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September 28, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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diarrhoea deaths reported from colony Farm
varsity to start diploma course Hooda
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school to reinstate teacher Orientation
course held Tourism
potential untapped, say students Erratic
water supply in Sirsa 
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8
diarrhoea deaths reported from colony
Burj Kotian (Pinjore), September 27 Though the health authorities have claimed that only three persons
have died due to diarrhoea, the residents of the colony claim that so
far eight persons have died of the disease. During a visit to the slum
colony, residents informed Chandigarh Tribune that Mamta (20), Man
Singh (80) , Bhuri (22), Babu Ram (45), Sonu (4), Anoj (10), Hori Lal
(35) and Nanku (35) had died after suffering from high fever, vomiting
and loose motions. While Man Singh had died eight days ago, the other
deaths have been reported during the past three days.
Health authorities led by the Director General Health, Haryana, Dr
B.S. Dahiya, who also surveyed the area, however, insisted that other
than Nanku, Hori Lal and Sonu, none of the reported deaths were caused
by diarrhoea. Dr Gyanendra Sharma, officiating Chief Medical Officer,
Panchkula, maintained that while Mamta and Bhuri had died because of
jaundice during pregnancy, Anoj was an epileptic patient and had died
of an attack, and Babu Ram and Man Singh had died a natural death.
However, the residents of this labour colony — consisting of
labourers employed in stone crushing units and soil mining industry
— insisted that the number of diarrhoea deaths was increasing by the
day and the epidemic was spreading fast. Khichi Lal, a resident of the
colony, informed that there were around 500 shacks in the area and not
a single household was free of the epidemic. “There are one or two
cases in each family. The disease has spread over the past 10 days and
slowly the epidemic has had the entire colony in its grip,” he said.
A visit to the labour colony brought to fore the unhygienic living
conditions there. The major source of drinking water in the colony was
the muddy and polluted water of the Ghaggar, flowing along this human
settlement. It is learned that there is neither any tap or hand-pump
in the colony nor drinking water provision by the Public Health
Department. Not only do the residents defecate along the river, they
also take their drinking water supplies from the river.” We
sometimes get water from the village, but mostly rely on the river
water since the village is far off,” said Sawanti, a resident of the
area, who is also suffering from diarrhoea.
Besides this, an increase in fly and mosquito population in the
colony has also caused problems. The entire colony was fumigated
today. Yesterday, five cases of plasmodium falciparum (cerebral
malaria) and nine cases of plasmodium vivax were reported in Mani
Majra, Chandigarh. As many as 100 patients were examined by the Health
Department yesterday and blood samples of 90 patients were tested for
malaria. However, none of these tested positive.
Meanwhile, as many as six teams of doctors from the General
Hospital, Panchkula, primary health centres of Kalka, Pinjore and
Raipur Rani surveyed the area today and 410 patients were examined. As
many as 212 blood samples were taken and around 4,000 chloroquine
tablets were distributed, besides the collection of three water
samples. A team of the Health Department also visited the spot and
three water tankers were provided to the residents for drinking water.
