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Wednesday,
March 27, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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190 cr
earmarked for beautification Surjewala
for Rs 700 as MSP for wheat Punjab bound by SC verdict: Hooda Rs 30
crore for kandi project HUDA, HVPN gear up
for summer Lawyer missing,
Bar suspends work |
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BKU leader
begins indefinite fast Haryana
police goes ultra-modern Students
protest against stabbing incident
Convocation address calls for equality Matriculation
maths paper cancelled 9 students
hurt in group clash HVP organises dharna Selja backs dera followers’ stir
Loharu relief 'insufficient' Annual
function of school
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190 cr earmarked for beautification Yamunanagar, March 26 He said money had been allocated as a loan from the Housing and Urban Development Corporation of India (HUDCO) and the National Capital Region (NCR) agencies. He said the government was determined to provide all basic civic amenities in the urban areas. Mr Goyal said the government had decided that the market and dairies which were situated within the city limits would be shifted to the outskirts for which funds had been allocated. Mr Goyal made it clear that the government had no intention to introduce octroi abolished by the previous government. He said the government was keen to make the municipal council and committees self-dependent. Mr Goyal said there was a move to allocate Rs 1 crore and 33 lakh for Yamunanagar. He urged the people to cooperate with the municipal authorities for getting better civic amenities. He said municipal works would be done on contract basis as in Faridabad. One or two wards would be given on contract for cleaning operation also. Mr Goyal said the government would not allow encroachment and action would be taken against those violating the law. |
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Surjewala
for Rs 700 as MSP for wheat Jind, March 26 Mr Surjewala alleged that some influential leaders at the Centre were not in favour of raising the minimum support price of wheat. He urged Mr Om Prakash Chautala, Chief Minister of Haryana, and Mr Parkash Singh Badal, former Chief Minister of Punjab, to press the Union Government to increase the minimum support price. Mr Surjewala alleged that the government was pursuing anti-farmer policies and was ignoring the interests of farmers.
He said the Union Government had failed to implement the crop insurance scheme and had not announced the new agricultural policy. He demanded that the minimum support price of wheat be fixed at Rs 700 per quintal and that of mustard at Rs 2,500 per quintal. Mr Surjewala said to highlight the problems of farmers, the Haryana Krishak Samaj would organise a state-level rally at Kurukshetra on April 2. Amritsar: Mr Buta Singh Bajwa, Chairman of the Farmers Forum Punjab, has demanded that a minimum support price to be fixed by the government should be at least Rs 700 per quintal. Mr Bajwa stated that even after this MSP the farmers would find it difficult to meet increasing costs of machinery, fertilisers and pesticides. |
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Punjab bound by SC verdict: Hooda Chandigarh, March 26 Mr Hooda said Mr Chautala was trying to take the credit for the Supreme Court judgement on the SYL canal whereas the verdict was based on the Rajiv-Longowal accord, against which Devi Lal not only launched a statewide agitation in the late eighties but also made his MLAs resign from the Vidhan Sabha. He said in reality the accord was in the interest of both Punjab and Haryana. Reacting sharply to the present Punjab Government's stand on the SYL canal, Mr Hooda said Punjab was bound by the apex court judgement. He expressed the hope that the canal would be completed within the time frame given by the apex court and the river water would flow to Haryana soon. Expressing satisfaction over the unanimous resolution adopted by the Haryana Assembly in its Budget session demanding a separate high court for the state, Mr Hooda said the river water dispute should be solved before the issues of capital and high court were decided. Mr Hooda accused the Chautala government of running the administration and the Vidhan Sabha in a dictatorial manner. He also alleged that the Speaker, Mr Satbir Singh Kadian, was not impartial. Referring to the INLD manifesto of 1998, Mr Hooda said Mr Chautala had promised free water and power to farmers. |
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Rs 30 crore for kandi project Chandigarh, March 26 While stating this here today the Agriculture Minister, Mr Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, said the state government had released over Rs 24 crore to treat 8,000 hectares during the current financial year. Around 7,000 hectares falling in the districts of Ambala, Panchkula and Yamunanagar had already been treated under this ambitious two-phase project. |
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HUDA, HVPN gear up
for summer Panchkula, March 26 While HUDA has decided to install 10 new tubewells in the township in order to tide away the water shortage, the state electricity department hopes to install two new sub-stations of 66/ 11 kv each at Mansa Devi Complex and Kalka. While the sub-station at Mansa Devi Complex will be energised by July, the one in Kalka will be made functional after the summer season. The sub-station at Mansa Devi Complex is likely to enhance the power supply transmission by 12
