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Waste dumped on highway a traffic hazard
Encroachers gobble up land meant for parks
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HUDA justifies land acquisition policy
Power Load
Y’nagar admn promotes turmeric cultivation
Contests make book fair an interesting event
Convocation dress code
HAU student gets research scholarship
Grant sought for govt-aided schools
Sirsa college to start three courses
Vision group constituted
Boy’s reunion with parents
'Faulty' policies irk food dept staff
Pay due regard to senior citizens, youth advised
Moily's claim on OBC quota flayed
Census: Samaj members told to enrol as Vaish
Indian Bodybuilding Federation director honoured
Manual on pre-hospital life support released
Letter Suman Garg, Narwana.
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Waste dumped on highway a traffic hazard
Rohtak, April 12 The material consisting mainly of debris of dug up roads, which were replaced by concrete passages in the city in the past several months, has been left here by the officials concerned without bothering that it could result in inconvenience and a risk of accidents to vehicles moving on this patch, claims Surender Kumar, a local resident. The spot where the material has been dumped is just a few kilometres from the Jhajjar chungi here and this had been a problem for the past several weeks with no one from the administration taking cognisance of the matter, he said. "I had a narrow escape as my two-wheeler lost its balance recently as I was trying to negotiate my way due to heavy rush and movement of a large number of vehicles from both directions," claimed Manoj Kumar of Sundana village of the district. Stating that dumping of the waste material close to the road had been improper and unjustified, he added that the authorities concerned need to pull up the officials who did it, he said. The total length of this patch ís around half-a-kilometre and the commuters, especially those riding two-wheelers, have to face inconvenience, he added.
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Encroachers gobble up land meant for parks
Hisar, April 12 The municipal body had sanctioned four parks under the Town Planning Scheme No. 4. Two of these are located in the Chandu Lal Garden area and the other two in Mansa Devi temple area in Badhwali Dhani locality. The parks were never developed and the land lay vacant for years. As a result residents of the area around the parks began to encroach on the land. About 4,000 square feet of the land meant for a park in the Chandu Lal Garden area has been encroached upon, with residents having built houses thereon. Similarly, another park in Badhwali Dhani has been encroached on. A dispute between the municipal body and the encroachers is now pending in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Ironically, a former chairman of the municipal body has occupied a part of the land meant for a park near the Mansa Devi Temple. Residents of the area have brought the matter to the notice of the Chief Minister, the Deputy Commissioner and the municipal authorities. However, no efforts have been made by the local administration to prevent encroachment. Residents of the area led by former minister Hari Singh Saini last week met the Chief Minister and handed over a memorandum, demanding the development of a park after getting the encroachment removed. However, there has been no action so far.
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HUDA justifies land acquisition policy
Chandigarh, April 12 According to an official spokesman, besides the compensation, the landowners are being rehabilitated by the allotment of plots. Residential plots up to a size of 350 square yards and commercial booths measuring 2.75 x 2.75m for re-employment and livelihood of landowners are allotted to them. An annuity of Rs 15,000 per acre per annum is being paid to the landowners with an increment of Rs 500 per year up to 33 years. An annuity of Rs 39.51 crore has been authorised, out of which Rs 19.74 crore has already been disbursed to them. In addition to the above acquired land, 2,478.20 acre has been notified under Section-4 and 8,842.95 acre under Section-6 of the Land Acquisition Act. He said HUDA has spent Rs 3,185.85 crore from March 2005 to February 2010 on the development of new areas, maintenance of existing areas, repair of roads, construction of community buildings and development of government land schemes. Also, possession of about 39,345 plots has been offered to the allottees. The construction of 1,640 low-cost dwelling units is in progress at Ambala, 3,080 dwelling units at Faridabad and 560 dwelling units at Gurgaon. The construction of Rajiv Gandhi Sports Stadium is on at Ambala, gymkhana club building at Sector 9, Bahadurgarh, 10 MLD sewage treatment plant at Bahadurgarh and augmentation of water supply Phase-II, Faridabad, under the Ranney Well Scheme. Bypass road is being constructed along Sector 37 to 59, Faridabad. Other projects which are under construction include Rail Over Bridge (ROB) on bypass road between Sector 59 and Sector 61 near Malerna railway crossing, Faridabad, 50 MLD sewage treatment plant at