53-second video by school students win ‘Voting awareness skit competition’ held in Bhatkal
Bhatkal: Shree Guru Sudhindra College, Bhatkal organised a Voting awareness competition for the schools and PU College from Bhatkal, Honnavar and Byndoor Taluks.
According to the organisers, the schools and colleges were asked to make small video skits creating awareness and explaining importance of votes and voting on polling day.
The event was organised ahead of the polling day in the state and results of the competition were announced on Friday, May 3.
A 53 seconds video made in the school campus, stressing about the importance of every single vote, made by the students of local school, New Shams School bagged first place in the competition. The team comprised of Mohammed Unais son of Mohiddin Sultan Siddique, Sanaullah son of Ziaullah Shaikh and Shubais son of Shuaib Durga.
The winners were awarded with Certificates, medals and mementos in a ceremony at Shree Guru Sudhindra College on Friday morning.
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13 lakh litres of 'Rail Neer' supplied to train passengers daily: Government
New Delhi (PTI): Approximately 13 lakh litres of packaged drinking water -- 'Rail Neer' -- are being supplied to train passengers across the railway network daily, the government informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Wednesday.
Apprising the Lower House about the Indian Railways' endeavour to provide safe and potable drinking water facilities at all stations, the government also provided zone-wise details of the water vending machines (WVMs) installed there.
"To ensure the quality of drinking water being made available at the railway stations, instructions exist for periodical checking and required corrective action to be taken.
"Regular inspection and maintenance of drinking water facilities is carried out and complaints are attended to promptly," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while responding to a question raised by BJP MP Anup Sanjay Dhotre seeking to know the supply of drinking water at railway stations across the country
"Complaints regarding deficiency in services, including water supply, are received through various channels such as public complaints, web portals, social media, etc. These complaints are received at various levels, including the Railway Board, zonal railways, division office, etc.," Vaishnaw said.
"The complaints so received are forwarded to the concerned wings of Railways and necessary action is taken to check and address them. As receipt of such complaints and action taken thereon is a continuous and dynamic process, a centralised compendium of these is not maintained," he added.
Providing zone-wise details of water vending machines, the minister said 954 such machines have been installed across railway stations.
"The Indian Railways also provides safe and affordable packaged drinking water bottles -- Rail Neer -- approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in trains and at stations," Vaishnaw said.
"Approximately, 13 lakh litres of Rail Neer are being supplied per day to the travelling passengers in trains and at stations across the Indian Railways network," he added.
