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No homilies this time from Hooda
‘Benami’ purchase of paddy by arhtiyas
Haryana to commission study on
Chetna yatra against foeticide
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Factory owners’
rally ‘a damp squib’
Service termination challenged
Mysterious fever kills 7 kids
Haryanavi pop a big hit
MC president’s election today
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No homilies this time from Hooda
Nuh (Mewat), November 7 Addressing district officers of Mewat for the first time, Mr Hooda categorically cautioned the police not to come under political pressure to register false cases merely to implicate
innocent persons. He also urged politicians of Mewat to stop the trend of implicating
innocent persons to score political points with each other. Apparently made a pitch in favour of his government claiming that it was committed to welfare of Mewat and that the officers will have to come good in implementing the
government's policies and show efficiency in day-to-day administration. Apparently, the Chief Minister gave rude jolt to the officers who had thought he would deliver a routine speech and homilies and go to the other port of call as he had a hectic schedule today during his visit. No sooner than the full house of officers introduced themselves, the Chief Minister started his speech. Just when it appeared to all that his speech was humdrum he identified the Superintending Engineer of Public Health, Mewat, sitting on the front row to put searching questions to him relating to availability of potable water. The officer first appeared to be confused before he found his voice to give the details. Among the high points submitted by the officer was that out of 504 villages in Mewat, 17 are not supplied water through distributory pipes at all. The situation in other 171 villages is grim on water front. Forty villages, said the officer, received regular water supply. These are the villages which get water through canal bases system. The remaining villages categorised in
different bracket get water through tubewell system. The situation would improve in the tubewell segment only when the new rainy well water scheme devised by this government would come in
implementation by March end. Listening to the officer’s version the Chief Minister wanted to know as to what was being done for the 17 villages that were not supplied water at all through normal distribution water pipe system, the officer said that supply was done through tankers. The next poser from the Chief Minister was whether the officer was satisfied with the amount of water supplied to these villages. At this, the officer fumbled saying that it was 40 litre per person. The Chief Minister reminded him, that the ideally accepted figure should be 70 litre per person. The Chief Minister further directed that as there is ban on cow slaughter, there must be no lapse on this front. Later, while addressing a well attended public meeting at Nagina, he said his government was committed to the development of Mewat. He stressed on the equality between male and females, especially in the affairs of education and health camp, which the Chief Minister inaugurated. During the visit, he unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi and inaugurated a park. He also laid the foundation stone for a Red Cross building in Nuh, and a 100-bed girls hostel in Nagina. |
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‘Benami’ purchase of paddy by arhtiyas
Sonepat, November 7 Sources said the racket has been going on with collusion between officials of the procurement agencies and traders and owners of the rice shellers. During current paddy season, most of the traders and arhtiyas made direct purchases of paddy from farmers and sold the stock to owners of rice shellers without entering it in stock registers, thereby evading market fee and the sales tax. Officials of procurement agencies are said to be involved in this racket. Officials of procurement agencies allegedly allowed traders to purchase paddy marketed by the growers without showing it in stock registers. Sources also revealed that some arhtiyas have also adopted a new strategy to dupe officials by showing less weight of the paddy marketed by growers. Owners of some rice shellers of the district had been reportedly exporting the commodity to other states and abroad without permission of the authorities concerned. Sources also revealed that the authorities had failed to check the export of rice by the rice shellers. Paddy growers of Ganaur mandi are worried on account of non-auctioning of paddy and inordinate delay in the purchases by officials of procurement agencies. This has forced paddy growers to divert produce to the nearby Narela (Delhi) and Samalkha market where price of paddy was higher than that in the mandis of this district. Many paddy growers alleged that officials of procurement agencies were acting as “instruments” for creating monopoly of traders and owners of rice shellers. They pointed out that they had to wait for the auction of paddy stocked by them throughout the day in the mandis but the auction is always put off on some pretext. Since they had to sell the produce at throwaway price to traders and owners of rice shellers. Paddy growers also pointed out that SDM, Mange Ram Dhull has already ordered auctioning of all paddy and imposed a ban on purchases of paddy without the auction. He has deputed Mr Suresh Kumar, tehsildar, to monitor purchases of paddy marketed by growers in the mandis of Ganaur. Representatives of various farmer organisations warned the state government of serious consequences if interests of the paddy growers were not safe-guarded to end monopoly of traders and owners of the rice shellers. They also alleged in complaints to officials of the Food and Supplies Department and other procurement agencies about the non-auctioning of paddy and alleged delay on their part. Arhtiyas and traders also resented the threat given to them by anti-social elements and stopped the purchases of paddy till they were provided security by the district administration. However, they agreed to purchase the paddy on the assurance given to them by the officials of the district and the police administration. |
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Haryana to commission study on 2-child norm
