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Govt schools to have RO water purifiers
Star-rated pump sets mandatory for new tubewell connections
Now, state to honour Asiad winners
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Panipat lad skates non-stop for 30 hrs
Rs 51 lakh for kabaddi player’s village
Cong’s Fatehabad rally
Seminar underscores women’s education
CSSRI scientist gets London Fellowship
Farmers to share added benefits to sugar mills
‘Media role vital in fighting female foeticide’
Conference focuses on urological diseases
Rally marks World AIDS Day
Crop damage
Farm varsity’s convocation on Dec 10
Faridabad to have planning panel
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Govt schools to have RO water purifiers
Jhajjar, December 2 Surina Rajan, state financial commissioner and principal secretary, Education Department, disclosed this while presiding over a meeting of district administrative officials at mini secretariat here recently. “The Education Department has decided to install RO systems in nearly 700 those government schools of various districts where strength of students is over 300 and supply water needs to be purified. Approximately, Rs 40,000 will be spent to set up an RO system,” said the commissioner, adding that the motive behind the plan was to remove the possibility of water-borne diseases among schoolchildren by making them available clean potable water. Calling upon officials of both departments for giving their best to the proper execution of the plan, she directed them to initiate the process of identifying those schools of Jhajjar district where such system was required. The commissioner also directed public heath officials to ensure potable water supply to every government school in the district so that school staff need not have to struggle to fetch water from outside the school. It was the responsibility of the department to supply potable water to the government schools, she added. She also instructed education department officials to check the number of students enrolled in schools by visiting at site and send the upgradation cases of those schools to headquarters which could fulfill the prescribed norms for upgradation. Reviewing elaborately the development works being carried out under the National Secondary Education Campaign, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and TFS schemes in the district, she directed executive engineer of the PWD to prepare a site plan for constructing new rooms in the buildings of government schools. She also asked to district officials for initiating action for demolishing dilapidated rooms and buildings. During the meeting, Chander Prakash, Jhajjar DC, apprised the commissioner of problems being faced by the school staff and students during rainy season. He informed that a significant numbers of government schools in the district remained flooded during the rainy season as there was no other option for draining out accumulated water except to install disposal pumps. Hence, permanent drainage system was required to remove rainwater so that study could not hamper in the season, he suggested. Bijender Singh, director secondary education, and Mandeep Singh Barar, director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, discussed various points related to the implementation of education schemes. They also conducted surprise inspection at various government schools after the meeting to check arrangements being made by the staff members for keeping the school clean. Saaket Kumar, Jhajjar additional deputy commissioner; Suman Lata, DEO; JB Sharma, DEEO; and RP Sharma, public health executive engineer; were among those present at the meeting.
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Star-rated pump sets mandatory for new tubewell connections
Hisar, December 2 Sudhir Rajpal, Managing Director, DHBVN, said the provision had been made to ensure that energy efficient equipment was used to save power. He said that in view of the revised Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2010, of the Government of Haryana, the nigam had decided to allow the shifting of tubewell connections from one site to another in the event of acquisition of land under the Land Acquisition Act by the state or central governments. Alternative connection would be provided within three months of receiving the application of the landowner. He said that a consumer would be entitled to an alternative tubewell connection in this category either in his remaining land or in the agricultural land that he might purchase elsewhere in the state within two years of the award. The connection at the new location would be released or shifted on the high-tension (HT) system from rural agriculture feeder and it would be metered. The expenditure incurred on account of dismantlement at the existing premises and erection at a new site would be borne by the consumer. The consumer is required to produce proof of acquisition of land, no dues certificate and certificate of legal heir along with an affidavit owning responsibility of legal complications, if any, in the case of death of the original applicant.
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Now, state to honour Asiad winners
Gurgaon, December 2 This was stated by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at the opening ceremony of the ONGC Super Cup Football match organised at Tau Devi Lal Stadium here yesterday. The final match was played between Kingfisher East Bengal Club of Kolkata and Dempo Club of
Goa. Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, who is also president of the All-India Football Federation, was also present. Addressing sportspersons and spectators, the Chief Minister pointed out that after the Commonwealth Games, players of Haryana had excelled in the Asian Games as well. In these games, five out of 14 gold medallists were from
Haryana, he maintained. On the proposal of Patel, Hooda assured to provide land for setting up an international-level football stadium in Haryana. Patel had earlier said if land was provided, the AIFF would get the stadium constructed. Hooda said the ONGC Super Cup Football match was being played in Gurgaon for the fourth time, adding that this game was now becoming popular in the state. He pointed out that football was also a popular game like cricket and had maximum viewers in the world. Patel said as Haryana was a frontrunner state in terms of industries and developing new townships, the state government should also promote football. He said Delhi and Haryana could construct football stadiums of international standards and added that football as a game was again attracting people. Earlier, Rao Daan Singh, working president of the Haryana Football Association, welcomed the Union minister, Chief Minister and other guests. Haryana Minister of State for Agriculture and Cooperatives Sukhbir Singh Kataria, MLAs Rao Dharampal and Aftab Ahmed, former MLAs Dharambir Gauba and Krishan Murti Hooda were also present.
