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50 pc adolescents anaemic in state, says survey
State to spend Rs 1,197 cr under shiksha abhiyan
Sirsa farm produces 25 lakh fish seeds
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Vegetable production up, says minister
Rise in number of voters in Karnal district
Maharana Pratap’s death anniversary observed
Encroachments continue in Panipat
Cheema, Sethi qualify for LP golf cup
SPs told to enforce motor vehicle rules strictly
Crackdown on school buses inconveniences students, parents
INLD to intensify campaign to enrol new voters
Freedom fighter cremated
HUDA takes steps to empower women
HCL organises ‘Talaash-2011’ at Guru Nanak Institutions
Award for Panchkula prof
Pandit Lakhmi Chand remembered
Pollution-control device to be replaced
Cops to get training in curbing human trafficking
Environment conference from January 28
CM’s Announcements at Ratia
Karnal to have more parking space
Mahatma Gandhi pension scheme implemented
Faridabad MC holds camp to redress grievances
7-day NSS camp concludes
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50 pc adolescents anaemic in state, says survey
Sirsa, January 23
To address the problem, the Haryana Health Department has a plan to introduce an anaemia control programme in schools and colleges in the state. While the programme for colleges will commence in February, in case of schools it will start in April. The programme would be implemented under the National Rural Health Mission (NHRM), a spokesperson of the Health Department said. The spokesperson said under the campaign, all students from classes VI to XII would be given iron folic acid tablets (100 gm iron + 500 microgram folic acid) at a weekly interval. Class teachers would also take iron folic acid tablets, along with the students, after lunch break on the school premises, he said. Similarly, adolescent girls who were not attending schools would also be given iron and folic acid (IFA) tablets every week by anganwadi workers. For the girls out of the school system, the scheme would be implemented in the year 2012 in six districts being covered under the SABLA scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, he added. The districts included Ambala, Rohtak, Yamunanagar, Rewari and Kaithal and the remaining districts would be covered later on, the spokesperson said. Apart from the control of helminthes infestation, biannual de-worming would be conducted with Albendazole 400 mg, he said. He said all 78 government colleges would be covered in the first phase of the programme. As many as 65,000 girls in these colleges would be screened during camps to be held in the colleges. The hemoglobin (Hb) estimation of all the girls in these colleges would be conducted and it would be followed by providing IFA tablets for three months to the girls with mild and moderate anaemia, he said. Diet counselling and information, education and communication on menstrual hygiene would also be given to the college-going girls by the Health Department during the campaign. Repeat Hb estimation would be conducted after three months and girls would be given a weekly IFA treatment on a regular basis, he said. He added that there was a need to tackle the problem of
anaemia in a comprehensive manner to improve the health status of girls so that in future they could become healthy mothers and give birth to
healthy children. Anaemia being a major health problem in adolescents, both boys and
girls require adequate and good quality of food during adolescence. Consequently, girls are likely to suffer from chronic anaemia, miscarriages or give birth to low birth weight babies after marriage. Their efficiency or capacity of working goes down, learning and thinking skills are also affected. As anaemia is considered a contributing factor to maternal mortality, there are various reasons for iron deficiency. Infections and diseases are an important factor responsible for malnutrition, particularly in children and adolescents. Poor environmental sanitation and hygiene also leads to repeated bouts of infection. Girls also
lose a considerable amount of iron during menstruation, thereby, needing more iron. Food habits, tradition, personal likes and dislikes preference for junk food, cooking practices and social economic facts contribute to anaemia in this age group, the spokesperson said.
