Finally there is some concern in India for road accidents

Finally, there seems to be a feeling coming into existence that something should be done and can be done to reduce road accidents. And this time surprisingly the initiative is coming from a government.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah on Sunday favoured constitution of a Road Safety Coordination Panel comprising senior officials from the departments concerned to regularly meet and chalk out steps to minimize road accidents. Rosaiah will soon hold a high level review meeting with ministers and top officials in this regard and this will be followed by interaction with district officials, highway patrolling police and other departments concerned.

This cannot go on like this. We have to get into action and see that road accidents are minimised, Rosaiah said in an official release in Hyderabad today.

(taken from http://www.ddinews.gov.in/National/National+-+State/Road+Safety.htm )

Novel Way for Remembrance

On occassion of birth anniversary of great Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, students from a college found a novel way for remembarance and for paying homage. The group studied non-stop of 18 hours.

Sanskrut language is still used here

http://www.ddinews.gov.in/Social/sanskrit.htm


In a way, this is a service to humanity. Languages are windows to human minds and keeping old languages alive helps us to keep our contact with old intact. It may help us understand, in current perspective, how people of the past thought and felt, and what happened of that. This may assist us moulding our future.

Water Distribution

Location: Nashik, India

One hot sunny afternoon Mr. Punjabi had his car broke down in the middle of the road. He was exhausted by the time he pushed towards side of the road. A policeman on duty saw him and bought him a bottle of water. Mr. Punjabi realised later that there would be many who would thirsty for water but can not afford buy bottled water.

He was one person who did not stop at empathy and symapthy. He went ahead and bought a three wheeler vehicle which can carry a water tank in it. He also employed two people. Now every hot afternoon his tempo crawls through the city offering drinking water free for anybody who wants it. As soon as the tank gets emptied its filled up again and distribution restarts.

Funds for Ganga River Cleaning

Govt of India has allocated nearly Rs1400 crores (INR 14 billion) by clearing projects in states. The money will be spent by the states on projects that include development of sewer networks, sewage treatment plants and sewage pumping stations, electric crematoria, community toilets, development of river-fronts, resuscitation of canals, and public campaigns.

In December 2009, the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) created the empowered steering committee with the environment and forests secretary as chair to sanction projects. The committee includes members representing other Union ministries, Central Pollution Control Board, Central Water Commission and the states concerned.

The first meeting of NGRBA In OCtober, 2009 was chaired by the Prime Minister himself. With this seriousness we hope that the allocation of funds gets converted into results on ground

Show of love, where hate was expected

India does it again. Indian diversity evident in full brightness! Godhra in Gujarat, the very place of cause of one of the worst Hindu-Muslim riots in the history, post-partition. This very place recently wonderful mixing of the two religions so commonly seen all over India. The same two religions which fight each other as arch enemies also love each other as siblings.
This year the Muslim festival of Eid-E-Milad and Hindu festival of Holi were one after the other. Hindus and Muslims in Godhra greeted each other on those occassions. At Dakor near Godhra, Muslim organizations had open centres to distribute water and drinks to devotees in the Shri Krushna procession.

The very day also marked the eighth anniversary of the ghastly Godhra rail-carnage. Muslims had organised a social marriage ceremony. Many Hindus not only attended the function but also participated as parents of girls known to them. They did this for nearly 34 girls. Gifts worth nearly hundred thousand rupees were also distributed by Hindu brothern.

Thank you folks, you have blessed the country by your act !

Personal Day-care for son

Shubha Mudgal was ecently speaking at a funtion in Pune. She recalled her memories when she used to go to Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki for singing tutions. Her son was quite young then and at times it would be painful to leave a crying son home and learn music. Mrs. Vidya Abhisheki sensed her state and asked her to get her son along. Till music tution was going on Vidya Abhisheki would play with Subha's son. Its only because of this understanding and love by Mrs Vidya Abhisheki that Shubha Mudgal could take her music lessons.

In today's era of formalitities and 'whats in it for me?' etc , it might be a hearty and worthy act to emulate