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  • Reflection Workshop puts Odisha at forefront in WASH services

    Reflection Workshop puts Odisha at forefront in WASH services

    Bhubaneswar: A one-day workshop on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) was organized by the Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department, Government of Odisha in collaboration with UNICEF and local and national development partners in Bhubaneswar on Thursday.

    The objective of the workshop was to analyze the status of progress of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6), which is to ensure that everyone in the world has access to lasting and safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in Odisha. It also aimed to provide an overview of the enabling environment required to ensure safe and lasting services to all – it looked into the water, sanitation, and hygiene policies, processes, finances, institutional capacities, etc. The workshop also included deliberations with multiple stakeholders on strengthening, convergence, and accountability.

    At the outset, Sushil Kumar Lohani, Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department, GoO said, “More than 30% of villages have been declared as Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus Odisha, (ODF plus village is a village which sustains its ODF status, ensures solid and liquid waste management and visually clean), our focus is on verification of ODF Plus status. We are focussing on Urban-Rural Convergence between Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water (PR&DW) and Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) departments to cater to the Gram Panchayats/Villages beyond a 20 km radius of Urban Faecal Sludge Treatment Plants (FSTPs) to meet their desludging requirements.”

    “The need of the hour is to adopt a multidimensional approach for both toilet retrofitting means converting the existing single pit toilets into twin pit toilets and Faecal Sludge management (FSM) and I am delighted that Odisha is leading these innovative approaches in the country,” he added.

    B Parmeswaran, Director, Drinking Water Department, GoO said, “Construction of individual soak pits which has been the norm under Swacchh Bharat Mission (SBM-G) Odisha has also been taken up under the ongoing Sujalam 3.0 campaign on a war footing. So far, Odisha has been successful in emerging as a top-performing state in this campaign.”

    WASH services

    He further said “On the water front, the government provides safe and adequate drinking water to every household through the national flagship program. The tap water connection at the doorstep has a far-reaching socio-economic impact on rural livelihood systems.”

    The participants focused on the sustainability of the WASH service and emphasized systems strengthening, developing tools and frameworks, and identifying locations for qualitative data collection and convergence of partners.

    Development partners like UNICEF, Water Aid, Water For People, SuSanA and IRC who were present on this have shared a mission to develop strong and resilient local, state, and national water, sanitation, and hygiene systems.

    “Children and their families in poor and rural communities are most at risk of being left behind. Governments must invest in their communities if we are to bridge these economic and geographic divides and realise this important human right,” said Shipra Saxena, WASH-CCES Specialist, UNICEF.

  • Siddhartha Das Assumes Charge as Director Of Sports In Odisha

    Siddhartha Das Assumes Charge as Director Of Sports In Odisha

    Bhubaneswar: IAS officer Siddhartha Das assumed charge as Director of Sports in Sports and Youth Services Department of Odisha government on Thursday.

    After taking charge as the Director, Das called on Tusharkanti Behera, Minister of Sports and Youth Services and discussed the focus areas for development of sports in Odisha.

    Later, he visited various facilities and High Performance Centres located at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar and held discussion on the different activities and programmes with sportspersons and officials.

    Before the present posting, Das was working as Additional Secretary to Finance department with the additional charge of Additional Director in the Directorate of Treasuries and Inspection.

  • ED raids land mafia Surendra Sanghvi and Deepak Madda in MP, looking for links of transactions worth crores earned from land scam

    ED raids land mafia Surendra Sanghvi and Deepak Madda in MP, looking for links of transactions worth crores earned from land scam

