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December 19, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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ABOHAR LOOTED: Mr Ashok Kumar Aggarwal, a trader from Malout, was reportedly looted of Rs 50,000, a gold ring and a mobile phone by some miscreants near Sadhuwali on the Punjab-Rajasthan border on Sunday. DISTRIBUTED: As many as 563 students from 22 local schools were given woollen pullovers and 110 were provided with shoes and socks by the Bharat Vikas Parishad at a function on Sunday. Mr Sunil Jakhar, MLA, lauded the role of social organisations for helping the downtrodden. MASS MARRIAGE: A mass-marriage function was organised by the Baba Ram Dev Seva Samiti at Bodiwala Peetha village, near here, on Sunday. With this the number of marriages performed under the patronage of Bhagat Kuldeep Kumar Sahu has reportedly reached 183. INJURED: Mr Jassa Singh, an employee of a factory at village Mammukhera, was found injured on the Katehra-Ghallu link road on Monday. A vehicle village, reportedly hit him while he was returning from duty. AMRITSAR BATHINDA LAND MAFIA: Mr Surjit Singh Sohi, president, SC/BC Lawyers Association, said in a statement issued here on Wednesday that the local corporation was allegedly being set up to cater to the interests of the land mafia as prices of their lands, purchased at down-to-earth prices, would jump significantly after the same were included in the limits of the municipal corporation. POWER CUT: The Gole Diggi area, Mall Road, “Mata Rani Street” Birla Mill Road, Court Road, Dhobi Bazar, post office bazar, Fort Road, Mohalla Chutti Ka, Aggarwal Street, Afimwali Street and Neeta Street will face a power cut from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on December 21, according to a press note issued by the SDO (Urban Feeder), PSEB, Bathinda on Wednesday. FARIDKOT FATEHGARH SAHIB GURDASPUR JAGRAON KAPURTHALA LUDHIANA JYOTI POOJAN: In connection with “purnima”, a poojan ceremony of the perennial flame of Jwalaji would be performed at Shri Mahavaishnavi Shaktipeeth in Beant Pura on Thursday from 7.30 am to 8.30 am, according to Mr Suresh Mehra. The poojan ceremony will be presided over by Swami Krishan Kanta Parivajrika, chairperson of the International Brahmrishi Mission. MACHHIWARA MALERKOTLA DENTAL CAMP: Under the intensive dental health care programme of the Punjab Health Department, Dr Mohammed Shabbir, CMO, Dental, Civil Hospital, here organised a dental check-up camp at Government School, Mandiala, near here, on Tuesday. According to Mr Munish Jindal, in charge of the camp, 550 students were checked and free literature regarding dental diseases was distributed. PATHANKOT PATIALA JEWELLERS MEET: The Punjab and Sind Bank’s Gur Mandi branch organised a jewellers meet at its bank premises here on Wednesday. The jewellers were acquainted with various credit facilities provided by the bank which could meet the financial requirements of the jewellers. The meeting was presided over by the bank’s zonal Manager, Mr H.S. Hoon. PHAGWARA RAMPURA PHUL SAMANA SAMRALA |
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AMBALA TRAFFIC RULES: Traffic rules and assistance given to people by the police was explained at a meeting held at MDSD Girls College on Wednesday. The meeting was organised the NCC unit of the college under the chairmanship of Mr Prem
Nath. The students were told about traffic rules. The college Principal, Dr Kiran
Angra, said the police was for the people and one should inform the police about my untoward incident. KALKA APPOINTED: Mr Kanwarjit Singh Bhalla, former chairman of the Kalka Block Panchayat Samiti has been made vice-president of the District Congress Committee. Announcement to this effect has been made by the District President, Mr
R.S. Chauhan.
