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Villagers block traffic over power supply
Haryana Assembly session begins today
Dharna against WTO
Sneh Sanjivini Yatra enters Rewari
Villagers offer land for jail, Police Lines
UN report on Ambala industry gathering dust
Move to alter pension scheme opposed
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Man beaten to death
Idol stolen in Hansi town
Woman burnt to death
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Villagers block traffic over power supply
Panipat, December 13 The police had to restore to mild lathicharge to disperse the mob after police officials were attacked by a few women. The blockade was lifted at 3.30 pm. Women sat in the middle of the road against the indifferent attitude of the administration. At Israna village, women gheraod a power station and blocked the traffic on the National Highway for one hour. Talking to The Tribune, villagers at Mehrana village, located about 5 km of the National Highway No. 71 (A), complained that they were facing an acute shortage of power for the past several weeks. Students were facing tremendous problems due to the erratic power supply. Ms Sudesh Rani, sarpanch of Mehrana village, said they had complained to the officials concerned but nothing was done to improve the situation. She said several industrial units around the village were getting regular power supply whereas the village was getting the interrupted power supply. She said two transformers needed to be changed but despite repeated representations nothing had been done. She alleged that certain officials were not allowing the change of transformers even though the authorities concerned had sanctioned an additional one to meet the demand of the village. Villagers lamented the role of the Deputy Commissioner, Mr D.P.S. Nagal, who did not turn up to hear the grievances of the villagers. Villagers had heated arguments with the XEN, Mr P.S. Dahiya, who argued that the as per the records, the village was getting sufficient power supply. The SDM told the TNS that the matter would be sorted out after a meeting with the DC.
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Haryana Assembly session begins today
Chandigarh, December 13 Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, today announced that a resolution demanding a separate High Court would be placed in the Assembly for forwarding it to the Central Government. He hoped that the resolution would be supported by all members cutting across party lines. However, Mr Sampat Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister in the previous INLD government, said the Congress government had betrayed Haryana’s interests by its move to exclude Chandigarh from the jurisdiction of the proposed High Court. “By excluding Chandigarh, the government is giving up its claim to the city”, he said. The INLD leader, who held extensive meetings with party legislators here today regarding the session, said Haryana should make it clear that the proposed High Court must be located in Chandigarh. “It is imperative to mention Chandigarh as the location simply because there is a dispute between Punjab and Haryana over the city”, Mr Sampat Singh said. The former minister added that since the Assembly had earlier unanimously passed a resolution on the High Court, a resolution this time raising the same demand was not needed. Mr Surjewala had earlier said that the government decided to bring a fresh resolution because the previous demand was “categorically refused by the Central Government”. Mr Surjewala also mentioned two Bills, one related to the special economic zone and the other to industrial promotion, which would be presented before the Assembly. The two pieces of legislation, he said, would bring about a lot of prosperity in the state. Mr Sampat Singh claimed that industries in the state were facing power shortage and labour problems. The INLD leader said generation at the Panipat Thermal Plant had been crippled by the closure of three units. The augmentation of the transmission and distribution network had also come to a standstill due to the state government’s reluctance to purchase new equipment. Domestic, commercial and agricultural consumers had been also severely hit by power shortage. He added that the INLD MLAs would take up the issue of power shortage in a big way in the Assembly.
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Dharna against WTO
Sonepat, December 13 According to a report, the dharna was led by Mr S.N. Solanki, secretary of the Kisan Sabha. Mr Howa Singh, vice-president of the Haryana Committee of the CITU, Mr Anand Sharma, general secretary of the state unit of the Van Vibhag Mazdoor Union, Haryana, Mr Ishwar Singh president of the district unit of the Kisan Sabha, and Mr Ram Niwas, secretary of the SKS, were among those who took part in the dharna. A rally was also held on the occasion and it was addressed by leaders of the above-mentioned organisation. The leaders submitted a memorandum to the DC to be forwarded to the President of India. According to another report, workers of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) also held a procession against the WTO which passed through the main bazars of the city. They raised anti-WTO slogans and reached the Kakroi road where they burnt the effigy of the WTO. Mr Hari Parkash, general secretary of the district unit of the SUCI, led the procession and rally.
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Sneh Sanjivini Yatra enters Rewari
Rewari, December 13 Swami Mahesh Giri Maharaj, a noted exponent of the society and pontiff of Guru Dattatrey Peeth, Junagarh (Gujarat), said the yatra, which was launched from Bijnore (Uttar Pradesh) on March 17, had already covered Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and would now enter Rajasthan. Addressing a press conference, he said the yatra aimed at re-establishing the fast degenerating old values of life pertaining to love, peace and non-violence among the people. He said the society, which has 4,000 centres in 144 countries, would soon adopt one lakh Indian villages where its five-point programme of health, education, de-addiction, organic cultivation, self-employment and self-orientation would be implemented. Later, the yatra passed through main markets of the town. A large number of people converged at Shri Durga Mata temple, Bara Hazari, where swamiji delivered a discourse and a kirtan was also held.
