundreds of trees with permission
from Gwalior Municipal Corporation
(GMC) had to compensate with com-
pulsory forestation" Narhari said.
"We included this firm in our plan-
tation drive and 5,000 saplings were
planted by the company. It was the re-
sponsibility of the firmto take care of
saplings," he said.
In April 2014 we sought a status re-
port about saplings planted in August
last year. "The report which we re-
ceived recently stated that more than
90%of saplings planted had survived,
but survival rate of saplings planted
by the firm was barely 40%, said the
collector.
It was their responsibility to take
care of the plants but they ignored it.
So a week ago, I instructed GMC to
lodge case against the contractor. An
FIR was registered on April 28, he
said.
"The provisions of Madhya Pradesh
Preservation of Trees Act 2001 states
that a person could be penalised with
a fine up to Rs 5,000 and imprison-
ment of five years for violating its
norms," Narhari said.
Workshop on Kathak
dance fromMay 15
BHOPAL: A one-month work-
shop on Kathak dance will be
held from May 15, 2014 at
Chakradhar dance centre under
the aegis of Ustad Alauddin
Khan Sangeet Evam Kala Akade-
mi. Apart from introduction to
Kathak, trainees will also be ap-
prised of its finer points and
technical aspects in the work-
shop.
Giving this information, acade-
mys Director informed that the
one-month workshop has been di-
vided into 2 groups. The first
group will consist of over 8 years
of age candidates desirous of un-
dergoing preliminary training
and knowledge about Kathak. Rs.
500 fee has been prescribed for
such trainees. The second group
will consist over 8 years of age
trainees who have undergone
preliminary training and desire
to undergo intensive training.
For them, Rs. 1000 per head fee
has been prescribed. Workshop
will be held from 5 to 7 pm daily.
The Kathak workshop will be
conducted by senior dancer and
guru of Chakradhar dance centre
Smt. Alpana Vajpayee. Desirous
candidates may obtain applica-
tion forms from academys office
during office hours.
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May 12 to May 18, 2014 Madhya Pradesh
School Chalen Ham
Abhiyan for sending
children to schools
BHOPAL: School Chalen Ham Ab-
hiyan is being run on large scale
for sending children to schools in
Madhya Pradesh. Anumber of
activities are being conducted
under the first phase of the cam-
paign.
The state government has made
large-scale preparations to make
the campaign successful. In a letter
to all district collectors, the state
government has informed that it
has decided that School Chalen
Ham Abhiyan for enrolment of all
children between 6 and 14 years of
age in schools will be run in 4
phases under the provisions of
Childrens Right to Free and Com-
pulsory Education Act.
This information was given at
meeting held in the presence of
Additional Chief Secretary
School Education Shri S.R. Mo-
hanty at Mantralaya.
Shri Mohanty informed that
various activities will be con-
ducted to popularise the campaign
among people. It will be given the
shape of a social movement.
Participation of people, public
representatives and society will be
ensured in it. Stress will laid on
wide publicity to popularise the
campaign. Campaigns first phase
has started from April 30 under
which village education registers
are being updated.
Second phase will be from June
2014 under which nomination
activities will be held. The third
phase will be before first phase of
Pratibha Parv and fourth phase
before second phase of Pratibha
Parv.
The meeting was informed that
in this phase, lists of children
admissible in class I will be
handed over to Jan-Shikshaks by
village/ ward in-charge before
May
9. The Jan-Shikshaks will hand
over these lists to Development
Block Source Coordinators by May
16. During activities being
conducted since April 30, parents
of pass outs of class V are being
motivated to admit their wards in
class VI by school in-charge.
Lists of children for admission in
class VI will be provided by middle
school head masters to Jan-Shik-
shaks by May 9, by which date lists
of admissible children will also be
completed.
During last many days, school in-
charges contacted parents of the
children who have passed class
VIII.
Principals of high/higher
secondary schools will hand over
list of children taking admission
in class IX to District Academic
Coordinator by May 10. Similarly,
lists of children admissible in
class I to VI and IX will be posted
on the portal on June 1.
BRI EF
Retirement benefits should be provided in time: CS
BHOPAL
Chief Secretary Shri Anthony de
Sa has directed all departments to
act on campaign-level to extend
pension benefits timely to retired
government servants. For this, the
Chief Secretary has given detailed
directives to all departments, col-
lectors, commissioners, Additional
Chief Secretaries, Principal Secre-
taries and Secretaries.
Chief Secretary Shri de Sa has
also directed to provide pension
benefits on priority to next of kin
of government servants meeting
with untimely death. The Chief
Secretary has also sent 5 forms to
all concerned with the letter
through which departments will
have to regularly inform about
progress of pending pension and
family pension cases. Directives
have been given to hold district-lev-
el pension cases camp once a
month. Finance Department has
been directed to develop a software
which can tell about the level at
which concerning pension cases
are pending.
The Chief Secretary has directed
that Madhya Pradesh Civil Service
(Pension) Rules 1976 clearly state
that preparation of pension case
should be started 24 months before
retirement of a government ser-
vant. Pension cases should be sent
to the sanctioning authority 6
months before retirement. The
Chief Secretary directed all heads
of departments and administrative
departments to undertake monthly
review of pending pension case
and apprise the Additional Chief
Secretary Finance about it. After
undertaking review, the Addition-
al Chief Secretary Finance will ap-
prise the Chief Secretary about the
reviewreport. Quoting rules, it has
been said in the directives that
there is provision of provisional
payment by head of the office to an
employee in case disposal of pen-
sion/gratuity gets delayed. It has
been informed in the directives
that there is provision of provi-
sional payment of family pen-
sion/gratuity by head of the office
to next of the kin if an employee
dies during government service.
