Kadarpur (Gurgaon), October 11
The participants in the full-bore shooting competitions at the CRPF Shooting Range here are all praise for the facilities at the academy.

The Commonwealth Games’ full-bore shooting competitions got under way at the CRPF Academy here on October 9 and would continue up to October 13.

As many as 42 participants from 21 countries are participating in these competitions.

Tony Waymouth, manager of the New Zealand full-bore shooting squad, remarked that the facilities created at the shooting range were wonderful and it was a “really fantastic and world-class” range.

Graeme Hudson from New Zealand, who is also president of the Commonwealth Shooting Federation, described the range as fantastic and a world leader.

Going a step forward, David Daniel of England asserted that the Kadarpur full-bore shooting range was the best full-bore range in the world.

Pauline Pilkington of Canada said: “You must be proud to have the first facility of this kind in the world, it’s marvellous.”

Martin Watkins, manager of Wales, opined that it was a wonderful range with excellent facilities. “It would be ideal to hold a world cup here,” he maintained.

Norris Gomez of Trinidad remarked that the range was “really modern” and “one of the nicest I have ever seen, (having) superb equipment.”

Satiender Singh Sehmi of Kenya observed that developing such a range was really a commendable effort, and added that attending the Commonwealth Games at this range was a world-class experience.

John Fongyew of Trinidad said asserted that he had been to eight Commonwealth Games and found the facilities at this range one of the best.

Alwyn Mcheon of Northern Ireland said the range was large and “the facilities look well laid-out with infrastructure in place.”

TS Dhillon, sports manager at the CRPF Shooting Range, who is a former IG, pointed out that the range had many firsts to its credit.

“It is the first range of its kind in the world where electronic targets are being used and the shooter is not required to move as the targets move…then, there is the facility of auto-computerised scoring, which brings complete transparency in the game,” Dhillon said, adding that India was participating in the CWG full-bore shooting competitions for the first time and the competitions were also being held in India for the first time.

Kaithal, October 11
In a number of cases, reports about the completion of projects are forwarded to the higher-ups, but most of the projects are generally way behind completion. This fact came to light during a district vigilance and monitoring committee meeting presided over by Naveen Jindal, Kurukshetra MP, here recently.

Visuals of projects under various schemes launched by the government were shown in the meeting hall of the mini secretariat here. But they failed to mislead Jindal, who immediately took note of the ground situation and took officials to task.

During perusal of various development works shown on screen, including construction of Harijan Chaupal in Pisole village, construction of a cremation ground in Siwan, installation of a submersible pump in Lendarkeema, work of Bajigar Chaupal in Kharkan, construction of road leading to Geong village, work of construction of “Gau Ghat” in Kalesar and construction of boundary wall and sheds in Badsikri Khurd, Jindal noted that several works were not completed as per visuals, but the reports about completion of such works had been sent by officials.

He took a serious view of the matter and expressed displeasure over the situation. The MP immediately directed deputy commissioner Amneet P. Kumar to constitute an enquiry committee and get report about all projects and take stern action against those found guilty.

Addressing officials, Jindal exhorted them to ensure transparency and quality in development projects.

He said it was a matter of concern that despite launching various poverty alleviation schemes, both by the Union and the state government, the number of BPL families had increased.

He directed the officials to ensure quality of works in all projects, including the construction of houses under the Indira Avas Yojna.

While reviewing the total sanitation campaign, Jindal asked officials to work on making Kaithal a “nirmal” district by March 2011. He directed BB Kaushik, ADC, to identify poor families who were unable to construct toilets in their houses. He said such families would be provided financial help through the Om Parkash Jindal Gramin Jan Sansthan to ensure total sanitation in the district.

The deputy commissioner gave details of various completed and ongoing projects in the district.

Bhiwani, October 11
In a recent development in the field of medical science, a local doctor has devised an economical technique for replacing jaw. Dr Kapil Sharma had earlier replaced the jaw of one Ali Suleman of Dubai for which the patient had to spend about Rs 2.5 lakh.

Dr Sharma, who runs Triveni Dental Implant Clinic here, was looking for a technique through which poor people could also afford the surgery to get replaced their damaged jaw.

He says with age, the bone of jaw starts getting weak and a new jaw cannot be fixed properly, but with the new implant technology teeth are fixed on the bone. “With this technique, the patient does not face any difficulty,” claims Dr Sharma after implanting a new jaw to a 70-year-old woman, Ram Kaur of Jind.

