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July 24, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Review
plea on SYL won’t do: CM Amarinder’s remarks baseless: Haryana Was PO
part of Chautala’s trade delegation? Does
Haryana really need more engg colleges? Centre cold-shoulders Haryana demand for separate HC |
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Public
Health authorities told to pay relief MC to
recommend illegal colonies’ case Truck
forcibly taken away Rath yatra against terrorism BKU joins hands with manch Villagers block traffic near Kaithal
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Review
plea on SYL won’t do: CM Faridabad, July 23 Stating this, the Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, said here today that although the Punjab Government had adopted a ‘negative’ approach and was talking of filing a review petition in the Supreme Court, he claimed that such a petition may not be of any use now. Mr Chautala, who had come here to preside over an ‘interactive session’ with industrialists of Faridabad to get first-hand knowledge of the problems and issues concerning industrial units, said his government had taken several measures to provide basic amenities to the people of Haryana in the past two years. While power production and generation had gone up by about 650 mw in the past 30 months, the supply of drinking water had also improved. Claiming that ‘inspector raj’ had been abolished and several reforms introduced for smooth transaction of business and trade, he said favourable conditions, including good law and order had led about 5,000 industrial units to start functioning during the tenure of the present government. He said entrepreneurs should ensure that they paid all taxes on time so that the government had funds to provide good roads, sewerage and streetlights. He said the industries here owed about 4.75 crore towards house tax and other charges. Taking up various demands raised by the Industries and Manufacturers Association, the Chief Minister said certain taxes like house tax or local area development tax (LADT) were necessary, and claimed that these were not a burden on entrepreneurs. He said the Union Government’s decision to impose VAT system from next year would solve the demand for uniform sales tax on various items. Although the state government had claimed the today’s function would be an ‘interactive session,’ it was held like a public meeting at the MCF Auditorium. It was Mr Chautala all the way. He spoke for 90 minutes. Civic Bodies Minister Subhash Goyal, president of the business cell of the Indian National Lok Dal, Mr Niranjan Lal Bansal, owner of the Lakhani group, Mr
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Amarinder’s remarks
baseless: Haryana Chandigarh, July 23 Taking exception to Mr Amarinder Singh’s statement that Haryana was getting water disproportionate to the area of arable lands in the state, Mr Ram Pal Majra, Chief Parliamentary Secretary of Haryana, said that cultivable area in Haryana was 95 lakh acres and not 80 lakh acres as assumed by Punjab. The cultivable area in Haryana was 105 acres, he said. He clarified that Haryana was allocated a total of 8.23 MAF of water which included 4.40 MAF of Sutlej water (according to the Bhakra Nangal Agreement) and 3.83 MAF allocated by the Ravi-Beas Tribunal. Mr Majra said it appeared that while reviewing the allocation of water to Haryana, Capt Amarinder Singh wrongly added Haryana’s share of the Yamuna waters as well. Indus basin and Yamuna basin are two independent basins and therefore allocation from the Yamuna basin is in no way related to the distribution of waters of Indus basin, he said. On the other hand, Punjab’s share of 15.13 MAF water included 8.15 MAF Sutlej waters, 5 MAF Ravi-Beas waters and 1.98 MAF share of water allocated to Punjab as pre partition rights. Thus the ratio between Punjab and Haryana regarding water turned out to be 1.84:1. But the ratio between cultivable land in Punjab and Haryana was 1:10:1, Mr Majra said that “these facts” showed that Punjab had much larger share of water as compared to Haryana. |
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Was PO part of Chautala’s trade delegation? Chandigarh, July 23 The answer is in the affirmative if the allegations levelled by RPI MLA and former minister Karan Singh Dalal at a press conference here today are true. Mr Dalal demanded immediate dismissal of the Chautala Government for the violation of the oath of office by the Chief Minister, who “had protected a proclaimed offender in violation of the law of the land, which he is bound to uphold by virtue of the oath administered to him when he became the Chief Minister”. Mr Dalal, who produced orders issued by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Panipat, on January 29, to support his allegations, alleged that Mr Mewa Singh Bedhian, Chairman and Managing Director of Dayang Nagakawa, accompanied Mr Chautala to China and signed an MoU with PMI Motor Cycles in the presence of Mr Chautala and Finance Minister Sampat Singh. The MoU was regarding the setting up of a joint venture in India to manufacture 20 lakh motor cycles per annum. Mr Bedhian’s company was to invest $ 300 million and would have held 51 per cent shares. The RPI MLA alleged that the Panipat police had registered a criminal case under Sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471/34, IPC, against Mr Bedhian for allegedly taking a loan of about Rs 40 lakh from Bank of Punjab in a
