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State to get 2 more medical colleges
Despite losses, no UNDP aid for state
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Notice on plea against retention policy
Dasehra festival from Oct 2
Cong violates constitutional norms: CPM
Police patrol units launched
Govt urged to take
over illegal orchards
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State to get 2 more medical colleges
Shimla, September 16 The Chief Minister was speaking at the inaugural session of the two-day annual conference of the Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists here today. “The two new medical colleges will be opened in Mandi, Kullu or Hamirpur districts and efforts will be made to make them centres of excellence,” he remarked. Mr Virbhadra Singh said the government was keen to encourage private participation of competent, experienced and financially sound partners so as to make the state the educational hub of the country. He said under the National Rural Health Mission the government would provide anaesthetists at the first referral units. He stressed the need for adopting appropriate modes to check population explosion in the state. Mr Virbhadra Singh released the souvenir brought out by the organisers to mark the occasion. Kumarhatti: “As many as 57,000 new employment avenues will be created in the government sector during the current
fiscal. This includes recruitment of 22,000 anganwari workers and helpers for 11,000 new anganwari kendras in the rural areas of the state.” This was stated by the Chief Minister, Mr Virbhadra Singh, while addressing the gathering after inaugurating the two-day Sair fair at Arki today. He said the government had adopted a balanced approach to carry out accelerated development with ecological safeguards. Speaking on the recent awards got by the state following a weekly magazine’s survey, the CM said it was not a minor achievement. The state that has been adjudged best in health, education, consumer market and potential exploitation. The CM said the state had earlier also been given an award for outstanding performance in education and social welfare sectors. The Chief Minister announced upgradation of government middle schools at Batal, Kotli, Bakhalag, Sanari and Mord to high schools. Earlier, the CM laid the foundation stones of a student hostel of the Government Degree College, Arki, estimated to be constructed at a cost of Rs 165 lakh and a primary health centre to be constructed at a cost of Rs 53.21 lakh. Mr Dharam Pal Thakur, Deputy Speaker of the HP Vidhan Sabha, thanked the CM for declaring Sair fair as a district-level fair. |
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Despite losses, no UNDP aid for state
Manali, September 16 The Central government has not set up even a single centre in north India for the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttaranchal, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, although five centres have been set up in Bhopal, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Pune in Maharashtra. Kinnaur, Lahaul-Spiti, Shimla, Kulu, Chamba, hilly parts of Mandi and Kangra districts face multi-hazards of flash floods, cloudbursts, avalanches and landslides over the years causing a lot of damage to life, limb and property in the state. According to sources, the state government has to allocate a budgetary support of 10 per cent to the Home Ministry, the nodal agency for the UNDP's programme, but there was no proposal sent by the state government to the ministry so far. Even the neighbouring state of Uttaranchal has covered five districts under the UNDP programme, but there is no proposal from Himachal Pradesh which always feels the pinch due to the lack of funds and infrastructure while combating emergency situation like flash floods and avalanches, revealed sources. "The programme was launched in August, 2002, and it will end in December, 2007". Though the state government has set up Disaster Management Committee to handle emergency threat from the breach in Parechu lake and flash floods in the Satluj, the state has missed the much-needed UNDP assistance because of the bureaucratic apathy. Director, Centre for Agriculture and Rural Livelihood, Hyderabad, Mr. P V Parkash Goud, is here to sensitize the Deputy Commissioners and revenue officials on the Incident Command System, a three-day training programme on disaster management which was inaugurated by the Commissioner, Mandi division, Mr. K J B V Subrahmanyam, here on Thursday. "These centres impart sector-wise training to police, doctors, administrators and other staff in disaster management", Mr Goud said. Multi-hazards in Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti are understandable as flash floods, cloudbursts and avalanches have killed over a thousand local people. Besides, these pose hazards to the communities and power projects located in the Satluj and Beas basins in the state. Under the programme, the government has to set up a national network to coordinate with the state emergency operation centres involving disaster management committees. The disaster management teams are equipped with the emergency kit, equipment like portable power generators, rescue boats, tents, power saw and global positioning equipment to spot the people trapped in floods or avalanches to rescue the victims, revealed the experts.