He says the patient can use the artificial jaw for eating anything. “Some people are misled that the new technique causes cancer, which is not true,” says Dr Sharma. He informs Ali Suleman of Dubai had got implanted a new jaw for Rs 2.5 lakh whereas in European countries one has to spend from Rs 12 to 15 lakh for the same job. But the new technique is the most economical which costs Rs 10-15 thousand”.

Rewari, October 11
Exalted expectations of florists of the Ahirwal region for getting a rich dividend for their luxuriant yield of marigold flowers from the organisers of the Commonwealth Games have been shattered due to a truncated purchase policy of the organisers.

Much to the chagrin of the growers of the region, CWG authorities made bulk purchases of flowers from florists of Himachal Pradesh for presenting bouquets and garlands to guests and foreign athletes.

With a yearning for lucrative return of their produce, farmers of Dhawana, Mandola, Ahrod, Dhani Kolana, Khol, Khaleta, Bhoorthala, Jahidpur, Gugodh, Dahina and several other villages of the region cultivated marigold flowers in over 900 acres this time.

While flowery fields yielded a rich crop, the unforeseen divergence of CWG organisers to HP flower magnates served as a damp squib for Ahirwal florists who were now helplessly selling their produce in the Delhi flower market at throwaway prices.

A spokesperson for the hapless florists said while their cultivation cost per acre ranged between Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,000, the returns were now negligible, which were almost compelling them either to uproot their flowery plants or wait for the advent of Diwali, which could replenish their empty coffers to some extent.

Karnal, October 11
A concerted effort was being made under the National Dairy Plan (NDP) to increase the ratio of bovines bred through artificial insemination (AI) from 20 per cent to 50 per cent in the next 15 years to enhance milk production and productivity.

"A steady increase in the productivity of cattle and buffaloes could only be achieved by improving their genetic potential and for this we need to improve feed conversion efficiency of milch animals and providing them adequate nutritious feed and the NDP would take care of it," said Dr Amrita Patel, chairman, National Dairy Development Board.

Presently, about 3,000 bulls were used by various semen stations to produce semen, but only about 20 per cent of these bulls have been produced through a genetic improvement programme, whereas about 8,100 high genetic merit bulls of different breeds would be required to be in service by the end of next 15 years with an annual replacement rate of 2,700 bulls. The annual replacement rate of bulls for natural service would be 1 lakh bulls, she disclosed.

Further, semen production would have to be treated as a specialised activity, keeping in view that diseases were endemic in the country and critical that bio security precautions and quality assurance mechanisms have to be put in place. Semen production would need to be increased from 50 million doses today to 140 million doses per annum during this period.

"But the most difficult task we will face was the delivery of quality AI service at the farmers' doorstep and to achieve the target of breeding 50 per cent breedable animals through artificial insemination would mean that the number of AIs to be carried out annually must be increased from current level of 45 millions to 135 millions per annum by 2021-22," she added.

Selected institutions with competent professionals having necessary knowledge, experience and discipline to strictly follow the prescribed protocols were now participating in producing high genetic merit disease-free bulls required to meet the requirements of the country.

However, she observed that a major deterrent to the entry of service providers was heavily subsidised charges of AI service provided by state governments and unless the charge of AI was raised taking into consideration the actual cost of delivering an AI service, it was unlikely that more service providers will enter the field and the targets for AIs would not be reached.

Ambala, October 11
A delegation of the Haryana Vyapar Mandal will meet the Union Commerce Minister soon to discuss inter-state problems of entrepreneurs. Bajrang Dass Garg, president of the mandal and chairman, CONFED, said the mandal would ask the union government to grant similar incentives to the industries of Haryana as granted to the entrepreneurs of Himachal Pradesh and a few other states a few years ago.

He said the Union Government had granted exemption in central excise and income tax to the industry being set up in Himachal Pradesh. He said that this attractive incentive had lured some of the entrepreneurs of Haryana to shift their units to neighbouring state. He said the Haryana government too had taken up this matter with the Centre.

Garg said that a large number of MNCs had set up their units in Haryana. More could come if the Union Government granted a special industrial package like Himachal Pradesh to this state too, he added. He demanded that the state government should abolish VAT on eatable items as it would give big relief to the common man. The government had already reduced VAT on several items. A minimum tax should be imposed on the items generally used by the common man. The mandal would welcome GST scheduled to be introduced by next year. He said most of the traders were of the view that the new tax system would be beneficial for even small shopkeepers and it would also put a check on corruption. 

