FP The publishers permit sharing of the e-paper's pdf on WhatsApp and other social media platforms QUALITY AT VALUE FREE PRESS VOL. XXXX NO. 216 | INDORE | FRIDAY | JANUARY 12, 2024 | PAGES 16 r Regd. No. Indore MP/ICD 216/2021-2023; `3 r RNI No. 38281/83 www.freepressjournal.in - OOPS! CONG GIVES WRONG QR CODE FOR CROWDFUNDING Pg-6 THOUGH AHEAD BY ONLY .10 Amarkantak, Naurojabad and Budhni too receive awards OUR STAFF REPORTER City.bhopal@fpj.co.in Indore has done it once again. The Madhya Pradesh's commercial capital is on seventh heaven as it was adjudged cleanest city for the seventh time in a row in Swachh Survekshan-2023. However, it shared the top slot with Surat even as Navi Mumbai secured third position. Mhow stood first across the country in Cantonment Boards category, Bhopal jumped up from sixth rank last year to fifth rank this year. In total, six cities in Madhya Pradesh including Indore, Bhopal, MhowCantt, Budhni, Amarkantak, Naurojabad received the cleanliness award. President DroupadiMur- Budhni cleanest in west zone Budhni has received the award of the cleanest city of the West Zone among the cities with population of 15,000 to 20,000 in the state.Budhni Municipal Council became the number 1 town of the country. It was crowned number 1 in Sanitation and Water Plus. Budhni was declared number one among cities with population up to 25,000. Here garbage collection was done door to door. After garbage collection, an income of Rs 1 lakh is being generated every month from recycling. mu awarded the winners at an event held in New Delhi on Thursday Union hous. ing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri, CM Mohan Yadav, UAD minister KailashVijayvargiya and others also attended the event. In the category of 'best performing states' in 'SwachhSurvekshan Awards 2023', Maharashtra bagged the top rank, followed by Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. In 2022, Madhya Pradesh was given first position in cleanest states in country . Due to cleanliness efforts in the state, 7 urban local bodies (ULBs) have got Water Plus status, 361 ULBshave got ODF++, 3 ULBshave ODF+ and 7 ULBshave got ODF status in the state. CONTD. ON P8 EDIT NEGOTIATING DEMOCRACY 23.00c. 15.00c Sunrise : 07.09 Sunset : 06.00 INDORE SHARES 7TH HEAVEN WITH SURAT INDORE SHINES MADHYA PRADESH slips to 2nd rank BHOPAL is ranked FiFTH as in state category; loses out to Maha cleanest cities of the country Indore and Surat were both jointly adjudged cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan-2023, but the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh shines brighter than the diamond city . Indore, crowned as the cleanest city for the seventh time in a row, this time around had to share highest pedestal with Suratdespite leading by 0.10 marks. A closer look at Swachh Survekshan-2023 data rePARAMETER President Droupadi Murmu presents cleanest city award to Indore to MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav during Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023 in New Delhi on Thursday. Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, BJP minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, Indore mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav, Indore MP Shankar Lalwani and IMC commissioner Harshika Singh are also seen in Survey 2023 – the eighth edition of Swachh Bharat Mission awards. Last year, Mhow was placed third among the cantonments. Agrawal said that tireless efforts to- wards beautification, development of gardens and implementation of best waste and garbage disposal schemes helped Mhow bag the award. CONTD. ON P8 Water+ for Ujjain, maintains 3-star rating UJJAIN: Ujjain City secured first place in MP in one to 10 lakh population category in Swachh Survekshan 2023 on Thursday. It also received Water Plus certification for the first time and managed to maintain 3-star city rating in GFC Star Rating. Out of 9,500 marks, the city received 7929.7. The UMC obtained better marks through seven-day special campaign to free wards from C&D waste, cleaning nNAVI MUMBAI retained third position nMAHARASHTRA was Mutt heads’ tantrum FP NEWS SERVICE Lucknow BHOPAL: Amul is set to enter Madhya Pradesh. Sanchi of Madhya Pradesh and Amul from Gujarat may launch a joint venture in the coming days. