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After Kadana Mahi Project Agreement was signed between Rajasthan HD Joshi and Gujarat Governor 's Adviser Sareen in the Chamber and presence of Jagjivan R am,then Irrigation Minister GOI I had called  on then Secretary DOP TVRamnan en route to Banswara.He asked me if services of an IAS Officer were  still required to work as Director, Kadana Resettlement, I said boldly and frankly 'No' because executing rehabilitation  work could be completed by Engineers and Revenue officers  posted there. On arrival  at Banswara I received   posting orders for Deputy Secretary GAD and Cabinet  by wireless  enjoining me to take charge immediately. I rushed to Jaipur  next day leaving family behind   After signing charge report on 30th July 1975, I was escortsed sraight to Cabiet Room I found Hon. Shri PR Maderna Revenue Minister who had been a great  support at Barmer during Indo-Pak War 1971.He looked at my nervous looking face and ...

It was February 20 /1976 .PM Indira Gandhi was scheduled to inaugurate Khandu Colony built by Rajasthan Housing Board for the displaced persons of Khandu village submerged in the Mahi Bajsj Sagar Irrigation Dam being  built for the Irrigated  areas of Banswara District. PM had arrived in the evening day  before. VIP Room was done up with fresh paint and new toilet facilities. Traffic on the road below  VIP. room  was diverted  .However, she had dinner all by  herself though CM waited below on  the  lawn of Mahi Rest House, a picturesque place. In the morning  after breakfast and before  leaving  for inaugural function ,she was (overheard by attendants) ,complaing to CM ' "Aap ke machharon ne mujhe Sone nahin diya" Chief Engineer Shri BK Mehra with his team  had made arrangements for the inaugural function  and it passed off very well. On payback to Rest House PM slowed her vehicle and stopped  for a while to acce...

I was posted as Director , Resettlement,Mahi and Kadana Projects since November 1973..On 26th June evening , as usual,  after tennis game at the Club ,we were having tea and snacks at Mahi Rest House located atop a hillock negotiated by a winding road..Rest house overlooked the only road leading to town and a bye lane   which also enclosed the old house of then Chief Minister Shri Hari Deo Joshi. It so happened that CM Joshi,s daughter was  getting married as per Muhurrat  at dusk time .Sat phere or taking marriage  vows around Agni was under way. Suddenly , a roaring sound announced the arrival  of  a small plane.Chief Engineer Shri BK Mehra found out  on phone that Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi had convened an emergent meeting  of all CMs and sent for Shri Joshi for which Madhya Prajesh  CM JP Sthi  was aske to accompany  Shri Joshi in his State Plane. Shri Joshi left home post haste in the midst or on completion of ...