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Thursday,
December 12, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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HPCC rejects
Dulina report Gohana mill
restarts crushing Sugarcane farmers to get their dues: Chautala
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Senator
Chaudhary visits MDU Bio-drainage a way out for waterlogging Does milk
fight cancer? 
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HPCC rejects Dulina report Faridabad, December 11 The HPCC spokesman, Mr Krishan Murti Hooda, said in a statement here today that the inquiry report and the decision of the state government to chargesheet some civil and police officials was only an “eyewash” and an attempt to play down the incident which had left a “big blot” on the face of the Haryana Government. He said mere transfer of a senior administrative official found guilty in the case spoke volumes about the stand and actions of the Chautala government. He alleged that the inquiry report had been prepared on the guidelines and instructions of top officials of Haryana, so that the issue could be played down and the government is able to escape its moral responsibility. According to Mr Hooda, the state government’s response to this incident had been slow suggesting that the authorities were ignoring the “seriousness” of the incident. He said the state government had to release compensation to the victims families after the issue hit news headlines. Quoting the HPCC President, Mr Bhajan Lal, the party spokesman said that Congress would not accept any probe less than that by the CBI. The HPCC has also lambasted the Chautala government for its decision to open a Casino in the near future. The president of the Haryana Janata Dal (U) Mr Ved Prakash Vidrohi, has also rejected the Dulina probe report and has asked the state government to go for a CBI inquiry to pacify the people. |
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Bhajan Lal seeks CBI probe Chandigarh, December 11 |
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Gohana mill restarts crushing Chandigarh, December 11 While stating this here today, an official press note said situation at Gohana was fully under control. It said a case was registered at Baroda police station vide FIR No. 133, dated December 10, 2002 under Sections 148, 149, 186, 332, 353, 452, 436, 323, 395, 364 and 4 of the PTPA for damage to public property, arson, rioting, attack on public servants and attempt to murder. It said the SP and the DC of
Sonepat, the DIG and the IGP, Rohtak Range, visited the spot and were closely monitoring the situation. Some agitators vandalised the mill, broke furniture and manhandled staff members. In the clashes 20 cops, including a DSP, sustained injuries and were undergoing treatment at the PGI, Rohtak, and at a local hospital. Meanwhile, Mr Satpal Kaushik, a general secretary of the Haryana Congress, criticised the police action on agitators in the sugar mill incident and said this was another instance of anti-people policies of the Om Prakash Chautala-led government. |
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Sugarcane
farmers to get their dues: Chautala Ambala, December 11 Addressing panch, sarpanch and block committee members at War Heroes Memorial Stadium today, Mr Chautala said the government would ensure that the sugarcane farmers got all their dues. “Under no circumstance will the government allow the interest of sugarcane farmers be taken for a ride. Even if we have to auction a private sugar mill, there will be no hesitation in taking such a step,” he said. Mr Chautala said the sugarcane farmers should not be perturbed by the price issue since the government would ensure that the sugarcane was bought at the promised price. “In case the sugarcane produce is not bought by the private sugarcane owners, the produce will be bought by the nearest cooperative sugar mill,” he said. He said the INLD would oppose the implementation of Kelkar Committee report recommending taxation on agriculture. “The programme for granting assistance to farmers during calamities was started by Chaudhary Devi Lal. We have raised the assistance amount from Rs 400 to Rs 2000 per acre,” he said. On the SYL issue, he said by January 15, 2003 ample water would be available for agricultural purposes. “The SYL issue has been discussed in detail with the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, on November 25. If for some reason the Central Government cannot ensure the completion of the SYL canal on time, the people of the state will complete the work,” he said. He said industrialisation had been given priority to generate employment for the youth. “During the foreign tours, the state has secured proposals of foreign investment to the tune of Rs 27,000 crore,” he said. “By July, 2004, not only will the state become self-sufficient in power, it will also provide power to other states,” he added. Among others, Mr Sher Singh
Badsami, Mr Risal Singh, Mr Krishna Mohan, Mr D.D. Gautam, Mr M.C.
Gambhir, Mr Jasbir Mallour, Mr Balwant Singh, Mr Pawan Dewan, Mr H. S.
