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می 4, 2022

Panchkula: Booster dose for 18+ years from today

Free Covid -19 booster dose drive for those above 18 years of age will begin at Panchkula government facilities on Wednesday. All adults, who have completed a period of nine months after being administered the second dose of the vaccine are eligible for the free precaution dose.
The doses will start being administered from tomorrow at at eight primary health centres located at Hangola, Pinjore, Nanakpur, Barwala, Old Panchkula, Morni Hills, Kot, and Surajpur and two community health centres at Kalka and Raipur Rani.
Two special session sites will also be a part of this, at Urban Health Centre, Sector 16, and Government Polyclinic, Sector 26, Panchkula. The scheduled timings for the doses at the centres are from 9 am to 2 pm. The drive will be happen.
Speaking with the Indian Express, District Immunisation Officer Meenu Sassan said, “All the arrangements are in place for the 100 per cent administration of precaution dose to all eligible people. Assessing the response from the general public tomorrow, further schedule will be drawn in the coming days. Timing of the vaccination could also be increased as per the need.”
The dose is aimed at boosting the immunity, by producing more antibodies against the virus. A prior appointment through Centre’s CoWin app is required to be able to avail the dose.
In a Rs 300 crore drive, the Haryana government earlier announced free booster doses to all eligible people fulfilling the criteria required for the dose at state government hospitals.

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می 4, 2022

SII lowers each dose of Covovax jab from Rs 900 to Rs 225 excluding taxes

A day after its Covid shot Covovax was included on the CoWIN portal for inoculation of children aged 12-17 years at private vaccination centres, the Serum Institute of India (SII) on Tuesday reduced the price of each dose of the vaccine from Rs 900 to Rs 225, excluding taxes.
Following the recommendation of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) the provision of the vaccine option was included on the portal on Monday.
On Tuesday, Director for Government and Regulatory Affairs, SII, Prakash Kumar Singh, is learnt to have communicated to the government that the firm is reducing the price of each dose from Rs 900 to Rs 225 plus goods and services tax (GST) for private hospitals. In addition, a private hospital can charge up to Rs 150 as service charge.
The price of the vaccine, Covovax, is learnt to have been revised on the CoWIN portal.
India’s drug regulator had approved Covovax for restricted use in emergency situations in adults on December 28 last year and in the 12-17 age group, subject to certain conditions, on March 9.
Currently, children aged 12 to 14 years are vaccinated with Biological E’s Corbevax, while those in the 15-18 age group are being administered Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin free of cost at government vaccination centres.
At private centres a dose of Covaxin costs Rs 386, including GST, while Corbevax costs Rs 990.

می 1, 2022

Lakes of Bengaluru: At Rs 2.5 crore, Hoodi Lake is now a rejuvenated waterbody

Last year, the Hoodi Lake located in the Hoodi village under the Mahadevapura zone was restored at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore. While the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) diverted the sewage and restored the lake, the work is half way through due to paucity of funds. Spread in an extent of more than 15 acre, the lake wears a dry look during the summers since it is completely dependent on rain.
Balaji Raghotham, a lake activist, said, “The lake is now in a good state. It is free from sewage and properly fenced. However, the plan to construct a jogging path is not something I would approve of. The concentration should not be more on the beautification of the lake. Since the lake is not connected to the sewage treatment plant (STP), there is no scope of treated water coming to the lake. It is completely dependent on the rainwater. BBMP should work on getting the rainwater towards the lake.”
He also highlighted that the encroachments at the lake were removed before the restoration work was carried out. However, a high-tension cable tower has been installed in the middle of the water body which the BBMP officials said cannot be removed now.
A senior BBMP official from the lakes department said, “There were plans to construct a walking path as well but there is a huge shortage of funds. Presently, we have diverted the sewage and fenced the lake. A home guard has also been deputed to oversee the upkeep of the lake. There is no plan to get treated water to the lake. The high-tension cable tower was installed in the lake a few years ago. The BBMP officially did not object to it then. I do not think it will be a huge problem.”
Last year, in December, a few months after the restoration of the lake, the bund caved in during rain. The BBMP repaired the bund in a few days. Raghotham suggested, “During the rainy season, the pathway gets wet and becomes dangerous. So, BBMP should also work o

