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| Three-storeyed house gutted CHAMBA, Feb 29 — A three -storeyed residential building was gutted in a devastating fire at Ghera village on the Chamba-Bharmour highway last night. 
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Tripartite panel for projects SHIMLA, Feb 29 — The Himachal Government has constituted a tripartite state-level committee with the twin objective of closely monitoring the progress of ongoing hydel power projects in the state and looking into the problems of workers from time to time. The committee has been set up on the suggestions made by representatives of various trade union organisations who met the Chief Minister, Mr P.K. Dhumal, recently. The step, a government spokesman said, would go a long way in ensuring timely completion of projects. Headed by the Labour Minister, the committee will have Additional Chief Secretary, Labour and Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Labour, as members. The Labour Commissioner of Himachal will be the member-secretary. The General Manager, NHPC, Parwati power project, the General Manager, NHPC, Chamera stage-II General Manager, NJPC, the Secretary, Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board, the General Manager, J P Industries, Baspa project and the General Manager, Malana hydroelectric power project will represent the project managements. Mr Ashok Purohit, working president, Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), Capt Mangal Singh, general secretary, BMS, Ms Kanta Sood, president, INTUC, Mr Kameshwar Pandit, general secretary, AITUC, Mr Rakesh Singha, president of CITU, will represent the worker unions of the projects. The project-level tripartite implementation committees will comprise the respective Deputy Commissioner of the area, Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) of the area, the General Manager or Manager (HRD) of the project, the Labour Officer of the zone and one representative each from the trade union organisations like the BMS, CITU, AITUC and INTUC. The term of the
committee will be three years. |
Non-teaching staff withdraw stir call SHIMLA, Feb 29 — The call for proposed agitation by representatives of the non-teaching employees of Himachal Pradesh University has been withdrawn following an agreement with the authorities. The agitation from March 1 was given by Mr Subhash Puri, Member of the executive council, and Mr Waryam Singh Bains, member of the University Court, in support of their demands. The two-non-teaching employee leaders said that the Vice-Chancellor, Dr S.K. Gupta, assured that steps were being taken for implementation of most of their demands. Task force will be set up for implementation of the reports of the Kaw and Wilson committees. These reports pertained to increasing the number of employees in the ratio of the rising strength of students and reorganisation of the examination wing. The recommendations of the Dohroo committee with regard to streamlining of the staff strength in the International Centre for Distance Education and Open Learning ICDEOL has been placed on the agenda of the finance committee. They were told that the process of recruitment of clerks has been speeded up and the written test was scheduled to be held on March 5. Information regarding the strength of Joint Registrars would be obtained from the neighbouring universities. The pension cell and legal branches would be strengthened, it was agreed. It was also agreed that additional accommodation would be constructed for the examination wing and there was also a proposal to construct a community hall. The agreement signed by the Deputy Registrar said that steps would be taken for beautification of the campus, provision of proper parking facility and widening of the road from the Summer Hill crossing to the campus.
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23 mines unsuitable in Sirmaur:
panel SHIMLA, Feb 28 — The Central Mining Research Institute has declared 23 mines in Sirmaur district as unsuitable for quarrying. This was stated by Mr K.S. Raju, Director of the Indian Bureau of Mining, while speaking at the concluding function of the Mining, environment and mineral conservation week at Gujarat Ambuja Cement Plant in Daralghat, here yesterday. The government had entrusted the study to the institute on the directive of the state high court in connection with a public interest litigation. The institute's experts studied the functioning of all mines in the region and reported that mining in 23 of the mines was not being carried out as per norms. Mr Zalim Singh, president of the Sirmaur Mining Association, urged the government to ask the state geologists to inspect the mines and suggest improvements and close only those mines which were beyond redemption. He said closing down of such a large number of mines would lead to unemployment in the backward area where the local economy depended entirely on mining. Mr Kishori Lal, Industries Minister, who presided over the function, assured that the government would discuss the issue with mining lessees before taking a final decision.
