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State to make living better in villages
Residents ask HUDA to improve amenities
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Healthy Living
Farm ministry to make film on cotton grower
Livelihood scheme in 12 blocks
Hisar progressive farmer shows the way
Workshop on marketing management
Consumer forum speeds up disposal of cases
Moot court competition for women held
Govt hospitals to provide quality obstetric care
Vaiseshika Electron Devices gets national award
Symposium on ‘Karmawali’ on Sep 12
Cultural fest ‘Utkarsh’ opens at NIT
Sirsa’s date with glamour
Panipat distributes Rs 88.88 lakh under shagun scheme
Drinking water supply
Teachers’ Day celebrated
State to give 50 pc subsidy for milk parlours
Applications invited for youth awards
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State to make living better in villages
Chandigarh, September 8 An official spokesperson said the Chief SWSMH had been set up under the chairpersonship of the chief secretary. The financial commissioner and the principal secretaries of the Public Health Engineering Department, Development and Panchayat, Planning, Finance, Health, Education, Women and Child Development among others would be its member secretary. The SWSMH would provide policy guidance on water and sanitation; converge on water supply and sanitation activities, including special projects; coordinate with various state government departments and other partners in relevant activities and approve the state annual implementation plan under the total sanitation campaign before clearance from the Centre. It would also monitor and evaluate physical and financial performance and management of the water supply and sanitation projects; integrate communication and capacity development programme for both water supply and sanitation and maintain accounts for programme fund and support fund, he added. The WSSO had been registered as a society in the state which has two constituents namely the Governing Council and the Executive Committee. The Governing Council was headed by the administrative secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, who is its chairman. A provision would be made in the Governing Council for having administrative secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, as the co-chairman. The District Water and Sanitation Missions (DWSM) would be constituted at the district level to oversee the planning, implementation and monitoring of the drinking water supply schemes and sanitation programmes. At the district level, convergence of all other related programme and funding was to be ensured. The chairman of the DWSM could either be chairman, Zila Parishad, or deputy commissioner, while it would consist of other members also. The DWSM would formulate, manage and monitor projects and progress on drinking water security and total sanitation campaign in the rural areas; scrutinise and approve the schemes submitted by the block panchayats and gram
panchayats; sensitise the public representative, officials and general public; engage institutions for imparting training for capacity development of all stakeholders; coordinate matters related to water and sanitation between district representatives of health, education, forest, agriculture, rural development as well as national development programmes and interact with the SWSM, the state government and the Centre. A Village Water and Sanitation Committee would also be set up in each gram panchayat or village or ward under the chairmanship of the sarpanch for the implementation of water supply or sanitation schemes to ensure active participation of villagers. All panches would be its members. It would be responsible for planning, designing and implementation of all drinking water and sanitation activities; providing facts and figures to the gram panchayat for reviewing water and sanitation issues; providing inputs for the village water security plan and ensuring community participation and decision making in all phases of scheme activities.
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Residents ask HUDA to improve amenities
Faridabad, September 8 Earlier, the residents took out a protest march to the headquarters of HUDA in Sector 12 here. They submitted a memorandum to the HUDA administrator, drawing his attention to the poor civic condition. The Sarva Karamchari Sangh has also lent support to the protesters. The residents allege that the main roads in and around the sector are in poor shape. The road connecting Tigaon and the ones connecting to various parts of Faridabad could be best avoided, particularly during the rainy season, due to the problem of waterlogging. According to them, the drinking water supply in the sector is erratic and the sewerage system is not up to the mark. The grouse of the residents is that they had earlier brought up the issue of poor amenities before the HUDA authorities in the presence of the local Congress MLA and chief parliamentary secretary Sharda Rathore in May and the authorities had promised to redress their grievances, but no steps were taken in this regard.
