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MP to conduct drone surveys before releasing paddy bonus to farmers: CM

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced on Saturday that drones will be used to conduct surveys before releasing the paddy bonus to farmers in the state. The move is an attempt to do away with their difficulties and ensure that no farmer is left out, he said. Problems crop up in the disbursement of paddy bonus. Therefore, the government has decided to conduct drone surveys of paddy cultivation, Yadav said during his address at an event concerning the Swamitva Yojana, a central land scheme, in Seoni. Paddy bonus usually refers to the additional amount paid over and above the minimum support price (MSP) for the crop. We will transfer the bonus amount to everyone's bank account. No one would be left out, he added. Yadav said his government's resolve is to supply "water to every field and work to every hand". Taking a dig at the previous Congress governments in the state, he said during their time between 1956 and 2003, the state's irrigation capacity was just 7 lakh ...

Torrent Power to invest Rs 18K cr in thermal power plant in Madhya Pradesh

Investment proposals worth Rs 32,520 crore received at RIC Shahdol, over 30,000 jobs expected to be created

Regional Industry Conclave to attract Rs 32,520 cr in investments: MP CM

The Regional Industry Conclave (RIC) held in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol division on Thursday attracted investment proposals worth more than Rs 32,500 crore which have potential to generate employment for over 30,000 people, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said. One of the major investment proposals came from Torrent Power and it was worth Rs 18,000 crore which is expected to generate job opportunities for nearly 7,000 people, an official said. "During the event, we have received investment proposals from large, MSME (micro, small, medium enterprises) and other sectors worth Rs 32,520 crore which will generate employment for more than 30,000 people," Yadav told reporters after the conclave. A key highlight of the RIC was that besides other regions of Madhya Pradesh, nearly 95 per cent of investment proposals were received for the Shahdol division alone, he said. The division consists of Shahdol, Umaria, and Anuppur districts. Besides Torrent Power, other major investment proposals ...

Japan will be country partner in Global Investors Summit Madhya Pradesh

Renewable energy policies include the MP Pump Hydro storage Policy 2025, Madhya Pradesh Biofuel Promotion Policy 2025, and MP Urban Gas Distribution Policy 2024, all of which are expected to be finali

Every poor person in India will have a permanent house: MP CM Mohan Yadav

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday said that as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for housing for all, four crore poor people have been provided permanent houses in the country so far. Referring to an old survey in Madhya Pradesh, he said that permanent houses are to be provided to 16 lakh beneficiaries and the state has got 8.5 lakh new houses as of now. After this, a survey will be conducted again and the government will ensure that no poor will remain without a permanent house, he asserted. The resolution of providing permanent housing to every poor in Madhya Pradesh will be fulfilled as desired by the prime minister, he said. The chief minister was speaking at an event in Vidisha where he symbolically performed griha pravesh' of the beneficiaries as part of a scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)'. Union Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare and Rural Development Minister and Vidisha MP, Shivraj Singh Chouhan was also present. Besides ..

50 trainers prepared to dispel fears about Carbide waste disposal in Dhar

Authorities in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district on Monday started coaching 50 master trainers about 337 tonnes of Union Carbide factory waste brought to Pithampur for incineration before they set out to spread awareness that the waste is not hazardous. The state government has gone on the backfoot after the public outcry against waste disposal and two self-immolation bids in the Pithampur industrial area, which witnessed protests earlier this month. Talking to PTI, Dhar Collector Priyank Mishra said, "We are preparing 50-odd master trainers, including science teachers, professors and officials. They will be informed about the exact status of the waste before they reach out to people to dispel misinformation." On January 6, the principal bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur granted the state government six weeks to act on the Union Carbide factory waste disposal as per the safety guidelines. The authorities had sought time to educate people and dispel their fear about was

Madhya Pradesh High Court lifts stay on Religare Enterprises' AGM

The order clears way for the open offer by Burman family

Religare AGM back on track after Madhya Pradesh High Court rejects PIL

The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a PIL blocking Religare's AGM, vacating the stay on Rashmi Saluja's reappointment and allowing the Burman family's stake acquisition process to proceed