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Panipat lad skates non-stop for 30 hrs
Panipat, December 2 Earlier, the record was held by player from England which was of 20 hours and 19 minutes. There were 32 participants in the competition for which the referees were Mayne Crow and Andrew Spongle. The referees were appointed by the International Sports Association. Chief coach of the Indian In Line Hockey Association AD Sharma was also present on the occasion. Dr D. Vidyarthi of the school, while congratulating Navraj, said it was a grand achievement which was a matter of pride for the school. He said such achievements encouraged other students to scale new heights.
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Rs 51 lakh for kabaddi player’s village
Jind, December 2 The MPs from Rohtak and Sonepat, who attended a function to felicitate kabaddi palyer Kaptan Singh of Akalgarh village in the district, announced to give a special grant of Rs 51 lakh for various development schemes in the village. They also announced cash prize of Rs 25 lakh for the player, who was a member of the Indian kabaddi team that won gold medal in Asian Games. Deepender Singh Hooda, MP, said the state government was exuberant at the success of players from the state in the recently concluded games. Claiming that Haryana had proved a goldmine of sportsmen, he asked the union government to open a sports university to provide better avenues to hone the sporting talent in the state. He said though the sports policy of the government had proved fruitful in motivating and helping the youth to shine at the national and international levels, there was a lot to be done so that Indian youth could dominate at the world level in all sporting arenas and this required more facilities and infrastructure at the village level. Stating that the state possessed only 1.5 per cent of the total land, its share in various sectors had been several times and it had emerged as a leading state in the country in various disciplines, including food production. Deepender said there could many players like Kaptan Singh in the state, but more support was required so that they could excel in their field. Jitender Malik, MP from Sonepat, said the present government had proved to be most liberal and helpful to the sporting talent. It had given numerous government jobs to its players in the past about five years, which he said had been a mark of regard and attention paid by the government to sports. He said while this had never been done in the past, the government had launched an ambitious scheme to search and train budding players at a young age under which hundreds of children had already been
selected.
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Cong’s Fatehabad rally
Fatehabad, December 2 Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will be addressing the rally to be organised at the local grain market on Sunday. The rally is the first by the ruling party ever since the Hooda government came in for the second time last year, and Gillankhera, an independent MLA from Fatehabad, was appointed CPS. Gillankhera, who was one of the pillars of the erstwhile Haryana Vikas Party, joined the Congress with the merger of his party in it before the 2005 assembly elections. He remained a staunch supporter of former minister Kiran Chaudhary during the last term of the Hooda government. Gillankhera lost his battle for the Congress ticket to Dura Ram, former parliamentary secretary, in the 2009 assembly elections, but did not lose heart and went to the polls as an independent. The ruling party expelled Gillankhera from the party along with other rebels, who revolted against the party and contested as independents. He not only defeated Congress’ official candidate Dura Ram, but also Swatantar Bala Chaudhary of the INLD against a strong wave in the favour of her party in Sirsa and Fatehabad. Immediately after the results, Gillankhera extended his support to Hooda, who in turn rewarded him by giving the post of CPS. In the last one year, Gillankhera has been able to consolidate his position within the government and the Congress. Though not a member of the Congress for the record, he has been able to help his son Anandbir Singh Gillankhera elected as secretary of the Sirsa parliamentary seat unit of the Youth Congress and his trusted Usha Dahiya as district president of the Mahila Congress. During this one year, Gillankhera has also been able to mend fences with Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar, who initially seemed to be backing Dura Ram on local issues, including the election to the president of the municipal council. Now, Gillankhera would like to get Hooda’s nod for some longstanding demands of the area like bypass on the national highway, additional building for the general hospital, beautification of the town and improvement of sewerage system and water supply to the town. The CPS has toured the entire length and breadth of his constituency for mobilising support for December 5 rally. Incidentally, the timing of the rally has made it important for him to make it bigger. By organising a big rally, Gillankhera can take the credit of giving a befitting reply to Kuldeep Bishnoi’s December 2 rally in Jind. While Gillakhera is going all out to make the rally a grand success, his supporters are taking this an opportunity to impress the Chief Minister so that their leader’s name is considered for elevation as a minister in the future cabinet reshuffle.