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State to spend Rs 1,197 cr under shiksha abhiyan
Sirsa, January 23 Pankaj Yadav, State Project Director, Haryana Prathmik Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad, and Project Director, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), said this while talking to mediapersons here recently. Yadav visited several schools in Sirsa, along with the Joint Review Mission team of the Central Government. Swati Sawhney, a representative of the Ministry of Human Resource, Krishan Kumar from Delhi University, and Deepa Shankar, a representative of the World Bank, were the members of the team. The team also visited the schools of Fatehabad and Jind and also assessed various activities and development works being undertaken in these schools under the campaign. The team visited Khairpur, Bani and Odhan schools in Sirsa, Government Girls Senior Secondary School in Fatehabad and schools of Safakheri and Khatkar in Jind. Yadav said the joint review mission team would assess the activities of the SSA by visiting five districts of the state in its first phase. He said initially the SSA was introduced in the state to bring children in the age group of 6 to 14 years into mainstream of education and thereafter, the RMSA had been launched under which various kinds of educational facilities would be provided to the children in the age group of 14 to 16 years. Under this campaign, Rs 250 crore was being spent in the state during the current financial year, he said. He said under the SSA, 114 new primary schools were being constructed in the state, out of which 80 schools had already been constructed. In addition to it, 177 schools had been upgraded and 4,461 rooms were being constructed under the campaign. Textbooks were also being provided to students studying from class I to class VIII. Yadav said Rs 55 crore had been released for the construction works in Sirsa district during the current financial year. In Sirsa, he said, 200 additional classrooms, 137 rooms for headmasters, toilets in 11 girls’ schools and friendly toilets for handicapped children had been constructed in over 12 schools. Ramps in 129 schools and boundary walls in 15 schools had also been constructed in the district. Books worth Rs 2.40 lakh had also been given to the children in the district, he added.
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Sirsa farm produces 25 lakh fish seeds
Sirsa, January 23 The fish-seed farm set up at a cost of Rs 36 lakh has been producing 25 lakh fish seeds per annum at present, said a spokesperson of the Fisheries Department. The farm has not only given a boost to pisciculture in Sirsa, but it has also helped the Fisheries Department in the district to provide seeds to fish farmers of other districts. The fish seed being the major input for fish farming, there was a growing demand for quality fish seeds in Haryana. The spokesperson said 25 lakh fish seeds had already been produced through a new technique in this financial year as against the target to produce 30 lakh fish seeds for this year. However, the targets would be surpassed and 50 lakh fish seeds would be produced by March 2012, he added. He said for the farmers and the youth of Sirsa district, fish farming was a profitable venture. So far, 4,411 tonnes of fish had been produced in the district in the current financial year. He said 10 nurseries had been set up in the farm. Stocking tanks had also been constructed and Rahu, Katla, Mrigal and Common Corp fish seeds were produced in the farm. The department provides four different varieties of seeds of fish to the farmers so that the whole water of the pond could be covered. The Katla variety of fish lives on the surface of water, the Mirgal variety of fish remains at the bottom of the pond, the Roha variety lives in the middle and the Common Carp variety remains on the columns of the ponds. Two tubewells had also been installed and the quantity of hydrogen in the water was regularly checked. The Fisheries Department was also implementing various schemes for the benefit of farmers engaged in fish production, he added.
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Vegetable production up, says minister
Gharaunda (Karnal) January 23 He said at present seven per cent area was under horticulture and in order to increase the area, the government has launched programmes like the National Horticulture Mission, mini and micro irrigation projects and a subsidy ranging between 25 per cent and 100 per cent was being provided under these schemes. The Union Government has provided assistance of Rs 12 crore for the promotion of vegetable and fruit cultivation in 11 districts of the state and the farmers were getting remunerative returns from high-quality vegetables in mandis of Delhi, he added. Further, the government has spent Rs 75 crore for the expansion of marketing facilities and modern facilities were being provided in Panchkula, Panipat, Hisar, Narnaul, Karnal, Gurgaon, Shahbad, Sirsa and Sonepat mandis, while kinnow
growers were being extended the facilities of grading, packing, washing and waxing in Sirsa, Hisar, Fatehabad, and Bhiwani and an international marketing terminal would be set up at Gannaur at a cost of Rs 12 crore. The Agriculture Minister said due to the success of Indo-Israel project for hybrid production, the farmers were motivated to adopt vegetable and fruit cultivation due to which, fruit production increased from 2.36 lakh tonnes in 2005 to 3.56 lakh tonnes till date, while flower and spice production had also increased from 6,044 tonnes to 8,046 tonnes during the same period and the area under spices had increased from 10,194 hectares to 15,160 hectares. Similarly, the area under floriculture had increased from 5,400 hectares to 6,300 hectares.
