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CM okays Rs. 35.10 cr for highway repairs
Haryana first state to use treated seeds
Complex brain disorders now treatable: Expert
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Crackdown on parking mafia in Gurgaon
Hike in bus fares
‘Take banking’ to villages
Bhiwani, Kaithal MC poll soon
Zonal youth fest a big draw
Fair justice key to success of judiciary
Water recharge project to benefit three villages
552 unemployed get jobs
‘Haryanavi cinema needs govt support’
Floods: Farmers rue delay in survey for relief
World Professional and Amateur Yoga C’ship
Paddy procurement in full swing
Prajapati Samaj advised to broaden outlook
Banks told to install CCTV cameras
Goonj organises ‘Joy of Giving’ week
Senior citizen’s day celebrated
Diagnostic facility centre to come up in Hisar
Health activists to help curb malaria, dengue
Forum to educate farmers on environment
Movies This Week
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CM okays Rs. 35.10 cr for highway repairs
Chandigarh, October 7 An outlay of Rs 4.25 crore had been sanctioned for the special repair of the Sardulgarh-Sirsa-Ellenabad-Hanumangarh-Tibbi road up to the Rajasthan border in Sirsa district. This road connects Sirsa city with Punjab and Rajasthan. The stretch of this road from 25.13 km to 29 km falls in Sirsa district. A sum of Rs 60 lakh had also been sanctioned for the stretch of this road from Ellenabad to the Rajasthan border from 70.76 km to 77.06 km, which falls under the Ellenabad constituency. The government had also sanctioned Rs 7 crore for strengthening the stretch of this road from 34.80 km to 44.80 km. A sum of Rs 80 lakh had been sanctioned for the special repair of the Mahendragarh-Satnali-Loharu road from 85.48 km to 94.18 km and Rs 8 crore for special repair and upgradation of the Kala Amb-Sadhaura-Shahabad-Thol road from 20 km to 50.40 km, he added. He said special repair of the Jhojju Kadma-Satnali road from 6 km to 6.95 km, 7 km to 7.50 km , 11.50 km to 13 km, 15 km to 21.50 km and 22 km to 24 km in Bhiwani district would be carried out at a cost of Rs 1.20 crore. The government had sanctioned Rs 6 crore for the repair of the Palwal-Hassanpur via Kushak road in Palwal distric from km zero to 31.17 km. A sum of Rs 1.90 crore had been approved for the special repair of the JK-BK-BL road in Bhiwani district from 32.20 km to 57.70 km. An amount of Rs 70 lakh would be spent on the repair of the Rania-Mohamadpuria-Balasar-Naiwala-Dhudianwala-Bachir road up to the Rajasthan border in Sirsa district from 31.50 km to 35 km. The Dadri-Bond road in Bhiwani district would be reconstructed at a cost of Rs 3 crore and special repair of the Bhiwani-Loharu road in Bhiwani district from 122.745 km to 155.410 km would be carried out at a cost of Rs 1.65 crore, he added.
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Haryana first state to use treated seeds
Chandigarh, October 7 In a major farmer-friendly initiative, Hooda directed that the seeds should be treated in totality to help lower the use of pesticides. It would also reduce the cost of production. Now even the private producers would also have to get their seeds treated. Hooda asked the officers to get the seeds treated as per the latest technical and scientific knowhow. He asked the Haryana Seed Development Corporation (HSDC) not to charge extra for the treatment of seeds as the state government would provide the necessary subsidy. Hooda directed the officers to assure quality checking and sale of treated seeds in the state. He also asked them to ensure sufficient supply of seeds to the farmers. Earlier, Hooda was given a presentation about the activities and performance of the HSDC, which had been a trendsetter in the field of quality seed production. The HSDC would further augment its processing facilities by setting up another plant.
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Complex brain disorders now treatable: Expert
Kaithal, October 7 The camp was inaugurated by Randeep Singh Surjewala, PWD and Public Health Minister.
