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October 9, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Cong promises right to information Act Poor paddy lifting process alleged Safai Pakhwara runs out of steam Hearing on Rathore’s plea adjourned |
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Cong promises right to information Act Chandigarh, October 8 Mr Malik said the administration, including the state police, had over the years become unresponsive to public grievances and aspirations. To check the drift it was necessary to have an element of direct accountability to individual citizens because the system of accountability through politicians had failed to deliver the goods. Mr Malik said the top bureaucracy under the INLD Government was better than that during the Bansi Lal regime because the latter had posted certain bureaucrats with “shady background” to the top posts. However, the lower rungs of the administration of the Chautala Government were as corrupt and unresponsive to the public aspirations as they were during HVP rule. Mr Malik said the quality of the political leadership of the two governments was also similar. The performance of the INLD Government was poor on all fronts. This was the reason why all sections in all parts of the State had moved away from the INLD. He regretted that ever since the Constitution had been promulgated the Chief Ministers had fully misused their discretionary powers. Referring to the arrest of a large number of senior officers of the Haryana police in various cases, Mr Malik said the work culture in the Haryana police deteriorated during Emergency when Mr Bansi Lal called the shots in the state. Since no action was taken against the officials guilty of framing innocent persons to please their political masters, the tradition had continued till date. Criticising HVP President Bansi Lal for saying that Mr Bhajan Lal and Mr Om Prakash Chautala were in collusion with each other, Mr Malik said the situation was otherwise. Though several complaints of corruption against Mr Bansi Lal were pending with the government, Mr Chautala had taken no action against the former Chief Minister. This proved that the two were in collusion with each other. Mr Malik said the political career of Mr Bansi Lal had come to an end and he was “trying to keep afloat in politics by giving irresponsible statements in order to protect the property amassed by him over the years.” When asked if there were differences within his own party as several senior leaders, including Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Mr Birender Singh and many MLAs, had been staying away from the rallies addressed by Mr Bhajan Lal, Mr Malik said there could be a difference of opinion on an issue or day-to-day functioning of the party. But when it came to the cause of the party there were no two opinions. It could not be concluded from the absence of certain leaders from the rallies that there was any issue like the Jats versus the non-Jats in the Congress. Many Jat leaders, including Mr Dharamvir, MLA from Tosham, had attended the rallies addressed by Mr Bhajan Lal. More Jat MLAs would participate in the party programmes in near future, he claimed. |
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Poor paddy lifting process alleged Fatehabad, October 8 The Haryana Pradesh Beopar Mandal state secretary, Mr Sunil Chowdhary, said the local traders had been demanding the setting up of an additional mandi. The market committee secretary, Mr Mange Ram, admitted that the paddy lifting process has been a bit slower resulting in the glut. He said so far 2.23lakh quintals of paddy has arrived in the local grain market of which 1.34lakh quintals has been purchased by the government agencies while private millers purchased 89,000 quintals. Meanwhile, a piquant situation developed at Rattia town in the district when farmers refused to sell their produce to the FCI. The FCI was to purchase paddy at Rattia yesterday but when its inspectors took round of the grain market they found that not a single farmer was willing to sell his produce to the agency. Eventually, a state procurement agency had to intervene and procure the produce. The farmers and the traders attributed this to the highhanded attitude of the FCI authorities. They added that as the FCI was packing the paddy in 35-kg bag instead of 50 kg bag it was taking more time. |
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Cash prizes for farmers Fatehabad, October 8 Deputy Commissioner, R.B. Langyaan told mediapersons here today that the best farmer of the state prize would be given to one farmer and would carry a cash component of Rs 1 lakh. Cash prizes of Rs 25,000 each would be given to a farmer in each district. Preference would be given to those who did integrated farming, including horticulture, fish farming and animal
husbandry. The applicants could apply to the Deputy Director, Agriculture, by November 7. |
