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MONDAY, JULY 10, 2017

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Time for new civic traditions No excuses,

I want results
at the collectors residence, Mr hus-
band was heard telling the contractors
that they must work properly or else!
at the Monday tea club popularly
known as Sidelined Officers Tea Club
(SOTC). Vaghela, who usually doesnt
REIGN OF RUBBISH The employees at the collectors office attend SOTC, was specially invited for

H e is considered Captain Cool of

Gujarat bureaucracy. Surprisingly,
chief secretary J N Singh lost his cool
are, reportedly, fed up with frequent
requests for odd jobs by the husband.
But the question is, who will tell collec-
a chat on GST.

in the last committee of
NAVA NARODA secretaries meeting and
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for their lackadaisical
approach. It was a
routine stock taking of
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for their incomplete depart-
mental work. According to an
official present in the meeting, Singh
clearly told them that the PMs visit
will not be taken as an excuse for
below par performance.
tor mam to rein in her hubby!
Twitter code
W e are living in the age of social
media revolution. So, it is not
surprising that Pankaj Ku-
mar, the newly appointed
principal secretary, revenue
department, has asked dis-
trict collectors to start using
Twitter to resolve public
grievances. But some ey-
ebrows were raised when he
started monitoring the Twitter ac-
tivities of the officers and ranking
them based on their
Twitter performance
Six picked for IAS
cadre
T he Centre, reportedly, cleared
names of six GAS cadre officials for
promotion to the IAS cadre at a mee-
ting held last week at the UPSC office
in New Delhi. Chief secretary J N Singh
and principal secretary, general ad-
ministration department, L Chuaungo,
attended the meeting. A formal order
in this connection by the department of
personnel and training is likely soon.
No one to
quiz Aggarwal?

NO REDRESS: My area stinks of garbage which is dumped right outside my society. I have tried to
lodge complaints with the local municipal office but no one hears us. Mandip Patel
SENSELESS CHOPPING OF TREES LEGACY OF DUMPING
MESS MAYHEM: This picture
was taken under the bridge
near Shivranjani Crossroads in
Satellite area. Residents of
nearby neighbourhoods dump
their garbage here. Nobody
has bothered to clean the
place properly for years. Now,
it has become difficult for us
to park our cars because of
the heaps of rubbish,
SHIVRANJANI especially during rains.
Harsh Shah
NEW RANIP CATTLE MENACE ON ROAD BOVINE BLOCK
NEHRUNAGAR
WhatsApp Yatra!
M ost of the time, joining a new
WhatsApp group means getting a
barrage of notifications every day. As
soon as A M Tiwari, managing direc-
tor, Gujarat State Fertilizer Corpora-
tion, was appointed in-charge of the
upcoming Narmada
Yatra, he formed a
WhatsApp group. Not a
bad idea. The noble
aims of Tiwari was to
ensure a free flow of
communication related
to the Narmada Yatra preparation but
the group, according to its members,
has become a platform for free-for-all
interaction! Tiwari has been trying
hard to streamline the situation in the
group where chaos prevails in the
absence of any clear-cut idea of budget
allocation and the government direc-
tive. When prodded further, one of the
members of the group said that the
main problem is confusion over the
design of the Rath for the Yatra and the
role of every individual. Hope, Tiwariji
will take note of it.
My wife is a collector!
on the official What-
sApp group! Now, he
has released a 16-page
Twitter Code of Con-
duct for the collectors
which has several dos
and donts. While many collectors are
still struggling to properly operate
their Twitter handle, those who have
been tweeting furiously include col-
lectors of Kutch, Navsari, Surat, Araval-
li and Bhavnagar.
Will Rupani follow
Yogi formula?
U ttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath
has decided to review the per-
formance of all officers aged above 50
years and give compulsory retirement
to non-performing officials. According
to sources, there is a strong feeling in
Gujarat bureaucracy that Gujarat
should also follow the Yogi formula.
But it seems unlikely as nobody will
advise CM Rupani to take any un-
popular step in the election year.
Tea club hails
Vaghelas GST work
H e is still not off the hook. Develop-
ment commissioner Manoj Aggar-
wal was managing director of Gujarat
Industrial Development Corporation
when charges of financial irregularities
were levelled against
him. Though ACS, forest
& environment Arvind
Agrawal, also faced
such charges when he
was ACS, industry and
mines, he was later let
off when an investigation report by
former chief secretary Manjula Sub-
ramaniam found his role not grave
enough warranting further action.
However, she had suggested a depart-
mental probe against Aggarwal. But
the government is yet to find a suitable
person to do this job even after two
months. According to a senior official,
no retired officer is available to start
the departmental inquiry. This is an
election year and the government has
so many things to do. We will have to
wait for some more time, he added.
Food for thought
R ajiv Gupta, principal secretary,
labour & employment and in-charge
managing director of Gujarat Narmada
Valley Fertilizer Company has won

