Recruitment scam in Bhagalpur

Bhagalpur:

A scam has surfaced in the recruitment of teachers here.Several aspirants for the job have alleged foul play in the recruitment process.

Interestingly, several candidates have furnished B.Ed certificates to get the job.

Officials have assured action in the matter.

Special Central Jail being converted into High security Prison

Popularly known as Camp Jail, the Special Central Jail in Bhagalpur is being converted into High security prison where convicted dreaded criminals and gangsters will be lodged from other jails.

Preparatory arrangements are on and work is expected to be completed by the mid of the next year making space for 3,5000 prisoners at the special jail. Security arrangements are being tightened in and around the jail in view of the it going to house dreaded criminals.

As per security arrangements plan, even no helicopter would be able to uplift a prisoner from the jail. For this purpose, a net is being used to cover the jail to foil any such attempt of jail-break from upside of the jail.

It may be reminded here that the Simranjit Singh Man was lodged here before he was transferred to Tihar Jail after arrangements like at Bhagalpur special jail were made at Tihar.

FIRST TEST TUBE BABY IN BHAGALPUR

Bhagalpur is going to join the club of few selected cities, which have advanced medical technology in our country , in the month of August this year when a lady from Begusarai gives birth to the first test tube Baby of the Silk city at Healing Touch Centre through Invitro fertilisation acility (IVF).

As per a news report published in Dainik Jagran, the lady belongs to Begusarai and has been transplanted the testtube baby in the month of December last year. Doctors at the abovementioned clinic said that the everything is normal as of now and tests are being done regularly.

Being it the first case at the clinic and in the district as well, the medical staff including doctors are very cautious and taking no chance in taking care of the lady.

Now, BGP farmers refuse to give land for Textile Park

The flames of farmers' anger against land acquisition for SEZ and projects in neighbouring state West Bengal has reached Bhagalpur as well. Farmers of Jayatipur, site for the proposed textile park in Bhagalpur, refused to give their lands for the park fearing that they might get displaced after land acquisition.

In a meeting called by the SDM Dhananjay Thakur on Sunday to discuss the issue with the farmers and businessmen, the farmers declined to accept the government formula to acquire land as they didnt have much land. They would go to any extent to protect their lands if any attempts are made to acquire land forcibly from them.

After the refusal, the SDM has asked his subordinates to talk to farmers to solve the matter.

Bhagalpur to be developed as regional airport between Patna & Kolkata

Bhagalpur :

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that his government is doing all what is necessary to make the dream of the bhagalpurwalon true by starting small service (low capacity) flights from Bhagalpur as soon as possible. In this regard, the government has already sanctioned the fund for the fencing work and work is on progress like other developmental works in the city.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar along with his two cabinet colleagues (elected from the city) and Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials visited the Bhagalpur Airport to take stock of the ongoing fencing work. Plan is to develop Bhagalpur airport as regional airport between Patna and Kolkata.

After surveying, the AAI offcials said that a airport needed 4,000 feet run way space to start any kind of flight while the Bhagalpur airport has only 3,600 feet runway space. In this regard, the CM instructed the district offcials the concerned department officials to make arrangements for increasing the runway space.

Plans are also to start similar services from three other distrcit headquarters as well. Those districts are Munger, Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga.