¤ ¤ ¦§ ¤ ¤ ¥ §¨ § © Ranchi 30 April, 2020 R P unday’s sweeping Cabinet Srejig witnessed Prime Minister Narendra Modi brin- record. village under Itki blocking in hassome former bureaucrats to help scale up governance and wo former IAS officers, an ex-IPS officer and an The district administra- been made as containmentspeed up implementation of Tex-diplomat, who made it to the Modi Council Central welfare programmes s the Narendra Modi Government went of Ministers on Sunday, have not been given port- but the exercise still could not Ain for a Cabinet reshuffle, the Shiv Sena folios of their domain areas. he Ranchi district admin- tion on the complaint of ben- zone, Karanji village underfill up all the vacancies with and the JD(U) did not attend the swearing- With the induction of Raj Kumar Singh (for- several Ministers ending up in ceremony as their members were not mer Home Secretary), Hardeep Singh Puri (former istration has once again eficiaries had carried out a Bero block has been madeholding chargesas of more than inducted in the revamped Council of diplomat), Satyapal Singh (former Mumbai Police T one Ministry. Ministers nor they “received any intimation”. Commissioner) and Alphons (former taken action against public probe by the Block containment zone. FromThe reshuffle left an uneasy Both the allies appeared disappointed with Commissioner Delhi Development Authority) — feeling within a section of the the development. There was a suggestion that the number of former bureaucrats and ex-service- BJP that there could be better non-inclusion of the allies in the Cabinet men in the Modi Government has risen to seven. distribution system (PDS) deal- Development Officer/Zonal Karanji village a corona patientrepresentation from the party revamp was a way of conveying as to who is Satyapal Singh (an Indian Police Service officer) has itself and a kind of “outsourc- the real boss in the governance. However, the been given Human Resource Development (HRD) ers. Eight PDSs dealers have Officer/Block Supply Officer. was recovered on Apriling” was 19. not required to fill up BJP side maintained that there could be anoth- portfolio, Puri ( an Indian Foreign Service officer) the slots. The criticism is being er brief expansion where the concern of allies allocated Urban and Housing Development, RK been suspended after they were The officials in their investiga- Similarly, Keso village undertargeted at the inclusion of two would be addressed. The JD(U), which Singh (Indian Administrative Service) awarded with non-political entrants in the joined the NDA few weeks ago, was expect- power and Alphons, the famed “demolition man”, Council of Ministers. There ing a call to get at least two of its members got Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of found of committing irregu- tion found the allegations true. Bero block too has has been been a palpable discontent being included in the Union Cabinet. Electronics and Information Technology. that MPs from the Lok Sabha Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 larities in ration distribution. Meanwhile, the district admin- declared as containmentand zone. the Rajya Sabha with “proven credentials” have not Industry. With the district administra- istration has also sought expla- On April 23, a person frombeen rewardedthe and “youth” Sitharaman’s entry in the not given their due in the Defence would make her a Cabinet. member of the Cabinet tion initiating action against nation from concerned PDSs village was found to be coronaDespite the third Cabinet Committee on Security which expansion exercise with general is headed by the Prime eight PDS dealers on dealers why their licenses are positive. After a person electionstested less than two years Minister with Ministers of away, all the vacancies have not Defence, External Affairs, Wednesday, the number of not cancelled. The PDS dealers corona positive, the districtbeen filled as important Home as its members. Sushma Ministries like Environment Swaraj is the other woman and Forest, Information & member in the important com- PDSs dealers who have been who have been suspended administration has declaredBroadcasting and many others mittee. There are a total of five are still not being managed by women Cabinet Ministers in ¤ suspended in past week has includes, Aasiya Rozgar Samuh area within the peripherya