Y ou must have heard of rubber

TRIM TERROR: Usually, the AMC trims trees
before or during monsoons for balanced growth.
However, it seems that the AMC staff is not
qualified to trim trees. Look at this tree for
instance in the New Ranip area. Can you call this
scientific trimming of trees? They cut all the
branches of a tree along with its top too. Why
cant the AMC staff be given some lessons in
tree trimming? This photo was taken opposite a
Bank of Baroda branch. Shailendra Bahuguna
SHYAMAL CROSSROADS
BOPAL
TRAFFIC HAZARD: On the Government
Tubewell Road, Bopal, cows move around
day and night, creating a traffic hazard.
There is a lot of filth on account of their
dung. Why is the owner of these animals
not fined or penalized? Mir D
SHYAMAL CROSSROADS
CIVIC SLOTH: Despite complaining several
times about stray cattle on the main road,
the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
refuses to take action. Many residents from
our area have approached the municipal
office, but they seldom hear us. These
cows sit right at the centre of the road near
Sahjanand College. Naitik Sheth
stamp woman sarpanch and neta
but this case is different. Husband of a
lady collector has been calling shots in
the corridors of power these days and
throwing his weight around in the
name of his wife. If sources are to be
believed, the collectors husband is
also interfering in the day-to-day work
at his wifes office, sometimes giving
direct orders to her staff. Recently,
when a renovation work was going on
Culprits projected dalits as Muslim
You Are
P eople are yet to fathom the benefits
of the recently introduced Goods
and Services Tax (GST).
Even protests are being
held in several parts of
the state over its imple-
mentation. But P D
Vaghela, state com-
mercial tax commissio-
ner who headed the national commit-
tee on GST rates, must be a relieved
man now. His efforts were appreciated
Dont do drama herestop
accolades for his neem-based fertilizer
scheme. Now, his idea
of providing subsided
food to construction
workers through An-
napurna scheme is
being noticed by all.
The scheme is likely to
gain momentum in a month as Gupta
had reportedly given a good presenta-
tion about its benefits in the last cabi-
net meeting.
sing losses worth crores. One

Making Dethali tourist friendly,

crying. Beat him. What is
Aarif...You Were your name? I know you very
well Your name is Aarif.
Ferrying Beef, Why did you run away...? Tell
policeman had also lost his li-
fe. Besides, many dalits had
tried to end their lives and
one of them had died. The ac-

for winged visitors!

