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Wednesday,
January 15, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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BJP stands
by Chautala SYL: Cong
‘won’t allow injustice’ Agricultural
policy needed: Jakhar HVPN to
buy power from Nathpa HIGH COURT
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Case against 2 Ambala docs
Two die in road mishap Accident rate down in Sirsa
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BJP stands by Chautala Chandigarh, January 14 Though officially a supporter of the INLD Government in Haryana, the BJP has been its bitter critic on various issues such as the education policy, the law and order situation and so forth. The party’s top leaders in the state, namely, Mr Rattan Lal Kataria, President of the Haryana BJP, Mr I.D. Swamy, Union Minister of State for Home; and Mr Krishan Pal Gujjar, leader of the party in the Assembly, besides Mr K S Sangwan, MP, were among the party representatives present at the meeting. Incidentally, while Mr Gujjar has turned into a bitter foe of Mr Chautala for instituting a case by the Haryana Vigilance Department against him, Mr K.S. Sangwan also is not expected to be happy with the Chief Minister as a retired civil servant related to him was recently arrested on corruption charges. Nevertheless, they participated in the meeting alongwith INLD MPs Ajay Singh Chautala, Mr Sushil Indora and INLD ministers Sampat Singh and Mr Dhirpal Singh and empowered the “Chief Minister of Haryana to take any further action in this regard” in a resolution passed unanimously at the meeting. Mr Kataria later told reporters here that they would back Mr Chautala totally on the SYL issue . He gave embarrassed smiles and only mumbled something when he was pushed by reporters who asked him in the presence of the Chief Minister as to why he frequently issued statements against Mr Chautala. Political interests were also manifest in the meeting as two important opposition parties, the Congress and the HVP, did not take part. The decision to meet the Prime Minister by a Haryana delegation led by the Chief Minister for completion of the canal by a central agency is also believed to have been taken in view of the Congress demonstration in Delhi tomorrow. |
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SYL: Cong ‘won’t allow injustice’ Fatehabad, January 14 Mr Bishnoi was addressing a meeting of Congress workers at the local Ram Sewa Samiti Dharamshala in connection with the party’s proposed demonstration in Delhi. He said certain parties were indulging in politics on this and said merely because the SYL was an emotive issue. It was not proper for parties to play with the emotions of people. He said the Congress treated this as the most important issue and whatever portion of the canal had been constructed, was done during the tenure of the Congress. He said the party would not allow anyone to jeopardise the interests of the state on this issue. He called upon party workers to reach Delhi in large numbers on January 15 so that the central government could be pressurised to safeguard the interests of the state in this regard. |
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Agricultural
policy needed: Jakhar Kaithal, January 14 Mr Jakhar was addressing a press conference along with Mr S.S. Surjewala, former HPCC chief, at the residence of Mr Tejinder Mann, a former Haryana Minister here today. Mr Jakhar took to task the Central Government for its failure on various fronts and said it had created a mess on all fronts. He said by deploying troops on the borders the government spent about Rs 8,000 crore and it could not achieve any result. The withdrawal of troops had made our country a laughing stock in the eyes of world community. Mr Jakhar favoured a national water policy and resolving of river water disputes through consensus. The former HPCC chief, Mr S.S. Surjewala, said when Mr Parkash Singh Badal was the Chief Minister of Punjab Mr Chautala never tried to solve the SYL canal issue and now when the Supreme Court had given its verdict in favour of Haryana he was not making any serious effort to press the central government for the completion of the canal. Mr Surjewala criticised the state government for its recent waiver scheme announced for power consumers. He said the government policy to charge Rs 20,000 as non-refundable security for reconnection of tubewells was a cruel joke with the farmers. He demanded the immediate withdrawal of these instructions. |
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HVPN to buy power from Nathpa Chandigarh, January 14 Stating this here today, a spokesperson of the HVPN said of the total capacity of this project, Haryana would get a share of about 64 MW, and would purchase additional power from HP or other states. Himachal would get 12 per cent as its share of the total power generated from the project. Although the cost of the power is yet to be finalised by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, he said, the anticipated cost to the bulk customers would be Rs 2.70 per unit. This agreement would be valid for 35 years, from the date of commencement of power generation. He said the Nathpa Jhakri project had special importance for the Northern Grid because of its capability to generate maximum power during peak load hours. The project has storage capacity which can meet the requirement for the operation of all six machines for a maximum period of 4-5 hours during the low discharge period. The annual generation potential on a 90 per cent dependable year flow pattern is 6590 million units. In addition, Haryana would be able to get a part of the unallocated capacity from the project, he said. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, January 14 Claiming to have requisite qualification and experience, Ram Mehar and two other petitioners had earlier contended in the petition that their case was rejected without keeping in view the legal position in an illegal, discriminatory and arbitrary manner.
Allotment of shop
sites A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notice of motion on a petition claiming that some of the old licensees had been declined allotment of shop sites at New Vegetable Market at Gohana. Counsel for the petitioner had argued on their behalf that the action was discriminatory and illegal. The case will now come up for further hearing on May 20. |
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Case against 2 Ambala docs Ambala, January 14 According to the information Mr Bachitr Singh, a resident of Ambala City had filed a complaint with the Baldevnagar police station that his wife died due to the negligence of the doctors. Following his complaint, the police registered a case against Dr Sunil Sadik and Dr
K.G. Gupta. According to the FIR, Mr Bachitr Singh got his wife Naib Kaur admitted to the hospital on December 29 for an operation as she was suffering from piles. He alleged that the operation theatre of the hospital was not properly maintained, due to which, after the operation, the condition of his wife deteriorated. He was asked by the hospital authorities to shift her to the
PGI, Chandigarh, where she died on January 2. Mr Bachitr Singh stated in the FIR that earlier too, another patient, Pinki
Saini, suffering from septicaemia, went through a similar condition after being operated upon in the hospital. She was also sent to the PGI when she became serious. He said he had pointed to the doctors that the operation theatre was not in a proper hygienic condition, but they did not take notice of it. The deceased is survived by three daughters and a son. When contacted, the receptionist at the hospital said that Dr Sunil Sadik was out of station. |
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Two
die in road mishap Karnal, January 14 Transporter Bharat and hotelier Parkash, while travelling to Balaji in Rajasthan, died on the spot when their car overturned near Gurgaon. Two other persons accompanying them were seriously injured. They were admitted to a private hospital here. UNI |
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Accident rate down in Sirsa Sirsa, January 14 Mr Ahalawat stressed that during the road safety week the traffic policemen effectively controlled traffic in the chilly conditions. Only five cases of road accidents were reported during the first fortnight of the year whereas was double last year. |
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