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Report sought on irregularity in SADA working
Tribune News Service
Reckong Peo, September 16 It may be mentioned that The Tribune, in its news report, had exposed the “autocratic” style of working of 15 officials of the Himachal Administrative Services (HAS), formerly posted as SDMs of Kalpa, who failed to produce any audited report of SADA since the local body came into existence in Reckong Peo. Sources in the DM’s office revealed that the District Public Relations Officer (DPRO) of Kinnaur had been asked by Dr Garg to seek a detailed report from the SDM with regard to the news item and present it before his office at the earliest for further action. Meanwhile, further investigations made by this correspondent in this regard revealed that the authorities concerned of SADA after the publication of the news item were busy tallying all accounts of the last financial year for getting it audited from an appropriate authority. The Tribune tried to contact Mr Jagat Singh Negi, local MLA of the ruling party, who is also the chairman of SADA, for his comments on this issue but he could not be contacted despite many efforts.
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Students made to undergo blood test
Nurpur, September 16 There is resentment among parents against the school administration and a aanganwari staff. Intriguingly, no staff member or aanganwari worker accompanied the students. It is alleged that a single syringe was used to take blood sample of 35 girls. They paid Rs 10 each for the test and travelled a distance of 8 km on foot. They returned home late in the evening. The Headmaster, Mr Uttam Chand said he was not aware of the blood tests and the school administration had not given any order in this regard to the students. An aanganwari worker of the gram panchayat, however, said the girls were asked during the assembly to get their blood tested but they left the school and went to a private clinic. Ms. Chanderkanta, Child Development Project Officer, Nurpur, clarified that schoolgirls were to be covered under the Kishori Shakti Yojna for which physical examination was mandatory. “But the blood tests are supposed to be undertaken on the premises of government schools or aanganwaris by laboratory technicians of government health institutions, she added. |
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Notice on plea against retention policy
Shimla, September 16 While issuing the notice, a division bench headed by the Chief Justice Vinod Kumar Gupta further directed the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary (Town and Country Planning), Director (TCP), Chairman (Special Area Development Authority) Shimla, and Commissioner Shimla Municipal Corporation to file their reply within six weeks. A petition was filed by Trisha Sharma, wherein she alleged that the respondents have initiated steps for regularizing unauthorized construction raised in breach of mandatory provisions of law. The steps, which are being taken by the respondents for regularizing the construction under the nomenclature “regularization/retention policy”, are against the public policy and are being taken in negation of law. The steps being taken by the respondents for regularising the unauthorized construction are sending wrong signals to the society at large to raise construction unauthorisedly under the earnest hope that the same is likely to be regularized by the state government. |
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Dasehra festival from Oct 2
Kulu, September 16 Mr Raj Krishan Gaur, Agriculture Minister and chairman of the Dasehra Committee, told that the festival had attained the status of an international folk dance festival and become a major tourist attraction. Mr Satya Prakash Thakur, Chairman, HP State Marketing Board, said that the Nazrana given to the Devtas during the Dasehra would be delivered at the camp temples of all the participating deities. The arrangements of the cleanliness and provision of additional toilets in the Dhalpur Maidan and around Lal Chand Prarthi Kala Kendra would be looked after by the Municipal Council. Mr Gopal Krishan Mahant, President, Municipal Council, told that the distribution of plots in the Dasehra ground to the traders and exhibitions would start from September 26. |
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Cong violates constitutional norms: CPM
Shimla, September 16 In a statement issued here today, Mr Tikender Singh Panwar, member, state secretariat, said the people with merit were being ignored and only those candidates with political connections were being appointed through the PTA. “The Constitution clearly states that during selections there has to be reservation for various categories like Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, other backward classes, ex-servicemen and handicapped,” he said. Mr Panwar said the government instead of filling the vacant posts through transfers was appointing teachers through the PTA just to give benefit to their own men. He said the government must immediately appoint regular teachers on merit. |
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Police patrol units launched
Kulu, September 16 SP G.D. Bhargava flagged off the units having three motor cycles, equipped with hooters and wireless sets that would keep patrolling the Chandigarh-Manali highway. He said these units would be stationed at Kulu, Manali and Bhuntar. One motor cycle with two cops would run from Manali to Raison, another from Raison to Badah and the third from Badah to Bhuntar. Mr Bhargava said one sub-inspector, one head constable and eight constables had been given special training to check the violators and create traffic awareness among the people. The pilot police would also be given special uniform, he added.
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Govt urged to take
over illegal orchards
Shimla, September 16 In a representation to the Chief Minister, Mr Virbhadra Singh, the president of the union, Mr Jagdish Badhan, and the general secretary, Mr Kamlesh Shandil, said suggested that fresh demarcation should be carried out to identify such illegal orchards on “as is where is basis”.
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