Behrampur, Gurgaon, upgrading of Dhanwapur and Jharsa villages at Gurgaon, construction of master sewage scheme Phase-IV, Gurgaon, and providing Master SWD Scheme in Leg-VI, Gurgaon. Other such projects which are in progress include Master SWD Scheme Drain-III Sector 31 to Netaji Subhash Chowk on the Sohna Alwar Road, Gurgaon, construction of 15 MLD sewage treatment plant, Sector 28, Panchkula, (Ext. construction of field hostel, Sector 6, Panchkula, health club in Sector 1, MDC, Panchkula, club building in Sector I, MDC, Panchkula, ROB at Rohtak on Delhi-Bhatinda Railway line, two 3 lanes HL bridges on BSB and JLN canal at Rohtak, ITI Building in Sector 5, Rohtak, development of Rajiv Gandhi State Sports Complex, Sector 6, Rohtak, synthetic hockey turf in sports complex, Sirsa, development works at Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonepat, construction of polyclinics at Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Rohtak and Sonepat, Senior Citizens Clubs at Bhiwani, Hisar, Jhajjar, Panchkula, Rewari, Rohtak and Sonepat and four primary schools, three police posts, one police station, one hospital and nine community centres.
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Farmers can avail VDS
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 12 A spokesman for the nigam said the scheme would be available to the farmers from April 15 to May 15, 2010, and the load declared by applicants would be regularised without penalty. He said due to scanty rainfall in the state last year, the groundwater level had gone down. This had forced farmers to install high-capacity motors at some places. They had extended the load to draw water for irrigating their fields without taking approval from the nigam. He said tubewell consumers could declare the load of motors on their connections by submitting an application and agreement form. They need not submit any terms and conditions forms of affidavits. The consumer, willing to get the load extended, will be required to submit a test report for the extended load along with advance consumption security. The extension of load will be regularised with the existing system i.e. if lines and transformers etc. can take up the additional load. However, if the existing system cannot take up the additional load, then the existing equipment/transformer will be augmented after observing the required formalities. However, if the capacity is not available in the feeding substation, the consumer shall be asked to remove the unauthorised load. The benefit of the scheme would also be available to flat-rate tubewell consumers for which they will be required to opt for metered connection. The scheme will be available only for regular payers of electricity bills, he added.
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Y’nagar admn promotes turmeric cultivation
Yamunanagar, April 12 The unit, set up by the Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation (HAFED) at a cost of Rs 1.8 crore, will soon be inaugurated by the Chief Minister. The 14-metric-tonne per day turmeric processing plant at Radaur has been set up to motivate farmers to adopt turmeric farming for which the horticulture department has been providing subsidised turmeric seeds. The farmers can earn Rs 28,000 to Rs 35,000 per acre from turmeric cultivation. The decision to set up plant was taken as the farmers did not have a market to sell their produce. As a result, the area under turmeric cultivation had been declining. “Now, with the setting up of the processing unit, we are getting response from a large number of small and progressive farmers, seeking information about turmeric farming,” Narender Singh, additional deputy commissioner, told The Tribune. “The cost of cultivation had increased much more in the past few years. In order to promote turmeric farming and to raise the economical status of the farmers, I have written to the state government to purchase turmeric from farmers at the current market rate,” he added. When the processing plant will become fully operational, the farmers will not have to worry about their produce and they can easily sell raw turmeric to HAFED,” the ADC further added.
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Contests make book fair an interesting event
Sonepat, April 12 As many as 56 publishers participated in the first book fair of the university. On the second day of the fair, an interactive session based on two books, “Kuchh Phool Amaltas Ke” and “Mein Ghazal Banoon Tumahri” written by Sarvjeet Sarv, was held. More than 20 students and staff members read poems, some of which were self-composed. On the theme of “Rishtey”, Shiv Narain stood first, Harkesh second and Gulab Chand grabbed the third position. In the category, “Aaj Ki Duniya”, Surender Dhaka won the competition. HS Chahal, vice-chancellor of the university, stood first in the “nature” category by reading aloud William Wordsworth’s “Daffodils”. “It was an eventful weekend which attracted many visitors,” RK Arora, registrar of the university, said and added that events like essay competition, organised by Dr SK Garg, and theatre shows and book reading, organised by Mohini Ghosh, PRO of the university, were the main events.
