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IGMC resident doctors
go on strike
One pilgrim killed, two
hurt in mishap
Dacoity case solved, two arrested
Mango crop wiped out
in Nalagarh
Notification to fill PRI seats
Insurance scheme for maize, potato crops
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IGMC resident doctors
go on strike
Shimla, May 19 Only emergency services could be run as about 400 resident doctors proceeded on an indefinite strike in protest against the proposed reservation for he OBCs. Only two emergency surgeries could be held as all elective surgeries were postponed. At a meeting of the hospital authorities yesterday, it had been decided that consultants from medicine, orthopaedics, paediatrics and surgery would attend to patients in the casualty while the remaining faculty members would hold OPDs. "The Residents Doctor's Association has given in writing to us that they will be available for duty from 4 p.m to 9 a.m in the morning so that patients coming to the emergency are attended to," informed Dr Hardyal, Medical Superintendent. With very little presence of private health institutions in the town, patients had to face a lot of inconvenience as the consultants, whose number is about 120, could only attend to emergency cases. Meanwhile the relay fast by students of IGMC today entered the eighth day. Dharamsala: Continuing their anti-reservation agitation, medical students and resident doctors of Dr Rajendra Prasad Medical College held a rally from Zonal Hospital to the main Kotwali Bazar here on Friday. Members of the Central Students’ Association and the Resident Doctors’ Association made the general public aware of the issue and the reasons why the hike in reservation in institutions of higher education was being opposed. The medical students also made an appeal to the senior doctors of the medical college to extend their support to the agitation. Emergency services were not affected by the strike.
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One pilgrim killed, two
hurt in mishap
Kangra, May 19 According to sources at Shahpur police station, a Tata Sumo (HR 51 B 1864) carrying nine members of a family of Kusba Khas Muradabad from Vaishno Devi to the Bajjreshwari temple here when it dashed against an Army crane at Bali this afternoon. The sources said an Army crane (42091 / 02P 14427), which was coming from Shahpur towards Pathankot, skid off the road and the Tata Sumo coming from the opposite direction dashed against it and overturned. They said one pilgrim Ram Nath Yadav, 55, received head injuries and he died on the spot. Two others were injured in the accident. The police registered a case against the Army carne driver under Section 279 and 304 A of the IPC. The pilgrims had darshan at Vaishno Devi yesterday and stayed for the night at Pathankot. Today, they were on their way to the Bajjreshwari Devi shrine here when the accident took place.
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Dacoity case solved, two arrested
Solan, May 19 The police arrested them from the Sarsa khud, near their village, on Tuesday. A probe into the March 1 dacoity led the police to vital clues. Jasbir Singh, assistant manager of the Jagatkhana-based M-Tex Synthetics, was robbed of Rs 2 lakh when he was returning from Nalagarh to his unit at Jagatkhana on March 1. Two miscreants, who were on a motor cycle, stopped Jasbir’s car and then fled with the cash after injuring him in the left arm with a revolver. The Superintendent of Police, Mr Gianeshwar Singh, said the police then drew a list of earlier such dacoity cases and kept a tab on their telephonic contacts and raided various hideouts. A breakthrough was achieved when it found that a local miscreant, Mohna, a resident of Saini Majra, was in constant touch with Punjab-based miscreants, Gajan and Fauji, on the day of the crime. An exchange of telephone calls between Mohna and Punjab-based criminals led the police to their arrest on Tuesday. He confessed to have committed the crime with the help of a former employee of M-Tex Shaukeen. The duo then visited the bank on March 1 and informed their accomplices about the number of the santro car (HP-10A-2956) by which the cash was being taken. This was looted by their Punjab gang members who then fled towards Punjab.
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Mango crop wiped out
in Nalagarh Nalagarh, May 19 Over 90 per cent mango crop was allegedly damaged due to bad weather. The duststorm has also caused immense loss to other citrus and stone fruits in the mid hills. The squall on May 9 uprooted several mango trees. The two green houses of the Horticulture Department in the area were badly damaged in the dust storm. As per a survey by Solan, Horticulture Department to ascertain damage to the mango production in the Nalagarh block is likely to come down even below 100 metric tonnes (MT). The Nalagarh block contributes most of the production. The average annual production in the Nalagarh block was 800 MT. The poor mango production could not financial gains of growers. The growers’ only respite is in the form of good prices the mango are fetching these days. The mango production is also reported to be poor in other four blocks of Solan district. In the Dharampur block mango crop has suffered 60 per cent losses. As against the 600 MT expected production 360 MT mango produce has been damaged due to unfriendly weather. Similarly losses to mango crop are estimated over 50 per cent in the Solan and Kunihar blocks. The produce is expected to be 10 MT and 50 MT in Solan and Kunihar blocks, respectively. The Kandaghat block has borne less damage due to bad weather. Around 5 MT mango crop has been damaged in Kandaghat. This block was expected to produce 10 MT of mango. Stone fruits like plum and apricot were too damaged due to stormy weather. The total fruit production in Solan district was expected to be all time low this year. As against the annual average fruit production of 6,196 MT the district was expected to produce hardly 2000 MT of fruit, said Mr K.N. Sharma, Deputy Director, Solan Horticulture. The total loss to fruit crops due to inclement weather has been put at Rs 1.75 crore, pointed Mr Sharma. |
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Notification to fill PRI seats
Shimla, May 19 Nomination papers will be filed on May 29,30 and 31 and scrutiny will take place on June 1. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is June 3. Polling, if necessary, will be held on June 14. Counting of votes for members and pradhans of gram panchayats will be taken up immediately after the close of polling at the gram panchayat headquarters. The counting of votes for members of panchayat samiti and zila parishad will be taken up on June 16 at the respective block headquarters. The process of election will be completed by June 18.
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Insurance scheme for maize, potato crops
Shimla, May 19 The state level crop insurance coordination committee, which met under the chairpersonship of the Secretary, Agriculture, decided that the scheme would be compulsory for farmers who had taken loan and optional for other farmers. The farmers who had taken loan could insure their crops up to September 30, 2006, whereas other farmers up to July 31, 2006. The sum insured extends to the value of the threshold yield of the crop with the option to cover up to 150 per cent of the average yield of the crop on the payment of extra premium. In case of maize the sum insured at the normal level and at the maximum level would be Rs 9,855 and Rs 18,75 per hectare for paddy Rs 6,320 and Rs11, 850 and for potato Rs 24,730 and Rs 61,825 per hectare, respectively. A subsidy of 10 per cent premium would be available to small and marginal farmers. Dr J.C. Rana, Director of Agriculture, said last year crops suffered extensive damage due to unfavourable weather, which adversely affected the economy of the farmers. He asked the farmers to immediately approach the nearest cooperative society, rural banks and commercial banks, agriculture extension officers and agriculture development officers for detailed information.
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