Villagers
Revive Lake In
Mehsana
Parth.Shastri
@timesgroup.com
Ahmedabad: About 15 years
ago, Dethali was just another
village of Mehsana district
fighting water scarcity. In 2002,
a project began to create an ar-
tificial lake, which could store
up to 90 million litres of water,
primarily as a reliable water
resource. Eight years later, the
lake evolved into an ecological
miracle.
We started working on
Jambuvan, an oasis for birds
in the memory of Jain monk
Jambuvijayji, in March 2012,
Says Transcript
TOI
Ashish.Chauhan
@timesgroup.com
Ahmedabad: The charges-
heet filed by the police last ye-
ar in the Una atrocity case
contains more evidence of
the mischief that the accu-
sed had in mind. The forensic
science laboratory (FSL) had
retrieved parts of the video
of the incident that were de-
leted by the accused. The
transcript of one of such
clipping reveals that the self-
styled gau rakshaks wanted
to project the dalits as Mus-
lims.
It may be recalled that on
July 11 last year, four dalit yo-
uths Ashok, Ramesh,
Comb ducks at Jambuvan lake Night Heron Vashram and Bechar Sarvai-
ya all of whom were Hin-
dus were flogged by the cow
vigilantes in public, alleged-
UNA FLOGGING:
ONE YEAR AFTER
ly for cow slaughter. The vi-
deo of their brutal thrashing
had gone viral and triggered
shock and horror across In-
dia. It had also led to wide-
spread protests across the co-
untry. The CID (crime) had fi-
led a chargesheet with the
transcript of the video last
year but the document was
made public recently.
The transcript annexed to
the chargesheet filed in Una
court quotes the accused as
saying: Tell the truthyou
belong to which community?
me will you ever run away?
You slaughtered (the cow).
[Then the dalit is abused]. Ta-
ke this from me [the accused
hurls abuses]. Grab that wo-
man [the mother of the four
dalit youths] also and take
her [the accused uttered abu-
sive words about raping the
woman]. You [to Hindu dalit
youth they had named Arif]
were ferrying beef the other
day in a tempo around a
month ago.
The gau rakshaks then
abused the state government
and said, Dont scream and
stop beating that woman.
Prakash stop it and thrash
them. Let us tie them to the
vehicle and parade them,
then only will they under-
stand this.
The chargesheet says that
the accused had made the vi-
deo viral and because of this
widespread violence had
broken out in the state cau-
cused had, therefore, com-
mitted the offence of sprea-
ding hatred among commu-
nities, the chargesheet says.
After the incident, the
perpetrators had called a me-
eting where Shantilal Mon-
para, one of the master-
minds of the offence and
trustee of Sanatan Trust, in-
structed his aides on how to
fake evidence in the case.
After the intervention of
dalit activists, the FIR was
lodged in the case. But Mon-
para had then called a mee-
ting and asked his aides to
start circulating a video of
the incident to establish how
dalits were slaughtering
cows. Monpara along with
other accused had then asked
the accused, Nitin Kothari,
to tell the police that when
they reached the spot (where
Sarvaiyas were skinning),
the legs of the cows were mo-
ving, the chargesheet says.

US NRIs more GST may push kites

by planting trees and foliage
around the periphery of the la-
ke, said Mayur Shah, a ban-

susceptible to
ker.
The lake was designed in
such a way that a part is shal-
low and another, deep. Artifici-
out of business
prostate cancer
al islands were created for TOI

