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Need to
fully implement poll manifesto: minister Vigil
to prevent carton hoarding, says CM Mango
hopper damages crop worth crores VC firm
on punishing indicted students Coop
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Erratic
services irk BSNL subscribers Workshop
on water utilisation Cholera
claims life in Kulu Superfast
buses for inter-state routes soon 
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Need to fully implement poll manifesto: minister Shimla, May 29 Mr Thakur, today presided over a meeting of the cabinet sub-committee to monitor the implementation of the election manifesto which had been adopted as a policy document by the government. “Since the common man does know about the policies and programmes of the government, he is unable to avail of the benefits. So there is a need to publicise these adequately,” he stressed. He said providing water to all habitations, irrigation facilities and road network remained the top priority of the government. He said all functional posts like that of doctors and teachers should be filled on priority and the health and education departments must rationalise their policies in such a manner that services in far-flung and remote areas did not get affected. He also stressed the need for publicising the activities being undertaken under the Rs 80-crore horticulture technology mission so that people could derive maximum benefit from it. The Additional Chief Secretary, Mrs Renu Dhar Sahani, all principal secretaries and heads of department attended the meeting. |
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Vigil to prevent carton hoarding, says CM Shimla, May 29 Presiding over a high-level meeting convened to oversee the arrangements being made by the HPMC, AIPIL, HIMFED and other government agencies, the Chief Minister, said since a good apple crop was being expected all arrangements should be made by various agencies. He said no hoarding of cartons would be permitted and regular supply of these as per the requirement of the growers would be maintained to ensure that there was no shortage. “Since the government had last year made timely arrangements for the apple season and the growers could fetch good prices for their crop, so this time also all their demands must be met well in time,” he stated. He said the state government was making all arrangements for the packaging and transportation of the apple crop. He informed that the government had regulated the supply of cartons and trays and also imported trays from China to meet the additional demand last year and if need be such arrangements should be made this time as well. Mr Virbhadra Singh, said all the liabilities of the market intervention scheme inherited from the previous government had been cleared as payments of Rs 19 crore had been made to the growers. “We will not just ensure that good-quality cartons are produced at the Gumma factory but would want that other packaging products are also made here, keeping in mind the viability factor,” he stressed. Mr Virbhadra Singh said the government was providing financial assistance to the sick public sector undertakings but these units must also come up with concrete proposals to make them economically viable. |
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Mango hopper damages crop worth crores Nurpur, May 29 Mango is a cash crop
of the area. The mango orchards of Ganoh, Satrari, Thora, Ashar, Chhatar, Doghla, Indora and Bassa Waziran have been affected the most. A visit to the mango orchards at
Bassa Waziran and Thora showed that despite following the directions and suggestions of the Horticulture Department, the attack of the mango hopper could not be checked. Mr J.C. Kanwar and
Mr Janam Singh, two progressive fruit growers, said even after using suggested
pesticide sprays and following the directions of the department, growers had failed to save their crop. They stated that horticulture experts should visit the affected orchards and guide the growers about warding off the mango hopper. They said crop worth crores had been damaged due to the attack of the insect. Meanwhile, Mr Davinder Pal Singh, Horticulture Development Officer, Nurpur, claimed that the department had educated growers about preventive measures with regard to mango hopper. He said owing to the improper use of pesticides, the results were not fruitful in some orchards. He said the department had been organising seminars to educate fruit growers about growing healthy crops. Dr Agnihotri, Associate Director,
Horticulture Regional Research Station, Jachh (Nurpur) said 70 to 75 per cent of the mango crop had been damaged by the mango hopper. He said the station had recommended remedial measures in time to the
Horticulture Department, which was supposed to launch a campaign to educate the growers. He also admitted that the growers were not aware of the proper use of pesticides in the fields. |
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VC firm on
punishing indicted students Solan, May 29 The Vice-Chancellor, Dr S.S. Negi, who met Student Central Association
(SCA) general secretary Dinesh Negi this morning made it clear in no uncertain terms that the students found guilty in the Dr K.K. Jindal committee report, probing March 25-26 violence on the campus, would be suitably punished. He told the SCA that the report would be notified on Monday and the students could then decide their future course of action. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister, Mr Virbhadra Singh, had called Deputy Commissioner, Rajesh Kumar and Superintendent of Police, Abhishek Trivedi today evening to Shimla and was likely to discuss the university issue. A SCA delegation also met the Governor, Mr