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Safai Pakhwara runs out of steam Fatehabad, October 8 During a visit to several colonies of the town and meetings with a cross-section people poor sanitary conditions of the town were noticed. Sanitary condition was pitiable in Ashok Nagar, parts of Basti Bhiwan and the old DSP Road. The situation was no better in Lajpat Nagar, Sunder Nagar and Jagjivan Pura. Residents of the Bhattu road, the Aggarwal colony and the M.C. Colony had the same storey to tell in respect of sanitation. Even in the model town area, sanitation was very poor. Mr C.L. Narang, a resident of the Jagjivanpura colony, said that sanitation in his colony had always been very poor and the campaign of the administration had not made any difference in the area. He said he had not seen any safai karamchari visiting the colony. He alleged that safai karamcharis did visit the area but remain confined to the court complex only. The whole of Jagjivanpura area, which begins after the courts complex, has been neglected. Condition of inner roads and streets in the colony was also deplorable. Open manholes and uneven roads make things all the more pathetic he alleged. Mr Arun Kumar Bansal, Chartered Accountant, said conditions of Lajpat Nagar colony had worsened since the start of the sanitation campaign. He said in normal days at least, he could spot safai karamcharis in the area but the past three days being holidays, being Saturday, Sunday and Aggarsein Jayanti, no safai karamchari had visited the colony. He alleged even when safai karamcharis visited the area, they work half-heartedly as there was none to supervise them. Mr J.P. Goyal, a lawyer, said though the Model Town area, where he resides, once was considered the best place, poor sanitation had made life pathetic. He alleged that all parks in the Model Town were neglected. Pigs, stray dogs and stray cattle had made these parks resting places for them. Apathy of authorities, he said, was responsible for all this. He wanted the authorities to take the residents into confidence and the campaigns launched should not be allowed to fizzle out. Mr Vijay Nirmohi, a resident of the Bhiwan Basti, said the sanitation in the area were very poor but some improvement was there since the contract for sanitation of two local wards, including that of theirs, was given to a private contractor. He said that though the contractor has been ensuring sanitation of roads but condition of drains and sewers remained the same. Dirty water can be seen flowing out open drains. Dirty water not gives out making it difficult for the passersby to use streets. Mr Vijay Sharma, secretary, Municipal Committee, here claimed that special arrangements had been made for cleanliness during the fortnight-long drive. He said that the safai karamcharis had been divided in two groups of 50 each for the purpose of drive and one group was being sent to one ward a day. He said that the group was sent in the afternoon daily and all the supervisory staff remained in the field during that period. The claim of the municipal secretary however is refuted by Ms Usha Dahiya, Municipal Councillor of Ward 17 (Model Town). She said even councillor had not been taken in to confidence for the implementation of this drive. She said, she had suggested that help of NGOs be taken for the success of the drive. But even she was not invited or informed regarding the launch of the drive. She said that on inquiry she was informed that wards 1 and 19 would be taken up on the first day of the campaign i.e. on October 2. The wards 2 and 18 were to be cleaned on October 3 and wards 3 and 17 on October 4. But even till today no team from the Municipal Committee had reached her wards for cleanliness. She said that everything was not fine with the Municipal Authorities and alleged that street lights worth Rs 1.5 lakh were purchased recently by the authorities but appropriated by the powers that be for their own use.
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Hearing
on Rathore’s plea adjourned Ambala, October 8 Rathore, accused in the case, had sought clarification through forensic investigation over the signatures of
Ruchika. He expressed doubts about the authenticity of the signatures found on the original application of Ruchika on the basis of which the case was initiated. Rathore was present in the court and was represented by his counsel Ajay Jain. Special CBI public prosecutor too was present.
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HUDA plots for
weaker sections Chandigarh, October 8 HUDA spokesman said the booking for plots would commence on October 8 and close on November 7. |
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Haryana
YC panel dissolved Chandigarh, October 8 This step has been taken on the directions of the President of the all-India Youth Congress, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, who has also directed Mr Sandhu to constitute a fresh committee. |
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Pulse polio programme Chandigarh, October 8 These districts are Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat, Sonepat, Faridabad and Gurgaon, stated an official press note issued here today. |
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