“The last decade has seen a sea change in our understanding of the neurological disorders and therefore, their treatment. With improving knowledge in the pathophysiology of the diseases, the treatment arm of neurological disciplines has evolved into an extremely sophisticated integration of engineering marvels, medical management and surgery”. “In Migraine, the role of calcium channels and glutamate and other mediators of inflammation was slowly known and then the calcium channel blockers, and the anti-epileptic drugs came into vogue as treatment options for migraine. Severe headaches are now amenable to insertion of implants in the form of occipital nerve stimulation. Though costly, the treatment is also very effective in the management of migraine”. “It is now well known that epilepsy surgery is a well-evolved branch and has proven to be of great value in controlling these so called intractable epilepsies. Usage of implants in form of vagal nerve stimulation, and deep brain stimulation are also used in control of epilepsy”. “For Parkinson’s disease, there is a wonder drug, Levodopa, besides others. Implants in the form of deep brain stimulation are being inserted into the sub-thalamic nucleus of these patients with excellent results”. In conclusion it is worthwhile feeling proud of the achievements of the mankind over the diseases. The need is to increase awareness of the availability of these means and the dissipation of the knowledge of their usefulness, he added.
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Crackdown on parking mafia in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, October 7 During a recent inspection of the MG Road, it was noticed due to ongoing construction work and heaps of loose earth, service lanes had become non-motorable. Taking advantage of the situation, some unscrupulous elements have been using the service lanes as paid parking lots illegally. This forces vehicle owners to drive only on the main road, which leads to acute congestion of traffic, especially during peak hours. The stretch of this road from IFFCO Chowk to Bristol Hotel is lined with a number of malls and multiplexes and is used by thousands of office-goers daily. As per the plan, being personally supervised by Gurgaon deputy commissioner Rajender Kataria and HUDA administrator Nitin Yadav, officials concerned have been told to speedily complete the construction work on the service lanes and clear the debris thereof. The service lanes have been declared no-parking zones and five cranes have been pressed into service to tow away vehicles found parked there. Vehicles owners would have to pay a heavy penalty to get their vehicles released, asserted the deputy commissioner. Kataria said he would soon convene a meeting of owners and managers of malls as well as representatives of the RWAs of nearby housing societies to identify more parking spaces in the area. Yadav maintained that the service lanes had been dug up to lay pipelines for disposal of sewerage and rainwater. “The work will be completed as soon as possible so that the service lanes become motorable and rid the MG Road of traffic congestion,” he assured. The HUDA administrator disclosed that Rs 10 crore would be spent on strengthening the road from IFFCO Chowk right up to the Delhi border.
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Hike in bus fares
Panipat, October 7 The hike is expected to add Rs 150 crore to the department’s kitty, but still there would be a loss of Rs 100 crore as the present loss of the department is around Rs 250 crore. Thanks to the rising prices of fuel and spare parts, the department would continue to suffer losses even in the times to come. Besides, the increase in salaries of the staff has also been adding to the woes of the already cash strapped transport department. It was about four years ago that the government had announced a hike in bus fares. Sticking to the populist measures, the government continued to defer rise in the prices of bus fares, which pushed the department further into losses after the fuel prices touched the sky. Sources in the department said the prices of spares parts of buses had also gone up in the past few years while the income remained limited. Thanks to high input costs and less revenues, most of the depots of the department had been incurring losses that run into lakhs of rupees every month. For instance, Panipat, which is one of the most significant bus depots of the state transport department (having more than 117 buses covering around 40,000 km a day), is also one of the most loss-incurring stations. Over the past one year, this depot had incurred losses that ranged between Rs 55.32 lakh (in April this year) and Rs 2.70 crore a month (in March, this year). The situation at other depots is also more or less the same. Om Prakash Jain, Minister for Transport and Tourism, told The Tribune that the latest initiative taken by the state government was definitely going to bring down the losses of the department, but admitted that more measures were required to make the department a profitable enterprise. These, he said, might include cost-cutting measures. He, however, said the government was for the people and it could not just think about profits while formulating policies. The minister after assuming office had announced that loss of the department (which was Rs 200 crore at that time) would be converted into profit within six months. However, despite the best efforts, the loss went up to Rs 250 crore and it would continue to worry the government.
