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7,500 cases of power theft detected
Govt seeks Rs 6,670 cr from Centre for roads
Faridabad’s murrah buffalo’s yield in spotlight
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Buffalo breed catches fancy of farmers
Budding badminton player needs monetary help
Norms for broadcasters, cable operators sought
Training programme on earthquake risk management
200 donate blood on RKSD College founder’s day
Soon, disaster management plan for Gurgaon
Need to change policies on pollution control: Expert
Postage stamp released on convent’s centenary
Training camps to promote beekeeping
Gillankhera inspects sanitation in Fatehabad
Jhajjar players win gold medal in Kabaddi C’ship
No loud music after 10:30 pm in Y’nagar
Hall named after Ranbir Singh
Farmers profiting from worm compost
Language in revenue records to be made simpler
Sonepat police acts to check traffic jams
Schoolkids display skills with message
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7,500 cases of power theft detected
Hisar, December 7 A spokesman of DHBVN said here that on the basis of tipoffs, officials of the operation and enforcement wings carried out 60,000 raids and detected 7500 cases of theft during the past eight months. Most of the consumers caught stealing power paid the penalty imposed. The DHBVN lodged FIRs against those who did not pay the penalty. In addition, the nigam detected 2975 cases of theft of power on the basis of information received under its Theft Informer Scheme. The nigam imposed a penalty of Rs. 7.09 crore on these consumers. Under this scheme, Rs. 29 lakh were paid to 392 informers as a reward. The DHBVN gives 40 per cent of the recovered amount of penalty imposed on detection of electricity theft to the person who gives information of theft under this scheme. Besides, 20 per cent of the amount is given to the officers and staff of the nigam who detect theft and collect the penalty. The earlier ceiling of Rs 50000 on the amount of reward has been lifted. The spokesman said that if theft was detected on getting information under the scheme, a minimum amount of Rs. 1000 per case was given immediately to the informer on providing correct information. If the DHBVN was able to recover the assessed theft amount, 40 per cent of the amount realised would be given to the informer on providing the correct secret code given by him while giving information and the secret code number given by the DHBVN while collecting his information. The informer need not disclose his identity at any stage. As much as 20 per cent of the recovered amount was divided among the officials comprising the raiding team. The CGM, GM, DGM and AGM are also be given a part of the incentive money. An informer can provide information about theft of power to nigam officials on telephone number 01662-221527, mobile 9812000505 or toll free number 18001801011 during working hours. The informer will have to give a secret code of his choice to claim the reward. The operator will record the code against the information in the computer and in turn provide the informer a secret number. On detecting of theft, the informer can claim Rs. 1000 immediately and 40 per cent of the penalty recovered after it was realized.
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Govt seeks Rs 6,670 cr from Centre for roads
Kaithal, December 7 The minister said at present projects worth Rs 2,880 crore were being executed by the National Highway Authority of India in the state. He further said Rs 200 crore would be spent on the widening of 75-km Kaithal-Ambala Highway and this work would be started soon. The widening work for six laning of the Murthal-Panch Gujran Road at a cost of Rs 80 crore was in progress and the road from Panch Gujran to Kamaspur would also be six laned at a cost of Rs 125 crore. Similarly, NH-10 Bahdurgarh-Rohtak Road would be six laned at a cost of Rs 500 crore. Surjewala said the road from Delhi to Rajasthan border would be widened at a cost of Rs 800 crore and this project had been approved. The widening of the Zirakpur-Kalka Road was in progress at a cost of Rs 300 crore. He said previous state governments during 1996-2005 period
Providing more information on other projects, the minister said big projects for construction of 147 railway over bridges were under execution in the state, out of which work on about 12 brides had been completed and 24 bridges were under construction. He said during the present Congress regime, 3,000 km road length had been constructed and condition of 19,000 km road length had been improved. He toured Baba Ladana, Manas, Budha Khera, Sangat Pura, Nand Singhwala, Sanghan, Malkheri and Dillowali villages in the Kaithal area recently and announced grants worth lakhs of rupees for development works in these villages. Shamsher Singh Surjewala, president, All-India Kisan Khet Mazdoor Congress, also remained present during this tour.