fraudulent manner. The court declared him a proclaimed offender at the request of the state. He also alleged that Mr Bedhian was wanted by the Karnataka police also because he had set up a computer company in Jind district of Haryana by defrauding a Bangalore-based company. The Karnataka police, he said, had raided the Jind premises of Mr Bedhian and seized computer ware. The Jind company, he said, was inaugurated by Mr Chautala himself. Accusing Mr Chautala of having a share in Mr Bedhian’s company, Mr Dalal said the state government had already allotted 40 acres to Dayang Nagakawa at Manesar in Gurgaon district at throw-away prices. He also alleged that the company had started cheating gullible persons by taking huge amounts of money from them on the pretext of allotting them dealerships. Mr Dalal said to hoodwink the prospective dealers the company recently imported about 100 motor cycles of less than 100 cc capacity. But the Customs Department did not clear the consignment because the import of such motor cycles was not allowed. Alleging that Mr Chautala had “knowingly” taken Mr Bedhian to China with him, Mr Dalal accused the Chief Minister of hatching a “criminal conspiracy against the state, the nation and the foreign country”. He said he had written to the President, the Prime Minister, the Union Home Minister and the Haryana Governor, urging them to dismiss the Chautala Government for violation of the oath of office and order a CBI inquiry into his allegations. If the constitutional authorities failed to take action against Mr Chautala, Mr Dalal said, he would move the high court for issue of an appropriate writ. He said he had also written to the Ambassador of China to India, informing him about the legal status of Mr Bedhian. Meanwhile, an official spokesman described Mr Dalal’s allegations as a “bundle of lies” and said Mr Bedhian was not a member of the official delegation. |
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Does Haryana really need more engg colleges? Chandigarh, July 23 Haryana, which once had only government engineering college at Murthal, a Regional Engineering College at Kurukshetra, an advanced polytechnic at Faridabad (which was subsequently upgraded to a college), a textile engineering institute at Bhiwani and an
agricultural engineering institute at the HAU, Hisar, now has 31 engineering colleges in the state, including 26 in the private sector. The first three private engineering colleges came up in 1994-1995 and since then there had been rapid growth of such institutions. The state government had decided to allow the private sector to set up engineering colleges in the state to stop the exodus of local students from going to private institutions in the southern states. However, the proliferation of such institutions has resulted in seats remaining vacant in some of them. An official here admitted that in the last academic session, at least 200 of the 8442 seats available in the 31 engineering colleges in the state remained vacant. There are six institutions which have already been issued a “no-objection certificate” by the state government and these are now awaiting approval by the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) to become functional. An erstwhile Director of the Technical Education Department reportedly also pointed out these anomalies to the Commissioner of the department. In a note sent to the Commissioner, the Director reportedly suggested that instead of allowing more and more private vocational training institutions the state government should rather concentrate on quality of education provided by these institutions. Regarding the placement of students, the official said as most of these institutions had come up recently, the first batches of engineering graduates were yet to come out of these institutions. The official said that only 50 per cent of those who had studied engineering in the three colleges set up in 1994 and 1995 had managed to get placements. |
