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Don’t target Cong alone, says Delhi CM
Rain continues, life remains disrupted
Rain wreaks havoc, causes landslides
Landslides hit road, rail traffic
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Govt gave victims of weather
no relief: Bali
Downpour damages houses, roads, bridges
Vigorous monsoon reduces deficiency
Apple price tumbles by 50-70%
Take steps to save fund-starved power board, govt urged
Nomadic shepherds to get solar lanterns
No headway made in constable’s murder
Jewellery, cash stolen from house
Birender mum on working president issue
Tax on truckers leads to traffic chaos
Lightning kills woman
Corp returns ‘substandard’ black grams
Labourer commits suicide
Art Dept to map cultural assets of state
Cong seeks White Paper on projects
Youth Congress padyatra concludes 3 yrs on, trade centre fails to come up in Baddi 3 poison cases Stone of irrigation scheme laid Silt leads to closure of hydel projects
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Don’t target Cong alone, says Delhi CM
Sujanpur (Hamirpur),August 20 She said, “Certain persons are targeting the Congress for corruption, but tell me which party is free from it. Uttar Pradesh, where Akhilesh Yadav has recently been elected Chief Minister, is witnessing corruption and anarchy. Is Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi free from corruption? Everybody knows what Karnataka Chief Minister Yedduriyappa did.” Talking about the law and order problem in Delhi, Dikshit said, “In Delhi, many commit crime and cross to neighbouring states, making it difficult to keep a check on criminals. Even a small incident gets wide publicity. Maintaining law and order is a big challenge before us and we are facing it boldly.” The Delhi Chief Minister appealed to the people to vote for the Congress in the state as the party had been working for uplifting weaker sections and development. Addressing the rally, AICC general secretary and state party affairs in charge Birender Singh gave the credit of woman empowerment to Rajiv Gandhi. He said, “The Congress will double the allotment of ticket to women than the BJP in the state. We will make efforts to provide employment to the unemployed. Those not getting jobs will be given dole.” Addressing the rally, All-India Mahila Congress president Anita Verma said, “Women have sent a message to Dhumal through this rally that they want to oust him from power as he has failed to deliver.” HPCC president Kaul Singh Thakur raised issues like the sale of land to outsiders by the state government and its inability to spend the entire MNREGA funds. Leader of Opposition Vidya Stokes also addressed the rally. AICC secretary Asha Kumari, Delhi Cabinet minister Kiran Walia and state Congress leader Viplov Thakur were present. |
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Rain continues, life remains disrupted
Kangra, August 20 Hamirpur Executive Engineer Satish Kumar Nag said the Kangra-Jalandhar national highway was blocked at Sammela and near old Kangra, leaving travellers in hundreds of vehicles stranded. The road was cleared after seven hours. English dailies published from Chandigarh and Jalandhar could not reach readers at Dharamsala, Kangra, Palampur, Baijnath and Jogindernagar. The highway was blocked near Ranital around 11 pm as trees fell on the road. The trees were cut and removed by those travelling in the vehicles that got stranded. The Pathankot-Mandi national highway remained blocked for two hours this morning due to landslides near the Kangra airport. After traffic was restored, the highway was blocked again in the evening. Kangra public works department Executive Engineer Vijay Kumar said the Kangra bypass was blocked around 7 am following landslides and traffic was restored after two hours. He said the Kangra-Sammirpur road was blocked in the morning due to a landslide and it could not be cleared due to the non-availability of bulldozers. He said the Daulatpur-Jalladi, Daulatpur-Sunni-Sarotri, Salool-Bhartha, Gaggal-Tiara-Nagrota Surian, old Kangra-Botkalu and Shahpur-Jawali roads were blocked due to heavy rain, but traffic was restored later. Kangra Tehsildar Bal Krishen said a dozen houses collapsed following heavy rain at Abdullahpur, Soura, Kachiari, Ansoli, Chikli Koti, old Kangra, Tripal, Donga Bazaar and Tarsu today. He said four families were given tarpaulins. Reports of rain were also received from Dharamsala, McLeodganj, Dehra, Ranital, Jwalamukhi, Nagrota Bagwan, Mallan, Gaggal, Shahpur and Dharman.