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Cotton growers briefed about latest technology
Sirsa, December 2 Farmers of Nejadela Kalan and Jhopra villages, who adopted the techniques suggested by the CICR and the CIRCOT, have earned 20 to 30 per cent more this year,” claimed Hasan. He said under the post-harvest scheme, better-quality seeds were made available to the farmers. They were also made aware about methods of integrated pest management, integrated nutrition management, pest control and other related issues. The project was taken up in Nagpur and Coimbatore besides Sirsa and training camps were organised for the benefit of farmers. Under the All-India Coordinated Cotton Improvement Project (AICCIP), the coordinator of the project as well as other agriculture scientists and experts gave demonstration on latest techniques to the farmers. The farmers were made aware about the importance of keeping cotton free from contaminations and impurities during collection. “Steps like covering head while collecting cotton, using cotton bags and cotton tarpaulin can save cotton from contamination from items like hair, dust and other foreign particles that make cotton inferior in quality,” said Hamid Hasan. Farmers Gurpreet Singh, Dayal Chand and Gurjant Singh, who adopted the techniques suggested by the scientists, said that they benefited a lot from these techniques. “Our cotton has remained free from pest attacks and the yield has been as high as 12 quintals per acre, maintained Kewal Krishan, a farmer. He said those who adopted the routine techniques got eight quintals an acre and there produce too was highly contaminated. Hamid Hasan said the project had helped farmers cut their costs of production, picking, storage and transportation of cotton, besides improving the quality of Indian cotton.
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Kaithal residents rue poor civic amenities
Kaithal, December 2 Residents feel that the civic body having first-class status has been providing third-class civic amenities which has not only become a source of nuisance, but also added to the woes of residents. In the prevailing situation, public perception is that huge amount spent on development works has not improved the living standard of the residents. On the one hand, except a few widened roads, the impact of development is not visible in the interiors of the town. Heaps of garbage, overflowing bins in every nook and corner of the town, stinking urinals, overflowing drains, encroachments on roads, lack of parking places, non-introduction of one-way traffic and presence of waste and construction material on roadsides are a common site here. Due to poor amenities and other prevailing shortcomings in the day-to-day functioning of the civic body and other government departments, the residents of the town feel as if they are living in a neglected village and a town having district status. Due to the alleged connivance of municipal council officials with those violating construction-related laws, the municipal council had been deprived of crores of rupees as development and other charges. The initiated action in a few cases is reportedly symbolic and ample opportunity is provided to violators to safeguard their illegal acts. Illegal construction activities have increased manifolds during the past few years, but the council authorities have miserably failed to check this tendency. When all this goes on, the district administration, which is always under tremendous pressure, has failed to come to the rescue of people who feel harassed in the prevailing chaos due to the malfunctioning of the municipal council. Despite public hue and cry, there is no improvement in the situation. The residents demand that the government should send a team of senior officers from Chandigarh on a surprise visit to the town to get first-hand information about the prevailing situation and to provide relief to the people. On the other hand, on the positive side, the upcoming 100-bedded hospital, BR Ambedkar Government College, railway over bridge, renovation and rehabilitation of Bidhikyar tank and its conversion into lake, Navgrah Chowk, beautiful children park adjoining Bidhikyar and many other completed and ongoing development works have certainly added to the status of the town and will be useful for the people of the district. But the people at the helm of affairs have failed to realise that the existence of good basic civic amenities was a prerequisite for a good and healthy living.
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Seminar underscores women’s education
Bhiwani, December 2 Addressing the inaugural session noted Hindi storywriter Chitra Mudgil said that an educated woman could not be considered to be a member of the weaker sex. Education, she said, empowered women and helped develop their talents. She said educating women was more important than educating men in the sense that an educated woman would ensure that her daughters would be educated too, thus changing the entire family milieu. Dr Mukta, Director, Haryana Sahitya Academy, who chaired the inaugural session, said that “our mentality determined the genre of literature”. A writer depending on his or her point of view observed the milieu from a particular angle, which determined the kind of literature he or she would produce. The first session of the seminar was chaired by Dr Baldev Vanshi, a Hindi poet and writer. Kamlesh Bhartiya of Dainik Tribune, who was the main speaker of the session, shared his views on “Literature, Politics & Media”. Bhartiya said literature was influenced by day-to-day developments in society. So was politics. The media reflected the happenings for the benefit of the masses. He said literature, politics and media complimented one another. The valedictory session was chaired by Dr Baldev Vanshi. Dr Kiran Walia, Principal, Apeejay College, said in her concluding address that mind, milieu and literature were deeply inter-connected. She said Hindi being our mother tongue would never be adversely affected by other languages.
