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Haryana denies stopping water to
Delhi CHANDIGARH, March 31 — The Haryana Government today denied reports that Haryana had stopped supply of Yamuna waters to the National Capital Territory of Delhi from Tajewala. Electoral rolls to be revised CHANDIGARH, March 31 — The Election department of Haryana has decided to launch a special summary revision of electoral rolls of all 90 assembly constituencies in the state under the directives of the Election Commission of India. |
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Haryana BKU
to block highway Sarpanch
admits to killing family MDU
court seeks more grant
Pisciculture
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Haryana denies stopping water to
Delhi CHANDIGARH, March 31 — The Haryana Government today denied reports that Haryana had stopped supply of Yamuna waters to the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCTD) from Tajewala, saying that, in fact, even today Haryana was supplying water to NCTD 93 per cent in excess of its share of 255 cusecs per day as per the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on May 12, 1994, between the Chief Ministers of five basin states of Yamuna, namely Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. The Haryana Minister of State for Irrigation, Mr Harsh Kumar, said Haryana had neither stopped nor reduced the supply of Yamuna waters to Delhi. He said Haryana was not politicising the issue of release of Yamuna waters to Delhi. In fact, Haryana was supplying Yamuna waters to Delhi as per the orders of the Supreme Court dated February 29, 1996. Therefore, both water treatment plants of Wazirabad and Haiderpur were being kept full all the time. As a result of the orders of the Supreme Court, Yamuna waters, being released to Delhi far in excess of its share under the MoU. He said 415 cusecs of water per day was supplied to Delhi in November, 1998, to February 1999, as against its share of 231 cusecs per day as per MoU which is 80 per cent in excess of its share. Even today, 491 cusecs of water per day was being released to Delhi by Haryana as against its share of 255 cusecs per day as per the MoU which means an excess of 93 per cent. He added that it was not fair on the part of Delhi to allege that water which was being given under the MoU had been withdrawn. Mr Harsh Kumar also made it clear that Delhi never sought any consent from Haryana while planning and constructing the Nangloi treatment plant. Haryana had at no stage, agreed to supply any additional Yamuna waters to the treatment plant and as such the question to back-tracking or a change of stance did not arise. He said although Haryana itself was chronically short of water yet it was complying with the orders of the Supreme Court in this regard. Even the availability of Yamuna waters was less than the allotment in the MoU because of non-construction of upstream storage dams such as Kishau, Renuka and Lakhwar Vyasi. Construction of these storage dams had been provided under the MoU and were to be constructed by Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. In view of this, it could be fairly said that Yamuna waters did not belong to Haryana only, but is apportioned among the five basin states as per the MoU of 1994. The long term solution to
the problem of scarcity of water was the early completion
of storage dams, he added. |
Electoral rolls to be revised CHANDIGARH, March 31 — The Election department of Haryana has decided to launch a special summary revision of electoral rolls of all 90 assembly constituencies in the state under the directives of the Election Commission of India. An official spokesman today said the publication of draft rolls would be effective from April 10, 1999, with qualifying date as January 1, 1999, and the final publication of the rolls on July 12. Disposal of claims and objections would be made on June 12. He said the existing electoral rolls of all the 90 Assembly constituencies would be published on April 10 for inviting claims and objections. The rolls of each constituency would be available for inspection with the designated office at all polling stations, offices of deputy commissioners, sub-divisional officers (Civil), District Election Officers, Electoral Registration Officers, of all constituencies, Revenue Tehsildars, District Public Relations Officers, Patwar Khana, Panchayat Ghars, municipal committees from April 10 to May 10 during office hours on all working days. He advised the people to check the rolls to make sure that their names had been included correctly. Any person whose name was not entered in the draft roll and was not less than 18 years of age on the qualifying date, i.e. January 1, 1999, and was a citizen of India, was eligible for enrolment as a voter in the rolls of the constituency in which he ordinarily resides. Any voter whose name was wrongly spelt or had incorrect particulars, could also apply in the prescribed form for correction with complete particulars. Objection could also be filed for deletion of names from the electoral rolls of dead or ineligible persons. Claims and objections in the prescribed forms should be filed from April 10 to May 10 with the Electoral Registration Officer of the Assembly constituency concerned with the designated officer of the polling area concerned on April 24 and 25 and May 8 and 9. As a new strategy, claims and objections would be received at all polling stations on scheduled dates throughout the state. He said printed copies of the application forms of claims, objections and requests for corrections could be had from the office of Electoral Registration Officers, the District Election Officer and the designated officers free of cost. The sportsman added that
if a person shifted from one Assembly constituency to
another he was eligible for enrolment as a voter in the
rolls of the latter constituency provided he got his name
deleted from the earlier constituency. It was an offence
to get one’s name included in the rolls of more than
one Assembly constituency and more than once in the same
constituency. |
Stress on reforms in education
