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 Sunday, April 18, 1999 |
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Chautala has
‘ditched’ people of Haryana Diversification must: ICAR chief |
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 Chandigarh Kurukshetra Jind Faridabad Hisar Sirsa
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State
staff to intensify stir 1 held for bid to snatch bag Power bills: payment date extended Workshop on remote sensing
3 arrested for assault
Rise in TB cases |
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Chautala has ‘ditched’
people of Haryana CHANDIGARH, April 17 — Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, president of the Haryana PCC, today said Mr Om Prakash Chautala, Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, had once again ditched the people of Haryana in general and the farmers in particular by extending support of four of his party MPs to the BJP-led coalition government at the Centre in a futile bid to save it. Mr Hooda charged Mr Chautala with bartering away the state’s interests at the bidding of an arch enemy of Haryana, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister of Punjab, who had always created hurdles in the completion of the SYL Canal’s remaining portion of 5 km in the Punjab territory and had been loudly declaring that he would not give even a single drop of river water to Haryana. Mr Hooda said Mr Chautala who claimed to be working for safe-guarding the interests of Haryana farmers, had sacrificed the same under the pressure of leaders like Mr Badal in return for a seat in the Rajya Sabha which Mr Chautala got for his father Mr Devi Lal under the garb of so-called unconditional support then extended to the Vajpayee government last year. Mr Hooda said the INLD leader owed an explanation to the people about the so-called national interests which had forced him to stage a volte face in extending his party’s support to the minority government of Mr Vajpayee in a bid to bail him out. Mr Hooda wanted Mr Chautala to come out with the details of the secret understanding reached between him, Mr Badal, and the ousted Central government for extending his party’s support. He cautioned the people
of Haryana, particularly the farmers, to realise the
gameplan of Mr Chautala. |
Diversification must: ICAR chief HISAR, April 17 — India will be stepping into the next millennium as a self-reliant country in food production. Moreover, agricultural exports are likely to go up to 25 per cent of the total exports. Stating this here today, the Director-General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Dr R S Paroda, told TNS in an interview that, an innovative research agenda for the next millennium has been set up. Dr Paroda said the focus would be both on productivity and production with less inputs. He pointed out there were some problems with the "second generation" green revolution. This was a natural phenomenon and what was needed was reorientation in research. This, he said, meant a shift from crop conditioning approach to systems approach. The ICAR Director General said there was an urgent need for diversification in agriculture. A shift should be made to growing economically viable crops. Regarding food security, Dr Paroda explained that economic and ecological access to food was important. He pointed out despite India being self sufficient in food production, there were millions living below the poverty line. Ensuring food security was a holistic process as production alone would not suffice. India was currently producing about 200 million tonnes of food every year. The target for the year 2020 had been set at 300 million tonnes. Dr Paroda said by that time the population would definitely be controlled and there would be no food scarcity. Mr Paroda did not agree that scientists had failed to anticipate the problem of water logging, which had hit food production in Punjab, Haryana and also in Rajasthan. He pointed out it was a matter of priorities. Remedial measures had already been initiated and there was no need for panic. Dr Paroda said for the next Plan, the agricultural gross domestic product was likely to go up to 1 per cent from 0.7 per cent. This would be done by working on some "grey" areas. Dr Paroda was of the opinion that the rainfed area under cultivation could be doubled. So far only 50 per cent of the total area was under use. He expressed confidence that the target would be achieved in the Ninth Plan. Notwithstanding the fact that the productivity growth was on the decline, the food production was likely to go up. Regarding research in the country, the ICAR chief pointed out India had one of the strongest national agricultural research systems in the world with more than 30,000 scientists and a comprehensive research and educational infrastructure. Dr Paroda suggested
appropriate measures to develop human resources as it was
the base of any development process. He pointed out
sustenance and "further greening" was much
dependent on human resources. New skills and
specialisation would be needed to meet new challenges. |
Dedicated to yoga SIRSA: In stress-ridden life of today helping people to remain fit is a great job. The Divya Yog Sadhana Mandir here has been doing this job for the past 15 years. Situated near the old court on an area of 1800 square feet, the Mandir was founded by the late Yogiraj Swami Devi Dayal on November 23, 1983. Since its opening on January 4, 1984, the Mandir has earned a name for its services. Nearly 200 persons come to the Mandir every day for yog sadhana. So far nearly 20,000 persons with diseases like influenza, headache, insomnia, hypertension, diabetes have been benefited by yogic practice. Pradhan Yogacharya of the Mandir, who also looks after the branches at Fatehabad and Hisar, is a living example of what yoga can do to a person. Pradhan Yogacharya Raghubir at 24 besides being obese suffered from matropia and drug-addiction. The yogic regimen suggested by the late Yogiraj Swami Devi Dayal restored his health, wealth and united him with his family. On the advice of his guru he began guiding others in yoga sadhana. Since April 1, this year, Yogacharya Raghubir has been spending all his time in preaching and practice of yoga. Seventy two-year-old Girdhari Lal tottered when he came for treatment. Not only was he cured of his incessant hiccups but also he went back on a bicycle. Vijay Hisaria (42) had a
neurological problem after he met with an accident. Vijay
was treated at a well-equipped hospital in Delhi for
