BHIWANI
Link roads: A meeting under the
presidentship of Mr Ram Bhajan Aggarwal, Minister
of State for Home and Tourism, held at the local
PWD Rest House reviewed repair of roads in the
district. The committee approved repair and
construction of link roads to the town, Charkhi
Dadri town and Tosham town. The Chairman of the
Haryana Marketing Board, Mr Ved Pal had earlier
sanctioned 50 link roads of Bhiwani town, seven
link roads of Charkhi Dadri town and five link
roads of Tosham town. Work on these roads would
be completed within four months and cost more
than Rs 2 crore.
Camp for cattle breeders: A
two-day cattle breeders' training camp and animal
health care camp concluded at Badhwana village,
50 km from here. Thousands of cattle breeders and
progressive farmers attended the camp. Dr Suresh
Kumar Yadav, Subdivisional Officer of the Animal
Husbandry Department, Charkhi Dadri, presided
over the function. Two thousand animals were
treated at the camp and medicines were given to
3000 sheep and goats.HISAR
Red Cross Society: The district
Red Cross Society here provided health facilities
to about 5,000 persons during the past month. The
Deputy Commissioner, Mr P.C. Bhidan, said the
society had also provided cash assistance worth
Rs 26,000 to the poor and needy. The society had
organised four blood donation camps at which 254
units of blood were donated.
Detained: The local police has
detained 21 persons and initiated action against
them for illegal possession of weapons. According
to the SP, Mr Manjeet Singh Ahalawat, 16 pistols,
a rifle, a revolver and 44 cartridges were seized
from the possession of those arrested.
Students' stir: Students of the
Engineering and Technology College of Haryana
Agriculture University (HAU) went on a strike on
Wednesday in protest against the non-fulfilment
of their demands. The striking students raised
slogans in support of their demands and boycotted
classes.
KAITHAL
Lok adalat: A lok adalat will be
organised here on December 19 to settle
matrimonial disputes, grant of compensation in
accident claim cases, to resolve bank disputes
and other cases. This was stated by Mr C.R.
Goyal, Additional District and Sessions Judge and
Chairman of the district Legal Services Authority
here on Wednesday. He said some High Court judges
would also be present on the occasion. He said
assistance of various social organisations,
including the Lions Club, here, had been sought
to make the adalat a success.
REWARI
Visit: The Minister of State for
Food and Supplies, Mr Satpal Yadav visited the Dr
S.S. Yadav Ram-bhagwan Charitable Institute of
Cancer Management and Research on Tuesday. The
centre is under construction at Mirpur village, 8
km from here. He praised Dr S.S. Yadav, a former
director of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical
Science at Rohtak, for setting up the cancer
hospital — the first of its kind in rural
areas.
Dirty water: The accumulation of
dirty water because of the failure of sewerage
has been a source of nuisance for residents of
Shiv Colony, Ajay Nagar, Ramsinghpura, Yadav
Nagar, Vikas Nagar and several other colonies of
the town. The residents alleged that in spite of
repeated requests for repairs the Municipal
Corporation had not taken any action. The dirty
water had entered numerous houses and break-out
of an epidemic was feared.
SANGRUR
Funds released: The District
Development and Planning Board has received a sum
of Rs 2142.57 lakh for the current year for
various development schemes. An amount of over Rs
1193 lakh has already been released for various
development activities. A meeting of the District
Development Board was held here on Tuesday. Mr
Madan Mohan Mittal, Food and Supplies Minister,
released a sum of Rs 75.83 lakh, including Rs 40
lakh for flood protection measures, Rs 26.83 lakh
for expansion of health facilities and Rs 3.45
lakh for the construction of police stations.
SIRSA
Education programme: The
District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) has
been adjudged best for its noteworthy activities
during the year 1997-98 and awarded a prize of Rs
5 lakh by the Haryana Primary Education Project
Council, Chandigarh. This was stated by Dr Avtar
Singh, Deputy Commissioner. He said that the DPEP
in the district had played a vital role in
ensuring 100 per cent presence and maximum
enrolment of children of 6-11 years. A sum of Rs
5.65 crore had been spent under the programme to
promote primary education in the district.
Dairy development: The Dairy
Development Department has provided loan
facilities, for the construction of sheds through
various banks under the Commercial Dairy Scheme
for purchase of buffaloes in the district.
Disclosing this the Deputy Commissioner said the
loans of about Rs 1.12 crore had been provided to
the beneficiaries for the purchase of cattle
during the current year.
Injured: Ramesh Kumar of Nohria
Bazaar here was injured seriously by Raju and his
brother on Wednesday. They attacked the victim
with sharp-edged weapons. The injured was shifted
to Civil Hospital for treatment and stated to be
out of danger. Cause of the assault was stated to
be old enmity.
Driver arrested: Buta Singh, a
bus driver of Doonwali village in Man
sa district, was arrested from his village by the
Ellenabad police on Wednesday for rash and
negligent driving and running over a cyclist. Mr
B.S. Sandhu, SSP, here said a criminal case under
Sections 279 and 304-A of the IPC had been
registered against the accused by the Ellenabad
police station.
Thieves arrested: Hardev Singh,
alias Raju and Jeeta Ram of Rania town in the
district were arrested by Rania police. A case
had been registered against them under Sections
457 and 380 of the IPC, for stealing two ceiling
fans from Diamond High School at Rania.
Eye camp: An eye camp was
organised at Dera Sacha Sauda. About 1,000 eye
operations were performed and more than 700
patients were examined at the camp. Medicines and
meals were provided to the patients free of cost.
SONEPAT
Impersonation: The Gohana police
has arrested Tek Ram, a resident of Dhanana
village, on the charge of impersonation. He got
himself arrested in place of his son Dharambir,
who allegedly was involved in a case of power
theft.
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