Sirsa, October 11
The University Centre for Distance Learning of Chaudhary Devi Lal University has invited applications for admission to various courses through distance education for the session 2010-11, said a spokesperson for the university.

The spokesperson said the courses for which applications have been sought include three-year Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA), BA (Mass Communication), BA and BCom, two-year Master of Arts (MA) in English, MA (Education) and MA (Mass Communication), Master of Science (MSc) in Computer Science, MBA (semester system), three-year MCA and one-year PG Diploma in Mass Communication, Computer Application and Business Management and one-year diploma in Computer Science and Technology.

He said the application form could also be downloaded from the website www.cdlu.edu.in. The spokesperson said last date for the submission of admission-cum-examination forms for MA Education is October 31.

Kurukshetra, October 11
Stressing on the importance of yoga, Haryana Governor Jagan Nath Paharia has said in this age of materialism, mental peace can be acquired through yoga.

He was speaking at the inaugural function of the 26th Haryana State Yoga Championship at Gita Niketan Awasiya Vidyalaya, here. As many as 500 athletes are taking part in this championship.

Paharia said, “Yoga has been an integral part of the Indian culture since ancient times. Yoga makes the human body healthy. In ancient times, doing yoga was very difficult, but now it has been simplified and anyone can do it easily”.

The Governor honoured Neelam Insan, Karamdeep Insan and Simerjeet Insan, all students of Shah Satnam Girls School, Sirsa, for their achievements in yoga.

Dharamveer, president, Yoga Federation of India and Haryana Yoga Sangh, said it was for the first time that yoga was performed during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Students of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Thanesar, performed Haryanavi dance, Saraswati vandana and sang welcome song at the inaugural function while students of Shah Satnam Girls School, Sirsa, performed yoga. Amrit Insan, a class II student, and Muskan Insan, a UKG student, performed different yoga asanas.

Fatehabad, October 11
The practice of open darbars at the district level and the subdivision level introduced by the authorities here has been proving fruitful for common people.

Hundreds of people have been visiting these darbars for the redressal of their grievances. Deputy commissioner Vijay Singh Dahiya has introduced open darbars after assuming his office in the district some time ago.

Though open darbars at the district level have been functioning in all districts of Haryana on the instruction of the state government, Dahiya has gone a step further by holding such darbars at the subdivision level too.

Dahiya recently presided over a district-level open darbar at Jakhal town where district-level officers of all government departments were present. He received as many as 150 grievances in the open darbar.

He resolved some of the grievances on the spot and gave time-bound directions to officers on several others after discussing with the concerned officers.

“I have decided to organise open darbar at an administrative-block level rather than holding it on the district-headquarters level. This will provide an opportunity to the people to bring their grievances to the notice of the authorities at their doorsteps as the venue of darbar will keep changing every time,” Dahiya said.

Similarly, three sub-divisional magistrates posted at Tohana, Ratia and Fatehabad subdivisions in the district are also holding subdivision-level open darbars.

Subdivision-level officers of various departments have been participating in these darbars.

JK Abhir, SDM, Fatehabad; Ashwani Maingi, SDM, Tohana; and KM Panduranga, SDM, Ratia; organised subdivision-level open darbars in big villages of their respective areas.

“The idea is to solve as many grievances as possible at grass-roots level as the redressal in almost all cases has to be done at that level,” said Dahiya on the justification of open darbars at the subdivision level.

He said SDMs had been asked to preferably hold their darbars in some big village of their respective subdivision so that people from nearby areas could reach out to the authorities easily.

Panipat, October 11
With the threat of spreading diseases looming large in low-lying areas of the district, which had recently got affected by the floods, the district health department has constituted special teams of doctors and sent them in these areas to ensure prompt health care to the villagers.

Deputy Commissioner JS Ahlawat had recently asked the department to undertake extensive surveys of the flood-affected areas and take all measures to make certain that there was no outbreak of any diseases caused by mosquitoes.

In view of reports from other parts of the region regarding cases of dengue, malaria and diaorrhea, the health teams in the district had been on their toes.

Civil surgeon SS Punia said the health teams were visiting the flood-affected areas on regular basis and were also holding special camps. A large number of patients were being examined daily in these camps and were dispensed appropriate medicines.