single independent of Minister. the Modi Government, the Many have recalled a reported others being Maneka Gandhi, gone up to 20. Earlier, the dis- ward number 10-36, Rajesh 500 m from corona patient’scomment, last year, by a BJP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Uma vice-president and now a RS Bharti and Smriti Zubin Irani. member (himself a potential In a brief ceremony at the trict administration has sus- Kumar Sahu Kanke block, house as micro containmentcandidate for ministership), Rashrapati Bhavan, which was that the Modi Government not attended by allies the JD(U) pended 12 PDSs dealers. Jeevan Jyoti Women’s Group zone in Kadru area. Similarlywas “talent deficit”. and the Shiv Sena, President On a plus side, it has been Ram Nath Kovind also admin- pointed out that the Prime istered oath to nine new faces as The PDSs dealers are Ratu Block, Ugta Suraj Mahila micro containment zone has Minster is not averse to ringing Ministers of State which includ- accused of giving less ration in Samakhya group, Ratu, been made at Arsande villagein the “talent” even if he him- ed Virendra Kumar (LS mem- self has been the subject of his ber from Madhya Pradesh), criticism. Former Home Anant Kumar Hegde (LS mem- weight to beneficiaries, not Jharkhand Mahila Samiti, under Kanke block, alsoSecretary atRK Singh, who has ber from Karnataka), Gajendra ¡ been vocal in opposing his Singh Shekhawat (LS member giving ration to beneficiaries Sonahatu, Nitesh Kumar, Upper Bazar area fromown Gari Government in the past from Rajasthan), former Home ¡ and even objected to describ- Secretary RK Singh (LS mem- despite getting thumb impres- Chanho block, Hari Oraon Khana to Sewa Sadan toing Bada the BJP Government as ber from Bihar), Ashwini ‘Modi Government’ in the Lok Kumar Choubey (LS member Sabha was on Sunday induct- from Bihar), and former sion of beneficiaries and giving Chanho block and Shiva Oraon trict administration has made trict administration has also have been declared contain- Talav area been made as edmicro by the Prime Minister in his Mumbai Police Commissioner Council of Ministers with key Satyapal Singh (LS member one month ration to benefi- Chanho block, Ranchi. containment, micro contain- appointed incident commander ment or micro containment containment zone after aportfolio per- of Power. from UP), Shiv Pratap Shukla The reshuffle sees Nirmala (RS member from UP), former Sitharaman becoming the first IAS officer Alphons ¥ ¡ ciaries while making entry of Moreover, in another ment zones so as to check the in all these containment, micro zones after recovery of Covid son was tested coronafull-time woman Defence Kannanthanam (Kerala) and Minister of the country as Modi former diplomat Hardeep Puri. ¤ two month ration in PDS development the Ranchi dis- spread of coronavirus. The dis- containment zones. These areas 19 patients in these areas. Moro positive. elevated four “performing” Puri (Housing & Urban junior Ministers — Affairs), Kannathanam Sithraraman, Dharmendra (Tourism & Electronics and Pradhan, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Information Technology) and and Piyush Goyal — to the Singh (Power and New & Cabinet rank with the latter Renewable Energy), — all are shifted to the high-profile given Independent charge of ¡ Railways relieving Suresh their respective Ministries. Prabhu, who in turn, is moved Continued on Page 4 to the Ministry of Commerce & Related reports on P5, 6 ❝ ❝ ❝ O L M of Dhanbad and Jamshedpur along Mangotia, Deepak Agrawal, Rajat Soren for the latter to take a final M with SPs. Jaggi and Raju Bhaloti at The Alcor decision. Meanwhile, rumours n a major administrative reshuffle Akhilesh Kumar Jha, DIG Special Hotel for violating the lockdown. hief Minister Hemant Soren were rife that Gupta has approved the State Government on Tuesday Branch, has been made DIG, Ranchi.blast yield of the presumedThe test arrest of the five persons was I O was between 50 and 60 kilo- will take the final call on Singh's resignation. However, late night transferred and posted 35 Jha will also hold additional chargetons, of or fivemade to six times after the SSP Anoop Birtharay C stronger than North Korea’s Gupta clarified that only the CM DIG of Palamu region. Amolfifth test in Septemberinitiated 2016. a fresh enquiry into the Rajendra Institute of Medical IPS officers