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Wednesday,
September 18, 2002,
Chandigarh, India  
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Admn upset
over report leak Sonia to address rallies in HP Work on
Uhl-III next month
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Rain
increases landslip threat Preserve Himalayan culture: CM Theatre
festival attracts crowds Soldier
killed in mine blast
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Admn upset over report leak Hamirpur, September 17 There are reports that the Chief Minister, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, who also belongs to the district and as per the report will be benefited much, has taken the district administration to task for making the report public. The Congress has taken a serious note of the proposed delimitation of the Assembly constituencies after the publication of the report. The party has decided to oppose the proposal and approach the Chief Election Commissioner and the Chairman of the National Delimitation Commission. It is worth mentioning here that as per the report a number of parts of the Hamirpur Assembly segment were added to the Bamsan area to make it more politically viable to the Chief Minister, who represents the area in the state Assembly. Sources in the district administration told The Tribune today that efforts were on to find persons responsible for leaking the report to the Press. So far no one had been identified. The district administration released a copy of the Gazette of India with regards to the Delimitation Act, 2002, to the local scribes last evening. The five-page document released to the Press was given only to clarify its position that there was no proposal for changing the structure of the five Assembly segments of the district. The clause 9 (1) (a) of the Act says that all constituencies shall, as far as practicable, be geographically compact areas and in delimiting them regard shall had to physical features, existing boundaries of administrative units, facilities of communication and public convenience. (b) Every Assembly constituency shall be so delimited as to fall wholly within one parliamentary constituency: (c) Constituencies in which seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes shall be bifurcated and located, as far as practicable, in the areas where the proportion of their population to the total is comparatively large. However, the document clearly indicates that all clauses mentioned therein have been violated in the proposal sent by the district administration to the Delimitation Commission through the state government. A senior district officer said there were four proposals with the administration and only one of which had been leaked out. Asked why other three proposals were not made public, he declined to comment. |
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Sonia to address rallies in HP Shimla, September 17 Mrs Gandhi accepted the invitation of the Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Mrs Vidya Stokes, who met her along with eight district presidents of the party in New Delhi today. In the second phase, she is likely to address rallies at Shimla and Solan
districts. Mrs Stokes and the district presidents impressed upon Mrs Gandhi that the Kangra rally had given a big boost to the party and similar public meetings in other districts prior to the announcement of elections would go a long way in improving the party’s poll prospects. According to party sources, the extraordinary interest being shown by the high command in the state party affairs was the inability of Mrs Stokes and Mr Virbhadra Singh, Congress Legislative Party leader, to campaign
unitedly. The rallies would send the right signals to the rank and file of the party and the electorate, they added. The rival factions have been engaged in hectic activity with both Mrs Stokes and Mr Virbhadra Singh, frequently visiting Delhi along with their supporters. The eight district presidents have met a number of leaders like Mrs Mohsina
Kidwai, Mr Moti Lal Vohra and Mrs Ambika Soni. Mrs Stokes, when contacted, said the visit of such a large contingent of district presidents had nothing to do with the factional fight. In fact, she maintained that there were no bickerings and the party was gearing up for the poll. They had come to apprise the high command of the poll preparation and seek guidance with the elections drawing near she added. The high command had earlier directed the warring leaders to sink differences and tour the state
unitedly. It remains to be seen if the two leaders abide by the directive or wait for Mrs Gandhi’s visit.
Mrs Stokes is likely to meet Mr Justice Kuldeep Singh, chairman of the delimitation commission, and the Chief Election Commissioner in connection with the delimitation of constituencies. |
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Work on Uhl-III next month Mandi, September 17 According to Mr R.K. Sharma, member, HPSEB (Civil), a sum of Rs 15 crore had been provided for the project during the current financial year. More funds, if needed, would be provided by the government. The project was located near Jogindernagar. The power house would be constructed on the right bank of the Beas near Chulla village. The project originally envisaged utilisation of the tail water of Uhl stage-I (Shanan) and Uhl stage-II. Its capacity was 70 mw. Later more surveys were conducted to enhance the installed capacity of the project to 100 mw by adding the water of Neri and Rana rivulets after desilting. The water would be carried through hydel channels to the Bagla reservoir to meet the peak-load demand during the lean season. The water would further be carried to the tunnel intake through a 398 metre-long
aqueduct over the Rana rivulet and then through a 8.27 km-long tunnel to a 36.50 metre high surge shaft. Two generators of 50-mw each would be installed at the power house. Mr Sharma said round the clock work was going on for the completion of the 126 mw Larji hydel project in Mandi district which was likely to be completed by June, 2004, and would go a long way in meeting the power crisis in the region. |
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Rain increases landslip threat Dalhousie, September 17 The Chamba-Shimla highway has at many points at Kakira, Lahdoo and Patka been badly damaged by flooded nullahs. The rain has given rise to soil erosion in the fragile hill slopes of these pockets in the district. Some hamlets around the Tunnuhatti belt are also sinking and even some houses have developed cracks. The soil erosion is gradually eating into the cultivable land of this belt thereby reducing its fertility. Residents of the Bakloh-Kakira area have urged the government to carry out a comprehensive survey of the affected area and prepare a plan for the restoration and conservation of these hill slopes and cultivable land. |
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Preserve Himalayan culture: CM Shimla, September 17 Addressing a press conference on the eve of a three-day national seminar on “Himalayi antarik ekta ke sutra” to be held here, he said the time had come to take effective measures to stop the cultural and environmental degeneration of the Himalayas, which had been a victim of prolonged neglect. He said disturbing the ecological balance in the Himalayan region would have disastrous consequences for the entire region and the sooner the planners realised it the better it, would be for the country. He said despite vast cultural diversity there were striking common features which united the people of the Himalayas right from Leh to Towang. There were common problems, which called for an integrated effort. Issues like sustainable development, exploitation of the hydel potential and preservation of the environment and culture could be best addressed by having a Himalayan policy. Some of these problems could be solved by setting up a council of the Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttranchal on the pattern of the North-East Council, establishing a Himalayan regiment, taking the initiative to resolve the issue of Tibet and putting an end to religious conversions. He said the rich and diverse Himalayan culture could be best preserved by evolving a common script and granting constitutional status to Bhoti. Cross-border terrorism and religious conversions posed the biggest threat to the Himalayan culture as these were aimed at changing the demographic composition of the region. The seminar is being jointly organised by the Bharat Tibet Sahyog Manch and the Himalaya Parivar. |
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Theatre
festival attracts crowds Dharamsala, September 17 ‘Sinhasan Khali Hai’, ‘Hinsa Parmo Dharma’, ‘Nirash Peedhi’, ‘Bade Bhai Sahib’ and ‘Holi’ were enacted during the festival held in Zila Parishad Hall. The Active Monal Association, Kulu, Acting Age, Shimla, New Age Youth Club, Nahan, and Natiyankriti, Shimla, presented the plays. The Deputy Commissioner of Kangra, Mr Prabodh Saxena, while inaugurating the festival said Mandi and Shimla districts of the state had a rich tradition of theatre. Mr Anil Soni, Editor of ‘Divya Himachal’, stressed on the need of an auditorium in Dharamsala so that theatre is promoted. |
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Soldier
killed in mine blast Jaisinghpur, September 17 According to the Lambagaon police, his body is likely to reach here by tomorrow morning. The last rites will be performed at his native village Chambi, near here. He is survived by his parents and a younger brother. Ms Chandresh Kumari, President of All India Mahila Congress, has mourned his death. |
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