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Faridabad’s murrah buffalo’s yield in spotlight
Chandigarh, December 7 The buffalo was milked in the presence of sub-divisional magistrate, senior officers of the department, senior veterinary doctors and village sarpanch during a competition organised recently in Faridabad. Given this success story, the Haryana’s Animal Husbandry Department has decided to buy this buffalo’s male calf born last year as a future bull for producing high quality breed of buffaloes. The owner of this buffalo keeps a herd of 48 buffaloes and sells about 400-500 kg of milk a day in Faridabad city. “This one-day yield of 31.32 kg of milk is the highest yield of milk by any buffalo in the country so far and speaks volumes about the availability of top quality germ plasm in the state,” says Dr KS Dangi, director-general, Animal Husbandry. Stating that a competition is organised every year to promote the breeding of murrah buffaloes, he said the government had floated a scheme of offering incentives to the owners of top quality murrah germ plasm. “The top quality germ plasm in its early stage of production is taken out of the state by traders and finally finds its way in slaughter houses of big metros like Mumbai and Kolkata. This results in a quagmire of genetic stagnation in the state. Having realised this, a scheme was initiated wherein incentives of Rs 15,000, Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 are given to the owners of buffaloes yielding more than 19 kg, 16-19 kg and 13-16 kg milk per day, respectively. We have been able to check the loss of germ plasm to a certain extent,” Dangi maintains. During the past three years, a total of 3,123, 4,396 and 9,459 animals were recorded and a cash incentive of Rs 125.30 lakh, Rs 162.80 lakh and Rs 415.76 lakh, respectively, was given. During 2008-09, a total of 17,654 animals have been identified and a sum of Rs 1,177.90 lakh was spent on this programme. During the current financial year, a provision of Rs 1,500 lakh has been made under this programme. “The fact that the scheme is a success is evident from the latest example from Faridabad. Further, we have undertaken a series of programmes for enhanced productivity per animal. Reproductive efficiency is one of the major factors affecting the economic viability of all dairy farmers as animal starts production only after successful reproduction,” he claimed.
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Buffalo breed catches fancy of farmers
Yamunanagar, December 7 The dependence of farmers on semen banks has increased manifold this year. The demand is triggered by high yield of milk from murrah buffalos and subsidy and incentives offered under various schemes. Another reason that turned farmers’ attention to semen banks is that murrah bulls have almost disappeared from the rural areas. Whatever little bulls are available they are being used by farmers in carts to carry out domestic works, officials of the animal husbandry and semen bank said. The farmers can get 27 kg of milk from a murrah buffalo per day. Under an incentive scheme launched by the department of animal husbandry, Rs 10,000 cash prize is given to the owner of a murrah buffalo yielding 15-18 kg of milk per day and Rs 15,000 to the owner of murrah buffalo yielding more than 18 kg of milk. Besides, a male calf of such buffaloes is purchased at the market price from farmers by the department, said Dr VK Gupta, deputy director of the animal husbandry department. “Such animals are also provided insurance cover and 50 per cent of the premium amount is paid by the department” he added. “Besides, we are also providing Rs 11 lakh loan to farmers having 4 acres of land for dairy farming with 15 per cent subsidy. We also have a special scheme for poor SC farmers to provide them a loan of Rs 50,000 with subsidy to start diary farming,” he further said. Dr SK
Goel, in charge of Semen Bank, Jagadhri, said, “After hi-tech machines were installed last year to preserve semen of buffalo and cow bulls, we are producing an average 70,000 to 80,000 frozen semen straws per month for seven districts falling under our area. Similarly, keeping in view the rising demand for artificial insemination, the two other semen banks situated in Hisar and Gurgaon are producing similar number of frozen semen straws for their districts. Artificial insemination helps to produce high quality breed of buffaloes”.
