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  • Vegetable prices drop by almost 50 percent after Chief Minister Mr. Baghel’s instructions

    Chief Minister has given instructions to strictly prohibit blackmarketing and to ensure systematic supply of vegetables, fruits and essential commodities

    Soon after Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel gave instructions to prohibit black-marketing and to ensure proper supply of essential commodities, the prices of vegetables including bhindi, brinjal, cauliflower and tomatoes dropped by 50% i.e. from Rs 40/kg to Rs 20/kg.
    It is noteworthy that Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel, in his message to public, assured that proper arrangements have been made for adequate supply of essential commodities in the state during 21-day lockdown for corona virus prevention. In addition, Collectors have been directed to put an end to black marketing. Mr. Baghel has directed all the district administrations to ensure that there is no shortage of any essential commodity during lockdown. This is greatly benefitting the common people. 
    Chief Minister further said that he has received information about some businessmen and traders in certain areas taking undue advantage of the lockdown by increasing prices of essential commodities and doing black-marketing. This is extremely condemnable. Traders are requested to stop taking undue advantage and start supplying daily use goods to people with compassion. He has directed Collectors to strictly put an end to black-marketing and to provide daily use goods to common people at right prices. Collectors have been directed to ensure unhindered and systematic transportation of essential commodities, vegetables, fruits etc. People going out for purchasing vegetables, fruits and groceries should not be stopped.

  • Administration supplying ration to needy and disable people

    As per the instructions of State Government and under the guidance of Bastar Collector Dr Ayyaz Tamboli, essential commodities such as lentils, rice, vegetables etc are being distributed to poor people and disable people in the rural areas of district, by Sarpanchs, Deputy Sarpanchs, and Secretaries, employment assistants and mitanins of respective Gram Panchayats.

    During the distribution of food grains, proper physical distance is being maintained. This noble service is being provided in Maandhar, Badaji, Matnar, Suachonda, Dhondarpal, Nenhamar and other gram panchayats of the district.

  • 6,521 participants from across the state to participate in State-level Youth Festival

    A three-day state-level youth festival will begin from January 12 in the capital Raipur. Preparations for Yuva Utsav have been started vigorously at the government-administration level. The state level youth festival will be inaugurated on January 12 at 10 am in the capital. Under the direction of Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel and guidance of Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Shri Umesh Patel, this time a youth festival is being organized in the state in a grand manner to enhance rural sports talent and promote the art culture of Chhattisgarh. Under Yuva Mahotsav, competitions have been organized at all the development blocks and district level of the state. The selected participants will showcase their sporting talent at the state level youth festival held in the capital from January 12.
    Six thousand 521 participants from 15 to 40 years and above 40 years of age will participate in the state level youth festival held in the capital Raipur. These include 3 thousand 613 male, 2 thousand 433 female participants and 301 male and 174 female officer employees. Various sports competitions will be organized during this period including folk dance, folklore, classical music, classical dance, playing, recitation, essay, painting, improvised speech, traditional costumes, debates, quizzes, food festivals.
    The state level youth festival will be organized at Sports Directorate campus, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Auditorium, Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla University Auditorium, Science College Auditorium, University Sports Complex, Rajdhani Raipur. Competitions of different disciplines will be held in different venues from 9 am to 8 pm. On January 12, the main stage of the Sports Directorate campus will host Karama Nach, second stage folk dance and Raut Nacha in the open stage, essay and painting competition in the hall. The Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Auditorium will hold folk songs, classical Hindustani and Carnatic music, guitar and sitar playing competitions. There will be a tabla playing competition at Ekanki Drama and Science College Auditorium in Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla University Auditorium. Khel Kho-Kho (women and men), Kabaddi (women) will be organized in the open ground of the university sports competition campus.
    Under the Yuva Mahotsav, there will be a competition on 13 January in the main stage of the Directorate of Sports Complex, folk dance, Surah dance in the Sarhul Nritya Second stage, Danda dance and Panthi, Bastarhiya dance in the open stage. Kathak, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Manipuri Dance Contest in 1500 seater hall, improvised speech in 100 seater hall, Bharatanatyam and traditional costumes competition and Flute recital competition in 60 seater hall will be organized in Pandit Deendayal Auditorium. There will be a competition of Harmonium, Mridangam and Veena playing in Ekanki Drama and Science College Auditorium in Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla University Auditorium.
    On 14 January, the main stage of the Sports Directorate campus will have rock band and open stage with fuggies, bumblebee competition, debate and quiz in the hall and food festival in the sports complex Dome. Organizing of race races and semi-finals of Kho-Kho (Female / Male), Kabaddi (Female / Male) and Hardline match if matches remain in Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla University Auditorium in 7 districts. Will happen. Closing ceremony will be held on 14 January at 2 pm in the Sports Directorate campus.

