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👉In Sagar city, the weekly Ganga Aarti held every Monday at Lakha Banjara Lake is showing positive results by linking citizens with water conservation, cleanliness, and the sanctity of water sources.
Special preparations have been made for a Ganga Aarti on Monday, coinciding with the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
The Aarti will begin at 7 pm near Chakraghat. Coinciding with Swami Vivekananda Jayanti, the event is expected to inspire youth participation and strengthen public commitment toward preserving historic water bodies.
👉The Sagar Municipal Corporation has launched an intensive cleanliness drive under Swachh Survekshan 2025–26 to make the city clean, beautiful, and well-organized.
Special cleaning is being carried out in morning and night shifts at major roads, markets, commercial areas, bus stands, and crowded locations.
Regular monitoring is underway, while citizens are being encouraged to support door-to-door waste collection and adhere to waste segregation norms. Strict action has begun against littering and spitting.
👉On the death anniversary of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Lal Bahadur Shastri, the Sadar Cantt Block Congress Committee organized a floral tribute at Shastri Chowk with former Madhya Pradesh minister Surendra Choudhary as the chief guest.
Congress workers paid homage by garlanding the statue. Anger was expressed over poor maintenance of the site by the Cantonment Board. Addressing the gathering, Choudhary recalled Shastri’s courageous leadership, agricultural reforms, and the enduring legacy of his slogan “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan.”
👉Dr. Vrishbhan Ahirwar, Associate Professor posted in the Department of Radiology at Bundelkhand Medical College, was specially honored at the annual conference of the Indian Radiological Association held in Indore.
He received the recognition for his accurate diagnostic reporting and outstanding professional services. The honor highlights his contribution to medical imaging and patient care, bringing pride to Bundelkhand Medical College and the Sagar region.
👉The Punjabi Sanatan Samaj will organize a grand Lohri celebration on Tuesday, January 13, from 7 pm at Hotel Vardaan, Civil Lines. Preparations were finalized in a meeting of society members.
The program will begin with traditional rituals, including lighting of the sacred fire and offering til, jaggery, and revdi. Cultural performances such as giddha, bhangra, dances, folk songs, and a community feast will mark the festive evening, with around 150 families expected to participate.
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Sagar Watch News/ Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav, while addressing a massive public gathering in the Khurai Assembly constituency, said that Khurai’s Sharbati wheat is famous across the country and every farmer wishes his land were as fertile as Khurai’s.
Inaugurating an agriculture machinery exhibition, he stated that the state government will continuously support agriculture and allied industries to strengthen farmers’ incomes.
Expressing gratitude for the unprecedented public reception, the Chief Minister said the people of Khurai celebrated Holi and Diwali together with flowers, leaving him overwhelmed. “Such a welcome has left me stunned; it makes me feel like staying here forever,” he remarked.
Addressing the gathering, Dr. Yadav announced development works worth more than ₹1,000 crore for the Khurai Assembly constituency.
Major announcements include approval of ₹500 crore by MPIDC for strengthening the four-lane Rahatgarh–Khurai–Khimlasa road, immediate completion of the delayed Bina River Project at a cost of ₹429 crore, and assurance of necessary budget to complete the Uldan Dam Project by 2026.
He also approved ₹25 crore for the construction of buildings and hostels for the Khurai Agriculture College, with a promise of additional funds if required.
Other key announcements include opening a new ITI in Khurai in view of growing agricultural implement manufacturing activities, construction of a natural athletics track in Khurai, a multipurpose sports complex in Malthon, and establishment of a 132 kV power substation in Rajwans. The total value of announcements with clearly defined amounts exceeds ₹954 crore, apart from additional schemes for which a budget will be provided as needed.
During the event, the Chief Minister also inaugurated and laid foundation stones for development works worth ₹312 crore, including three Sandipani schools, the SDM office, the tehsil building, several road projects, and other infrastructure works.
Describing Bundelkhand as the land of bravery, valor, and Maharaja Chhatrasal, Dr. Yadav said the region has a unique charm and has received many gifts due to divine grace, including the world-famous Khajuraho temples. He recalled that a recent cabinet meeting held in Bundelkhand had further accelerated regional development.