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Rise in number of voters in Karnal district
Karnal, January 23 The Nilokheri Assembly constituency registered an increase of 6,182 voters, followed by Nilokheri (6,182), Assandh (5,925), Gharonda (4,981) and Indri (2,481) voters, indicating that people in Karnal were more aware of their constitutional and democratic rights. With focus on the college students and to enroll the left-out women, the Election Department has decided to launch an intensive campaign from February 1 to February 29 to ensure that no eligible voter with qualifying date as January 1, 2012, remained uncovered. The teams constituted by the Election Department would visit the colleges to register the students whose names did not figure in the voters list and a special effort would be made to enroll the left-out women voters, especially in the rural areas. Tehsildar Rajkumar said during November and December last year, a total number of 45,033 voters were added, while the names of 16,379 votes were deleted due to death and shifting of residents and the resultant increase in the number of voters was 28,624.
Principals’ help sought
Fatehabad: City Magistrate Shalini Chetal has sought the cooperation of principals of various colleges of the district for the inclusion of fresh voters in the electoral rolls from their respective institutions. Addressing a meeting of the principals here recently, Chetal said the educational institutions could ensure whether the names of students seeking admission to their colleges were included in voters’ list or not. “For this, they can make it compulsory to attach a photocopy of the voter card with the application form,” she said. Those not included in the voter list, could be provided voter forms at the colleges, so that they could be included in the electoral rolls in the future, she added. The authorities, she said, would launch a special campaign for the enrolment of fresh voters in the electoral rolls from February 1 to 29. The City Magistrate said January 25 being National Voters Day, the educational institutions could serve a great cause by creating awareness on the issue. She said there was a mistaken belief among people for which they did not get their unmarried daughters enrolled in the voter lists, as they think they would become voters in their marital families. She said every individual, who had attained the age of 18, should be enrolled as voter, as it would strengthen the democracy.
Admn to enrol new voters
Hisar: The district administration has decided to enrol all youths, who have attained the age of 18 years on January 1, as voters. Accordingly, all educational institutions in the district have been asked to ensure that all hostellers are registered as voters at the address of their institutions. They can get their registration transferred to any place where they settle down later on. Additional Deputy Commissioner Ashok Kumar Meena said all educational institutions had been asked to collect enrolment forms from the election office and maintain drop boxes in their institutions. Filled up forms should be sent to the authorities every three days. All institutions would appoint a nodal officer to supervise the enrolment of young voters. On January 25, which will be celebrated as Voters’ Day, all institutions would organise theme-based cultural programmes to encourage youth to enrol as voters. He said every effort would be made to ensure that no eligible voter was left out.
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Maharana Pratap’s death anniversary observed
Rewari, January 23 While activists of the Rajput Samaj from various parts of the state and a host of other distinguished citizens participated in the samaroh, the programme commenced with a havan held under the supervision of Swami Sharnanand. The second phase of the programme, which comprised a remembrance-cum-samman samaroh, was held under the chairmanship of District Rajput Sabha chief Thakur Ompal Singh. While paying homage to Maharana Pratap, Ompal Singh, samiti chief Naresh Chauhan, Satpal Singh Chauhan, prof Dashrath Singh Chauhan and others highlighted Maharana Pratap’s ideals of secularism, patriotism and indomitable courage and asserted that these ideals possessed relevance for the Indians in the present times as well. Besides meritorious students, distinguished social activists, Army jawans and victorious members of the Football Eleven of the district, along with their coach Jaswant Shah, were also honoured by the samiti for their performances in their respective spheres.The conference adopted a resolution urging the Union Government as well as the parliamentarians for paying floral tributes on the occasion of birth and death anniversary of Maharana Pratap and over 36 other national heroes whose statues lie in the complex of the Parliament House in New Delhi.
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Encroachments continue in Panipat
Panipat, January 23 Naresh Kumar, a local resident, said the town roads had virtually become every commuter's nightmare. “Hawkers selling all sorts of items, including eatables, clothing and home utensils, have a field day and do brisk business in violation of the rules,” he added. Though the local administration carries out anti-encroachment drives once in a while, it has proved ineffective. Encroachers have occupied every little space on both sides of the roads and haphazard parking along the road often leads to traffic jams here. Shopkeepers use government lands outside their establishments as store-places where they keep extra stock encroaching upon the government land. According to an official report, a copy of which is available with The Tribune, there are hardly any shop in the city that have not encroached upon the government land. Even reputed commercial establishments on the NH1 have been listed as offenders in the said list. At a recently convened meeting of the officials concerned, Deputy Commissioner JS Ahlawat had issued instructions asking them to ensure that all encroachments upon public roads should be removed at the earliest.