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Budding badminton player needs monetary help
Sonepat, December 7 The rare talent of this boy can be gauged from the fact that he clinched the title by defeating the second seed C Rahul Yadav of Andhra Pradesh by 23-21and 21-16 in the final. He also edged out the first seed Chirag Sein of Uttarakhand by 22-20 and 21-15 in the semifinal and third seed D Chadra Kumar of Andhra Pradesh by 21-19 and 21-17 in the quarter final of the tournament. Saurabh’s father RK Sharma informed that prior to the
tournament, he sent Saurabh to Hyderabad for getting trained by Gopi Chand Pulela. “The boy is very talented and committed to the game, but it is very costly affair for a normal family like mine to bear the expenses of training,” he remarked, adding the average monthly expenditure for Saurabh’s training generally touches up to Rs 20,000. He, however, thanked Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda for announcing prizes for the winners in national-level
tournaments and hoped that this incentive would help the boys like mine to get proper training and meet the daily expenses of the training. Saurabh said
there was need for better facilities like badminton courts, coaching, playing kits, etc.,
for the players to improve their skills. The boy commenced his winning streak at the age of nine when he emerged as winner under-10 boys single section of 40th Haryana State Badminton Junior Championship in September 2006. Since then he hasn’t looked back and remained winner in single section of under-13 category of 42nd Haryana State Open Junior Badminton Championship in September 2008 and single and double section of under-13 category of 43rd State Junior Badminton Championship held at Jhajjar in 2009. Besides gaining first position
in single section of the Badminton Championships of the CBSE held at Malerkotla and Mohali this year, Saurabh had also bagged third position in single section of under-13 category of All India Junior Major Ranking Badminton Tournament in
January 2009.
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Norms for broadcasters, cable operators sought
Chandigarh, December 7 This demand was made by Haryana Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sharda Rathore, who holds the portfolio of Information and Public Relations, at the 27th Conference of Ministers of Information and Cinematography of state governments and UT administrations in Delhi last week. Rathore said these guidelines should be in terms of declaration of prices, supply and quality of service and maintaining clearly spelt out standards. The conference was presided over by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni. She favoured digitisation of the cable sector and suggested that suitability or unsuitability of contents for various age groups should be indicated and given different time slots as many a time programmes carrying adult content were broadcast during prime time. Likewise, obligations and rights of the viewers in terms of options to choose channels and making payments should be clearly specified. She said the high cost of original CDs and huge profit involved in the marketing of pirated versions of the CDs were the main reasons for the spread of piracy. She said a public awareness campaign was needed to generate awareness about the violation of the Copyright Act. She said as and when a majority of the states would decide to further reduce the entertainment tax to check piracy, Haryana would act accordingly. Haryana also wants that the draft Broadcast Regulatory Authority Bill should empower the authority to cancel the registration of a channel if it felt that the content of the channel was likely to threaten the security and integrity of the country or threaten peace and harmony or public order. Police officers of the rank of SI and above should be designated as authorised officers for enforcement of the provisions of the proposed Bill. Rathore suggested since most of the agenda at this conference related to the Home Department, the Home Minister or the Home Secretary of the states concerned should also be invited to this conference in future.