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Rain wreaks havoc, causes landslides
Shimla, August 20 Since no retaining wall had been erected, the landslide resulted in the collapse of the structure, two floors of which were occupied. Traffic on the Totu-Jubbarhatti road was diverted as debris fell on the road. Owners of the under-construction house had a miraculous escape as they had vacated the house only two days back, when the building was perceived to be under threat due to landslides triggered by rain. Another adjoining four-storey building was vacated last night as it developed cracks and was declared unsafe. The rain over the last two days caused landslides at several places in the district. This hampered traffic on many link roads, affecting apple transportation. With easterly winds prevailing over the western Himalayan region at low levels and interacting with mid-latitude westerlies, there were chances of rain till August 24. The local meteorological centre issued a warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall at some places in the lower and mid-hills during the next 48 hours.
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Landslides hit road, rail traffic
Nurpur, August 20 Road traffic on the Jawali-Jonta, Jawali-Battis Meel and Jawali-Nagrota Surian link roads also remained suspended. The public works
department requisitioned JCB machines to clear the blocked roads. As a result, traffic on the Indora-Pathankot link road was suspended. Residents of Indora and surrounding villages visiting Pathankot had to go via Kandrori. The Surdwan and
Bhogrwan khuds, which did not have any bridge, were in spate. The rail track also sank at some places due to landslides. According to rail traffic inspector Laxman Singh, efforts were being made to restore traffic from Pathankot to Guler. |
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Govt gave victims of weather
no relief: Bali
Kangra, August 20 He lambasted the state government for its failure to provide relief to the people whose houses were damaged following heavy rain. He said those who lost their houses were not provided tarpaulins. He said revenue officers refused to visit the sites on the pretext that it was raining. He added that roads were blocked or washed away. He said lift irrigation schemes were damaged, but the authorities were in slumber. He said a big tree fell on a double-storey building on the national highway in his constituency, but no government agency came to help. He charged the government with failure on the law and order front as well. He said three murders were committed in the district in 24 hours. He claimed that the liquor mafia was controlling the administration. He alleged that Dhumal was indulging in politics and forgetting governance due to dissensions within the BJP. He said the DRPGMC hospital building at Tanda was in a bad shape because funds for maintenance were not provided. |
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Downpour damages houses, roads, bridges
Palampur, August 20 Transport services on local routes were hit. Bus services came to a halt following landslides. No bus could be plied on the Palampur-Dheera, Palampur-Khundian and Palampur-Thural routes. The Palampur-Barot Kothi Kohar bus service also remained suspended for the third day as PWD workers could not remove the debris following landslides between Ghatsani and Tikkan. Five houses collapsed at Thural and Sai villages and over a hundred damaged today. A number of houses were declared unsafe and residents shifted. Residents of many villages spent two sleepless nights. A fuel station at Thural suffered extensive loss as water entered the premises. Over 10,000 litres of diesel was washed away. The owner said there was no proper drainage system, adding that machines were damaged as well. Mediapersons visited villages affected and found knee-deep water in many houses. A firefighting team was pressed into service to drain the water. Members of self-help groups helped residents drain the water. Residents complained that most culverts on the Palampur-Sujanpur highway were choked, due to which flood water entered their houses. They said despite repeated requests, the staff with the public works department (PWD) had failed to construct drains on both sides of the highway in the last two years. A number of internal roads, bridges and retaining walls developed cracks or collapsed, Dheera, Nagani, Purbha and Daroh were also affected. All rivers and streams were in spate. Sulah MLA Bipan Singh Parmar visited villages affected and directed revenue officials to provide immediate assistance to the victims. He told the PWD staff to bring equipment and drain water from houses. Palampur subdivisional magistrate Bhupinder Attari visited the areas and directed revenue officials to assess the loss so that financial assistance could be given to the persons affected.