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HIFA supports minister’s stand
Tribune News Service
Karnal, April 12 Piush Kumar, secretary HIFA, said the organisation had strongly appealed to the authorities to change this apparel, which symbolises colonial imperialism, and replace it with a more suitable Indian attire. He said, “Young people are not getting any motivation by wearing this gown. It is pathetic that teachers in the country are still propagating this tradition. HIFA is against the western culture that is being blindly followed in the country’s educational institutions. The institute has called upon them to wake up to the prevailing shortcomings in the system”. He said it was also against the swadeshi ideology of Mahatma Gandhi. Kumar said HIFA felt that robes of khadi would be more close to the spirit of nationalism and it should be adopted as a convocation dress. He said HIFA would call upon all to give up wearing of gown at convocations and instead take up native clothing for such occasions.
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HAU student gets research scholarship
Hisar, April 12 Dr Santosh Dhillon, Head, Department of Biotechnology & Molecular Biology said that Tomar had been awarded Monsanto's Beachell, Borlaug International Scholarship of $ 56,280. She said that under this scholarship she would pursue her research on wheat genomics. Dr Dhillon said that the fellowship would provide Tomar with an opportunity to carry out cutting edge research in the University of California for one year where she would be guided by eminent wheat genomics scientist Jorge Dubcovsky, Meanwhile, 10 students of this department have also qualified for national level competitive examinations - National Eligibility Test (NET) and Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). They are Jogender Singh, Swati Shalini, Meenu Gupta, Rekha Ahlawat, Surender, Naveen, Basanti, Nitika, Richa and Sahil have qualified NET examination. Two of them bagged the 6th (Jogender Singh) and 94th (Swati Shalini) ranks.
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Grant sought for govt-aided schools
Yamunanagar, April 12 With a view to bringing a remarkable change in the education system, the Central government should assist the state government in giving 95 per cent grant to the government-aided schools as being given to the government-aided colleges. They should also provided free books for students and free cycles for girl students as being given in government schools, he added. "The government should not forget the services rendered by aided schools after the Partition. Institutions like DAV have been imparting education to children irrespective of caste and creed. Education is the greatest resource for the development of the nation. So it should be given the top priority" he said. Kapur said in the field of education, DAV institutions had played a great role in the field of education. "Late JN Kapur, an eminent educationist and former vice president DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi, concentrated on education for the regeneration of the country. After the Partition, he started establishing a chain of DAV institutions in Yamunanagar in early 50s by accepting donations to spread literacy among the masses", he added.
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Sirsa college to start three courses
Sirsa, April 12 The college is already running three postgraduate courses in English, Hindi and economics," she added. The college also has several academic and vocational courses for girls. "We have vocational courses in tax procedure, office management and secretarial practices for students of the commerce stream, while for others the college offers add- on courses in functional English, fashion designing and food and nutrition," Dr Tomar said. Besides sciences, commerce and humanities, the college has the BA (mass communication), BBA and BCA courses. The UGC has been liberal in extending grants to the college which recently received a grant of Rs 80 lakh has for a girl's hostel and a further grant of Rs 77 lakh for various development activities during the 11 th plan. Dr Tomar said the grant under the 11th plan would be used for utilised for several activities like Internet connectivity, enhancement of initiatives for capacity building, remedial coaching for SC/ST and OBC students, providing special equipment to augment educational services for differently abled persons, establishing career counselling cells and several other projects.
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Vision group constituted
Chandigarh, April 12 Dr Akhilesh
Tyagi, Director, NITER, New Delhi, will be the chairman and the Director, Department of Science and Technology,
Haryana, deputy chairman of the Vision Group. The Vice-Chancellor of Ch. Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University,
Hisar, or his nominee and the Vice- Chancellor, Guru Jambheshwar Science and Technology University,
Hisar, or his nominee will be its members while Dr SK Sopory, Prof. and
Co-ordinator, ICGEB, New Delhi; Dr. Kailash, Principal Scientist, NRCPB, New Delhi; Dr T.