system YAMUNANAGAR, March 31 — Mr Hari Jaisingh, Editor, The Tribune has advocated reforms in the education system for sustaining democracy in the country. Addressing the annual convocation of Mukand Lal National College, here today, he said the education system had been politicalised as "we have failed to develop a proper environment". Stressing a congenial atmosphere in the educational institutions for the overall development of the youth, he said practical education was required for the uplift of society. He felt concerned that youth were running from pillar to post for jobs. Unemployment had brought degradation in all fields of life. Giving statistics, Mr Hari Jaisingh said 150 million children did not get school education in the world and in India three out of five did not get even the basic elementary education. He suggested that public should give priority to the development of the youth and not to politicians, and education should be on the top of their agenda. He said for further development of the youth, mobilisation and educational reforms were required and the role of the teacher should be prominently dominant. Education was a two-way process," Whatever you spend is returned with interest". He condemned the growing indiscipline and violence in educational institutions, which had been hampering the growth of the nation. It was depressing to note that people allowed politicians to decide the priorities of development, he added. He pointed out that democracy depended on how the media represented. To sustain democracy the role of the media was very important. Mr Hari Jaisingh lauded the contribution of Mukand Lal Institutions for bringing revolution in the field of science and technology. He appreciated the efforts of the 'Mukand parivar' for their selfless service to the cause of education. He blessed the youth and advised them to work hard to maintain the dignity of degrees conferred on them today. Mr Ashok Kumar, Chairman, Mukand Lal institutions, while proposing a vote of thanks, said the family had decided to donate Rs 10 crore for the proposed medical college to be built at Yamunanagar. Dr K.L Johar, former Vice-Chancellor, Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar called Mr Hari Jaisingh as a fearless journalist without bias. Dr Ramesh Kumar,
Principal, highlighted the achievements of the
institution. |
Haryana BKU to block highway SONEPAT, March 31 — The Haryana unit of the BKU has decided to block National Highway No 1 between the Punjab border and the national Capital if Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee failed to solve the issue relating to the construction of the SYL canal in Punjab territory. In a press note issued here today, the Haryana BKU would present a memorandum to the Prime Minister on April 6 after the holding of a massive rally on that day in New Delhi in protest against the anti-Haryana stand taken by the Punjab Government and the Akalis on this issue. All issues between Punjab and Haryana should be resolved immediately as both states had been grappling with each other on three issues — sharing of the Ravi-Beas waters, construction of the SYL canal and transfer of areas on a lingual basis. According to the press release, all parties, particularly the Congress and the Indian National Lok Dal, had been befooling the people of the state on some pretext or the other. The stand of the BJP and the Akalis on this issue was misleading too. Condemning the Akalis for creating an atmosphere of illwill among the people of the two states, the BKU urged the Chief Minister of Punjab, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, and other Akali leaders to rise above narrow political considerations and pave the way for settling the disputes. It also cautioned the Punjab Government against the threat given by the Akali Dal (A) President, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, and his supporters to fill up the SYL canal. The BKU maintained that
the SYL canal was considered to be the lifeline for the
farmers of Haryana and they would not allow the Akalis to
fill it up. It announced that nearly one lakh farmers
from all over Haryana would take part in the April 6
rally. |
Sarpanch admits to killing family HISAR, March 31 — Ishwar Singh Nain, has reportedly confessed having killed six member of his family claiming he committed the crime in a fit of frenzy. The video recording of his interrogation was released to the Press today by the SP, Mr O.P. Singh. The confessional statements recorded by the police, revealed that Ishwar Singh had masterminded the killing of his family members so that the blame could be passed on to Mahavir, an ex-sarpanch of the same village. In the confessional statement he said he wanted to eliminate Mahavir. But his wife wanted to stop him. He had already hired some people to accomplish the task. When, according to Ishwar Singh, his wife forcibly tried to stop him, he fired at her and she died on the spot. Subsequently he killed other family members. The sarpanch claimed, he did not want to kill his younger son Krishen and the nephew Naveen, as he liked them a lot. "In a fit of frenzy I forgot everything and killed them also," he confessed. He disclosed that he started firing at all his family members and the first shots were fired by him. His accomplices only accomplished the unfinished job. The sarpanch was interrogated for over one week and a video film was made of the interrogation process. He said, he poured diesel on the bodies to burn them and destroy the evidence. The SP, said, Ishwar Singh had planned the killing of his family members in such a way that the entire blame would come on Mahavir. He reportedly set afire five of the six victims, to destroy the proof of his involvement. He set some of his clothes also on fire and fled so that no one would suspect his involvement. Meanwhile two other suspects Mangat Ram alias, Raja, son-in-law of Krishna (Ishwar's mistress) and Dilbag Singh have already committed suicide. Raja's wife Sushma is under arrest. Nihal Singh and Sadhu Ram, have been arrested. They allegedly provided weapons to Ishwar Singh. Ishwar Singh is currently
in judicial remand. Sources said, he was in depression.
