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Sunday,
September 9, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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CM lays stone of 132 kv substation
MC threat over professional
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Replacement of working meters illegal:
manch Warrant against
ex-DFSC
Teachers honoured 8,360 cases of
power theft found Nine murder
cases solved Protest march by BJP against rising
crime Haryana Cong rally
today
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CM lays stone of 132 kv substation Panipat, September 8 The Chief Minister was presiding over the second phase of Sarkar Aapke Dwar programme, where he redressed public grievances of 10 village panchayats and 31 wards of the town. Mr Chautala said an estimate had been prepared by the Public Health Department under which a sum of Rs 8.16 crore would be spent on sinking 56 new tubewells in the town. The Chief Minister directed the local Suprintendent of Police, Mr Prabhat Ranjan Dev, to nab the accused in the heinous crime committed at Sewah village, where a 10-year-old girl was raped. While referring to the demands put up by the representatives of various panchayats and wards, the Chief Minister announced a grant of over Rs 1 crore to execute various developmental works in the Panipat Assembly constituency. The Chief Minister acceded to the demand of the village panchayats of Binjhol, Mehrana, Sondhapur, Jalpar and Risaloo for the construction of a Vridh Vishram Greh at the villages. He also accepted demand to hike upgradation of certain school, roads etc. Earlier, the Chief Minister inaugurated a blood donation camp organised by the Lion’s Club, Panipat, and the District Red Cross Society on the premises of S.D. College. The Chief Minister also planted a mango sapling on the premises of the college. The sub-station at Madloda will be constructed at a cost of Rs 6.24 crore. After the commissioning of the sub-station, over 12,000 power consumers of 22 villages of the area would get improved power supply. On the occasion, Mr Krishan Lal Panwar, Chairman, Haryana Housing Board, former minister Om Prakash Jain, Ms Anita Chaudhry, Commissioner, Rohtak division, Mr Resham Singh, IG, Police, Rohtak division, Mr M.R. Anand, Deputy Commissioner, and Mr Prabhat Ranjan Dev, SP Panipat were present. “The state government is ready to reduce the power tariff by 50 per cent if the electricity consumers help in curbing power thefts and pay the electricity bills in time.” This was announced by the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, at Madlauda. He reiterated that the Panipat thermal power station, which has been named after Devi Lal, would be upgraded to super thermal power station by setting up two more units of 250 mw each for which the approval had already been given. Meanwhile, on the occasion of the Chief Minister’s visit to Panipat today, most of the bazars in the town observed a half-day bandh in protest against the forcible replacement of old electricity meters by new electronic meters. The bandh call was given by the Beopar Mandal Sangharsh Samiti. It was supported by the Congress, Haryana Vikas Party and other political organisations. When the leaders of different market unions were holding a meeting they were approached by the SDM and were urged to meet the Chief Minister for the redress of their grievances. A delegation of the union met the Chief Minister at the PWD Rest House. |
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‘Chetna saptah’ in Devi Lal’s
memory Chandigarh, September 8 The celebrations would begin with a ‘kisan pradarshani’ at Karnal to apprise farmers of the policies of the government, A ‘kavi sammelan’’ would be organised at Gurgaon. A sports day on September 23 would form part of the celebrations at Rohtak where a kabaddi match between Haryana and Punjab teams would be played apart from three bouts of men and women wrestlers. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, Sushma Swaraj would preside over a state-level declamation contest at Chaudhary Charan Singh Hisar Agriculture University at Hisar on September 24. A “sarv dharm prarthana sabha” will be held at Sangharsh Sthal in New Delhi on September 25 which would be followed by a ‘ragni contest at Sonepat the following day. The celebrations would conclude on September 27 as Tourism Day at Sohna. |
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MC threat over professional
tax Hisar, September 8 Mr Hanuman Parasad, president of the council, said the council had issued notices to the traders in this regard but most of them did not take them seriously. The council had anticipated an income of Rs 39 lakh from this tax for the current financial year, but it received only Rs 4 lakh. The council would now take strict action to recover the arrears, he added. According to the resolution taken at a meeting yesterday, if the defaulters did not pay tax even after the second notice, the council would go to court against them for recovery of dues. The council also resolved to name the local New Model Town extension colony as ‘Tau Devi Lal Nagar’ and the road between Nagori Gate and city police station as Bhagwan Mahavir Marg. |
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Replacement of working meters illegal:
