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February 18, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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1000 cr to upgrade power infrastructure TRIBUNE IMPACT 62 cr for sewerage in six towns SYL
issue: HPCC to hold rally in Jhajjar
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HIGH COURT Dowry death Chandigarh, February 17 In defining the word dowry, technicalities cannot be taken into consideration, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held while dismissing an appeal in a dowry death case. Minors
abducted
Hooda bereaved Govt not to press for SAP of cane
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1000 cr to upgrade power infrastructure Panchkula, February 17 Highly placed sources in the HPU informed TNS that these line losses will be reduced by bifurcation of small feeders , adding new transformers , replacing the undersize conductors and redundant electric meters, besides coming down heavily against power theft in the state. According to figures available from the Haryana State Regulatory Commission, HPU had been able to reduce these losses from 48 per cent to 39 per cent since 1999. It is learnt that as many as 75 new substations will be commissioned by the end of this year; among these 20 will be energized before the month of July. Says the Chairperson and Financial Commissioner, Power, Mrs Meenakshi Anand
Chaudhary, “ Strengthening the power transmission and distribution system will help curb line losses in a big way. While a sum of Rs 300 crore has already been spent on the strengthening of the system, another Rs 700 crore is being spent on different works for upgradation of the transmission and distribution system.” While 36 new substations have been commissioned in different parts of the state during the past three years, the capacity of 162 substations has been augmented. Other than this, HPU is also involved in laying of 705 km of new transmission line in the state.
HPU has also identified over 300 11 KV feeders in the state, which will be bifurcated to reduce overloading and thus bringing down distribution transformer burnout rate to 2 per cent. While 100 of these feeders have already been bifurcated/ trifurcated, the work on the remaining 11 KV feeders is under execution. |
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Power station to start by April Ambala, February 17 The Deputy Commissioner, Ambala, Mr D.D. Gautam, said once the station was commissioned, it would improve the power situation. It would be linked with the 66 KV power stations being set up in the Mullana and Naggal. The 66 KV power station in Dukheri was expected to be ready by April, he said. He said the problem of low voltage, particularly during cultivation period, would be considerably rectified. “A proposal for a power station in Durana has been forwarded”, he said. |
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TRIBUNE IMPACT Karnal, February 17 The university will not only meet the higher educational needs of Sirsa district, but the youth from the areas of Bathinda, Faridkot, Kotkapura, Ferozepore district of Punjab and Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan will also benefit. Welcoming the decision, Mr R.S. Chaudhary, Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, who could be described as a pioneer in starting this move, maintained that the university would fill a void in the field of higher education of the area. Mr Chaudhary, during his three-year tenure as Vice-Chancellor, took pains to develop the Regional Centre of Kurukshetra University with an eye on converting it into a full-fledged university one day. Mr Chaudhary, who belongs to Sirsa, told The Tribune today that over 80 per cent of the youth of Sirsa areas were deprived of higher education. It was so as there was no university in a radius of 100 km on Haryana side and about 200 km on Rajasthan side. Mr Chaudhary has already raised an infrastructure in Sirsa Regional Centre in which a new university could function from the coming academic year. The new opportunities for higher education would open new vistas of employment for the youth of the area and bring more economic prosperity to this area, he added. The Vice-Chancellor welcomed the move of the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala. The new university will largely benefit the rural youth as Sirsa district is mostly a rural-dominated area with hardly any city and town nearby. Expressing satisfaction, Mr Chaudhary said his lifelong dream had been fulfilled. Dr Ramji Lal, another educationist and Principal of Dyal Singh College, hailed the decision of the Haryana Government and hoped that the proposed varsity would be developed on modern lines. It should provide latest courses in the field of scientific, technical and communication as well as information technology so that the rural youth could benefit. The proposed university will help the Union Government provide higher education opportunities to over 25 per cent of the youth during the 10th plan period as against 10 per cent now. Mr Udhay Singh, former member of the Haryana Public Service Commission from Sirsa, said a long-neglected need of the people of the area had been met. Mr Padam Jain, president of the Sirsa Municipal Committee, said the new university would prove a boon for the poor. Mr Mehta, Chairman of the Sirsa Improvement Trust, while congratulating the Haryana Government said the proposed university would provide recognition to Sirsa and the
