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Friday,
March 29, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Rice dispute in Haryana HES set to clean up central park Haryana to produce power from urban
Power sector loss cut by Rs 424 crore |
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SHO transferred for inefficiency BSNL fined Rs 2,000 for wrong charging 6 booked on charge of
ransacking temple
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Rice dispute in Haryana Chandigarh, March 28 According to sources in the trade, the FCI has refused to honour "contract numbers" issued by the Haryana Food and Supplies Department (HFSD) to the millers for delivering the levy rice in the godowns of the corporation. "Contract numbers" is the trade terminology for permission by the Food and Supplies Department to the millers to deliver the levy on the rice produced by them. The FCI takes 75 per cent of the rice produced by the millers as levy, leaving 25 per cent with them to be sold in the open market. Sources in the FCI say the corporation has temporarily suspended the collection of levy rice because it has asked the HFSD to furnish miller-wise details of the paddy purchased by them during the current season. This information, the sources say, is required so that no miller is able to deliver levy rice in excess of his quota. Since the demand in the open market for rice is suppressed these days, the millers are getting about Rs 200 less in the market for every quintal of rice as compared to what the FCI pays for the levy rice. Hence, there is a rush at the godowns of the FCI. The FCI sources say the HFSD had initially told the corporation that a little more than 3.73 lakh tonnes of levy rice would be produced in Haryana this year. Later the department revised its estimate to a little more than 3.74 lakh tonnes. Now the department has informed the FCI that 1.35 lakh tonnes paddy has been purchased by the millers from outside the state in addition to what was purchased by them from the state earlier. Though under the rules the FCI is bound to accept levy even on the paddy purchased by the Haryana millers from the outside, the corporation is reluctant to own this liability because of the shortage of space and a great deal of financial involvement. At the asking of the FCI, the HFSD recently conducted a survey on a war footing to know how much paddy each miller had bought and how much levy had been given by him to the corporation. However, this information is still to be conveyed to the corporation. The department has informed the FCI that it is still processing the required information. Earlier it had told the FCI that in the four districts of Fatehabad, Karnal, Kurukshetra and Kaithal, it had been confirmed that levy from the millers was still due and it should be accepted by the corporation. The FCI sources say certain millers have purchased paddy from other millers also, with both parties selling levy rice to the FCI. The Senior Regional Manager, FCI, Haryana region, Mr
T.C. Gupta, told TNS that the corporation would start accepting levy rice once it received the information it had sought from the
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HES set to clean up central park Yamunanagar, March 28 While narrating the worsening condition of the city centre, Dr Saini expressed deep concern about the passive attitude of the municipal committee regarding broken boundary walls, damaged water pipes and overflowing sewers. Not only this, pigs and stray animals had access to the park and foul smell emanated from the small lake, whose waters had turned stagnant and were filled with poisonous snakes and reptiles. Dr Saini recalled the early 80s when people used to enjoy boating on one side and there was green lawns spread over 35 acres of land on the other side. People from all walks of life came, some even for picnics. Of course, this task is a gigantic one but nothing is impossible provided there is strong will. Dr Saini, who is a mathematics lecturer at the local MLN College, and his team of volunteers, did not get disheartened by the MC attitude. They firmly believed in the principle, “to strive, to seek and not to yield”. With this unflinching belief, the HES contacted residents to seek their blessings and participation in the restoration of the centre. The response was tremendous. Among those who offered to sponsor the development of portions of the park were several industrialists as well as the Inner Wheel Club. Dr Saini told that the HES, besides being busy in greening the town, has now adopted the city centre park and work has been going on in the form of “shramdaan” under its aegis for the past 40 days. In the first phase, assistance was provided by the Central Government under the Yamuna Action Plan awareness programme. But the greening and cleaning process would proceed with public cooperation only if the boundary walls are repaired, water and light system restored by the municipal authorities. The fact has already been brought to the notice of Dr M.C. Gambhir, local MLA, and Mr Rajeev Sharma, Deputy Commissioner, the chief patron of HES, say Mr Sanjeev Dhir and Mr Sudhir Vaid, HES members. Dr Saini opines that the green and clean mission has been a great success because the HES is getting regular technical guidance from its chief adviser, Mr Banarsi Dass, former Principal Chief Conservator of Forests. Dr Ramesh Kumar, Principal of MLN College, provides the basic facilities required for the plants, nursery and tree guards situated on the college complex, where he resides in the capacity of hostel warden. |