Mohapatra, Principal Scientist, NRCPB, New Delhi; Dr JP Khurana, Professor of Delhi University, South Campus, New Delhi; and Dr Usha
Barwale, Director, Research, MHY Co. Jalna, MH; will be its expert members. Dr. Renu
Swarup, Adviser and Scientist, GDBT, New Delhi, will be special invitee; and Dr.
Renu, SSO-I, HSCST, Panchkula, will be the nominee of the HSCST. Dr.A.K.
Dhawan, Director, Technical, CPB, Hisar, will be thecoordinator of the Vision Group. The group will advise on all aspects, including vision, mission, mandate, objectives, organisational set up, human resource planning, recruitment policy, budget, funding and expected outcome, etc. for upscaling the
CPB, Hisar . The term of the Vision Group will be for one year from the date of constitution. The group will finalise its recommendations before the next budget of the state. The chairman will have the right to invite any other scientist of repute as a special invitee to its meetings.
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Boy’s reunion with parents
Kurukshetra April 12 According to information, Sumit was playing in front of his house in Kriti Nagar here recently, but after half an hour, he could not be found there. In fact, the boy reached the Salarpur road here after crossing a nearby railway track. Two social workers, Prashant and Surjit Singh, both local residents, while riding on a motorcycle noticed the boy walking alone. They enquired him regarding his address, which Sumit could not tell. They then took the boy to various corners of the town to locate his house, but in vain. Both later informed the Subhash Mandi police post here from where a police team, comprising police post in charge Ram Prakash, sub-inspector Raja Ram, head constable Naresh and constable Sheeshpal, accompanied them and started searching for boy’s house in various localities. Finally, when they reached Kirti Nagar and succeeded in tracing the boy’s parents, Sarvesh (father) and Kamlesh (mother), whose joys saw no bounds on seeing their son. The Kirti Nagar residents and Sumit’s kin lauded the role of police as well as the social workers.
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'Faulty' policies irk food dept staff
Kaithal, April 12 The staff feel that in the prevailing situation they have to work under depression fearing government action without any fault or negligence on their part. Daljit Singh Punia, president, and RL Moudgil, general secretary of the Haryana Food and Supplies (Field Staff) Association, while talking to this reporter here pointed that it was strange that about 35 lakh MT wheat stocks of various government agencies were lying with the department and most of it was stocked on plinths in the open. The agencies were likely to procure about 70 lakh MT wheat in the current season. Most of the procured wheat have to be stored in the open due to lack of storage facility and despite precautions by staff, there was a likelihood of damage to such stocks and as had been practice during the past years they will be held responsible for the losses. They pointed that many of their colleagues faced action for the loss to wheat stocks pertaining to 1999 to 2002 crop year. Many of them had been charge sheeted under the rule 7 and denied promotion. They apprehend that due to the scarcity of storage facility and likelihood of damage to stocks they might again have to face the wrath of seniors which may ultimately spoil their service records. Another point for their resentment is the norms fixed by department for holding them responsible for shortage in the wheat stocks. At present, to make for the moisture contents loss in the wheat stocks, the staff is required to deliver 700 gm to 1,400 gm more wheat for every 100kg during July 1 to March 31. But due to global warming and lesser rains during recent years, the moisture content in stocked wheat does not increase. In such a situation it had become impossible for the staff to meet government specifications. The officials feel that this practice should be immediately done away with and the field staff should not be penalised in such a situation. The Supreme Court had already held this practice wrong, they said. The field staff is also aggrieved over anomalies in their pay scales as compared to their counterparts in Excise and Taxation, police and other departments. They allege that during the past few years they were being discriminated despite their qualifications and service conditions being the same. They demand revision of their pay scales, better promotion avenues and action by the government on their other long-pending demands so that they could perform their duty without any fear of being harassed. Association office-bearers said recently that their deputation had met the Food and Civil Supply Minister but they were still awaiting any response from the government.