Similarly, a government servant
should be informed about issuance
of pension/gratuity order 15 days
before retirement. Objective of
these rules is that no government
servant has to face any difficulty in
getting benefits after retirement.
For this, a time-table should be
chalked out, which should be
strictly followed by office head and
pension sanctioning authority.
In the circular, the Chief Secre-
tary has directed that heads of de-
partments should compile infor-
mation about pending
pension/family pension cases as
on March 31, 2014 in 2 forms and
send the same immediately to the
Director, Pension, Provident Fund
and Insurance.
Elections for urban bodies and panchayats
should be conducted impartially
BHOPAL
A
part frombeing transparent
and error-free, the ensuing
urban body and 3-tier Pan-
chayat elections in the state should
also be held impartially and
peacefully. In these elections,
EVMs will be used for election of
all posts except panch. Information
technology should also be used
extensively to create voter
awareness. This was stated by
State Election Commissioner Shri
R. Parasuram while reviewing
preparations for urban body
and Panchayat elections in the state
at a meeting at Indore.
Urban body elections
in November
Shri Parasuram informed that Ur-
ban body elections in the state will
be held in Nov, 2014. After this, noti-
fication for elections to 3-tier Pan-
chayats will be issued. NOTA option
will also be used during Panchayat
and urban body elections. It will be
in the end of ballot unit.
EVMs to be usedfor
electionof all posts
except panch
Shri Parasuram informed that
EVMs will be used for election of all
posts except panch. Election of
panchs will be held through ballot
boxes. New type of EVMs will be
used in these elections through
which votes can be cast at the same
time for Chairperson and Corpora-
tor of urban body. In Panchayat elec-
tions, votes can be cast simultane-
ous for members of Zila and Janpad
Panchayats and sarpanchas.
Electoral rolls to be
preparedward-wise
The State Election Commissioner
informed that urban body elections
will be held on the basis of photo
electoral rolls. For this, electoral
rolls prepared polling booth-wise by
Election Commission of India will
be made the basis. They will be con-
verted into ward-wise electoral rolls.
He laid emphasis on preparation of
error-free electoral rolls to ensure
free and fair elections.
Voter awareness
campaign
It was informed at the meeting that
extensive publicity campaign will be
undertaken to create awareness
among voters in local body elections.
State Election Commission has giv-
en the campaign the name SENSE.
The commission has developed its
website www.mplocalelection.gov.in
on which every election-related in-
formation is being uploaded. Face-
book and social media links have
also been given on the website.
At the meeting, a demonstration
was also given on the functioning
and operation of EVMs. Informa-
tion was given about important
parts of EVMs like control units,
ballot units and DMM.
Mock poll also held
After the meeting, a mock poll was
also held at divisional office. State
Election Commissioner Shri Para-
suram, Commissions Secretary
Shri G.P. Shrivastava, Indore Com-
missioner Shri Sanjay Dube and Col-
lector Shri Akash Tripathi cast
votes in the mock poll. All collectors
of and district election officers,
deputy district election officers, Mu-
nicipal Corporation Commissioner
and other concerning officers were
present on the occasion.
06 (MP&CG)
May 12 to May 18, 2014
Editorial
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and 12:24 pm to 2:02 pm and 5:20 pm
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and 12:23 pm to 5:20 pm
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and 9:06 am to 10:44 am and 2:03 pm
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By AACHARYA SARVESH
E-Mail: acharya.sarvesh@yahoo.com
Mobile: 9826609192
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Malnutrition: Indias silent emergency
M
alnutrition is Indias silent emer-
gency and among Indias greatest
human development challenges. Al-
though
India has seen strong economic growth over
the past 20 years, malnutrition in children
under five years of age continues to be among
the highest in the world.Rates of malnutrition
among Indias children are almost five times
more than in China, and twice those in Sub-
Saharan Africa. Nearly half of all Indias chil-
dren - approximately 60 million children
are underweight, about 45% are stunted (too
short for their age), 20% are wasted (too thin
for their height, indicating acute malnutri-
tion), 75% are anaemic, and 57% are Vitamin
A deficient.
Malnutrition affects childrens chances of
survival, increases their susceptibility to ill-
ness, reduces their ability to learn, increases
their chances of dropping out early from
school, and makes them less productive in
later life. Much of this undernourishment
happens during pregnancy and in the first
two years of a childs life and, without appro-
priate interventions, the damage to brain de-
velopment and future economic productivity
is largely irreversible.
Given its impact on health, education and
economic productivity, persistent under-
nutrition is a major obstacle to human de-
velopment, impacting Indias much-awaited
demographic dividend and the countrys
prospects for future economic growth.
While aggregate levels of malnutrition in In-
dia are alarmingly high, there are significant
inequalities across states and socioeconomic
groups with girls, rural areas, the poorest peo-
ple, and scheduled tribes and castes being the
worst affected. Six states - Bihar, Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and
Uttar Pradesh - account for over half of Indias
malnutrition cases, while an additional 8 to
10% of the burden is concentrated in specific
areas of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Anumber of factors are responsible for mal-
nutrition. Inappropriate feeding and caring
practices for young children, especially dur-
ing the first two to three years of life are one
of the major causes of malnutrition. This is
oftencompoundedbypoor hygiene amongdense
populations that leads to the frequent occur-
rence of infections in young children, deplet-
ing their young bodies of nutrients.