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Cheema, Sethi qualify for LP golf cup
Gurgaon, January 23 Capt Kanwaljit won the qualifier at Classic Golf Course, while Gurmeet qualified for the team at Golden Greens Golf Course here. Louis Philippe Cup involves a prize purse of Rs 1.2 crore and is scheduled to commence on March 5 at the Karnataka Golf Association, Bengaluru. The city-teams slated to participate in the event include Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Chennai, Lucknow and West (Mumbai and Pune). Each city consists of three top professionals. Three amateurs (only below-15 handicap) from each city selected through qualifiers in each city will join them on the first two days. India’s top golfers like former Asian Tour Player of the Year Jyoti Randhawa, European Tour regular Shiv Kapur, two-time European Tour winner SSP Chowrasia ,two-time Asian Tour winner Gaganjeet Bhullar, 2011 Asian Tour winner Anirban Lahiri and 2011 Singapore Classic winner Himmat Rai have confirmed participation in the event.
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SPs told to enforce motor vehicle rules strictly
Chandigarh, January 23 An official spokesperson said here recently that all DCs and SPs in the districts had been directed to monitor the actions taken in this regard on a regular basis. He said the SPs had been directed to devise appropriate mechanism for quick removal of obstructions like broken down vehicles, structures on the roads erected for the construction or repair of roads. They had also been directed to get the reflecting tapes put on the structures being used for the construction or repair of roads through the construction agencies. They had also been directed to launch special checking and enforcement campaign for checking of over speeding, drunken driving, driving of unsafe vehicles, wrong side driving and other issues like wearing of helmets. He said since overloading had been identified as one of the major causes of accidents, all regional transport authorities had been asked to ensure that plying of overloaded vehicles was strictly controlled. They had also been directed to check all school vehicles within 15 days for ensuring that they fulfil all conditions prescribed under the rules. The spokesperson said the Director-General, School Education, and the Director, Elementary Education, had been asked to issue strict orders to all district education officers and district elementary education officers to ensure that schools did not violate the law relating to transportation of schoolchildren. The DCs had been directed to hold fortnightly meetings of the District Road Safety Committees to monitor the actions taken by various departments.
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Crackdown on school buses inconveniences students, parents
Karnal, January 23 While parents lauded the action being taken by the administration for the safety of the students, they were disappointed that all these steps had been taken without making any alternative arrangements. “The schools are not plying buses due to strict checking by the police and the district administration has made no arrangement for the transportation of schoolchildren,” said Suman, a parent. “It is the duty of the government and the administration to provide adequate buses to students and ensure that the buses strictly followed the time schedule,” she added. Nirmal, another parent, said her husband was in the Army and she was a working woman, adding that she could not drop her child to school and the authorised school bus was only safe mode of transport for the child. “If the schools buses are off roads due to the strictness of the administration, the government should run special buses for schoolchildren across the district and make sure that the students do not miss school due to the lack of transport facilities,” she added. “Parents are aware of their responsibility, but providing safe public transport is the responsibility of the administration,” she said. Karnal SP Rakesh Arya has written to the principals of 50 schools to abide by the directions of the Supreme Court and ensure that all the parameters for plying the school buses were met.
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INLD to intensify campaign to enrol new voters
Faridabad, January 23 Ram Kumar Saini, a former INLD MLA, claimed that his party was successful in the present campaign to “purge” the voters’ lists of dubious names. Going by a large number of anomalies in the voters’ lists, the party will strengthen its campaign. The party had launched a 12-day campaign starting from January 5. It has constituted booth-level agents in the Assembly segments. The agents had been assigned a number of party workers to ensure success of the campaign. INLD leaders claim to apprise the district authorities concerned of the details of the fake names noticed at the time of verifications done during the present campaign. Saini, in charge of the campaign, alleged of anomalies in the voters’ list in all six Assembly segments, especially in NIT and Old Faridabad. He said names of a large number of factory workers who returned to their native states long time back continue to be in the voters’ lists. INLD workers visited the residence of the voters mentioned in the lists, but no persons listed reside at the addresses given. Baldev Singh, in charge of youth affairs of the INLD in the state, said his party wanted to ensure democracy in right earnest. “The cornerstone of democracy was not only to ensure that genuine persons cast their votes, but also that no political party or person manipulated votes in their favour”, he said.