می 1, 2022

Chandigarh: Demolition of Colony No. 4 begins under tight security arrangements

The demolition of Colony No. 4 – the oldest colony of Chandigarh – began at 5 am Sunday in the presence of 2,000 police personnel and 10 executive magistrates. The demolition faced no resistance from the colony residents even as the administration had imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC.
The decision to raze the oldest colony was taken to make Chandigarh slum-free but scheduled demolitions were put on hold several times over the last 11 years.
Seven days were given to the residents last week to vacate the colony as vacant EWS houses were provisionally allotted to them. Most of them were shifted to EWS flats in Maloya earlier.
Based on a biometric survey of Colony No 4 carried out by the Estate Office, a new list of 658 residents was sent to Chandigarh Housing Board on April 29. A camp was organised in the office premises of the SDM (East), Chandigarh, for provisional allotment of flats under the affordable rental housing scheme at the Maloya housing complex.
Of the 658 residents, 299 came up for registration and the process of accepting applications under the scheme went on till about 1.00 am on Saturday. Following that, a draw of lots was conducted and 290 residents were given EWS flats on a rental basis.
As per the prohibitory orders issued by the Chandigarh administration, the assembly of five or more persons in the colony and within 500 metres of its periphery is barred. The police announced traffic restrictions on routes going towards the colony.

آوریل 18, 2022

Integral to BSP’s Brahmin outreach, Nakul Dubey thanks Mayawati for ‘setting him free’

He was a vital part of the Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) outreach to Brahmins in the run-up to this year’s Uttar Pradesh elections. But, former Cabinet minister Nakul Dubey found himself expelled from the party on Saturday.
The 56-year-old leader is a close confidant of the BSP’s Brahmin face and Mayawati’s trusted lieutenant Satish Chandra Misra and accompanied him to public meetings across Uttar Pradesh last year to develop “bhaichara (brotherhood)” between Brahmins and Dalits ahead of the state polls. He was assigned the task of taking care of “Brahmin bhaichara committees”.
But the BSP failed to recreate the winning strategy of the 2007 election and faced an electoral debacle. It managed to win only one constituency (Rasra in Ballia district) and its vote share plummeted from 22.23 per cent in 2017 to 12.88 per cent.
On Saturday evening, Mayawati announced Dubey’s expulsion on charges of indiscipline and “anti-party activities”. Ruling out joining another party, the former minister told The Indian Express on Sunday, “I am thankful to Behenji (Mayawati) for setting me free. I have called my supporters from across the state. I will form an organisation to work at the state level for sarva samaj (the entire society), including Brahmins.”
Dubey, who is a lawyer by profession, said he was unaware of the “indiscipline” he is accused of. “My actions have not been anti-party,” he added.
The former Cabinet minister was active in student politics during his college days in Lucknow. He joined the BSP in 2002 and two years later he was assigned the responsibility of supervising the party’s affairs in the Unnao Lok Sabha constituency where the BSP candidate was Brajesh Pathak, the current deputy chief minister. Sources close to the former minister said he had played an active role in getting Pathak the election ticket.
Dubey was the main organiser of a rally in Lucknow on June 9, 2005, at which Mayawati coined the “Haathi nahi Ganesh hai; Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh hai (Not an elephant, it is Ganesh; it is Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh)” slogan to signal that the party was keen to win over Brahmin voters. The elephant is the BSP’s symbol.

Impressed with the work Dubey did in the Brahmin community before the 2007 Assembly elections, Mayawati fielded him from Mahona in Lucknow district. Dubey scraped through his debut election by a narrow margin of 2,177 votes. With the BSP winning an absolute majority, Dubey found himself in charge of the important Urban Development
portfolio.
Five years later, he lost the state election from the Bakshi Ka Talab seat in Lucknow district by 1,899 votes. His electoral fortunes did not improve as he lost both the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Sitapur, and in between failed to bag Bakshi ka Talab in 2017, losing by 17,584 votes.