Doon, Ms Neelam Kasni and Mr Surjit Singh Sondha were present. |
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Senator
Chaudhary visits MDU Rohtak, December 11 Delivering a lecture on “Indo-US relations — Role of Indian-American elected representatives” at Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) here today, he said he was interested in establishing cordial relations with Haryana and other states. Describing his visit to India as “tryst with destiny”. Senator Chaudhary said India and the USA could work together to eliminate the cold-war mentality and strengthen bilateral economic and political ties. Mr Chaudhary, in his address, said he was proved to be a Haryanavi and underlined his strong emotional ties with Haryana and said the possibilities of cooperation between Haryana and Minnesota were endless. He said certain trade barriers needed to be removed to facilitate free trade between the two countries. He touched upon the American efforts to combat terrorism and shared the Indian concern vis-a-vis terrorism. He also interacted with faculty members and answered their queries on various issues. He assured that he would try for some educational tie-up between universities in Minnesota and Maharshi Dayanand University. Haryana Finance Minister Sampat Singh, said regarding the Indo-US relations, cooperation in areas like technology, joint scientific research, environmental concerns, information and communication trade and commerce were the need of the hour. Earlier, welcoming Mr Chaudhary, MDU Vice-Chancellor Bhim Singh Suhag said the Indo-US relations were based on mutual faith. He said the Indo-Americans could play a key role in developing sound base for good Indo-US relation in future. |
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Bio-drainage a way out for waterlogging Chandigarh, December 11 This was said by Dr Dalip Singh, Commissioner of the Command Area Development Authority (CADA), Haryana, while talking exclusively to the Tribune during a training programme on “Monitoring and Evaluation of Command Area Development Programme” at the Technical Teachers Training Institute here today. As many as 1200 hectares in Haryana alone has been covered with new trees. The programme covers areas in Rohtak, Jind and Sonepat districts. Dr Dalip Singh said that a new variety of eucalyptus had been developed in Andhra Pradesh that was most beneficial in curing water logging. The programme had been successfully tried in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan and also abroad in the USA and Australia. There is a water loss of 20 cm each year in such lands it had been discovered. The drive covers about 300 plants in a hectare. He said the plantation drive had been launched in September- October recently and more areas were likely to be covered shortly. The anti-waterlogging process promised good results for certain areas in Punjab as well particularly the Muktsar belt, he said. The main reason for waterlogging has been pointed out as a “human made” one which was due to seepage from the artificial canals for irrigation. Dr Dalip Singh pointed out that waterlogging had resulted in the water level rising as far as three metres in certain cases that lent the ground unfit for agriculture. Salinity also rises with the rising water level. The special variety of the plant has been developed at Bhadra Challan in Andhra Pradesh. The project had been introduced as part of a social marketing campaign. Instead of sending government officials alone teachers were being dispatched to villages to convince them about the benefits of the plantation. Besides, serving the purpose of relieving water burden, the trees had a good market price after about seven-eight years, Dr Dalip Singh said. It is felt that huge tracts of land including areas in Punjab was losing out to the rising water levels. Huge portions were considered “worthless” due to marshy conditions. For people who thought that high level of ‘salinity’ was an incurable problem it is worthwhile to mention that salinity decreases with the decease in water levels, it was pointed out. The popular modes of doing away with waterlogging are vertical drainage and surface drainage. |
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Does milk fight cancer? Karnal, December 11 Disclosing this at a seminar on “Recent trends and concepts in dairy nutrition” at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) here, Dr Tilak Dhiman said studies were in progress to study the influence of CLA on human beings. Dr Dhiman, an alumnus of the NDRI, was here from Utah State University, (Logan), on a visit sponsored by the United State Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington. He emphasised on the need to feed heat-treated soyabeans and other oilseeds to milch cattle, which he said doubled the CLA content in milk fat. Dr Dhiman further observed that feeding grass to milking animals also increases the content of CLA in milk fat by 50 per cent. |
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HVP to move court on casino Bill Yamunanagar, December 11 |
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DA slab for Haryana staff Chandigarh, December 11 |
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