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Training programme on earthquake risk management
Kurukshetra, December 7 These views were expressed by Dr Krishan Gopal, dean (P&D), National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, while inaugurating a two-week training programme on “Earthquake Risk Management” at NIT campus here recently. Dr Gopal said although the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) had laid down standards for constructing buildings in the seismically vulnerable areas, yet these were not mandatory in nature. In many states, building bylaws were non-existent and even in states where they existed, the enforcement mechanism left a lot to be desired, he added. “India has experienced some of the most intense earthquakes in the world. Engineers have to play a vital role in saving the community from these disasters,” he added. He informed that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India, New Delhi, has taken a number of initiatives for improving the disaster management system in the country. The focus of the MHA is to enhance the capacity and capabilities of engineers/architects for handling all types of disasters, he added. Dr HK Sharma, programme coordinator, informed that NIT had been assigned the task of imparting training to engineers/architects from various government departments of the state. Highlighting the significance, Dr VP Singh, co-coordinator, observed that using fibre reinforced concrete and fibre reinforced polymers, strength of existing structures could be enhanced significantly. Dr Baldev Setia, programme chairman, informed that 40 engineers from various government departments of the state were attending the training which was taken up on the initiative of the National Disaster Management Division, MHA, New Delhi. Aspects of seismology, earthquake effects, concept of earthquake-resistant design, technical and legal aspects and fire-resistant building construction techniques would be discussed during the programme, he added.
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200 donate blood on RKSD College founder’s day
Kaithal, December 7 President of the governing body Subhash Mittal, members of governing body, Principal S.K.Garg and teaching and non-teaching staff, garlanded the statute of Seth Makhan Lal, founder of the college. Principal Garg said Seth Makhan Lal visualised the need for education at a time when there were hardly any education facilities for the youth. He granted money and land for setting up this institution decades ago. Now, a number of institutions were being run under the guidance of the governing body. A havan was also held on this occasion. . Later, a blood donation camp was held in which 200 youths, including NCC cadets and NSS volunteers, donated blood. Blood donors were also honoured on the occasion.
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Soon, disaster management plan for Gurgaon
Gurgaon, December 7 In view of this, Deputy Commissioner Rajender Kataria sat with district officers to devise a district disaster management plan so that in case of disaster losses can be mitigated. The Deputy Commissioner has fixed a deadline for preparing a draft of the disaster management plan and asked the officers to supply data and the duties they were to perform during a natural calamity or disaster. He said the officers and employees of each department and the citizens should be aware about their duties that they have to perform in the event of a disaster. “The purpose is to make city resilient and the administration has to play a proactive role in its preparedness and spreading awareness among people,” Kataria said, directing the district officers to prepare action plan. He said firstly a draft plan would be prepared and then it would be converted into a final plan. Kataria asked civil surgeon Dr SS Dalal to prepare a list of hospitals with facilities and equipments available there. Similarly, industries department officers would prepare a list of heavy machinery available with various industries. The officers concerned would enlist important contact numbers, food sources, available tentage, medicines, fire fighting arrangements, sources of drinking water and alternate road routes. Head of disaster management in the Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurgaon, Dr Abhay Srivastva gave a presentation about disaster management and case study on various natural calamities that took place in the country. The meeting was attended by DCP HQ Kulwinder Singh, CTM Yashender Singh, SDM (Gurgaon north) Satender Duhan, SDM (Gurgaon south) KK Gupta, Patoudi SDM Vatsal Vashist, Civil Surgeon Dr SS Dalal, DRO Ramavtar Gupta, DDPO Deepak Kumar Yadav, XEN (PWD) RA Hooda, GM DIC Hardayal Sehrawat, fire officer Hanuman Sihag and officers of other departments concerned.