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Freedom fighter cremated
Rewari, January 23 Ganeshi Ram died after a brief illness on Thursday evening. While the Block Development and Panchayat officer Janki Prasad placed a wreath on the pyre on behalf of the administration, a police contingent gave a salute to the departed freedom fighter. Besides, INLD MLA Rameshwar Dayal also paid floral tributes to him. His funeral was attended by several hundred residents of various surrounding villages. Ganeshi Ram’s eldest son Subedar Major Vijay Singh lit the pyre. Born in 1917, Ganeshi Ram’s patriotic fervour made him join the Indian National Army (INA) of Netaji Subhash Chander Bose in 1940.
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HUDA takes steps to empower women
Chandigarh, January 23 While stating this here recently, a spokesperson for HUDA said persons with disabilities were being paid special attention. Two per cent reservation (one per cent for blind and one per cent for disabled persons) in residential plots up to eight marlas had been made for disabled persons, besides giving them 10 per cent subsidy in the rates of allotment of plots. Two per cent commercial sites designated as kiosks and booths in shopping centres had also been reserved for persons with disabilities, besides reserving two per cent institutional sites in exclusive institutional sectors for the organisation of persons with disabilities. In addition to it, two per cent reservation, along with 10 per cent subsidy in the rates of allotment of industrial plots up to 500 sq m, had also been made for entrepreneurs with disabilities. These persons had also been provided the facility of free entry in auditorium, parks, besides giving 10 per cent concession in membership fee in sports complexes or gymkhana clubs, he said. He said HUDA had also taken steps for the empowerment of women. It had decided to give 90 per cent rebate on the payment of extension fee on properties owned exclusively by women and this rebate would be 100 per cent for properties owned by widows. HUDA had also decided to allot land at concessional rates to such private hospitals which would provide free treatment to the poor patients. As many as 20 per cent of outdoor patients would be treated free of cost in all such private hospitals, while 10 per cent beds would be reserved for indoor patients from weaker sections. HUDA had made it mandatory for hospitals to maintain records and registers. Such persons of Haryana domicile who have distinguished themselves in the field of art, culture, social service, science and technology, judiciary, defence and sports had been given the facility of preferential allotment of residential plots in the sectors developed by HUDA, he said. He said under the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy of the state government, HUDA had authorised annuity amount of Rs 75.46 crore to the land oustees and out of which, Rs 39.63 crore had already been disbursed. From April 2011 to December 2011, HUDA had spent Rs 690.43 crore for providing better infrastructure and other community facilities to the allottees.
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HCL organises ‘Talaash-2011’ at Guru Nanak Institutions
Ambala, January 23 Swami Vivekanand Public School, Yamunanagar, was declared the winner of the “Talaash- 2011”, while Convent of Sacred Heart School, Jagadhri, secured the first runner-up position and PKR Jain Public School, Ambala City, was the second runner-up. The names of the winning team members were Divya Sehgal, Shilpi Anand and Vandana Gaur. Dr Sachin Chawla, Dean of Guru Nanak Institutions, laid emphasis on the all-round development of students, which was the need of the hour. He said every student needed to develop multifaceted personality in order to survive and succeed in the present times of fierce competition. He congratulated the winning teams.
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Award for Panchkula prof
Panchkula, January 23 In view of the restrictions on official function, the cash award is being paid through a draft, said Maitray, a former principal and presently publication advisor to the Haryana Granth Akademi at Panchkula. Credited with more publications “Punjab Ka Purotiya Sahitya”, “Punjab Lok Sanskriti Evam Sahitya Digdarshan”, “Patiala - Sanskritik Virasat”, “Bhartiya Chetna Evam Chintan” and “Himachal Prakritik Paryatan”, Maitray’s next literary offering is due for release.
