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Wednesday,
May 8, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Hooda
questions HPSC selections CM’s kin
alleges victimisation Market
committee chiefs, members nominated Subscribers owe Rs 56.7 cr to BSNL |
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Proposals on traffic regulations discussed Two school students killed in accident Licences of 423 dealers cancelled Cops,
officers get new I-cards
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Hooda questions
HPSC selections Chandigarh, May 7 Talking to newsmen, he said when the Congress would come to power, it would cancel the recruitment done on the basis of the controversial examination. He also announced the constitution of a six-member committee headed by Mr Shadi Lal
Batra, MLA from Rohtak, to inquire into the alleged irregularities committed by the commission and suggest to the party how it could help the aggrieved candidates. The other members of the committee are Mr Bijander Singh, Chairman of the legal cell of the party; Mr Jagat Singh Yadav, Mr Joginder Singh
Duhan, Mr Narender Singh and Mr Manjeet Dalal. Alleging that the functioning of the HPSC was not transparent, Mr Hooda said its members were not able to work independently as they were under pressure from the Chief Minister. Answering a question, he said till Mrs Sonia Gandhi had confidence in him, he would continue to head the party in the State. Earlier, he led activists of the minority wing of the Congress in observing a day-long fast here to demand the ouster of the Gujarat Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi. Among those who observed the fast was Mr Jagdeep Singh Cheema, Chairman of the minority wing. |
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CM’s kin alleges victimisation Chandigarh, May 7 Mr Ravi Singh, elder son of the Chief Minister’s estranged brother, Mr Pratap Singh, today alleged that he had been falsely implicated in an attempt to murder case by the Sirsa police at the behest of Mr Chautala and his younger son, Mr Abhey Singh, who is the MLA from the Rori Assembly constituency. Mr Ravi Singh was talking to newsmen here after he was released on bail by a Sirsa court. He was arrested on April 10 and was granted bail on May 4. Interestingly, unlike his father, Mr Ravi Singh had always been close to Mr Chautala and his sons. In the last Assembly elections, he had campaigned vigorously in the Narwana Assembly constituency on behalf of Mr Chautala, forcing his father to withdraw. Accompanied by his father, Mr Ravi Singh told newsmen that the complainant, Mr Sukhbir Singh, had alleged that a murderous attack was made on
him (for which Mr Ravi Singh was held responsible) on April 1. The complainant was later admitted to a hospital, where doctors declared him unfit to make a statement for a couple of days. The FIR was lodged on April 3, leading to the arrest of Ravi Singh on April 10. Mr Pratap Singh and Mr Ravi Singh said later they found that the assertions of the complainant being unfit to make a statement were false because on the day the alleged murderous assault was made on him, the complainant had appeared for an examination from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. He also appeared for some examinations on later dates for which a “writer” was allowed to him by Kurukshetra University. Mr Pratap Singh said he brought these facts to the notice of the court in the shape of an affidavit. The court directed the investigating officer to verify the contents of the affidavit. The report of the officer tallied with the facts in the affidavit. It was only after this that the court released Mr Ravi Singh on bail. Mr Ravi Singh alleged that he was implicated in the false case so that he would pressurise his father into entering a compromise with Mr Chautala and drop his complaint to the National Human Rights Commission regarding the illegal construction of a road on
his (Mr Pratap Singh’s) land, leading to the farm house of the Chief Minister. |
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Market committee chiefs, members nominated Bhiwani, May 7 Mr Dharam Pal Obra and Mr Ram Kumar Seth have been nominated as Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively, of Market Committee, Loharu. The members include Mr Bhikhu Ram, Mr Rattan Lal Aggarwal, Mr Ram Bhagat, Mr Man Singh, Mr Hoshiar Singh of Dhana Jogi, village Mr Hoshiar Singh of Jhupan Kalan village, Mr Prahlad Singh, Mr Daya Nand, Mr Birbal, Mr Lekh Ram, Mr Om Parkash, Mr Ombir Arya, Mr Bhagwan Singh, Mr Manbhar Shyami, Mr Chiranji, Mr Mange Ram, Mr Mohinder Singh Namberdar and BDPO, Loharu. For the Market Committee, Behal, Mr Om Parkash Behalwala and Mr Lal Chand have been nominated as Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively. The members include