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Need to change policies on pollution control: Expert
Gurgaon, December 7 Dr BS Sahay, MDI director, said the theme for Delphique-09 was, “Resurgence of industries in the backdrop of global meltdown”. The topics which came up for discussion during the event included “Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities”; “e-Entrepreneurship - The Way Forward”; “Impact of Social Cause Marketing Campaigns on Branding”; “Competing for Analytics”; “Youth Drifting away from Traditional Media: How should FMCG companies respond?”; “Saplings of the Next Economy - The Role of HR in the Upturn”; and “To Survive or Thrive: Gaining Competitive Advantage in the Current Economic Scenario”. The panel on climate change complemented Dr Pachauri’s views on the dire need for policy changes towards environmental protection and the existence of viable business opportunities in the realm of sustainable development. While the marketing panel focused on the changing marketing climate due to the growth of new-age media vehicles, the communications panel dealt with social cause marketing and the need for corporates to keep it on a long-term perspective rather than a short-term one-off activity. The HR panel cautioned the students that economic resurgence was yet to take place, leaving much to be done. On the other hand, the entrepreneurship panel stressed on the need for business schools to nurture job creators rather than job seekers. In his valedictory address, Dr Pachauri urged the corporates to shift their focus from financial debt to ‘natural’ debt. He asserted that no business could survive in a dying society. “Politics, science and society should work together to ensure swift and affirmative action,” he observed, citing the success of political leaders in Australia, Japan and the USA who had won elections based on their stand on environmental policies. The climate change panel, with D-Sector as its knowledge partner, looked into the history, current happenings and the socio-political implications of climate change in detail. The guest speakers for this panel included field experts like eminent environmentalist and editor of Rural Energy Journal Dr Sudhirendar Sharma, researcher and coordinator of WaterWatch Alliance M. Gopal Krishna, and JNU professor Dr MC Sharma. Kuldeep Ratnoo, executive director of D-Sector, was the moderator for the panel. The impact of climate change was discussed through the viewpoint of scientific research, geopolitics and philosophy by the panelists. Dr MC Sharma shared his research findings and quashed the myth about the phenomenon of glacier melting. He explained to the students that rise in temperature led to an increase in precipitation which had in fact led to a slowdown in the rate of retreat of Himalayan glaciers. Gopal Krishna stressed the need for a change in political policies regarding pollution control as these were being influenced by western superpowers. Dr Sudhirendar explained how the initiatives to reduce carbon emissions like carbon trading were only focused on money and not on climate. The analytics panel had Citi Group as its knowledge partner. The panel studied the landscape of the analytic functions across different organisations and presented the way the analytics industry is shaping up. The student research team presented its findings on the applicability of analytics in fields like credit card industry, retail management, HR evaluation and e-business. It was followed by an intense panel discussion on the advantages of analytics. The participants agreed that it helped to take better informed decisions, but the challenge lay in talent pool development that could do intellectually creative and demanding work. The future of analytics was discussed then with the panelists agreeing that a combination of science and business was must for a career in analytics.
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Postage stamp released on convent’s centenary
Ambala, December 7 The Department of Posts has also come out with a multicoloured Rs 5 stamp to mark the occasion. Principal sister Tara informed that the school started on December 2, 1909 in a small cottage with just one pupil. The institution is not only providing quality education to students but also turning them into culturally and morally upright citizens, stated the minister. Herself an alumnus of CJM, Delhi, she stated that it was a positive sign to note the school gave an opportunity to the students from poor families an opportunity to study and grow in life. Chief postmaster general Indu Gupta stated that the department released over 100 covers every year on diverse subjects. An interfaith meeting was also organised last week and a drama based on the life of St Claudine Thevenet was staged.
