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March 23, 2001, Chandigarh, India   
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HP to
implement transport policy
HP to get 90,000 more telephones Rs 2 cr Central grant for Solan Highways closed due to snow Officials’ presence sought |
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More money
sought for panchayats Govt urged
to solve water crisis Bragta
chairs meeting on water supply Invigilators
seek security Ex-soldiers
criticise Mankotia’s remarks Nalwar fair inaugurated 3 get 2-yr
jail for theft Cong to
hold rallies over Tehelka expose HPU wins
10 first prizes Gramin
Bank staff stir on March 30 Order on illegal hoardings
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HP to implement transport policy Kangra, March 22 This was disclosed by the Transport Minister, Mr Vidiaya
Sagar, here today. He said a fleet of 1,742 buses, including 601 pollution-free buses, were operational in the state and more such buses would be introduced in this fleet in near future. He said hi-tech bus bodies were being manufactured at three divisional workshops of the HRTC at
Jassur, Mandi and Parwanoo in the state and thus passengers were being provided deluxe bus facilities at ordinary bus fare. He said during past three years, the latest machinery of hi-tech body building worth Rs 60 lakh was set-up at the HRTC workshop at Jassur in this district. The Transport Minister said the latest technology machinery for washing buses would be installed in regional workshops in the state. He said the HRTC was the only transport corporation in Northern India where computerised facility of seat reservation in advance was available besides tickets on main bus stands of the state being issued through computers. Mr Sagar said Sulabh lavatories were being constructed at Baijnath and Palampur for convenience of passengers on pattern of Shimla and Dharamsala. Besides this, hot water was being provided to passengers at the Dharamsala bus stand, he said. He said smart card facility had evoked much response with a deposit of Rs 50 with the HRTC passengers getting a rebate of 10 per cent and senior citizens a 20 per cent rebate in the bus fare. The Transport Minister further said the state government was contemplating to carry household articles in the HRTC without charges. He said to encourage good drivers, a gold medal with a cash award of Rs 21,000 was being given by the Chief Minister to the HRTC drivers driving accident-free for 15 years. He said those drivers driving without accident for 10 years were awarded a silver medal and a cash ward of Rs 11,000. |
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HP to get 90,000 more telephones Shimla, March 22 This was stated by Mr N.S. Gill, Chief General Manager, Himachal Telecom Circle, today while inaugurating a state-of-the-art exchange, 512 lines C-dot SBM with reliable OFC media, at Fagu in Shimla district. He said the Himachal Pradesh Telecom circle is going to achieve its targets of 60,000 additional telephones and 4,000 village public telephones (VPT) by March 31. It has been decided that latest technologies will be used to cover all villages in remote areas. The technologies are TDMA, PMP (time domain multiple access point to multi point), WLL (wireless in local loop) and INMARSAT (Satellite telephones). He also mentioned that all old VPTs which were earlier provided on MARR systems and are faulty, would be replaced by suitable alternatives. Mr Gill claimed that Internet services provided in the state by the BSNL were better than any other service providers. After the commissioning of the C-DOT 512 SBN and with OFC link the Internet services will improve in Fagu area where there had been some complaints regarding Internet services. Internet dhaba’s would be provided in all block headquarters in the state. One B-node in Shimla lock and C-nodes in all other SSAs headquarters has already been commissioned. Now the passwords for new connections and renewals had been created at these places only, which was earlier being generated at New Delhi and causing delay. He said the BSNL would start mobile services in the next financial year for which tenders had already been floated. |
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Rs 2 cr Central grant for Solan Solan, March 22 Mr Bindal, who addressed a press conference here said he had got the IDSMT grant sanctioned and released for strengthening civic infrastructure. It would be up to the newly elected civic body to decide how best to utilise the grant. He said another Rs 10 lakh had been earmarked for the construction of a parking lot on or near The Mall by the state government. The state government had also released a grant of Rs 10 lakh towards speedy completion of the girl’s hostel of the local Government P.G. College. A vegetable market and a modern sub-jail estimated to cost Rs 5.5 crore were nearing completion at the Solan bypass. The MLA said he was hopeful of getting government approval for a fully equipped indoor Volleyball stadium for the promotion of the sport in the town. The projected cost of this stadium was Rs 90 lakh. He said that he had been paying equal attention to rural areas of the constituency. As many as 26 link roads were under construction. A krishi vigyan kendra had been opened at Dedgharat, 12 km from here, for the benefit of farmers. |
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Highways closed due to snow Shimla, March 22 The Hindustan-Tibet highway, which was recently reopened after six months following the flashfloods, was blocked this morning by landslides at
Urni-Dhank, Karcham and Rally. The district headquarters of Reckong-Peo has been cut off because of the landslides. The chief engineer of “Deepak”, a project of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), Brig
B.M. Bakshi, said the highway was expected to be reopened after clearing the landslides on March 24. Work could not be started today because of rain. He said the
Manali-Sarchu road was buried under five to six feet of snow at Gulaba and
Muree. Our Manali Correspondent adds: The 13,050-foot high Rohtang Pass, had moderate to heavy snow. High reaches in the Kulu valley, including Chander Khani Pass, Hamta Pass,Bhrigu Slopes,
Marhi, Gulaba, Dhundhi, Kothi and Ski Slopes of Solang also had fresh snow. Efforts are being made to open Rohtang Pass by 38 BRTF
(GREF), keeping in view the importance of the 475-km Manali-Leh highway. Vehicular traffic on the Manali-Rohtang road was disrupted near
Kothi, 13 km from here. |
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Officials’ presence sought Nahan, March 22 On the question of soil erosion at Sheriwala, she said the Soil Conservation Department at Paonta Sahib had been sanctioned Rs 39,300 for checking soil erosion. She said the Subzi Mandi complex at Dadahu had been repaired and work was in progress to construct four new shops to be given on rent to shopkeepers. Mr Gangu Ram Musafir, MLA, raised the matter of the shortage of Gram Panchayat Vikas Adhikaris and
sought information on the arrangements made in view of drought in the district. |