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CSSRI scientist gets London Fellowship
Karnal, December 2 The Linnean Society of London (UK) in a communiqué said that “Dr. Ranjay K. Singh, Senior Scientist, Extension, Division of Technology Evaluation Transfer, (CSSRI) has been elected as a Fellow of The Linnean Society of London and is eligible to suffix FLS (London) after his name”. The Linnean Society of London is the world’s premier society for the study and dissemination of researches on natural history, plant kingdom and its natural, social and cultural relations. The Fellowship has been awarded to Dr Ranjay K. Singh for his outstanding contribution in the field of “participatory community-based biodiversity conservation” based on the research work done by him with the help of tribal communities of the North-Eastern region when he was an Assistant Professor (Agricultural Extension) at College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh.
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Farmers to share added benefits to sugar mills
Rohtak , December 2 Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced this while addressing farmers at Canal Rest House, here, recently. He said farmers were being given up to Rs 220 per quintal of sugarcane, which had been the highest in the country. Kisan Sewa Kendras had also been set up at sugarcane mills so as to provide maximum facilities to the farmers, he said, adding that quality seeds, weedicides, fertilisers, petrol, diesel and sugar were provided to the farmers through these kendras. The overall production of sugarcane would go up in the state in near future. About the promotion of mechanisation in the field of sugarcane production, the Chief Minister said a special sugarcane-harvesting machine and other agriculture equipment would be purchased at a cost of Rs 3 crore under the National Agriculture Development Scheme and these would be made available to all sugar mills. The setting up of four biological control laboratories at cooperative sugar mills in Sonepat, Shahabad, Jind and Meham would be another development as these would help in decreasing the use of pesticides, resulting in purification of the environment. A tissue culture laboratory had also been set up at a cost of Rs 1.25 crore at cooperative sugar mill in Karnal. According to Hooda, electricity was also being generated in sugar mills. As many as 3,500 units of electricity were generated and sold by the sugar mill at Bhali-Anandpur in Rohtak district. Power generation in sugar mills was likely to increase manifold. The construction work of a cogeneration project at Shahabad Cooperative Sugar Mill had also been completed, he added.
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Purified environment leads to development, says Hooda
Yamunanagar, December 2 Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said this while addressing a gathering at Virat Gayatri Mahayagya organised by Vaidik Yajna Anusandhan Sansthan. He said Vedic dharma is the oldest faith and its teachings had never been challenged. Later, while interacting with mediapersons, Hooda said it was a matter of pleasure that players of the state and the country brought laurels and the performance had been the best so far. “The real credit for success in Asian Games goes to the players, we only helped them by providing support. I congratulate players from Haryana as they won one-third of the gold medals,” he added. Hooda said the focus of the state government had been on inclusive development. “In the first term, our focus was on generating electricity but in this term, our priority is water conservation and education. Optimum utilisation of water and quality education are must,” he added. In reply to a query, Hooda said the sex ratio had improved considerably in the state, except in one or two districts. He further said the state officers were in touch with officials in Uttar Pradesh regarding the repair of a bridge on the Yamuna, connecting the two states near Yamunanagar. It would be completed soon. The Chief Minister said the process for constituting human rights commission in the state was in progress. Phool Chand Mullana, president, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee; Harmohinder Singh Chatha, Speaker, Haryana Vidhan Sabha; Akram Khan, Deputy Speaker; Shiv Charan Sharma, Revenue Minister; Venod Sharma, MLA; Congress leaders and senior officers of the district administration were present on this occasion.
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‘Media role vital in fighting female foeticide’
Sonepat, December 2 Representatives of Priya, a social and voluntary organisation, mediapersons, health department and self-help groups of women from the villages participated in the workshop and shared inputs on how media can play an important role in addressing gender issues in the district. Dr Ramesh Sethi, civil surgeon, opined that the media had access to every section of society and was one of the most effective organs of informing, educating and motivating the masses. “The media also can play a vital role in guiding the agencies engaged in campaign against female foeticide,” he said and accepted the demand for inclusion of a mediaperson in the district advisory committee constituted for overcoming the problem of declining sex ratio. Dr CP Arora, deputy civil surgeon, said
incidents of sex determination were more common in the urban areas. He
also pointed out that the sex ratio, which was 810 in 2007 increased
to 839 in 2008, but again declined to 826 in 2009. Manisha, senior fellow, State Resource Centre for Literacy and Women Empowerment, said with the spread of education, women had excelled in every field, including sports, and had been contributing a lot in socio-economic upliftment of their families and society, particularly in the rural areas. However, she pointed out that still more was required to bring gender equality and for women empowerment by properly implementing the laws and other initiatives, Mediapersons were of the opinion that people should maintain liaison with the media in bringing out the positive information that could be beneficial for society to acknowledge and follow.