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Pandit Lakhmi Chand remembered
Sonepat, January 23 While inaugurating the programme recently, Kuldeep Sharma, Speaker of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, said society would always remain indebted to Pandit Lakhmi Chand for making the public aware about the values and intellects of the ancient Indian culture with composition and singing of his raginis. While giving references of the Mahabharata, the Gita, three battles of Panipat and Thaneswar, he said Haryana had been the centre of ancient culture. He compared Pandit Lakhmi Chand with Shakespeare, Munshi Premchand and Acharya Chatursen. The chairman of the parishad, KC Sharma, a retired IAS officer of the Haryana Cadre, said the parishad had been organising at least one such programmes in a district every month so that the young talents continued to contribute in keeping the memory of Pandit Lakhmi Chand alive in the minds and hearts of the coming generations. On the second day of the programme, Justice Mahesh Grover of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Deputy Commissioner, District and Sessions Judge, Kuldeep Jain, Pankaj Aggarwal, SDM Sonepat, Jag Niwas, also witnessed the programme of raginis presented by Haryanavi singers Prem Dehati, Jyoti, Gulab Singh, Ram Niwas Sharma, Arjun, Inder Lamba, Mayank, Kanupriya and many others. Justice Grover said Pandit Lakhmi Chand was not only a poet but also a social worker. It would be real tribute to this great poet if his programme was taken ahead by the new generations, he added. The programme was a big attraction for the people of the area as Pandit Lakhmi Chand was born in Janti village, about 15 km from Rai.
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Pollution-control device to be replaced
Panipat, January 23 The power authorities stated that the precipitators would be replaced within the next six months after which the pollution levels around the PTPS were expected to come down. The eight units of the power plant consumes over 22,500 tonnes of coal each day and 35 per cent of this gets converted into ash. During the initial year of thermal plant, the authorities used to sprinkle water on the ash, which was an effective way to keep pollutants under control. But with more and more ash being generated here each day, it almost became impossible for the authorities to tame the ashes. Thereafter, it was decided to install the ESP on the chimneys of the plant to keep the air pollution under check. According to experts, the ESP’s take the incoming dirty air and pass it through a filtration device that purifies the air. Any solid particles left over fall into a large storage container called a hopper and the clean air is brought out. The authorities claimed that once the ESP was replaced, the pollution around the thermal plant was most likely to register a considerable fall in terms of ash and other suspended particles.
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Cops to get training in curbing human trafficking
Madhuban (Karnal), Jan 23 Dr Suman Manjari, Deputy Director, HPA, said human trafficking was a crime against humanity and a curse, giving rise to numerous social problems, including crime, and the police personnel must be made aware of the dimensions and impact of human trafficking so that they could effectively check the crime. She said underprivileged sections of society, especially women and children, were worst affected by human trafficking and lose their rights to dignity, health care, education, freedom to live and protection against violence and it was the duty of the police to prevent such crimes. Smuggling of human organs, which had become a global industry, was promoting human trafficking and the increasing flesh trade was also an ugly dimension of human trafficking. In order to properly train the police personnel to tackle this problem, three-day workshops were being organised at regular intervals under the auspices of the Bureau of Police Research and Development, New Delhi, and IGNOU has started a certificate course in anti-human traffic for policemen and three workshops had already been conducted. She said a three-day workshop on Human Trafficking Introduction and adolescent Justice (care and protection) was in progress at HPA and 40 policemen from different districts of the state were being imparted knowledge about various aspects of this problem and steps to combat it.
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Environment conference from January 28
Sirsa, January 23 Dr Rani Sahu, in charge of the department, and convener of the event, said the focus of the conference was on environmental management in a sustainable manner. “The main objective of ICEWWNEM-2012 is to share and exchange experiences and research findings; to stimulate more ideas and useful insights regarding current best practices and future directions in environmental management and the legal, social, and political components related to it; and to debate their views on the future research and developments,” he said. Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal is recognised as Punjab’s most famous eco-activist, spearheading an anti-river pollution campaign. By combining his assiduously cultivated self-help philosophy with the environmental essence of the Gurbani, Seechewal has resurrected the 110-mile-long Kali Bein rivulet. Later, taking up the cudgels to save Buddha Nullah, Sant Seechewal initiated a campaign for generating awareness among different sections of society to solve the problem of de-silting the water body following the failure of the Punjab Pollution Control Board and industries in complying with the High Court’s orders in this regard.
