Bhopal/Shivpuri : Even as the state government claims drastic decline in mortality rate in comparison to previous year in 2011, NGOs claim the figure has been exaggerated. According to state government 9000 infants were saved following installation of Neonatal Intensive Care units at district hospitals across the state. Citing decline of 62 per cent (per 1000 infants) in infant mortality rate, officials said that they have saved over 25,000 children in the last 5 years. The mortality was 76 per thousand in2005.

With developers bidding aggressively in roads and highways projects, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) may borrow much less than the proposed Rs 1,91,000 crore in its financing plan for national highway constructions till 2031. In 30 years, the authority could manage to get a premium of Rs 77,000 crore from 10 projects alone, according to NHAI data.

The first phase of monsoon has brought smile on the faces of farmers in Madhya Pradesh. As of today, there is not even a single district which can be listed for scanty rainfall in the State.

Tiger conservation must be on the official radar of authorities, volunteers and wildlife activists for long but one should not overlook the fact that leopards are vanishing thick and fast from the country and the situation is equally alarming in Madhya Pradesh, which has reported 15 casualties till the halfway mark in 2011.

The wildlife lovers could take offence of the fact that despite the fas

Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and School Education Minister Archana Chitnis appealed to the people of the state in their message to help realise the concept of developing an educated and golden Madhya Pradesh through School Chalen Ham Abhiyan by admitting every child of their family and society to schools.

In this connection, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will address stat

Under the Mukhyamantri Peyajal Yojna, a sum of Rs.

Close to 5,000 villages in Madhya Pradesh do not have electricity, while in another 3,000-odd villages, less than 10 per cent households have access to power, said a study conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Planning Commission on

The process of allocating relief funds on the proposals by district is going on. In the series, Rs 30 lakh has been immediately allocated to Dewas district for providing relief to farmers, whose crops have been damaged due to frost and cold wave.

In an effort to reduce infant mortality rate (IMR), over one lakh 18 thousand newly born babies were provided medical treatment by setting up Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) and Nutrition Rehabilitation Centres in the districts of Madhya Pradesh. The figure of children is infinitely more than last year.

The state government has allotted funds amounting to a total Rs 2 crore 83 lakh for paying relief to the people in nine districts.