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Jamabandis of Jagadhri tehsil villages on Net
Surjewala found innocent, says Ram Prakash
Demonstration by INLD activists
FLASHBACK 2005: HAU
FLASHBACK 2005: languishing projects
Bus fare hike in Haryana imminent
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Fire at LPG filling station, 3 receive burns
Rs 250 cr more to be spent on roads, bridges
Steel furnace units threaten closure
5 policemen suspended
Lovers attempt suicide
Chautala’s effigy burnt
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Jamabandis of Jagadhri tehsil villages on Net
Yamunanagar, December 28 Now one can log in at: www.jamabandi.nic.in, the website of Directorate of Land Records, Haryana, to have “nakal” (copy) of one’s jamabandi by selecting in keywords like, hadbast no., name of the land holder, khewat or khatauni numbers. On this site, one can get answers to queries like total irrigated land and ownership. Deputy Commissioner Sukriti Likhi said this became possible due to efforts of officials of the NIC Haryana and the Revenue Department. Jamabandi of remaining tehsils and sub-tehsils of the district will be on the Internet soon, said Ms Likhi. The Chief Minister had desired that all land records should be on the Internet so that people were not harassed. Jagadhri had had achieved it. Jagadhri was also the first tehsil to computerise land records. The site will be updated regularly. The district Informatics Officer Ramesh Gupta said sale deeds had been linked to the system and the site would be revised accordingly. “These jamabandis do not require updating
for five years,” informed Ms Likhi. However, without signatures of authorised officials, the printout of the jamabandi will not be considered a legal document. Sources said the Revenue Department, has been using Information Technology tools since 1991 when Land Records computerisation was taken up as a pilot project at Rewari, infomed Ms Likhi. Jamabandi is a document prepared as part of record-of-right in every revenue estate. It contains entries on ownership, cultivation and other rights of land. As of now, it is revised every five years when a “jamabandi” is prepared by a patwari and attested by the revenue officer. Two copies of revised “jamabandi” are prepared. One copy is consigned to the District Record Room
and the other one remains with the Patwari, presumption of truth is attached to the entries in jamabandi under Section 44 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887. All changes of rights in land coming to the notice of the revenue agency are reflected in the Jamabandi according to a set procedure after these have been verified by the revenue officer. |
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Surjewala found innocent, says Ram Prakash
Sonepat, December 28 Talking to mediapersons here, Dr Ram Prakash asserted that all the alleged misdeeds of the Chautala regime would be inquired by the CBI and those found guilty would face the legal action. He also disclosed that the people working in the party would be adjusted on suitable posts in the government and all the party workers in the state would get identity cards within two months. He chided the BJP for showing double standards and claimed that the party and its leaders had been exposed in the sting operations right from tehlaka onward. “Though all other parties are unanimous in taking action against stung MPs, but the BJP is still trying to protect such MPs of the party,” he remarked. Later, he was accorded a warm reception by the District Congress Committee at a public meeting in the local municipal park. While addressing, he praised the leadership of Sonia Gandhi for setting an example of sacrificing the post of Prime Minister and guiding the party for the upliftment of the people of every section of the society particularly womenfolk and downtroddens. He also praised the state government for initiating a new era of development, social harmony and industrial revolution in the state. MLAs Jitender Malik, Ramesh Kaushik, Anil Thakar, general secretary, HPCC, Sumitra Chauhan, general secretary, state unit of the Kisan Mazdoor cell, Rajbir Dahiya and several others addressed the gathering. |
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Demonstration by INLD activists
Rewari, December 28 Raising slogans in condemnation of his alleged involvement in the oil-for-food scam, they demanded his dismissal from the Cabinet. Former minister Dr M.L. Ranga and district president of the INLD Jagdish Yadav led the demonstration. Earlier they held a protest rally in the Makhan Lal dharamshala complex here to denounce Mr Surjewala’s role in the scam. Addressing the workers, Dr Ranga said that the submission of a copy of Mr Surjewala’s letter to the Enforcement Directorate by Mr Jagat Singh had fully exposed Mr Surjewala’s involvement in the scam. He wanted Mr Surjewala’s removal from the state government. Political observers say the INLD’s demonstration was a sequel to the one held here last week by Youth Congress activists who had burnt the effigies of former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his two sons. |
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A year of achievements
Sunit Dhawan Tribune News Service