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Training camps to promote beekeeping
Sirsa, December 7 “Training camps will be organised at district levels in each district in which as many as 50 farmers will be provided training regarding beekeeping,” said a spokesperson for the state Agriculture Department. “All interested candidates can contact the office of deputy director, agriculture, Haryana, Panchkula, deputy directors, agriculture, in all districts, agriculture development officer (beekeeping), Praladpuri, Yamunanagar, and agriculture development officer (beekeeping), Uchani, Karnal. Beside this, the training will also be provided by district horticulture officer in all districts, Agriculture Science Centre, Haryana, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation Centre, Murthal, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, and National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal,” the spokesperson added. He said a grant of Rs 16,000 had been provided to each trained farmers for the supply of bee colonies and beehives by the district horticulture officers. The trained farmers could also get a loan from banks and a grant of 30-35 per cent from khadi boards and khadi commissions. “The state’s annual production of honey is about 1,800 tonne and at present there are 1,800 bee farmers and 92,000 bee colonies in the state,” he added. He said bee-keeping was an age-old tradition in the country, but it was considered a no-investment profit-giving venture in most areas. Of late, it had been recognised that it has the potential to develop as a prime agri-horticultural and forest-based industry. At present, honey production is a lucrative business and it generates self-employment opportunities also. In India, production of honey is low as compared to China, the highest producer, which exports 80,000 tonne annually versus India’s 7,000 tonne. Its consumption is also very low in India. Honey production in the country is only about 27,000 tonne a year. Only about 20 to 25 per cent of the bees are being exploited at present. Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal are the major honey-producing states. He said: “Honey is a sweet base for a number of medicines and bee venom is used in many pharmaceutical applications, especially to cure rheumatic diseases. It is a natural dehydrator and excellent for those on slimming diets. As a proven anti-ageing agent and natural rejuvenator, honey has no equals”.
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Gillankhera inspects sanitation in Fatehabad
Fatehabad, December 7 Gillankhera surprised the municipal authorities in Fatehabad recently when he reached the MC office in the morning and asked the chief executive officer (CEO) Virender Dahiya and other officers to show him the sanitary conditions of the town. Gillankhera had earlier given them a week to improve the sanitary conditions in the town. When the authorities failed to do anything tangible to improve the sanitary conditions in Fatehabad, Gillankhera reached the MC office with a proper feedback about the areas in the town where heaps of garbage have been a cause of concern for the residents. Gillankhera took Dahiya and other officials to the sites where MC employees had dumped refuse, and ordered them them to get the waste removed immediately. Later, he reached Shaheed Bhagat Singh Market, where the rehri market has made things difficult for shopkeepers. Gillankhera heard shopkeepers as well as rehriwalas before asking SDM JK Abhir to ensure proper traffic flow in the market by ensuring that the rehris functioned from the earmarked places. “White and yellow strips will be painted on the road in the market. While rehris would be allowed to be placed on white strips, the yellow strips would be reserved for parking of vehicles,” Gillankhera said. “I am here to serve the people, who have shown the magnanimity to vote for me despite I being an independent candidate. I will see to it that whatever common problems of people come to my notice, are addressed without delay,” said Gillankhera. “We hope it does not prove the initial over-jealousness of the MLA, which is often associated with those, who reach such a position for the first time,” said a local resident.
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Jhajjar players win gold medal in Kabaddi C’ship
Jhajjar, December 7 After wrestling and weightlifting, players of the district have now succeeded in clinching gold medal in the 2nd Junior Asian Kabaddi Championship held recently in Malaysia. This is a rare instance for the district when its players got position in three international tournaments during a period of one-and-a-half month. Significantly, these are the players who belong to general family but had toiled hard to obtain this place. Sanjay of Rewari Khera village, who was the member of winning Kabaddi team in the tournament, received a warm welcome from villagers when he returned to his native village after the achievement recently. Earlier, former speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha and MLA from Beri, Dr Raghuvir Singh Kadian, also applauded the performance of Sanjay and felicitated him by giving away cash prize at Canal Rest House here. Speaking on the occasion, he said the state government had been leaving no stone unturned to promote all sorts of games at grass-roots level and making available all those basic facilities which were essential for polishing the talent of budding players. Earlier, wrestler Praveen Tehlan, alias Beena, resident of Jassaur Kheri village, and weightlifter Reena Kadian, resident of Chimni village in this district, had achieved positions in their games at the international standard. Reena had clinched the gold medal in the 69-kg category in the Commonwealth Games organised in Malaysia, while Praveen had won the bronze medal in the 96-kg weight category of the World Cup Wrestling Championship held in Canada. To make Praveen’s reception memorable, a welcome function was also organised in Jassaur Kheri village wherein MP Deepender Hooda, who was the chief guest, had felicitated Praveen and praised his success at the international standard. Deepender Hooda, on the occasion, had also announced to establish a state-level wrestling academy in Bahadurgarh in order to promote wrestling at grass-roots level.