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav held a meeting with the officials of Amul and Sanchi in Ahmedabad. Cooperative Milk Federation of Gujarat is wellknown across the country . Amul has been handed over a proposal to work together with the Dugdh Mahasanghs of both the states. Yadav has directed the officials of both the Cooperative Dugdh Mahasanghs to make roadmap for the joint venture. How to work together to collect milk, maintain quality, process milk, build marketing capacity, provide training and human resources and launch welfare schemes figured in the meeting. There were discussions about the entry of Amul in the state earlier, but now, a solution has been found. GOING SOUTH S BALAKRISHNAN / MUMBAI Lord Ram without completing the temple's construction is the first violation of Hindu religious tenets, and there is no need for such haste. He told reporters in Haridwar that all the four Shankaracharyas will abstain from attending the Pran Pratishtha function. “We will not go there because Sanatan Dharam is not followed during the function,” he said. CONTD. ON P8 Swami Vijayendra Saraswathi of the Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt, has decided not to attend the inauguration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya on January 22. B. Sridhar, a close confidante of the Swami told Free Press on Thursday that when the latter realised that he will not be allowed to participate in the ``kumbhabhishekam" (consecration of the temple) he decided to go down south. Swami Vijayendra Saraswathi was in Kashi from where he was planning to go to Ayodhya on the crucial day. CONTD. ON P8 NEW DELHI: BJP stalwart L K Advani, who was at the forefront of the Ram janmabhoomi movement, will attend the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22, VHP president Alok Kumar said on Thursday . However, it remains unclear whether party veteran Murli Manohar Joshi will attend the ceremony or not. "Advani ji has said that he will come. If required, we will make special arrangements for him," Kumar told PTI. About Joshi, Kumar said, "he has said that he will try to come to attend the event". Advani, 96, is a founding member of the BJP and, along with Joshi, was at the forefront of the Ram janmabhoomi movement in the 1980s and early 1990s. Unpalatable film goes off Netflix menu FP NEWS SERVICE / MUMBAI Nayanthara starrer Annapoorani, a story of the travails of a Brahmin girl brought up in a conservative family as she goes about her dream of becoming a chef in a corporate world, was on Thursday pulled off the Netflix platform more than a month after it was aired. Zee Studio, the producers, are engaged in talks to remove the offending portions. This is the fallout of two vealed that Indore scored a total of 9348.40 out of 9500 marks whereas Surat got 9348.30 marks. Still, Swachh Survekshan-2023 adjudged both Indore and Surat as equal as .10 marks difference it found insignificant. Indore obtained 4709.40 out of 4830 marks in Service Level Progress category 2500 out of , 2500 marks in Certification category and 2139 out of 217 marks in Citizen Voice category whereas Surat got 4703.40 marks, 2500 marks and 2144.90 marks in respective categories. CONTD. ON P8 right wing outfits filing separate complaints against Nayanthara and others associated with the film, alleging that certain scenes had hurt religious sentiments of Hindus. The complaints allege that the film makes controversial remarks about Lord Ram and also promotes 'love jihad'. Police officials say a complaint was submitted by the activists of Bajrang Dal to the Oshiwara police station in western suburbs two days ago, and an inquiry in this connection is underway . Another complaint was filed at the Lokmanya Tilak Marg police station in South Mumbai by Ramesh Solanki, founder of Hindu IT Cell, an official said. Solanki has pointed an accusing finger the last scene of the film which shows a temple priest's daughter, played by Nayanthara, offering namaz wearing 'hijab' before making biryani. CONTD. ON P8 I ndoreans have once again proved that they have imbibed cleanliness in their behavior and thoughts as well. Madhya Pradesh is committed to fulfill PM Narendra Modi pledge