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‘Take banking’ to villages
Sonepat, October 7 Ajit Joshi was presiding over the quarterly meeting of the district-level review committee(DLRC) and the district coordination committee here “ Now-a-days people have started migrating to urban areas in search of employment ,” he said, adding that the bankers had to come forward to discourage the brain drain from the villages. Pointing out that a number of times, the applications of beneficiaries for their self-employment schemes were rejected or delayed on flimsy grounds by the banks. The DC said serious notice would be taken of this kind of attitude in future. He suggested that the banks should advance loans for forming small committees in the villages for collection of milk and transporting it to the urban areas. He suggested that the banks should provide financial assistance for setting up “ Khokhas” to replace “ rehris” that generally caused traffic problems on a number of roads in the town. The municipal authorities should ensure that these ‘khokhas’ were placed at such points where there was minimal traffic problem. In his keynote address, Ashwani Kumar Chadha , Deputy General Manager of PNB, Karnal circle, said that advances of all banks this year had shown an average increase of Rs 861 as compared to last year’s advances. SS.Dalal, ADC, apprised tha meeting of the development works being undertaken
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Bhiwani, Kaithal MC poll soon
Chandigarh, October 7 State Election Commissioner Dharam Vir said here that the commission had issued the notification for the preparation of electoral rolls of these civic bodies with January 1, 2010, as the qualifying date. The Deputy Commissioners concerned had been directed to ensure that the names of eligible persons as on January 1, 2010, be included in the draft electoral rolls. He said the process for preparation of the draft electoral rolls of these municipalities would start today. The draft rolls would be published on October 13 for inviting claims and objections. The Deputy Commissioner concerned would host the draft electoral rolls on the website of the district administration also. The claims and objections could be filed by October 23, which would be disposed of by the revising authority concerned by October 29. An appeal against the orders of the Revising Authority would be filed with the Deputy Commissioner concerned by November 4 and the appellate authority would dispose of the appeal by November 15. The final electoral rolls of these municipalities would be published on November 20. The voters registration forms could be downloaded from the website,
www.secharyana. gov.nic.in.
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Zonal youth fest a big draw
Sirsa, October 7 Teams from over 20 colleges of Sirsa and Fatehabad districts and Narwana town on Jind district are participating in the artistic gala. Though situated in a village, Mata Harki Devi College, named after the wife of former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal, has developed into one of the best institutions of the district in infrastructure, academically and in extracurricular activities. This was reflected from the very beginning of the youth festival, when over 200 girls escorted the chief guest in costumes of different states of the country with two of them dressed as “Jhansi Ki Rani” and sitting on horses. Dainik Tribune Editor Naresh Kaushal was the chief guest on the occasion. Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal was also to come, but he could not arrive due to some reasons. Dr Shamim Sharma, principal of the college, said the college girls have worked with spades to level the ground and prepare it for the function. Later, students of various colleges gave some lively performances on the stage. Choreography, Haryanavi pop and Haryanavi dances were liked by the audience. Three stages have been erected for different events by the college authorities. Manohar Memorial PG College, Fatehabad, topped the colleges on the opening day with five of its items recommended and four others commended out of the 13 events, the results of which were announced. The host MHD College for Women had two recommended and five commended items. Government College, Dabwali, had three recommended and one commended item, while CMK National PG College for Women, Sirsa, had two recommended and two commended items on the opening day. Noted experts from their fields from different universities are judging the performance of students.
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Fair justice key to success of judiciary
Sonepat, October 7 Chairman of the NHRC while expressing his views on a report on "Justice Without Delay - Recommendation for Legal and Institutional Reforms." The discussion was organised by the Centre on Public Law and Jurisprudence of the Law Department of the O.P.Jindal Global University recently. Deputy Commissioner Ajit Joshi said that speedy justice had become the need of the hour , adding that the courts had given a number of decisions that proved the supremacy of the judiciary. Vice-Chancellor of the university C.Rajkumar, Registrar Aman Shah, Pro Vice-Chancellor DK.Srivastva, Prof V. Kanwar and Prof AbhaiRaj Naik also spoke on the occasion.