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62 cr for sewerage in six towns Chandigarh, February 17 While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that as many as 13 sewage treatment plants were functioning to save the water of the Yamuna from pollution and work on new plants was in progress in Chhachhrauli, Indri, Gharaunda and Palwal. The spokesman claimed that in the past three years, the supply of potable water had increased in 1,811 villages in the state with the laying of underground pipelines from canals to waterworks. Under the desert development programme, water supply at the rate of 70 litres per capita per day was provided in 279 villages at a cost of over Rs 275 crore. |
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SYL issue:
HPCC to hold rally in Jhajjar Ambala, February 17 Talking to
mediapersons, Mr Virendra Singh said the rally would be held on March
2. “We demand that Haryana should get its due and there should be
justice in the division of water,” he said. Mr Dan Singh, MLA,
said for more than three decades, politicians had taken credit for the
SYL canal but had failed to ensure that the users at the tail-end
receive water. “We are pursuing a systematic and planned approach
towards getting the water. The “Adhikar rally” is the second rally
in the series of rallies to be held over this issue,” he said. He said the first rally was held in Rewari on September 23 last year and Mr Chautala had tried to affect the rally by holding a rally in neighbouring Jhajjar. |
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HIGH COURT Chandigarh, February 17 Delivering the verdict on a petition filed by Sonepat district resident Baljeet Singh sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment after his wife Darshana died following the consumption of insecticide, the Court ruled: “In the case in hand, there was nothing agreed, but the demand of dowry was coming constantly after marriage... and the death had taken place because of the demands.” The Judge concluded: “I do not find any infirmity in the judgement dated July 15, 1988, by the Additional District and Sessions Judge. The appeal is dismissed”. In his complaint before the police, complainant Baldeva had earlier alleged that his daughter was married to Baljeet Singh, but soon after the marriage she complained that the appellant was unhappy with the dowry. In February 1987, the complainant was informed that his daughter had died after consuming the insecticide and the body was disposed of the same night, counsel for the complainant had added. |
Minors
abducted Ambala, February 17 The mother of the girls, Dayalo, has filed a complaint with Sadar police station in which she has named three boys of Dheha Colony. The police has registered a case. Maruti stolen:
A Maruti car was stolen from Sector 7 in Urban Estate, here on Sunday night. Ashish Aggarwal, owner of the car, lodged a complaint with the police in which he alleged that his car was parked in front of his house when it was stolen. In another incident, a tractor was stolen from Milk village at Mullana on Sunday night. On the complaint of Bodh Raj the police has registered a case. Poppy husk seized:
The local police has seized 17 kg of poppy husk from a person near Sector 9 here. The police has arrested Dhiyan Singh, a resident of
Motinagar, in this regard. |
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Hooda bereaved Chandigarh, February 17 His funeral procession was largely attended. Paying tributes to Vidyalankar, the former Haryana Congress President, Mr Birender Singh, said after graduating from Gurukul Kangri, Hardwar, Vidyalankar joined the freedom struggle during his student days. He was sentenced to six month imprisonment for participating in the freedom struggle. After being kept in Saharanpur jail, he was transferred to Lakhimpur Khiri jail. He was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. A former minister, Dr Ram Prakash, said Vidyalankar was associated with the Charkha Sangh set up by the Mahatma. Among others who paid tributes to Vidyalankar were Dr Raghbir Singh Kadian, MLA, and president of the Jhajjar DCC, and Mr Shadi Lal Batra, MLA and president of the Rohtak (Urban) DCC. |
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Govt not to press for SAP of cane Chandigarh, February 17 Significantly, agitating farmers had set ablaze two buses in Yamunanagar yesterday to protest against the private mill owner’s refusal to increase the price of cane . The farmers are being paid approximately Rs 87 per quintal for their produce, while the price offered for sugarcane sold to the cooperative mills is varying from Rs 104 to Rs 110 per quintal, depending upon the quality. The cooperative mills have crushed over 200 lakh quintals of cane till date and the recovery rate of sugar is stated to be 9.62 per cent per year. |
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Vidhan Sabha meet on March 5 Chandigarh, February 17 |
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