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Thursday,
June 27, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Power woes: farmers
to protest again Drive to make Fatehabad greener HIGH COURT Sonepat depot earns Rs 16.47 lakh profit Improved roads in Ambala soon |
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Company
MD refused bail Money
transfer Constable
shot Seminar on
de-addiction day Mob beats
up armed robbers
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Power woes: farmers
to protest again Ambala, June 26 A group of farmers may meet power department officials this evening to deliberate upon the issue. The Superintendent Engineer (Op), Ambala, Mr
C.L. Adlakha, said the farmers who had gathered at Adhoya, had dispersed yesterday evening following assurances by the SDO concerned to look into their grievances. “We are looking into the matter,” he said. Mr Adlakha said “power supply to the affected area is from Khera Power House in Jagadhari which in turn used to get supply from Majri Power House, which is now in Uttaranchal. We are working on an alternative which will become functional soon”. It may be recalled that close on the heels of Mullana residents blocking the
Ambala-Jagadhari road to express their power woes, stone pelting took place at the power house in Adhoya over lack of power supply yesterday. The incident took place at about 10 am when the villagers gathered near the power house in
Adhoya, about 30 km from Ambala Cantt, to demand uninterrupted power supply. Apparently, a few persons within the gathering began throwing stones at the power house. Although no electricity department personnel were injured in the incident, some damage was caused due to stone pelting. A resident of Barara said a number of farmers converged at the power house in Adhoya this morning. He said some persons resorted to stone pelting. He added that glass panes had been broken due to stone throwing. |
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Drive to make Fatehabad greener Fatehabad, June 26 Mr Kothari said his department had set up a target of planting 22 lakh saplings in the district during the current year. Officers of all departments should work together as a team to achieve the target. He exhorted them to seek cooperation from women and school children in this connection and also ensure total commitment from them to tend the saplings by putting a name plate of the women or children at plants planted by them. He said the department had set for itself a target of planting 4.50 crore saplings in the current year. In 406 nurseries of the state, 5 crore saplings were ready to be planted. Wherever the panchayats had 8 to 10 acres, his department would use that land for planting saplings. As per the decision of the government, a mini Mahotsava would be observed in all Assembly constituencies, he added. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, June 26 Pronouncing the orders, the Bench, comprising Mr Justice J.S. Khehar and Mr Justice Jasbir Singh, ruled: “The respondents may go ahead with the auction, but shall not finalise the auction pertaining to sand block number one in respect of which an agreement was executed on December 28, 2001, with the petitioner ....” In his petition, Mr Ram Kumar Bhadu had earlier submitted that the mines had initially been given on contract to him for three years with effect from December 28 last year. Claiming that the auction notice issued on June 10 was against the principles of natural justice and the provisions of Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act of 1957, besides Punjab Minor Mineral Concession Rules of 1964, the petitioner had also sought directions for restraining the respondents from auctioning the mines and taking forcible possession of the same. He had added that the mines had been made functional by him after spending over Rs 60 lakhs. Arguing on the petitioner’s behalf, Mr S.K. Garg had added that the respondents wanted to hand over the mines to certain private parties on lease and several news items had appeared regarding the same. Going into the background of the case, Mr Garg had contended that the parties, after finding out that the mines were producing “good quality of ordinary sand”, had approached the respondents. Soon after, Haryana Mining Limited directed the petitioner against carrying out mining operation and also made public that the same had been closed. The case will now come up for further hearing on August 12. |
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Sonepat
depot earns Rs 16.47 lakh profit Sonepat, June 26 The Deputy Commissioner told mediapersons here today that the Sonepat depot had earned a revenue of Rs 1.08 crore during the month of May 2002, which is 34 per cent more as compared to last year’s revenue. He disclosed that the Sonepat depot had a fleet of 215 buses that had covered a distance of 20.42 lakh kilometres and earned a revenue of Rs 226.63 lakh at the rate of Rs 11.10 per km during May this year. However, during the corresponding period last year, the depot had a fleet of 200 buses, which had covered a distance of 10.83 lakh kilometres and earned Rs 204.76 lakh at the rate of Rs 10.87 per
kilometre. The DC also disclosed that the 214 buses of the depot had covered 42 lakh kilometres and earned Rs. 4.35 crore during the first two months of the current financial year as compared to the fleet of 198 buses that had covered 37.29 lakh kilometres and earned a traffic receipt of Rs 4.02 lakh. He said that the depot had earned Rs 1.53 crore during the first two months of the last financial year as compared to Rs 1.97 crore earned during the current financial year. The average income per km was recorded at Rs 10.87 during the first two months of the current year as compared to Rs 10.78 per km during the corresponding period last year. The DC also claimed that the expenditure of the workshop had also come down to 25 per cent on account of the strict vigilance by the General Manager of the depot, Mr H. C. Jain, and other officials. |
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Improved
roads in Ambala soon Ambala, June 26 The Haryana Road and Bridges Development Corporation is carrying out upgradation of the roads. An official observed that: “There is a need for an integrated toll tax policy in the state.” The Managing Director of the corporation, Mr M.K. Aggarwal, said it would not be possible for him to comment on the issue since the policy decision on whether or not to impose toll tax will have to be taken by the government. The road network improvement is being carried out through financial assistance from the HUDCO. More than 2,000 km of roads is going to be upgraded in phases. In the first and second phases, 1,153 km of road was upgraded, while the third and fourth phases will start soon. “Before the onset of the monsoon, the work will be completed,” he said. In Ambala roads which are being improved include Saha-Ambala Cantt. Barara-Shahbad and
Saha-Shahbad. |
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Company
MD refused bail Ambala, June 26 Atual had moved an interim bail application in the court on the ground that he was suffering from a heart and spine disease and as such required specialised treatment which was not available of the Civil Hospital, Ambala City. He prayed to the court to grant him interim bail for 30 days so that he could get himself examined at a good medical institute. The CBI counsel, Mr C.M. Sehgal, while opposing the bail application, stated in the court that the regular bail application of the petitioner had been dismissed by the trial court twice. He said all pleas taken by the petitioner in the present application had already been heard and decided by the trial court. The judge said in order. “I do not find any ground for granting interim bail to the accused petitioner and the same is hereby rejected”. |
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Money transfer Karnal, June 26 She said by way of this service, money could be sent from 184 countries. Money could be paid out quickly, in full and only to the right person in cash without any limit. |
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Constable
shot Jind, June 26 Rajinder Singh was a resident of Alewa village of the district. His body was handed over to his parents after a post-mortem examination. The cause of the crime has not been ascertained so far. The police has registered a case of murder and started investigations. |
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Seminar
on de-addiction day Kurukshetra June 26 While addressing the gathering almost all speakers highlighted drug abuses. Meanwhile, the Social Work
Department, Reader, Kurukshetra University, Dr C. P. Singh, lamented
that the drug addiction and drug-trafficking problem was not being
paid due attention neither by the government nor by society. |
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Mob beats up armed robbers Yamunanagar, June 26 The armed youths sneaked into a house in Vishwakarma Mohalla. They took out their pistols and threatened Ms Sunita Gaba with dire consequences if she made any noise. Meanwhile, her mother-in-law Rajrani forcibly entered the room and started shouting. Other members of the family also reached. Hundreds of people of the area chased them and caught them. The culprits identified as Parminder, Vikky, Sonu and Vikas of Uttar Pradesh have been arrested. |
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