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Thursday,
August 8, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Hamirpur lost crops worth Rs 25
cr 50 hurt as bus falls into
ditch Statewide strike by college
teachers
Temple funds: fast by Hindu
Mahasabha Take dist issue to party, Sofat tells
CM Date for crop insurance extended |
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HP board to charge for actual load Landslips disrupt water supply HP cautions against nursing school
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Hamirpur lost crops worth Rs 25
cr Hamirpur, August 7 Although the district received rain for two days in July and for three days in August yet the total loss to the crops has been estimated at Rs 25 crore, according to Dr Hans Raj Sharma, Deputy Director, Agriculture, Hamirpur. He told this reporter here today that the loss to paddy crop was between 70 per cent to 100 per cent and 50 to 60 per cent in case of maize and 100 per cent to the vegetable crops. He said the crop loss in case of kharif crops was due to the non-arrival of rain. Since Hamirpur district is rain-fed, the crops are at the mercy of rain-gods. Dr Sharma said 2,000 farmers of the district had adopted the crops insurance scheme this time due to the initiative of the Department of Agriculture. They paid 70 per cent of the premium from their own pocket and the state government paid rest of the money. The number of farmers who had obtained crop loans from various nationalised and coop banks and whose crops were insured compulsory was yet not known. The Department of Revenue in the meantime is busy preparing reports of loss to crops to the farmers in the district as per the directions of the state government. The state had already been declared drought-hit and the government had released Rs 2.50 crore for Hamirpur district alone out of the first instalment of Rs 25 crore to the whole of state. Ram Singh, a farmer of the Bhoranj area, said when cash relief could be given to the farmers in Punjab and Haryana, why not in Himachal Pradesh. He termed the present state government as anti-farmer. Mr Mukesh Kumar, district secretary of the CPI, said instead of asking people to work on roads, subsidy on seeds, fertilisers, agriculture implements and other agriculture-related products should be announced for the next rabi crops so that farmers could prepare themselves for the next crops. |
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50 hurt as bus falls into
ditch Hamirpur, August 7 Official sources told this reporter that the accident took place when the bus driver tried to save the bus from hitting a van coming from the other side of the road. In the process the bus rolled down into the ditch. Condition of a 10-year-old child hailing from Rampur was stated to be critical as he had suffered serious stomach injuries. A senior district officer and Mr O.C. Thakur, DIG, Mandi, who were on their way to Nadaun in connection with a meeting reached the accident site and supervised the relief and rescue operations. Reporters who visited the site found that the accident was caused by a narrow culvert. Had this culvert been widened the accident could have been avoided. At least eight accidents had taken place on this road during past two years due to the congested culvert. No steps have been taken by the Public Works Department in this regard. |
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Statewide strike by college
teachers Shimla, August 7 Classes could not be held in colleges at Rampur, Theog, Saraswati Nagar, Sarkaghat, Solan, Bilaspur and other places. All three local government colleges virtually remained closed. The association is also opposing the opening of new colleges without staff and basic infrastructure and the policy of taking over of private colleges and staff without observing norms. It is also demanding filling up of 450 posts of lecturers and complete ban on appointments on the contract basis. HAMIRPUR:
Teaching work remained suspended in the colleges at Hamirpur, Tarkwari, Nadaun and Sujanpurtira, according to a spokesman of the association. The association demanded that the decision to regularise the services of ad hoc teachers should be taken back. |
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Temple funds: fast by Hindu
Mahasabha Kangra, August 7 Mr Nalinder Gautam, president of Mahasabha Himachal unit and Mr Braham Dutt today sat on the fast demanding action in the temple funds misappropriation against those involved. Mr Gautam told mediapersons that a fact-finding committee had found that 23 kg of silver was missing from the temple and temple authorities did not report to the police about it. The report added that 18 kg of missing silver out of 23 kg was recovered from thieves who stole Rs 80,000 early this year. He said that in December last Rs 45,000 were found to be misappropriated but no action was taken against them till date. Brijeshwari temple being under the government’s control and a tehsildar looks after it as temple officer. Recently Deputy Commissioner Kangra Prabhood Saxeena divested the officer of his powers and appointed a Naib Tehsildar as working temple officer. A temple Trust member said that a Naib Tehsildar could not function as temple officer. |
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Take dist issue to party, Sofat tells
CM Solan, August 7 In a letter addressed to Mr Dhumal yesterday, he also questioned the rationale behind the creation of new districts. Mr Sofat who is also a member of the BJP’s state Executive Body, has in his letter noted that the issue should have been put before the party’s working committee which would have given an opportunity to the likes of him to express their views.” Urging Mr Dhumal to take the party leadership into confidence even now, Sofat urged upon him to convene an emergency meeting of BJP’s state executive to discuss the issue. |
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Date for crop insurance extended Dharamsala, August 7 Addressing farmers at Thural during a ‘khula darbar’ the Technical Education Minister, Mr Ravinder Ravi, said the last date for getting the crops insured had been extended up to August 15 and farmers who have sown at least 10 kanals of land could get their crops insured. He said 50 per cent of the insurance premium would be paid by the state government. The minister said according to the initial survey, fruit and standing crops worth more than Rs 75 crore had been damaged due to drought-like conditions in Kangra. He said the state government would also provide 50 per cent subsidy to farmers on seed for their rabi crop. |
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HP board to charge for actual load Chandigarh, August 7 The Parwanoo Industries Association had filed a petition to the commission, on behalf of Himachal industry, urging to interpret the tariff order in letter and spirit. The commission has instructed the board to charge the industry for the actual load, and not the sanctioned load. The industry had argued that it was a common practice, that they were not using the total sanctioned load. Since load for sanction for all the machines, but only few machines were operated at a time. The commission has directed the board to execute fresh agreements on the basis of contract demand within three months and carry out the correction of bills with effect from November 1, 2001. It has further asked the board to refund the excess amount, if any, by the consumers.
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Landslips disrupt water supply Dharamsala, August 7 According to a spokesman of the Irrigation and Public Health Department, Dharamsala, the main supply line has been damaged. The spokesman assured that the supply would be restored by Sunday. |
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HP cautions against nursing school Shimla, August 7 |
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