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Healthy Living
Sirsa, September 8 Dr Girish Chaudhary, an ayurvedic medical officer (AMO) posted at Government Ayurvedic Dispensary (GAD) in the village, had roped in 65 girl volunteers from the Government Senior Secondary School of the village for creating awareness among villagers on health-related issues. The doctor divided the entire village having about 300 families into 15 sectors and constituted 15 teams of four girls each. The remaining five girls were given the supervisory job. The girls, all NSS volunteers of the school, visited each and every household and educated womenfolk on issues relating to health and sanitation. It took 19 days for the volunteers to cover the entire village where they have interacted with hundreds of women. Earlier, Dr Girish Chaudhary provided necessary training to these volunteers for a few days. “While examining patients in the dispensary, I observed that a large majority of villagers came with diseases which were easily preventable with a little awareness. Patients come to my OPD with problems like anemia, malnutrition, water-borne diseases (diarrhoea, vomiting) and vector-borne diseases (malaria), which are preventable by creating awareness among them,” says Dr Chaudhary. Similarly, there was a little awareness among the villagers about the benefits of immunisation and they immunised their kids only after a lot of persuasion. “I then contacted school principal Bhagwan Dass and NSS in-charge Rajesh Kumar, who supported my idea and offered the services of their NSS volunteers,” says Dr Chaudhary. He says the campaign might not have brought about a major
change because behavioural changes take a long to happen, but the drive helped create awareness on the issues of nourishment, sanitation and immunisation. Dr Chaudhary says since the volunteers were from the village itself, they will continue to educate the villagers in the future. Dr Daya Nand, civil surgeon, Sirsa, who visited the village to see the efforts of Dr Chaudhary, was all praise for the drive. He says the health authorities will send a similar proposal to the government for its implementation all over the state.
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Farm ministry to make film on cotton grower
Hisar, September 8 Arya was given an award by the ministry in 2010 for developing a technique to grow cotton without the use of pesticides. In 2002 when the cotton crop was affected by bollworm, most farmers used too much pesticide but still could not save their crops. Arya, however, got a good crop without using pesticides. Hundreds of farmers then went to him to learn the technique and thereafter adopted it. Arya said most farmers did not choose their pesticide correctly. One pesticide cannot rid the crop of all types of pests. But it was best not to use a pesticide at all. The government has taken note of his achievements and decided to shoot a 30-minute documentary film on his life and technique. The film will be directed by Vinita Lashkar. The director and the crew spent the last four days shooting in Arya’s village. The film will be shown all over the country to apprise farmers of the technique developed by Arya.
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Livelihood scheme in 12 blocks
Chandigarh, September 8 Officials of the Rural Development Department said the Swaranjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) had been restructured into the National Rural Livelihood Mission by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, from the year 2011-12. The mission would be implemented in a phased manner over a period of five to seven years in the state. Under the Integrated Watershed Management Programme, the project proposals of Rs 122.17 crore for four districts, namely Hisar, Bhiwani, Rewari and Mahendergarh, had been submitted to the Centre after the approval of the State Level Nodal Agency (SLNA). The proposed area of the projects was 1,01,811 hectares for 206 projects. In addition to these projects, preliminary project proposals of Rs 103.43 crore had also been approved by the SLNA for Ambala, Panchkula and Yamunanagar
districts. The proposed area of these projects stood at 80,068 hectares. Mahendragarh and Sirsa districts had been covered under the Backward Regions Grant Fund Scheme. The objective of the scheme was to fill up the critical infrastructural gaps in various sectors identified by the local bodies. Under the scheme, an amount of Rs 30.15 crore had been earmarked for 2011-12 and 345 works had already been completed at a cost of Rs 1.70 crore till June 2011, he added. The state government had approved an amount of Rs 226.81 crore as the labour budget for 2011-12 for generating 86 lakh mandays under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). As many as 13.82 lakh mandays had already been generated by spending an amount of Rs 35.32 crore till June 2011. As many as 644 development works had been completed and 5,713 works were under progress under the scheme. The basic objective of the MGNREGS was to enhance livelihood securities in the rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult member volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
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Hisar progressive farmer shows the way
Hisar, September 8 Deepak Sura, the young sarpanch of the village, has set up a modern dairy farm in his village which is run on scientific lines. He has 60 Holstein-Friesian cattle in his farm of which 35 are milch cattle. The farm has 40 calves. The entire farm is run so efficiently that nothing goes waste. The dung is removed to a pit where it is processed scientifically to produce organic manure, which is used to produce green fodder. The farm is thus self-sufficient and does not require anything from outside. The sheds have been designed to keep the floors clean at all times. Deepak says every adult cow is fed 5 kg of feed along with necessary
mineral and fat supplements to ensure that the cattle remain in good health and give higher milk yield. The seed and supplements are mixed with 2.5 kg of dry fodder. The cows also require about 25 kg of green fodder per head per day. He says most of the cows yield about 25 kg milk per head per day. The remaining few yield about 15 kg a day. Unlike Indian cows, Holstein-Friesian cattle give milk right up to delivery. However, the yield decreases by 25 per cent after pregnancy. Special care is required in the intervening period for which Deepak receives the help of experts from Haryana Agricultural University. Since the exotic breed cattle require a cool ambience, water foggers have been installed in the sheds. There are four high-revolution special fans to keep the cattle cool. An automatic drinking water system has been installed to make available fresh drinking water for the cattle of all ages. This is the biggest private dairy farm of its kind in the area. Deepak says he is prepared to offer technical know-how for establishing such farms to willing farmers.
