New Delhi Mar 23 PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he is pained by the loss of lives due to a tragic fire in Hyderabad and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased Eleven migrant workers were charred to death in a major fire accident at a scrap godown in Hyderabad in the early hours of Wednesday The deceased workers all hailing from Bihar were sleeping in a room constructed above the godown at Bhoiguda when the incident happened fire and police officials saidPained by the loss of lives due to a tragic fire in Bhoiguda Hyderabad My thoughts are with the bereaved families in this hour of grief Prime Minister Modi was quoted as saying by his office An ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of the deceased he said PTI ASK RCJ RCJ

New Delhi Jan 26 PTI Chhattisgarhs tableau at the Republic Day parade on Wednesday depicted the states Godhan Nyay Yojana and the various ways in which this scheme addresses multiple global concerns by synergizing traditional knowledge and scientific approach to make use of rural resources The obverse of the tableau depicted rural women in traditional tribal costumes collecting cow dung and taking them to the collection centers in Gauthans for sale They were wearing hand made clothes and jewellery and the flower pots decorated around them symbolized the cultivation of vegetables and floriculture in gauthans The tableau also displayed decoration of diyas made of cow dung and these diyas symbolized the self-dependence and self-confidence of women in rural areas The rear portion of the tableau depicted the development of gauthans into Rural Industrial Parks The middle section of the tableau showed how the goals of environmental protection organic farming nutrition employment income improvement can be achieved by placing cows at the center of the rural economy Rural women in the tableau symbolized the development of traditional crafts and arts evolving water management systems increasing productivity and a happy farmer in a mural style PTI ASK RCJ RCJ