Maheshwari Chauhan wins bronze at Asian Shotgun Championship

Shooter Maheshwari Chauhan clinched a bronze medal in the women's skeet event of the Asian Shotgun Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan, last evening. The 21-year-old shot 40 in the finals to hand India its first women's skeet individual medal at a top international competition in Astana. Maheshwari made it to the knockouts by topping the qualification round with a score of 6875 on 11th August. 

She led a group of six shooters into the final round. Among them was teammate Rashmmi Rathore who qualified sixth with a score of 64. It was a quality top six in the final rounds having the likes of Olympic finalists and World Cup Gold medalists Meng Wei of China and Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit of Thailand among others. Meng is currently ranked four in the world while Sutiya is ranked fifth.

Maheshwari Chauhan is from Jalore district of Rajasthan and we are pround of her success. 

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Rahul Gandhi visit flood-hit Jalore in Rajasthan

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday met people in Rajasthan’s flood-hit areas and claimed that the relief efforts of the state government had not reached all the affected places. Gandhi conducted an aerial survey of the affected areas in Barmer, Jalore, Sirohi and Pali and met people in Dedwa, Dawal, Amli, Hadecha and Kachel villages, whom he assured all help. The government’s responsibility was to provide succour to the people but there were no proper relief at some places, the Congress vice president said, in an apparent attack on the BJP-led state government, in Jalore. Normal life in Jalore, Pali and Sirohi districts has been badly affected due to heavy downpour.

Several shelter camps have been set up by the district administration and other social organisations in Jalore and Barmer where food and water are being supplied The Congress leader is accompanied by PCC president Sachin Pilot, former chief minister Ashok Gehlot and other leaders and party workers. 

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Rajasthan CM visits flood-affected Regions

Chief Minister Smt. Vasundhara Raje has said that the state government would plan and propose permanent solution to reduce damages due to floods in the affected regions. She said that in certain districts there were regions with frequent tendency of floods keeping life out gear and causing damages to the property. A permanent solution would be provided to save regions, she said talking to journalists in Jalore and Sirohi on Monday. Smt. Raje said that soon after assessing the flood-like situation in districts with heavy rains, she dispatched the in-charge ministers and secretaries to affected regions. They were continuously meeting the flood-victims and helping in relief and rescue operations. 

The CM said that the local district administration, police, NDRF, SDRF, Army, CRPF and Homeguards were carrying out day and night relief and rescue works with full cooperation to each other. From wherever any information was received for persons trapped in flood waters or with no food and other essentials, the relief workers were responding promptly to help them. Till date, helicopters of Indian Air Force had saved 42 lives, while more than 11,000 persons were taken to safe places across the state.  During a review of flood situation and relief works, Chief Minister directed the officials to distribute food items and other essentials of civil supplies in the 'offline' mode without POS machines.

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