Government of India will provide budgetary support of Rs. 45,800 crore over the entire implementation period of IPDS. Out of the total amount Rs 1,067 crore has been sanctioned for Uttar Pradesh including Rs 572 crore for Varanasi. The Project envisages converting area overhead lines into underground cabling in the areas around the temples and ghats in the Varanasi city. The Scheme includes upgradation of the electrical assets at Sub – centers, lines and distribution transformers, capacity enhancement and renewal of the old sub – stations and installation of roof-top solar panel in government buildings. IPDS will help in reduction in AT&C losses; establishment of IT enabled energy accounting / auditing system, improvement in billed energy based on metered consumption and improvement in collection efficiency.

Shri Nadda informed of two important decisions that have been taken to bring about desired changes in health indicators- IMR, MMR and TFR. First, Regional Resource Centre Northeast will be developed for building capacities of the states for programme implementation, importance on Public Health Programme, Information, Education and Communication (IEC) to be strengthened with community participation and quality assurance to be ensured. Second, a Joint Secretary from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare will visit North Eastern states once in a month to oversee implementation of programmes and address the bottlenecks.

Union Health Minister was sympathetic of the difficulties that the north eastern states are facing in providing quality health care services- from difficult terrain, hilly areas, poor communication facilities, detrimental weather etc. He drew instances of his state which is also a hilly state. He suggested that innovative measures need to be evolved to overcome natural gap and build a robust system of our own. Shri Nadda suggested for strengthening District Hospitals and Sub-Divisional Civil Hospitals with rational deployment of doctors and paramedical staff. He stressed on the need to develop public health planning with quality training of paramedics.

Union Minister emphatically said that there is no shortage of fund for ensuring health care services and urged that states should submit utilisation in time for streamlining the flow of funds from the state. He also urged that procurement should be transparent and need based for ensuring quality and regular supply.Union Health Minister appreciated each state for the achievements shown so far and urged everyone to work for betterment of the health care services. He particularly appreciated the efforts of Assam in introducing BSC (Community Health) for providing health care services in rural areas.Union Health Minister visited the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong and addressed the meeting of the Governing Council yesterday.

With respect to the railways, the preparedness of Railways in providing amenities and other facilities to rail passengers was reviewed with Minister of State for Railways, Shri Manoj Sinha . This being a year of Nabakalebara, it is expected that the number of tourists / pilgrims visiting the holy city of Puri will be significantly higher. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan expressed his gratitude to the railways for the decision to run 200 special trains as against 80 to 90 trains being run by the Railways during the preceding years. He also complimented the railways for the provision of additional facilities proposed during Bahuda Yatra and Sunabesha. Railways is creating adequate passenger amenities for the comforts of the passengers and new infrastructure facilities will be dedicated to the nation for the convenience of the passengers visiting Puri.

Minister of State (I/C), P&NG Shri Dharmendra Pradhan also met Hon’ble Minister of State, Tourism and Culture, Dr. Mahesh Sharma to review various schemes related to promotion of Nabakalebara in social media, print media and other mass media so as to popularize the event in India and abroad. He expressed his gratitude to the Hon’ble Prime Minister and Hon’ble Minister for meeting the expectations of the people of the state. The entire campaign related to Nabakalebara is being made as part of Incredible India campaign. In the meeting, it was also decided to organize a separate function for issuance of commemorative stamp and commemorative coin for the occasion.

As part of popularizing the festival and facilitating international travelers, it has been decided to start operation of international flights from Biju Patnaik Airport. Air India will commence international operations before 10.07.2015 from Bhubaneswar for Dubai. Shri Pradhan expressed his gratitude to Dr. Mahesh Sharma for meeting long standing desire of the people from the state.

Shri Yadav further informed that DJB has constituted 20 special squads for detection of leakages. These squads patrol the city round the clock, specially during the water supply hours to detect the leakages. The special squads have been equipped with latest instruments and gadgets to detect hidden leakages. Leakages detected are informed immediately to the maintenance division concerned which have been directed to take urgent steps to plug the leakages to prevent wastage of water. Plugging of leakages is being closely monitored by senior officers. He further informed that DJB has developed a state of art geographical information system (GIS). The leakages detected are plotted on the GIS maps. This gives instant information to DJB about the areas vulnerable to hidden and surface leakages. Equipped with this data, DJB has prepared a plan of action to replace the pipelines which will be executed in the current financial year. Replacement of pipelines will help in reducing the number of leakages in the vulnerable areas in future.

Detection and plugging of leakages has not only helped DJB in saving millions of liters of water but will also help in reducing non revenue water. DJB is working hard to supply maximum possible water daily to the people of Delhi in an equitable manner. Water production has gone up from 835 MGD to 880 MGD. More than 100 colonies which were dependent on tanker water supply has been brought to piped water supply network in last one year. With commissioning of new water treatment plants at Dwarka and Bawana, there has been tremendous improvement in water supply situation in Delhi this year.DJB appeals to the people to inform the DJB helpline if they find leakage in any pipeline. A 24×7 help line 1916 has been set up by the DJB .The helpline is backed by a professionally managed call centre. Apart from leakages, the people can use the helpline for filing their complaints through this helpline.

Several important issues including training for Bangladesh Coast Guard personnel, cooperation on combating maritime crimes, maritime Search & Rescue and Pollution response at sea were discussed during the meeting. The meeting is a step ahead in institutionalisation of cooperation between the two Coast Guards.
The Bangladesh Coast Guard delegation is scheduled to visit Mumbai and Kolkata before they depart for Dhaka on 10 April 2015 and shall be briefed on various facets of ICG operations and shipbuilding in India.

The Union Home Minister mentioned that the people have great expectations from the Centre and the coalition government in the State and that the Central Government would ensure that all possible assistance would be provided to utilize the full potential of the alliance both in the area of security and welfare of the people.The Union Home Minister informed the Chief Minister that the proposal of the State Government for enhanced remuneration to SPOs is being pursued by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The issue of raising of Indian Reserve Battalions for J&K and effective utilization of State Police was also discussed in the meeting.

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