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Vigorous monsoon reduces deficiency
Shimla, August 20 The average precipitation has gone up to 427 mm compared to the normal precipitation of 619 mm following heavy rain in the last two days. As a result, the deficiency has come down to 32 per cent. The main rain-deficient districts have been Lahaul-Spiti (87 per cent) and Kinnaur (61 per cent), which fall in the rain-shadow area. Chamba is the only other district which has recorded major deficiency this monsoon. It has received only 334 mm of rain compared to the normal of 1,052 mm, the deficiency being 68 per cent. The overall deficiency has declined from 73 per cent in June-end to 32 per cent today. Kullu has received 393 mm of rain, 2 per cent higher than the normal of 385 mm. Kangra has received 1,283 mm of rain, 8 per cent above the normal of 1,192 mm. The district has recorded the highest precipitation in the last 24 hours, with Dharamsala recording 181 mm. Mandi has recorded between 40 mm and 50 mm of rain over the last 24 hours. This has taken the cumulative precipitation up to 772 mm, only 9 per cent lower than the normal of 846 mm. Hamirpur has recorded over 110 mm of rain. As a result, the total precipitation is now up to 797 mm, only 10 per cent lower than normal. The deficiency in Shimla has come down from 29 per cent to 16 per cent, which is normal in meteorological terms. Solan has recorded 78 mm of rain in the last 24 hours. This has brought deficiency down from 40 per cent to 29 per cent. Low-elevation areas like Una (37 per cent) and parts of Sirmour (36 per cent ) have not received adequate rain. Hopes of a good kharif crop have been revived as maize and paddy have recovered fully from the impact of the dry spell. |
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Apple price tumbles by 50-70%
Mandi/Kullu, August 20
The standard A-grade apple box that was sold at Rs 2,300 in Chandigarh and Delhi markets last week is now fetching Rs 1,200 today, said growers. “Even it is fetching Rs 800 per box in Kullu and in domestic markets at Bandrol, Patlikuhal and Takoli and Mandi,” rued farmers. Though the farmers hope that the markets will pick up in days to come once good quality fruit arrives from middle and higher belts, experts suspect that growers have fallen into the trap of initial allurement laid by the well-entrenched nexus of arhtiyas and traders that has spread its tentacles even in domestic markets of Bandrol, Takoli, Mandi, Narkanda, Rohru, Narkanda , Dhalli and Solan as well. “Farmers have fallen into the trap this time despite the production being slightly better than the previous year and may cross two crore apple boxes,” said Laxman Thakur, chairman, Ecohort Society of Growers, Nandpur, Shimla district. Prem Sharma, president, Kullu-Manali Apple Growers’ Assoictaion, said growers had stopped plucking in the face of crashed markets that had plunged from Rs 2,500 to Rs 800 for grade A and Rs 400 to low grade in Delhi, which got Kullu’s major share of the fruit. “Even traders, most of them Muslims, have stopped buying fruit from markets as they are out to celebrate Eid. And export to Bangladesh has stopped due to the sealing of the border of Bangladesh, which imported most of the fruit from Kullu,” he said. “Even traders and commission agents are trying to make up for the losses they have suffered due to offering Rs 3,300 per box initially and last year,” said Pramod Chauhan, a grower from Kotkhai. “I could sell Rs 1,200 per box in Dhalli market as domestic markets have crashed in the past four days,” he rued. But Pawan Kumar, president, Azadpur Commission Agents Association, Delhi, claimed that markets were governed by the supply and demand of good quality fruit and the arrival of traders from other parts of the country, not by the nexus. “We expect markets will pick up from Rs 1,200 per box to Rs 1,600 or so, once trade picks up after Eid holidays and arrival of good fruit to markets,” he added.
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Take steps to save fund-starved power board, govt urged
Shimla, August 20 It pointed out that against the assets of Rs 5,000 crore, the borrowings had reached at Rs 3,300 crore, which included short-term loans (STLs) of over Rs 2,000 crore. The continuous increase in the high-interest STLs to bridge the revenue gap had led to cumulative losses amounting to Rs 1,500 crore as on March 2012, from Rs 384 crore in March 2010. It was the result of defective power policies of the government and faulty fixation of tariff by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission, which did not allow about Rs 2,900 crore over the past 10 years, forcing the board to go for short-term borrowings at high interest rates. The government had also not released Rs 295 crore as special grant as recommended by the commission. Further, Rs 468 crore spent on survey and investigation of projects by the board had also not been paid by the companies allotted the projects. The union demanded that the BBMB share be provided to the board on Bus Bar Rates and royalty being charged from its projects waived, which would make over Rs 392 crore available to the board. The present practice of outsourcing of the works of the board in view of shortage of staff had further hit the revenue as untrustworthy and unskilled staff was being deployed by contractors. Thousands of posts of different categories had been abolished in the board over the past decade and over 6,000 posts were lying vacant. The union also demanded allotment of projects to the HPSEBL for execution to reduce the employees’ cost. Besides, the construction of the entire transmission line in the Chenab basin be awarded to the State Transmission Corporation.
