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177cr recovered under power bill waiver plan Power arrears payment date extended HVPN fined Rs 1,000 Kaluchak carnage victims cremated
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| Dist chief parts ways with BKU Fatehabad, May 16 The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), which has been spearheading a campaign against the state government’s drive to collect power bills’ arrears, has split. Mr Mehtab Singh, district president of the BKU, has parted ways with the union and appealed to farmers not to be “misled” by the canards of vested interests in the BKU. Make LS area equal to dist, says MLA Exporters’ panel
to visit Dubai
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177cr recovered under power bill waiver plan Hisar, May 16 In the area of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) comprising Sirsa, Fatehabad, Hisar, Bhiwani, Mahendragarh, Rewari, Gurgaon and Faridabad districts as many as 82,853 defaulters have cleared their bills amounting to over Rs 66 crore after Rs 45 crore were waived
off under the schemes. The DHBVN has recoverable arrears of Rs 225 crore in its area. In the jurisdiction of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, 1,24,112 consumers have cleared dues of Rs 111 crore under the schemes. A spokesman of the DHBVN said here today that consumers in the rural areas were demanding extension of the last date of the schemes as they were yet to receive payments for their crops from the government agencies. The government had decided to extend both these schemes till May 31. Seventyfive per cent of the arrears are being waived
off for those consumers who choose to pay off merely 25 per cent of the total arrears in one go by May 31. In case consumers opt to pay arrears in instalments of Rs 100 per month, their defaulting amount is being waived
off to the extent of 50 per cent. The consumers who opt to pay the arrears in instalments will have to be regular in payments along with the current bill payments. In case of failure to do so the amount deemed to have been waived of would be written back after allowing eight months to the consumers to clear the balance. The scheme is also applicable to permanently disconnected consumers who will be allowed reconnection subject to compliance of the payment plan. |
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Power arrears payment date extended Ambala, May 16 Talking to mediapersons after laying the foundation stone of a 220 kv substation at Tepla village, Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala said the last date to pay the arrears had been extended and the arrears of the tubewell connections of religious organisation in villages and of drinking water in panchayats could also be paid under the scheme. He said it had been decided that in case the defaulters of the domestic connections in the urban areas and agriculture connections also pay their arrears in lump sum by May 31 the entire surcharge of their arrears would be waived off. “The panchayats who are yet to pay their bills would also be given the benefit under the scheme up to May 31. In case the panchayats deposit one-fourth of the arrears in lump sum up to May 31 the balance amount would be waived off. In case these panchayats pay the balance in monthly instalments of Rs 100 each, half of their arrears would be waived off. No surcharge or interest would be charged in future on 50 per cent of the arrears being paid in instalments,” he said. |
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HVPN fined Rs 1,000 Fatehabad, May 16 The HVPN authorities had raided a saw mill belonging to Mr Bahadur Singh on the local Bighar road on July 20, last year, and registered a case of power theft against him. The HVPN authorities had opined that there was a difference in the size of the power meter and the glass covering the front of the meter. They charged the consumer with tempering with the meter and imposed a fine of Rs1.33 lakh on him. The HVPN authorities threatened the consumer that his connection would be disconnected in case he failed to pay the bill in time. As the consumer was going through bad times economically, he could not pay the fine and the power authorities disconnected his connection. Eventually, Bahadur Singh moved the District Consumer Forum when the power authorities did not care to reply to the legal notice sent by his lawyer. The forum found the action of the power authorities unjust and imposed a fine of Rs 1000 on the authorities. |
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Kaluchak carnage victims cremated Ambala, May 16 The two children, Amandeep Kaur (14) and Jatinder Singh (11), who were done to death by terrorists in the KP Lines family quarters in the Kaluchak Army cantonment Area, were cremated today in Naneola village, about 35 km from here. Seven bodies were brought to this region. The bodies arrived here early this morning. While two bodies were sent to village Naneola village in Naggal, one body was sent to Mohanpur in Kurukshetra district, while two bodies were taken to an area near Rajpura. Two bodies were taken to Devigarh in neighbouring Punjab. Sub Atar Singh of artillery is distraught over the death of his children. “Mere Bachon ne kisi ka kya bigada tha. Agar Unme Itni Himmat Hoti To Mere Se Samna Karte,” he said. May 14 proved to be a “black day” for Sub Atar Singh and his wife, Mrs Nirmal Kaur. Mrs Nirmal Kaur was watering the lawns while the two children were sleeping inside the house which was located first in the row of family quarters. Sub Atar Singh said that his wife suddenly saw two militants had shot dead the sentry on duty and they were running towards her. She quickly entered the house but the two militants managed to gain entry close behind her. Then Mrs Nirmal Kaur rushed to the bathroom and locked herself in. The terrorists could not break open the door. The terrorists than fired indiscriminately at the two children sleeping in the adjacent rooms. The bodies of children were riddled with bullets. Although there is a steady stream of visitors to their residence, the villagers are upset over the fact that senior officers from the district administration were not present at the cremation this morning. “Even Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, who had come this morning to Ambala did not bother to come here to attend the cremation,” a villager lamented.
