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  • MP to introduce MBBS course in Hindi: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

    Express News Service

    BHOPAL: The BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh is set to become the first state in India to impart medical education in the Hindi language.

    “From this year, MP will become the first state to start MBBS course in Hindi. The books for the MBBS education in Hindi are being readied and the new Hindi-based system will commence from this year. It will be followed by similar Hindi medium engineering education and an identical system for other professional courses. When other nations are using their mother tongues for professional education, why should we remain slaves of English? This new system will help remove inferiority complex among our students from the middle class and lower economic class who come from Hindi speaking backgrounds in villages and towns,” CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Sunday.

    It was one of the many significant announcements made by the CM at the end of the two-day brainstorming meet (longest cabinet meet in the country) in hill tourism hotspot Pachmarhi on Sunday.

    “Every urban area housing population of 25,000 or more, will have a CM Sanjeevani Clinic to treat most common ailments, like cough, cold, and fever. This will reduce crowding at hospitals. The first of such clinics will commence operations from April 22 and within a year, every urban local body will have such clinics. Further, all the hospitals in government medical colleges will be turned into super-specialty hospitals,” Chouhan announced. 

    The brainstorming meeting also cleared decks for starting a veterinary telemedicine facility and a similar telemedicine facility for crops in the state.

    In another first in the country, it was decided to start 240 hours course in Artificial Intelligence, starting from Class VIII in all government schools in MP. Further, the CM announced a statewide water conservation and rainwater harvesting Jalabhishek program from April 11. Also, a Rural Transport Policy will be announced next month to operate buses for connecting every village in the state.

    It was announced to re-launch the CM Kanyadan Yojana (community marriage scheme) in a new avatar from April 21 and launch Ladli Lakshami 2.0 Scheme from May 2. 

    Also, the highly popular CM Teerth Darshan Yojana (free pilgrimage scheme) that remained suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, would be re-launched on April 18, with the CM and his cabinet colleagues travelling along with the first batch of pilgrims by four trains to Kashi (Varanasi).

    The CM also announced to start imparting most modern school education under his dream project CM Rise Schools in 350 existing government schools (100 of which have new buildings) from June 13. The schools will be shifted to new CM Rise School buildings once they are built completely.

    “The CM Rise Schools will change the current face of government schools by introducing schools having smart classrooms, library, labs, and well-equipped playgrounds,” Chouhan claimed.

  • Not wearing mask amounts to crime in Madhya Pradesh: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

    By PTI
    BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said not wearing a face mask amounts to crime and appealed to people to follow appropriate “social behaviour” to check the spread of COVID-19.

    The surge in cases now is due to people lowering their guard, Chouhan said after starting a 24-hour ‘sit-in’ here to spread the awareness among people about following the COVID-19 prevention guidelines.

    The CM launched the “Swasthya Agrah” (health request) at the Minto Hall in Bhopal at 12.30 pm on Tuesday and during his 24-hour ‘sit-in’, he will interact with people online and conduct his official work from the venue.

    “Wearing masks and maintaining social distance are not in our habit. Besides these, we have to take other measures also to control the pandemic. So, I am sitting here for a moral request to make these things a part of people’s habit,” Chouhan told reporters.

    He said it is a “crime” if someone is not wearing a mask, because this also affects the health of others around that person.

    Chouhan said he launched an awareness campaign for wearing masks on Monday.

    “I ensured that me and my family wear masks. The word ‘mask’ means ‘mera aapka suraksha kavach’ (my and your safety shield),” he said.

    The coronavirus cannot be controlled only by government’s efforts, because the infection is being spread by (inappropriate) social behaviour, he said.

    “We are making efforts to arrange facilities to fight the pandemic at the government level, but the infection spread has to be stopped by (appropriate) social behaviour,” he said.

    Chouhan said people became complacent when the viral infection was brought under control in the country a few months back due to efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and launch of the vaccination drive.

    “This has again caused the spread.

    Lockdown is an easy solution, but I don’t consider it right.

    A limited lockdown is ok, but a permanent one is not a solution,” he said.

    The CM said self-discipline is necessary to prevent the spread of the infection, and urged people to wear masks, maintain social distance, wash hands and adopt other precautionary measures.

    Chouhan said his office will function during his 24- hour sit-in campaign.

    “I will review the COVID-19 situation in the state, talk to leaders of various sections of society and religious leaders on awareness about the disease and also hold a cabinet meeting, besides other works, during this Swasthya Agrah,” the chief minister said.

    Chouhan also said he has urged his party (BJP) workers not to come to the venue of his campaign so as to maintain social distance.

    The state government is also making efforts to take the help of volunteers, who can register themselves for assistance in the vaccination process, spread awareness about the prevention norms, and help patients in home and institutional quarantine, he said.