Too often, new mothers are adolescents. A
staggering 75% of them are anaemic and most
on put on less weight during pregnancy than
they should - 5 kilograms onaverage compared
to the worldwide average of close to 10kgs.
Malnourished adolescent girls cannot deliver
healthy babies, thereby perpetuating the inter-
generational cycle of under-nutrition.
On the other hand, literate and more em-
powered mothers have better nourished chil-
dren. Recent analyses in Bangladesh reaffirm
evidence that when women are involved in
household decisions and have control over
earnings, their children are better nourished.
It was also found that a womans experience
of abuse and acceptance of domestic vi-
olence had a significant negative impact on
her nutritional status, affecting her ability
to produce a healthy baby.
In order to attain a fully healthy, well-
nourished, and productive population, it is
important to improve access to nutritious
and diverse foods, clean water, sanitary en-
vironments, pre-natal services, and knowl-
edge and support for appropriate child-feed-
ing practices, such as exclusive breastfeeding
for the first six months.
Bureaucracy in for interesting times if Modi becomes PM
I
f Modi becomes the next PM, bureau-
cracy is in for interesting times. For-
mer cabinet secretary T S R Subra-
manian says, Bureaucracy is sensitive
and responds to commands which are
clear. Modi has the reputation of sending
out clear directions. Bureaucrats like to
work with a political leadership that is
strong. Modi has not sent out clear mes-
sage to bureaucracy. There has been too
much independence exercised by minis-
ters.
Former comptroller and auditor general
(CAG) Vinod Rai echoes Subramanians
views: Bureaucracy by nature likes to
work with someone decisive. Though I
havent worked with Modi, bureaucrats
who have worked with him in Gujarat ap-
parently have good views about himas far
as I understand.
The Manmohan decade has been marred
with allegations of policy paralysis and
against that backdrop, Subramanian be-
lieves, Modi should give a better direction
to bureaucracy. Asked if he could draw a
parallel between Modis perceived style of
dealing with bureaucracy with any PMhe
worked with, Subramanian mentions the
late PVNarasimha Rao. Rao was as clear-
headed as Modi seems to be. Though his
style of conveying the message to the bu-
reaucracy was delicate, he would spell out
clear directions for us, he says.
Former telecomregulatory authority of
India (TRAI) chairman and veteran ad-
ministrator Nripendra Misra points out
that while the bureaucracy draws its
mandate from the constitutional parame-
ters, it helps if bureaucrats know the
mind of the political executive. Agood po-
litical executive defines clear-cut ac-
countability for bureaucracy and that
helps deliver in a given time, says Misra.
He also hopes that Modi will look into the
problems of bureaucrats such as the chal-
lenges they face in implementing deci-
sions.
Bureaucrats, we have seen in recent
times, fear taking strong decisions, for at
times they can be wrongly held account-
able for a well-intended decision that
could not bear the desired results. They
are sometimes even prosecuted for a deci-
sion they have taken in past. I hope Modi
looks into this if he gets to lead them at
the Centre, Misra says. Subramanian too
believes that bureaucracy is generally of
high quality and is a very good horse. But
in recent times, it has been left direction-
less.
But given Modis autocratic image, is
there much space for bureaucrats? A sen-
ior Gujarat cadre IAS officer who is chair-
man of a state-owned firm and has
worked closely with Modi says on condi-
tion of anonymity: He (Modi) is a very
patient listener and open to new ideas.
But I have to tell you that you cannot go to
him with an idea or a suggestion without
being well prepared. You cannot fool this
man. He is very systematic. But if you are
thorough with your homework and con-
vince him on your idea, he is more than
happy to give his assent to it. He also
points that Modi likes his bureaucrats to
come up with out-of-the-box ideas.
- Dilip Ojha
07 (MP&CG)
May 12 to May 18, 2014 Miscellaneous
Was FIR against Narendra Modi justified?
N
arendra Modi, Gujarat
chief minister and the
BJPs prime ministerial
candidate, landed in a soup mo-
ments after casting his vote in on
April 30. He held a miniature met-
al lotus the partys symbol to
take a selfie with his cellphone
and then addressed the waiting
media, holding the lotus in full
display of the television cameras.
And all this within 100 metres of
the polling station an act deemed
illegal under section 130 of the
Representation of the People Act-
1951 (RP Act).
As the Congress, and several oth-
er opposition parties, cried foul,
calling it a clear case of violation
of the election model code of con-
duct (MCC), the election commis-
sion (EC) sent a notice within
hours, ordering the state police to
register an FIR against the chief
minister.
And then all hell broke loose.
The BJP claims it is a case of
witch-hunting, with Modi himself
hinting that his action did not
merit filing an FIR. "I will never
forget April 30. One can under-
stand if someone points (threat-
ens with) a knife, a pistol or a gun
(and FIR is registered). But do you
know why FIR was registered
against me? Because I showed a lo-
tus to the people," he said at a cam-
paign rally in Tirupati, according
to PTI.
The EC, though, felt it was a
clear case of violation of provi-
sions of Section 126 of RP Act 1951
by Sh. Narendra Modi & Others.
Besides displaying the metal lotus,
the commission also observed that
Modi addressing the media was
also violation of law. Modis
address, the EC letter to Gu-
jarat chief secretary and the
state director general of police
stated, was in the nature of
political speech intended and
calculated to influence and affect
the result of elections in the
constituencies going to polls...