So far, there have been two cases of suspected dengue, while a large number of suspected malaria cases had also been reported in these areas. Punia said the health teams were preparing slides of blood samples of anyone with symptoms of malaria and dengue and sending them to the testing labs. He added that so far seven cases of malaria were found to be positive and these patients had been placed under proper medical care.

He said most of the patients were in the grip of viral fever which had affected the rural as well as the urban population alike. Not many cases of diaorrhea had been reported, as was being feared earlier, but the health teams were carrying required medicines to treat any patients with symptoms of the disease, which according to him was quite common in flood-affected areas, the civil surgeon said.

Besides, the department was also undertaking fogging operations in the affected areas so that threat of mosquito-borne diseases could be curtailed. He said these operations would continue further in rural and urban areas. The department had also asked the village panchayats to get the drains cleaned.

Sirsa, October 11
Manohar Memorial Post Graduate College, Fatehabad, bagged the overall trophy in the zonal youth festival of Kurukshetra University that concluded at Mata Harki Devi College for Women, Odhan, 30 km from here, on Thursday.

The items presented by the college got recommendation in 11 and commendation in seven out of a total of 28 categories.

Students and teams of the victorious college were recommended for Group song (Western), Haryanavi ghazal (solo), Group song (Haryanavi), Orchestra (Indian), Classical instrumental Solo (percussion), One Act Play, Mime, Group song (general), Orchestra (Haryanavi), Folk instrumental Solo (Haryanavi) and Sanskrit drama.

The teams got commendations for Haryanvi Pop song, Haryanavi skit, Western vocal (Solo), Western instrumental (Solo), Classical vocal (solo), Mimicry, Folk song general (solo).

CMK National PG College, Sirsa, and the host Mata Harki Devi College for Women, bagged second and third positions respectively.

Former Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala, who was the chief guest of the concluding ceremonies, said the host college would be converted into a university, whenever the INLD came to power in Haryana.

The college is named after Chautala’s mother and managed by a trust and has a state of the art infrastructure, though it is situated in a village. Chautala also announced that a Senior secondary school would be started in the building very soon.

Shamim Sharma, Principal of the host college said the college had been pioneering girls’ education in a rural area.

She said the college not only believed in providing quality education to its students, but also endeavoured to make them confident so as to enable them to compete with those coming from urban setting. 

Rewari, October 11
Members of the Agarwal Vaish Samaj (AVS) participated in a “bhajan sandhya” (an evening of psalms) held under the auspices of the Maharaja Agrasen Sabha (MAS) to mark the Agrasen Jayanti at Kosli recently.

The function commenced with the lighting of lamp by AVS chief Ashok Buwaniwala who was the chief guest on the occasion.

Folk maestro Mahashay Bhim Singh and other vocalists of his choir highlighted the life and teachings of the legendary monarch Maharaja Agrasen, the progenitor of the Agarwal Samaj, through melodious recitation of folk songs to the delight of huge gathering.

Paying homage to Maharaja Agrasen, Buwaniwala exhorted all members of the Samaj to register their proactive participation in politics, irrespective of their affiliation to different political parties to ensure their ascendancy in the socio-political scenario. He also urged them to exercise their franchise in a big way at the hustings during the next elections.

Echoing same sentiments, Mahavir Prasad Goyal, senior vice-president of the AVS, called upon them to work in unison and strive for political dominance.

Arun Goyal, president of the MAS, Kosli, thanked the guests and others for their participation in the samaroh.

Fatehabad, October 11
The health authorities are on the alert following a spurt in cases of malaria in the Bhattu Kalan area of Fatehabad. According to the figures with the health department, 173 cases of malaria were reported from areas covered by the Community Health Centre, Bhattu, last month.

However, the figures do not reflect the actual situation as a large majority of the patients have been visiting private hospitals.

“Almost 70 per cent of the patients come with symptoms of high fever and shivering and a fairly large number of them test positive for malaria,” said a private doctor at Bhattu.

National Malaria Programme guidelines are clear that the health authorities have to conduct a survey of the areas reporting cases of malaria. Each and every household is to be checked for possible infection of the disease.

Villages on the Bhattu-Chopta road are among the worst-affected by malaria. These villages had heavy rains this monsoon.

“Mosquitoes abound in our village and the authorities are doing little to improve the condition,” alleged Jai Singh, a villager from Pilimandori. He said no fogging was being undertaken in the villages. The Deputy Civil Surgeon, Hira Lal Gupta, however, contradicted the claim.