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Workshop on marketing management
Kurukshetra, September 8 In his inaugural address, MK Verma, assistant director, MSME, advised the participants to acquire multifarious skills to face this highly competitive world. He exhorted the students to aspire to start their own units and provide employment opportunities to others also with the help and support of the MSME under its various financial, technological and marketing incentives, subsidies and training programmes. Dr PJ George, director-principal of the institute, urged upon the participants to utilise their time in the best possible manner and learn the maximum skills. “Even in the past, the institute had been organising such programmes for the benefit of students. These kinds of programmes prove to be a boon for the student community as they get a chance to meet eminent personalities and get an overview of the corporate world,” he added. Addressing the students, Ranjeet Verma, head, Department of Management Studies, KITM, Kurukshetra, and convener of the programme, explained various topics discussed during the workshop.
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Consumer forum speeds up disposal of cases
Yamunanagar, September 8 The speedy disposal of cases has been a priority of Dina Nath Arora, president of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Yamunanagar, ever since he took charge in 2008. According to official sources, the post of president in the forum remained vacant from March 6, 2008, to November 27, 2008. After the completion of the tenure of the then president Subhash Walia on March 5, 2008, only one member, Raj Pal Kaushik, remained posted. Dina Nath joined the post of president of the forum on November 28, 2008. About 350 cases came in the forum during the above period, but they could not be listed due to the non-functioning of the forum. The month-wise detail of the cases instituted and disposed of after November 27, 2008, is as follows. In January this year, 80 cases were instituted and 90 were disposed of, in February, 88 cases were instituted and 92 were disposed of, in March, 115 new cases were instituted and 117 were disposed of, in April, 137 fresh cases were instituted and 101 cases were disposed of, in May, the forum got 163 new cases and 120 were settled, in June, the forum got 115 new cases and 108 were settled, and in July, the forum got 115 fresh complaints and 109 were disposed of, the sources added.
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Moot court competition for women held
Sonepat, September 8 In his inaugural address, Prof PS Jaswal, vice-chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Patiala, said: “A law student leads a challenging life as it is on her that the responsibility of judging right and wrong falls. To survive this pressure, the student needs confidence and faith in herself, then only she can do justice to her duty”. “A good lawyer is a good listener who listens to arguments carefully and answers them logically,” he asserted and added that the spirit of participation was far more important than winning or losing because it gives the much-needed practical knowledge to the students. The programme was organised by Prof Vimal Joshi, dean and chairperson, Department of Laws, and his team comprising Dr Rajesh Hooda and Dr Anil Balhara. The format of the competition allowed three participants in each team and their performance was judged by eminent law personalities from several courts of Haryana and the Punjab and Haryana High Court like IK Kalda, Devendra Bura, Pradeep Chaudhary, Mukesh Malik and Dr Archana Vashisht.
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Govt hospitals to provide quality obstetric care
Chandigarh September 8 Dr Rakesh Gupta, mission director, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), said after the training, the medical officers would be competent enough to give the services of an obstetrician at grass-roots level in emergency situations, including the caesarian section. As many as 82 MOs had so far been imparted training and out of them, 43 were certified and given certificates in a workshop organised on the occasion of Teacher’s Day at State Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Sector 6, Panchkula. The remaining MOs would be certified within coming two-three months, he added. He said the government had decided to depute these 43 MOs in first referral units established across the state. The mission director said the programme was started by the government in 2008 under the public-private partnership mode, comprising Central Government, Haryana Health Department, National Rural Health Mission, PGIMS Rohtak, Federation of Obstetric Societies of India (FOGSI) and AVNI. He said PGIMS Rohtak had been identified as the tertiary centre for training and till date, 11 batches of medical officers had been completed while the 12th batch was undergoing training. He said to provide emergency obstetric care service at grass-roots level, each first referral unit which might be a district hospital, community health centre, subdivisional hospital at block level, there must be a trained doctor and considering this emerging need, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, had been selected as the second tertiary centre for the training in 2011. Enumerating the details of the training programme for MOs, Gupta said the modules of training had been developed by esteemed faculties of national repute and approved by the Medical Council of India. He said there was a three-tier system of examination which consisted of theory, practical and viva. During the 16-week-long training programme, the MOs were first sent to PGIMS Rohtak for six weeks, then to district hospitals for nine weeks and then again to PGIMS Rohtak for one-week certification. These MOs had to maintain the record of cases handled and all reports on a quarterly basis which were regularly reviewed by the higher officials. Only after the submission of these documents, the candidate was allowed to appear in the exam, he added.