We have registered an FIR
against Chief Minister Narendra
Modi as directed by the EC under
Section 126 (1) (a) and 126 (1) (b) of
the Representation of the People
Act, 1951, and Section 188 of the
Indian Penal Code, DCP (Crime)
Himanshu Shukla said.
While the BJP considers it an
overreach for a minor incident
that should have been ignored,
many others say the EC was left
with no option but to have Modi
booked. A man of Modis stature
should be extra careful of being in
the right side of law, they argue.
Tribals launch agitation to save their forests from mining
SINGRAUL
Hundreds of tribal in Singrauli
district have began an agitation in
the Mahan forests from May 8,
against destruction from coal
mining by two industrial giants.
The district police has arrested
some agitators including Green-
peace activists. They were
charged with robbery, obstructing
government work and assaulting
a government servant.
The Mahan forests were among
the Asias oldest and largest Sal
forests. These forests cover an
area of more than 1,200 hectares.
Singrauli district is considered
the Energy capital of India, as al-
most 10 percent of coal for power
plants were supplied from here.
In the year 2006, Indian govern-
ment had given permission for
mining in the forests to meet the
coal need of a proposed 1,200 MW
power plant by London-based
company Essar and a 650 MW
power plant owned by Hindalco.
Both the companies formed Ma-
han Coal Limited, which is a 600
million euros joint venture.
We are ready to fight out
against these giant corporations.
No one could stop us from protest-
ing against them. We depend on
these forests for our livelihood
and these corporations have used
their money and muscle power to
get the permission for mining
from the government, said Kanti
Singh of Amelia village, which is
going to get affected due to this
mining.
Greenpeace India has been sup-
porting local villagers in their for-
est agitation against the company.
"We are moved by the commit-
ment of the community members
and are now even more deter-
mined to expose Essar's wrongdo-
ings in Mahan. These are bullying
tactics to sully our reputation and
stop our work of empowering
communities in Mahan. It is a des-
perate bid by the company to
trample any opposition against
their coal mine project, said
Samit Aich, Executive director
Greenpeace India in a written
statement.
Mining in the Mahan forest
would lead to felling of half a mil-
lion tress important for environ-
mental balance in the area. The
place is also known for endan-
gered species and rare wild ani-
mals.
More than 14,000 people fromthe
adjoining 14 villages were com-
pletely dependent on these forests
for their needs. We are totally de-
pendent on these forests. It would
really be impossible for us to sur-
vive without them. Our source of
livelihood is mahua and tendu(mi-
nor forest produce used in India)
leaf which we collect and sell it to
market for survival. If you take
away our forest from us then how
will we live, said Kanti Kumar, a
local tribal from the area.
Priya Pillai, senior campaigned
with Greenpeace said, We are
only favouring the locals, whose
life is going to end with these
forests. Our members have been
arrested who were documenting
the protest. The companies are us-
ing everything they can to grab
the forest. In a country like India,
everyone is free to protest peace-
fully for their own rights.
08 (MP&CG)
May 12 to May 18, 2014
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Must Read
Water security needed
to end farmer suicides
F
armer suicides in India
have remained an area of
concern for past several
years. Despite best efforts, sui-
cides by farmers are on the rise.
According to the National
Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), at
least 2,70,940 farmers have taken
their lives since 1995. This oc-
curred at an annual average of
14,462 in six years, from 1995 to
2000 and at a yearly average of
16,743 in 11 years between 2001
and 2011.
That is around 46 farmer sui-
cides each day, on average or,
nearly one in every 30 minutes
since 2001.
It is unfortunate that food
providers are ending their lives.
Farm suicides are high mainly in
the five states -- Maharashtra,
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattis-
garh. From 1995 to 2011, the total
suicides in Maharashtra were
53,818, the highest among the five
states, and in India.
If we provide all facilities except
water, the farmers cannot sustain
farm income because water is the
main input for crops next to seed
and manure. The major cause of
suicides of farmers is the non-
availability of water in the differ-
ent stages of crop.
The tragedy is that the Govern-
ment is not able to provide the ba-
sic demand of water for drinking,
agriculture etc, even after 67
years of Independence.
Indias wealth is the people, the
land, the water and the sunshine.
As per the Central Water Com-
missions assessment the normal
annual Indian surface water re-
sources is about 68,969 TMC
(Thousand Million Cubic feet).
In this water, about 8,814 TMC,
or 13 per cent is now utilized and
about 87 per cent (about 60,155
TMC) is let into sea in every nor-
mal monsoon years.
The value of one TMC of flood
water let into sea in terms of pad-
dy and pulses is more than Rs 50
crore. So the total value of the wa-
ter let into the sea is Rs 30 lakh
crore per annum.
Hence, in Independent India,
about Rs 2,010 lakh crore worth of
food grain producing water has
been let into the sea.
Even if we reserve 50 per cent of
water for environmental use and
use the remaining 50 per cent for
irrigation we can produce Rs 15
lakh crore worth food grain per
annumand generate employment
potential for about five crore farm
work force.
Unless we create additional irri-
gation potential in the water
scarce states, there is no chance
at all to attain food security
through whatever the methods of
increasing the crop productivity
and water management strategies
in the existing irrigated area
where presently there is enough
water resource.