    Indore. Indore’s land mafia Surendra Sanghvi and Deepak Madda alias Deepak Jain alias Dilip Sisodia have been raided by ED (Enforcement Directorate) in the morning. Sanghvi has been very close to former Chief Secretary SR Mohanty. According to sources, the team raided the houses of both of them early in the morning and all the documents are being scrutinised. It is being told that this raid is taking place due to 6 FIRs conducted by the district administration in February 2021 in the land mafia campaign. In this matter, the government and the district administration had also written letters to the ED for investigation and the ED had called the files of these cases to itself. A case has been registered against both of them under the sections of cheating, which is important for starting the ED investigation. At the same time, due to the transaction with Sanghvi, ED officials reached the office of Ruchi Group head and builder Manish Shahra and asked him for the account of the transaction and went away with the information. There is a possibility of Sanghvi’s arrest in this matter, at present the inquiry is going on.
    Dozens of officers present on the spot
    This is the action of Indore ED, in which cooperation of Bhopal team has also been taken. Officers from Bhopal are also involved in this. It is being told that the Assistant Director and other officers themselves are present on the spot. Along with this, the police force has also been taken. Especially the documents related to the land are being scrutinized and it is being investigated.
    Sanghvi out on bail, Madda in jail
    Under the land mafia campaign, separate FIRs were lodged against Prateek Sanghvi, Deepak Madda along with Surendra Sanghvi. The Sanghvi family and Madda and their family members continue to be directors in several companies and have mutual business relations. He had bought the land of the society at a pittance. Sanghvi remained absconding in this case for several days and then got bail from the High Court. On the other hand, 8 FIRs have been lodged against Deepak Madda and Rasuka has also been imposed once. Right now he is in jail in the Kalpataru land scam.
    ED is looking for the link of transactions worth crores
    In this case, ED is tracing the link of crores of rupees earned from the land scam, from where it took the money and to whom it was given. Documents are being searched for this link only and all the accounts will be checked.

  • Meeting regarding Haj pilgrimage in Collectorate Auditorium

    Meeting regarding Haj pilgrimage in Collectorate Auditorium

    Lucknow: Meeting regarding Haj pilgrimage in Collectorate Auditorium, meeting with UP Haj Committee President Mohsin Rajane,
    11519 Haj pilgrims from 40 districts will go from Lucknow airport, 2595 pilgrims from 16 districts will go from Varanasi airport.

  • The Chief Minister expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives due to arson in Kushinagar district

    The Chief Minister expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives due to arson in Kushinagar district

    Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed deep grief over the loss of lives in the arson in Kushinagar district. Wishing peace to the departed soul, the Chief Minister has expressed condolences to the bereaved family members.

    The Chief Minister has directed the officials of the district administration to take the injured to the hospital immediately for their proper treatment. Also wished for the speedy recovery of the injured. The Chief Minister directed the officers of the district administration to speed up the relief work.

  • Action continues on negligent employees in health department, absentee doctor sacked

    Action continues on negligent employees in health department, absentee doctor sacked

    Lucknow: Action continues on negligent employees in the health department, absentee doctors dismissed, salary of negligent employees cut, deputy CM’s tough stand on negligence of government doctors. A doctor from Prayagraj was sacked
    The doctors posted in Tej Bahadur Hospital were absent, the Deputy CM took action on the Barabanki episode as well.

  • ‘Back Pack Heroes’: Bal Mitra Mandal’s child heroes become teachers for street children

    ‘Back Pack Heroes’: Bal Mitra Mandal’s child heroes become teachers for street children

    It is generally said that extraordinary problems require extraordinary solutions. Bal Mitra Mandal (BMM), the flagship program of Kailash Satyarthi Children Foundation (KSCF) for urban slum children, has taken one such extraordinary initiative to educate street children begging in the slums of Pune. During this innovative initiative, the children of BMM will organize ‘Street Classes’ at red lights for the children of these slums and motivate them to enroll in the school.

    The campaign titled ‘Back Pack Heroes’ started as a holiday initiative by BMM’s Bal Parishad during the summer vacations. These child leaders themselves are from the slums of Pune and they want to see the same change in the lives of these children as they have brought about in their lives and the hopes they are filled with today.

    These child leaders will use their vacation time to spend time with slum children at red lights. During this, he will inform those children about the right to education and motivate them to go to school. These children have also arranged the necessary funds for the implementation of this unique idea of street classes and they plan to form a ‘Karuna Chakra’ to connect all the people on the street with this campaign.