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CM’s Announcements at Ratia
Fatehabad, January 23 After Congress candidate Jarnail Singh’s victory in the November 30 bypoll last year, Hooda had announced a Rs 300 crore package for Ratia while addressing a thanksgiving rally in the town on December 10. The package included a new degree college for women, one 60-bedded hospital, four primary health centres, six stadiums, some new power substations, new roads, new irrigation projects, five veterinary dispensaries, one veterinary hospital, grant of Rs 20 crore to panchayats besides several other projects. “There are a total of 83 projects, out of which one - that of construction of a stadium at Bhirdana - has been found non-feasible,” said the Deputy Commissioner, ML Kaushik, after presiding over a meeting of senior officers of various government departments here. He said immediately after the rally, a list of all announcements was prepared in his office and after their coding, these were sent to the departments concerned for approval. Replies from several of these have already been received. Estimates of works to be started in villages out of the Rs 20 crore announced for village panchayats had already been sent to the head office and the work on the projects was expected to begin soon. The Ratia municipal committee, which is to get Rs 5 crore, according to Hooda’s announcement, has identified the work of laying a sewer line in the town out of those funds. Land for setting up a women’s college available with the Jakhandadi panchayat has been identified and the work is likely to begin very soon. The estimates prepared by the Power Utilities, the Irrigation Department, the Public Health and the Public Works Department (Buildings and Roads), the Deputy Commissioner said, are in the sanction stage. Meanwhile, the work on 35 projects that come under the announcements made by Hooda during his rally at Fatehabad on December 5, 2010, is in progress and about 15 of these are likely to be completed soon. Out of the 162 announcements made by the Chief Minister, 20-odd were found non-feasible, work on 35 is in progress while the other projects have already been completed, Kaushik said.
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Karnal to have more parking space
Karnal, January 23 Deputy Commissioner Neelam Pradeep Kasni and SP Rakesh Arya took round of the town. The Deputy Commissioner issued orders to officials of the municipal corporation for developing parking lots at a few places and asked them to locate more such places where parking space could be created by levelling the land. She said small parking lots should also be developed in congested areas in the vicinity of banks and other institutions frequently visited by customers. Kasni asked the shopkeepers not to encroach upon roads and confine their goods to their shops. She said unauthorised rehris should be removed and alternate place should be provided to them. She said the old rickshaw stand, near the bus stand, would be restored after removing the encroachments and a toilet and auto stand would be constructed near Karan Park. She directed the police to check the papers of three-wheelers and assign them routes and also warned the vendors against encroaching upon the roads which created traffic congestions and caused inconvenience to the people. Meanwhile, the SP identified the accident-prone locations and directed the officials concerned to put lights, signals and other indicators on place to caution drivers. The number of accidents had increased in the recent past due to foggy conditions and these steps were necessary to ensure a smooth and safe traffic, the SP added.
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Mahatma Gandhi pension scheme implemented
Chandigarh, January 23 While stating this here recently, an official spokesperson said those in the age group of 18-50 years would be eligible to get themselves enrolled under the scheme. However, enrolment was voluntary. Each member would contribute Rs 200 per month or Rs 2,400 per annum and the state government would contribute Rs 100 per month that is Rs 1,200 per year. The contribution of the state government would be made after the completion of each financial year for such number of months for which contribution of member had been received during the financial year. However, to be eligible for the contribution from the state government, a minimum contribution in a year would be Rs 1,000 and maximum contribution in a year should not exceed Rs 12,000. After opening MGSPS-2011 account, a permanent retirement number card would be issued to each enrolled worker and the cost of such card would be borne by the subscriber, he added. He said exit from the scheme would be subject to the terms and conditions that is, exit at the age of 60 with 40 per cent minimum annuitisation of pension wealth and exit before the age of 60 with 80 per cent minimum annuitisation of pension wealth. However, the exit would be subject to the overriding condition that the amount of pension wealth to be annuitised should be sufficient to yield a minimum amount of Rs 1,000 per month. If the annuitised pension wealth did not yield an amount of Rs 1,000 per month, the percentage of pension wealth to be annuitised would be increased so that the pension amount became Rs 1,000 per month, failing which the entire pension wealth would be subject to annuitisation. The maximum pension ceiling might be revised from time to time. However, in case of exit at the age of 60, if 100 per cent annuitisation did not yield an amount of Rs 1,000 per month then the member would have the option to either continue with such annuitisation or make a lump sum withdrawal of the entire amount. On death of a member due to any reason, option would be available to the nominee to receive 100 per cent of the pension wealth in lump sum. However, if the nominee wished to continue with the scheme, he would have to subscribe to the scheme individually after following due procedure and corpus of the deceased would be transferred to the new account, he added. The spokesperson said on getting old, pension to the member would depend on how much he saved per month and the number of years of his saving. If a member saved more regularly every month for many years, he was likely to get a higher pension.