in the State. Also, the OPP That would mark a significant L rime Minister Narendra step forward in the North’s PModi and Chinese Sciences (RIMS) Director Dr. DK can take a decision in this regard Department of Personnel, Venukant Homkar, who was DIGquest of for a viablehotel nuclear mis- episode, suspecting P thosePresident Xi Jinping are expect- sile capable of striking any- ed to hold a bilateral meeting orth Korea on Sunday said where in the United States. on Tuesday, nearly a week after Singh's resignation plea, officials and the former has only forward- Administrative Reforms & Rajbhasha South Chottanagpur (Ranchi) region released on PR Bond of being involved Nit set off a hydrogen bomb On North Korean televi- India and China announced in its sixth nuclear test, which sion, a newsreader called the resolution of the 73-day-long from the health department said ed the letter to him. on Wednesday promoted four IAS has been transferred judging by the earthquake to North it set test a “completein success” clandestine and activities in the hotelDokalam stand-off. off appeared to be its most pow- said the “two-stage thermonu- According to officials, the on Wednesday. According to "The (Health) Minister has officers in level 12, without changing ChottanagpurP (Hazaribag)erful explosion yet. The region. US clear weapon”during had “unprece- the lockdown period.two leaders are scheduled to State Department had no dented” strength. Hours earli- K hold a meeting on September sources in the department, Singh only forwarded the letter to the their present post. The four IAS offi- Similarly, Raj Kumarimmediate Lakra reaction. However,the DIGer, Pyongyang claimedMoreover, its leader in steel city a vendor was5 on the sidelines of the 9th later US President Donald had inspected a hydrogen bomb K Brazil-Russia-India-China- Trump, asked if he would attack meant for a new interconti- South Africa (BRICS) Summit, addressed a letter to Health CM as per the protocol. This does cers who have been promoted at at Dumka has beenthe posted North, said, “We’ll at see.” Homenental ballisticfund missile. selling fruits with VHP banner.which will start on Monday in South Korea’s weather Continued on Page 4 O K K this port city of China. Minister Banna Gupta on April 12 not mean that the resignation has senior rank (level 12) includes, Guard at same capacity.agency estimated the nuclear Related Thereports on police P12 didn’t arrest the fruit ven- Continued on Page 4 asking him to relieve him from his been accepted," said a close aide Hazaribag Municipal Commissioner, Kuldeep Dwivedi, DIG at Kolhan dor but issued a warning. duties here, so he can join as the of Gupta. He requested not to be N Kamleshwar Prasad Singh, Dhanbad region has been made as DIG of Apart from Birtharay, Dhanbad Director of All India Institute of named. Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar, Jharkhand Jaguar, while Pankaj SSP Kishore Kaushal too has been Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in The developments come at a Seraikela-Kharsawan Deputy Kamboj, DIG at Hazaribag region has transferred from Dhanbad. He has Bhathinda, Punjab. time when Jharkhand is battling Singh, however, said that he Commissioner, Anjaneyulu Dodde been made the DIG of Anti been shifted to police training college “I got an offer from AIIMS, a global pandemic. The number of has volunteered to remain the and Dumka Deputy Commissioner Corruption Bureau (ACB). Padma, Hazaribag. In place of Kaushal, Bhathinda on March 12, and I had cases here has been on the rise, Director of RIMS until the to joining RIMS, he worked as a Rajeshwari B. Apart from transfer of DIG ranks Chatra SP Akhilesh B Warrier has to confirm my joining by April 12. and in such a situation, the role of COVID-19 pandemic subsides. "I Professor in the Department of The Home, Prisons and Disaster officers, two SSP rank officers too have been made as new SSP of the Coal city. Therefore, I wrote the letter to the RIMS –the largest Government- don't wish to run away from the Anesthesiology at Institute of Management Department on Tuesday been shifted. Jamshedpur SSP, Anoop Ranchi SP Saurabh has been given Government seeking the approval run hospital in State– is pivotal. situation. I want to work here until Medical Sciences (IMS), Banaras evening issued a notification of trans- Birtharay