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Apple procurement picks up as govt relaxes norm
UPA govt failed to check inflation,
says Shanta
Art block of govt college inaugurated
Package for check dam announced
Cousin killed over water dispute
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Transportation of cement hit
Ayurvedic facility sought in hospitals
Woman held for acid attack
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Apple procurement picks up as govt relaxes norm
Shimla, September 23 There was hardly any procurement under the scheme for the greater part of the harvesting season as the government had laid down a condition that “pittu”(extra small size) fruit would not be purchased. Further, only fruit having a diameter of more than 60 mm was to be procured under the scheme. Since the growers mostly sold the ‘pittu’ to the government procurement agencies not much was procured in July, August and the first week of September. In fact, upto August 31 only about 1,800 tonnes of apple had been procured. However, procurement picked up after the government relaxed the condition of minimum size and allowed fruit as small as 50 mm in diameter to be procured. Over the past two weeks over 8,000 tonnes of apple had been procured and with almost 25 per cent of the crop yet to be harvested the figure was likely to go up. In all over 47,000 trucks of apple had moved out of state till yesterday. So far 1,72 crore boxes of apple had been exported out of the state, which was just 10 lakh boxes less than last year when the highest ever production of 2.63 crore boxes was recorded. The crop has been delayed by about 20 days due to the early onset of monsoon. Harvesting is in full swing and daily 850 to 900 trucks of apple are leaving the state to various markets across the country. Plucking of fruit is over in the lower and mid-hills and the process is on in the high altitude areas of Kulu and Shimla. Harvesting is yet to begin in the most parts of tribal Kinnaur, where over 15 lakh boxes are likely to be produced. The Horticulture Department had initially estimated a production of 2.53 crore boxes but as per the latest assessment it was likely to range between 2.30 crore and 3.35 crore boxes. Still it would be the second highest production after the last years record output. |
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UPA govt failed to check inflation,
says Shanta
Nurpur, September 23 He was addressing a press conference at Jassur, near here today. He said the UPA government had failed to formulate any people-friendly policy and check the rising prices of essential commodities like sugar, onion and pulses. “The government, having control over the marketing of sugar being produced by as many as 500 sugar mills in the country, can bring down the rising prices of sugar by releasing additional quota in free sale market”, he added. He said the Union Government had curtailed the allocation of funds to Himachal Pradesh under the Prime Minister Gramin Sarak (PMGS) scheme and no new roads had been sanctioned for the state. Attacking the Virbhadra Singh government in the state, he said the anti-people policies of the state government had made the lives of common people miserable. Talking about the silver jubilee celebrations of the political existence of the BJP to be organised at Palampur in Kangra district on October 9, the former Union Minister informed that the national BJP president would address a mammoth rally. |
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Art block of govt college inaugurated
Bassa (Mandi), September 23 Addressing a massive gathering at the concluding day of the Nalwar Khyorh mela here, he said he came to power due to his long struggle and with the support of first Prime Minister Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru and Lal Bahadur Shastri and as such did not fear the conspirators whether “inside or outside”. The Chief Minister inaugurated Rs 1.48-crore Government Degree College Art block here and also laid the foundation stone of Rs 1.8-crore girls hostel here. He made these remarks in reference to the earlier references to the “conspirators in the party and outside” made by Mr Natha Singh Thakur, chairman, HP State Cooperative Bank, and Minister, Mr Kaul Singh Thakur, and the Excise and Taxation Minister, Mr Rangila Ram Rao, from the stage of the mela ground. Expressing his unhappiness with the Mandi Sadar MLA, Mr Sukh Ram, and his ex-Mandi Rajya Sabha MP, Mr Anil Sharma, Mr Singh said the BJP formed the government in the last term just by a single MLA and due to the HVC, who switched sides. Mr Singh urged the people to elected pradhans with consensus in the coming panchayat elections. Mr Virbhadra Singh also attacked the RSS. He said the RSS was controlling the BJP. |
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Package for check dam announced
Mandi, September 23 Addressing the gathering of mahila mandals and villagers at the inauguration of the primary school at Chadiana and middle school at Chaddiara, Ms Pratibha Singh gave Rs 2 lakh for the construction of the Chadiara-Taliar road, Rs 1 lakh for the construction of the foot bridge on Suketi khud, Rs 1 lakh for the building of mahila mandal, and Rs 50,000 and Rs 30,000 for the construction of playground and Guru Ram Das serai there from the Local Area MP Fund. |
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Cousin killed over water dispute
Dharamsala, September 23 Preliminary investigations by the police revealed that Pritam and Santosh attacked the victim with sticks and stones. A meeting of the village panchayat was called today to take up the matter but the incident took place before any decision could be taken. In his complaint to the police, Trilok Chand said his elder brother was attacked with sticks and stones by the accused, which led to his death. He said that the accused were their cousins. The police had arrested Pritam when reports last came in and further investigations were on. |
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Transportation of cement hit
Shimla, September 23 Nearly 20,000 tonnes of cement is dispatched every day from the two plants. The Federation of Himachal Industries has blamed the government’s inaction in the matter for the woes of industries. Mr M.P. Mittal, chairman of the federation, lamented that despite the government’s assurance to resolve the stalemate the transporters of Barmana and Darlaghat continued with their strike on the second day refusing to lift cement from the two plants. He said the FHI representatives had met the Chief Minister last week who assured them that the truck unions would not be allowed to stop the work of the industry but no action had been taken in the matter. The demand of the truckers to increase the freight rates in the wake of the recent diesel hike is unjustified and uncalled for as they were already charging 16 per cent higher freight from the industry against the notified rates of the government. |
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Ayurvedic facility sought in hospitals
Nurpur, September 23 Mr Ashok Sharma and Mr Upendra Gupta, state president and general secretary, respectively, of the association in a statement here today demanded that at least one ayurvedic doctor should be appointed in the civil hospitals all over the state so that the people could avail of the facility of allopathic as well as ayurvedic together. They lamented that due to indifferent attitude of the state government, the ayurvedic medicine industry had been facing closure and programmes like panchkarma launched by the government to promote ayurvedic medical system flopped. They said the government had opened ayurvedic dispensaries in remote areas where a majority of the people were deprived of ayurvedic health facility. “As a sequel, 150 such dispensaries are going to be closed in the state,” they added. The association underlined the need to appoint ayurvedic doctors being spared after closure of rural dispensaries in civil hospitals where the allopathic health facility was being provided by the state government. |
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Woman held for acid attack
Nahan, September 23 As per police sources, Kamla Devi threw acid on the face of Sajjo Devi while she was on way to her home. An eye of Sajjo Devi has been badly damaged in the incident and 45 per cent of the face of Sajjo Devi had been burnt. Three-year-old son of Sajjo Devi, also got injured in the attack. Sajjo Devi was sent to the PGI, Chandigarh, and her son had been admitted at Paonta Hospital. |
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