    Rakesh Sengar, Executive Director (Programs), KSCF, said that this innovative initiative will act as a catalyst towards helping and educating street child beggars, while also making these child leaders empathetic towards others. would be an important step. He said that this initiative will definitely lead to major changes and will help in creating an empathetic society that we are striving for. This will help these children develop sensitivity to the needs and problems of red light traffickers apart from learning the art of teaching in a unique way.

    Under this initiative ten children accompanied by senior workers will visit ten places. There one child will teach while two children will help in explaining his words to other children. During this, they will also collect other information like the name, age and whether the children go to school or not.

    Apart from teaching children maths, science and English through art, music and drama, these child leaders of BMM will also distribute pens, pencils, books and drawing sheets to the children.

    BMM aims to secure the safety and development of urban slum children through sustainable, holistic and preventive measures. Bal Mitra Mandal, which as the name itself suggests is a child friendly community, is based on the concept of Bal Mitra Gram, KSCF’s flagship program in rural India.

    BMM strives to empower children and their communities by protecting them from child labor and child sexual abuse, protecting their rights through democratic actions and collective efforts, and creating awareness about issues such as education, drinking water, sanitation, and livelihoods Is.

  • As per the instructions of CM Dhami, many students of the state studying in Manipur are being safely brought back to Uttarakhand today

    As per the instructions of CM Dhami, many students of the state studying in Manipur are being safely brought back to Uttarakhand today

    As per the instructions of the Chief Minister Shri Pushkar Dhami ji, many students of the state studying in Manipur are being safely brought back to Uttarakhand by the government today. All the students expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister for this decision of the Chief Minister Mr. Dhami.

  • Electricity strike continues for 154th day

    Electricity strike continues for 154th day

    In protest against the loot of Electricity Department in Madhya Pradesh, the fast of AAP District Vice President Vijay Mishra Advocate continues continuously, for the demand of FIR against the electricity officials. In support of the fast, former councilor candidate Vishnukant Vishwakarma, Youth Wing President Bhopal Vinayak Tomar, Vijay Goswami (Badal), Rajesh Chaturvedi, Adv Rajneesh Sondhiya, Rajkumar Singh, Adv Mithilesh Yadav, Pratham Amiliya, Malik Amiliya, Prakash Srivastava, Ravi Pandey, Onkar Kushwaha, Adv Aftab Alam, Ramdhani Kushwaha, Shailendra Vishwakarma, Lavkush Pandey, Umesh Kushwaha ,Aman Kumar Patel,etc.
    Attended the dharna site. This dharna has become the voice of the common people. 10/05/2023Rewa*

  • Two get 20-year jail for rape during Muzaffarnagar riots

    Two get 20-year jail for rape during Muzaffarnagar riots

    A Muzaffarnagar court on Tuesday sentenced two people to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for the gangrape of a woman in Shamli during the 2013 communal riots.

    Additional District Judge Anjani Kumar Singh, while convicting the two accused Maheshvir and Sikander, in her 89-page order, said that they committed rape against a “helpless woman when she along with her son was fleeing through the sugarcane field to save her life” during the riots.

    The incident took place on September 8, 2013, as the riots that started in Muzaffarnagar spread to neighbouring areas. During the riots, clashes between two communities led to the killing of more than 60 people and the displacement of more than 50,000.

    Significantly, Tuesday’s conviction order came just months after the Supreme Court had passed a direction to take up the matter on priority and said the hearing must be conducted on a day-to-day basis. The apex court’s March 13 order came on the plea moved by advocate Vrinda Grover, the victim’s lawyer.

    In its order, the fast-track court, stating that the key evidence — the victim’s statement — was of “sterling quality”, emphasised that it did not find any contradiction in her statement regarding the incident of rape. The victim had said that she and her son were alone as her husband had gone to see a doctor, and that is when rumours spread that a person was killed near Badi mosque, triggering communal riots.

    The victim had further deposed that, in order to save herself during the riots, she escaped from her home along with her son, and decided to take shelter in the sugarcane fields. The court said that the incident of gangrape took place in the field. “… the manner in which the victim has described the whole incident, there is no contradiction in it,” the court said while convicting the accused of gangrape under the IPC.