Protest in Indore over Carbide waste disposal in neighbouring Dhar district

Various organisations on Thursday protested in Indore against the plan to dispose of 337 tonnes of Union Carbide factory waste at Pithampur in Dhar district, about 30 km from the city. The protesters claim that the move poses a threat to the health of the people living in the industrial town and the environment and will also harm the residents of Indore, Madhya Pradesh's financial capital, and its surrounding areas. The protesters gathered outside the Revenue Divisional Commissioner's office here. Protests have erupted at various places since the waste from the Bhopal-based Union Carbide factory, which triggered one of the world's worst industrial disasters, was transported to Pithampur last week for incineration. Our only demand is that the waste of the Union Carbide factory should not be burnt in Pithampur, said Ramswaroop Mantri, convener of farmer body United Kisan Morcha in the Malwa-Nimar region of western Madhya Pradesh. We are trying to raise awareness among the people thr

NGT petition seeks MP govt's word on safe disposal of Union Carbide waste

A petition has been filed in the National Green Tribunal's Bhopal bench seeking an assurance from the Madhya Pradesh government that the disposal of Union Carbide waste won't harm people in nearby areas. The petition has urged the green court to direct the state's chief secretary to declare on oath about the safety of people in Pithampur in Dhar district where the Carbide waste has been transported for disposal. The petition, filed by a Jabalpur-based social organisation, also seeks direction to the authorities in Dhar to submit on oath that the residents in the area won't be harmed due to the disposal of the Carbide waste. On Thursday, 337 tonnes of Union Carbide waste reached Pithampur from Bhopal for disposal following the MP High Court order. Furthermore, the petition seeks direction to MP government to publish in Hindi and English newspapers a particular report regarding the disposal of this waste to allay public concerns, said PG Najpandey of Nagrik Upbhokta Margdarshak Manch

Bhopal tragedy waste disposal: Mob pelts stones at incineration unit

A mob on Saturday pelted stones at the firm in Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district where 337 tonnes of Union Carbide waste linked to the Bhopal gas tragedy is proposed to be incinerated, a police official said. A mob of 100-150 persons pelted stones at the gate of the unit, Pithampur police station inspector Om Prakash Ahir told PTI. A probe is underway to identify those behind the incident and take further legal action, Ahir added. The incident comes a day after the town was rocked by protests against the disposal plan amid a bandh call given by the Pithampur Bachao Samiti. On Friday, a mob of 500-600 persons had marched to Ramky Group's Industrial Waste Management Private Limited premises, where the waste is set to be incinerated, but police managed to disperse them in time. Hours later, the district administration had clamped prohibitory orders under section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Surakhsa Sanhita (BNSS) around the premises of the unit. It will be in force till ...

Bhopal toxic waste: 5 cases filed against protesters opposing disposal plan

Madhya Pradesh police have registered five cases against protesters in Pithampur of Dhar district who opposed the planned disposal of 337 tonnes of toxic waste linked to the Bhopal gas tragedy in their town, an official said on Saturday. Protests rocked Pithampur, around 50 km from the district headquarters, on Friday after toxic waste reached Ramky Enviro company, where the incineration is to be carried out. The protests prompted the authorities to impose prohibitory orders under section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) banning the assembly of 50 or more persons around Ramky Enviro. Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Kumar Singh said five separate cases were registered on Friday night in connection with the protests for disrupting public peace. He said in some cases, people were named, while in others, first information reports (FIRs) were registered against unidentified persons. Singh said normalcy prevailed in Pithampur town on Saturday morning, and all ...