several days.Yogacharya Raghuvir's yogic practice cured
him of his ailment in 15 days. Since then he has been
rendering his services to the Mandir. |
State staff to intensify stir KURUKSHETRA, April 17 — State employees will decide the future course of their agitation to force the government to settle pending economic demands, during a two-days biannual conference of the Haryana Karamchari Mahasangh (HKM), which was inaugurated here today. The HKM state general secretary, Mr M.L. Sengai and Press Secretary Nawal Kishore Naval said during the past 35 months the government, had not initiated any move to settle the employees' demands. They said even though talks were held twice with the Chief Secretary, Haryana, and a settlement reached, clearance for implementation was not given by the Chief Minister. Now employees would discuss the strategy intensifying the agitation with other employees' organisations in the state to force the government to reach a settlement. Mr Sehgal refuted the contention of the Chief Minister that the state was facing financial crisis due to implementation of the Fifth Pay Commission pay scales. He said it was actually due to the large size of the Cabinet, increase in the number of high-level posts of senior officers and non-clearance of electricity bills amounting to crores of rupees, for which only government policies were responsible. He further said due to the fourth and fifth commission reports, Haryana employees had been forced to take home salary at half the rates as compared to the employees of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. At least 850 delegates
comprising 47 employees unions drawn from Punjab,
Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and the Union
Territory of Chandigarh are participating in the
conference. |
1 held for bid to snatch bag KURUKSHETRA, April 17 (PTI) — The police has arrested one of the three armed men who tried to snatch a bag containing Rs 10 lakh here last evening. The police said here
today that three miscreants in a Maruti car tried to
snatch the bag and in the process shot at and injured an
autorickshaw driver in which the person with the bag was
seated. |
Power bills: payment date
extended CHANDIGARH, April 17 — Keeping in view the response as well as demand of the farmers, the Haryana Government has decided to extend the date of depositing the first three quarterly instalments of power bills up to May 31. An official spokesman today said the date of the fourth and last instalment of the arrears of the bills would, however, remain unchanged. The agricultural pumping
supply consumers were allowed the facility to make
payment of their outstanding electricity bills as on
September 30 last in four equal instalments along with
their current bills. The first instalment was to be
deposited up to October 31 last, followed by subsequent
quarterly instalments by January 31, last April 30 and
July 31.The date of deposit of the first instalment was
extended up to December 31 last, and subsequently the
dates of first two instalments were extended up to
February 28 last. |
Workshop on remote sensing CHANDIGARH, April 17 — The Haryana State Remote Sensing Application Centre (HARSAC) will organise a one-day workshop on remote sensing and geographical information system for watershed development at CCS Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, on April 20. The Director of Science and Technology, Mrs Sumita Singh, said today that the aim of the workshop was to apprise the district authorities of potential applications of satellite remote sensing technology in their respective areas, particularly watershed management and facilities available in HARSAC for resource mapping for sustainable development. It will be attended by
Additional Deputy Commissioners of 14 districts of the
state along with other officers. |
Fire destroys wheat crop JIND, April 17 — A devastating fire destroyed the standing crop of wheat in about 50 acres of land at Rampura village in Safidon subdivision of this district, according to a report received here today. As the fire engine at Safidon was out of order, fire engines from Jind and Julana were sent to put out the fire. Sparking from a transformer was said to be the cause of the fire. The loss as a result of fire was estimated to be about Rs 6 lakh. Fire also destroyed the
wheat crop in about three acres of land at Gobindpura
village, near here, yesterday. |
3 arrested for assault HISAR, April 17 — The police today arrested three persons in connection with the assault of Mr Ranvir Gupta, a lecturer in the local Dayanand College for not allowing copying at the local Jat College examination centre here. The arrested youths Vinod and Vijender of Patel Nagar and Devender of Deep Colony were produced in the court of Mr R.K. Khanagwal, Chief Judicial Magistrate, today who released them on bail. The incident occurred
yesterday when some persons stopped Mr Gupta while he was
returning to his house from the examination centre after
the completion of the paper. |
Cracker factory blast kills 4 HISAR, April 17 — A powerful blast in a cracker factory, Sham Fire Works, in the Netaji colony here killed four persons and hurt two women. The blast occurred at around 7 p.m. and those killed in the blast are Mr Pawan Saini (40) owner of the factory, Poonam (12) and Suman (9) girls, Sonu (10) a boy — all employees of the factory. The injured are Ms Om
Pali and Kamlesh, women employees of the factory. |
Rise in TB cases FARIDABAD, April 17 — High incidence of TB of the lungs has been reported among workers engaged in the mining of silica sand and stone around Suraj Kund in Faridabad district. It is stated that there is a steady increase in the number of patients coming to various hospitals. It has been found that more than 1500 persons are affected by the disease. Of them, nearly 500 are confirmed cases which is alarming. TB which is a communicable disease spreads through the droplets that an infected person spits or coughs out. Though effective treatment can cure the disease, incomplete treatment could lead to the patient developing killer multi-drug resistant TB. With a view to checking the disease in the mine area Vidya Sagar Hospital, Saidul Ajaib, Delhi TB Hospital and the Faridabad Municipal Corporation are jointly organising a free camp at Dayal Nagar village in the mine area on April 18. The hospital will also
adopt 100 patients for their treatment free of cost and a
regular follow-up. |
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