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Nomadic shepherds to get solar lanterns
Shimla, August 20 He said a 4-KW solar power plant each would be set up in offices of deputy commissioners. The state had a vast potential for solar, wind and biomass energy that would be harnessed in a phased manner to supplement the hydropower. He appealed to the youth to save energy to help reduce pressure on natural resources. Non-conventional energy would also ensue a healthy pollution-free environment and motivate people to live in harmony with nature. Dhumal also administered the nine-point environment pledge to students on the occasion. |
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No headway made in constable’s murder
Baijnath (Palampur), August 20 The police had constituted a number of teams to nab the culprits. But in the past two days no headway had been made because there was no eye witness to the murder. The injured constable admitted to a hospital too was unable to make a statement before the investigating team. The police only knew that the Maruti Alto car used in the murder incident had a temporary registration number. It is believed that some mafia could be behind the constable’s murder. It could be a liquor or charas mafia said to be active in the region. Police sources said the constable had simply signalled the vehicle to stop. Some persons came out of the car and stabbed him without any provocation. It could be that the mafia was carrying illicit liquor or charas in the car. To avoid the checking of the vehicle, they eliminated the cop. Police teams had inspected the records of Maruti dealers to have information about who had purchased Alto cars in the past few days in the Baijnath or Palampur area. They also inspected the records of the Motor Licensing authorities to check the latest registration of cars. Meanwhile, Daljit Thakur, SSP, Kangra, said the police would soon nab the culprits. He said the murder of two youths in Palampur had already been solved by the police with the arrest of nine accused.
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Jewellery, cash stolen from house
Bilaspur, August 20 He added that they also damaged other items
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Birender mum on working president issue
Sujanpur, August 20 Replying to questions of mediapersons on the sidelines of the Mahila Congress rally here today, he said: “I can’t comment on this issue and the media would be briefed when anything happens in this regard.” On being asked whether Virbhadra Singh is camping in Delhi, along with his supporters, and not attending this rally here, he replied: “I have no knowledge about the same. The names suggested by Virbhadra have been included in Congress committees and now there are no differences in the HPCC on the issue.” On the demand raised by Virbhadra to allot nearly 40 ticket to his group in the Assembly elections in the state, Birender said: “No such demand has been placed before me by him.” HPCC president Kaul Singh Thakur was among those present on the occasion. |
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Tax on truckers leads to traffic chaos
Solan, August 20 With the apple harvesting season in progress, hundreds of trucks were daily moving on this highway to transport apples to Delhi and other places. The state Excise and Taxation Department levies Rs 1 on every 20-kg box as tax and truckers have to stop at the excise barrier set up by the department at Koti to deposit the same. With the system being manual and nearly 400-500 trucks moving on the highway daily, they have to wait for depositing tax and collect receipt. The tax was being collected by the department from a barrier erected near the multipurpose tax barrier near Parwanoo. This created huge traffic influx as vehicles were seen stranded with trucks lined up along roadside. Since the new bypass connecting Parwanoo to Pinjore had become operational in April this year, the Excise and Taxation Department failed to anticipate traffic hassles. The situation was aggravated with a long weekend owing to public holidays leading to a huge rush of tourist vehicles to Excise and taxation officer Pramod Sharma when quizzed said the excise barrier had now been shifted to Koti where there was ample space to park 10 to 15 trucks. This had helped avert traffic jams occurring daily, which were causing hassles for the public as the multi-purpose barrier was also located nearby at the entry point of Parwanoo.
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Lightning kills woman
Bilaspur, August 20 Reports said Satya Devi went out of her house in the rain to save her cattle. A flash of lightning virtually burnt her down. She was immediately rushed to the nearby Anandpur Sahib Hospital, but died on way to the hospital. Village elders led by panchayat president Balbir Singh have urged the district administration to provide financial aid to the bereaved family of the woman. |
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Corp returns ‘substandard’ black grams
Hamirpur, August 20 The black grams and two other pulses are being distributed by the state government to ration card holders through Public Distribution System (PDS) sales counters on subsidised rates. The complaints in this regard were made by depots in charges receiving the supply after which the authorities of the Civil Supplies Corporation matched the supply with the master sample and found the black grams substandard. KK Sharma, in charge, Civil Supplies Corporation, Hamirpur region, said “The supply of black grams sent by AR Traders, Bathinda, has been found substandard and truckloads from Hamirpur, Patta and Bangna have been sent back”. He said the black grams received were not distributed to the PDS sales counters and the supplier would have to bear all the expenses in this regard.