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Water recharge project to benefit three villages
Panipat, October 7 The company announced that it would be introducing the project, under which four water harvesting structures were being brought up in Babarpur, Gudha and Ganjbar villages. These structures would induce underground water recharging system to enhance groundwater levels in these villages. Sanjeev Chadha, chairman and CEO of the company, who was here to launch the initiative said the company was working closely with the communities in and around the areas that the company operated and this time it had partnered with the gram panchayats of three villages to improve water availability in locations surrounding the plant. He said the project was likely to save and recharge 220 million litres of water in the present year. In 2008, the company in collaboration with an NGO had initiated mapping of the available water in and around its manufacturing plant in the district. The company felt that there was need to recharge the groundwater following, which it came with the idea of water harvesting structures. The CEO said the company had also taken the initiative of introducing direct seeding methodology for paddy farming for the local farmers last year and 4.7 billion litres of water was saved through this technique. Under the new technique micro-irrigation systems were introduced which brought down the water requirements in the fields. The technique helped in saving 30 per cent water in paddy cultivation and also in reducing input cost for the farmers by Rs 1,500 per acre. Chadha said more than 75 acres of land in the district was brought under paddy cultivation using this technique in the current year which helped the farmers save million litres of water. He further added that the company also had plans to form women’s self-help groups and take other initiatives to ensure the community was mobilised.
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552 unemployed get jobs
Rohtak, October 7 A toll free number will also be announced shortly by the department for the benefit of the applicants. This was stated by director of the department MP Bansal in a statement here recently. He said as many as 552 unemployed youths have been selected for employment in the job fair held by the department. Meanwhile, local MP Deepender Singh Hooda laid stress on setting up more industrial and commercial units in the region to tackle the problem of unemployment. The job fair was held by the divisional office of the department in which 15 companies took part. While the companies have mainly been functioning in Rohtak and Bahadurgarh subdivisions, the beneficiaries have been registered with the office of the department here. He said though the number of unemployed educated had been on the rise, the department was ready to act as a counsellor for those who want to go for self-employment. He further said the website of the department was being regularly updated to notify the vacancies in both private and public sectors and any applicant could download the relevant information and apply for the posts depending upon the requirement. MP Deepender Singh Hooda said there was a need for at least 50 new industrial units if the scale of the Asian Paints, which has come up in the Industrial Model Township (IMT) set up in Rohtak. He said this was required to meet the new challenges on the employment front as a large number of girls and boys had been either undergoing courses in various streams of engineering and management or had been preparing to enter the field. Admitting that government jobs had been shrinking or might not suit the professionals, Hooda said the state government had been exploring the possibility of creating hubs of industrial and commercial organisations. He further said the start of the IIM had ushered a new era in the field of educational and professional training in the state.
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‘Haryanavi cinema needs govt support’
Yamunanagar, October 7 She said she made a Haryanavi film, “Bahu Rani” with Shashi Ranjan and Rakesh Bedi, but could not release it because of some problems with her team members. She then made “Chandrawal”, which ran for 25 weeks and now her son, Nishant Prabhakar, was making a sequel to that film. She wanted the state to draw up a film policy and had approached Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in this regard. Sheetal Sharma, secretary of DAV Managing Committee, New Delhi, was the chief guest on the occasion. Others who spoke on the occasion included Ashwini Chaudhary, director of Haryanavi film “Laddo”, and Anoop Lathar, director of youth and cultural department, Kurukshetra University. Sushma Arya, principal of the college, Vijay Sabarwal, secretary of DAV managing committee, and Pradeep Kharab, actor, were also present. Prabhakar said his film was aimed at promoting Haryanavi culture, apart from fulfilling the dream of his father. Ashwinin Chaudhary said the growth of regional cinema was not possible unless the government promoted it. “If people want the real growth of regional cinema, they have to work on their own. Film societies can play a great role in filmmaking,” he added.
