Drought hit Jalna dist recorded surplus rain fall this year.

                                       
                                                By-AHMED NOOR

This year,  the   rain God   has shown mercy in Jalna district which  r faced the worst drought condition in the state. The district recorded  surplus rain  fall 153  mm rain fall.  According to the revenue  the  average rain fall  of the district 634 mm , this year the till October 18, the district recorded 787.56 mm. The last year district had  faced the worst drought condition; which was recorded 321, less than 50 percent.  
  Partur  tehsil     has recorded highest rain fall of this season-964 mm., followed by  Jafrabad - 955 mm. However  the Ghanswangi tehsil  has lowest rain fall in the district- 533mm. The Jalna tehsil  has  822 mm. Other  tehsil  Badnapur -618, Bhokardan- 783.75. Mantha- 860, Ambad- 759 mm rain fall was recorded till October 18.  
If we look the figure of rain fall  during last 10 year, the district had registered  highest rain fall in 2010 which was - 839 mm, and lowest rain fall in 2012- 321 mm.   In 2004- 589, 2005- 661, 3006- 763. 2007-578, 2008- 546, 2009- 534,2010- 839,2011-544, 2012 -321  and 2013 -787 mm rain fall recorded. 
 The water reservoirs of small and medium projects have received good rain fall. The water reservoir of Jalna, Partur, Mantha, Bhokardan and Jafrabad are brimming. The Ghanewadi water reservoir which is main sources of drinking water to the town,  is overflowing. The reservoir has reached 17 feet water.   Five months back, when  was reeling under  water scarcity,  traders and members of  business community had undertaken of clearing silt from Ghanewadi. A huge of silt was cleared, which helped in retaining good rain fall.
  Shirpur pattern check dams  have also  been constructed in the town which bore fruitful result. The check dams in the town  retained sufficient rain water which  increased  ground level water. As result bore wells  of the town have sufficient  water. More over  most of residents have adopted rain harvesting   at their homes and percolated rain water in their bore wells.

Unicef prevented 84 child marriage in Jalna

By-AHMED NOOR

The marriage of 13- year old girl was stopped by the volunteers of United Nations Children's Fund Fund  (Unicef) volunteers with the help of police at Salegaon in Partur tehsil recently  ‘Her drunkard   father was forcing  her to marry, we  intervened it  and  succeeded to  persuade the father and relatives  to cancel the marriage ceremony.  The girl has been admitted in Kasturbai school Jalna  as she wants to study further’, said activist of unicef  of Ekanth Raut.
 There are scores of cases of child marriages in the district  prevented by Unicef.     Consultant for the Unicef , Dnyanesh Renguntwar,  we have been conducting  the project  of prevention of child marriage in five tehsil of Jalna district for last three years. He said 84 cases of child marriage in five tehsil Bhokardan, Partur, Ambad, Ghanswangi and Jafrabad  have been prevented so far.The district superintendent of police, Sanjay Mohite    appreciated the  works of the Unicef and  said the police   have registered six offence under Child Marriage Prevention Act.  He said 379 Village Child Protection Committees have been formed in the five tehsil and make  gender awareness, evils   child marriage  and their rights. ‘Child marriage is a violation of child rights.  To prevent child marriages means we give their rights, said  the activist of Unicef. The  committee is comprised by serpanch, police patil, volunteers of Unicef and government  employee. When a case came before the committee, members committee approach parents of girl and  and boy  and tell them  ill effect of early child marriage and  it is against laws. If they did not listen, a police compliant would be lodged against adamant parents. Ruat said in Partur tehsil  itself 425 volunteers have been working for child welfare. He said economic compulsion , lack of education and social customs lead early marriages. Child brides are often forced to drop out of schools, are subject to the risks of early pregnancy and are more likely to be exposed to violence and isolation.   Child marriage affects both boys and girls but impacts girls with higher incidence and more intensity.   Child marriage – marrying before the legal age at 18 years for girls and 21 years for boys- is widespread in the state. Jalna district is no exception. According to the  National Family Health Survey (NFHS)   of  2007-2008,  the district  had  64.4 percent  women were married under age of 18.  In Marathwada  region  Hingoli recorded  largest child marriage 73.7, followed Parbhani 68.1 and Aurangabad 66.4.Beed 53, Osmanabad 50, Solapur 61.7 Latur 58, Nanded 58.4.

Islam-Being generous  

                                                       By-AHMED NOOR 

Generosity is a common virtue of all religions as it is human trait. Human development can not take place without sharing, caring and giving. It is a virtue, a habit that shapes and governs a way of life. 

Generosity is considered is the best quality among good Muslims. Prophet Muhammad saying: “The believer is simple and generous, but the wicked person is deceitful and ignoble.” Islam encourages this concept of generosity so much so that it is embedded in one of the five pillars of Islam as Zakat. In Arabic, the term zakat literally means purification of the heart however; it is also the payment, from surplus money, of an obligatory charity designed by God to provide for all the needy and the poor. The Quranic word Zakah not only includes charity, alms, tithe, kindness, and spiritual as well as moral motives. There is also another form of generosity in Islam called sadaqah (optional charity).