India doesnt have strategy
for education of public
health professionals
A
s India faces acute short-
age of health-care profes-
sionals a new report sug-
gests the country doesnt even have
a separate national strategy for
public health professional educa-
tion. There is no official and regu-
lar national forum for effective co-
ordination between ministry of ed-
ucation and ministry of health
with regards to masters level edu-
cation in public health, says the
India report on health professional
education, prepared by Public
Health Foundation of India (PHFI).
The report also highlights that
the country hasnt stated compe-
tency frameworks of health profes-
sionals in the country. System
based learning and competency
based learning are not widely prac-
ticed in medical schools, the re-
port observes.
While we cry about health profes-
sionals not reaching to the rural In-
dia, the report finds that majority
of the medical colleges are located
in urban centres and half of them
inside the capital city of the state.
The 381 medical colleges are un-
evenly distributed, with more col-
leges situated in southern and
western parts of the country, the
report adds.
It also says that the allopathic
physicians are highly concentrated
in urban compared to rural areas.
Another factor which the report
notes is on big imbalance in distri-
bution of nursing schools. Major-
ity of the nursing schools are locat-
ed in urban areas and around half
of them in the capital city of the
state, says the report.
In the absence of a single nation-
al council governing human re-
sources for health, reforms in ad-
mission policy and procedures are
not identical or synergetic across
various health professions, says
the report and it recommends that
medical and nursing schools
should proactively engaged in re-
forms. Create a dedicated expert
group to advance the agenda of
competency-driven education for
health professionals in the coun-
try, the report suggests.
09 (MP&CG)
May 12 to May 18, 2014 Glamor
MUMBAI
Q
ueen of thousands of hearts Katrina Kaif is
declared to be the most downloaded celebrity
on the mobile phones. This has been the
fourth time consequently that the sizzling actress
holds the top position. Katrinas alleged ex-beau,
Salman Khan, has been ranked at the second position
in the list while her present suitor stays behind only
at the sixth position.
Here is a list of the positions held by the B-town
stars.
1 Katrina Kaif
2 Salman Khan
3 Priyanka Chopra
4 Shahrukh Khan
5 Kareena Kapoor Khan
6 Ranbir Kapoor
7 Akshay Kumar
8 Anushka Sharma
Katrina Kaif being at the topmost position for the
fourth time is a proof of her popularity. Her recent
movie Dhoom3 was a hit both in and outside the na-
tion and had bagged great appreciations. She is cur-
rently busy with her upcoming Bang Bang in which
she stars alongside Hrithik Roshan.
Katrina Kaif is most downloaded celeb on
cell phones followed by Salman Khan
Sunny Leone
approaches Mumbai
Police against KRK's
'strip show' remark
Mumbai: The Twitter brawl be-
tween Kamaal Rashid Khan and
Sunny Leone as the porn star
turned actress had once again
lodged a defamation suit against
the Bollywood personality. Accord-
ing to the recent reports, Sunny
Leone, who has shifted her base in
Mumbai after gaining a lot of suc-
cess in the industry, had to take po-
lice help in dealing with Kamaal
Rashid Khan, who recently posted
on his Twitter wall that he is ready
to pay Rs 1 crore to see Sunny
Leone performing strip-dance at
Congress leader Digvijay Singhs
marriage.
"I request to Digvijay Singh Ji to
have a strip show of Sunny Leone
in the function of his marriage and
I will pay Rs 1 crore to the Congress
party fund," tweeted Kamaal
Rashid Khan.
Responding to the abusive tweet,
Sunny Leones lawyer Rizwan Sid-
diquee will lodge a fresh complaint
against Khan. Talking about the is-
sue, he said that he is stunned to
see Khans guts to deliver such an
offensive remark despite an FIR
against him. He also condemned
police approach on the issue say-
ing that seem to be ineffective in
this regard. He warned the police
of a complaint against themif they
keep following their lackluster ap-
proach on our complaint.
Earlier in February 2013, Ragini
MMS star Sunny Leone had filed a
complaint with the Cyber Crime
Investigation Cell of Mumbai Po-
lice against Kamaal Rashid Khan
for fallaciously relating a comment
on rape to her on his micro-blog-
ging page.
He had tweeted, "Yeh lo...Sunny
Leone says, 'Rape is not a crime; it's
just surprise sex.
However, KRK is now seriously
defaming and insulting the ex-porn
star through taking an offensive
way on social platform. Lets see
what happens next!
Comedy Nights with Kapil
fame Kapil Sharma gets
verified Twitter account
MUMBA
K
apil Sharma, the face of
one the most popular tele-
vision shows Comedy
Nights with Kapil, has got a veri-
fied Twitter account now. Ecstatic
comedian took to Facebook to con-
firm the news.
He said, Finally my twitter ac-
count is verified.. Now u can easily
find me n follow me @kapilshar-
mak9 love you all.
Mr. Sharma even thanked Twitter
for verifying his account. Kapil
also wrote on Twitter, Thnks
@twitter n @kalikwest. Finally i
agree that i m original.. ;)
Congratulating Kapil, Shilpa
Shettys husband Raj Kundra, who
also visited on his show recently
said,
Congrats on getting verified
praaji haha was the longest over
due account for sure!! Ur THEorig-
inal!! :) Kapil Sharma presents the
noted comedy show Comedy
Nights with Kapil, which is aired
on Colors channel on Saturday and
Sunday at 10.00 pm.
