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Friday,
July 12, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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AIIMS to
tie-up with IGMC Move to
simplify revenue language
Apple
procurement arrangements reviewed |
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Apple
Uptech launched Fall in
tomato prices worries farmers Wife
commits suicide, man follows suit HP to
regularise three lakh encroachments 2 youths
drowned at Trivenighat Stone-crusher
owners’ plea on mining lease Dist YC
chief replies to DCC Villagers
panic as well emits gases Probe
sought into felling of deodars Dhumal
for two-child norm for lawmakers Minjar
fair from July 28
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AIIMS to tie-up with IGMC Shimla, July 11 The collaborative programme is aimed at introducing specialised medical services, including open-heart surgery, joint replacement and cornea transplant, in the first phase. Accordingly, the AIIMS will provide consultancy for strengthening of infrastructural facilities in the superspeciality departments of cardio-thorasic surgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics and Gastroentrology. The modalities for the collaboration were finalised at a recent meeting between Dr
P. K. Dave, Director of the AIIMS, and Mr Vineet Chaudhary, Secretary, health, at which the Principal of the IGMC and other senior doctors were also present. An agreement will be signed between the two institutions shortly. If all goes well, open-heart surgery will be introduced in the college in the current financial year. A team of experts, including Dr Venugopal, internationally renowned cardiac surgeon, and Dr
R. K. Suri, a former Head of the Cardiology Department in the PGI, Chandigarh, has been constituted for selecting equipment, like the heart-lung machine, required for open-heart surgery and suggesting other improvements. It has been decided that medical experts from the AIIMS will come to Shimla to perform operations to help improve the skills of IGMC doctors. The AIIMS will also provide technical expertise to enable the IGMC to set up an eye bank to facilitate cornea transplant. |
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Move to simplify revenue language Nurpur, July 11 He informed that the Revenue Department had prepared 11 out of 13 lakh KPBs. All 13 lakh farmers in the state would get KPBs by August 15 this year. Mr Sushant said as many as 75 lakh farmers had been restored their rights of Khudrao-Darkhtan Malkiat by the revocation of the same from the state government. The Revenue Minister said the Revenue Department had launched a special campaign to expedite the clearance of pending cases pertaining to mutations, demarcations, divisions and corrections of revenue entries had brought satisfactory results. Earlier, Mr Sushant presided over the “awareness day” celebrated on the occasion of enforcing the encroachment regularisation policy at Rehan, 22 km from here, in which the people from Nurpur, Jawali, Indora and Fatehpur tehsils, public representatives, revenue officials and field staff took part. The Revenue Minister said the second phase of the enforcement of this policy would start on July 22 in which tehsildars would hold open courts at gram panchayats to finalise the applications of the beneficiaries. “The Revenue Department will distribute land allotment letter from August 15 to September 15 to all deserving applicants seeking ownership rights on the encroached land’, Mr Sushant informed. |
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NEWS ANALYSIS Shimla, July 11 It is a retrograde step in view of the repeated assertions of the government that it was committed to restore the pristine glory of the “queen of hills” and other key tourists resorts in the state. The decision will lead to intense construction activity in the four hill towns — Shimla, Manali, Dharamsala and Dalhousie — where a ban was imposed to prevent them from degenerating into concrete jungles. It was said that these areas had become congested and could not take any more concrete structures. In places like Shimla restrictions were imposed after numerous landslides triggered off by reckless construction activity. A relevant question is whether the ban on construction in these towns was an “unconsidered” decisions? The government has not said a word on the merits of the decision nor come out with a justification for reversing it. The decision has not come as surprise. Desperate to retain power, the faction-ridden BJP is prepared to go to any extent. In fact, the government has been considering to relax the building norms for the past quite sometime. The BJP’s defeat in the Shimla Municipal Corporation polls seems to have shaken the party. Ironically, all the political parties have been decrying the environmental degradation hills due to unauthorised and haphazard constructions and promised corrective steps. But when it comes to action they legalise the “illegal” constructions. Not surprisingly all this happens close to elections. The decision has made a mockery of the Town and Country Planning Act. It seems it is meant only for the law abiding people. The rich and the influential could bulldoze it using political pressure and get the unauthorised structures regularised. Intriguingly construction has been allowed only on plots of not less than 250 sqm. The minimum plot size approved by the Town and Country-Planning Department is only 150 sqm. The condition of 250 sqm will help only the big landlords. It is matter to be studied how many influential persons have acquired plots in the areas where construction had been banned. Obviously, only those who have money to dump and political links to influence took the risk. |
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Apple procurement arrangements reviewed Shimla, July 11 He said local truck operators would be involved in the transportation of apples from the procurement centres under the market intervention scheme (MIS). Besides, arrangements had been made for the transportation of boxes from the apple-growing areas and trucks were being arranged from other states. He said a committee for regulating the movement of trucks from others states had been constituted under the chairmanship of the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Shimla. As many as 35 lakh cartons had already been provided in the fruit-growing areas and wooden boxes were being procured from other states. Mr Bragta said 34 mango collection centres had started functioning in various parts of the state. He said a control room would be set up at Theog from July 25 which would keep all information regarding the movement of the trucks. The HPMC, HIMFED and the Horticulture Department would also open control rooms in their offices this year which would operate round-the-clock. He said that eight flying squads would be pressed into service for keeping a close vigil on the functioning of the procurement centres. Mr Bragta said the Horticulture Department had provided Internet facility at its block-level offices for providing the latest market information to the fruit growers. He said a team comprising scientists of Horticulture Department and Horticulture University, Nauni, would visit the orchards affected by mite disease from July 11 to 26. |
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Apple Uptech launched Shimla, July 11 Launching the Apple Uptech project of the State Bank of India for technology upgradation of apple orchards here yesterday, he said as of today over 45 crore acre was lying unutilised in the country out of which about 20 crore acre could be brought under cultivation. This could be achieved if 5 acre was allotted to each of four crore poor families for cultivation and the government gave financial
assistance to them. Dr. S.S. Negi, Vice-Chancellor, Dr
Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, said that the declining productivity of apple orchards was a matter of concern. Giving details of the project Mr
