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Water table improves due to harvesting

Wednesday, 27 October 2010 05:55 administrator
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The Pioneer  27.10.2010

Water table improves due to harvesting

Chander Shekhar Sharma | Hamirpur

Hamirpur Deputy Commissioner Rajendra Singh has said that the water table in the district has raised due to implementation of water shed management programmes in the district.

Talking to reporters on Tuesday after taking the charge, Singh said that nine watershed management schemes had been approved and completed in the district costing about twenty-nine crore rupees since year 2000-01. These schemes have proved much beneficial for recharging the water table that was going down earlier.

Under the programme, 51,476 hectares of land had been treated and given a new look. However, he was pained to say that people were not taking any benefits of such schemes and it was a matter of great concern.

Singh gave a clarion call to the people to come forward and make full benefits of the schemes and programs launched by the central and State Government for their own benefits and well being.

Deputy Commissioner also exhorted upon the media to extend helping hand to the Government in spreading its messages of development to the people so that they were able to take benefits of the schemes started for them.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 October 2010 05:57
 

A year on, NDMC yet to start Disaster Management Centre

Wednesday, 27 October 2010 05:51 administrator
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The Pioneer  27.10.2010

A year on, NDMC yet to start Disaster Management Centre

Parvaiz Sultan | New Delhi

While the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) claims to “successfully” renovate Connaught Place and various stadiums ahead of the Games, it has failed to set up a much-required Disaster Management Centre (DMC) for New Delhi. In its 2010-11 Budget, the civic body has proposed to establish a full-fledged DMC near Khan Market, terming it as one of the major targets to be achieved before the Games. However, after missing Games deadline, the body is confident of structure in place and training of workforce is in progress, it will start functioning soon. A senior official of NDMC said the centre, equipped with latest gadgets to combat any kind of disaster in the city, will be made operation by 2011.

NDMC director (Public Relation) Anand Tiwari said the building has been completed and the centre will become operational soon. “As per the mandate of Disaster Management Act 2005, it was an obligatory to set up a DMC. The training of staff is being done. We have already purchased little equipment and soon we will procure more, he said.

The NDMC official also said that as part of the training programme, staff will be trained to handle equipment and first aid. “DMC will function as crackdown or response team. We are in process to procure more equipment to combat disaster situation like gas cutter, special pumps etc. A few of our employees have completed their training at National Civil Defence College, Nagpur, who has shown their skills earlier during fire safety week,” said Tiwari.

In February, the agency had announced a Disaster Management Centre near Khan Market with latest equipment. It also said that 50 firemen were trained in different skills from National Civil Defence College, Nagpur. It had also said that the communication network for any disaster situation will be upgraded by providing TETRA system, which has already been put in place.

The proposal to establish such a centre first came up in 2009, but the location was announced only in February 2010.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 October 2010 05:53
 

State quashes PCMC's bid to dereserve land in Bhosari

Tuesday, 26 October 2010 09:27 administrator
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The Times of India            26.10.2010

State quashes PCMC's bid to dereserve land in Bhosari
PUNE: The state government has issued a government resolution (GR) cancelling a resolution passed by the general body of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on the dereservation of a plot of land in the Phugewadi area of Bhosari.

This plot had been reserved for a school but Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporator Surdas Gaikwad had constructed an illegal building on it.

The GR, dated October 21, states that the PCMC general body had approved a resolution on November 19, 1997, that reservation no 4 of the primary school on the plot in Sr. No 471 in Bhosari (Phugewadi) be cancelled. The resolution had been sent to the state government for approval before the state government took a decision, Gaikwad had constructed a building on the land.

In May 2009, following a high court directive, the civic body had demolished the illegal construction. The civic administration had also tabled a proposal to disqualify Gaikwad for the illegal construction, but since then the matter has been kept pending by the general body since then.

"The points contained in the proposal sent by the municipal commissioner and the need for developing the reservation as per the development plan (DP) were considered. This proposal is against the interests of the majority of the population hence the proposal is cancelled as per powers granted to the state government under the provisions of section 451 of Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation (BPMC) Act 1949. The municipal commissioner of PCMC has been directed to immediately fulfil all the tasks related to this directive," the government resolution said.

According to the dereservation proposal, an area of 11,000 sq ft was reserved for primary school in Sr No. 471 in Bhosari as per the 1995 DP. The proposal to acquire the plot was sent to the district collector on October 8, 1982.

However the PCMC general body resolution had said that there was a big municipal school in the same area which was adequate to meet the needs of the people. Hence it was proposed that the school reservation on the land be cancelled.
 
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