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Registration of marriages made mandatory
BBMB polluting the Sutlej
Migrant labour prone to contagious diseases
Govt to reward well-maintained
institutions
2 sentenced for forgery
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Power commission gets regular Secy
Two killed in road mishap
Plan to repair heritage buildings
200 participate in kisan
mela
Chief Engineer transferred
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Registration of marriages made mandatory
Dharamsala, November 1 According to a recent notification, registration officers have been nominated for the purpose. Authoritative sources say the decision has been taken with a view to safeguarding the interests of women. There have been instances of husbands deserting their wives to get re-married. Following implementation of the new rules, women would now be armed with a marriage certificate to seek a legal remedy in case of any desertion. Mr Ravinder Bhardwaj, Joint Director, Social Welfare Department, Shimla, said that the marriage might have been solemnised in whichever
traditional way, it would now be compulsory for the couples to get it registered. The Deputy Commissioner, Kangra, Mr Shrikant Baldi, said till now it had not been notified who would be the Registrar of marriages as the terms and conditions of the Registration of Marriages Act, 1996, had not been laid down. “But now, it has been specified that panchayat secretaries and executive officers of nagar panchayats will have the authority to issue marriage certificates,” he said. Besides avoiding legal disputes by keeping records of all marriages, the provisions of the notification also aim at simplifying the process of issuance of marriage certificates, especially to those planning to go abroad. While the subdivisional magistrates (SDMs) will act as additional registrars, the Deputy Commissioner of the district will be the District Registrar, he said. Till now, he said, marriage certificates were issued to interested parties under the Special Marriages Act. “But it involved a very cumbersome procedure, including a fixed period for inviting objections after a public notice. The new notification would make the process of issuance of certificates much easier,” he said. The new rule is applicable from the date of notification and newly-wed couples need to apply on a format specified by the Social Welfare Department to the registrar of their area. “We are in the process of putting the system in place by getting the certificates printed and ensuring that proper registers are maintained in all subdivisions,” said the Deputy Commissioner. Asked if any penalty had been fixed for those not getting their marriage registered, Mr Baldi said that just like registration of birth, it was in the interest of the couples to secure the certificate. “The applications should come in within a month without late fee and within 90 days with a late fee of Rs 5,” he said. Mr Bhardwaj said that although his department had issued the draft notifications, the final gazette notification by the government would be issued shortly. |
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BBMB polluting the Sutlej
Sundernagar, November 1 The Bhakra Beas Management Board has devised a new method to dispose the silt of the reservoir in Sundernagar, which it earlier used to throw into the Suketi khud. Now it has started throwing silt into the Sutlej .This act of the BBMB has posed danger to the marine life in the famous Gobind Sagar lake, which is known for production of fish in Himachal Pradesh. A spot visit by this correspondent at Slapper, about 20 km from here,, where the 990 MW Dehar power house is situated, reveals that the BBMB has been discharging silt into the Sutlej for the last more than one-and-a-half months. One can see the blackish water containing silt falling into the Sutlej coming out of the Dehar power house. At this place the Sutlej is divided into two parts. One part consists of black water coming out of the Dehar power house and the other part consists of clear greenish (silt free) water of the Sutlej. The line of demarcation of black and clear water is visible up to hundreds of metres downstream form this place. The residents downstream told this correspondent that this phenomenon was noticed by them for the first time and as an outcome of this phenomenon, many fish died last month. Now the marine life has shifted to other parts of Gobind Sagar. The Beas-Sutlej Link Project managed by the BBMB was started in 1977. In this project the water of the Beas was diverted from Pandoh and made to pass through Pandoh Baggi tunnel, which opens at Baggi and the water is made to flow through 11.2 km open hydel channel and stored in the reservoir, where the silt contents are allowed to settle. This silt free water is diverted through 13.2 km-long tunnel to Slapper, where it is used in the Dehar power house and then it flows into the Sutlej. The BBMB authorities are violating the provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act.
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Migrant labour prone to contagious diseases
KUMARHATTI: Unhygienic living conditions and poor diet have made
migrant labourers in the industrial belt of Baddi, Barotiwala and Parwanoo more prone to various contagious diseases.
