Bhopal/Sidhi, June 3 (IANS) A day after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Madhya Pradesh government over 53 maternal deaths in Sidhi district, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the state Assembly, Umang Singhar, said on Wednesday that the Commission’s intervention confirms the “extreme gravity” of the healthcare crisis and warrants an impartial probe. The NHRC took ‘suo motu’ cognisance on Tuesday of media reports that 53 pregnant women died during antenatal and …
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Guwahati, April 30 (IANS) The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) held a two-day Chief Engineers’ Works Conference for its Eastern Region in Guwahati to review ongoing projects and finalise the roadmap for the current financial year, officials said on Thursday.The conference, conducted on April 28 and 29, was chaired by BRO Director General Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan and brought together all seven Chief Engineers of BRO projects in the Eastern Region along with the Commandant of the Engineer Base Wor…
Jammu, Feb 5 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir is scripting a major success story in road connectivity, with the total road network at present standing at 41,141 km.This massive road infrastructure expansion is being driven by multi-billion-rupee connectivity projects, especially in remote and otherwise inaccessible border areas such as Rajouri, Poonch, Bandipora, Kupwara, Reasi and other far-flung districts.The main objective of these road projects is to ensure all-weather connectivity, reduce travel ti…
Gandhinagar, Jan 28 (IANS) The Gujarat government, on Wednesday, approved a major infrastructure initiative aimed at improving road connectivity in the state’s tribal regions under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar.Addressing the media after the meeting, state government Spokesperson and Minister Jitu Vaghani said that 1,614 tribal hamlets that have never been connected by roads will …