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July 29, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Notice served on sugar mill over delayed
payment issue INLD’s partial attitude flayed Tributes paid to Capt Atul Somra Proclaimed offender held Sawan bath: 4 girls drowned |
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Notice served on sugar mill over delayed payment issue Ambala, July 28 A notice has been served to the sugar mill management by the Cane Commissioner, Haryana, which states that the mill must immediately make payment to the sugar cane farmers. The notice stresses that it is obligatory on the part of the sugar mill to make payments and that several meetings in this regard have already been held. The notice was issued after the delayed payment matter was taken up by the Ambala Deputy Commissioner, Mr D.D. Gautam, with the state government. A letter was reportedly written by the Deputy Commissioner to the Cane Commissioner on July 25 giving details about the ongoing delayed payment issue. The notice was reportedly prepared on July 26 and served to the mill management through the Deputy Commissioner office, yesterday. When contacted, Mr Gautam confirmed that a final notice had been issued to the sugar mill management to make immediate payments to the farmers. “The notice states that if the sugar mill management fails to make the payments to farmers, the dues of the farmers will be treated as arrears of land revenue,” he said. Mr Gautam said a meeting of the leaders of sugar cane farmers and the mill management had been called tomorrow. “I must stress that we are monitoring the situation and in no condition will farmers’ interest be compromised. We will ensure that the interest of the farmers are looked after,” he said. Incidentally, the sugar cane farmers are becoming restive after the payments by the Banoundi sugar mill were delayed. Besides this, a dharna was also being observed in front of the office of the Subdivisional Magistrate, Naraingarh, for over past one month. The farmers also blocked the NH 72, last week. With BKU leaders lending support to the “sugar cane farmers cause”, the delayed payment issue has taken serious overtones. The BKU leadership, particularly the faction led by Mr Hari Singh Khokhar, has time and again visited the agitating sugar cane farmers to express support. A farmer who is awaiting payment from the Banoundi sugar mill said that delayed monsoon had dashed hopes of a bountiful crop. “We just hope that we would at least get sugar cane payments so that we do not have to face a financial crisis,” he said. |
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INLD’s partial attitude flayed Chandigarh, July 28 In a statement issued here Mr Hooda said that INLD leaders went to Gulkani and Rajpura Bhain in a hush-hush manner and paid the relief amount to six martyrs of these villages, but they ignored two other martyrs, one of whom was a Scheduled Caste and the other a Brahmin. The Haryana PCC chief said it would have been better if Mr Chautala had gone to give the relief to the bereaved families of the martyred kisans. |
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Tributes paid to Capt Atul Somra Ambala, July 28 Atul Somra was killed near Baniyal on July 18. Leaders of various political parties, representatives of social organisations and officers of district administration paid tributes to late Army officer. His father Ram Swroop
Somra, mother Reeta Somra, and elder brother Amit Somra were present on the occasion. President of the state BJP and MP Rattan Lal Kataria said that martyrs of the country were the pride of the nation and their family members should be given proper recognition. He said more than 24 Army personnel from Ambala district had laid their lives down for the country during the past three years in Jammu and Kashmir. He also offered Rs 2 lakh for constructing memorial of Atul Somra in Ambala Cantt through the MP fund. Local MLA Anil Vij, said the country which does not remember its martyrs looses identity. He said Army personnel who were being killed in militant encounters should be provided all benefits and facilities being given to war martyrs. He said the road in Mahesh Nagar, leading to the late Captain’s residence, would be named as Atul Somra Marg. Senior Akali leader Kartar Singh
Takkar, Deputy Commissioner D.D. Gautam, social activist Rattan Singh Dhillon and several Army officers also paid tributes to late Atul
Somra. The formation of a trust in his memory was also announced on the occasion. |
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Proclaimed offender held Kaithal, July 28 Giving this information here yesterday, the SP, Mr A.S. Chawla said a police party led by Mr Roop Singh in charge Siwan police station during patrol noticed a man running after seeing the police party. He was overpowered by the police. During interrogation the man disclosed his identity as Bhoop Singh of Rasidan, who was wanted by the Kaithal police in a murder committed in 1992. Giving further details Mr Chawla said in 1992 the uncle of Bhoop Singh was murdered here and to avenge the murder of his uncle the accused shot dead Dhoop Singh of Chandana village in September 1994, who had killed his uncle. Following his arrest the accused was sent to jail but after coming on parole, he absconded. |
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Sawan bath: 4 girls drowned Hisar, July 28 According to reports, they had gone to the pond for the ceremonial Sawan bath, along with other women of the village. One of the girls slipped into the pond. Three others also fell into the pond in the confusion that followed. While one of them died on the spot, three others died on their way to a hospital in Barwala, 30 km from here. The deceased have been identified as Kavita, Mukesh, Sudesh and Suman. They were all aged between 10 and 13 years. Meanwhile, two teenaged sisters committed suicide by setting themselves on fire at Hansi, 25 km from here, yesterday. A domestic discord is stated to be the reason for the suicide. |
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Governor to unfurl Tricolour at Panchkula Chandigarh, July 28 The Governor will also host the ‘At Home’ ceremony at Panchkula on the evening of August 15. |
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