Despite the fact the health department from time to time monitors the situation, still it has more or less remained the same. Most of the patients in TB Sanatorium, Dharampur, and the Leprosy Hospital,
Mandhodhar, are migrant labourers. The same is the case with children of labourers
who lack proper care and suffer from various diseases. The measles disease among migrant labourers’ children is quite common. What makes the matters worse is the tendency among labourers
to rush to quacks for treatment. The quacks may provide relief for a short term but they harmed in the long
term. The use of contaminated water, poor quality of food and lack of knowledge were the main reasons behind poor health of labourers, pointed a doctor of a community health centre. Even, it was hard to convince the labourers to administer free pulse polio drops to their wards, remarked an another doctor. Their poor economic conditions also prevents them from getting normal medical treatment. TB is a common disease among migrant labourers who work and live in very unhealthy conditions, said a doctor of TB Sanatorium, Dharampur. The labourers also
keep shifting, depending upon the availability of work. At a district-level weeklong leprosy elimination campaign launched by the Solan District Leprosy Society last year, all 17 cases were happened to be those of the migrant labourers. In order to check the disease and giving full course of treatment, on-the-spot medical facilities have been ensured for labourers, said Dr Vijay Kashyap, in charge of Leprosy Hospital, Mandhodhar. Though leprosy was eliminated from the state yet efforts on to find new cases, if any, as most labourers engaged in the industrial belt come
from states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, he said, adding
that these states have high incidence of disease. Most of the labourers bring with them
diseases of their respective areas that were quite uncommon in hilly areas, maintained a former Block Medical
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Govt to reward well-maintained
institutions
Shimla, November 1 This was announced by the Chief Minister, Mr Virbhadra Singh, while presiding over the closing ceremony of the 13th inter-college girls’ kabaddi championship, which concluded at the local Rajiv Gandhi Government Degree college, today. He said maintaining cleanliness in educational institutions was the prime duty of the students and the teaching faculty. He said a clean campus created suitable atmosphere for carrying out educational activities and the students must protect and maintain the campus in the same manner as they maintained their own houses. Mr Virbhadra Singh said the government had issued necessary directions to the concerned authorities to maintain cleanliness. Colleges, senior secondary schools and other educational institutions would be rewarded for maintaining cleanliness on the campus. He said additional funds would be granted to the prize winning institutions for carrying out various activities. He said the details of the scheme were being chalked out by the Education Department. He added that the students found guilty of damaging the college or school properties in any manner would be fined. The Chief Minister said providing quality education to students had always been the priority of the government. He said the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan was being implemented. This programme would help in universalisation of elementary education. A sum of Rs 532 crore was being spent under the programme under which over 2000 middle schools would be opened and 10,500 additional classrooms added. He said that 4000 rooms would be constructed during the financial year. In all Rs 1,045 crore were being spent on educational activities. He said that buildings of government degree colleges at Shimla, Bilaspur, Jogindernagar and Indora were being constructed at a cost of Rs 32 crore. |
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2 sentenced for forgery
Chamba, November 1 The Special Judge also sentenced them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and pay a fine of Rs 500 under Section 467, IPC, rigorous imprisonment for one year and a fine of Rs 500 under Section 468, IPC, rigorous imprisonment for one year and a fine of Rs 500 under Section 471, IPC, and rigorous imprisonment for one year and a fine of Rs 500 under Section 120-B, IPC. Convict Karam Chand, a son of Mr Machla Ram, was further sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs 500 under Section 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The allegations against the convicts were that convict Karam Chand, a son of Mr Machla Ram, had been posted as a gram panchayat and vikas adhikari in the gram panchayats of Sinhuta and Chhalara from 1991 to 2001. He, in connivance with accused Karam Chand, a son of Digti Ram, entered the date of birth of Karam Chand, a son of Mr Digti Ram without any inquiry and verification, thereby giving undue advantage to his co-accused; and he forged the birth and death register by entering the date of birth of the accused on the basis of a false affidavit executed by him before the Executive Magistrate, Sinhuta. |
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Power commission gets regular Secy
Shimla, November 1 The commission and the government have been at loggerheads over the appointment of Secretary since January last when the commission repatriated Mr Akshay Sood after he was given the additional charge of the post. A
piquant situation arose as the commission handed over the charge of the Secretary to one of its directors, but Mr Sood did not relinquish the charge. The commission practically had two persons against one post. The situation took an ugly turn when the then Chief Secretary, Mr Shamsher Singh, wrote a letter that the post could be held only by a state administrative service officer and endorsed a copy of the letter to the Treasury Department. It stopped payment of bills, plunging the commission into a crisis. Subsequently, Mrs Purnima Chauhan, a state administrative services officer, was given ad hoc charge of the post as a stop-gap arrangement. The commission has been insisting that a regular incumbent be posted as it was a whole time job. |
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Two killed in road mishap
Kangra, November 1 Additional Police Chief S. Zahoor H. Zaidi said that Vishal (18), a resident of Shiv Vihar Ramnagar, was killed when his motor cycle fell into the Banoi khud. He said that pillion rider Kumar Sambav was injured in the accident. The police has registered a case in this connection. In another accident, Rajeev, a tractor driver, was killed near Palampur last evening when his tractor overturned. He was crushed under his own vehicle. The police has registered a case. Two persons were also injured when their motor cycle skidded off the road near Samela tunnel yesterday. |
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Plan to repair heritage buildings
Shimla, November 1 Stating this while carrying out an inspection of the restoration work being carried out in the Gaiety Theatre complex, he said no deviations from the original architecture would be permitted as the government was committed to preserve the old glory of the queen hills. He urged the authorities concerned to identify the heritage buildings of the state and take effective steps for their preservation. He underlined the need to complete the ongoing restoration of Gaiety Theatre expeditiously so that it could be made functional by the next summer. He said quality material should be used while carrying out restoration. |
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200 participate in kisan
mela
Shimla, November 1 The Director, CPRI, Mr S.M. Paul Khurana, appealed to the growers to adopt the latest techniques and improved technology to improve the yield and quality of their produce. The farmers were also given information about the village linkage programme and the improved varieties introduced by the institute. Eminent scientists informed the participants about improved potato technologies and answered the queries of the farmers. Stalls had been put at the exhibition, by different agencies like IFFCO, NABARD, MARKFED, NSC and the Horticulture Department. |
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Chief Engineer transferred
Shimla, November 1 Mr Y.R. Sharma, Chief Engineer, National Highways, will hold the additional charge of Chief Engineer, Housing and Urban Development Authority. |
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