Fresh face Sakshi Chaudhary to play Priyanka
Chopra in Aseem Merchant's '67 Days'
MUMBA
B
ollywood's newbie Sakshi
Chaudhary has been roped in
to play Priyanka Chopra in
Aseem Merchant's upcoming venture
'67 days'.
The concept of the film is based on
the National Award winning actress'
infamous fallout with her former sec-
retary Prakash Jaju over finances.
For the role Sakshi would have to go
into thorough workshops.
According to source, "Sakshi will
play Priyanka after very closely
studying of her movies. Sakshi is not
a major movie buff. But Aseem, who
is making '67 Days', wants Sakshi to
adopt Priyanka's body language and
mannerisms."
"Priyanka tends to talk very rapidly,
letting the sentences, words spill out
in a tumble. Sakshi would be speaking
like that. There will also be an at-
tempt to recreate some of Priyanka's
early songs and dances from her flick
'Andaaz' and 'Aitraaz'," sources re-
vealed.
On being asked about the flick, Sak-
shi said, "I don't think I am allowed to
talk about this project. But yes, I am
playing the part in the film that you
mention. I guess they thought I was
suitable for the part. As far as study-
ing Priyanka goes, I haven't done
much of that so far. I was never star-
struck. But she is a fine actress. Hope-
fully, I will play a good actress well."
Apart from this flick, Sakshi has
also signed a three filmdeal with film-
maker Firoz Nadiadwala. Reportedly,
she will be first seen opposite John
Abraham in the next installment of
the 'Hera Pheri' franchise.
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May 12 to May 18, 2014
Commerce/Education
INDORE: The Pithampur industry is
staring at acute water shortage this
summer as the levels in the reser-
voirs is reducing rapidly. The
problem is compounded by obsolete
pumping system and diversion of
water for irrigation purposes.
"The problem is more acute in
Sector 3. Many industrial units are
either recycling water or depend-
ing on water tankers," Pithampur
Audhyogik Sangathan president
Gautam Kothari told.
The two major sources of supply to
the industrial area-divided into three
sectors including the special
economic zone (SEZ)-are Sanjay
Jalashay and Karam dam. Apart
from the SEZ, the official supply
estimate is 80 lakh litres per day.
However, according to the Pitham-
pur industry association, the supply
falls short of the demand by 50%.
The situation is expected to be
resolved in next two to three years
when the Narmada-Shipra Link
project will become operational. The
Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor
(DMIC), development corporation
has already sanctioned the project
estimated to cost `282 crore under
which water will be ferried from a
distance of 28 km. The Narmada
project will also supply water to
Betma industrial cluster.
The Pithampur industrial area has
a demand of 18 MLD (million litres a
day) of water while the project will
supply 30 MLD once the first phase
becomes operational. Pithampur
will need more water when existing
industries will expand and new in-
vestments take place.
Two years ago, delay in the onset of
monsoon and the resultant water
shortage had forced industries in the
region to curtail production. Some
companies had even suspended
production, as operations had
become unsustainable. Water
intensive industries including
textiles, pharmaceuticals and tyre-
makers were hit the hardest. In fact,
water shortage had forced Grasim
Industries to suspend operations at
its Nagda plant.
A study conducted by a
government appointed consultant
under DMIC project has found that
water supply to Pithampur
industrial area is highly inefficient
and water is also being illegally
tapped by the surrounding villages.
Pithampur, which is also home to
SEZ, has more than 400 medium and
large-scale industries including
some big names such as Cipla, Eich-
er Motors and Cummins Turbo.
10 companies of SAF
to prevent illegal sand
mining from Chambal
BHOPAL
A
s many as 10 companies
of SAF have been de-
ployed to prevent illegal
sand mining from Chambal sanc-
tuary in Morena district. This ac-
tion has been taken consequent
to the directives given from time
to time by Gwalior Bench of Mad-
hya Pradesh High Court. Chief
Secretary Shri Anthony de Sa
had also given order regarding
this recently. Besides, 20 mobile
parties have also been constitut-
ed for prevention of illegal min-
ing of sand round-the-clock. For
effective action, 34 check-points
have been set up and SAF jawans
have been deployed as per them.
According to Collector Shri
Madan Kumar, in 23 cases of ille-
gal sand mining since year 2012,
cases have been registered
against 215 by name and 600 oth-
er accused persons. As many as
29 accused have been externed
from district. Besides, action
against 7 accused has been taken
under National Security Act.
At a meeting of Task Force
Committee recently, it was decid-
ed that case will registered
against landowner if sand is
found piled up illegally at an
open space.
Pithampur
industries face
acute water
shortage
Children buckling under weight of heavy school bags
BHOPAL
Parents in Bhopal have alleged in
their complaints to the district edu-
cation officers and administration
that their childrens school bags
are getting heavier each year de-
spite directives to cut down weight
of school bags. State commission
for protection of child rights
(SCPCR) too had written to district
administration last year in Janu-
ary to ensure that only NCERT
books are followed in the school
curriculumwhich would lessen the
overall load of the school bags of
students. However, the recommen-
dation was not followed.
Health experts have warned that
excessive load-bearing for long pe-
riods on immature spines could put
children at increased risk of future
back problems in adulthood. The
981 Kendriya Vidyalayas across In-
dia have stipulated that schoolbags
for classes I and II should not weigh
more than 2 kg. For classes III and
IV, the bag weight should be less
than 3 kg, and those studying in
classes V to VIII shouldn't carry
bags more than 4 kg. The upper lim-
it for senior classes IX to XII
has been set at 6 kg. However, most
other CBSE schools do no follow
this norm. However, children have
to carry bags that are much heavier
than this limit.