MVA. Sources in the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam informed that with the energising of the sub-station at Mansa Devi Complex, there will be no shortage of power supply. Presently, there is one 220/ 66 kv sub-station at Madanpur village and two 66/ 11 kv sub-stations in Sector 1 and Industrial Area, Phase II, for almost 25,000 consumers (domestic, industrial and commercial). As many as 3,000 new connections have been released during this year. Meanwhile, sources in HUDA informed that 10 new tubewells will be installed in the township at an estimated cost of over Rs 1.5 crore. Last year, 15 new tubewells had been installed in the township in order to provide 17 mgd of water for a population of 1. 75 lakhs. This year, HUDA authorities hope to provide 21 mgd of water to the population of about 1.90 lakh. The town has three main water works in Sector 1, Sector 8 and Industrial Area. Two others in Sector 20 and the partly developed water works in Panchkula Extension are also catering to the needs of Panchkula residents. Besides 85 tubewells pump water in these waterworks for onward distribution in various sectors. Well-placed sources informed Chandigarh Tribune that the present daily drinking water requirement of Panchkula city, including Panchkula Extension and Mansa Devi Complex, is of the order of 78. 27 mgd and the present availability of water is 27. 48 mgd (including the water supply by HUDA ). Thus there is an additional daily requirement of 50. 74
mgd. The authorities agree that alternate sources of water need to be tapped. At the present rate of ground water consumption, water is estimated to last only for the next 20 years. It is not possible to augment this shortfall by installing more tubewells — which could further deplete the underground water, lead to overdraws and lack of charging. The township has been facing the problem of low water pressure for quite some time. Problem was more severe in two and three storey houses, where storage tanks are constructed on the top floor. Because of low pressure of water, the storage tanks cannot be filled on a regular basis and thus the inconvenience to people. Thus, HUDA has embarked upon a plan of zoning of water works in order to tackle with the problem of low water pressure in the old sectors of the town. |
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Lawyer missing,
Bar suspends work Ambala, March 26 Akhil Gupta (32), a resident of Mahesh Nagar, left home yesterday and since then there has been no contact with him, except for two brief phone calls. The district Bar Association suspended work and demanded that the police must trace the lawyer as early as possible. The Superintendent of Police, Mr Sandeep
Khirwar, said the police was trying its best. Mr Gupta had left for Panchkula reportedly to take up a case there. However, lawyer Devendra Bansal who went to Panchkula today said Akhil could not be found there. The general secretary of the Citizens Council, Mr Ajay Jain, while condemning the incident, said the police must take prompt action. Mr Gupta’s wife, Ms Kavita Gupta, said Akhil had received a phone call on Sunday requesting him to take up a case in Panchkula. “At about 8.30 a.m. yesterday, he left home to meet the person near Capital Chowk. She said the first phone call came at about 9.55 p.m. last night when he said that he would come back the next day. The next phone call came this morning at about 8.45 a.m. when he said he was okay. “We wanted to know about his whereabouts but the phone was disconnected,” she said. Ms Gupta said Akhil could not be contacted on his mobile number. |
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BKU leader begins indefinite fast Jind, March 26 The BKU had started an agitation in December 2001 at Kandela village in support of its demands. State-level rallies and dharnas had been organised. The main demand of the BKU was waiving of pending electricity bills. A meeting of BKU office-bearers and representatives of the state government was held at Jind on January 31 last and some demands of the BKU were accepted. Mr Ghimana alleged that the government had failed to implement the agreement in toto. |
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Haryana
police goes ultra-modern Karnal, March 26 This was stated by Mr M.S. Malik, Director-General of Police, who was here to inaugurate the system installed by the CMC, information technology solution providers. The machine had been installed at a cost of about Rs 1 crore at Forensic Science Laboratory, Madhuban. Mr Malik said to implement the information technology policy, a committee had been constituted at the Police Headquarters. It would ensure the updating of the Haryana Police website on the fortnightly basis. Mr Malik said all 206 police stations were being linked to the computer network of the District Headquarters, Range and Police Headquarters within two years. The Managing Director and CEO of the CMC, Mr S.S. Ghosh also spoke on the occasion. |
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Students