flocks of birds. Everything

was set to receive the visitors. Mayur Shah (L) and Keya Majmundar Red Muniya
And visitors did flock to the
lake. A large number of migra-
tory birds found the place per-
JugalBirdy for creating awareness A bird named Ahmedabad TIMES NEWS NETWORK The course director, Dr
fect, because they can find food
and shelter there. Villagers say
that over 100 species of birds
M ayur Shah, a bird enthusiast and photographer,
along with a city-based painter, Keya
Majmundar, have come together for a unique
T he exhibition also features a picture of
Strawberry finch or Red Muniya. For
Amdavadis, it might be an alien bird but its
Ahmedabad: A study on
prostate cancer affecting In-
Hemang Bakshi, said that
incidence of prostate cancer
in Indian men is 4-5 in 1 lakh
both local and foreign have exhibition of photographs and paintings of birds scientific name Avadavat links it with the city. dians settled in the US has population; in the US it is ne-
been spotted at the lake. mostly found in Ahmedabad its periphery. Their aim is According to A Dictionary of Scientific Bird shown that migrants beco- arly 15-16 in 1 lakh popula-
Shah said that the mission to create awareness about conservation of nature and Names Originating from the Indian Region, this me more susceptible to the tion.
spreads awareness among lo- to help people appreciate the evolution of avians over small but dazzling popular cage bird is found in the urological cancer com- A UK-based urological
cal residents. We take child- thousands of years. The exhibition at Kanoria Centre many parts of Asia. It was first sent to Surat to the pared to their kin back ho- surgeon, Omer Karim, said
ren to the lake to identify diffe- for Arts displays 21birds which were legitimate East India Company in 1698, according to me. This has that robotics
rent birds and their habits. We residents of the city not too long ago which now have available records. The birds were then sent to been largely is a game
encourage the kids not to use to take refuge somewhere else. The duo said that they Europe. Ever since, the name Avadavat with blamed on the changer in
plastic, he said. Also, far- would consider the project a success if zones were variants such as amadavat and amidavad have increased in- treating pro-
mers have begun to use mostly created in the city to nurture the winged visitors been used for the bird. Shah said that he has take of proces- state cancer
natural fertilizers and are pre- again. found the birds at Nal Sarovar and Dholka. sed meat and as it gives sur-
serving nesting sites. foods in the geons greater Kite makers said there might be no kites for the next kite festival
US; such foods manoeuvra-
are comparati- bility to reach TIMES NEWS NETWORK industry, as we will have no
Woman duped of `76k Guru Purnima celebrated vely uncom-
mon in India.
and remove
the organ, Ahmedabad: It was not a sea-
other option but to pass on the
hefty price rise to the custo-
Ahmedabad: A woman has been conned by a 15-year-old boy A leading which is loca- son for kites but there were mers. We made several repre-
and a man who fled with her gold ornaments worth Rs 76,000 Ahmedabad: Guru Purnima was have significantly influenced our US-based pro- ted deep insi- scores of kites in the sky near sentations to the authorities,
on July 3. Complainant Hasumati Parmar, 57, said she is celebrated with fervour across the life, chief minister Vijay Rupani state cancer de the pelvis. Jamalpur on Sunday mor- but to no avail. Thus, we deci-
diabetic and visits a clinic near Bata showroom on Ashram state on Sunday. Guru Purnima is tweeted. He celebrated the Guru surgeon, Dr Ashok Hemal, Karim, however, advocated ning. The kite festival was or- ded to celebrate the untimely
Road. On July 3, she was waiting for a bus near the showroom traditionally celebrated by Hin- Purnima Mahotsav at the temple of who was heading a delega- early diagnosis as the best ganized by Gujarat Kite Manu- festival as there might be no ki-
at noon when a 15-year old boy approached her and told her dus, Jains, and Buddhists to hono- the Swaminarayan sect at Vadtald- tion to the two-day Prostate treatment. No matter how facturers Association where tes for the next kite festival,
that he had fled after stealing money from his employer and ur gurus or teachers who guide us ham in Kheda district. In Ahmed- Cancer Masterclass, said advanced the surgical solu- representatives from Ahmed- said Atik Patangwala, a parti-
showed her a bundle wrapped in a cloth. Then another man through our lives towards the path abad, many people sought bles- the study revealed that the tion, men over 40 and 50 sho- abad and other cities had parti- cipant.
approached her and said that they would have to help the boy. of enlightenment. The day is mar- sings of Jagannath temple priest incidence of prostate cancer uld get PSA antigen test do- cipated with large number of The kite makers had made
The duo convinced the woman to remove her ornaments and ked on the full-moon day of the Hin- Dilipdasji Maharaj. Dilipdasji told grew among Indians settled ne. Prostate cancer is silent kites which were distributed 10-feet tall kite with message-
hand them over to the man for which she got the bundle. After du month Ashadha, which falls bet- his disciples that their responsibi- in the US comparably with in initial stages, he said. to citizens to spread message. Remove GST, Save kite-ma-
this, they took the woman in a rickshaw towards Geeta Mandir. ween June and July. lity to conserve the legacy of the ci- that among the Caucasian Prognosis is bad when pro- The new Goods and Servi- king industry. The kitists also
On the way, the duo got down. When the woman opened the Guru Purnima is a day to ex- ty has increased because it has got population. The masterclass state cancer is diagnosed at ce Tax (GST) regime will deli- showed their skill with kites to
bundle, she found folded papers and metal bangles. TNN press our gratitude to people who the World Heritage Site status. TNN concluded on Sunday an advanced stage. ver a body blow to the cottage attract the crowd.