Efforts on to get World Bank funding for CMWSSB projects
CHENNAI,
September 15, 2020 23:59 IST
Updated:
September 15, 2020 23:59 IST
Special Corresponden
CHENNAI,
September 15, 2020 23:59 IST
Updated:
September 15, 2020 23:59 IST
₹2,600 crore sought under the ‘Chennai City Partnership’ programme
For a smooth flow: The CMWSSB has sought funds to provide underground drainage in added areas like Kottivakkam, Palavakkam and Neelankarai.
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₹2,600 crore sought under the ‘Chennai City Partnership’ programme
Some significant projects to improve water supply and sewage treatment in the city are likely to get a fillip soon. Technical assessment is under way for projects of the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB), for which funds have been sought from the World Bank.
The board has sought ₹2,600 crore under the “Chennai City Partnership” programme, a model that focuses on sustainable development of the city. The water board has proposed to execute four projects in the southern suburbs of the city with World Bank funding. These include providing underground drainage network in five added areas of Kottivakkam, Palavakkam, Neelankarai, Okkiyam Thoraipakkam and Injambakkam, the officials said.
Funds would be released in a phased manner under the “programme for results” instrument developed by the World Bank. Under this, the release of funds is linked to achieving specific milestones during project implementation.
Another significant project was capacity expansion of tertiary treatment plants at Perungudi and Nesapakkam by up to 110 million litres a day.
Work is in progress to implement the pilot ‘recycle and reuse’ projects to treat and release treated wastewater to recharge waterbodies and indirect potable use of recycled water.
Equitable supply
Chennai gets 700 mld on alternate days. On increasing the water supply, an official said: “We don’t see the need to increase the quantity now. But we are working on improving equal water distribution to all households in an area.”
The water agency has proposed to improve the distribution system in zones X and XIII covering localities such as T. Nagar, Mylapore and Kodambakkam under the demand management plan as a pilot project.
This envisages water supply with adequate pressure to reach the tail-end areas by strengthening and replacing old pipelines.
“We have asked for funds to provide last mile connectivity to households covered with the underground drainage network in added areas,” said the official. The water agency would provide connections without any application and residents can pay the bill later in instalments.
There are plans to execute the “Illanthorum Inaippu” project in areas such as Ullagaram Puzhuthivakkam, Karapakkam, Sholinganallur and Perungudi.
The CMWSSB has identified nearly one lakh sewer connections need to be given in various added areas. The projects were being reviewed now after which disbursement of funds would be decided, the officials added.
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Efforts on to get World Bank funding for CMWSSB projects
Delhi High Court Puts On Hold Army Couple's Posting To Two Different Locations
Delhi High Court Puts On Hold Army Couple's Posting To Two Different Locations
Colonel Amit Kumar and his wife have been posted to Port Blair and Bhatinda respectively.
Delhi High Court said the matter will be taken up for hearing in four weeks
New Delhi:
The Delhi High Court today put on hold the Army's decision to post two of its senior officers, a married couple, to different parts of the country.
The decision by a bench of Justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Asha Menon came on a plea moved by the husband -- Colonel Amit Kumar -- challenging the May 15 posting order issued by the Military Secretary Branch, his lawyer said.
Senior advocate Rana Mukherjee and advocate Sunil J Mathews appeared for Col Kumar.
Mr Mathews said that the court has asked the Army to consider the plea as a representation and to take a decision on the couple's plea for a posting at the same or geographically close location.
The high court also asked the Army to inform it about the decision on the representation after four weeks when the matter will be taken up, he said.
He also said that till the next date, the bench put on hold the May 15 orders posting Col Kumar and his wife Col Anu Dogra, both of whom are in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch of the Army and presently posted in Jodhpur, to Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Bhatinda in Punjab respectively.
Central government standing counsel Harish Vaidyanathan said he opposed the plea moved by Col Kumar.
Col Kumar, in his plea filed through advocates Ashim Dua and Tasmin Singh, has said that he had requested the Army in August for reconsideration of his date of movement and also leave of 30 days to attend the "piping ceremony of his wife", and secure the relocation of his family, which included his aged parents and minor son, to Bhatinda.
However, his requests were denied, the petition has said and added that the decision taken to transfer them without considering their preferences was in violation of the laid down policy and standard operating procedure regarding posting of senior officers.
His petition has alleged that the decision to transfer him and his wife to far off locations has been taken as he had filed a statutory complaint against the JAG, Indian Army as well as Deputy JAG, Headquarters Southern Command, Pune.
He has contended that the two senior officers allegedly influenced the said posting orders.
Col Kumar, in his petition, has said that since his requests were denied he has been forced to put up his papers for voluntary premature retirement "despite an unblemished and stellar service".