He admitted that an unusually high number of malaria cases were being reported from the Bhattu Kalan block.

He said he had held a meeting of his field staff recently for chalking out a strategy to combat the disease.

He said mosquito larvicidal oil was being sprayed on stagnant water to check the breeding of mosquitoes.

Dr Gupta said there was an acute shortage of workforce which prevented him from collecting reports of malaria cases from private doctors.

Meanwhile, cases of malaria and viral infection have been pouring in from other places in the district too.

More than 800 patients had tested positive for malaria in the district till September 30, Dr Gupta added. 

Rohtak, October 11
Diabetes has emerged as a common disease throughout the world and its affects can further aggravate when one becomes a victim of the disorders which are consequent of the ailment. Nearly, every fourth person suffering from diabetes also becomes a victim of depressive symptoms, which can further increase mortality rate by about 30 per cent. The medical fraternity ought to find a proper and speedy solution to the disease, which has a multiplier and negative affect on one’s life.

This was the conclusion of experts in the recently held weeklong programme on Mental Health Week in the PGIMS, which was organised by the Department of Psychiatry of the institute.

Delivering a lecture on the topic “Diabetes and Mental Health”, Dr Rajesh Rajput said: “While diabetes mellitus has been a common disease occurring throughout the world, the burden of the disease is increasing day by day not only in India, but also throughout the world”. He opined that it had emerged as a chronic medical illness and the main psychiatric disorders associated with diabetes were dysthynie disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, obsession compulsions, schizophrenia, diabetes disorder and substance abuse (alcohol, nicotine dependence).

Dr Rajput said the chances and rate of developing depression get doubled for people who suffer from diabetes. Depression later could increase the risk of mortality by about 30 per cent. It could also lead to poor habits such as unhealthy eating, less exercise, smoking, etc. However, he said interaction and relation between diabetes and depression was not well understood as whether it was a cause or an effect, but added that the combination of diabetes and depression could be dangerous.

Dr VK Jain said mental illnesses could also be associated with skin diseases and integration was required in this direction also.

Dr Rajiv Gupta, Head of Department, Psychiatry Department, emphasised the need for interdisciplinary approaches so that psychiatrists and other physicians jointly manage patients so that psychiatric aspects could be taken care of during the treatment.

Dr Vivek Kaushal, senior professor and head, Department of Radiotherapy, said approximately half of the patients with terminal or advance cancer suffer with poor mental health, especially depression, anxiety and adjustment disorders. But they hardly get treatment for their mental aspect of cancer.

About 15 to 20 per cent of the patients had been found to be under acute depression level. Depression may be triggered just by diagnosis of cancer. This may be due to ignorance or lack of optimum treatment of schizophrenia. Early and timely diagnosis and treatment of depression in patients with cancer could enhance the quality of life and help patients and their families to cope with the problem.

Kalka, October 11
A lecture was delivered recently on “Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh” by history professor MM Juneja at Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali Govt PG College here .This extension lecture was organized by Ass.Prof- Inderjit Ranga, Head of the History Department . S.K.Manocha, college principal welcomed the resource person and invited the students to an experience which will enfuse in them a fiery spirit of serving their nation with all their heart and ability.

Dr Juneja emphasized that India’s independence was not one man’s achievement but the outcome of a struggle-ridden era of 100 years in which lakhs of Indians made sacrifices.

Dr Juneja sketched the life of Bhagat Singh in such a way the listeners could see Bhagat Singh growing in fron of their eyes. Bhagat Singh loved his motherland and justice more than his life. When the court announced death sentence for him for the murder of J.P Saunders, Bhagat Singh reacted by quoting “ Jis Marne te Jag dare mere man anand. Marne te hi paiye pooran Parmanand ”(lines from a verse in Guru Granth Sahib).

Even on the day of his execution, Bhagat Singh was found busy reading the biography of Lenin, a great revolutionary. Dr Juneja motivated the students to emulate Bhagat Singh in serving their motherland and suffering humanity. Bhagat Singh stands as an eternal epitome of the principles of rendering selfless service to humanity, nurturing deep love and devotion in one’s heart for the nation and rebelling against injustice, slavery and tyranny of all forms.

Principal SK.Manocha asked the students to walk on the footsteps of this great martyr and get rejuvenated by his great spirit of nationalism and patriotism and work tirelessly and selflessly towards building a new and better India.