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Vaiseshika Electron Devices gets national award
Ambala, September 8 Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Virbhadra Singh conferred this award on Praveen Jain, chief executive officer of Vaiseshika, at the Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi recently. Vaiseshika Electron Devices has designed, developed and manufactured sophisticated electronic calibration standards and instruments for the AGNI-III Missile, SU-30 Sukhoi Aircraft, Light Combat Aircraft and Jaguar Aircraft of the Indian Air Force. The sources said Vaiseshika had installed and commissioned the Asia’s largest 450-tonne load Cell Calibration Facility recently at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, for launching and testing of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles and Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicles of the Indian Space Research Organisation. Vaiseshika electronic calibration standards have been extensively used at the Integrated Testing Range, Chandipur, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Pune, and the Defence Research and Development Organisation at Jagdalpur and Hyderabad. The company has more than three decades of research partnership with the national research laboratory - the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh. The sources disclosed that in addition, Vaiseshika Metrology Laboratory is accredited to ISO 17025:2005 international standards and has been accredited by the National Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories, Department of Science, New Delhi, for various electro-technical parameters.
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Symposium on ‘Karmawali’ on Sep 12
Panchkula, September 8 Incidentally, the 132nd book authored by Zakir, this Urdu novel running into the fifth edition, which eloquently depicts the pangs of the Partition, had been translated into Hindi, Punjabi and now English. The story of “Karmawali” with a potent theme has been dramatised by thespians to the likes of MK Raina, Seema Biswas, Zulfiqar and others. The instant edition of the novel is a trans creation in English by Anil K. Sharma. As per DS Saroya, the director of the centre, prominent speakers from literature, journalism and theatre arts include Dr Ali Zaved, Prof SR Kidwai, Rakshanda Zalal, Kamal Tewari, MK Raina, AS Prasher, Nirupma Dutt, Neeta Mohindra, Kamlesh Mohan and poet Gurbux Singh. Chief guest Dr KK Khandelwal, IAS, Vijay Vardhan, IAS, and Shiv Raman Gaud would also speak on the occasion.
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Cultural fest ‘Utkarsh’ opens at NIT
Kurukshetra, September 8 The fest is being organised by “Anamika”, a society which is recognised by the Ministry of Human Resources Development. The society organises this event every year to promote the usage of Hindi language. Addressing the inaugural session, Prof SP Jain said: “Youth power, which can pave the way for human benefit if given the right direction, is the theme of the fest”. He congratulated the organisers of the society and showed an immense pleasure to be a part of this fest. The second-year girl students also performed a “Saraswati Vandana” on the occasion. The event was followed by several enthralling singing and dance performances. There was a rock concert which increased enthusiasm among the audience.
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Sirsa’s date with glamour
Sirsa, September 8 In a function, which lasted for over three hours, a number of models walked the ramp exhibiting both casual and formal dresses. Models draped in sarees, suits and western dresses displayed their talent before the audience. Prominent among those who left their mark on the audience were Anchal Khurana, winner of the MTV Roadies-8, and its runner-up Suchit Vikram Singh. Besides these two, MTV supermodel Chitrakshi, Miss TVS Scooty - 2009 Nancy Joshi, Miss Winter Queen HM - 2008 Srishti Kulkarani, Devon Bikini Model Iyansha Turan, Victoria Face of the Year Jonsi Sethi, Ziara Face of the Year Zia Sharma, Miss Punjaban Sanwi, Miss Ludhiana Ritu and top ramp model Pammi also enthralled the audience. The audience appreciated the laser show and dances by a Chandigarh dance group. Deepak Arora, executive director of the Event Masters, said such shows would be organised in different towns of Haryana and Punjab soon. Kamal Sharma, managing director, and RS Setia, director of the company, thanked the guests. Prominent among those who were present to witness the fashion show were Bhupesh Mehta, block president of the Congress, Sushil Mittal, president of the Haryana Cotton Ginning Industries Association, Dr Gulab Singh, a local physician, Pawandeep Singh Jolly, a local hotelier, Arun Mehta, managing director of the Samaraghosh Hartron, and Gurpreet Singh Nagpal, a partner in Cotgin Industries, Sirsa.