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Pay due regard to senior citizens, youth advised
Rewari, April 12 Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, Finance, Irrigation, Forest and Environment Minister, who was the chief guest, exhorted youth to pay proper regard to their parents and other elderly members of society. Expressing concern at the growing depreciation of senior citizens by youths , he urged the elderly people to instill noble values of life into the young generation and adequately address their problems to ensure their growth into meritorious citizens. Enumerating various schemes launched by the government for the welfare of senior citizens, the minister said while 1,000 Senior Citizens' Clubs had already been set up in rural areas of the state, the government would also provide them a financial assistance of Rs. 15,000 annually for their maintenance . Besides issuing senior citizens' cards to 74,000 senior citizens throughout the state, spectacles were also being given to them free of cost. The minister announced a financial assistance of Rs. 51,000 for the association on the occasion.
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Moily's claim on OBC quota flayed
Kurukshetra, April 12 Stating this to mediapersons here, Mohan Lal Dhiman, state general secretary, Haryana Samajik Nyay Party (HSNP), said a decision to this effect was taken in the HSNP executive meeting held here recently. Dhiman asked that after all who is responsible for not collecting the required data at national level after 1931. The data of 1931 is now obsolete and the same was required to be updated at least after the Independence when six census have been completed within a gap of every 10 years. He alleged that in fact, all succeeding governments intentionally deleted the "caste column" from the census Form after 1931, just to misguide the nation and deny the OBCs of their rights of constitutional reservation simply saying, like Moily, that the data is not available. It is a deep-rooted conspiracy against OBCs and therefore there is absolute need for the immediate intervention of the President, he demanded. The next census in the country is being done in 2010-11. The HSNP has already requested the Prime Minister through its letter dated February 26, 2010, to intervene and include the "caste column" in the census form and to instruct all field Supervisors to positively fill up the column, which can later on be compiled to count the population of OBCs once for all to determine their share-in-power. In 1931, the population of OBCs was about 52 per cent and on this basis the Centre is giving about 27 per cent reservation in services for the past 15 years. On the same analogy, 27 per cent constitutional reservation (political) can also be given to OBCs now when the constitution is being amended for women. If government's intentions are honestly pro-OBCs, the above said 27 per cent share can be reviewed after the report of the census-2011. Out of 27 per cent, there will be 18 men and 9 women (33 per cent) from OBCs in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas / Parishads, he added.
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Rural women impress EU dignitary
Gaganpur (Ambala), April 12 The commissioner, who visited three sites of the Haryana Community Forestry Project in this part of the state, was bowled over by the local women, who presented her with some of the rural handicraft and
phulkaris, only to see a smile on her face. Speaking to mediapersons, the Danish politician, who held important positions in the Denmark government after giving up her job as TV journalist, said the hospitality shown by women was a wonderful experience which could hardly be defined in words. While interacting with the rural women, Hedegaard listened to the success stories scripted by these women, who became a part of the Haryana Community Forestry Project, which was co-funded by the
EU, to become self-reliant and achieve financial independence. She said the women folk looked stronger after having gained financial independence. She observed that the project had played a vital role in bringing women closer as a group, which was an achievement in itself as far as a community was
concerned. Hedegaard was also taken aback with some of the folk songs that the local women sang for her during the visit. She asked a local forest official to translate these for her in English and when the media asked her about the same, she vividly remembered the message contained in these songs. “The folk music is great and I enjoyed every bit of it. Handicrafts were also quite impressive and I would like to keep them as souvenirs from India,” she
said. Hedegaard, who resumed the office of commissioner of action on climate change on February 10, this year, has been a towering figure in the field of climate change. She hosted the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last year on behalf of the Denmark government. After taking up her new position, she has been working to make Europe and other parts of the world climate-friendly regions within the next few years.
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Census: Samaj members told to enrol as Vaish
Rewari, April 12 AVS president Ashok Buwaniwala pointed out that there were 356 clans (genealogical units) in the Vaish Samaj, many of which bore striking resemblance to such units of various other communities. Thus if members of the Vaish Samaj got themselves categorisd in accordance with their genealogical titles (captions) in the caste column of the database of the Census, there was always an apprehension of a mix-up with other communities at the hands of the enumerators concerned. Contrary to this, if all members of the Vaish Samaj got themselves classified as 'Vaish", the genuine population of the Vaish Samaj in Haryana was bound to be registered at over 8 per cent in the coming Census-2011 as against 6.5 per cent in the previous Census-2001. Such genuinely hiked population would not only catapult the AVS on a comparatively loftier pedestal among other social constituents but also strengthen the AVS politically so urgently required in the changed scenario.
