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Work to demarcate UP, Haryana boundary begins
Power reform report on June 2
Setting up of illegal colonies goes on unchecked
Tribune Impact
Wife’s nagging drives him to suicide
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2 of marriage party killed in mishap
Karan tops with 96.2 pc in Ambala
Sirsa to have waste management project
300 hold protest march
Villagers protest against power cuts
B.Ed entrance test on June 25
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Work to demarcate UP, Haryana boundary begins
Karnal, May 24 Revealing this to The Tribune, Mr Shyamal Mishra, District Magistrate here, said the fresh demarcation of the inter-state border was made by the Survey of India and accordingly the construction work of pillars had been initiated. As per the fresh demarcation, the Survey of India has recommended to construct 132 sub-reference and 298 boundary pillars within the jurisdiction of the district. These pillars would be constructed in two phases, said the District Magistrate. He said during the first phase, 213 pillars spread over in the area of 50 km falling outside the present deep stream of river Yamuna would be constructed. The pillars will be constructed in the deep stream of the Yamuna river. Pillars were earlier constructed few decades ago but they eroded away in the flow of Yamuna with the passage of time. The Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979 was enacted to notify the border. Since the river changes course frequently it had become very difficult to identify the land of border farmers following which many clashes resulting in deaths had been reported during the past many years. The Survey of India during its study has also gone through the papers of the original revenue record of the territories transferred to each other-Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in this area with regard to a joint affirmation signed by the then Collector of Saharanpur, Mr V.K. Sinha, and the then Deputy Commissioner of Karnal, Mr Krishna Mohan, on February 28, 1986. Mr Mishra said with the fixing of these boundary pillars,people of both the states residing along the boundary would be able to know their land and thus avoid any dispute of land. |
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Power reform report on June 2
Karnal, May 24 This was stated by the Finance Minister, Mr Birender Singh, while talking to mediapersons here this evening. He said the government was committed to permanently settle the issue of non-recoverable electricity bills pending against the farmers for the past many years. “The decision of the sub-committee will also be publicly announced on the same date along with the report of electricity reforms,” he said. Earlier, addressing a meeting of senior officials of various departments of the district, he laid stress on the application of modern technologies like bio-technology in the field of agriculture. He said efforts would be made to improve the marketing system to benefit the farmers. He said the Union Government was considering setting up a food processing project in the state at a cost of Rs 350 crore. He said the state government had decided to make education system job-oriented for which 12 new professional subjects would be added at degree-level courses from the new academic session. The minister said that one model school would be set up in each district during the first phase to provide quality and improved education. Similarly, block-level model schools would be set up in the second phase of the programme. He said the government had decided to introduce a new scheme next month to check the declining sex ratio and female foeticide. The District Magistrate of Karnal, Mr Shyamal Mishra, the local MLA, Ms Sumita Singh, the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr Sanjiv Verma, and other senior officials were present at the meeting. |
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Setting up of illegal colonies goes on unchecked
Gurgaon, May 24 The illegal acts, commuted together, would add up to a major scamp facilitating profits of several crores to the miscreants. Also, with regard to the colonisation in the prohibited area around the defence installation, the nation’s security is being compromised. According to many, the development casts reflection on the probity of the authorities concerned. Those involved in the dubious operations are the known land mafia. Some are alleged to be claiming to be having Congress links. A major breach of the rules is the colonisation in the defence prohibited area on about eight acres at prime location opposite Maruti Udyog Ltd, near the posh Sector 18 of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA). The District Town and Planner (DTP), Enforcement, Mr B.K. Saini, says that the site falls in the jurisdiction of the PWD (B and R). However, an Executive Engineer, PWD (B and R), Mr D.S. Dhanda, says that the site falls under the jurisdiction of the DTP, Enforcement. With the authorities involved in the buck-passing game, the miscreants have already sold a number of plots in the colony to unsuspecting buyers at the rate of about Rs 8,000 per sq yd, virtually making a fortune. Many allege that the inefficiency of the state intelligence wing has also been exposed. Among those involved is said to be a known property dealer who claims to be a Congress leader and operates in collaboration with the Press Adviser to a former Chief Minister of Haryana. The property dealer was also an aspirant for the Congress ticket from Gurgaon in the last Assembly elections. A criminal case was registered against him, about three years back, in connection with a land scam in the city. Apart from setting up the colony, he recently set up commercial shops in the prohibited zone. The previous government had demolished the shops, but he has reconstructed them after the Congress came to power. He is also alleged to be illegally setting up a colony on five acres on the Gurgaon-Delhi border in partnership with others. The site is opposite Seesam Complex Restaurant of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) near