Muhammad Yonus, banker to the Poor of Bangladesh, says generosity means that you give only when you have lot or after fulfilling all your needs, but in fact you can still give when you yourself is struggling. A generous man will share what he has with others, thinking about other people as he thinks of himself. He benefits by helping others and solving their problems. He makes people happy and prevents them from doing wrong, which is often a direct result of poverty. The true measure of persons is not what they own or have consumed, but rather what they have given to others- in time, treasure and talent. 

Generosity is the opposite of stinginess, as stinginess is a disease of the heart. A stingy is never happy and he can not relax, he never enjoy because enjoyment is in sharing and caring. Giving is a beautiful experience. The more we give the more we receive. It can bring you more meaning , fulfillment , and happiness. The Holy Quran says ‘ And whatever you spend in good, it will be repaid to you in full, and you shall not be wronged.”

Being generous in Islam.

Excellent education can stop exodus of talent students from Jalna.

Excellent education  can stop exodus  of talent students from Jalna.

                       By-AHMED NOOR

A decent education is a passport to a good, comfortable and secure life. The thread of the growth of society depends upon the quality of education that is being imparted. The better the quality education makes the better people, better economy and better living.

As far as concern the education scenario in Jalna district , the quality of education is improving  slowly. However picture of government schools is dismal. Despite of expending large chunk of funds for spreading literacy and enhancing quality of education in government schools, they could not get fruitful result. Education standard   government schools are deplorable. That is why parents prefers to send their wards to privates schools, that is too in English medium schools.

If we look at the statistics of literacy of the district we find, there are some growth but quality  is not maintained.  Average literacy rate of Jalna in 2011 were 73.61 compared to 64.42 of 2001. If things are looked out at gender wise, male and female literacy were 85.25 and 61.28 respectively. For 2001 census, same figures stood at 79.15 and 49.07 in Jalna District. Total literate in Jalna District were 1,234,433 of which male and female were 735,402 and 499,031 respectively. In 2001, Jalna District had 870,399 in its district. The Jalna Zilla Parishad runs about 1400 schools in which 33 are high schools which spread in rural parts of the district. The Right to Education which has been introduced by the government showed new era of education sector. However there is much confusion and hurdles of its implementation. . 

More over 500 private schools  aided and non aided  are being run in the district. The district has engineering college, polytechnic colleges. It has also been making leaps and bound in higher education sector too.

Mushrooming non-grant schools and colleges lead degrading education standard. Unaided schools and colleges face paucity funds as result of lack of infrastructure and low salary to teachers are major hurdles in maintaining  good education. Though  there are  large numbers of education institutions, very few education institutions maintain quality and excellence education-that is too English medium schools. That is why an exodus of talent and cream of students  to other cities particularly  Aurangabad and  Pune. Principal of   Saint Mary' School, Fr. George said  the government is only spending money on education, it  is needed  sincere  efforts and dedication  from    teachers and  education department  in improving of education in government schools. If these  things are maintained, poor of strata of class  can good education in government schools.

. Educationists feel that if the district has improved standard quality of education, the large number of exodus of talents can be stopped. The director of Scholars' Career Academy, Kailash Pawar said  the  quality of education of a student depends on various factors like the teaching to which he is exposed, the educational facilities and environment available in the institution.  If these things available  in a small town, like Jalna, migrating  of the toppers  can be stopped

Biography of Dr. Mohd Badruddin Mohd Tamizuddin, Jalna Maharashtra (India), written by AHMED NOOR QURESHI

Biography of  Dr. Mohd Badruddin Mohd Tamizuddin

Early Life :-

Dr. Mohd Badruddin Mohd Tamizuddin was born on 10 September 1936 at Paithan in Aurangabad district. He studied his primary education at Parbhani and high schooling in government school, Jalna. Later he moved to Aurangabad for intermediate examination. Armed with MBBS degree from Osmania University, Hyderabad. Later he joined in the Mission Hospital run by the Church of Scotland.

A multi-faceted personality, his diverse interests have seen him take up varied roles in the fields of politics, education and community building. He has not been confined in medical profession but felt pains of the poor. His active participation in the social cause, made him popular and people called him affectionately Dr.Badruddin.
After overthrowing the erstwhile ruler of Hyderabad state Mir Osman Ali and subsequently ‘the Police Action’, the Jalna town witnessed a series of communal strife. The town was plagued by communal tensions and riots. The periods 1952-1957, 1962 to 1966 and in 1975 were the most turbulent, the town witnessed a series of communal riots and disturbances.

The  town had always been gripped in mistrust and hatred. In fact these periods were of great communal crisis and strife which engulfed the town.

Works for maintaining communal harmony. :- 

At a time when communal tension was at its peak, Dr.Mohd Badruddin worked for maintaining communal harmony and brought together the two communities. Then chief minister of Maharashtra , Vasantrao Naik released funds Rs 35000 for relief works. With the help of the government agency and some friends he worked in relief camps and rehabilitated riots affected persons. He organised a meeting at Urdu High School in which members of Muslim and Hindu community were attended. His speech on communal harmony and National Integration made indelible impression in the minds of the people. They had determined to shun communal hatred and not indulge in the violence. They decided unanimously that they would organise Eid and Diwali Milan. The members of both the communities had pledged that they would abhor religious hatred work for peace and brotherhood.