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Faridabad MC holds camp to redress grievances
Faridabad, January 23 Ashok Arora, Mayor of the corporation, said: “A sum of Rs 1, 65,000 as dues was recovered from the residents. Camps will be organised in all the remaining 34 wards of the city. The drive will be completed by the end of the month”. Incidentally, ward no 12 is represented by the Mayor. Arora said the nature of the camps would be different from the earlier ones as they would deal with varied problems of the residents. The need for such camps arose on account of a large number of complaints from the residents that they faced problems during their visits to various departments of the municipal corporation with regard to their grievances. He said he, along with the Commissioner of the corporation and the councillors of the ward, would attend the camps. The presence of the authorities, along with the officials concerned, would facilitate on-the-spot redressal of the grievances, he added. —
TNS
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7-day NSS camp concludes
Bhiwani, January 23 Ramesh Dhankhad, Chief Medical Officer, was the chief guest at the closing function, while Ashok Gupta, president of the governing body of the college, was the special guest. Dr RN Yadav, principal of the college, presided over the function. Ajay Saini and Yogesh Kumar were selected as the best volunteers of the year. Rajat and Naveen were adjudged the best campers. Lokesh Saini, Vishal Sharma, Babu Lal, Jitender Atela, Sumit, Aman, Shrikant were given special prizes. —
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Movie This Week
Directed by: Karan Malhotra
The much-anticipated movie of 2012, “Agneepath”, a remake of late Mukul Anand’s stylist 1990 film starring Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, arrives today all over. The promos, particularly the song “Chikni Chameli...” choreographed by Ganesh Acharya and picturised on Katrina Kaif, are quite a rage. Viewers are eagerly waiting to look Sanjay Dutt as “Kancha Cheena”. This look is influenced by Marlo Brando in “Apocalypse Now”. Debutant director Karan Malhotra, who assisted Karan Johar, Farah Khan, Ashutosh Gowariker and Farhan Akhar, is riding high on this revenge saga which is completely different from the original “Agneepath”. Rishi Kapoor’s character is the new one. Priyanka Chopra’s character is totally different. Mithun Chakraborty, who played a coconut seller in the original, will not be seen in the remake. Watch Rishi Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt in negative roles in “Agneepath” with Hrithik Roshan, who plays underworld Don Vijay Dinanath Chauhan in the brand new version, which opens on January 26 at KC Panchkula, Glitz-Kurukshetra, Sun City - Hisar, Hind - Kaithal, Radhika - Rewari, Bawa - Sonepat, Inder Palace, Movie Time (Karnal) Dimple - Jagadhri, PVR Ambience, PVR MGF, PVR Sahara, SRS OMAXE, SRS Wedding, DTCC, DTMM, DT Star Mall, SRS CC, SRS Pristine, SRS Eldeco, SRS Shubham, INOX, Q Cinema (Faridabad), Satyam, Bangar, Sheila (Rohtak), Fun - Ambala, Fun - Panipat. — Dharam Pal
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A district-level function was held jointly by the Maharana Pratap Jayanti Samiti and the Rewari District Rajput Sabha to commemorate the 415th death anniversary of Maharana
Pratap, the legendary hero of Mewar, at Maharana Pratap Chowk here recently.
HCL organised the grand finale of “Talaash -2011” in collaboration with Guru Nanak Institutions,
Mullana, here recently. Senior officials from HCL, Noida, presided over the function.
As many as 100 schools from four districts, including Ambala, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra and Panchkula participated in the event.
The grand finale involved the participation of 45 winning teams.
Sonepat, January 23
Addressing the closing session of a three-day vegetable exhibition fair at the hybrid vegetable centre set up under the Indo-Israel vegetable project, he said timely guidance to farmers, supply of quality seeds and fertiliser on time and farmer-friendly policies of the government made it happen.
Earlier, the ESPs were installed at the Panipat Thermal Power Station in 1999. However, the ESPs stopped working due to wear and tear over a decade. As pollution around the PTPS came to the light with the state government ordering the entire population of Khukhrana village to be shifted to a pollution-free zone, the authorities here decided to replace the ESPs on which Rs 15 crore would be spent. 
First-time director Karan Malhotra, assistant director of “My Name is Khan” directs this bollywood’s biggie which has Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra and Rishi Kapoor in the lead roles.