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No loud music after 10:30 pm in Y’nagar
Yamunanagar, December 7 Besides, residents of the district have also been directed not to play any kind of music in their locality after 10.30 pm. All SHOs of the district have been directed to strictly follow the directions and to take action against the violators. “The matter was taken up with the police as we have been facing a lot of problems. We cannot sleep during night due to loud music till 2 am. Even many times it happened that despite our requests to owners of banquet halls, no one took notice of our problem,” said Samira Saluja, president of the Yamunanagar-Jagadhri Chamber of Commerce and Industry. “We have taken up the matter with the SP and he had assured us for the proper implementation of rules to prevent the noise pollution during late night hours,” she added. “During marriage season many families do not bother about others. They continue to play loud music in their locality till late night,” complaint Pardeep, a resident of HUDA, Sec-17, and Manish, a resident of Model town. “The people of the district play loud music during parties. Besides it, loud noise of marriage palaces, banquet halls and clubs has become a cause of harassment for local residents living in the vicinity of these places. So I have directed all SHOs of the district to take strict action against the violators,” SP Vikas Arora said.
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Hall named after Ranbir Singh
Sirsa, December 7 Resolution to this effect was passed by the executive council (EC) of the university in its meeting held here recently. The EC took several decisions, including creation of some new posts and providing benefits to its existing teaching and non-teaching staff. Dr KC Bhardwaj, vice-chancellor of the university, presided at the meeting. The EC considered recommendations of the academic council made in May 2009, and created new posts in teaching and non-teaching departments. These include four posts of lecturer, one of technical assistant, one of clerk and one post of peon in the computer science and engineering department. Eleven posts of lecturer, one of training and placement officer, one of assistant, one of steno typist, one of clerk and one post of peon in the department of business administration. Six posts of lecturer, one of assistant, one of steno typist, one of clerk and one post of peon in the law department and one post each of store keeper-cum-clerk and lab assistant in the department of physical education in the university. The EC also resolved to adopt the rates of remuneration for guest faculty of the university as prescribed by Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. The EC also considered recommendations of the academic council given in May 2009 and prescribed pass marks for MA, M.Sc. and M.Com. courses to 35 per cent in each paper (written and internal assessment separately), 40 per cent in aggregate of each part/semester and 40 per cent marks in dissertation, viva voce and practical, whatever prescribed. For M.Phil courses, the EC prescribed 45 per cent marks in each paper (written and internal assessment separately), 50 per cent in aggregate of annual/semester examination and 50 per cent marks in practical/ seminar, whatever prescribed.
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Farmers profiting from worm compost
Panipat, December 7 The idea of producing compost using worms has brought cheers for many farmers who are not only producing it for the use in their farms, but also earning profits by selling it
to others. Worm composting is a method for recycling food waste into a rich, dark and earth-smelling soil conditioner. The main advantage of worm composting is that this can be done indoors and outdoors, thus allowing year round
composting. It also provides apartment dwellers with a means of composting. In a nutshell, worm compost is made in a container filled with moistened bedding and red worms. Farmers by adding their food waste and other waste being generated on the farms for a certain period of time and worms and micro-organisms eventually convert the entire content into rich compost. Birender Rawal, a local farmer, who had pocketed huge dividends by using a 320 sq yards of land to produce the worm compost, said, besides saving on agricultural inputs (fertilisers) he had been able to sell the compost for Rs 3 lakh last year, adding to his income. He said the compost had also improved the productivity of his fields after he had started using it.
