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Wednesday,
September 12, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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HP Cabinet okays Panchayati Raj rules 10 students hurt in clashes PARWANOO DIARY BADDI DIARY HP varsity VC cremated |
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HP Cabinet okays Panchayati Raj rules Shimla, September 11 The proposed plant will have a capacity of two million tonnes. The applications will be invited through a transparent process of publication in newspapers so as to select the best party having adequate experience to execute the project within the prescribed time frame. The Cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal decided to create a catchment area division at Nichar in Kinnaur district and also approved the shifting of the territorial division located at Nichar to Reekong Peo. This will facilitate the execution of the catchment area plan of major hydel projects in the Sutlej basin like the Nathpa Jhakri, Baspa, Karchham, Wangtu and Kashang power projects. The total catchment area plan to be executed in this area will involve an expenditure in excess of Rs 150 crore to be spent over the next 5 years. The Cabinet approved the HP Panchayati Raj (General Financial Budget, Account, Audit, Taxation and Allowances Rules, 2001) in the light of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, and HP Panchayati Raj Act, 1994. This will give autonomy to Panchayati Raj institutions. There is a provision in the new rules that these will keep the money raised through their own sources in a separate account and will be competent to spend it. The rules only prescribe that committed liabilities like salary etc. should have priority over other expenses. The grant-in-amount will be spent on the purpose for which it has been sanctioned and once the grant is received, the Panchayati Raj institutions will not be required to take administrative or financial approval. Only a technical approval will be necessary. The powers for technical approvals have been substantially enhanced. The technical assistant will have power to approve projects up to Rs 50,000, junior engineer up to Rs 3 lakh and assistant engineer up to Rs 10 lakh. The enhancement of these powers will facilitate the execution of development works as technical assistants will be employees of panchayats only. In the rules there is a provision to constitute local committees to ensure the participation of people in the execution of works. The committee will consist of beneficiaries of that work and members of gram panchayats. The panchayats will keep the account of the works executed by them and the role of the technical staff will be limited to the assessment of the work. The rules will ensure technical supervision as well as simplication of working procedures for quicker execution of the works. A provision has been made for the timely audit of the accounts of the Panchayati Raj institutions to be published at district and directorate levels so that action could be taken if irregularities were found. Resources amounting to Rs 621.75 lakh are being sent to the gram panchayats directly through district panchayat officers and the panchayats will be competent to spend them according to their priority. The amount will be distributed among the panchayats on the basis of the population. The Cabinet is learnt to have created three posts of Additional Directors of public relations. |
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10 students hurt in clashes Solan, September 11 The first clash took place in the undergraduate hostel at about 10.30 p.m. yesterday and the second at 11 a.m. today. Students damaged property of the guest house of the undergraduate hostel and broke windowpanes of the university health centre and administrative block. Independent sources at the university said the two clashes were a fallout of the recent CSA elections in which the ABVP was routed by the Independent Students Union, floated jointly by the NSUI, SFI and HIMSU (Himachal Students Union). The police has arrested four students and registered cases against them. Meanwhile, the situation continues to be tense but under control. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof
R.P. Awasthi, convened a meeting of senior dons after today’s clashes. It was decided that all those students whose names figured in the FIRs be immediately suspended from attending classes and also be ordered to vacate their rooms in the hostel. |
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PARWANOO DIARY Parwanoo According to the villagers, the IPH Department had installed some hand pumps but these had remained out of order for the past two years. Purla village under Taksal Panchayat also faces the same problem. The villagers of Purla are forced to fetch water from the nearby industrial units. The residents of these villagers have threatened to launch an agitation if early steps are not taken to solve their problem. **** An old dispute over the post of the state president of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) has been settled for the time being and Mr G. Sanjeeva Reddy, national president of INTUC, has signed a letter saying that Baba Amarjit Singh will continue as state president of INTUC till the disposal of the suit filed by the latter in a Solan court. The letter has been issued following an interim order of the court staying fresh INTUC elections. Baba Amarjit Singh was elected president of INTUC at Nalagarh. Talking to media persons at his local office, Baba Amarjit Singh said that a delegation of about 30 workers of the state INTUC had met Mr G. Sanjeeva Reddy at Delhi and apprised him of the situation. **** An eye check-up camp was held by PA Time industries for their employees at Dharampur near Parwanoo. About 500 employees were checked by an eye specialist and his team from the ESI hospital at Parwanoo. |
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BADDI
DIARY Baddi He laments that while adequate funds have been released for the sinking of 12 tubewells in the Nalagarh area which is represented by a member of the ruling party, no funds have been earmarked for Mandala which is represented by a Congress legislator. These tubewells were sanctioned a long time back and various politicians had promised financial aid for this purpose. These tubewells, if installed, will benefit the village which has an area of 35,000 hectares under agriculture and is the highest revenue yielding area of the district. The sangh maintains that there is immense potential for developing irrigation here but these have not been tapped and agriculture in the area mainly depends on rain. The farmers had a poor harvest last season as a result of a drought in the state. *** An awareness campaign to educate women about the ill-effects of drug addiction was held by the Public Relations Department in the Snehad panchayat of Nalagarh tehsil. Dr Geeta Gupta, while addressing women on the subject, said that if expectant mothers consumed drugs, they would give birth to mentally challenged and handicapped children. The Public Relations Officer, Mr B.S. Thakur, urged the women to make efforts to save the youth from this menace. This habit which was catching up with school and college going children, was affecting their academic performance, he said. A large number of women from Mahila Mandals and panchayat members participated in the campaign. *** A
large number of taxis and maxi cabs are operating in the region
without valid licences and documents. A number of these are impounded
and fined during surprise raids conducted by the transport
authorities. |
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HP varsity VC cremated Shimla, September 11 Hundreds of people, including teachers, students and staff of the university attended the funeral. Minister of State for Horticulture Narinder Bragata, minister Roop Dass Kashyap, former state Education Minister Radha Raman Shastri and Pro Vice-Chancellor S.K. Sharda were among those who were present at the cremation. Cultural programmes and other entertainment activities in the university has been cancelled and the university remained closed for the second day today. PTI |
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