The jail staff had to maintain close watch on him as they
feared he might commit suicide. |
MDU court seeks more grant ROHTAK, March 31 — The court of Maharshi Dayanand University has through a resolution urged the government to enhance the grant-in-aid to the varsity so that ongoing developmental activities do not suffer. The state government has provided a grant of only Rs 11 crore to the university for the financial year starting tomorrow. Of this, Rs 10 crore is the plan outlay the rest non-plan outlay. The university court, which met here today, requested the government to sanction at least Rs 5.88 crore more so that the ongoing construction work could continue. The court approved the recommendations of the Executive Council for the 1999-2000 university Budget. The Finance Committee of the University, which met at Chandigarh on March 24, had advised the university authorities to recast the Budget in the light of the allocations made by the state government for the university. The Executive Council meeting held at Chandigarh yesterday has endorsed the recommendations of the Finance Committee, which allowed the university to incur expenses for the first two months of the next financial year. Meanwhile, the court today elected Dr S.B.Siwaich, Dean of Pt B.D. Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), as member of the Medical Council of India for M.D. University. Dr Siwaich filed his nomination papers unexpectedly and the university authorities were caught unawares as they had made no arrangements for the election. Hitherto, the Director, PGIMS, had been representing the university in the MCI. Dr Sanjay Tiwari was
elected member of the Dental Council of India and Mrs
Sushma Sharma, a lecturer in BPSM Degree College, Khanpur
Kalan, was elected to the Executive Council. |
Creating post, Haryana style CHANDIGARH, March 31 — There is always anger in the background when something goes wrong. But who has got angry with whom — such a situation has developed in the Department of Architecture, Haryana, which made the government create the post of an officer on Special Duty in the pay scale of the Chief Architect despite serious financial crisis facing the state government. The new situation has not only helped the decision-takers in creating a new post but also in passing on the charge of post of the Chief Architect to the next in line in haste because of the fact that the person concerned had recently been rejected by the Chandigarh Administration on the plea that "this performance as Senior Architect in the Union Territory was not satisfactory". The name of Mr P.C. Kansil, who was working as Additional Chief Architect in Haryana on an ad hoc basis, has now been given the charge of Chief Architect in place of Mr S.C. Thukral was recently forwarded to the Union Territory Administration along with that of Mrs Renu Saigal for consideration for the post of Chief Architect in the Union Territory. The sudden and surprise elevation of Mr Kansil to the post of Chief Architect from that of Additional Chief Architect on an ad hoc basis has come about soon after his visit to a function connected with the inauguration of a building at Sirsa. This was a project which Mr Kansil is reported to have supervised for over a year. The post of Additional
Chief Architect in Haryana too had been filled on an ad
hoc basis recently because of the termination of services
of Mr Vijay Mahajan, who has been sentenced to undergo 10
years' rigorous imprisonment by the Sessions Judge,
Ambala, in a rape case. |
Pisciculture catches up in Kaithal KAITHAL: Fish farming is catching up in Haryana, with farmers adopting it as an industry rather than a small-scale domestic business or profession. Farmers of Kaithal district have started taking keen interest in fish farming. During the current year, 1486 tonnes of fish was produced. The Fish Farmers Development Agency (FFDA) has provided the necessary guidance and assistance to those interested in taking up pisciculture. As it affords good income on small investment, unemployed youth and other farmers have started taking interest in fish farming. To promote fish farming in a systematic and scientific way, the Fish Farmers Development Agency started functioning in this district in 1991. Till 1992-93, the farmers used to collect seed fish from other districts but after some time, a seed fish farm was established at Mundri village on a canal bank which is now catering to the needs of the entire district. In 1997-98, 21.50 lakhs seed fish were produced at the Mundri farm which rose to 37.56 lakh during the current year. During 1992-93, 135 acres was under fish farming which had now risen to 350.7 hectares. Besides, fish farming is being carried on in leased village ponds and tanks spread over an area of 53.6 hectares. An unemployed youth, Suresh Kumar of Budha Khera village, started "jhinga fish" farming on his four-acre farm. He was the third farmer to start farming of "jhinga fish" in Haryana. The availability of seed fish has risen from 6 lakh in 1992-93 to 72.93 lakh in 1998-99. The Deputy Commissioner, Ms Jaiwanti Sheokand, who is also Chairman of the Fish Farmers Development Agency, said farmers had been provided monetary assistance amounting to Rs 5.48 lakh, including a subsidy of Rs 1.29 lakh. Farmers are trained for 15 days in fish farming and paid a daily allowance of Rs 25. Tanks and ponds which were earlier being used for bathing animals and washing of clothes by the villagers were now being used for fish farming. Now the villagers can take
village ponds on lease for five to 10 years for fish
farming. According to information, panchayats have earned