Bhopal hazardous material shift: Two attempt self-immolation in Pithampur

The waste from the December 1984 disaster at the Union Carbide factory reached the industrial town's incineration facility on Thursday triggering protests led by 'Pithampur Bachao Samiti'

Union Carbide waste disposal: Protests in MP's Pithampur, 2 attempt suicide

The quick response of the crowd likely prevented a tragedy, and the men were subsequently shifted to a local hospital by public and police officers present at the scene

MP CM assures safe disposal of waste linked to Bhopal gas tragedy

Amid 337 tonnes of toxic waste linked to the Bhopal gas tragedy arriving in Dhar from the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on Thursday and ensuing protests, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister addressed "doubters" and said the issue should not be politicised. Yadav asserted the waste comprised 60 per cent mud and 40 per cent naphtol used to make pesticide methyl isocyanate (MIC) and was "not at all harmful". "Its poison lasts for around 25 years as per scientists and this tragedy took place 40 years ago," he said. Highly toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas had leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal in the intervening night of December 2-3 in 1984, killing 5,479 persons and leaving thousands of others with serious, long-term health issues. It is widely acknowledged as the world's worst industrial disaster. Forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, 337 tons of waste was shifted from the defunct Union Carbide factory for its disposal at a unit in Dhar district. It .

40 yrs after Bhopal gas disaster, toxic waste leaves Union Carbide factory

Forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the shifting of some 377 tons of hazardous waste began from the defunct Union Carbide factory on Wednesday night for its disposal, an official said. The toxic waste is being shifted in 12 sealed container trucks to the Pithampur industrial area in Dhar district, 250 km away from Bhopal. "12 container trucks carrying the waste set off on a non-stop journey around 9 pm. A green corridor has been created for the vehicles which are expected to reach Pithampur industrial area in Dhar district in seven hours," said Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department Director Swatantra Kumar Singh. He said around 100 people worked in 30-minute shifts since Sunday to pack and load the waste in trucks. "They underwent health check-ups and were given rest every 30 minutes," he added. Highly toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory on the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, killing at least 5,479 peop

40 years on, Union Carbide toxic waste set to travel 250 km for disposal

The work to remove 377 metric tonnes of hazardous waste from the now-defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal got underway on Sunday ahead of its planned disposal near Indore. The development comes weeks after the Madhya Pradesh High Court chided the authorities for not taking action despite repeated directions, including that of the Supreme Court, to clear the site in the MP capital. The state of inertia may cause another tragedy, it had said. On the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate (MIC) leaked from the Union Carbide pesticides factory killing 5,479 people and leaving more than five lakh others with health effects and long-term disabilities. About half a dozen GPS-enabled trucks with specially reinforced containers reached the factory site on Sunday morning. Several workers wearing special PPE kits and officials of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation, environmental agencies, doctors and incineration experts were seen working at the ...

Rajnath Singh pays floral tributes at Ambedkar Memorial in MP's Mhow

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh along with Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi on Sunday paid floral tributes at the memorial Dr B R Ambedkar at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district. The memorial of Ambedkar, the architect of India's Constitution, has been built at his birthplace in the Kali Paltan area of Mhow cantonment, located about 25 km from the Indore district headquarters. "Defence Minister Singh accompanied by General Dwivedi paid floral tributes to Dr Ambedkar and later took darshan of his asthikalash (ashes) kept at the central hall of the memorial," Ambedkar Memorial Society secretary Rajesh Wankhede told PTI. "Singh then went the first floor of the memorial building and saw the life of Dr Ambedkar depicted through various portraits and paintings put up there," Wankhede said. Earlier, General Dwivedi received Singh upon his arrival for a two-day visit to MP at a helipad situated at the Army War College (AWC) in Mhow cantonment on Sunday afternoon. Thereafter

MP High Court stays Religare's AGM and open offer by Burman family

Court also stayed Religare Enterprises annual general body meeting

Modi lays foundation stone of Ken-Betwa project, hails Ambedkar's vision

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused Congress of ignoring Dr B R Ambedkar's contribution to the development of water resources in the country as he laid the foundation stone of the Ken-Betwa river linking project in Madhya Pradesh. Speaking at the programme at Khajuraho in Bundelkhand region, Modi said that in the 21st century, only the nations with adequate and well-managed water resources can advance. The PM's comments about Ambedkar came amid the controversy over Union Home Minister Amit Shah's recent remarks about the iconic leader and the Congress's nationwide protests over the issue. Ambedkar's vision and farsightedness contributed significantly to the strengthening of the country's water resources, their management and dam construction, Modi said. Ambedkar played a crucial role in the development of major river valley projects and formation of the Central Water Commission, he added. "Ask anyone....after the country got independence, who thought about the ...