Chandigarh, November 7 The decision to commission the study is a fallout of a Central Government directive asking the states, which have implemented the two-child norm, to have a fresh look at the policy. The Haryana Government, it is learnt, has decided to engage an NGO working in the rural sector to examine whether the policy of barring persons having more than two children from working as elected functionaries of panchayats is popular or not. The modalities for choosing a particular voluntary agency and the time frame for the completion of the study are being worked out. The findings of the study are expected to play a key role in determining the state government's response to the Centre’s directive on reviewing the policy on the two-child norm. Significantly, Section 175 of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, which also disqualifies a member who may have a third child after getting elected, has found favour with all major parties in the state. While the Act was passed when the Congress was in power in the state, it was made fully operative much later following the Supreme Court upholding the Act in 2003 when the INLD led by Mr Om Prakash Chautala was in power in the state. The Act, which was challenged in the apex court by more than 200 panchayat members, had laid down April 22, 1995, as the cut-off date and more than 800 elected representatives of panchayati raj bodies were disqualified as a result of its implementation. Successive state governments apparently retained the controversial Section 175 considering it to be an effective tool to spread the message of the small-family norm at the grassroots level. However, the controversial section has been opposed by the CPM as well as some women’s rights organisations. The CPM maintains that the Act overlooks the Fundamental Right guaranteed under the Constitution. Women’s rights groups argue that the two-child norm is being used by the rich and powerful to settle personal scores and push out women struggling for political empowerment. They say the Act can also result in an increase in female foeticide and compel women to undergo sterilisation. |
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Chetna yatra against foeticide
Sonepat, November 7 Addressing a meeting in the old Civil Hospital grounds, Swami Agnivesh chided religious leaders for failure to create social awareness among people against social evils like foeticide which had reached alarming stage in the country, particularly in Punjab and Haryana. “If this trend continued, neither dharm nor society will be saved,” he said. Later talking to mediapersons, Swami Agnivesh pointed out that there were over 30,000 Ultrasound units in the country and, according to reports, 70 to 80 lakh cases of foeticide were being reported every year in the country. Ms Allena, an MP from Germany, who is accompanying the yatra, said she was influenced by the Indian culture and a movement against foeticide was the need of the hour. She welcomed the initiative taken by Arya Samaj leaders in this regard. The “yatra” which started from Tankara, birthplace of Maharshi Dayanand, in Gujarat on November 1 and it will reach Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on November 15, birthday of Guru Nanak Dev. The yatra left for Rohtak for its onward journey in other parts of the state. |
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Factory owners’
rally ‘a damp squib’
Panipat, November 7 Workers and factory owners of the industrial township are blaming each other for ignoring the agreement regarding the minimum wages and other terms of labour-related problem. Workers had been demanding the arrest of those factory owners who assaulted their leaders P P Kapoor and Jai Bhagwan last Saturday. Addressing the rally, leaders of beopar mandal criticised union activists and CPI (ML) district President, Mr P. P. Kapoor, for spreading unrest in the local industry. Factory owners at the raly decided to resume work in the factory from tomorrow. While addressing the gathering at the rally, Mr Seva Ram Saraf, the state president of the Beopar Mandal urged the workers to teach those spreading unrest a lesson. The organisers handed over a sum of Rs 32,000 to the national president of the beopar mandal, Mr Shyam Bihari Mishra at the rally. Mr Mishra urged the state government to take, steps to save the handloom industry. He alleged that the local administration had a lackadaisical towards the problem. Mr Mishra alleged that the certain worker leaders were “illegally” collecting money from the labourers and demanded an action against them. |
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Service termination challenged
Chandigarh, November 7 In his petition, Mr Dahiya has challenged the decision of the Haryana Government to terminate his service. He had been appointed to the post by HERC on July 4. However, the Congress government sent him a notice dated October 25, giving him one month’s notice of termination. He has been told that his performance was not satisfactory and hence his services were being dispensed with. Mr Dahiya has stated that he was appointed by HERC, an autonomous body, and the government had nothing to do with his appointment. Therefore, the government could not remove him, he has stated. After hearing counsel, the Division Bench comprising Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar and Mrs Justice Nirmal Yadav issued notice to the Haryana Government for November 21. |
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Mysterious fever kills 7 kids
Karnal, November 7 Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Gupta has directed the civil surgeon to carry out fogging in the suspected areas and also take necessary measures to prevent the menace of reported mysterious fever.
However, Civil Surgeon S.S. Dalal has claimed that no death occurred due to Japanese fever in the district.
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Haryanavi pop a big hit
Fatehabad, November 7 The Haryanavi pop, which has recently been included as an event in the youth festivals of Kurukshetra University, was very well received by the audience. The other items, which received acclaim from the audience, were Haryanvi solo song, group songs, Ragni and group dances. The Haryanvi Orchestra also got very good response. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr O.P. Langayan, was the chief guest, while the SP, Mr Bhim Singh presided over. Earlier, the member of Parliament from Sirsa Parliamentary Constituency, Mr Atma Singh Gill, inaugurated the festival yesterday. |
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MC president’s election today
Ambala, November 7 Out of 31 MCs in the Municipal Council, 22 belong to the Congress. While a Congress candidate’s win in the election seems to be a strong likelihood, the opposition is also planning to field its candidate. The Congress candidate is likely to be announced a few hours before the election gets under way at 11 am tomorrow. A number of Congress Municipal Councillors, including Harish Sasan, Brij Lal and Raj Kumar Sonu, are in the race for the post. While, Harish Sasan got elected to the council for the fourth time, Brij Lal has been vice-president in an earlier House. Although, Raj Kumar Sonu is the officiating president, his being a first timer may affect his chances to become the Congress candidate. |
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3 wagons derailed
Ambala, November 7 The Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Mr A.K. Gupta, said that train movement on the main line was not affected due to the derailment of the goods wagons at the railway yard. He said that by 2.25 pm, the wagons had been brought back on rail and the traffic within the railway yard had been restored. A probe is on. |
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Fire in factory
Ambala, November 7
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