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Centre cold-shoulders Haryana demand for separate HC Chandigarh, July 23 The Haryana Assembly had adopted a unanimous resolution, demanding the creation of a separate high court for the state on the existing premises of the Punjab and Haryana High Court here. The resolution had demanded that 40 per cent of the court building, the ministerial staff and administrative functionaries should be allocated to Haryana. It also said the judges of the new high court should be appointed from the Haryana quota. The state government had forwarded a copy of the resolution to the Centre. Moving the resolution, the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, had given the impression as if he had already discussed the issue with the then Union Law Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, who, the Chief Minister had indicated, was not averse to the demand. However, a press note issued by the Press Information Bureau today indicated that the Union Government had linked the Haryana demand with the transfer of Chandigarh to Punjab. The press note said: “The Government of India is of the view that the establishment of a separate high court for Haryana would depend upon the shifting of its capital from Chandigarh, as also developing infrastructure for a new high court within the state. It also involves a Central legislation. It is not feasible to indicate a time frame in this regard.” |
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Public Health authorities told to pay relief Kaithal, July 23 According to information Ranjit Rai and Bhagwan Dass of Cheeka filed a complaint before the District Consumer Redressal Forum here alleging that their houses were damaged due to leakage in the water supply pipes laid by the Public Health Department. Ranjit Rai had demanded a compensation of Rs 249700 and Bhagwan Dass Rs 380600. Their claim was supported by a report of loss as assessed by an approved valuer. However, the department took the plea that the municipal committee was responsible for the maintenance and the upkeep of the pipes, where as Municipal Committee, Cheeka, refuted this claim. On an application filed by the complainants the consumer forum appointed a local commission which physically inspected the sight and damaged properties and gave its report in favour of the complainants. |
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MC to recommend
illegal colonies’ case Fatehabad, July 23 The municipal chief, Mrs Sheela Wanti Tuteja, presided over the meeting in which nine of the 19 municipal councillors participated. The local INLD MLA, Mr Leela Krishan Chowdhary, was also present. Five resolutions were placed before the committee and all were passed unanimously. It passed an estimate of Rs 8 lakhs for development works in the Aggarwal colony and also passed all 16 building plans placed before it for approval. |
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Truck forcibly
taken away Jind, July 23 According to reports, the truck was coming from Kurukshetra district to Kandhla in Gujarat when the vehicle was intercepted by the youths. The youths beat them up, tied their hands and feet and left them by the side of the road in an unconscious state. The driver of the truck, Malkeet Singh, has been admitted to the local general hospital in an unconscious state. |
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Rath yatra
against terrorism Ambala, July 23 Talking to mediapersons here today, the president of the state unit of AIATF, Dr Viresh
Shandilya, said yatra against terrorism would be flagged off on July 26. “The yatra will be flagged off by the parents of those who have attained martyrdom. It will start from Ambala, go to Delhi and from there start for Srinagar,” he said. Dr Shandilya said the objective of the yatra was to effectively tackle terrorism. “We are ready to make any sacrifice so that terrorism is brought to an end,” he said. He said the rath would have photographs of great personalities like Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Maharana Pratap Singh and Shaheed Udham Singh. Motivating slogans would also be displayed on the
rath. Among others, Mr Kulwant Singh Manakpur, Mr Rajendra, Mr Lalit
Jhamb, Mr Deepak Sharma, Mr Avinash Khera, Mr Hardeep Saini and Mr Gulshan Gulati will comprise the 45-strong persons who will accompany the yatra. |
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BKU joins hands with manch Panchkula, July 23 Mr Nain also addressed a rally of about 100 farmers at Bataur village, near here, and said they had to put up a united front against the anti-farmer attitude. |
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Villagers
block traffic near Kaithal Kaithal, July 23 The villagers were adamant that until the administration assured them sufficient power supply and canal water they would not lift the blockage. After some time the local MLA, Mr Lila Ram, and Mr Amir Singh Sabharwal DSP, reached the site and persuaded the villagers to lift the blockade. |
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