The Chhattisgarh

Tag: Kanker

  • The High Court stayed the order of the state government and said that people above 55 years of age should not be transferred to Naxal-affected areas.

    Virendra Gahwai, Bilaspur. During the hearing of a case, the High Court said that employees and officers above the age of 55 years will not be transferred to scheduled and Naxal-affected areas. After hearing the petition, the High Court stayed the order of the state government and issued an order to post the petitioner in his former district. The case was heard in a single bench of Justice Sachin Singh Rajput.

    Actually, Kavita Chincholkar of Mahasamund was posted as an accountant in the Finance Department. On August 16, 2024, she was transferred from Mahasamund to Kanker district. Kavita Chincholkar filed a writ petition in the High Court against the order of the state government. During the hearing of the case, the court was told that the age of the petitioner is currently 61 years and 7 months and on January 31, 2025, she will retire after completing the age of 62 years. If the petitioner is transferred to Kanker district, and she joins there, then she will have to face many difficulties at her age. Apart from this, if she does duty there, then after retirement she will be delayed in getting pension, gratuity, leave encashment and other amounts.

    In a circular issued by the General Administration Department, Raipur, it is said that women government employees above the age of 55 years will not be posted in scheduled and Naxal-affected districts. Despite this, departmental officers violated the government’s instructions to post the petitioner Kavita Chincholkar in Kanker. After hearing the case, the court has cancelled the transfer order and issued an order to post the petitioner in Mahasamund.

  • After eating Prasad, the whole village is getting rabies vaccine, know what is the matter

    Sushil Salam, Kanker. A serious health crisis has emerged in Vivekanand Nagar village of Koylibeda block of the district. After consuming the prasad of Satyanarayan puja here, the villagers are at risk of rabies infection and people are getting vaccinated.

    Actually, on June 01, Satyanarayan Puja was organized at the house of a villager in Vivekanand Nagar village. In which Sinni Prasad was made from raw cow milk. Villagers attended that puja and ate the Prasad. But the milk of the two cows used to make Sinni Prasad, both of them were bitten by mad dogs of the village. When those two cows die about 90 days after Satyanarayan Puja, the owners of the cows go to the hospital and secretly get the rabies vaccine. But when this news gradually spreads in the whole village, the villagers, fearing rabies infection by eating the Prasad made from the milk of those cows, informed the health department officer about the entire incident and demanded rabies vaccination in the village.

    After which, seeing the seriousness of the matter, a team of the health department has been sent to Vivekanand Nagar village for vaccination. So far, more than 150 villagers have been given rabies vaccine. Also, information about all the people who participated in that Satyanarayan puja is being collected from the villagers.