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Sagar Watch News/ The District City Congress Committee, Sagar, on Friday strongly accused the BJP governments at the Centre and in Madhya Pradesh of attacking people’s basic rights and weakening democracy.
Addressing a press conference, District City Congress President Mahesh Jatav said that rising unemployment, loss of labour rights, unsafe drinking water and alleged manipulation of voter lists have become the most serious current issues facing the country.
Top Priority Issues Raised:
1. Threat to Employment and MNREGA:
Mahesh Jatav said the BJP-led central government is weakening the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), which once gave poor rural families a legal right to work.
He alleged that changes in the scheme, low wages, no budget increase despite inflation, and strict rules like mandatory apps and Aadhaar-based payments have deprived nearly 2 crore workers of employment.
Congress demanded restoration of legal job guarantee and an increase in daily wages to ₹400.
Calling the Indore water contamination incident an “administrative massacre”, Congress leaders said it is shocking that people are dying after drinking polluted water in a city ranked number one in cleanliness.
They blamed corruption, poor planning and negligence for mixing of drinking water and drainage lines, despite spending crores of rupees.
3. Alleged Voter List Manipulation (SIR):
Congress termed the deletion of around 40,000 names from the Sagar Assembly voter list a major democratic issue. Mahesh Jatav alleged this was a case of “vote theft” and questioned why officials involved in adding and deleting names were not punished. The party said such actions directly harm free and fair elections.
4. Centralised Control and Contractor System:
State Congress spokesperson Dr Sandeep Sablok alleged that new changes in MNREGA are bringing back the contractor system, reducing the powers of village panchayats and shifting decisions to Delhi, which hurts local workers.
Political Action Ahead:
Senior leader Amit Ramji Dubey announced a statewide movement under the leadership of MP Congress President Jitu Patwari, starting with a major protest in Indore on January 11, against what Congress called the BJP’s “three-way failure” — jobs, basic services and voting rights.
Leader of Opposition in the Municipal Corporation, Babu Singh Babbu Yadav, warned of a large protest in cities over pipeline leakages and contaminated water, saying repeated warnings to civic bodies have been ignored.
Congress leaders said they will take these issues directly to the public, calling them matters of livelihood, health and democracy, which cannot be ignored any longer.
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Sagar Watch News/ A two-day national seminar on “Social Responsibility and Community Engagement in Higher Education in the Context of NEP–2020” was inaugurated at Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, in collaboration with ICSSR, New Delhi.
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Y.S. Thakur presided over the session, while Prof. Chand Kiran Saluja, the chief guest, stressed that social responsibility is the core purpose of education and “no individual is incapable.”
Highlighting priorities, speakers underlined equal opportunities, environmental protection, collaborative learning, and community participation as key mandates of NEP-2020.
Prof. R.P. Pathak said education must strengthen the spirit of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,” while Prof. Kaushal Kishor Sharma and others emphasized policy-based reforms and societal engagement.
The Vice-Chancellor asserted that dialogue, cleanliness, life skills, and community-oriented education must guide academic excellence and future reforms.
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Sagar Watch News/ At the divisional health review meeting, the commissioner’s stern directives highlighted deep systemic gaps rather than achievements.
The warning of “strict action” for failure to ensure 100 percent registration of pregnant women itself exposed weak ground-level monitoring and poor data tracking. Repeated emphasis on sickle cell screening, monthly reviews, and ambulance monitoring pointed to long-standing non-compliance.
Gaps in inter-departmental coordination, inconsistent follow-up of malnourished children, irregular committee meetings, and the need to threaten salary stoppages underscored accountability failures and an overstretched, reactive health system struggling to deliver basic maternal and child care.
Despite repeated instructions from Divisional Commissioner Anil Suchari for 100 percent registration of pregnant women and strict monitoring to reduce maternal and infant deaths, the review meeting itself exposed serious loopholes in the health system.
The need for warnings of salary stoppage reflects chronic non-compliance, weak field supervision, and poor accountability of health staff.
Incomplete registration of pregnant women, irregular medical tests, and inconsistent sickle cell screening point to gaps at the grassroots level. Distribution of iron supplements and follow-up of high-risk pregnancies remain uneven, especially in rural areas.
