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May 21, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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HP steps to promote animal husbandry Encroachers play in stadium Rights panel rejects
students’ appeal Netaji college to start IT course HP, Uttaranchal bus row to be resolved soon Chief Secys to continue talks |
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Kufri was suitable for
Rozy: experts Stokes for closer ties with front bodies Forest Dept confiscates van Handicapped
girl raped Scribe fears for life
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HP steps to promote animal husbandry Shimla, May 20 Nearly 90 per cent rural population of the state is directly dependent on animal rearing. Animals provide milk, wool, meat, eggs and leather. In Himachal Pradesh by diversifying agriculture, animal husbandry is being developed as an integral part of agriculture. Besides, this sector has lot of employment avenues. Scientific management and rearing of animals is being encouraged besides providing various facilities to the animal rearers. As per the 1992 census, there are 51,16,933 head of cattle in the state. To improve rural economy, various awareness and informative programmes regarding animal and wool development, poultry, animal health disease control, food, fodder and milk development are being undertaken in the state. At present, 1098 artificial insemination centres were providing insemination facilities in the state. The insemination policy of the department is based on 50 per cent Jersey, 25 per cent Red Sindhi and 25 per cent local breed. A central bull centre is being established at Palampur, which would meet the requirement of semen to a large extent. Initially artificial insemination was done by liquid semen but now this is being done by frozen semen, which has helped in storing semen of quality bull for longer period. At present to preserve frozen semen six liquid nitrogen plants are functioning in the state. Three semen processing laboratories are producing 4 to 4.5 lakh semen straws every year. At present, there are about 14 per cent hybird animals and 34 per cent Murra breed buffaloes in the state. The Milk production in the state has gone up to 7,45,000 tonne. A network of 1994 veterinary institutions is providing proper health care facilities for the animals at the doorstep of farmers and also engaged in controlling communicable and non-communicable diseases of animals. In addition, to provide instant health care facilities and check spread of communicable diseases, 14 mobile veterinary institutions are also functioning in the state. Besides, seven polyclinics at Duttnagar (Kangra), Sarahan (Sirmaour), Dharampur (Solan), Bhangrotu (Mandi), Shahpur (Kangra), Bhuntar (Kulu) and Bathari (Chamba) have been set up which are providing specialised veterinary services. A special laboratory has been set up in the state to check foot and mouth diseases of the animals. This laboratory is also looking after other communicable diseases. Two diseases analysis laboratories at Shimla and Kamand (Mandi) are ensuring prompt detection of animal diseases. During the past three years 68.77 lakh animals were treated and more than 20.73 animals vaccinated. A special feed and fodder programme has been launched in the state to ensure proper rearing of quality livestock. Under this programme, every year, 3,500 mini-kits and fodder seeds are being given on 100 per cent subsidy to the Scheduled Caste families and women. Besides, the fodder seed is also being made available on 50 per cent subsidy on total cost. Four departmental fodder seed production centres at Kamand, Binog (Mandi), Kotla Barog (Sirmaur) and Sunni (Shimla) are providing quality fodder seeds to the farmers. Small and marginal farmers, belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe families are also being provided 100 hens per farmer at subsidised rates to encourage poultry farming. |
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Encroachers play in stadium Nurpur, May 20 Taking interest in the construction of the stadium, former MLA Sat Mahajan on being elected as MP from the Kangra parliamentary constituency released Rs 6,74,398 for transferring the ownership of land from the Defence Ministry to the HP Government on January 21, 1998. The then state government also released Rs 7 lakh to the Public Works Department (PWD) for carrying out the construction. Surprisingly the proposed stadium has been hanging fire even after the transfer of land and release of the initial construction cost, thanks to the apathy and red tapism of the state government. Seeing this encroachments have taken
place, which has scarred the beauty of the vast ground of the stadium. The prime land in and around the “Chaugan” has either been grabbed or encroached upon with impunity. The initial cost of the proposed stadium was estimated at Rs 14.84 lakh, which has risen manifold now. The PWD had spent Rs 1 lakh on ground levelling after the foundation stone was laid by the then Chief Minister, Mr Virbhadra Singh. The stone got damaged and its plaque defaced. On August 13, 1996, a few months before the byelection to the Nurpur assembly constituency, Mr Virbhadra Singh again visited the stadium site. The PWD authorities installed a fresh foundation stone and a new plaque with the old foundation stone laying date inscribed on it. Although, the construction of the stadium has been hanging fire, yet the PWD has put up a fence around the stadium at a cost of Rs 1 lakh. |
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Rights panel rejects
students’ appeal Kangra, May 20 The Principal of the college, Dr R.L. Gupta, said the commission, however, stated, “if they feel aggrieved due to any order passed by the college authorities, they may approach the authorities as per rules.” The commission was approached by Abhay Sharma and other 32 senior students of the college following their rustication for ragging freshers. The furore created by ragging and subsequent rustication of students in the college, which continued for more than two weeks settled as the senior students took their examination today. The examinations were postponed from May 2 to May 19 by the authorities. The Principal said roll numbers were issued to the students after they fulfilled all conditions laid down by the disciplinary committee. It included payment of Rs 10,000 each as surety for maintenance of good conduct. He said the 33 students were on probation for an year and warned if they indulged in any misconduct they would be expelled from the college. |