an income of Rs 3.84 lakh by leasing ponds for fish
farming during the current financial year. Official
sources claimed that Haryana was No 2 in the country in
fish production per hectare which was 4000-4500 kg in the
state as against 2150 kg at the national level. |
Patrolling ordered in Rohtak ROHTAK, March 31 — Mr Anil Kumar, District Magistrate, has ordered round-the-clock patrolling in the district for the "maintenance of law and order." Exercising powers under Section 3 of The Punjab Village and Small Town Patrol Act, 1918, Mr Anil Kumar has made the gram panchayats responsible for ensuring patrolling in their respective jurisdiction on the national and state highways, railway tracks, bridges, bus stands, railway stations, telephone lines and electric transmission lines and other government installations. These orders will remain in force till April 30. The order has surprised political and administrative circles as the district has by and large remained peaceful. Neither any major crime has occurred in the district nor is there any agitation or threat of law and order breakdown. Moreover, the farming community, including agricultural labourers, are preparing for the harvesting season which may start any day. After the harvesting begins, farmers and labourers normally remain awake day and night. The District Magistrate could not be contacted for knowing the reasons for these orders. However, Mr P.K. Aggarwal,
SSP, said that these orders had been issued so as to
avoid any major incident. |
Godara to receive 'Shobha yatra' CHANDIGARH, March 31 — Mr Mani Ram Godara, Home Minister of Haryana, will receive the 'Shobha yatra', being organised as part of the tercentenary celebrations of the Khalsa at Buriya chowk near Jagadhri on April 3. The 'Shobha yatra' had started from Patna, the birth place of Guru Gobind Singh, the founder of Khalsa Panth. The holy procession, which started on March 18 from Patna Sahib, will enter Haryana from Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh after passing through many states. Representatives of the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, the Bajrang Dal, the Go Raksha Samiti and several religious and social organisations of Jagadhri-Yamunanagar will give a rousing reception to the procession. Arrangements have also
been made for the successful completion of the 'Shobha
yatra'. |
Vidya Bharati conference BHIWANI, March 31 — The Vidya Bharati will hold a four-day conference here from April 7. Mr Narenderjit Singh Rawal, joint secretary of the bharati, told mediapersons here today that as many as 400 delegates of various state committees throughout the country would expected to participate. He said the organisation was the biggest non-government educational organisation and about 14,000 schools all over the country were affiliated to it. He said 4,000 sanskar kendras were also under operation in neglected areas. Issues pertaining to
opening new schools in sensitive areas, strengthening
literacy movement, will be discussed in the conference,
he said. |
More casual leave for policemen FATEHABAD, March 31 — In a significant decision, the Haryana Government has raised the number of casual leave admissible to police personnel, from the rank of constable to inspector from eight leave per year to 10, 15 and 20, according to their years in service. According to a source, the Director General of Police, Haryana, Mr S.K. Sethi, had requested the government to increase the casual leave of the police personnel as they had to perform harder duties, and even had to be on duty on gazetted holidays. The state government, according to the source, has raised the number of casual leave admissible to police personnel, who have a service of less than 10 years to 10, for those having a service of 10-20 years to 15 and for those having a service of more than 20 years to 20. The government, it may be
recalled, had lowered the number of casual leave
admissible to all its employees to eight, after the
recommendation of the Fifth Pay Commission were
implemented. |
Girl killed in freak accident SUNDERNAGAR, March 31 — Purnima (17) was killed and two other girls were injured when the seat of a giant wheel fell on them yesterday. According to information the giant wheel was installed in the mela ground and was brought here for Nalwari Fair. When the three girls were passing by a seat got detached and fell on the girls. These were rushed to the Civil Hospital. Punima who was referred to the PGI died on way to the hospital. The police has registered a case under Sections 337, 338 and 304-A of the IPC against the owner of the giant wheel. No arrest has been made so far.
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Sentenced
for cutting trees HISAR, March 31 — Mr Gulab Singh, Presiding Officer, Environment Court, today sentenced Megh Raj, a Railway employee of Karnal, to four months' imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1000 on a charge of cutting over 300 babul trees. A case under Section 33 of the Forest Act was registered against him. Liquor shop looted HISAR, March 31 — Three armed miscreants looted a liquor shop last night situated near the bus stand of Bahbalpur village, 20 km from here, on the Hisar-Barwala road. The miscreants entered the
shop and reportedly looted Rs 7,000 at gunpoint. |
AIR staff
join stir HISAR, March 31 — Employees of the local station of All India Radio joined the indefinite strike today on a call given by the All India Doordarshan and Akashvani Employees Association. The employees were
demanding pay scales at par with the other employees of
the Doordarshan and Akashvani. |
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