Hisar, December 28 The university entered this year on a positive note, thanks to an era of reforms ushered in by the then Vice-Chancellor, Mr M.K.Miglani. Apart from extricating the prestigious university from an enormous debt burden, the bureaucrat-turned-academician recreated a congenial academic atmosphere on the university campus. The university got a special grant of Rs 10 crore for debt liquidation, besides a solid 33 per cent increase in the plan scheme budget sanctioned by the Haryana Government. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) also provided a much-needed special grant of Rs 1.70 crore for the purchase of laboratory equipment. After Mr Miglani’s resignation, the state government handed over the additional charge of HAU Vice-Chancellor to Ms Asha Sharma, Financial Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary (Agriculture), Haryana. She recently inaugurated a unit of the National Information System on Agricultural Education Network on the university campus, which is a major feat. The unit has been established under a mega project of the Union Human Resource Development Ministry and the National Statistical Commission. The Department of Science and Technology of the government sanctioned several significant projects, including the Rural Bio-Resource Complex, Ph.D and other research programmes in Department of Animal Biotechnology and Veterinary Extension. On the other hand, the ICAR provided Rs 2.82 crore for the development of a centre on Resource Conservation Technology. The Directorate of Research got grants to the tune of Rs 5.4 crore. An Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) cell has also been established. In all, the university succeeded in getting grants of Rs 16 crore for various ambitious projects from various national and international agencies and government departments during the year. The university also applied for patents on theileriosis vaccine, a testing technique to detect urea in synthetic milk, a statistical package, enzyme-making, a tissue culture technique, etc. New pacts were signed with the University of Maryland and Michigan State University on various areas of academic interest. A delegation of Animal Husbandry officials from Ethiopia underwent a 40-day training at the Academy of Agricultural Research and Education Management on the HAU campus. While many longstanding demands of faculty members were met, the issue regarding the appointments of regular Vice-Chancellor, Deans and Directors remained unresolved. On the whole, the year went off peacefully with a considerable number of achievements despite the absence of a regular Vice-Chancellor for the most part of it.
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FLASHBACK 2005:
languishing projects Shubhadeep Choudhury Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 28 The mill, set up during the INLD regime in Haryana, was intended to motivate the local farmers to switch to sugarcane from their traditional crop of cotton. The slump in the cotton prices earlier had caused big losses to the farmers of the district. That Sirsa was the home district of the INLD supremo and the then Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, was indeed the key factor determining the government’s concern for the farmers of the area. Since much sugarcane is not grown in that area, it was planned that a captive area would be developed around the mill for the crop. But the experiment failed miserably. The cotton prices went up again and the farmers saw no reason to turn to sugarcane from their traditional crop. The mill, set up with Rs 100 crore given as loan by Hafed, has come to a halt. It is not a coincidence that another instance of a major botched project in Haryana is also found in Sirsa. This, too, was set up when Mr Chautala was the Chief Minister. The university established by Mr Chautala in the name of his father, the late Devi Lal, is in disarray now. The Congress government, in deference to popular sentiments, has taken away its power to offer affiliation to colleges. The university has not had a Vice-Chancellor ever since Mr R.P. Dahiya, an academician associated with the Delhi IIT , left his job in a huff when Mr Chautala was still the Chief Minister. The university has now become a pathetic caricature of the original plan. The weirdest of Mr Chautala’s ideas for his home district was the setting up of a jute mill. The investment was to come from a Kolkata-based businessman and the government was to facilitate the project. The foundation stone of the project was laid and the matter ended there. Conventional logic would fail to undo the mystery of how the businessman would have transported jute from eastern India to process it in his mill at Sirsa and still offer the product at a competitive price. The Chautala-led government had once bypassed the office of the Director-General, Supplies and Disposals, and purchased gunnybags for grain procurement from private operators. The Kolkata businessman perhaps thought that a Haryana-based unit would be better placed than others to grab the lucrative contract for the supply of gunnybags. In the agricultural arena, the efforts of the present government as well as those of the previous one to motivate farmers to go in for crop diversification have failed to elicit much response. Farmers are still sticking to the traditional paddy-wheat rotation. A discussion on the languishing projects of Haryana cannot be complete without mentioning the Sutlej-Yamuna link canal. Touted as a lifeline of Haryana, the unused canal is rather serving the purpose of a lifeline for the political class of the state.