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Netaji college to start IT course Hamirpur (HP), May 20 The college authorities had earlier decided to start a four-year IT course in the college from the current academic session. However, the university authorities had denied permission to the college to go ahead with the course and the local people had resented this. They had also sought the intervention of the Chief Minister in this matter. This decision was taken at a joint meeting held at the office of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal at Shimla on Thursday. Dr S.K. Gupta, Vice-Chancellor of the Himachal Pradesh University, Dr Narendra Awasthi, Principal of the Hamirpur Government College, Mr Chander Shekhar Sharma, President, Hamirpur College Parents Teachers Association, Mr Narendra Attri and Mr Lalit Mohan Sharma, leaders of the ABVP, were also present. |
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HP, Uttaranchal bus row to be resolved soon Shimla, May 20 According to official sources, Mr Swami has assured that the issue will be settled amicably. The authorities in Uttaranchal had impounded many passenger buses of Himachal for plying in their territory on the plea that the operators had violated the inter-state agreement on operating bus services in their area. A spokesman of the government said that as per the inter-state agreement, the HRTC was allowed to operate buses on specific routes in Uttar Pradesh, but after the creation of Uttaranchal in December last, the problem started because of absence of any agreement and the HRTC buses were impounded by the Transport Authorities of Uttaranchal. |
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Chief Secys to continue talks Shimla, May 20 The three states, notwithstanding the dispute over power share, agreed in principle to execute hydro-power projects in Himachal Pradesh through joint ventures of the state electricity boards and power utilities. It was decided to hold further meetings on regular basis to work out modalities like share of each state, shape of joint agency to be set up for the purpose, besides identifying projects to be taken up. It was appreciated by all states that executing hydro-power projects would be beneficial for all of them. It would help start a new chapter of regional cooperation. Regarding the issue of Himachal Pradesh’s share of 7.19 per cent in the BBMB projects under the Punjab State Reorganisation Act and 12 per cent free power as royalty, it was felt that given the background of the dispute and the complexities involved, more discussion was needed. A headway could be made only at the political level. However, the states could continue dialogue at various levels to clinch the issue out of court. The three states also acknowledged that the Government of India, which had a role to play under the Punjab State Reorganisation Act, could also use its good offices in resolving the issue to the satisfaction of all concerned. Himachal Pradesh has presently been getting only an ad hoc share of 2.5 per cent as against the 7.19 per cent to which it was entitled under the Punjab State Reorganisation Act. It filed a case in the Supreme Court claiming Rs 2100 crore, including 12 per cent free power as royalty, as arrears in 1996. The amount had now swelled to over Rs 3000 crore. Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, had expressed desire to resolve the issue by adopting a policy of give and take. Headed by Mr N.K. Arora, Chief Secretary, the Punjab team which participated in the talks included Mr S. Mittal, Secretary (Power), and Mr G.S. Sohal, Chairman of the Punjab State Electricity Board, Mr L.M. Goyal, Chief Secretary led the Haryana Government team comprising Ms Meenakshi Chaudhary, Principal Secretary-cum-Chairman, power utilities, and Mr R.K. Jain, Chief Engineer of the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam. Mr A.K. Goswami, Chief Secretary, Mr Harsh Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary and Chairman State Electricity Board, and Ms Asha Swaroop, Finance (Secretary) represented the Himachal Government. |
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Kufri was suitable for
Rozy: experts Shimla, May 20 This was stated by members of the expert committee inquiring into the death of the leopard after visiting Kufri, near here, yesterday. The three members, Mr Vinod Rishi, Director, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun, and member of the cat specialist group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Prof P.K. Peshin, veterinary surgeon from Hisar Agriculture University and Dr P.K. Malik of Wild Life Institute, Dehradun, felt that Kufri was more suitable for the snow leopard which was found in Spiti. The observation was significant in the light of views expressed by some conservationists that Rozy would have been saved had the state forest department shifted it to Darjeeling. They had even expressed apprehensions that the animal might have found the summer heat at Kufri unbearable. The experts examined the entire record pertaining to the treatment of Rozy, besides the health register. They also saw the post-mortem report and held discussions with the veterinarians who conducted it and treated the animal. The team has asked the forest department to provide the histo-pathological report from the Agriculture University, Palampur, where the samples were sent for examination. The team will again visit Shimla to hold discussions with the veterinarians associated with the post-mortem and treatment of Rozy before finalising its report which is likely to be submitted to the government by the end of June. |
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Stokes
for closer ties with front bodies Shimla, May 20 She held a meeting of heads of the front organisation here yesterday and said that at the district-level the front level chiefs should be made ex-officio members of the DCCs. She said that the front organisations were pillars of the Congress as these were working at the grass-roots level. It was decided at the meeting that a state-level conference of the Youth Congress would be held on May 24, of INTUC on June 9, Mahila Congress on June 30 and Sewa Dal on June 15. |
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Forest Dept confiscates van Mandi, May 20 Mr Kumar disclosed this yesterday that the van would now be property of the Forest Department.
Handicapped
girl raped Solan, May 20 According to information, Khyalli Ram entered her house at 12.30 p.m. when her parents, who worked as labourers on daily wages, were away. He threatened her with dire consequences in case she disclosed the incident to anyone. However, she revealed everything to her mother. Khyalli Ram was arrested and a case under Section 376 of the IPC registered against him.  |
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Scribe fears for life Nahan, May 20 In a complaint lodged with the Sirmaur Police, Suresh Tomar, a reporter of Amar Ujala, has alleged that as he was filing stories about the illegal mining activities in the area for the past few days, he was being threatened on the telephone. |
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