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• Vehicles in Bihar to have highly secure number plates
• Buddhisht Tourism likely to get many-fold upsurge this year
• Fraudulent ad dupes hundreds of Youth from Bihar
• Book released to celebrate Buddha’s 2600 centenary of Enlightment

Vehicles in Bihar to have highly secure number plates Posted: 22 May 2011 06:11 PM PDT In the wake of the apex court’s guidelines, Nitish Kumar government has decided to introduce high-security number plates and licence system in Bihar soon, state transport minister Brishen Patel said. Talking to reporters here, Patel said work was going on in full swing to implement the high security number plates system to check misuse of the vehicles by terrorists after these were being stolen. “We are doing it in accordance with the Supreme Court’s guidelines”, he said. The Centre, according to Union Motor Vehicle rules, made the high-security registration plates compulsory and these number plates would be specially designed in chromium and aluminium. “A proposal to this effect will be soon be placed before the state cabinet for approval”, he said. The Union government had authorised 18 agencies for the specific type of registration plates.

Buddhisht Tourism likely to get many-fold upsurge this year Posted: 22 May 2011 05:59 AM PDT PATNA: In view of the recent visit of chief minister Nitish Kumar to Bhutan, the state’s tourism department is gearing up to cater to an expected heavy influx of tourists on the Buddhist circuit. While arranging adequate accommodation and conveyance facilities for them remains a major concern for the department, it also wants to ensure lively evening activities and standard utility services on way to these Buddhist tourist centres. “For tourists from Bhutan, a complete tour package is being worked out. A dedicated train starting from Assam will go through Bodh Gaya, Rajgir, Patna, Vaishali and Kesaria. The train is expected to be flagged off by November this year,” said Deepak Kumar, principal secretary, tourism department. Besides, as many as 10 luxury buses will also run thrice a week from Phuntsholing on India-Bhutan border. Apart from Bhutanese tourists, they will also cater to domestic tourists from the north-east and West Bengal. Temporary arrangements for their accommodation will be made at Bodh Gaya from November to March. Similar arrangements are being planned for Buddhist tourists from Chennai and Sri Lanka, for whom a special train is all set to be started by November. The first round of talks have already been held between the Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited officials in this regard. The details will be worked out this week, said the official, adding “we are targeting the middle class tourists from these areas, as mostly the high-end ones do make their own arrangements.” To ensure their smooth movement, 50 luxury buses will be rolled out by June this year under PPP. By July, a Radio Taxi service will also be launched in important towns. In a bid to lure tourists from South-East Asian countries, the department is getting in touch with its counterparts in those countries with complete tourist packages, similar to the bilateral agreement reached recently with the Tourism Council of Bhutan to cater to each other’s tourists. “To provide a boost to tourism on our Buddhist circuit, comprising mainly of Nalanda, Vaishali, Bodh Gaya, Rajgir and Kesaria, our prime concern is to improve accommodation facilities. For this, the department has come out with an advertisement campaign-Come To Bihar. For those interested in building hotels and guesthouses, the government will mediate with private parties interested in selling their land, and thus make land available,” Kumar said. “We also want to promote guesthouse culture,” said Kumar, adding “we have advertised inviting hoteliers and owners of rest houses to get empanelled with us. Through government’s official website and propaganda, they will get bookings and our department will also monitor their work.” An initiative to engage tourists in evening activities is also on the anvil. Indian Tourism Development Corporation will be making arrangements for light and sound shows at some of the historical monuments at these centres. The department had recently launched ‘Ganga aarti’ in the state capital and is planning to light up the buildings on riverside-like collectorate building, civil court and Darbhanga House-for a magnificent look from the riverside. Work on some of the wayside facilities out of the total of 50 sites chosen has already begun. These will have eateries along with washrooms. Besides, three event management companies have also been empanelled to organize road shows in other countries.

Fraudulent ad dupes hundreds of Youth from Bihar Posted: 22 May 2011 03:56 AM PDT Around 1,500 youths from Bihar, UP and other parts of north India were cheated by fraudsters who promised them jobs in the Maharashtra forest department and issued them fake appointment letters. The racket came to light when the youths reached Pune and found that the address of the office they were asked to join was fake. The police said the youths applied for various jobs after they saw an advertisement in 'Rojgar Samachar' in Bihar in December 2010, which said 2,100 posts were available in the forest department. The youths applied on the address mentioned in the advertisement after which they got calls from a company, Audyogik Vikas, that claimed to be a government firm. At the company office in Patna, a person called Suraj Singh took interviews. He told the aspirants to pay a refundable security deposit of Rs 7,300 along with Rs 500 for police verification and Rs 300 as registration fees. Those who paid the money got the joining letters, asking them to report to one Kanesh Lohriya at an address in Pune's Shivajinagar between May 13 and May 18. When the youths, numbering hundreds, arrived in Pune since May 13, they found that the address mentioned on the joining letters was fake. The youths then approached the police with the help of a local resident.

Book released to celebrate Buddha’s 2600 centenary of Enlightment Posted: 21 May 2011 11:53 PM PDT PATNA: Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC) on Tuesday brought out a 40-page designer pictorial book -” Awakening in Bodh Gaya” on the occasion of 2600 years of Buddha’s enlightenment. The 40-page book deals about the entire story on the journey and enlightenment of Buddha. Bihar governor on Tuesday released the book at a function held at Bodh Gaya temple. On the same day, this book was handed over to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and his cabinet colleagues at a Buddha Purnima function held here at Buddha Smriti Park. In the year 2002, Mahabodhi temple complex was declared a world heritage site. The book was sponsored by the monks of Thailand. Bodh Gaya down the ages has attracted inspired pilgrims from all over the world. “On such family of pilgrims, Somchal Pornsuksawang and his family member made the production of this publication possible,” said editor of the book Mahasweta Maharathi. The book mentions that last year Dalai Lama was at the Mahabodhi temple to inaugurate the twenty-one panels of sandstone sculptures on the life story of the Buddha within the Mahavihara. The panel is based on the Buddhist artist the late Upendra Maharathi. It is sculpted by Indramani Mahayana. “In the year of celebration we aim to work together with all the monasteries in Bodh Gaya to create a platform from which the entire world can be reached out to in affirmation of the Buddha’s message of peace and togetherness,” said Mahasweta Maharathi a member of the BTMC. BTMC had brought out a first ever coffee table book on Gaya – “Awakening in Bodh Gaya”. Elaborately produced, the 252 page book strives to present a complete journey of the Mahabodhi temple since Gautam Buddha’s arrival in Bodh Gaya.

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