R. K. Sinha, Chief General Manager, SBI, said that the project duration would be three to four years.
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Fall in tomato prices
worries farmers Kumarhatti, July 11 The tomato prices, after recording a high of Rs 13 per kg, have come down between Rs 3 and Rs 5 which has caused loss to the producers. Although the fall in tomato prices after June is not a new phenomenon but the speed with which the prices have crashed has been a cause of concern for the growers. A visit to the area, falling under Solan and Dharampur block, has revealed that around 30 per cent of the crop had been washed out from the fields. A considerable percentage of the crop had been destroyed due to attack by pests and insects. |
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Wife commits
suicide, man follows suit Kangra, July 11 According to the police, a couple had an argument at Rajal village, near here, yesterday and Raksha Devi (52) left the house in anger, telling her husband that she would go to her father’s house. When her husband Sheer Singh cooled down, he along with other family members tried to look for her but found her hanging in a room. Sheer Singh later committed suicide by hanging himself in the same room. The police took the bodies for a post-mortem examination. In another case, Ajay Kumar of Birta village committed suicide by consuming poison at his residence yesterday. The cause of the suicide was not known. Meanwhile, Roop Lal was killed in a road accident last night in a scooter-cycle collision at Kachari Chowk on the Pathankot Mandi highway. |
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HP to regularise three lakh encroachments Kangra, July 11 Stating this here today, Revenue Minister Rajan Shushant said the Government had no sympathy with those who had constructed big buildings on Government land. Such
encroachers would be punished, he added. He said those encroachments would be regularised which had taken place before December 31, 2000, and the last date for receiving the applications would be August 15. |
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2 youths
drowned at Trivenighat Jaisinghpur, July 11 The deceased have been identified as Banti (17) of Jaisinghpur and his cousin Naveen Kumar (25) of Delhi. According to Mr
M. N. Chauhan, SHO, Lambagaon, a chowkidar of the Irrigation and Public Health Department at Sari informed the police about the incident. According to the police, the youths had gone to the Simsa Devi temple in Ladbharol on Tuesday, and on their way back to Jaisinghpur stopped at the Trivenighat to take a dip. The police has registered a case under Section 174 of the Cr PC and the bodies have been sent to Palampur for a post-mortem examination. |
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Stone-crusher owners’
plea on mining lease Shimla, July 11 The chairman of the council, Mr
O. N. Hazri, who discussed the demands with the Industries Minister, Mr Kishori Lal, said the government had in principal decided that the mode of fixation of royalty would be the consumption of electricity and it was serious about implementing it. The council demanded that money to be paid to the Mining Department should be acknowledged by a receipt and the outstanding dues of royalty should be waived. He also urged the minister to give waste stone material after cutting to crusher owners through auction. |
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Dist YC chief replies to DCC Hamirpur, July 11 Giving this information to mediapersons here last evening, Mr Bittu said the DCC had no jurisdiction to issue him a show-cause notice. However, he had replied to the notice keeping in mind the high traditions of the Congress to honour senior leaders. He said the Youth Congress would go to the masses and hold block-level sammelans all over the district this month. A district-level sammelan would also be held in which Mrs Vidya Stokes, state Congress chief, and other senior party leaders would be invited. |
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Villagers
panic as well emits gases Shimla, July 11 The well was capped by the Oil and Natural Gas Commission
(ONGC) eight years ago after it failed to find any oil reserves in the area. According to reports gases and thick black slurry started oozing out from the well last evening after the steel cap was pushed out due to pressure. The residents fear that the well may explode if immediate remedial measures are not taken. The Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Dehra, visited the village, along with other officials, and reassured the people that the administration had contacted the ONGC authorities. |
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Probe sought into felling of deodars Chamba, July 11 Stating this to reporters here today, a former Congress legislator, Mr Thakur Singh sought a probe into the scandal. He said some influential people were suspected to be involved in the felling. He said he along with his partymen would go on an indefinite fast if no action was taken. |
Dhumal
for two-child norm for lawmakers SHIMLA: Prof P. K. Dhumal, Chief Minister, has said the two-child norm should be applied on legislators and Members of Parliament without delay to send the right message to the people. Presiding over a state-level function organised by the State Gyan Vigyan Samiti, to mark World Population Day, here on Thursday, he said his government had already made a legal provision to debar those who had more than two children from contesting panchayat elections. It would be appropriate if a similar legislation was enacted for members of the Lok Sabha and the Vidhan Sabha. He said he had even taken up the issue with the Prime Minister. Mr Kuldeep Tanwar, Director, State Resource Centre, the country should try to emulate China and the USA in controlling population. |
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Minjar
fair from July 28 Chamba, July 11 The Deputy Commissioner, who is also the chairman of the International Minjar Fair Celebration Committee, said yesterday the fair was an inseparable part of the cultural heritage of this region. He said efforts would be made to attract tourists and visitors to the fair from within and outside Himachal Pradesh by organising cultural events, sports activities and exhibitions.
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