Rajiv Vidya Kendra on the Mehrauli-Gurgaon road. The other places where illegal colonisation are on are in Carterpuri village, near Palam Vihar, in the city and Nawada, a few km towards Manesar. The miscreants have already sold plots in them and have built roads and other infrastructure. |
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Awareness drive against child marriages
Geetanjali Gayatri Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 24 The report had highlighted that a number of other minor girls had also been recently married in that particular settlement. It is also learnt that the people of the Bhaat community in Dhand had decided to put off another marriage of a minor girl, slated for three days later, till things cooled down. Meanwhile, the officers of the district administration accompanied by a police force reached Rekha’s house in Dhand village before the arrival of ‘barat’ last evening. Rekha’s parents lost no time in informing the bridegroom’s relatives about the action plan of the administration. Fearing that legal action could be initiated against them, the families of the bride and bridegroom cancelled the marriage. Later, the SDM and the police conducted joint raids in the area. The officials before going back to their offices warned the members of the community that they would not hesitate to take legal action if any attempt was made to marry the minor girl. However, today, Rekha’s house lies locked after the family fled from the settlement. Though sources said the police picked up a male member of the family in the morning, he was let off in the evening after which the family left in two taxis. Earlier in the day, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Ashok Khemka, himself lodged a formal complaint with the police after they expressed hesitation in “interfering” in a social matter without a complaint. Mr Khemka said he had today directed the police in writing to maintain vigil around settlements of migratory labour. He said a special drive to enroll girls from these communities under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) would be launched. All these girls are illiterate and have never attended school. “The idea is make them literate and in the process create about social issues. It would also enable us to keep an eye on the goings-on in their homes,” Mr Khemka maintained. The Commissioner, Women and Child Development, Mr SP Sharma, said the department officials were aware of child marriages taking place on the sly in the state and had already initiated an awareness drive targeting villagers in particular. In the light of Rekha’s case, however, the drive would be particularly intensified in Dhand to educate the members of the Bhaat community about the fallout of child marriages and the law which holds such marriages as illegal. “We are writing to pundits who are instrumental in solemnising these marriages as also the panches and sarpanches who live in the villages and can keep an eye on such activity. The field officers, too, have been asked to be more vigilant and watch out for child marriages in their respective areas. Child-marriage became punishable under an Act of 1929. Nearly 70 years down the line, we are still looking for ways to curb it. The only way of eradicating it lies in educating the masses,” Mr Sharma maintained.
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Marriage of minor: baraat fails to turn up
Satish Seth
Kaithal, May 24 After The Tribune highlighted the issue yesterday, officers of the district administration accompanied by the police reached the village before the arrival of the baraat. It is learnt that the parents of Rekha informed the bridegroom family over the telephone not to come to village for marriage. Mr Ashok Garg, SDM, and Mr R.S. Bhoria, tehsildar, accompanied by the police reached the venue but the family packed up things before the arrival of the officials. Neighbours of the Bhaat family said Rekha was engaged to a resident of Rajasthan, who is 12 years older to her. They also said it was a custom in their family to marry the girls at young age. However, officers said they would not allow the marriage to be solemnised.
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Wife’s nagging drives him to suicide
Karnal, May 24 The police has booked his wife and father-in-law on the complaint of the deceased’s father for forcing his son to commit suicide. The dead body of the deceased was handed over to his family members after a post-mortem examination conducted at the Civil Hospital here, this morning. Gajesh Kumar, son of Mani Ram, did not have good relations with his wife since he married her four years back. They used to quarrel over small issues. The father of the deceased alleged that his daughter-in-law was misguided by her parents, and she was forcing his son to live separately from parents, which he refused to do. The hostility between them increased a couple of months back when the matter went to the police. The women’s cell of the police tried to effect a compromise between them. Last week, a compromise was brokered between them by police but it did not endure. On Monday, they again quarrelled on a petty issue. At night, Gajesh went to sleep in his bedroom after meals. He must have committed suicide late in the night by hanging himself from the ceiling fan of his room. Gajesh’s father Mani Ram in a statement the police alleged his son was forced to commit suicide. The police has booked Gajesh’s wife and father-in-law. The father further stated his son was in depression for one year. This had also affected his health. Gajesh often used to say that it was now impossible to live with his wife, said the deceased’s father.
