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Time of India
a day ago
- General
- Time of India
Hostel with modern security for working women in Varanasi soon
Varanasi: In a move to benefit working women, a 500-bed hostel featuring state-of-the-art security arrangements will be built in Mahmoorganj soon. Providing details of the projects, Chief Development Officer Himanshu Nagpal said that the women's hostel will be constructed on a 2,630 square metre area in Mahmoorganj. This will be a multi-storey building with accommodation facilities for 500 women at a time. He added that security will be given top priority, with all necessary and modern arrangements in place to ensure women's safety. As part of it, CCTV surveillance and the presence of security personnel will be ensured round the clock. The work on the project will begin once the land transfer process is completed, he added. "As women's security is among the top priorities of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, which is reflected in many govt initiatives like Mission Shakti and also to empower them by making them self-reliant, the need for building this hostel was assessed. The hostel will be designed with modern amenities, keeping the needs of working women in mind," said an official. This step will not only provide a safe shelter for the increasing number of working women in the city but also ease concerns for women and their guardians. Additionally, it will help save time and money on commuting by allowing women to live closer to their workplaces, the official added. Reacting to this initiative, a working woman, Pooja Chaubey, mentioned that this hostel will provide a conducive environment for working women to become self-reliant and advance.
Hindustan Times
7 days ago
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Fair price shops to function through 37 Annapurna Bhawans in Varanasi
In order to maintain transparency regarding distribution of ration through fair price shops, the government has built 37 Annapurna Bhawan in the district which are equipped with e-POS machines and e-weighing scales. These multipurpose buildings have been built in the district for operating fair price shops and to check the problem of under-weighing. Built by the state government under MNREGA scheme, these bhavans have a storage room and a distribution room. These structures have been constructed with an objective to make the public distribution system more effective and ensure stability of the ration shops even after the ration dealer is changed. The fair price shops will be operated at these bhavans. Kotedar (ration dealers) will operate the fair price shops from these buildings. The shop owners will not have to pay any rent to run the shops. Chief development officer, Varanasi Himanshu Nagpal said that Annapurna Bhawan is such a multipurpose building from where the ration dealers will be able to operate Jan Suvidha Kendra along with fair price ration shops. All Annapurna Bhawans will have e-POS machines with e-weighing scale, so that the underweighing of ration can be stopped and the card holders can get the full ration given by the government. District supply officer KB Singh said that Annapurna Bhawan is being constructed at special places for fair price ration shops and is being given to the ration dealers/ fair price shop owners. With the construction of Annapurna Bhawan, the ration dealers are getting convenience along with saving money. The district supply officer said that there are 1,315 fair price shops in Varanasi. This year the target was to build 37 Annapurna buildings, out of which 21 have been completed, while 16 Annapurna buildings built last year are being operated. A total of 37 Annapurna buildings have been constructed in the district so far. According to this year's target, the construction of the remaining 16 Annapurna buildings will be completed soon.
Hindustan Times
05-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
390 Varanasi gram panchayats now under CCTV surveillance
Villages in 390 gram panchayats of this district had been equipped with CCTV cameras to bolster security arrangements there as part of Operation Trinetra, a senior government official said, adding these devices were solar powered, and equipped with night vision and sound recording facilities. 'As many as 2,190 night-vision CCTV cameras have been installed in 390 gram panchayats of Varanasi...' said chief development officer Himanshu Nagpal, who is supervising the Trinetra initiative in the district. He added over the next two months, 1,500 more such cameras would be installed in the remaining 229 grams panchayats. A central command and control room would be set up at Vikas Bhavan from where all the cameras could be monitored, he added. On an average, five CCTV cameras were being installed to monitor the main streets and entry and exit paths in the gram panchayats. 'Panchayat Bhavans and government primary and upper primary schools in these gram panchayats have also been equipped with a CCTV camera each,' he added. All these cameras had been linked with police stations and offices of the block education officers of the respective areas, said Nagpal adding the BDO would monitor the schools through the cameras, said Nagpal. 'Control rooms are being set up at every developmental block and the cameras will be connected with them for regular monitoring,' he added.
Time of India
24-04-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Drive to immunise kids against diphtheria begins in Varanasi
1 2 3 Varanasi: Under World Immunisation Week, vaccination of children who missed vaccinations during the headcount survey began in Varanasi on Thursday. The programme will be continue till May 10. Chief medical officer Dr Sandeep Chaudhary said the programme was being held under the aegis of director general of family welfare, UP. A district-level interdepartmental online meeting was held chaired by chief development officer, Himanshu Nagpal, on Wednesday and the latter instructed all departments to cooperate. The CMO said special immunisation sessions would be organised to vaccinate children who had missed it. Additionally, in view of increasing cases of diphtheria, a school-based tetanus and TD vaccination campaign (for adolescents) will be conducted in all blocks/urban areas of the district to cover children aged 10 to 16 years with the diphtheria-containing vaccine (TD). He said transmission of diphtheria was more likely between Jul and Dec, so the campaign was being run in advance to vaccinate children. Camps will be organised by ANMs at community health centres, primary health centres and Ayushman Arogya Mandirs in schools/madrassas/anganwadi centres in the area to vaccinate children aged 10 to 16 years. 10-year-olds will get the TD-10 vaccine, and children aged 16 years will be administered TD-16 vaccine. Except on Wednesdays and Saturdays, ANMs of urban/rural sub-centres will visit all schools in their area (up to high school) to identify children who missed vaccinations and cover them. District immunisation officer and ACMO, Dr A K Maurya, explained diphtheria was infectious caused by bacterium corynebacterium diphtheriae, which typically affected throat and tonsils. Children not vaccinated against diphtheria were more likely to contract the disease, which forms a membrane in throat, obstructing breathing.