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Bus fare hike in Haryana imminent
Chandigarh, December 28 According to sources, the department has proposed an increase of 10 per cent in the bus fares, which were last revised about four and a half years ago. However, it is up to the Cabinet to decide the exact quantum of the increase. The sources say the department has said that after the last revision of the fares, the diesel prices were increased by the Centre five times. The diesel prices had more than doubled
since then. Owing to the increase in the diesel prices as well as the cost of lubricants and spare parts, Haryana Roadways had incurred a loss of Rs 60 crore. The department wants that the bus fares should be increased immediately to save the roadways from plunging into
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Fire at LPG filling station, 3 receive burns
Panipat, December 28 The accident took place this morning at the bottling plant of the IOC, 20 km from here at 10.20 a.m.. Three workers — Nagina, Hashima and Pran Nath received burn injuries on their bodies and were admitted to a private hospital here. Later the company decided to shift Nagina and Hashima to New Delhi. Pran Nath is under treatment in Prem Hospital here and his condition is stated to be stable. Mr D.P.S. Nagal, DC, said no major happening had been reported at the refinery. He confirmed the accident took place due to leak age of gas and an inquiry had been ordered to ascertain the cause of the fire. The inquiry will focus on safety measured aspect. Workers of Patron — a private construction company — were working in the plant when the incident took place. The refinery being a prohibited area, reporters were not allowed on the campus. Later on telephonic a spokesman of the IOC said that three persons had been given treatment and claimed that was no loss of life or property. He stated that the fire broke out when the workers were grinding at the workplace and suddenly a spark caused the fire. Meanwhile sources in the administration confirmed that there was resentment among workers on the campus. The workers had reportedly attacked an ambulance and broke windowpanes of a vehicle while came for rescue work. No case was registered by the police. |
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Rs 250 cr more to be spent on roads, bridges
Chandigarh, December 28 He said Rs 140.3 crore was proposed to be spent on the maintenance and repair of roads out of which Rs 56.47 crore had already been spent till November last. He said till November, 42.46 km of the national highways had been widened to two lane and 107 km had been improved at an expenditure of Rs 43.37 crore out of a budget of Rs 57.52 crore for the current year. Under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, 167 km of roads had been improved at an expenditure of Rs 33.27 crore. During the current financial year 30 bridges and nine railway overbridges would be constructed at an expenditure of Rs 63.70 crore. Out of these 10 bridges at a cost of Rs 19.28 crore had been completed and work on the rest was going on. The department had also decided to take up work on five roads on a build-operate- transfer (BOT) basis. These roads were the Yamunanagar-Ladwa-Karnal road, the Buria-Khadri-Deodhar road, the Gurgaon-Faridabad road, the Ballabgarh-Pali-Dhoj road and the Chandi Mandir-Jallah road. |
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Steel furnace units threaten closure
Sonepat, December 28 A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the association held here today. Mr Sat Narain Aggarwal, president of the state unit of the association, presided over the meeting. The members present in the meeting expressed resentment over unscheduled power cuts for the past two months. A number of small-scale units had closed down because of this, they added. The industrial sector was badly affected by power cuts, they said. Jobs of thousands of workers were in jeopardy due to it, they added. Production was low and many units were finding it difficult to pay wages to their employees. It was also decided to hold demonstrations at the G.T. Road, and Bahalgarh Chowk. Later a delegation of the association called on the Superintending Engineer (Operation) of the UHBVN and submitted a memorandum to him. |
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5 policemen suspended
Sonepat, December 28 According to police sources, this followed inspection while he was going to Rohtak via Kharkhadua town from Delhi yesterday. He was travelling in a private car and no one was informed about his movement. When the DGP reached near Saidpur village on the Delhi- Kharkhauda road, he saw that some policemen were engaged in checking of jeeps and other vehicles. He reportedly expressed his anger against the impounding of vehicles. He ordered immediate suspension of these officials. |
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Lovers attempt suicide
Jhajjar, December 28 According to information, Rajneesh (20), student of ITI, was having an affair with Tina (17), a Class X student, (both names changed) for some time. Their parents had scolded them on this and directed them not to meet each other. However, they consumed some poisonous substance in an attempt to end their lives. |
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Chautala’s effigy burnt
Ambala, December 28 Earlier, the activists gathered at Jagadhri Gate and took out a protest march to press upon the CBI to conduct the probe against Mr Chautala in a speedy way. They burnt the effigy in front of the statue of Devi Lal at Devi Lal Chowk.
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Fake products seized
Ambala, December 28 Acting on a complaint, a raid was carried out. The shop located in Ambala City was stocked with duplicate products.
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