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Dist chief parts ways with BKU Fatehabad, May 16 In a statement issued here today, Mr Mehtab Singh said at a meeting of the BKU held at Kandela (Jind), the union had appealed to the state government to extend the last date for the payment of the arrears. The BKU had also decided to meet at Kandela again on May 19 to chalk out its future course of action. The union leader said since Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala had agreed to extend the date for the payment of the arrears, there was no point of organising a meeting on May 19. The BKU leader himself has paid off his arrears by availing of the 75 per cent waiver scheme of the government and has appealed to farmers to follow suit. JIND (UNI): About 2,500 residents of 100 villages assembled at Kandela village in the district on Wednesday and formed the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU). The meeting, after five-hour-long deliberations, adopted a resolution hailing the new policy of Power Utilities under which 75 per cent of the arrears of electricity bills were being waived of by paying 25 per cent of the amount. A member of the new BKU said a 21-member executive committee had been formed with Mr Ran Singh of Jeetgarh village as its president. The meeting also resolved that the new BKU would not allow the “so- called” Bhartiya Kisan Union, headed by Mr Ghasi Ram to organise the proposed rally at Kandela village on May 19. A deputation of the new BKU later met Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala to apprise him the grievances of the farmers. |
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Make LS area equal to dist, says MLA Ambala, May 16 Mr Vij said not only would this help check the tendency of state to make more sub-divisions and mandals for political reasons, it will also improve the financial position of the state. “For the convenience of people, there should be an office of the DC and the MP in a district and in the sub-division, office should be provided to the SDM and the MLA,” he said. He said since the administrative officer and the elected representative would work within the same area, there would be better coordination. It would also help in implementing different programmes. He stated that this would bring about uniformity within the whole country.
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Exporters’ panel
to visit Dubai Ambala, May 16 The association chairman, Dr N.C. Jain, said that there are a number of tax concessions for a period of 25 years in Dubai and different facilities are provided for establishing industrial and trade units. The units can establish their offices within one week from the date of application and also yearly visa facilities are given for persons who run the office in SAIF zone, he said. In that industrial hub, at present, nearly 400 Indian industrial and trade units are working satisfactorily. The SAIF zone authority make arrangements of financial assistance for the units through banks at concessional rate of interest. The duration of the visit will be five days. The delegation will cover, among other things, study of scientific, electronic, laboratory instruments, rice, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, home appliances and blankets.
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14-year-old rapes
6-year-old Yamunanagar, May 16 They informed the police that their daughter was all alone at her residence at around 2 p.m. on May 14, when her mother went for her job. Jatinder, who was her neighbour, came to her house and lured her and took her to a nearby field and allegedly raped her. |
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Senior power official
suspended Ambala, May 16 It may be recalled that a few months ago, a major stand-off had taken place between a municipal councillor of Ambala Sadar and Mr Jain . The municipal councillor had allegedly manhandled Mr Jain at his residence. The stand-off was resolved after a couple of days.
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3 market committees constituted Chandigarh, May 16 Dr Noor Mohammad of Rupdaka village and Mr Yogesh Kumar of Hathin have been nominated Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively, of the Market Committee, Hathin. Mr Shiv Ram Arya Vidyawachaspati of Aurangabad village and Mr Ram Kishan of Hodel have been nominated Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively, of the Market Committee, Hodel. Mr Israil of Bilonda village and Mr Phool Chand of Nagina have been nominated Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively, of the Market Committee, Ferozpur
Jhirkha.
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School
holidays Chandigarh, May 16 The schools
would remain closed till June 30 and reopen on July 1, 2002.
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