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Labourer commits suicide
Kangra, August 20 Stating this here today, the SDPO, Dehra, said the labourer was identified as Puran Pa of Piplah village in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh and was working at Jawlamukhi for the past three years. He said Puran watched a movie on Saturday night with his friends and the next day morning was found hanging in his room with the door bolted from inside. The police was informed and the body sent for postmortem. The police has started investigation under Section 174, CrPC.
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Art Dept to map cultural assets of state
Shimla, August 20 The department has decided to seek assistance and guidance of experts from the Indian National Trust for Art, Culture and Heritage (INTACH) so that an exhaustive database can be prepared with complete details of the tangible as well as intangible cultural assets of the state. This will cover all the 26 scheduled temples, including the Shakti Peeths of Naina Devi, Chintpurni, Chamunda and Jwalamukhi. The mapping task will be taken up in phases where temples, forts, palaces, and monasteries will be documented exhaustively. Another important aspect of the local devis and devtas (deities), who are an integral part of the life of the hill folk, will also de documented, along with their temples, and the beliefs associated with them. “We intend to undertake mapping of our rich and varied cultural heritage so that we have a ready database that can be handy for conservation and preservation of these treasures,” said Manisha Nanda, Principal Secretary, Language, Art and Culture Department. She said the ancient and priceless manuscripts that exist in the state would also be documented. The mapping will cover all the 26 scheduled temples and over 900 listed temples in the state. Documenting the temples will also help in promoting temple tourism, which is an important part of tourism in the state. “The folklore associated with Ramayan and Mahabharata, which is not recorded but has been passed down from generations to generations, will also be recorded so that it can be saved for posterity and there is documentary evidence,” said Rakesh Kanwar, Director of the department. He said even the local cuisine, traditions and beliefs of every area would be documented. The fairs and festivals and the yatras like that of Manimahesh and Srikhand would also feature prominently on this arduous mapping task. Kanwar said efforts would be made to seek funds from the Union Ministry of Cultural Affairs after a project was prepared for mapping of cultural assets. The task of cultural mapping would cover the ancient monasteries like Tabo, Kei and Gyuto in tribal districts of Kinuar and Lahaul-Spiti. The cultural repository of the state tucked away in some of the most remote and ancient temples and monasteries will be documented. The forts and palaces will give a peep into the earlier times and the royal life during the reign of the monarchy.
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Cong seeks White Paper on projects
Jawali (Nurpur), August 20 Addressing a press conference, senior vice-president of the state Congress Chander Kumar said here today that the Dhumal government was throwing open those development works which were near completion during the previous Virbhadra Singh government and had failed to complete any work initiated during its regime. The Congress leader alleged that the state government had given sub-tehsil status to Nagrota Surian in the Jawali Assembly segment, but it was a political gimmick as no financial nod was granted for this purpose. “IPH Minister Ravinder Ravi is going to inaugurate it on August 22 by shifting revenue staff from Jawali. Moreover, the minister is laying foundation stones of drinking water supply and irrigation schemes at Nagrota Surian which have yet to be approved by Nabard,” he maintained.