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2 of marriage party killed in mishap
Rewari, May 24 The deceased have been identified as Satpal, a son of Mr Dharam Pal, and Dinesh, a son of Mr Mahender, both residents of Tankri village, about 15-km. from here. Eight of the injured, who had sustained grievous injuries, were referred to Delhi, while the others were hospitalised at Bawal. After solemnising the wedding of Ravi, a son of a former sarpanch of Tankri village, the bus was returning from Delhi to Tankri village and when it reached the flyover at Saban Chowk, a truck, coming from behind, dashed against it. The Bawal police has registered a case of rash and negligent driving against the truck driver who has absconded.
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Karan tops with 96.2 pc in Ambala
Ambala, May 24 In DAV Senior Secondary Public School, Ambala City, 298 students had taken the exam and the pass percentage was 100 per cent. Karan Moudgil has topped with 96.2 per cent. Sugandha Goel and Sahil Gupta have scored 95.8 per cent. Rohit Bhatia scored 95.4 per cent. Forty students scored above 90 per cent. In PKR Jain Public School, Ambala City, 186 students took the examination and the pass percentage was 100 per cent.
Richa Arya scored 95.6 per cent followed by Rajat Batra with a score of 94.6 per cent. Manu Priya got 93.2 per cent. Fifteen students got more than 90 per cent while 50 students got above 85 per cent. As many as 169 students got the first division. In Army School, Ambala Cantt, 238 students took the exam out of which nine students got more than 90 per cent marks. Anureet Bawa got 94.2 per cent. Sandeep Kumar Malik and Vinay Mohan scored 93.8 per cent. In Riverside DAV Public School, Ambala Cantt, 109 students took the exam and the result was 100 per cent. Namrata Deol scored 89.4 per cent, Dipika Sehgal 88.8 percent and Charu Bahl 88.2 per cent. In Major R.N. Kapoor DAV Public School, Ambala Cantt, Prashant Verma scored 89.2 per cent, Himanshu Tiwari got 88.6 per cent and Vivek Gupta got 88 per cent. Thirteen students got more than 80 per cent marks. In Convent of Jesus and Mary, Sumit Kansal topped his school by scoring 92.8 per cent marks. |
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Sirsa to have waste management project
Sirsa, May 24 Work for setting up the project, funded by the Ministry of Urban Development, has already been started at Bakrianwali village, near here. The Rs 7.93-crore project will be completed by the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) by March. In the absence of any dumping area, the civic body is using open localities and low-lying areas to dispose of the garbage, posing a constant to the Air Force authorities. According to Mr S.C. Bishnoi, Executive Officer, Municipal Council, the NBCC will take care of the project for two years. Thereafter it will be handed over to the council. “The added feature of the project is to produce compost through worms. This will enable us to sell the manure,” he said. Meanwhile, the council has decided to buy bins and vehicles to collect garbage from the town. There will be a separate provision to dispose of the bio-medical waste.
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300 hold protest march
Sonepat, May 24 The march passed through the main roads of the town and slogans were raised against the Congress party and the Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda. They submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner for its submission to the Chief Minister. They urged the Chief Minister to withdraw the circular. |
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Villagers protest against power cuts
Ambala, May 24 The blockade was lifted only after power officials assured that their demands would be promptly attended to. Meanwhile, the Haryana Chamber of Commerce and Industry also expressed concern over the frequent power cuts. Dr N.C. Jain, senior Vice-President of the HCCI, said today that the production had suffered due to frequent power failures. “The export orders are time-bound and delay takes place due to power cuts. It is a very difficult situation,” he said. He said the authorities must inform in advance about the power cuts. “If prior information is shared with consumers, then one can be prepared. But, right now, we have no clue when power is going to be cut,” he said. Dr Jain said power availability in different areas could be rationalised for the benefit of all concerned.
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B.Ed entrance test on June 25
Rohtak, May 24 This follows reports of non-availability of forms and their blackmarketing emanating from various parts of the state. The test will be held on June 25. |
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