barwani district panchayat

Ratan Singh Rauliya, a resident of Limbi village in Barwani district died two years back. But as per the government records he is still alive.

Khetia town in Barwani district became first nagar parishad in the state to achieve 100 percent vaccination on Thursday. The cent percent vaccination was also achieved in three gram panchayats of the district.

In the second phase of indirect elections for chairman and vice-chairman posts, BJP-supported candidates claimed victory in majority of the districts in Indore and Ujjain divisions, while Congress backed candidates won in Dewas district.

A total of 69% voter turnout was reported in civic polls conducted in the state on Wednesday. The polling held in 23 civic bodies were by and large peaceful.

Residents of 400 villages in Khargone and Barwani districts are angry over the lack of compensation they have received after flash floods caused significant damage to their crops and farmland. The local administration had assessed the damage and decided on a compensation of Rs 14 crore, but the distribution was hindered by the election code of conduct. Villagers blame the floods on the opening of dam gates on the Narmada river without warning. Politicians and social workers have visited the affected areas to assess the situation.

The MP high court, Jabalpur has taken suo motu cognizance of a story published in Times of India about a farmer at Sendhwa in Barwani district who had donated land for construction of anganwadi centre two-and-a half years ago but the building has not been constructed as yet.

Physical verification of the ballot boxes has revealed over 6,000 metal trunks available at all eight districts under Indore division are lying damaged and can’t be used in ongoing three-tier Panchayat polls.

A teacher allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at his residence after he was terminated by the district panchayat block education officer (BEO) in Barwani on Thursday.

Three brothers, aged 6 to 10 years, were killed in a fire that broke out in a thatched hut in Borkund village of Barwani district on Monday. Their parents were busy digging a well and were around 12 feet below ground when the fire broke out, possibly from the 'chulha'. The children couldn't get out and burned to death. Nothing was left of the hut but ashes. Four goats and a bull were also killed in the fire.