has been made as com- the additional post of SP rural, while of the concerned authorities,” RIMS has conducted the highest we fight off this pandemic. Hindu University (BHU). fer and posting of 35 IPS officers. mandant at JAP. In place of Birtharay, rural SP Risabh Kumar Jha has been Singh told The Pioneer on number of COVID-19 tests in However, the senior authorities Since joining RIMS, Singh Among the police officers who are Koderma SP M Tamil Vanan has made as SP Chatra. Loharadaga SP Wednesday. Jharkhand so far. Besides, Ranchi have to decide if they want me to has found himself in the crosshairs transferred and assigned new assign- been made as SSP of Koderma. Priyadarshi Alok has been shifted to Health Minister Banna Gupta alone accounts for nearly 70 per stay or leave," he said. of many doctors, who apparently ments included, Deputy Inspector Birtharay, was in news this week JAP Commandant 3 Govindpur. on Wednesday forwarded Singh's cent of the Coronavirus cases in Singh took charge as RIMS were not happy with his strict General (DIG) ranks officers and firstly the Jamshedpur police arrested Deoghar, Pakur, Hazaribag too got letter to Chief Minister Hemant the State. Director in November 2018. Prior approach. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSPs) Rajesh Mangotia alias Laddu new SPs. the salaries of the school staff- tude to the doctors frater- visit the hospitals because of teaching and non- teaching as they nity and frontline workers, unavoidable health issues,” Singh too have been affected during this en Covid-19 patients, who test- who are working day in said. He further expressed his period. Salaries are paid from the Ted positive, are undergoing and day out in different thanks to the employees of the tuition fees and if the school does not treatment at CCL Gandhinagar parts of the Country Company who are leaving no stone charge the fee, how will it get paid Hospital, Ranchi. Altogether 10 including Jharkhand and upturned in these challenging cir- uman Resource Development and similarly, if the staff is not Covid-19 patients are undergoing overseas for treating cumstances in ensuring uninter- HMinster, Jharkhand Jaganath given their salary then what about treatment at Gandhinagar hospital, COVID-19 patients and rupted coal supply to power plants Mahto has urged all the private them and their families,” said St out of which eight were admitted on saving countless lives. He for meeting the energy require- schools across the State to waive off Xavier’s School Principal Father Ajit April 27 evening, while two more further expressed deepest ments of the nation. the school fess during the lockdown Xess. patients were admitted on gratitude to the paramedics Singh said that they have set an period. A three- member team has “The HRD Ministry’s directive of Wednesday. and other stakeholders, advisory board with the coopera- been formed and only after the not charging fees has come to our Deputy Commissioner (DC), who are striving to empow- tion of retired doctors of CCL and reports are submitted will a final knowledge only through print media. Ranchi, Rai Mahimapat Ray along er the people with the cor- they are giving expert advice regard- decision be taken on the entire mat- Once the order is formally issued, a with Senior Superintendent of rect information and tak- ing the COVID-19. This collective ter as to what extent schools will have final decision will be taken only after Police (SSP), Ranchi Anish Gupta ing precautions as per the effort is helping in fighting the pan- to waive off the fees. it is thoroughly studied and dis- and other district administration advisories issued by the demic. However, school authorities cussed with the other members,” said officials have recently visited CCL, Government. According to CMS, CCL Dr CP claim that inspite of the lockdown no Ram Singh, Principal of Delhi Public Gandhinagar Hospital and inspect- Singh reiterated that Dham, Doctors and Paramedical stone is being left unturned to con- School and president, Sahodaya ed the facilities available. the company has reserved staffs of CCL have been trained to duct online classes. School Complex, Ranchi. After inspection, Ray took a four central hospitals to handle the suspected cases of Schools too have to pay salaries “Not charging the fees will cer- meeting with the Doctors and deal with