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PAONTA SAHIB PRIZE DISTRIBUTED: The local branch of the Bharat Vikas Parishad held a prize-cum-certificate distribution function at Shiv Mandir Dharamshala, Badri Nagar, in which students of a tailoring school, being run by the local unit of the parishad, were awarded. SHIMLA CHARGE TAKEN: Dr Rajeev Kumar Seam, Professor and Head, Department of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, here took over the charge of member secretary, Regional Cancer Control Society, on Tuesday. DHUMAL FLAYED: The president of the Himachal Pradesh Rajya Panchayat Parishad, Mr Buddhi Singh
Thakur, alleged that Rs 2.56 crore had been released under the Rural Infrastructure Fund, but they had not received any fund in this regard. UNA |
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Honoured for rehabilitating lepers MR Prem Singh Bhutte was presented with a national award by the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, for the services rendered by him in the rehabilitation and treatment of lepers. Born in a poor family in Ropar district, Mr Prem Singh has been an active social worker for the past several years. Earlier this year, the Punjab Government gave him a state award for his involvement in various activities related to the welfare of needy people. Despite his family responsibilities and government job, Mr Prem Singh spares time to work for lepers and other needy people. He has tried to remove a large number of misconceptions about lepers among people. Mr Prem Singh says his next aim is to construct a home for socially rejected people. There are a large number of such people, who need shelter. He has submitted a number of schemes to the Union Government suggesting various measures to check the further spread of leprosy in states like Punjab where those affected by leprosy migrate from other states in large numbers as labourers. He is for screening labourers and starting treatment of those found suffering from this ailment. From sports to writing It is not often that sportspersons indulge in creative pastimes like writing. Mrs Usha Barowalia, who was recently nominated to the expert committee set up by the government to review policies and programmes related to sports, is one such person. She is the only non-official member on the seven-member committee. She not only earned a name in the field of sports but has also established her credentials as an educationist, a writer and a social worker. She excelled in volleyball, representing Himachal Pradesh University in the inter-university championship twice and the state in the national championship. Besides, she has been a good player of badminton and table tennis and has won several medals in the two games. A keen sportsperson, Mrs Barowalia did equally well in academics. Besides a diploma in physical education in which she won the gold medal, she also holds a postgraduate degree in history and a postgraduate diploma in journalism and mass communication. After having a stint as a lecturer of physical education at St. Bede’s College, she tried her hand at writing and came up trumps. Apart from several short stories in the Himachali dialect, she wrote a series of books on physical education and sports, which have been recommended for senior secondary and graduate classes. Her write-ups on various temples and fairs of the hill state have been published in various newspapers. Incidentally, her husband, Mr J.N. Barowalia, who is a judge and at present heads the Shimla District Consumer Forum, is also an accomplished writer. He has authored books on law and the judicial process. Not only that their son, Abhishek, is an athlete and daughter, Akshi, a table tennis player. Himalayan Tarzan He has been instrumental in digging the 27km long underground tunnel with a 10.15-metre diameter. it also has the world’s four biggest de-silting chambers. This project is worth Rs 9,000 crore. Yes, this is the story of Mr Y.N. Appa Rao, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Asia’s biggest project NJPC 1500 MW Hydel Power Project (Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation), the new christened name SJVN (Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam). Appa’s plan for commissioning this project with the untiring efforts of his team is close to commissioning the mega project of spinning and generating 1500 MW in three phases. The first phase of the project will see the commissioning and trial spinning of 250 MW on the December 31 and the second spinning unit of another 250 MW by February 15 next year. The real hydel power generation of both these spinning units of 500 MW will be formally inaugurated on March 31. The rest hydel power generation of 1000 MW will be commissioned in July and finally completed by the end of December, 2003. This Tarzan has got to his credit drilling at least 12 km of tunnel during his stay in Chamba in the NHPC project. Though he kicked off his career in the Military Engineering Services about 35 years ago after a brief spell in monitoring of the hydroelectric projects while with Central Water & Power Commission, Mr Appa Rao joined National Hydro-electric Power Corporation Ltd. Asked how often he visits his home state, Andhra Pradesh, he says: “I am more of a Himachali and less of an Andhraite. And I only touch AP because I have to visit the Tirupati Balaji temple. You shall be glad to know that I am seriously planning and hunting for a Himachali bride for my younger son, Krishna Kumar, who is doing his engineering”. Contributed by Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Rakesh Lohumi and Ravi Bali. |
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