  • Thousands of people participated in the Samvidhan Bachao Rally Organised at Bhilai

    The form of fierce protest against common citizens of NRC and CAA across the country was also seen in Bhilai here in presence of thousands of citizens engaged in the program of Constitution Save Committee. Everyone had a tricolor flag in their hands and posters with innocent lines were in hand, I am a citizen of India, why should I prove my identity. Along with common citizens, members of social organizations, artists, students and people from all sections were present in the rally. Who collectively expressed concern over the current situation in the country.
    At the committee’s rally, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed his opinion about the NRC to the general public through the examples of Swami Vivekananda and Gandhiji. He said that Swami Vivekananda had said about the land of India in the program of the World Religion Conference in Chicago in 1893 that I come from a country which gives place to persecuted people from all over the world. Similarly, in 1906, the Asian Registration Citizen Bill in South Africa required people of Asian descent to give their finger prints and Gandhiji denied it. He said that I will not sign in the register. You have to prove your Indianness in NRC. Most of you here in Bhilai have come from every corner of the country. You have to go to those areas to bring documents related to your parents. It would be hard work and think that if there is a clerical error in your identity related documents, then go round the court to prove your citizenship. Giving the example of Assam, he said that in the process of NRC, the descendants of former President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed were also left out. Even the family of a BJP MLA was thrown out. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal himself is saying that errors have remained during the NRC. There is a fire in Assam and the central government wants to spread this fire across the country. There is a contradiction in the statement of the Home Minister and the Prime Minister. There seems to be no clarity in this regard. If NRC is implemented, how many people will have to visit government offices to prove their identity. The Chief Minister said that the government should take out the infiltrators from the country, put agencies for this, we will help, but it is not right to disturb the entire people of the country in this way and waste of money and resources and time. Giving the example of Assam, he said that the process lasted for 10 years, costing 1600 crore rupees, yet there are so many errors. If this happens across the country, imagine what the situation will be. The Central Government wants to spread the fire of Assam across the country. The Chief Minister said that today there is a terrible problem of unemployment in the country. The economy is devastated. Beyond these issues, in which direction are we taking the country. This needs to be noted. During this, Home Minister Shri Tamradhwaj Sahu, Agriculture Minister Shri Ravindra Choubey, MLA Shri Arun Vora and Bhilai MLA Shri Devendra Yadav and representatives of all sections were present.
    Why should we give children identity of Mother India, people of all classes were present in Bhilai. They had placards in their hands like we children of Mother India, why give their paper identity. Similarly, some people held placards in their hands, silence is a crime. Some had slogans, preparing to destroy the tribals. The jungle is set to be given to Ambani-Adani.



  • Dr. Narendra Dev Verma, rich in versatility, made invaluable contribution in making Chhattisgarhi language identity

    Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel today declared the famous Chhattisgarhi song “Arpa Parri Ke Dhar Mahanadi O Apar” by Rajendra Dev Varma at the Rajyotsava held at the Science College ground. This state song will be played at the inauguration of important government programs and events organized by the state government. Tomorrow is the birth anniversary of Dr. Narendra Dev Verma on November 4.