His service was recognized by the Maharashtra government and appointed him as a member of Marathwada Wakf Board.

His untiring works for maintaining communal harmony and promotion of brotherhood between Hindu and Muslim has been lauded by the people of Jalna. He organised Eid Milan and Diwali Milan and bring closer Hindu and Muslim.
When the Babri Mosque was demolished, the country was engulfed in communal riots, but the Jalna town remained peaceful. People belonging to both Hindu and Muslims religions suffered in the riots. The people of Jalna did not see communal incident even during the demolition of the Babri Masjid.

No untoward incident was reported. This had been done due to secular ethos and amity fostered by the persons like Dr.Badruddin. He organised peace meetings of members of both communities.

Since then, the people of the Jalna has been known the town of the peace loving people. Hindu and Muslims live peacefully.

Establishment of education institution.:-

Dr.Mohd Badruddin believes that Education plays a role to fight against virus of communalism. He said that communalism is a venomous phenomenon which has been propagated by the certain people. In order to overcome this impasse, it is essential that education performs a necessary role and can remove the evil of communalism... In 1967, with help of some secular minded persons, he established Anjuman Ishate Taleem with an aim to provide education to students of the town. The Anjuman Ishate runs primary and high school and thousands students from the poor strata of society are being imparted.

It is the oldest institution in the district, providing educational facilities right from KG to Junior College level. The Management runs an Urdu Primary School, the high school and the Urdu Junior college. Poor and deserving girls and boys students of the Jalna district are getting education. He feels secular space in education importance for unity of the people.

Secular Character of the Institution.:-

The Institution is run by minority but it has been maintaining secular character through out. The post of president has always been enjoyed by the members majority community since the beginning and even today.

·        The first president Dr.Satya Kumar Mathur. (1967)

·        The second Vekatrao Jadahv (Ex,MP),

·        Third president Radha Kishan Lala (ex MLA)

·        Fourth and present present  Dr.Shankarao Rakh (Ex minister)

 
During the 2005, the management promoted teacher of the school V.N Mahajan as the headmaster of the minority institution.

Finding secular character of the institution and the progress, then chief minister Maharashta Sharad Pawar generously donated Rs 1 lakh. Then chief ministers late Vilasrao Deshmukh,Shivaji Shivajirao Nilangekar visited the institution and appreciated secular character of the institution. In his speech, Vilasrao Deshmukh said this institution is the perfect example of secularism where  Dr. Shankar Rakh  is President   and   Dr. Mohd. Badruddin is Secretary.  He said the  example is  an unparalleled  for upholding secular ethos by giving the post of president to a member of the Majority community. He said ‘I have not seen or heard such example.’ He urged the people to follow the example.  This is unique example in the whole of Maharashtra when the post of president is enjoyed by the person from the majority community since inception  till today.

 Vilasrao Deshmukh said I am very confident that no society or institution can cite such example of Hindu and Muslim unity, National Integration and in the country solidarity.

Being an important town with the population three lakh and having about 20 high schools, the students of Minority community felt the absence of a Junior College of Science and Art steams. The Anjuaman Ishate Taleem, under the guidance of Dr.Mohd Badruddin started junior college. In a span few years, the Anjuman has contributed significantly to the development of the community and had made niche in education field.

Through the platform of the Anjuman Ishate Taleem, he has been working maintaining communal harmony and National Integration.

Recognition of his works.:-

For his services, Dr.Mohd Badruddin was honoured by various social organisations and clubs.The minister of higher and technical education, Rajesh Tope honored him at a grand function, organised by Everest Education Society at Aurangabad. He was conferred a citation describing great multi facet personality for working for secular ethos and education values. Then president of India, Dr.APJ Kalam wrote a letter Dr Mohd Badruddin and appreciated for his enduring.

This was surely one of the glorious moments in his life when he felt happy over the public recognition and appreciation of the noble cause.

Indian Medical Association felicitated him for contribution of education, medical field and promoting communal harmony.

Dr.Mohd Badruddin has been associated with social and education institutions. He was founder member of prestigious Maulana Azad Education Society Aurangabad , founded by great scholar Dr.Mohd Rafiq Zakaria and Janta Education Society Jalna.

He has been widely acclaimed as a scholar, educator and secular person. Still, in his 76 age, he has been disseminating the message of peace and amity through lectures and meetings. His lectures focus on the need for national integration and communal harmony. In his one lecture, he said communal harmony does not only mean an absence of communal tensions, strife and riots. It is something deeper, something emotional. He said the harmony implies mutual understanding, peaceful co-existence, cooperation and coordination among all the constituents of a community. He said harmony means proper conformity of the parts to one another and to the whole. Harmony is natural, disharmony is man-made. When this harmony gets disturbed in a body, it becomes sick and when natural or ecological harmony is broken, it leads to disasters.

Thus he is an advocate of a culture of peace, communally harmony and working for national integration.

Written and Edited by Ahmed noor Qureshi, Jalna