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Conference focuses on urological diseases
Faridabad, December 2 As many as 120 papers were read by urologists from north zone states, comprising Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttranchal and Uttar Pradesh. Dr SP Yadav, head of Pushpanjali Hospital, said the north zone chapter of the organisation had about 450 urologists as its members. However, experts from abroad also took part in the conference, held for the first time in Haryana. According to Dr Yadav, several studies revealed that 60 per cent of the people above 80 were prone to prostate gland-related diseases. Also, 30-40 per cent of the populace above 50 years was susceptible to such diseases. According to him, life expectancy had been increasing with rapid modernisation and advancement in medical sciences. “Now, the biological age has touched about 80. Earlier, it used to be about 50”. Dr Yadav lamented that besides prostate-related diseases, increase in the number of cases relating to renal stone was a major concern in the region, especially Haryana, on account of higher percentage of rocky areas in the topography. Renal stone could lead to long-term damage to kidney, he said, adding that patients should take early signs seriously. Urologists lamented that the government appeared to be apathetic to the field of urology due to the fact that except for Rohtak Medical Institute, no government hospital had urology department. According to them, there are about 12 urologists in Faridabad and Gurgaon and six in rest of the state doing private practice. The Urological Society of India urged the state government to open urology departments in government hospitals as well. It also urged the government to encourage laparoscopic surgery, which cost much less as compared to old technique.
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Rally marks World AIDS Day
Rewari, December 2 Stressing the need for attitudinal change towards HIV positive patients, the VC pleaded for free distribution of syringes to avoid infection due to the use of the same needles by doctors while administering injections to patients at one and the same time. Stating that the number of such patients presently stood at 33.4 million in the world, Prof Jaglan said there were several million children among them, which was a matter of concern.
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Crop damage
Sonepat, December 2 They also alleged that there had been irregularities and favouritism at large scale in assessing the crop damages. Demanding the compensation for their crops, they also demanded an enquiry and action against the patwari. Ajit has asked the Gohana SDM to enquire into the matter and initiate action against the patwari if there was any thing wrong on his part in assessing the crop losses. Jagbir, one of the farmers, alleged that there had been embezzlement of Rs 10 lakh and he was not given the cheque of compensation though it had been issued from the authorities. He also alleged that the record of the assessment had been changed and the compensation was given after taking bribe from
farmers. The deputy commissioner has also asked district revenue officer Suresh Kumar to enquire into the matter.
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Farm varsity’s convocation on Dec 10
Hisar, December 2 He said Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research & Education and Director-General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), S Ayyappan would deliver the convocation address, while Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda would be the guest of honour. The Vice-Chancellor said 778 graduate and postgraduate degrees and 54 PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) degrees would be awarded. He said 45 gold medals would be given to the meritorious students. Besides, awards for the best teacher and the best department of the university would also be given. The Vice-Chancellor said students whose results were notified between September 2008 and August 2010 had been invited to attend the convocation and receive their degrees. He said the students had been asked to report for identification and rehearsal on December 9.
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115 college students donate blood
Kurukshetra, December 2 After inaugurating the blood donation camp, chief guest Jai Bhagwan Sharma, president of the Kurukshetra District Congress Committee (DCC) and member, Zila Parishad, praised the blood donors. He described blood donation as the most sublime, noble and lifesaving act for suffering humanity. College principal NK Nagpal said blood was the most precious gift of God which could not be manufactured in any factory or scientific knowhow. As many as 115 students donated blood on the occasion.
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Faridabad to have planning panel
Chandigarh, December 2 They would include Divisional Commissioner, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Deputy Commissioner, ADC, Senior Town Planner, Planning Officer, a representative of the Government of India’s Town and Country Planning Organisation, a representative of the NCR Planning Board and two eminent economists and professionals having experience in planning.
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While Dr ML Ranga, vice-chancellor, was the chief guest, Prof RS Jaglan, registrar, presided over the programme. The students affixed red ribbons to about 7,000 vehicle drivers on the Hisar-Delhi Highway making them aware of the disease.