Mr Ram Bhagat, Mr Sushil Chaudhary, Mr Kamal Pansari, Mr Mir Singh, Mr Ram Pat, Mr Dhan Singh, Mr Rama Nand, Mr Dhir Singh, Mr Pale Ram, Mr Daya Nand, Mr Ishwar Singh, Capt Sohan Lal, Mr Ram Singh, Capt Kurda Ram, Mr Bartha Ram, Mr Pollu Ram, Mr Ratan Singh and BDPO, Behal. Mr Anoop Singh and Mr Har Narain Singla have been nominated as Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively of the Market Committee, Tosham. The members nominated for the Market Committee include Mr Atam Parkash, Mr Harbans Lal, Mr Krishan Kumar, Mr Amar Singh, Mr Gyani Ram, Mr Hawa Singh, Mr Jaibir, Mr Ranbir Pehlwan, Subedar Sohan Singh, Dr. Amar Singh, Mr Harphool Singh, Mr Balwan Singh, Mr Ram Kumar, Mr Dharambir Singh, Mr Madan Lal, Mr Roshan Lal, Mr Jagmal Singh and BDPO, Tosham. Mr Manbhar and Mr Ramotar have been nominated as Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively of Market Committee, Jui. The members include Mr Ramotar, Mr Nagar Mal, Mr Parbhu Dayal, Mr Mohinder Singh Rathor, Mr Satbir Sharma, Mr Ved Parkash,
Mr Subhash Chand, Mr Vikram Singh, Mr Dharamvir, Mr Raj Kumar, Mr Munna Singh,
Mr Balbir Singh, Mr Om Parkash, Mr Rohtash, Mr Om Parkash, Mr Amar Singh, Mr Ram Kumar Lamba and BDPO, Jui. Col Risal Singh and Mr Ghanshyam Dass have been nominated as Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively, of the Market Committee, Charkhi Dadri the members include Mr Govind Ram Makdania, Mr Lalmana Goyal, Mr Om Parkash,
Mr Ram Pal Swami, Mr Ram Kumar, Mr Jag Ram, Mr Mohan Singh, Mr Rajbir Singh, Mr Rishi Raj, Mr Prem Pal Singh, Capt. Mansa Ram,
Mr Vijay Kumar, Capt. Jai Narayan, Mr Vinod Kumar, Mr Rattan, Mr Zile Singh,
Mr Ramphal and BDPO, Charkhi Dadri. Mr Om Parkash and Mr Prayag have been nominated as Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively of the Market Committee, Siwani Mandi. The members include Mr Satpal, Mr Jagdish, Mr Ram Bhagat,
Mr Suresh Kumar, Mr Dalel Singh, Mr Partap Singh, Mr Raj Kumar Kanswa, Subedar Partap Singh,
Mr Dharam Pal Bishnoi, Mr Om Parkash, Mr Shai Ram, Mr Ram Singh Sihag, Mr Madan Singh Parjapat, Mr Sher Singh,
Mr Mohinder, Mr Ashok Kumar, Mr Kuldeep Bishnoi and BDPO, Siwani Mandi. |
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Subscribers
owe Rs 56.7 cr to BSNL Ambala, May 7 Talking to mediapersons here, Mr Jethwani said that these outstanding dues, which were for more than three months, up to February this year, included state government offices, Central Government offices as well as defence establishment. “While the state government offices owe Rs 32.85 lakh, the Central Government offices owe Rs 23.46 lakh. The defence establishment owe Rs 16.41 lakh,” he said. Mr Jethwani said that the private subscribers formed the largest chunk, who owed Rs 53.56 crore. He said that amount under dispute was about Rs 2.40 crore. The outstanding dues in Ambala Secondary Switching Area (SSA) which comprises Ambala, Panchkula and Yamunanagar were about Rs 4.50 crore. “There is a proposal to introduce mobile services in Haryana during the current financial year. During the first phase of Cellular Mobile Telecom Service (CMTS) project, capacity of 43,000 lines would be added and capacity of about 68,000 lines will be added during the second phase of the project,” he said. Mr Jethwani said that work of installation of Mobile Switching Centre (MSC) at Panipat was under progress. “In the first phase, the coverage to mobile services will be provided through 100 sites,” he said. During the current financial year, Haryana Circle had planned to provide additional capacity of 1,87,400 lines. In addition to this, capacity of 10,000 Wireless in Local Loop (WLL) connections will also be provided. “To provide better and reliable connectivity between the exchanges, it is proposed to lay 2200 route km optical fibre connections. It has been planned to provide 155000 fixed line connections and 8000 WLL connections during the year,” he said. “For providing better customer services, it is proposed to com entire commercial and account offices by implementing an integrated indigenously developed software package
(DOTSOFT). It will be implemented in Ambala, Karnal, Sonepat, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Rewari and Rohtak SSAs in the first phase. Hisar and Jind SSAs will be covered in the next phase,” he said. Mr Jethwani stated that for the second consecutive year, an employee of Haryana Circle had been selected for Sanchar Doot Award. Mr Ram Karan, phone mechanic at Jind, had been selected by BSNL HQ for the Sanchar Doot Award for his outstanding services. The award will be conferred on him on World Telecommunication Day on May 17 at New Delhi. |