Corona patients Corona virus. to the teaching as well as non- tainly put the schools in a quandary. informed them about the guidelines if required in future and CCL has already distributed teaching staff and not charging fees If a decision of not charging the fees and protocols which must be there would be a separate about 1,32,245 masks among its will prove a hindrance in doing the is taken by the committee, then it will adhered to while dealing with In addition to CCL with assured oxygen support, basic entrance for such suspected cases. stakeholders and the disadvan- same. be difficult for all the schools to man- Covid -19 pandemic. He stressed on Gandhinagar Hospital, other three life support Ambulances with suf- “We have set up a separate entrance taged and needy section of popu- “The decision taken by the gov- age their expenditures. Giving the importance of the safety of the central hospitals of the Company ficient oxygen support 24 x 7 and for suspected patients at lation. ernment will be duly followed. This salaries to the teaching and the non medical personals and provided are ready to deal with both the sus- other facilities. Gandhinagar Hospital and will The Company has also pro- is the time of showing our support teaching staff will also become a Personal Protective pected and confirmed cases of Chairman cum Managing implement this facility in other cured about 3100 PPE for Doctors to one another. However, I would problem,” said Seema Chitlangia, Equipment(PPE) kits to the hospi- highly contagious virus. These hos- Director (CMD), CCL, Gopal Singh identified hospitals. Doctors will and Paramedics, and another 2000 also like to point out that what about Principal Bridgeford School. tal administration. pitals (level two) of CCL have beds expressed appreciations and grati- likewise treat serious patients if they of PPE are under procurement.
over the year which is causing delay in starting of Kharrif crops, ecent heavy downpour has said Wadood. Radded more woes in the lives The effect of circulation in of farmers during the ongoing the Bay of Bengal is also visible lockdown as on the one side they on Jharkhand as on Wednesday, are facing problems in harvest- the clouds that had been in the ing recent field crops and on sky since morning turned into another side they are not getting raindrops in the afternoon. buyers of their produce due to Suddenly it started raining with lockdown. strong winds. This trend of rain -Farmers community in the was also seen in Gumla, State are heavily affected by Lohardaga, Latehar, Ramgarh, recently occurred adverse inci- Hazaribagh, Garhwa, Ranchi, dents like outbreak of Corona Godda, Giridih, Palamu and pandemic which caused lock- Khunti. This has led to a drop in down and climate change which temperature. brings unwanted rain and hail- Director of the Indian storm. Meteorological Center, Ranchi, Birsa Agriculture University, SD Kotal has said that there is a Agro- Meteorological Scientist, continuous anti-cyclonic circu- A Waddod informed that the lation in the Bay of Bengal and recent rainfall have damaged the humidity is coming with cir- those farmers, who have not culation in Jharkhand. completed harvesting of their For this reason, the sky is field crops like wheat, chickpeas still cloudy in the day and rain pulses, mustard and others. “The is raining in some places of rain will damage the field crops Jharkhand. as they are ready to harvest and The Scientist further said The Weather Director said farmers are across the State har- that the State has been important that the rains are likely to last till vesting Rabi crops. In many for vegetable growers since a long for the vegetables. He said that delayed. The harvesting of the May 4. There is a chance of thun- parts of the State the harvesting time so the vegetable growers due to climate change happened Rabi crops should have com- der and thunderstorms. At the and storing is going on so this will be benefited by the rain as over the years harvesting pattern pleted till first or maximum sec- same time, wind is also expect- rain will badly affect them,” he it will provide moisture to some also changed according to it so ond week of April, but the tim- ed to run at a speed of 40 to 50 P added. extent which will be beneficial that the harvesting of Rabi crops ing of harvesting is increasing km in many districts.