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Indian Bodybuilding Federation director honoured
Rewari, April 12 The high-ranking award was presented to him by Datuk Paul Chua, secretary general of the WBBF, at a function held at Amravati in Maharashtra recently. Acclaiming the valuable services rendered by Swami for the promotion of bodybuilding sports in the country and elsewhere, Datuk hoped that the efforts being made by Swami and others would further provide enrichment to the sports in Asian countries in the years to come. It is noteworthy that earlier Swami was also awarded with the IFBB Achievement Medal for his contribution made to promote bodybuilding and fitness among the Indian youth, by late Dr Ben Weider, former founder president of the International Federation of Body Building and Fitness at Montreal, Canada, in January 2008. Besides, Swami was also awarded honorary professorship of the International Institute of Physical Culture at Montreal. Swami is also the founder president of the Young Men's Association of India.
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Manual on pre-hospital life support released
Jhajjar, April 12 The manual has discussed the issue of assessment of acutely ill, including trauma, management of common emergencies and transport of such patients to appropriate health settings, besides highlighting the issues related to ambulance care and communication. While congratulating the author, Dr Sangwan appreciated the efforts put in by Dr Mittal in compiling such a comprehensive but easy to understand manual. Dr Mittal stated that the vehicular population had also been going high leading to high rate of traffic accidents, but there was a less data available regarding mortality and morbidity in pre-hospital setting due to acute problems. "Notwithstanding the growth of hospitals in big cities in the country, there is no concept of pre-hospital care in existence. The rural population is devoid of acute care set up while the doctor-patient ratio is also inadequate. Hence, there is a great disparity between demand and delivery," said Dr Mittal, adding that acute illness, including trauma, were the major contributors of death. He maintained that the manual had been written for all paramedics and nurses who were working at periphery and were also involved in transporting patients. "Ambulance is the main vehicle for transporting patients and improper transport can increase the mortality. At present, staff working in ambulance is not as much as trained as they must. Therefore, handling of accident scenes and extrication of victims have also been dealt in the manual that likely to be useful for primary physician, including AYUSH doctors, for managing the ill," added Dr Mittal. PGIMS director Dr CS Dhull, Registrar Mahender Pal, Controller of Examination (CoE) Dr RS Dahiya, Dr Geeta Gathwala, Dr Rajeev Sain, Dr Sanjeev Nanda, Dr Pankaj Abrol, Dr RB Jain, Dr Priti Singh, Dr Naveen Malhotra, Dr RK Yadav, Dr Prashant and Ishwanti Malik were among those who were present on the occasion.
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Movement of traffic on the Rohtak-Jhajjar Highway has become risky and dangerous, thanks to dumping of waste material on the side of the road, which caters to thousands of vehicles daily.
A three-day book fair organised on the campus of the Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology ended recently.
As many as 56 publishers participated in the first book fair of the university. On the second day of the fair, an interactive session based on two books, “Kuchh Phool Amaltas Ke” and “Mein Ghazal Banoon Tumahri” written by Sarvjeet Sarv, was held. More than 20 students and staff members read poems, some of which were self-composed.
Social workers, police get kudos
The conferment of the prestigious "Award of Merit" by the World Body Building and Physique Sports Federation
(WBBF) on Amit Swami, director of Indian Body Building Federation (IBBF) and general secretary of the South Asian Body Building and Fitness Federation
(SABBF), has added another feather to his cap of prominence and global recognition.
Your newspaper has rightly raised an important issue of demanding a ban on TV serial "Na Aana Is Des Meri
Lado". It is time that all state politicians irrespective of their political rivalry jointly take up the issue with Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni for imposing a ban on the serial, which is anti-women and damaging the reputation of the hardworking Jat community of
Haryana. The community contributes largely to the defence forces and produces food grains for the country at a time when agriculture has become a non-profitable venture. The silence of khap panchayats and those claiming to be championing the cause of women is shocking. In the serial, the main character,
"Amma ji", gives preferential treatment to her daughter-in-law having a male child, which is anti-women. She even forces her another daughter-in-law to have sex with an outsider for bearing a child, which has never been part of culture of Haryanavi society.