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Proposals
on traffic regulations discussed Ambala, May 7 Among others, Deputy Commissioner D.D. Gautam, SP Manoj Yadava and businessmen of the Sadar area attended the meeting. Mr Manoj Yadava suggested certain measures which could help in easing congestion and regulating vehicular movement. Mr Yadava said that one way traffic could be introduced from Vijay Ratan chowk to the main market. "Since Ambala Sadar had been planned by the Britishers on a grid format, it would be easy to introduce one way traffic," he said. He said that businessmen unanimously decide not to display their wares on the road. "Once wares are displayed on the road, there is hardly any space left for parking, which leads to congestion. Incidentally, all over the country, the consumer is preferring to move away from congested markets to new bigger markets where there is ample parking space," he observed. Mr Yadava pointed out that over the years, the number of cars have gone up and there is a tendency for motorists to take parking for granted. "I request the civil administration to ensure that whenever a commercial building is constructed, it must have sufficient parking space," he said. "More parking zones can be created so that people can park in the free parking area", he added. He stated that rehris prove to be a traffic hazard. "Under the municipal bylaws, the licence to a rehri is given to be mobile and not to remain stationary. We can regulate the movement of rehris on the main road and the crossing since it leads to congestion. We can preferably develop a rehri market," he said. He also said that restricting entry to heavy vehicles in the market can be considered. The Deputy Commissioner said that the proposals had been mooted so that either one or a combination could be implemented in the Sadar market area. "These proposals would help in de-congesting the market place. The Army had agreed to fully cooperate with suggestions," he said. Mr Gautam said that the cleaning of the drains would start and finish by this month. "An expert from Chandigarh had come today to have a look at the drains and we are going to have the drains cleaned. However, for effective cleaning of drains, it must be stressed that the shopkeepers must remove the extended 'thada'. The cooperation of the businessmen is sought by us for carrying out the cleaning operation," he said. |
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Two school students killed in accident Ambala, May 7 The accident took place when the students, 14-year-old Rajinder and 12-year-old Ritu, were going to the government school in Rangiya Mandi. While Rajinder was going to take admission in Class X, Ritu was studying in Class VII. They were walking on the roadside when a Maruti car coming from Delhi hit them near the octroi post. Both of them were rushed to Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantonment, but they were declared brought dead. A pall of gloom descended in Kuldeep Nagar when the news of the death of Rajinder and Ritu reached the area. Residents of Kuldeep Nagar expressed shock over the incident and observed that the high speed on the highway is potentially dangerous. |
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Licences of 423 dealers cancelled Chandigarh, May 7 An official spokesman said here today that the department had also forfeited security of 1600 erring dealers amounting to over Rs 8.71 lakh during the same period. As many as 39 cases were registered against dealers for indulging in malpractices in the distribution of essential commodities and 17 persons had been arrested in this connection.
Cops, officers get new I-cards Chandigarh, May 7 A spokesman for the Police Department said here today that samples of the identity cards had also been sent to the Transport Department to check the misuse of free travelling facility by the cops. Identity cards had also been issued to all retired
non-gazetted officers and officers of other ranks. The welfare branch of the police headquarters was issuing the identity cards to the gazetted officers.
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Fire in Sikligar Mohalla Ambala, May 7 After the fire broke out in the science implements shop, it soon spread to a neighbouring shop where refrigerators are repaired. The goods in the shops were burnt and machinery was damaged. The fire engines quickly managed to bring the fire under control.
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Date extended Kurukshetra, May 7 |
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