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HP to honour farmers KANGRA, Feb 29 — The Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to institute awards to honour Agriculture Development Officers, Agriculture Extension Officers and farmers who would help in producing maximum yield of crops. This was disclosed by the Agriculture Minister, Mr Vidya Sagar, while addressing farmers during a one-day kisan mela, organised by the local Krishi Vigyan Kendra, at Natherd village, near here, last evening. Mr Sagar said the district with the maximum produce would also be awarded. He stressed the need for changing the pattern of crops in order to make the best utility of land and the facilities being provided by the Agriculture Department. He said the crop production target for the current financial year was fixed at 17.27 lakh tonnes which was achieved well before the time. He said the vegetable produce target of 5.2 lakh tonnes was also achieved. He said Rs 23 crore was given as subsidy to the farmers on fertilisers, Rs 2 crore on seeds, 50 per cent on the cost of pesticides and Rs 1.46 crore on agricultural tools. He disclosed that Rs 30,000 each was given as subsidy on tractors purchased by farmers and Rs 8 crore for construction of irrigation channels.
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HP film wins best documentary
award SHIMLA: "In search of Malana", an exploratory film produced by Vivek Mohan of Shimla, has won the national award at the International Film Festival. President K.R. Nayaranan presented the award to Vivek Mohan in the Capital recently. The film, one of the entries at the Mumbai International Film Festival for documentaries, short and animation films in 1998 and was selected for the Indian panorama section of the International Film Festival of India. The film is based on discovering the isolated people of Malana, a tiny hamlet in Kulu district of Himachal Pradesh. Malana was " a republic within the republic" and the film explores the places and its people chronicling a day in the life of a Malani, the producer states. Consisting of houses at upper and lower levels, the "republic" had three permanent members and eight elected members from its eight clans which migrated from different parts of the valley and converged on a rediscovered fertile land, called "Kajali-Bijal", to form Malana. The lower houses consisted of adults. Any issue, whether big or small, was discussed by their own "government" called ‘Kameti’ till a consensus was arrived at otherwise the matter was referred to the deity, Jamlu Dev, through a peculiar method of putting poison into the hind legs of two sheep through incision. One sheep represented the plaintiff and other the defendant. Whichever sheep survived was declared the winner. The tribe did not allow outside appeals. He says the endeavour to shoot the film took more than four years to materialise. The people of Malana were a closed community having little contact with the outside world. Yet, their unique system of governance put them on the world map. An effort was made to document their life-style. It was very difficult to get material to authenticate the past of Malana. He says that may be
Malanas were at one extreme end of civilisation, but they
were happy. They danced and sing and above all, had the
staunch belief in the supreme deity around which all
their activities revolve. |
Need to beef up security on
border CHAMBA, Feb 29 — There is need to beef up security on many points from Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir to the Pangi valley of Chamba district in the light of mounting pressure of militants. It has also been decided to intensify surveillance on the border region and to keep strict watch on the labourers entering from across the border. Proper verification of labourers will be done. This was decided at a coordination meeting of senior ITBP officials posted at J&K and Himachal Pradesh and the Army held at Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. The meeting was attended by the DIG (ITBP), the DIG, J&K Police, Udhampur Range, Himachal Pradesh police, Kangra Range, Superintendents of Police and Deputy Commissioners of Doda and Chamba districts. A similar joint meeting
will be held at Dharamsala in April next to discuss
long-term strategies, according to sources. |
Three-storeyed house gutted CHAMBA, Feb 29 — A three -storeyed residential building was gutted in a devastating fire at Ghera village on the Chamba-Bharmour highway last night. Mr M L Sharma, SDM, Chamba, said here today that revenue officials, fire brigade crew, the police and home guard jawans reached the site for rescue and relief operations. He said the fire caused a loss of about Rs 20 lakh rendering the owner of the house, Mr Dinesh Mohan Sood, along with his four tenants home-less. He said an immediate relief of Rs 10,000 had been given to Mr Sood and Rs 2,000 each to the tenants. A case has been
registered. |
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