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Villagers offer land for jail, Police Lines
Rohtak, December 13 The panchayat led by Sarpanch Abhey Ram met the Deputy Commissioner, Mr R. S. Doon, today. The panches informed him that they had met members of the Sunaria Khurd village several times on this issue and made it clear that their demand of compensation to farmers in lieu of acquisition of panchayat land was not justified. The panches said only a few misguided youths were spearheading the campaign against the acquisition of land. They maintained that they would have backed the demand of these youths had the administration taken any unjustified stand on the issue. Legally, the land proposed to be acquired belonged to the panchayat and individuals could not receive payment for it. They said it was unfortunate that these youths were depriving their village of development projects which would be implemented in the village from the money received from the government for the land. The panchayat told the DC that it was prepared to offer land for the projects if the Sunaria Khurd village did not relent. It may be recalled that the Sunaria Khurd panchayat through a resolution offered land for the projects to the government which not only accepted the offer but also agreed to revise the rate of compensation as per the new norms fixed by the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government. However, when a team of officials reached the village for demarcation a few days back, it was assaulted.
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UN report on Ambala industry gathering dust
Ambala, December 13 A high-level team of experts from the United Nations Development Programme had prepared the report on the scientific instruments industry nearly three decades back. The report, prepared in the 1970s, had suggested ways and means for ensuring significant growth in the industry. The compliance of the recommendations of the report could have ensured that the Ambala industry becomes globally competitive and the current threat being faced from the international competition would have been marginalised. The Haryana Chamber of Commerce and Industry senior vice-president, Dr Nem Chand Jain, said a three-member UN team, comprising experts from France, Germany and a UN representative, had closely studied the industry. “The team had visited 25 scientific manufacturing units and studied their working in detail. They had interacted at length with the owners and workers,” he said. Dr Jain said that the team had then prepared a detailed report based on their observations. “The report had pointed out that the manufacturing environment was not conducive for rapid growth. They had stated that there was no separate industrial complex, work was being carried out in residential areas and the units were housed in small areas,” he said. The report stated that lack of proper accommodation for manufacturing units was hampering production. It was also leading to storage being affected. It pointed out that there were too many spare parts being used by the industry and the manufacturers were located in different areas. So, it would lead to wastage of time since a manufacturer would have to collect the spare parts from various places. The example of microscope manufacturing had been cited which required nearly 50 different spare parts. “The lack of quality control was also mentioned in the report. All this added to the delay in executing orders. Incidentally, it was mentioned that working was manual and automatic machines were not being used. It was stressed that quality control centre is needed,” he said. Dr Jain said following the report’s observation, a sum of Rs 2 crore was sanctioned to the Haryana Government. He said Instruments Design and Development Centre and nickel plating unit were set up from that money. He stated that the report had recommended a formation of a complex housing the scientific instruments manufacturers. “It had been suggested that 500 industrial sheds of 250 square yards each should be set up in one area. The UNDP was ready to bear 50 per cent of the cost of the project and it was suggested that the manufacturers would pay back the shed cost in instalments,” he said. Dr Jain observed that if the UNDP report recommendations had been implemented nearly three decades back then the industry would have been on a strong footing to face global challenges. |
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Move to alter pension scheme opposed
Hisar, December 13 With a view to reducing the financial burden on the state, the government plans to present a Bill in the forthcoming Assembly session to effect a change in the existing pension policy. According to the draft proposal, the employees recruited by the state government on or after January 1, 2006 will have to contribute 10 per cent of their basic salary towards a pension fund. An equal amount will be contributed by the state government. The amount would be kept in some reputed private financial institution. At the time of an employee’s retirement, certain portion of the total amount would be invested in some scheme for providing monthly returns to the employee. The remaining amount would be handed over to the employee at the time of retirement. Talking to The Tribune here today, Mr M. L. Sehgal, general secretary of the Haryana Karmchari
Mahasangh, termed the move to change the pension scheme as “anti-employee”. The employee leader asserted that to chalk out the nature and course of their agitation, a state conference of the mahasangh would be organised at Sonepat on December 17 and 18. |
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Man beaten to death
Sonepat, December 13 According to the police, he left his house for seeing his relative Suresh of Dhurana village. He reached Bhadhodi village at night and he entered the house of Baru Ram. Mr Baru Ram raised an alarm saying that a thief had entered the house. Ajmer and Pala reached and they gave a severe beating to him as a result he became unconscious. Thereafter, they threw him near the village pond. The next morning, he was rushed to the community health centre at Gohana wherefrom he was referred to PGIMS at Rohtak. Later, he succumbed to his injuries. |
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Idol stolen in Hansi town
Hisar, December 13 Shopkeepers of the area noticed that the idol was missing when they came to open the shops in the morning. They informed Seth Dhanawala’s son Rajender and the police . By then, a number of local residents, including the staff members of Hariram Giggal Devi Hospital, assembled there and staged a dharna to register their protest against the incident. The Hansi SDM and other officials reached the scene and tried to pacify the agitated residents. The idol was installed about three months ago by the Congress MLA from Hansi, Mr Amir Chand Makkad, in the presence of the local SDM.
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Woman burnt to death
Rewari, December 13 It is stated that a plot of land, which Hoshiar Singh had purchased in Maheshwari village recently, had become a bone of contention between him and Sanjay Saini, a property dealer of Rewari. When Hoshiar Singh and his wife refused to comply with Sanjay’s wishes, Sanjay, along with Ranbir Singh Yadav of Ramgarh village, went to the former’s house. Satyawati was alone in the house. They poured kerosene on her and set her on fire. Meanwhile, Hoshiar Singh returned home. On seeing him, the accused reportedly ran away. A case has been registered.
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