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Floods: Farmers rue delay in survey for relief
Palwal, October 7 The INLD has already raised the ante against the government for the delay in getting the special girdwari conducted. Former Chief Minister and INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala recently visited a number of such villages and expressed dissatisfaction over the government’s overall approach to the problems of the villagers. The district administration has decided to conduct the special girdwari for the affected villages in the three subdivisions of the district from October 11 and the report will be sent to the government by October 21. In order to ensure transparency and to avoid injustice to any villager, the process of girdwari would have a four-tier approach. However, notwithstanding the claims of the government, residents of the affected villages allege that the girdwari was being conducted after a long period after floods. According to Deshpal of Janauli village of Palwal subdivision, the girdwari has already been delayed since farmers have started readying their land for sowing and plantation of rabi crops. In effect when Patwari would visit such villages there will be no proof of the real damage to crops, he added. Meanwhile, farmers who are still awaiting compensation hope for early help from the government so that they could begin the process of plantation of rabi crops in time. In some villages like Indra Nagar and Mahabaliupr, farmers have lost the entire swathe of standing crops as a result of which they need monetary assistance to resume their farming operations. According to an estimate, standing crops on more than 4,500 hectares in this district was affected in the floods.
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World Professional and Amateur Yoga C’ship
Sirsa, October 7 The girls - Neelam, Karamdeep and Simarjit - were members of the national team that participated in the World Professional and Amateur Yoga Championship-2010 played in Rosario City, Province of Santa Fe, Argentina, on September 25 and 26. Rooh-E-Meet, chairman of the Shah Satnamji Educational Society, said the players were felicitated by the Dera Sacha Sauda chief and added that the society would provide all facilities to these girls. A spokesperson for the Dera said the nine-member Indian contingent that went to Argentina with coach Ashok Agarwal brought home eight gold, seven silver and 13 bronze medals. He added that in all, 15 countries participated
in the championship.
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Paddy procurement in full swing
Chandigarh, October 7 The rest 12,520 metric tonnes of paddy has been purchased by the millers. He said Ambala district was leading in the paddy arrival where 9593 metric tonnes of paddy had arrived in the mandis, followed by Kaithal( 8687 metric tonnes), Kurukshetra ( 8579 metric tones,) Karnal (5763 metric tones), Yamunanagar(3661 metric tonnes), Panchkula (2253 metric tonnes), Sirsa (800 metric tones) and Fatehabad(205 Of the total paddy purchased by the government agencies, Hafed had purchased 11,631 metric tonnes, Food and Supplies Department 5408 metric tonnes, Agro Industries Corporation 5,287 metric tonnes, Confed 3,887 metric tonnes and Haryana Warehousing Corporation 1,288 metric tones.
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Prajapati Samaj advised to broaden outlook
Rewari, October 7 Describing the Prajapati Samaj as an industrious community, the minister said it had gained acclaim at home and abroad for their excellence in ceramics. Exhorting them to broaden their outlook to bring the samaj on a par with other advanced communities, Capt. Yadav thanked them for their support at the hustings making him victorious for six times in a row during the past two decades Besides announcing a financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh for their Prajapati Dharamshala, he promised to get Lord Daksh Prajapati Chowk at a suitable site here. Meritorious students as well as distinguished Prajapati Samaj members were honoured on the occasion.
— OC
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Banks told to install CCTV cameras
Ambala, October 7 Shashank said a number of steps could be taken by banks to avoid any untoward incident. “We have observed that several bank branches have either aged security guards or they are not present at the gate. The banks must ensure that security guards shall properly discharge their duty,” he said. Going by the slack security at banks, robbers are having a field day, and each time the police comes to know about these incidents, robbers have made a safe exit. Shashank said he had been advising all banks to spruce up security by installing CCTV cameras at the entrance and exit points and also at strategic places within the bank premises and provide well-trained armed security guards. Police presence around the banks was being increased. Citing their own problems, certain banks have done little in the name of security, he added. The sources revealed that some banks have installed CCTV cameras, but do not have armed guards. He said the banks had been advised to set up hotline with the local police station. “We have strongly urged the bankers to ensure that if they are carrying out a drill, they must inform us in advance,” he said. The SP also observed that there had been a drop in the number of murder cases and also been a decline in cases of eve teasing, he added.