protest against stabbing incident Hisar, March 26 A large group of students demonstrating against stabbing of a student of the College of Veterinary Sciences, Satendra Dhanker, in a hostel late last night collected outside the administrative block this morning seeking action against the culprits. However, when they did not find the officer in his room, they indulged in violence and broke several windowpanes. The mob fled when the police arrived on the scene. Satendra was stabbed while he was having dinner in the hostel. He is currently undergoing internship. Officials said acting swiftly the authorities suspended the students suspected of stabbing immediately and expelled them from the hostel. They said the injured student was given medical aid promptly and several senior officials spent time in the hostels pacifying the students. They said the authorities had got a case registered in connection with the stabbing. Two students of the university and two outsiders were suspected of stabbing Satendra who was admitted to the local General Hospital where his condition was stated to be stable. |
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Convocation address calls for equality Ambala, March 26 On this occasion, the Principal of the college, Mr C.L. Singla, awarded degrees to 250 graduates. The chairman of the college management committee, Mr Kuldeep Jain, was also present there. Mr Chaudhary said inequalities had caused a lot of human suffering and people had been denied opportunities to seek education. Equality would make all Indians become part of nation building. He said, “Parents don’t have time for their children and teachers have become indifferent to the problems of students.” Mr Chaudhary said value education was central to all education and that students should make people renounce violence and resolve disputes in socially acceptable ways. The Vice-Chancellor said it was unfortunate that educational institutions had to be told by the Supreme Court on how to treat women equally as men. He said, “The education seems to have been divorced from ethics and corruption, deceit and violence prevail in public life. Educational institutions will have to own a share of responsibility for it.” Earlier, the college Principal, Mr Singla, briefed him on achievements of the college. The general secretary of the college, Mr Kirti Prashad Jain, also spoke on this occasion. The Deputy Commissioner of Ambala, Mr Mahender Kumar, and the local MLA, Ms Veena Chibbar, was also present there. |
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Matriculation
maths paper cancelled Bhiwani, March 26 Board Chairman R.P. Gupta in a press release stated that a news had been published yesterday in Hindi Daily regarding the leakage of said question paper and the Daily has published a photo-copy of the question paper of mathematics code No. 203/E. He said that the Board got the published question paper checked and found it correct. Consequently the board cancelled the mathematics paper all over the state. Mr Gupta added that investigation into the incident of question paper leakage had been started and stern action would follow. |
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9 students hurt in group clash Bhiwani, March 26 Parents of the victims alleged that the police took seven of the injured to Loharu for medical examination whereas the remaining two students who bore serious injuries were not provided medical help. They further alleged that since the son of a senior officer was involved in the case the police deliberately implicated their wards in false cases and no other FIR was lodged from their side despite requests. They said they had sent a letter to the Chief Minister to seek his intervention. The police, later, produced the nine students before a court in Bhiwani which sent them to police remand for one day. |
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HVP organises dharna Sirsa, March 26 Ex-MP and former Backward Cell state president Het Ram, secretary Bhal Chand and youth wing state general secretary Suresh Mehta were among the leaders who were present. Addressing them, district president Prahlad Singh Gillakhera criticised the state government’s policies and alleged that all sections of society were unhappy with the present government. |
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Selja backs dera followers’ stir Sirsa, March 26 She supported the agitating followers of the dera. She said the Congress would oppose the move to grab dera land and assured the Kamboj community of her party’s cooperation. |
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Loharu relief 'insufficient' Chandigarh, March 26 Mr Hooda, who visited Loharu on March 22 along with Mr Jagdeep Singh Cheema, Chairman of the minority cell of the party, said over 20 families had suffered in this traumatic incident. The money announced was not enough to meet their loss. The relief should be at least Rs 2 lakh per family in view of the extent of the loss caused to their property and business. He said a detailed report would be sent to the party high command about the communal incidents which took place at different places in Haryana in the wake of the Gujarat riots. Meanwhile, the party has directed its district and block units to organise communal harmony and 'sadbhavana' rallies throughout the State and extend help to all victims. |
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Annual function of school Fatehabad, March 26 Reading the annual report of the school, the Principal, Ms Leela Jaswal, said the school had been striving hard to ensure all-round development of children. The students presented a variety of cultural items. Mr Chowdhary distributed prizes among the children. |
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Man
kills father Sirsa, March 25 |
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