Sonepat, October 11
Former Air Force personnel were given a call to devote their discipline and energy to eradicate social evils and to serve the society after their retirement in the same manner as they had served the nation while in service.

The call was given by Air Commodore SC Gahlaut while addressing a state-level function organised by the district unit of the Ex-Air Force Personnel Welfare Association here to celebrate the Indian Air Force Day.

He saidt a number of welfare schemes were being implemented by the Air Force for the retired personnel and their dependents and they should make the best possible use of these facilities.

The chief guest, Mahavir Singh, a senior Supreme Court advocate, said the Air Force personnel after their retirement should maintain coordination among their families to fulfil the conventions which they cherished while serving.

Sonepat SDM Jag Niwas said Haryana was one of the leading states in the country in implementation of the welfare schemes for ex-servicemen and their families.

The ex-servicemen command high respect not only in society but also in the administration and every attempt was made to ensure that their grievances were redressed promptly, he added.

State president of the association Ajit Singh listed the activities being carried out by the association for the welfare of ex-servicemen in the state.

Karnal, October 6
Fighting all odds, a woman in her late forties suffering from fibroid tumour in intramural of uterus delivered a normal male child with no symptoms of Down syndrome at Guru Nanak Hospital here.

Sunita (47), who has been suffering from hypertension with blood pressure ranging between 170 and 110, had other complications too like old age, higher chances of membrane rupture, scorning and overweight (110 kg).

Overpowered by the desire to have a baby, she did not lose hope and took the risk, being aware that it could even result in eclipse due to high blood pressure, which rendered her “unfit” for pregnancy.

Sunita, married for 22 years, was issueless and had consulted a number of doctors across the country. Sunita’s normal delivery was a miracle as age factor was against her and risk of Down syndrome was high, said Dr Prabjot Kaur, who treated the patient.

She said what made the feat unique was the fact that the egg was from the same mother and the first attempt of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) was successful. Moreover, after the age of 37, there were very little chances of child being born without the Down syndrome, she added.

The baby was fully mature and weighed 2.5 kg at the time of birth. Sunita said this was the happiest moment of her life as she had lost all hopes, but the efforts of the doctors and blessings paid.

Bhiwani, October 11
Local residents have reason to smile as the railway overbridge is likely to completed by March next year.

Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who was in Bhiwani on a one-day aerial and road survey of flood-affected areas, had reviewed the progress of all developmental works being undertaken in the district.

He enquired about the progress of work on the railway overbridge being constructed for about a year now at Tosham bypass.

Deputy commissioner Ramesh Verma is reported to have assured Mr Hooda of time-bound completion of the overbridge. However, the Chief Minister asked the DC to visit the construction site and ensure timely completion of the overbridge.

Residents of Bhiwani, particularly commuters who use the Tosham bypass railway crossing for reaching their destinations, are stranded for hours together when trains are scheduled to pass Bhiwani junction near here.

Students of the local Technological Institute of Textiles and Sciences get late for their classes almost daily. Daily passengers to Delhi, Rohtak and other destinations have to face forced delay due to the closed crossing gates.

Ramesh Verma, DC, who visited the overbridge construction site, said the 774-meter-long overbridge, being constructed by the Public Works Department, Haryana, would be completed by March next year. PWD engineers have been asked to complete their work at the earliest as the construction of the remaining 63 meter of this overbridge will be done by the Railways. 

Rohtak, October 11
The state government has written to the Railway Ministry to shift the railway line passing through Gandhi Camp out of the main city, Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda said here.

The government was even ready to bear the cost of land required to be acquired for shifting the rail line, he added. The rail track bisects some of the densely populated colonies of the town, posing a serious threat to the movement of local residents.

Addressing a gathering at Gandhi camp here the MP said the area residents wanted to replace the rail line with a new road which would decongest traffic and result in beautification of the area. He said drains and streets of the area would also be repaired soon.

Hooda also assured the residents of getting a new health centre for Gandhi Camp. A two-storeyed community centre would also be constructed at Patel Nagar.

‘The electrification of Rohtak-Delhi railway line was also in the process to reduce the running time to Delhi. A highway was also being constructed for this purpose, he added.

The MP announced a grant of Rs 10 lakh for providing modern facilities in the Community Centre. He also promised to set up badminton and tennis academies in the centre.