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Haryana to produce power from urban waste Ambala, March 28 Talking to mediapersons here after attending an INLD workers meet, Mr Chautala said once the power projects, which are currently underway, are completed, Haryana would be in a position to provide power to other states within two-and-a-half years. Mr Chautala said the work on the second unit at Panipat had been handed over to a private company by the previous government leading to a loss of crore of rupees. He said the Centre was going to provide monetary assistance for setting up two thermal power stations of 250 mw each and Union Minister Mr Suresh Prabhu would lay their foundation stones next month. Mr Chautala stated that the state government had worked out a plan for producing about 100 mw power from 15 sugar mills in the state. Also, there is a plan for producing power from the urban waste. He said in Faridabad, Yamunanagar and Hisar, gas-based power production units of 500 mw each were going to be established with Centre's assistance. |
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Power sector loss cut by Rs 424 crore Faridabad, March 28 Union Power Minister Suresh Prabhu stated this here yesterday that the country needed another 50000 MW of power in the next 10 years and without proper reforms it was not possible. He said although Orissa had taken the initiative in this direction but added Haryana had given the lead as far as the results were concerned. Mr Prabhu was addressing a function organised by the National Power Training Institute (NPTI) and the Haryana power utilities hare in Sector 33 on the occasion of the inauguration of MBA in Power Management and launching of Accelerated Power Development and Reforms programme in Haryana. Mr Prabhu said that permission had been granted to set up seventh and eighth unit of 250 MW each at Panipat Thermal Plant. He declared that only those states would be given financial support on priority basis in this sector which showed good result in power reforms. He added Faridabad operation circle had earned a profit for the first time and the power circle and the state government deserved praise. He announced that the Union Power Ministry would soon start rewarding power circles showing good performance. Stating that the various state power boards in the country had been running with an annual loss of about Rs 50,000 crore, he claimed that the deficit could be met through changes in the functioning and implementing the reforms at various levels seriously. The Haryana Chief Minister said on the occasion that the state would have another 3500 MW power generation capacity within the next two and a half years. He said the new units at the Panipat thermal station would be built by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited. The power station will generate another 1360 MW of power after the new units start working. Engineers of the state had repaired one of the units at Panipat, which was left non-functional by a multinational and the unit had been generating 114 MW power against the capacity of 110 MW. The Union Power Minister of the State, Ms Jaywanti Ben Mehta, spoke on reforms undertaken by Haryana Government and said it was encouraging to know that the annual loss in the power sector in the state had been reduced from Rs 630 crore to Rs 206 crore. She also informed the Union Government had increased the aid given under the accelerated Power Development Programme to four circles of Haryana from Rs 1000 to Rs 3000 crore. These circles are Faridabad, Hisar, Karnal and Sonepat and those where renewing old feeders and strengthening of transmission lines was going on. |
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Power bills can be paid on March 30, 31
Chandigarh, March 28 |
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SHO transferred for inefficiency Yamunanagar, March 28 According to information, a clash took place between the groups of Samay Singh and Kuldip Singh at Tapu Majri village near here on March 23 following some land dispute. Three persons belonging to Kuldip Singh’s group were arrested on a complaint lodged by Samay Singh. The tension began after Kuldip Singh, who had been injured during the clash, died during his operation on March 26. The family members of the deceased alleged that the police had been siding with the culprits and had been harassing innocent persons. Following this, the relatives of the deceased and residents of the village jammed the traffic at Buria Chowk yesterday and demanded action against Samay Singh’s group. They placed Kuldip Singh’s body at the main chowk here. It was lifted only after the Subdivisional Magistrate, Renu Phulia, DSP (headquarters) Ashok Kumar and DSP Jagadhri Vajender reached the spot and pacified the irate protesters and assured them that action will be taken against the miscreants. Meanwhile, a case under Section 302 of the IPC has been registered against Samay Singh and 20 others. |
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BSNL fined Rs 2,000 for wrong charging Fatehabad, March 28 Mr Jaibir Dhaka, a resident of Dariyapur village had lodged a complaint with the forum. The complainant said he had applied for call-tracer facility to his telephone (No. 89266) in July 2000. The BSNL authorities informed him that they did not have the facility in the Fatehabad telephone exchange but the same would be provided very soon. On this assurance the complainant purchased equipment. Though the facility was never provided to the complainant, he BSNL authorities started adding an additional charge of Rs 50 per month in the bills of the complainant. The forum comprising its Chairman, Mr P.C. Gupta, and members Mr B.S. Dandiwal and Ms Seema Saraf, found the BSNL authorities guilty of inability to provide proper service and ordered them to pay the fine and legal expenses to the complainant. |
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6 booked on charge of
ransacking temple Fatehabad, March 28 It may be recalled that the accused had a dispute with the temple authorities over the possession of a piece of land. The temple priest Shrotanand had lodged a complaint with the police alleging that the accused came to the temple on the night of March 22 and uprooted tents erected for religious discourses. The accused also threatened to kill the devotees of the temple. |
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Inquiry sought Ambala, March 28 |
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