Later, Dr Dahiya also visited Surajpur, Rajjipur and Kaushalya
colony. A 27-year-old youth, Yogesh, in Surajpur was found suffering
from malaria and was referred to the General Hospital, Panchkula. The
health authorities said they would now write to Deputy Commissioner,
Panchkula, to direct the owners of crushers in Burj Kotian to provide
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Farm varsity to start diploma course Hisar, September 27 He claimed that this would be first diploma of its kind to be offered in the country and was much in demand. Mr Miglani told that the course would be run by the Home Science Extension Department of College of Home Science. The course curriculum and the training module had been finalised. In this regard, a team of faculty members headed by former Dean of College of Home Science Dr Indu Grover, had twice visited the Department of Gender Studies of the University of Hull. The Vice-Chancellor said that during the course two face-to-face sessions would also be held in which a group of four teachers from University of Hull would interact with participants of the course. |
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Hooda hails SC ruling on release of convicts Chandigarh, September 27 In a statement issued here today, Mr Hooda said the orders of the apex court had vindicated the stand taken by the Governor, Babu Parmanand, as well as the Opposition on the issue. He said the release of the prisoners had resulted in an upsurge in the crime graph of the state. Accusing the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, of misleading the youth by promising them 50,000 jobs, Mr Hooda said Mr Chautala’s promise was not a new one because on the eve of the 2000 assembly elections, the Chief Minister had promised 70,000 jobs. Instead of providing jobs, Mr Hooda said, the INLD government retrenched about 40,000 employees. He accused Mr Chautala of making false promises to mislead the people to vote for his party in the next parliamentary and assembly elections. |
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Blood bank inaugurated Yamunanagar, September 27 The Governor asked the people to refrain from taking blood from professional blood donors. He appreciated the role of social organisation in organising blood donation camps. A blood donation camp was also organised. More than 100 students of Khalsa College donated blood. Interacting with officials at a local rest house, the Governor said all unauthorised ultrasound centres must be banned. He expressed concern over the decreasing sex ratio in the state. He enquired about the educational facilities being provided by the government. He also enquired about the food offered at anganwari centres. |
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Court asks school to reinstate teacher Fatehabad, September 27 The judge ordered the reinstatement of the teacher and directed the school management to pay salaries of the period she had been out of job due to her retrenchment. Ms Ranji, a Social Studies teacher, working with the local Shri Ram Sewa Samiti School was removed by the school management on May 19, 2001, on the ground that a number of students were not sufficient to afford the services of so many teachers. Mr Rajni challenged the retrenchment in the court of Civil Judge. The judge in his order dated July 23, 2003, justified the order passed by the management. She had alleged in her complaint that the school authorities took the decision in a meeting in which the quorum was not complete. She also alleged that the principle of ‘first come last go’ was not observed while effecting retrenchment. The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr Verma, who heard the appeal in this case set aside the orders of the lower court today and ordered the school authorities to take the teacher back in service. He also directed the school authorities to pay the salaries of the teacher for the period she had been wrongfully kept out of service. |
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Orientation
course held Kurukshetra, September 27 “To create a conducive work culture in educational institutions in India, there is a need to convert holiday culture into holy day culture”, stated Dr Goel. He was speaking on “Excellence models for teachers in the changing socio-economic scenario”. He appealed to the teachers to make it a mission to work for world peace by first bringing peace in their lives. Finances should not be a constraint for improving the quality of education, he added. Dr Goel emphasised the need of sustainable human development. He claimed that for every ill in the Indian education system, there were Vedic pills and the Bhagaved Gita was the panacea for ethics in education. He admitted that the economics of education had devalued education. |
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Tourism
potential untapped, say students Kurukshetra, September 27 The student speakers on this occasion rued that despite her vast cultural, physical and historical potential, India received merely 0.38 per cent of the world tourist traffic and was ranked 50 below many small countries in South East Asia like Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia, who were far ahead. Ineffective marketing strategies, absence of world-class infrastructure and distorted image of India were some of the reasons for India’s poor performance in tourism. They said India also lacked “tourism-skilled” manpower and efforts should be made to promote tourism education and training. |
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Erratic
water supply in Sirsa Sirsa, September 27 A man of Inderpuri Mohalla, Mr Sunil Kumar, said people of the area had been fetching water from distant hand pumps due to the erratic water supply. Similar problems prevailed in blocks ‘A’ and ‘B’ where people said despite a number of complaints to the department concerned, little had been done to redress their grievance.
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Youth festival begins Kot Billa, September 27 The Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Mr Nag Mani, was the chief guest, while the Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, Mr A.K. Chawla, was the guest of honour. They were accorded a warm welcome by the Secretary of the college, Mr Anoop Garg. Teams of 20 colleges from Panchkula, Ambala,
Jagadhari, Kurukshetra and Radore, are participating. |
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