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Youth Congress padyatra concludes Bilaspur, August 20 Former state Congress Committee member Manender Singh Chandel was the chief guest on the occasion. Chandel said the BJP government had ignored all development works in this most backward constituency and now youth were taking an initiative against this injustice here. Vivek said around 48 youth accompanied him in the padyatra, which was organised to highlight the failure of the BJP government to start the Centre-allotted polytechnic college at Kalol years ago and also ignoring development works in the area. Village-level meetings were also held during the padyatra. He said potable water was not provided in scores of villages during this hot season and roads were in a dilapidated condition without any repairs, while Centre-sponsored schemes were being highlighted
as achievements of the state government. He added that a deputation of the state Youth Congress would meet Central Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal in Delhi on August 22 and present him a memorandum regarding the inordinate delay in starting the polytechnic college at Kalol and would ensure that it started functioning at the earliest. Former Talai Nagar Parishad president Prithvi Chand Dhiman, Ganndhir panchayat president Vijay Kaushal and teachers’ leader Gyan Chand Gambhir were among those present. |
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3 yrs on, trade centre fails to come up in Baddi Solan, August 20 The project is being set up on a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) mode and the industry is supposed to contribute as much as Rs 2 crore, while the remaining portion has been received from the Central and state governments. A number of factors contributed to the delay. These included the presence of a polytechnic training institute for the pharmaceutical industry which was not only housed in a portion of the building where the trade centre was supposed to be set up, but also due to lack of equity contribution from the industry. The issue pertaining to lack of equity contribution by the industry had come up for discussion at a recent meeting of the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Development Authority (BBNDA) where investors were directed to speed up their contribution. As against a total contribution of Rs 2 crore, an amount of mere Rs 10 lakh to Rs 12 lakh had been contributed by the industry, thus proving their lack of seriousness for the project. The training institute was now being shifted to a new site so that the space could be appropriately used for the centre. This transfer to a new site had delayed the training of a subsequent batch of the institute, thus proving lack of proper planning for handling a Central project sanctioned under the Assistance to States for Infrastructure Development of Exports (ASIDE) Scheme. This was the second such centre in northern states after Delhi. Chief executive officer, BBNDA, Hans Raj Sharma, said initial hiccups in the project had been removed and the project was likely to be completed within this financial year as most of the construction work had been completed. He agreed that delay in equity contribution had also contributed to the delay. The institute was now given space in another building which was coming up under the skill development centre also coming up at a cost of Rs 8.1 crore. Sharma said a year’s delay had occurred in chalking out its design and handing over the same to the PWD and seeking its approval from the state government. The project, spread over 35 bighas, is coming up at Bhatoli Kalan in Baddi and will particularly facilitate the export-oriented units. Financial assistance of Rs 5.40 crore has already been released to the
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3 poison cases Kangra, August 20 Munish Kumar (24) of Bahthalthore village near Dadaseba had some infection and consumed some expired medicine which resulted in poisoning. Uttam Chand (24) of Sulni Balool village became unconscious after inhaling fumes of some pesticide used in maize spraying and was admitted to Tanda hospital. |
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Stone of irrigation scheme laid Hamirpur, August 20 Laying the foundation stone of an irrigation scheme at Halana, he said, the scheme would provide irrigation facilities for many villages and help in irrigating about 73 hectares. Targeting the Central Government, Thakur said, the prices of essential commodities have risen due to its wrong policies. He added that the state government was making efforts to improve life of people and through these measures the per capita income in the state has risen to Rs 73,000. Thakur also inaugurated a police control room and a laser centre at the
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Silt leads to closure of hydel projects Solan, August 20 Power Controller Joginder Singh said various hydel power projects, including Baspa, Chamera I and II, Karchum Wangtu and Nathpa Jhakri, had been shut down after heavy silt was reported following heavy rainfall this morning. The closure of these projects had posed a shortage of 150-200 MW power and the board had imposed power cut till 12 midnight on various industrial areas, including Baddi, Barotiwala, Nalagarh and Paonta Sahib. Joginder Singh said an effort was being made to ensure that minimum cuts on domestic consumers was imposed and in a bid to deal with the shortage the state had withheld 250 MW being given to Haryana today and partial sale of power in the open market could be put on hold tomorrow. This would make some power available after 12 midnight today, thus help ease the situation partially. Cuts for half an hour were also being imposed on domestic consumers as the power situation appeared to be grim. The industrial units either remained shut or had to depend on diesel-run generation sets to run their operations today as cuts for more than 12 hours had been imposed. As against the requirement of 45 MW in Paonta Sahib, 13 MW power was being supplied. As against the requirement of 140 MW each in Baddi and Barotiwala industrial areas, barely 10 MW power was available in both the areas today. In the Nalagarh industrial area, against a requirement of 120 MW, the power available was as less as 50 MW. |
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Delhi Chief Minister and Himachal Pradesh Congress screening committee chairperson Sheila Dikshit said here today that the party alone could not be targeted on the issue of corruption as no political party was free from it.
A four-storey building in the Devnagar area near Totu collapsed today after it was buried under debris from a landslide following two days of continuous rain in the town.
Farmers attribute the market crash to the
arhtiyas-traders nexus and the under-ripened fruit entering markets through certain greedy contractors and growers to fetch maximum money.