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money sought for panchayats Dharamsala, March 22 These views were expressed by Zila Parishad and Block Samiti members at a two-day workshop organised here by the State Resource Centre jointly with the Gyan Vigyan Samiti and the Zila Parishad Literacy Council. The workshop was on continuing education programme. The Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the Zila Parishads and the Block Samitis from Kangra, Chamba, Hamirpur and Una districts were present at the workshop. The participants stressed on providing finances to panchayats for development purposes so that the benefits of various schemes could reach the needy ones. They felt that on account of ignorance about various central schemes for village development, the money meant for it remained unutilised and as such it was essential to launch the continuing education programme in all parts of the state. The main focus of the workshop was on creating awareness among participants by giving them information about their rights. The Director, State Resource Centre, Dr Kuldip Singh Tanwar, said to make the programme a success the role of media, especially, the print media was very important. He said 3037 centres and 18,000 sub-centres would be set up in the state for the programme. Mr Tanwar said even today there was lack of coordination between bureaucrats and technocrats, which was adversely affecting the pace of development. |
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Govt urged to solve water crisis Mandi, March 22 She said with massive new construction and completion of sewerage system, the water consumption in the town had multiplied manifold. The nagar parishad chief urged the HVC supremo, Mr Sukh Ram, to take up the problem of drinking water with the Chief Minister and arrange funds under some Centrally-sponsored scheme to tide over the acute drinking water crisis. Ms Sushila talking to mediapersons said a plan had been drawn up to beautify the town and keep it neat and clean. She said under the programme Nagar Parishad at your doorstep, all members of the parishad and officials would visit each ward during a week to understand problems of the citizens and a decision be taken on the spot to redress their grievances on priority. She said the parishad had decided to involve people in general and voluntary organisation in particular in the drive to keep the town clean and beautiful. |
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Bragta chairs
meeting on water supply Shimla, March 22 A coordination committee under the chairmanship of Mr
H.N. Kashyap, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation was constituted which would meet once a week and monitor the progress made in this regard. Mr Bragta directed officers of IPH Department to take effective measures to maintain proper water supply in the coming summer season. He directed the officers to conduct a survey and instal more handpumps besides repairing old
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Invigilators seek security Chamba, March 22 Giving instance of one of such examination centres at Bathri in Chamba district, Mr Pyaroo Ram, Sankhayan district president of the union said that the superintendent of Bathri Examination Centre, Mr Satish Kumar was being intimidated by anti-social elements planning to get him tranferred from his examination centre. In a hand-out issued here yesterday Mr Sankhayan, district president of the HGTU appealed to the teachers acting as invigilating and supervisory staff in Board’s examinations to make drive against copying ‘a success’ He criticised the state government for the delay in distributing text books free of cost to the students belonging to the IRDP, SC and ST families in the winter closing schools which had opened this month and a new academic session had commenced. He demanded text books for these students without further delay. |
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Ex-soldiers criticise Mankotia’s remarks Kulu, March 22 The ex-servicemen also expressed anguish that why Major Mankotia did not attend the recent Punjab Regiment rally held at Hamirpur, at least, in the capacity of president of the Himachal Pradesh Ex-services League. They lauded sentiments of General Dayal and other leaders at the rally. |
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Nalwar fair inaugurated Sundernagar, March 22 The fair was declared open with the minister hoisting the flag of the fair at Jawahar Park. While addressing the gathering in the mela ground, the minister claimed that in spite of financial problems being faced by the government, the development work was going on smoothly. He said with the starting of the work on Kol Dam project, youths of the state would be employed. He said the government was planning to instal a cement factory in the subdivision, for which a three-member committee had been formed. He said the government had already spent an amount of Rs 1.5 crore on the municipal area. |
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3 get 2-yr jail for theft Kangra, March 22 The court sentenced Amar Singh, Rinku Ram and Raju for committing a theft in the house of Mrs Sharda Devi of Parlaid village on February 9, 1997. They were tried under Sections 380 and 475 of the IPC. The court ordered that in case of non-payment of the fine, they would have to undergo an additional imprisonment for six months. The court also sentenced Ram Chand to one-year imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on him for rash and negligent driving. Ram Chand, of Kangra was prosecuted under Sections 279, 337 and 338 of the IPC. |
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Cong to hold rallies over Tehelka expose Shimla, March 22 The PCC chief, Mrs Vidya Stokes, on Wednesday said the Tehelka videotapes had fully exposed the Vajpayee government. Some senior leaders and bureaucrats had been videographed while taking bribes for facilitating defence deals, she added. Mrs Stokes, said the Prime Minister’s suggestion for a debate on the issue in Parliament was meaningless as the government has lost moral right to continue in office. She alleged that the inquiry proposed by the government was a mere eyewash. She said the Congress could not remain a mute spectator to these developments. |
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HPU wins 10 first prizes Shimla, March 22 The festival was organised from March 15 to March 18. The HPU presented 16 items and won 10 first prizes and one second prize. Students from eight universities participated. |
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Gramin Bank staff stir on March 30 Hamirpur, March 22 A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the sangh taken at Palampur recently with Mr Vijay Singh Thakur, the state president of the sangh in chair. Order on illegal hoardings Shimla, March 22 He has ordered that hoardings nailed on trees along the national highway and the circular road should be removed immediately. These were not only damaging trees but also spoiling the ecology. |
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