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Goonj organises ‘Joy of Giving’ week
Gurgaon, October 7 Volunteers of the organisation collected used clothes, household articles and other goods under its “vastra-samman” (for household material) and “school-to-school” (for school material) through different collection centres. Anshu Gupta, the founder-director of Goonj, said: “The underlying idea behind the campaign was to channelise household and other material from well-off people to underprivileged ones”. The money collected from city residents would be utilised for digging up wells, building bridges, repairing roads and other development activities in far-flung villages, he said, adding that the school material would be distributed among schools located in remote villages and slum areas. Old/new clothes, utensils, footwear, dry ration, sewing machines, umbrellas, spectacles, magazines and newspapers, study material, toys, games etc were also collected under the initiative. According to Gupta, clothes are first washed, cleaned and repaired at certain centres of the NGO and then sent for distribution. “In case clothes or other household material are unusable, these are first recycled into some usable form and then distributed,” he maintained.
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Senior citizen’s day celebrated
Sirsa, October 7 The senior citizens displayed their talent in sprint events and yoga and also played a musical chair competition. Dr Shiva Sharma, district and session judge, was the chief guest. He said the courts adjudicated the matters concerning senior citizens on priority so that they did not have to wait for long for justice. CG Rajini Kaanthan, deputy commissioner, said, “A new innings of life starts after 60 and one should play this innings with grace. The social welfare department has several schemes for the welfare of senior citizens and they should get benefit of these schemes”. Naresh Singhal, chief judicial magistrate; Harish Bhatia, city magistrate; Satish Jain, SDM; and Dr RS Sangwan were present on the occasion. Khazan Chand Goyal (74) and Pasi Ram Mehta (70) were adjudged first and second, respectively, in musical chair contest. In the sprint event, Lal Chand Godara and Ilam Chand got the first two positions, respectively, while Ilam Chand exhibited his yoga skills.
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Diagnostic facility centre to come up in Hisar
Chandigarh, October 7 Stating this here yesterday, a spokesman for the department said the DNA testing and diagnostic facility for research and application centre would be set up at a cost of about Rs 2.34 crore and renewable energy test centre at a cost of Rs 1 lakh. A science city was also proposed to be set up at Sampla for the promotion of science He said the department had also introduced Science Talent Search Scheme in the state to create scientific temperament among students. Under the scheme, a scholarship of Rs 500 per month was given to top 1,000 selected students studying in classes IX and X and Rs 1,500 per month in classes XI and XII. A new science workshop had also been initiated in order to communicate development in the field of science and technology to public, particularly students by way of organising lectures on emerging fields of science and technology in different districts of the state. He said the department had also set up a planetarium at a cost of Rs 6.50 crore in Kurukshetra in the memory of late astronaut Kalpana Chawla to popularise and disseminate knowledge in astronomy. The planetarium with a seating capacity of 120 persons educates students and general masses by showing various shows related to astronomy. The Haryana Space Application Centre, which is involved in mapping, monitoring and management of natural resources, had already completed 80 projects and work on 30 projects was on, he added.
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Health activists to help curb malaria, dengue
Fatehabad, October 7 The district has an acute shortage of multipurpose health workers, as more than half of the total posts have been lying vacant despite recent recruitments to the posts. To meet the requirement of health workers, the health authorities are providing training of making blood slides to health activists posted in different villages of the district. The health authorities have selected 210 activists for training and they are being trained in seven batches of 30 each. The authorities are also providing training to these workers on creating awareness among public regarding harms of leaving water stagnant in coolers and other household items.