Parents are also up in arms
against the steep hike in school fee
proposed by CBSE schools. Taking
a strong view of increasing num-
ber of complaints from parents
against arbitrary fee hike by pri-
vate CBSE schools, district educa-
tion officer (DEO) in charge,
Prashant Dolas has written to com-
missioner public instructions (CPI)
SK Pal seeking directions. Letter
asks for guidelines on how to curb
tendency of private schools' to hike
fees arbitrarily, monopolizing
books by schools and increasing
weight of school bags. Dolas in his
letter has asked for directions on
the various complaints received by
his office.
He said that based on the direc-
tions received by DPI, action will be
taken against erring private
schools.
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May 12 to May 18, 2014 Sports
ITPL's first leg shifted to Manila from Bangkok
M
anila, May 10: Political
unrest in Bangkok forced
the organisers of the
newly launched International Pre-
mier Tennis League (IPTL) to shift
the first leg to Manila. Mahesh
Bhupathi, founder of the IPTL,
said Saturday the decision was tak-
en to ensure the safety of the all the
stakeholders. "We are happy to an-
nounce Manila as the first host city
of our tour across Asia. We had to
divert from the original franchise
owner in Bangkok as the political
unrest forced us to look for an al-
ternative city to ensure the safety
of all stakeholders," said Bhupathi.
Bhupathi said Manila quickly
emerged as the perfect location to
stage the event for the coming
years as the city has world class in-
door venues available which can
hold more than 20,000 spectators.
"The city has not seen professional
tennis for the past 20 years. I was on
a site visit this week to speak to dif-
ferent stakeholders and we will an-
nounce the host venue and local
events partner shortly before we
launch the pre-ticket sales in mid-
June," Bhupathi said. From No-
vember 28-30, the Manila team, rep-
resented by Andy Murray, Victoria
Azarenka, Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, Car-
los Moya, Kirsten Flipkens, Daniel
Nestor and Treat Huey, will face off
against the Singapore "Lions", the
Indian "Aces" and the UAE "Fal-
cons". The best players in the world
have committed to play in the
league, including Rafael Nadal, No-
vak Djokovic, Andy Murray,
Thomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfred
Tsonga, Serena Williams, Victoria
Azarenka, Ana Ivanovic, Caroline
Wosniacki and former Champions
Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras,
Patrick Rafter, Carlos Moya and
Goran Ivanisevic. The league for-
mat features a total of 24 matches
to be played in the four host cities
Manila, Singapore, Mumbai and
Dubai from Nov 28-Dec 13. The
teams compete against one another
in one-set men's singles, women's
singles, men's doubles, mixed dou-
bles and a legends' singles matches
and the team that wins the most
games (not sets) wins the match tie.
Nadal continues, Li Na loses in Madrid Open
M
adrid, May 10: Rafael Nadal en-
joyed another comfortable win on
his way to the semifinals of the
Madrid Open Friday while two-time Grand
Slam winner Li Na was forced to cut her
Madrid journey short. Nadal faced his tough-
est match to date against number six seed
Tomas Berdych and had few problems in log-
ging a 6-4, 6-2 win in under an hour and a half,
Xinhua reported. Nadal has reached the last
four without dropping a set so far and with no
Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer in Madrid
to challenge him, it would be a brave man to
bet against him winning his fourth Madrid
Open title. Serena Williams won't win a third
consecutive title in Madrid. The reigning
champion and World number one was forced
to abandon her game against number five
seed, Petra Kvitkova as a result of an injury
in her left leg. Li Na's Madrid adventure end-
ed in the last eight against a powerful Maria
Sharapova, who defeated the World number
two 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in over two and a half
hours played under the Madrid sun. Li had a
service break and 4-3 up in the second set, but
Sharapova broke back to force a tiebreak,
which she then won, before clinching the fi-
nal set. Elsewhere Ana Ivanovic had no an-
swer to number four seed Simona Halep, who
won 6-2, 6-2 with little fuss, while number
three seed, Agnieszka Radwanska is also into
the semifinals. The Pole could have expected
an easy game against French qualifier, Caro-
line Garcia, but was made to fight all the way
to a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win. Radwanska will nowplay
Sharapova, while Halep will face Kvitkova in
Saturday's semifinals.
Ronaldinho,
Kaka out of
Brazil World
Cup squad
R
io de Janeiro, May 8:
Ronaldinho and Kaka were
left out of Brazil's 23-man
squad for the 2014 football World
Cup Wednesday as coach Luiz Fe-
lipe Scolari kept faith in his 2013
Confederations Cup-winning team.
Former Barcelona star Ronaldinho
has struggled with form and fit-
ness for Brazil's Atletico Mineiro
football club and was not expected
to make Scolari's squad for foot-
ball's showpiece tournament in
Brazil, to be played from June 12 to
July 13. Kaka was considered an
outside chance for his fourth World
Cup campaign, having resurrected
his career at AC Milan this season
after four unhappy years at Real
Madrid. Scolari, who led Brazil to
victory at the 2002 World Cup dur-
ing his first spell in charge, urged
Brazil fans to unite behind the na-
tional team. "We ask that the 23
players called up are well-received
regardless of people's opinions,"
Xinhua quoted Scolari as saying
during a press conference in Rio de
Janeiro. "We all want to be going in
the same direction, which is to win
the World Cup." Scolari, who con-
troversially omitted Romario from
his 2002 squad, admitted the 2014
list was easier to choose. Scolari in-
sisted the team is not looking be-
yond its first match against Croat-
ia June 12. "The biggest rival is
Croatia. It doesn't get us anywhere
thinking about the final if we don't
get over the first step," he said.