V.S. Kokje, at Shimla today. The SCA was now awaiting the notification of the committee report as the future of six students, who had been indicted, was at stake. With just a week remaining for the semester examinations to begin and an apprehension of expulsion of guilty students looming large there was tension in the SCA members. The dismissed SCA president Munish Thakur today rued that another case of rioting, armed with a deadly weapon and wrongful restraining a person was registered against five students by the Vice-Chancellor under Sections 147, 148, 149 and 341 of the IPC for having barged into his office and having threatened him with dire consequences while they were agitating. They were yet to obtain bail in this fresh case. He said that this step had exceeded all previous records of adopting an unsympathetic attitude towards the students by the university authorities. Armed policemen continued to be stationed on the campus despite a peaceful protest by the
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Coop societies in tribal districts to be strengthened Shimla, May 29 Stating this at a press conference here yesterday, Mr Kuldeep Kumar, Minister for Cooperation, said while seven of the total 12 districts in the state had been covered under the integrated cooperative development projects, such projects were under implementation in Mandi, Una and Solan districts. However, the tribal districts of Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur had not been covered. The government had taken up the matter with the corporation and it had agreed in principle to sanction projects for the two districts, he said. The NCDC has provided Rs 32.29 crore in the first phase for seven districts and Rs 24.21 crore for the three districts being covered in the second phase, which will benefit 585 cooperative societies. The minister said the scope of the cooperative sector had enlarged of late with the ongoing economic liberalisation. The emphasis of the government would be on encouraging cooperative societies to undertake tourism-related ventures, for which there was a vast scope. Already eight such societies had been registered and the one at Manali was doing very well by organising adventure sports like paragliding, he added. The Cooperative Department also proposed to launch an employment generation scheme. |
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Erratic services irk
BSNL subscribers Chamba, May 29 Some subscribers have alleged that their telephone lines usually remain faulty and when they try to contact the officials concerned on the phone, they are not available. They also allegedly misbehave with family members of the subscribers. Meanwhile, a deputation of the subscribers of the Pantah telephone exchange in the district has decided to meet Prof Chander Kumar during his ensuing visit to the area to apprise him of the apathy of the BSNL. At least 60 subscribers of the telephone exchange have alleged that their telephones have been out of order for the past more than three months. This telephone exchange covers a telecom network of about six panchayats. The BSNL officials, however, maintain that the complaints of the subscribers are attended to regularly. They point out that faults in optical fibre cable lines usually appear due to bad weather in this alpine terrain. They have also stated that the Chamba telephone exchange is being expanded to accommodate more connections and it will take about two weeks to install the latest telecommunication equipment and accessories for providing better services to subscribers of the region. |
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Workshop on water utilisation Hamirpur, May 29 Prof A.S. Singha, the convener of the workshop, said due to climatic changes, water was becoming a scarce commodity. He appealed to the progressive farmers to educate the people about rainwater harvesting and the clean traditional water sources. The main aim of the workshop was to spread awareness about how to harvest the rain water for sustainable development, uplift of underground water table and to make proper arrangement of drainage system for prevention of water pollution. Students and villagers of nearby areas took part in the workshop. Dr B.S. Kaith, the organising secretary of the workshop said Dr Guleria of Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan also spoke. |
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Cholera claims life in Kulu Kulu, May 29 Meanwhile, R.D. Nazim, Deputy Commissioner, here, called an emergency meeting of the officials and the local chiefs to chalk out a comprehensive programme to control water-borne diseases like jaundice, cholera, gastroenteritis and malaria in the district. |
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Superfast buses for
inter-state routes soon Dharamsala, May 29 Mr Bali said that the recently introduced Super deluxe air-conditioned bus service from Shimla, Manali and Dharamsala to Delhi had also proved profitable and efforts were on to extend this service to Jaipur and Agra. He said the corporation also planned to have a tourist complex between Ambala and Delhi where people travelling by buses were provided facilities and service. He said tenders for taking land on lease had been floated. He said to check that tourists were not fleeced by taxi operators metered taxies would be introduced at all important towns of the state. |
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Residents complain of smoke pollution Mandi, May 29 The GM, Industries, Mr Satish Kumar Chaudhary, when contacted, said the tarring work in the area was in progress and the hot-mixing at the site was a temporary arrangement. The residents of the area, however, insist that the premixing on the site should be immediately stopped as it was causing health problems to the people of the area and made their life miserable.
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HPSSSB member’s remand extended Hamirpur, May 29 Mr Vidya Nath was not present in the court. His advocate appeared on his behalf. |
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Army recruitment rally on June 15 Bilaspur, May 29 |
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Man jailed for murder bid
Shimla, May 29 The allegation against the accused was that he tried to rape a woman near Kuprinala at Kotkhai on December 18, 2003 and when she resisted, he attacked her with a knife inflicting injuries on her neck and other parts of her body. The accused was arrested on December 19, 2003 by the Kotkhai police and he was
booked under Sections 307, 326, 376 and 511 of the IPC. — OC |
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