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Language in revenue records to be made simpler
Kurukshetra, December 7 Describing e-disha centre here as one of the best, Gulati said official teams from different states would visit here and implement the centre’s utility in their respective states. In respect to the revenue record, this centre is connected online with all tehsils and sub-tehsils in this district, he added. Pankaj Aggarwal, deputy commissioner, said all basic government facilities had been provided by the district administration under one roof through e-disha and HALRIS centres here. Revenue record of 416 villages was available online and could be accessed anywhere, he added. He further informed that the facility of providing driving licence, vehicle registration, passport, affidavit and income/residential/caste/certificate was available at e-disha centre, while the revenue record of this district was available at HALRIS centre. Additional deputy commissioner Narender Singh, ACUT Rajeev Rattan, SDM, Thanesar, Ashok Kumar Bansal, district revenue officer Dalel Singh, district public relations officer Vandna Sharma, district information officer Vinod Singh and tehsildar Vinod Kumar Sharma were among those who were present on the occasion.
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Sonepat police acts to check traffic jams
Sonepat, December 7 SP Mohender Singh Sheoran said the police had identified as many as 11 road crossings, including the most congested point of level crossing in the town. In order to streamline the traffic flow on these crossings, the strength of traffic police personnel had been doubled with the addition of one sub-inspector, five assistant sub-inspectors, eight head constables, 13 constables and 10 home guards. These crossings were Chawks at Geeta Bhawan, Old CIA road, Hindu College, Old DC road, Murthal stand, Chungi number-5, Kakroi road, railway under bridge near Shani Mandir and Dayal mandir. These would be manned by the specially trained police personnel, he added. He informed that besides deploying an interceptor vehicle to check over-speeding vehicles and drunken driving, four ambulances had been deployed on the GT road and the Panipat-Rohtal national highway in the district to provide immediate medical assistance to accident victims. The entry of heavy commercial vehicles had been restricted during busy hours and such traffic would be diverted from different routes earmarked around the town, he said, adding that two cranes had been made available at the traffic police station and Murthal police station to cope up with the traffic jam on the GT road.
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Schoolkids display skills with message
Gurgaon, December 7 Amita Chugh, school headmistress, said the event showcased the activities and projects embedded in the overall curriculum of the Montessori section. Every class had its own theme such as water world, food, life cycle of a plant, seasons, means of transport, helpers of society, animals and insects; and each had a message to give such as save water, stop pollution and save earth. Sunita Sharma, activity coordinator at the school, said painstaking efforts made by teachers and students contributed to the success of the event, which was appreciated by parents of students as well as other visitors. She said such events helped children express their creativity, apart from giving them a good exposure by presenting their skills before the visitors.
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Chief parliamentary secys unconstitutional posts
Despite apprehension of invitation of vociferous criticism from legal and political quarters on the appointment of (chief) parliamentary secretaries, the Hooda government decided to induct a sizeable number of legislators (nine) to these extra-constitutional posts perhaps due to its political compulsions in smoothly running the present regime. It is pertinent to mention that the Supreme Court is yet to adjudicate the vexed issue of status of these offices vis -a- vis the well-established convention of appointing Cabinet and ministers in the state Council of Ministers after the Himachal High Court strongly deprecated this practice as unconstitutional in 2005. Well, any oath of office and secrecy as administered by the Chief Minister to the recipients of these unique offices is neither prescribed in our Constitution nor inherited from any parliamentary democracy. Though the National Commission to Review the Working of Constitution (NCRWC) in 2002 recommended the ceiling of 10 per cent of the strength of the House on the size of the Council of Ministers as well as the limit of 2 per cent of the same on the creation of political offices with the rank, perks and privileges of a minister, the then NDA government accepted the proposal to amend the relevant provisions in our Constitution only in respect of the total number of ministers and that too up to a size of 15 per cent. Regarding the curtailment on creating other analogous offices like (chief) parliamentary secretary, nothing has been done so far and any ruling dispensation is free to accommodate as many legislators as it wishes. Alas, what a way devised by our fellow politicians to circumvent our constitutional provisions. Hemant Kumar
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