Brazil's squad will gather May 26 at
their training base in Granja Co-
mary, north of Rio de Janeiro. Sco-
lari's team earned favouritism to
win a record sixth World Cup after
upsetting world and European
champions Spain 3-0 in last year's
Confederations Cup final. They
have been drawn in Group Aalong-
side Croatia, Mexico and
Cameroon.
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Maximum candidates of 31-50 age group in LS elections
S. MANI
Email: sastrymani@hotmail.com
O
f the 378 candidates in fray
for 29 Lok Sabha con-
stituencies in Madhya
Pradesh, maximum 226 are in the
31-50 years age group including 113
candidates each of 31-40 and 41-50
age groups. The oldest candidate is
75 years old independent Shri Baba
Abdul Hameed Khan in Khandwa
Lok Sabha constituency. Master
Sajid Siddiqui of Social Democrat-
ic Party in Bhopal and BJP candi-
date Shri Laxminarayan Yadav in
Sagar Lok Sabha seat are both 73
years old.
Similarly, 2 candidates of mini-
mum25 years of age are in the fray
including independent Shri Brah-
manand Pratap Singh in Sidhi and
independent Shri Udai Pratap
Singh in Hoshangabad Lok Sabha
constituency. Shri Khangar Neeraj
contesting in Tikamgarh is 26
years old.
In other age groups, 36 candi-
dates belong to 25-30 age group, 68
of 51-60 age group, 39 of 61-70 age
group and 9 candidates of 71-75 age
group.
Dry day on counting
day May 16
Dry day has been declared at all
the 51 district headquarters on
counting day May 16 for 29 Lok
Sabha constituencies in the state.
Dry day has been declared on the
recommendation of the Chief
Electoral Officer with a view to
maintaining law and order situa-
tion. A notification has also been
issued in this regard.
On the counting day, sale of
liquor will be prohibited under
section 155-G of the Representa-
tion of Peoples Act 1951.
Hotels, restaurants, liquor shops
or any other selling point will not
be allowed to sell liquor on May 16.
In a letter to Principal Secretary
Commercial Taxes, the commis-
sion has directed for strict compli-
ance of legal provisions and pro-
hibit sale of liquor on counting
day. Violator of the prohibition
shall be liable for 6 months im-
prisonment or Rs. 2 thousand fine
or both.
Directives regarding
postal ballots
Election Commission has directed
district election officers regarding
counting of postal ballots for Lok
Sabha elections at 51 district head-
quarters. The commission has said
that not more than 500 postal bal-
lots should be counted on one table.
Tables should be placed in count-
ing hall as per space. According to
the commission, there must be one
counting supervisor and 2 count-
ing assistants on every table for
counting of postal ballots apart
from one additional micro observ-
er, who should be an officer of the
Central government or public sec-
tor undertaking.
Enrolment in schools
rises 14% to 23 crore
NEW DELHI
In a significant leg up to the government's lit-
eracy initiative, a national survey has re-
vealed that almost 23 crore children are study-
ing in 13 lakh schools across the country.
There were 228,994,454 students enrolled in
different recognized schools of the country
with a 13.67% growth in student's enrolment
from Class I to XII. This is an increase from
20.30 crore students enrolled in 2002. Encour-
agingly, there is a 19.12 %increase in girl's en-
rolment.
However, one-fifth of the total primary
schools in rural areas still do not have drink-
ing water facility, three out of 10 are without
usable urinal facilities and about half do not
have playgrounds.
This is part of provisional data from the
eighth All India Education Survey (AISES)
conducted by NCERT covering the school ed-
ucation system with respect to access, enrol-
ment, retention, teachers and availability of
basic facilities. The survey indicates trends
from 2002 to 2013. Despite the overall growth
in enrolment, there is cause for worry.
A comparison of enrolment data from 2002
to 2013 for primary schools shows a drop in
enrolment in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Hi-
machal Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa, and
Tamil Nadu. "The decline in enrolment indi-
cates that students at the primary level are
shifting from government to private schools,"
an NCERT official said. The decline in total
enrolment between class I to XII, however, is
less sharp.
The data confirms the disquieting fact that
girl's education continues to be interrupted
after primary school with the percentage of
enrolment declining at the higher secondary
school stage. While there is a maximum in-
crease of 48.13% in girl's enrolment in pri-
mary schools, the figure dips to 42.56% in
higher secondary schools. Similar trend is ob-
served in percentage of girl's enrolment in
schools in rural areas.
There was 26.77% increase in total number
of schools in the country during 2002-09. Max-
imumgrowth rate was seen in upper primary
schools (49.15%), followed by higher second-
ary schools (46.80%), secondary (28.95%) and
primary (16.68%).
The survey captures more than 13 lakh
(13,06,992) recognized schools across the coun-
try in each habitation, village and urban ar-
eas, out of which more than 84.14% are in ru-
ral areas. There is also 30% increase in num-
ber of teachers in the country. The total
growth of teachers in higher secondary
school increased by 34% with a 50% increase
in number of teachers at higher secondary
schools in rural areas. Consequently, the
pupil teacher ratio (PTR) has also improved
since the last survey. PTR in primary schools
has declined from 42:1 to 32:1.