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Tuesday,
June 4, 2002,
Chandigarh, India  
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2 lakh bighas rendered barren Man hacks father, wife to death Consumer Forum fines HVPN 40,000 looted from sales tax collection point
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Drain cleaning goes into private hands Three killed in car-jeep collision Panel discusses farm issues Stone laid
for police institute
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2 lakh bighas rendered barren Bhiwani, June 3 Due to the apathetic attitude of the state government towards it, nearly 45 lakh tonne crop production has been affected owing to this barren land. The agricultural land to be irrigated by the Jui canal, Siwani canal and Nigana feeder in Tosham area was rendered barren with the closure of this project and farmers of this area are living in a pitiable economic condition these days. At least 150 sprinkler sets were set up, considering the irrigation requirements of the area and each sprinkler set would irrigate 300 acres of land. A separate subdivision was established in the Irrigation Department for the smooth running of this project and 500 employees were working in this subdivision. Under the project, a number of employees were deputed for the maintenance and operation of pump sets. Rooms were also constructed for the pump sets and thus each pump set incurred an expenditure between Rs 15 to 20 lakh. But, this project was lauded due to its prime feature of irrigating the uneven land. This project reportedly failed just because of a condition put up by the World Bank in 1999. According to this condition, an irrigation water consumer forum was proposed to maintain the accounts pertaining to irrigation and maintenance of project property. The World Bank had to withdraw its help when this forum was not formed in stipulated time. Reportedly no official inspired the farmers for the formation of forum and ultimately, it was closed. The subdivision created for the smooth running of this project was later merged with the Irrigation Department and pump sets and buildings lack maintenance. The agricultural land which had been made productive is lying in a barren condition. |
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Man hacks father, wife to death Hisar, June 3 According to the police, Pardeep Kumar returned home drunk and suddenly attacked his wife Asharfi Devi (35) with an axe while she was feeding cattle outside the house. She died on the spot. After this he went to the cattle shed and axed his father Harkishan (80) to death. He also died on the spot. Pardeep also attacked his uncle Hardial Singh who was seriously injured and removed to the hospital by other family members. Later in the evening, a police party reached the village and arrested the accused. He was admitted to the local Civil Hospital as he was drunk. The police has registered a case against Pardeep on the complaint of his son
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Consumer Forum fines HVPN Fatehabad, June 3 The consumer deposited the fine but filed an appeal before the Executive Engineer in this regard. The Xen found the charge against Mr Satpal as baseless and asked the HVPN authorities to treat the connection as a domestic one and refund the extra amount charged from him. However, after one year, the decision of the Xen was set aside by the Superintending Engineer, who asked the consumer to deposit the fine again. The District Consumer Forum, while deciding the case in favour of Mr Satpal, said the Superintending Engineer did not have any right to listen to the appeal against the order of the
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40,000 looted from sales tax
collection point Ambala, June 3 The incident took place at about 4.30 a.m. Three youths, two of whom were armed, struck at the sales tax collection point near Saddopur. They threatened the duty personnel with dire consequences. The youths took away about Rs 40,000. They escaped in a Tata Sumo vehicle. The sales tax staff then informed the police which rushed to the spot. Incidentally, a chest containing about Rs 79,000 was saved as the youths failed to notice it. Superintendent of Police Manoj Yadava said that they were looking into the matter and police teams had been despatched. “Computerised sketches of the youths have been prepared”, he said. |
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Ambala boy tops PU CET Ambala, June 3 Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, Sahil, who has also cleared the IIT exam, said topping the tough competitive exam was a pleasant surprise. “It is The Tribune from where I learnt about having topped the exam. I got a call from The Tribune this evening informing me that I have topped the exam,” he said. Sahil Nagpal, a student of DAV Public School, Ambala City, attributes his success to single-minded devotion towards studies and the blessings of his parents. “I used to study 8 to 10 hours daily almost throughout the year,” he said. He had begun preparing for his engineering entrance exams, including the IIT and PU CET, well in advance. “I am keen to take up electronics and pursue a career in that field,” he said. He had scored 88.4 per cent marks in class XII exams. Even as the news of his having topped the CET settles in he is now planning to relax for a while. The congratulatory messages are pouring in for him. His father, Dr Gulshan Nagpal, said “Sahil has been a good student. He has scored well in the IIT screening test even. We are proud of him.” “Standing first among several thousand students is
definitely an achievement,” he said. |
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Drain cleaning goes into private hands Ambala, June 3 Experience of executing sanitation projects in Chandigarh and Panchkula could prove handy for the Delhi-based firm that is going to carry out the cleaning operation in 45 days. About 13 kms of drains will be cleaned up during that period. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr D.D. Gautam, said the idea was to get major drains in Ambala Cantonment and Ambala City cleaned before monsoon so that rain water could flow easily. “The work has been assigned to a private firm which has expertise in maintaining sanitation. at the Haryana Secretariat and the Government Medical College and Hospital in Chandigarh,” he said. |
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Three killed in car-jeep collision Hisar, June 3 The deceased were identified as Devender Singh and Manjit Singh of Ludhiana and Chander Devi of Kapro village. According to the police, the deceased alongwith two others were going to Hisar by car. They had changed the route due to road blockade by farmers at Kanhari village near Tohana. Their car collided head on with a jeep carrying about a dozen members of a family to Agroha. Manjit Singh and Chander Devi died on the spot while Devender Singh succumbed to his injuries on way to the hospital. |
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Panel discusses farm issues Chandigarh, June 3 The 13-member team headed by Mr N. Janardhan Reddy was on a one-day tour to study the rural economy in Haryana and Punjab. The meeting was also attended by progressive farmers of the state and representatives of institutional agencies. |
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Stone laid
for police institute Bhondsi (Gurgaon), June 3 Mr Advani,who was here to lay the foundation stone of Devi Lal Centre for Police Training and Research and to take part as chief guest in the passing out parade of recruits of 57th Battalion of the Haryana police however, said the country was not sure whether the remonstarations of the USA, UK and other countries would have salutory influence on Pakistan in stopping cross-border terrorism. |
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