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Panipat distributes Rs 88.88 lakh under shagun scheme
Panipat, September 8 Giving this information, deputy commissioner JS Ahlawat said the state government had come with the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Shagun scheme in order to fight female foeticide and discrimination against the female child. He said the scheme had proved a boon for the BLP families, especially those belonging to the Scheduled Casts, as a cash assistance of Rs 31,000 was provided to them as shagun during the marriage of their girls. Earlier, the government paid Rs 15,000 as assistance which was later hiked. Besides, for the girls belonging to other sections of society whose families fall in the BPL category, the cash assistance had been hiked to Rs 11,000 from Rs 5,100, which is given by the government through the Family Welfare Department. The DC, while making a strong appeal to the BLP families to make full use of this scheme, said the beneficiaries should come forward to make the most of this scheme.
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Drinking water supply
Chandigarh, September 8 At least 50 per cent of the members will be women. The committees will work not only for preventing the wastage of water but also for water recharge and its proper storage. At the block level also such committees will be constituted, which will not only chalk out proper planning but will also be responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the project. These committees will help in ensuring chlorination of tubewell water and making it available to all areas through pipelines. Official sources say Rs 5.16 crore will be spent on this project in the current financial year and as many as 36 schemes have been approved under this ambitious project. Water samples from villages will be collected and sent for tests in the laboratories. The Haryana Public Health Engineering Department will give gram panchayats financial assistance to ensure the prevention of wastage of water and also its proper supply. A sum of Rs 7,000 will be given per month for one tubewell, Rs 15,000 for two tubewells, Rs 20,000 for three tubewells, Rs 24,000 for four tubewells, Rs 29,000 for five tubewells and Rs 33,000 for six tubewells. Often people do not close the tap leading to not only wastage of water but also water logging on the streets. The committees will also help in maintaining the cleanliness of the village and prevent the wastage of water.
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Teachers’ Day celebrated
Yamunanagar, September 8 Speaking on the occasion, Sarvjeet said: “A teacher plays an important role in every student’s life. A teacher is like a beacon of light that gives directions and moulds the future of students”. She also gave the credit for her success to her teachers. Dr SR Mehndiratta proposed the vote of thanks. The students presented cultural programmes on the occasion. — TNS
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State to give 50 pc subsidy for milk parlours
Chandigarh, September 8 Any person could set up such parlours anywhere in the state under this scheme. For this purpose, the government was providing a grant of 50 per cent for the purchase of refrigerators for the storage of milk, furniture and other items required for the functioning of parlours. Any person desirous of setting up a parlour could spend up to Rs 56,000 and seek 50 per cent grant on that basis, an official said. The purpose of this scheme was to create job avenues for more people and make quality milk available to consumers. He said in the first phase of this scheme, 20 milk parlours would be set up. Veterinary doctors of the district veterinary hospitals had also been directed to make information in this regard available to people at large. Milk output recording process had also been started for Murrah buffaloes under the ICDP scheme, as per which the owners of milch cattle could get the recording done for the amount of milk produced by their cattle. He said the owners of buffaloes producing over 13 litres of milk would be given Rs 5,000, those with buffaloes producing over 16 litres of milk would be given Rs 10,000, for over 19 litres of milk would be given Rs 15,000 and the owners of buffaloes producing over 25 litres of milk would be given Rs 25,000 as the incentive money. He added that the milk output recording process had been started in all veterinary hospitals and would continue till March. Under this scheme, owners of 2,000 Murrah buffaloes would be given incentives.
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Applications invited for youth awards
Chandigarh, September 8 A spokesman said the youth and youth clubs or organisations that had rendered notable services in the field of health, family welfare, industrial training, women empowerment, culture, sports, social welfare and cleanliness drive were eligible for the awards. He said the youth award would be given on the basis of achievement of the past one year while the youth organisation award would be given for the achievement of the past three years. He added that the youth award carries a cash prize of Rs 3,000, the youth organisation award carries Rs 5,000 while the youth organisation award at the state-level carries a cash prize of Rs 20,000, which would be given after the approval of the district and state-level selection committees. He said the applicant should be between 15 to 35 years of age and for the best youth organisation award, the organisation should be registered under the Registration Act, 1860, for the past three years. The applicant could send their nominations along with newspaper clippings, appreciation letter, certificates and all relevant proofs of their achievements to the office of the District Sports and Youth Affairs Officer concerned by September 13. — TNS
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