manch Panipat, September 8 Talking to mediapersons here yesterday, she questioned the authenticity and legality of replacing old meters by pointing out that it was not only illegal under Section 26 (6) of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, but also an unnecessary burden of Rs 600 crore which ultimately would be borne by people of the state. She said the government was empowered to change only faulty meters, not those which were working properly. But the government had been forcibly replacing all meters and it was the violation of this Act. Refuting the government claim that new meters were being installed to check line losses and power theft, she said it was impossible to check line losses through the meters as the line losses were from the supply lines. She said the old meters could be made tempar-proof. “If power theft can be checked by spending only Rs 12, what is the necessity to install new meters and putting unnecessary burden of Rs 1,250 on every consumer,” she asked. |
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Warrant against
ex-DFSC Kaithal, September 8 In the complaint it is alleged that in 1996 the DFSC forged a
D.O. letter addressed and sent to the Director of Food and Supplies Haryana, Chandigarh. On the basis of the said letter the complaint was charge-sheeted under Rule 7 of Service and Punishment Rules and was placed under suspension. Not satisfied with the reply filed by the AFSO to the charge sheet the Director of the department gave a warning which was placed in the personal file of the complainant. Aggrieved by the order of the Director, an appeal was made to the government through the Commissioner and Secretary, Food and Supplies Department, who exonerated the complainant. |
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Teachers honoured Ambala, September 8 The teachers who were honoured by being presented a shawal and an appreciation certificate include Ms Reena Nagrath (national awardee), Principal, DAV Pubic School, Ms Adarsh Jain (national awardee), Principal, PKR Jain School, Mr Shankar Kashyap, Principal, GRSD School, Mr M.K. Jain, Principal, GSS School, BC Bazaar, Ambala Cantt, Ms Shashi Malhotra, Principal, GSS School, Baldevnagar, Ambala City, Ms Prem Lata, Principal, NMMD Model School, Ms Shushila Khanna, Principal, KPAK Maha Vidhyalay, Ms Rajneesh Gupta, Principal, Holy Child Public School, Ms Darshana Gupta, Principal, GSS School, Sabji Mandi, Ambala Cantt. and Mr Muni Lal Bansal, Principal, SA Jain School, Ambala City. The Principal of MDSD Girls College, Ambala City, Ms Kiran Angra, and Ms Usha Jain, Ms Satish Kumari Kalia, Mr Madan Lal and Ms Usha Sharma were also honoured on the occasion. Mr Vij while addressing the teachers said, “We remember teachers only on Teachers’ Day and appreciate their role in building the nation, but later we never take care of them.” The former Deputy Speaker of Haryana Assembly, Mr Faquir chand Aggarwal, said society considered teachers as builders of the nation, but they were not given proper regard. It was also the duty of a teacher to prove himself as an ideal personality by his deeds, he added. Mr Anand Aggarwal, national secretary, Mr Chaman Lal Gupta, president, Mr Rajesh Gupta, vice-president of
Avantika, respectively, Mr Shiv Prashad, former local MLA, Mr Madan Gopal, a social activist also spoke.
Chandigarh, September 8 It checked 106310 premises and lodged 1123 FIRs and recovered Rs 3.63 crore from erring consumers, an official press note said here today. The nigam disconnected 64,570 connections and recovered Rs 44.8 crore from defaulting consumers during the period. |
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Nine murder
cases solved Chandigarh, September 8 The Director-General of Police (DGP), Mr M.S. Malik said here today these arrests had cracked long unresolved cases. He said the police had been able to recover valuables worth Rs 19 lakh, besides seizing 10 pistols, 13 cartridges and 13 knives. Mr Malik said 20 proclaimed offenders and 93 bail-jumpers had been nabbed in a special drive against anti-social elements. The police had also seized 3.5 kg of opium, 1625 kg of ganja, and 5.5 kg of charas during the period. |
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Protest march by BJP against rising
crime Rohtak, September 8 The activists of the BJP, an ally of the ruling Indian National Lok Dal, marched from Durga Bhavan Mandir to the residence of the Deputy Commissioner raising anti-government slogans. Led by Mr Pradeep Jain, secretary and spokesman of the state unit of the party, and Mr Munish Grover, district president, the demonstrators shouted slogans against the ‘pitiable” state of law and order, forcible replacement of electricity meters, imposition of various taxes and harassment of the downtrodden in the name of drive against encroachment. The protesters submitted a memorandum addressed to the Governor, Babu Parmanand, to the Deputy Commissioner. Addressing the demonstrators, Mr Jain alleged that the crime graph was rapidly increasing in the district while the government had failed to take any preventive step. He asked the government to take immediate and special measures to check incidents of crime or face the mass agitation. |
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Haryana Cong rally
today Kaithal, September 8 Talking to mediapersons, Mr Hooda said that Congress leaders from the state would participate in the public meeting which would be addressed by senior central Congress leaders. |
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