to make Mahatma Gandhi's dream come true. Under the leadership of PM Modi, MP will continue to contribute in realising the Swachhata resolution. INDORE SURAT Service Level Progress (4830 marks) Advani to attend Ram More discordant noises among Shankaracharyas on temple ceremony temple opening: VHP KANCHI SEER Amul, Sanchi may join hands;Yadav holds meeting BRIGHTER THAN DIAMOND CITY ATUL GAUTAM Indore FP NEWS SERVICE Mhow Days before the scheduled 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand, has declared that all the four Shankaracharyas will abstain from attending the January 22 inauguration, citing violations of Sanatan Dharma rules. He emphasized that while they are against the idea of inaugurating an incomplete temple, they also cannot go against their 'Dharma Shastra'. Swami Avimukteshwaranand asserted that conducting the Pran Pratishtha ceremony for SHIVAM SHINES IN INDIA’S WIN Pg-14 SWACHCHTA SARVEKSHAN 2023 Mhow cleanest among 62 Cantts Mhow Cantonment stood first among 62 cantonments across the country in cleanliness. Director General of Defence Estates GS Rajeswaran, CEO Vikas Kumar and ex-CEO Rajendra Jagtap received the award from President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi on Thursday . Mhow Cantonment Board’s office superintendent Satish Agrawal said that Mhow received threestar rating in cleanliness WEATHER EDITIONS: INDORE, BHOPAL, UJJAIN, MUMBAI, PUNE 4709.40 marks 4703.40 marks Certification (2500 marks) 2500 marks 2500 marks Citizen Voice (2170 marks) 2139 marks 2144.90 marks Total (9500 marks) 9348.40 9348.30 FREE PRESS: SURAT WAS BREATHING DOWN INDORE’S NECK We said it on Oct 2, 2022 MOHAN YADAV , CM named the cleanest state nVARANASI is the cleanest 'Ganga town' We said it on Nov 21, 2021 COVID SCARE Maldives ‘gifts’ first JN.1 case to MP DON’T PANIC KEEP VIGIL: MGM Medical College Dean FOUND in samples of a woman who returned from Maldives BA.2.86 sub variant of Omicron found in 52-yr-old man OUR STAFF REPORTER INDORE Madhya Pradesh, especially Indore, will have to literally take #boycott Maldives seriously. Specially, after a 33-year-old woman from Indore tested positive for JN1 sub variant of Omicron on Thursday. She had tested positive for the virus on December 12, soon after returning from Maldives. This is the first case of JN1 to be reported in the entire state. She was kept in home isolation and discharged after recovering. Integrated Diseases Surveillance Programme nodal officer Dr Amit Malakar said that samples of 32 Covid patients were sent to AIIMS Bhopal for whole genome sequencing. “We have received only one sample report so far. The patient, 33-year-old Dean of MGM Medical College Dr Sanjay Dixit said that there was no need for panic as this particular strain causes mild illness. However, the elderly, obese and those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, cancers and others must avoid crowded places and use masks. woman, had mild symptoms like cough and cold after which she and one of her family members tested positive for Covid-19 in RTPCR test in a private laboratory on December 12,” Dr Malakar said. District epidemiologist Dr Anshul Mishra said, “The patient had returned from Maldives. She was kept in home isolation and discharged after seven days when her reports turned negative. She has already left for Mumbai.” Meanwhile, a 21-year-old youth too tested Covid positive on Thursday taking the tally of active cases to nine in city. He has been kept in home isolation. A CASE OF BA.2.86 SUB-VARIANT TOO FOUND The BA.2.86 sub variant of Omicron was also detected in samples of 52-year man in Indore on Thursday. Whole genome sequencing of the samples was done at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences on Thursday. SAIMS Dr Mahak Bhandari said that based on available limited evidence, the public health risk posed by BA.2.86 was currently evaluated as low at the global level. “BA.2.86 was classified as variant under monitoring (VUM) on 17 August 2023 and based on updated information, BA.2.86 and its sublineages (including JN.1) are now being classified as a variant of interest (VOI). People should follow the guidelines set by the government to control the spread of the highly contagious disease,” he said.