    Rich in versatility, litterateur and linguist Dr. Narendra Dev Verma was born on 4 November 1939 in Sevagram Wardha and died on 8 September 1979 in Raipur. Dr. Narendra Dev Varma was, in fact, a serious poet who identified Chhattisgarhi language-identity. Apart from being a profound scholar of Hindi literature, he was also a skilled speaker, serious professor, linguist and music-penetrating singer. His elder brother Bramhaline Swami Atmanand ji had a great impact on his life. He received Ph.D. from Ravi Shankar University in “The Evolution of Chhattisgarhi Language and Literature.” Has received the title of.
    In Chhattisgarhi language and literature did a great work of development in chronological order. He was a poet, playwright, novelist, storyteller, critic and linguist. He composed the Chhattisgarhi song collection “Apoorva”. Apart from this, wrote the book “Morning Finding (Hindi Novel)”, Chhattisgarhi language development, Hindi scholasticism experimentalist, new poetry theory and creation, Hindi neo-scholasticism etc. Chhattisgarhi skit written by him “Mola Guru Banai Leete” is very popular. Dr. Narendra Dev Verma is the first major writer of Chhattisgarh who was equally gifted by writing in Hindi and Chhattisgarhi. If he wanted, he would achieve fame only by writing in Hindi. But he expended himself for Chhattisgarhi’s prosperity.
    Dr. Narendra Dev Verma received his MA from Sagar University. Passed the examination and in 1966 he was awarded Ph.D. for his dissertation on experimental poetry and literature. Got the title of He did his MA in Linguistics from Pandit Ravi Shankar University in 1973. He passed his second examination in the same year and on the basis of his dissertation on the topic “The Evolution of Chhattisgarhi Development” in the same year, he also received Ph.D.

  • Atal Nagar to have hi-tech ‘variable signboards’

    The new capital city will soon have variable message signboards which are electronic traffic signs used for giving commuters key information about specific events.

    The sign boards would be put up on streets in a phased manner, officials informed.

    Notably, Atal Nagar was awarded with the ‘Best Smart City Initiative’ award for its innovative Smart City project in May this year.

    The integrated Greenfield Smart City was appreciated especially for its control and command center. The innovative smart city initiative includes components like highly efficient land and urban planning, green buildings and walkways, water body conservation, inclusive city development, transit oriented development, GIS mapping of all utilities, implementation of SCADA system, Smart Governance, City Surveillance, Integrated Transport Management System and Integrated Command and Control Centre (CCC).

    The city will be monitored round-the-clock through integrated Command and control in major aspects of surveillance, ITMS, water & electrical SCADA, Street lighting etc. At present the various processes like land purchase request, report a complaint, apply for No Objection Certificate etc. are manual. However when the system is implemented all these processes will be provided on a click to citizen.

    Notably, Atal Nagar has won several awards since its inception. The ambitious project of the State Government has received appreciation from several smart city communities, and has become a major investment destination in Chhattisgarh.

  • In the Congress ruled Madhya Pradesh, after Urea crisis, now the public is hit by power shortage

    It is rightly said where the Congress party put its step forward the problem starts emerging. In fact the name of the Congress party is Problem. The same is being witnessed in the states of MadhyaPradesh, Chattisgarh and Rajasthan which has recently gone under the rule of Congress

    Back to back, one after the other the people of state are facing the heat of various false promises made by the Congress Government

    Already struggling with the Urea crisis, the state under the leadership of senior Congress leader Kamal Nath is now faced with another crisis. Now the state is witnessing a potential power shortage due to diminishing coal stocks in major power plants.

    Four prominent power plants in the state are left with very little stocks of coal that would only last one to two days’ and any delay in its supply could lead to a power shortage, the sources claimed.

    Although officers from the Department of Energy have said that the situation is not out of control yet as power plants are being supplied coal stocks in excess of the daily requirements and the department is also busy enhancing the coal supplies but the situation seems to be different and telling a different story

    Four major power plants, including Singaji, Chachai (Amarkantak), Birsinghpur and Satpura, require around 60,000 metric tonnes of coal daily, and the problem arises from the fact that coal supplies are almost in the same range due to which the plants are not able to compile additional stocks.

    Whatever quantity of coal these plants require they get from the central pool, but the central pool facilities have minimal stocks. So if the supplies are ever hindered for a day or two, the power generation could face a serious impact.

    Power plant at Amarkantak has 49,580 metric tonne coal, Birsinghpur plant has 24, 940 metric tonne, Singaji plant has 30,855 tonne and the Satpura thermal power plant has 22,706 metric tonne left in stock. In all, these thermal power plants require 60,000 metric tonne coal per day to stay afloat.

    Various public sector companies are supplying 15 to 20 racks of coal on a daily basis but there are probable chances of state getting into power crisis.