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Forum to educate farmers on environment
Faridabad, October 7 The forum launched its campaign by indulging in plantation of large number of saplings, especially Peepal and neem, at a Primary Health Centre (PHC) and its thereabouts in Mohana village. The forum involved the panchayat of the village in its mission. Satbir Daggar, president of the forum, said although the environment was such an issue about which everyone should be concerned with, farmers could show the way to public as they were the ones who stayed most close to the nature and better understood nuances relating to it. The notable point about the initiative of the forum was that it planted about 400 saplings by purchasing them from its own funds. The district administration has been distributing saplings among public for forestation work in a large way. Daggar said the forum purchased saplings to send a message that protection of environment should be done by public at large and not wait for the government initiative on the issue. However, the forum’s view was that the government should distribute more fruit trees saplings among farmers instead of keekar saplings as part of its afforestation drive. This would further induce farmers towards afforestation and help increase greenery and save the environment. According to him, the forum chose the PHC in Mohana for plantation to sensitise all sections of society and directly spread the message that health of individuals was deeply interlinked with safe and pollution-free environment. Daggar expressed satisfaction on the initiative of the government machinery to protect the environment.
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Movies This Week
Directed by: Mohit Suri Mohit Suri’s “Crook” with Emraan Hashmi and new girl Neha Sharma in the lead roles hits the theatres today. It has been completely shot in Australia and is about racism. Bhatts are finally back after “Jannat” and “Raaz: The Mystery Continues”. Their films always had an issue to address in a typical Bollywood style. Emraan Hashmi plays a guy who lives in Australia and sees Indians being treated unjustly. The film has all elements to make it a masses film. It has romance, comedy, action, thrill and an issue of racism. After “Jannat” and “Tum Mile”, Pritam has come up with melodious score. The film opens today at Fun, Cinemax (Panipat), OHM Cine Garden-Sirsa, Movie Time, Inder Palace, Harsha (Karnal), Sun City, Fun (Hisar), PVR OMAXE, SRS Wedding Mall (Gurgaon), PVR Crown Plaza, SRS Sector 12, SRS Pristine, KC, SRS Shubham, INOX, Parsavnath Manhattan (Faridabad), Fame, Shalimar (Panchkula), Glitz-Kurukshetra, Minerva (Ambala), Harsha-Kurukshetra, Everest-Rewari, Sheila- Rohtak. Do Dooni Chaar Directed by: Habib Faisal Habib Faisal’s “Do Dooni Chaar” has Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh in lead roles. The film talks of middleclass man and his struggle in coping with the fast new “India Shining”. The buzz is that it is funny, of a middle-class Delhi-based family and their aspirations for a more luxurious life. Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh both have fantastic different roles. It is for the first time Rishi Kapoor leant to drive a scooter, which is an important aspect of the film. The film opens today at INOX, SRS Sector 12 (Faridabad), PVR Ambience Mall, DTCC, DTMM, Big Palam Vihar, DT Star Mall (Gurgaon), OHM-Sirsa, Fame Shalimar-Panchkula. — Dharam Pal
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Letter
Khaps and Jats of the state have been, till now, shouting from their rooftops to get a reformed Hindu Marriage Act, claiming that the law of gotra is a part of their ancient culture. Some even went to the extremes declaring on TV that, "Jats were one of the last entrants to the Hindu religion and will be the first one to exit if the same gotra marriages were not banned". It is an irony that the most honoured and high rankers of society, who kill their own kin if they tarnish the image of their family, are today fighting fiercely to be included in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category. Will the honourable tradition and culture of the community not be jeopardised if they are given a lower status in society. Will it be a matter of pride for 'chaudharies' and 'mukhias' of villages to be considered as backward? What about the well-saved honour and prestige? Are they not committing the same crime for which they kill their kids? And will they stop killing their daughters if they marry in other backward classes of the state after being one of them. I, too, belong to the same community, but I personally feel that if Jats are included in the OBC, then the biggest benefitters will be the remaining three upper classes of society i.e. Khatris, Aggarwals and Sharmas. The general category will ironically have minority status. Finally, the keepers of social norms seem to have double standards. They want the best of everything, in short, to eat their cake and have it too. Amrit Kaur, Yamunanagar Readers are invited to write to us. Send your mail, in not more than 200 words, at haryana@tribuneindia.com or write in at: Letters, Haryana Plus, The Tribune, Sector 29, Chandigarh-160030.
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Dr Singh said Brain was an intriguing organ. Despite composing less than two per cent of the body weight it consumed about 20 per cent of the total blood. The diseases of the brain were very complicated.
