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Resentment against hike in bus fare mounting in Bhopal

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NK SINGH Though a Govt. directive has frustrated the earlier efforts of the MPSRTC to increase the city bus fares by as much as 300 per cent, the public resent even the 25 per cent hike. It is "totally unjust, uncalled for and arbitrary", this is the consensus that has emerged from an opinion conducted by "Commoner" among a cross-section of politicians, public men, trade union leaders, and last but not least, the common bus travelling public. However, a section of the people held, that an average passenger would not grudge a slight pinche in his pocket provided the MPSRTC toned up its services. But far from being satisfactory, the MPSRTC-run city bus service in the capital is an endless tale of woe. Hours of long waiting, over-crowding people clinging to window panes frequent breakdowns, age-old fleet of buses, unimaginative routes and the attitude of passengers one can be patient only when he is sure to get into the next bus are some of the ills plaguing the city b...
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Father Camille Bulcke Presides Over Kavi Sammelan

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Camille Bulcke, Pic Courtesy GhazabIndia

Akhil Bharatiyya Kavi Sammelan' was organised in the H.E.C.  stadium on 14th December. 


Some famous poets such as Shri Janaki Ballav Shastri, Shri Bedhark Banarsi and Sri Bharat Vyas participated.

Shri Jankiballav Shastri and Bharat Vyas intoxicated listeners with their love-poems.

Another popular poet Santosh, moved the audience with his patriotic recitations.

But the most heart touching poem was Kalyan Jain’s “Admi Se Admi Ko Pyar Ho Agar.”

Shri Bharat Vyas presented a satire on Congress and Gandhiji.

Other poets who contributed to the success of the Sammelan were Shri Ramji (Bhagalpur), Pankaj (Lucknow) Shri Mutalia, Ramachandra Verma of Ranchi, Rampriya Mishra “Laldhuan” of Patna, Srimati Snehalata of Lucknow, Gyanavati Sakssena of Bareilly, Bholanath and Hansh Kumar Tiwari.

Father Camille Bulcke who presided over spoke a few words. He congratulated the people of H.E.C. on holding this successful meeting of poets from all over India.

The Sentinel, Ranchi, 21 December 1968


The Sentinel 21 December 1968

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