    Earlier also during the Congress’ government with the tenure of former Chief Minister Digvijay Singh MP had plunged into a deep power crisis after most power plants were pocketed by Chhattisgarh which carved out of the central state in 2000. With the season of Rabi, a winter crop, at its peak, the demand for power is now around 13,000 MW in the state.

    The Congress had always attacked Prime Minister Modi on issue of farmer distress and made it a major political and electoral issue. But now when Congress has got power, the farmers of those states are struggling more. The same urea which was easily available in the BJP era at a nominal price is scarce in the state and being sold in black. At the peak time farmers are also facing power crisis. This shows the hypocrisy of Congress Government which only thinks about coming into power by hook and crook and later exploit the people

  • Yogi most sought-after campaigner in just-concluded Assembly polls

    Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath emerged as the most sought after star poll campaigner as he addressed 74 election meetings in the last 21 days in four poll-bound States.

    The poll results of these states will be announced on December 11. In an informal chat with this reporter, Yogi recently said that the public response was quite enthusiastic wherever he addressed rallies.

    “The election campaigning was hectic but the response of the people made my visits worthwhile,” Yogi told this reporter at his 5, Kalidas Marg official residence in Lucknow.

    “At some places, the response was unexpected. All grounds were full of audience and the people waited for me despite I being late for the meetings at certain places. Going by public response, the BJP is bound to do well in these elections,” Yogi said.

    The elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana are being seen as the a semifinal before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP used star campaigners led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi  in these elections. Among the other campaigners, Yogi Adityanath was the most sought after.

    Yogi addressed 17 rallies in Madhya Pradesh, 23 in Chhattisgarh and 26 in Rajasthan. He also campaigned in Telangana and addressed eight rallies there. Yogi’s overall tally of poll meetings was the highest for any star campaigner of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

    The saffron clad Mahant of Gorakhnath temple spoke on Ram and Hindutava in his speeches and even created a controversy by terming Lord Hanuman as a Dalit. His one-liner ‘Ali and Bajrang Bali’ made headlines when he said ‘Aapko Ali mubarak, hamare liye to Bajrangbali hi kaafi hain’.

    This may have been a part of design as the party faced tough challenge from a resurgent Congress in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

    The BJP worked on a two-pronged strategy. While Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath invoked Ram and Hindutava, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah talked about development.

    A senior BJP leader said that Yogi was much in demand in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh but he could not be accommodated properly because of tight schedule.

    “The CM used to address rallies the whole day and by the evening he used to fly back to Lucknow and hold meetings with officials,” he said.

    Another reason for his increasing demand was that he has a large followers of Nath sect in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

  • A dreaded woman Naxal, who was carrying a reward of Rs 8 lakh on her head, was gunned down by security forces in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, police said.

    The skirmish took place in the evening in a forest near Chitalnar and Dondipadar villages under Pushpal police station limits, in which Military Platoon Commander Jyothi Muriyami was killed, state’s Deputy Inspector General (anti-naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI. “A team of state’s District Reserve Guard (DRG) that was out on an anti-Naxal operation, reached the forest of Chitalnar and Dondipadar, located around 500 km away from the capital Raipur when it came under heavy fire from a group of ultras that led to a gun-battle,” he said.

    After the exchange of fire ended, the body of the woman Naxal cadre was recovered from the spot, the DIG said.

    Muriyami was active as a commander of Peoples’ Liberation Guerrilla Army platoon no. 31 of Maoists and was carrying a reward of Rs 8 lakh on her head, he added.

    “She was a hardcore cadre in Kanger Valley area along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border area and has been instrumental in executing several deadly incidents,” he said.

    Further details are awaited as the search operation was still underway in the region, he added.

  • Two policemen, DD cameraman killed in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

    Two police personnel and a Doordarshan cameraman were killed in a Naxal attack in poll-bound Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Tuesday, police said.

    Two police personnel were also injured in the incident, which took place in Nilawaya village under the Aranpur police station.

    “Those killed were identified as Sub Inspector Rudra Pratap, Assistant Constable Mangalu and DD News cameraman Achyutanand from Delhi,” Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI.

    Two other security personnel were injured in the incident, he said, adding that reinforcements were rushed to the spot.

    Further details are awaited, he said.

    Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases on November 12 and 20.