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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भोपाल:
मध्य प्रदेश (Madhya Pradesh) में एक से चार साल के आयु वर्ग के 54 प्रतिशत बच्चे एनीमिक हैं, प्रदेश में 13 प्रतिशत बच्चे मधुमेह के शिकार हैं, जबकि राष्ट्रीय औसत 10 प्रतिशत है. एमपी में 5 वर्ष तक की आयु के लगभग 43% बच्चे कम वजन के हैं, फिर भी राज्य सरकार ने तय किया है कि आंगनवाड़ी केंद्रों में अंडे नहीं दिये जाएंगे.मध्यप्रदेश की महिला एवं बाल विकास मंत्री इमरती देवी ने कुपोषण से निपटने के लिए आंगनबाड़ी केंद्रों में बच्चों को अंडे देने की प्रतिबद्धता जताई थी लेकिन मुख्यमंत्री शिवराज सिंह चौहान इसके पक्ष में नहीं.
एक हफ्ते पहले इमरती देवी ने घोषणा की थी कि कुपोषण को मिटाने के लिए मिड-डे मील में जो बच्चे अंडा खाते हैं उन्हें अंडा दिया जाएगा. ग्वालियर में उन्होंने दुहराया "पिछली कांग्रेस सरकार के दौरान एक मंत्री के रूप में, मैंने आंगनवाड़ियों में बच्चों को अंडे परोसने की घोषणा की थी. मैं अपने फैसले पर अडिग हूं और अब मैं फिर कहती हूं कि जो लोग अंडे खाते हैं, उन्हें अंडे दिए जाएंगे और जो नहीं खाते उन्हें फल दिए जाएंगे, जैसे केला या सेब.''
इमरती के फैसले से बीजेपी में तीखी प्रतिक्रिया हुई लेकिन मंगलवार को सभी राजनीतिक बहस को एक तरफ रखते हुए, शिवराज सिंह चौहान ने स्पष्ट किया कि उनकी सरकार मध्याह्न भोजन के दौरान आंगनवाड़ियों में अंडे वितरित नहीं करेगी. इसके बजाय, बच्चों को पौष्टिक आहार के रूप में दूध दिया जाएगा.
भोपाल में बीजेपी मुख्यालय में एक कार्यक्रम को संबोधित करते हुए, सीएम ने घोषणा की कि 17 सितंबर से, अन्य पौष्टिक भोजन दूध के साथ राज्य के सभी आंगनवाड़ी केंद्रों पर वितरित किए जाएंगे. प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के 70वें जन्मदिन पर मनाए जा रहे सेवा सप्ताह के दौरान 17 सितंबर से आंगनवाड़ियों में कुपोषण से निपटने के लिए दूध दिया जाएगा."
कांग्रेस की सरकार में बतौर मंत्री जब इमरती देवी ने अंडे देने का फैसला किया था, उस समय विपक्ष के नेता गोपाल भार्गव (जो अब पीडब्ल्यूडी मंत्री हैं) उन्होंने कहा था यदि बच्चों को बचपन से अंडे दिए जाते हैं, तो वे बाद के वर्षों में नरभक्षी बन सकते हैं. विपक्षी बीजेपी के कड़े विरोध के बावजूद, तत्कालीन कमलनाथ सरकार ने अप्रैल 2020 से इमरती देवी के प्रस्ताव को लागू करने की योजना बनाई थी, लेकिन योजना लागू होने से पहले ही सरकार गिर गई.
Efforts on to get World Bank funding for CMWSSB projects
Senior Pak Journalist Asad Toor Charged For Allegedly Defaming Country, Army Online
Senior Pak Journalist Charged For Allegedly Defaming Country, Army Online
The First Information Report (FIR) against Asad Toor, a senior journalist with the Express Tribune, was registered in Rawalpindi after the complainant Hafiz Ehtesham Ahmed alleged that the scribe used social media to defame Pakistan and the Pakistan Army.
Asad Toor, who is based in Islamabad, called the accusation a sad moment for him. (Representational)
Islamabad:
A senior Pakistani journalist was on Tuesday charged by the police for allegedly defaming the country and its powerful Army on social media.
The First Information Report (FIR) against Asad Toor, a senior journalist with the Express Tribune, was registered in Rawalpindi after the complainant Hafiz Ehtesham Ahmed alleged that the scribe used social media to defame Pakistan and the Pakistan Army.
"The complainant claimed that he was a regular user of social media and found that Toor for some days had been defaming the army by using the derogatory language for high-level government institutions, including the Pakistan Army which is a grave crime as per the law," according to the FIR shared by the journalist on his Twitter account.
Asad Toor, who is based in Islamabad, called the accusation a sad moment for him.
"This is a sad development for me being a journalist because I never wished to be news myself," he said.
Asad Toor is not alone in Pakistan where a journalist has been charged or arrested for allegedly defaming the country and its powerful Army.
On September 11, Bilal Farooqi, who works with The Express Tribune, was taken into custody from his home for allegedly defaming the country's army and fanning sectarian hate.