The emphasis on repeated monitoring of ANMs, ASHA workers, and block medical officers highlights long-standing deficiencies in performance tracking and data reliability.
The directive to establish a control room for 108 ambulance services also underlines delays, poor response time, and lack of real-time monitoring in emergency services.
Similarly, persistent malnutrition among children, despite existing nutrition programs, indicates weak inter-departmental coordination and ineffective follow-up mechanisms.
Overall, the meeting revealed that policy directives are strong, but implementation remains fragile due to poor supervision, delayed action, and limited accountability at multiple levels of the health administration.
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👉Under the Khelo MP Youth Games, block-level selection trials will be held in Sagar district, followed by district and divisional competitions in 21 sports, while six sports will have direct state-level participation.
Boys and girls can participate in age-specific categories. Block-level trials will be conducted from January 10 to 15, district-level from January 17 to 20, and divisional-level competitions from January 21 to 25, 2026, officials informed during a coordination meeting
Brand Ambassadors Appointed
👉To strengthen public participation in the Swachh Survekshan Competition 2025–26, Sagar Municipal Corporation Commissioner Rajkumar Khatri has appointed active citizens from social and professional fields as brand ambassadors.
He said public cooperation is vital to make the city clean, beautiful, and healthy. The appointed ambassadors include Engineer Prakash Choubey, Dr Manish Jain, Engineer Govind Rai, Manish Bohre, and nature lover Mahesh Tiwari, who will help spread awareness on cleanliness activities.
👉 In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Sagar Municipal Corporation Commissioner Rajkumar Khatri constituted a Women Brigade to ensure target-based recovery of pending municipal dues, including property tax, water tax, garbage management charges, and shop rent.
The team recovered ₹6.51 lakh in outstanding property tax from shopkeepers in Shastri Ward and Laxmi Narayan Vatika. Assistant Commissioner Tabassum Khan, nodal officers, women brigade members, and tax collectors were present during the drive.
The women's brigade team includes Jayalakshmi Srivastava, Neeta Srivastava, Pooja Srivastava, Swadesh Raja Bundela, Abha Sen, Kanchan Rajput, Aashi Gautam, Kalpana Srivastava, and tax collectors.
Sagar Watch News, January 7, 2026: Madhya Pradesh Government’s Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Department, a divisional-level training programme on the new fertilizer distribution system through the e-Vikas Portal was organized on Wednesday in Sagar. The training was held under the chairmanship of Additional Collector Avinash Rawat.
The programme was attended by Joint Director of Agriculture Rajesh Tripathi, Joint Commissioner Cooperative, Regional Managers of MARKFED and MP Agro, along with all Deputy Directors of Agriculture of the division, Project Directors (ATMA), Deputy Commissioners Cooperative, District Marketing Officers, Chief Executive Officers of District Central Cooperative Banks, Senior Agriculture Development Officers, and Managers of Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies.
During the training, an IT officer from CRISP, Bhopal provided detailed information about the portal and explained the e-Token system for fertilizer distribution. Issues faced by field staff were discussed and resolved to ensure smooth implementation of the system and timely availability of fertilizers to farmers.
Farmers can book fertilizers as per their requirement
Farmers can now book fertilizers from home through the etoken.mpkrishi.org portal. Based on availability, fertilizers can be booked online from the nearest Double Lock Centre, MP Agro Centre, Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society, or authorized private retailers, as per eligibility.
The e-Token system allows farmers to book a convenient time slot, helping them avoid long queues and other difficulties. The validity of a booked token will be 72 hours, during which the farmer must collect the fertilizer as per the allotted slot. If the fertilizer is not collected within this time period, the token will be automatically cancelled.
Officials said the new system will bring transparency, convenience, and efficiency in fertilizer distribution across the division.
During the training, IT officers from CRISP, Bhopal, provided detailed information about the e-Vikas Portal. Special emphasis was laid on ensuring timely and transparent fertilizer availability to farmers through the e-Token system. The officials also addressed and resolved issues raised by the field staff to ensure smooth implementation of the new system
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