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Tuesday,
July 15, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Haryana
Government’s no to VRS High Court
Undertrial
dies of heart attack Sahni
taught at Ambala college Haryana to
issue healthcare booklets |
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Two die
of hepatitis-B Proposal
to increase civil defence budget HVPN
told to pay 50,000 to consumer Insurance
company told to pay Rs 75,000 Memorial
to martyr sought
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Haryana Government’s no to VRS Chandigarh, July 14 So much so it has even refused to give approval to the voluntary retirement schemes (VRS) introduced in certain corporations and boards, putting them in a ticklish situation. Now they do not know what to do with those employees who have already opted for VRS. This decision has come after the government retrenched a large number of employees when it closed a number of corporations like the Small Industries and Export Corporation and the Minor Irrigation and Tubewell Corporation (MITC). The Board of Directors of the Haryana State Industries Development Corporation met here today under the chairmanship of Mr B.D. Dhalia, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, to discuss the embarrassing situation in which the corporation has been put by the government’s decision. Already 10 of its employees have taken voluntary retirement. The applications of eight others are pending. However, in view of a letter from the Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Finance, sent last month, saying that “it has now been decided by the government that there is no need for VRS in the boards and corporations in the present circumstances”, there was not much the board could do. The letter has not elaborated the “present circumstances”. The corporation had come out with an attractive golden handshake scheme in 2000. After the scheme remained in operation for a few months, the corporation was informed by the Finance Department that any corporation opting for VRS must obtain prior approval. Since the corporation had already implemented the scheme, it sought subsequent approval for the scheme. However, the Finance and Industries Departments asked the corporation to explain why it had not sought prior approval of the government. The corporation explained that when it implemented the scheme there were no standing instructions in this regard. It also claimed that it had saved about Rs 50 lakh on account of its 10 employees opting for VRS. The Industries Department informed the corporation that the government had considered and declined its request for approval of its scheme. The corporation persisted with its request, which evoked the government’s decision putting a blanket ban on VRS in all corporations and boards. |
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High Court Chandigarh, July 14 The Bench, comprising Chief Justice Mr Justice B.K. Roy and Mr Justice N.K. Sud, also issued notice to a Times of India correspondent. The Judges also fixed August 25 for hearing the case.
Dabwali panel term extended A Division Bench of the court on Monday extended the term of one-member Justice T.P. Garg commission set up to assess compensation for the Dabwali fire tragedy victims. Pronouncing the orders in an open court, the Bench, comprising Chief Justice Mr Justice
B.K. Roy and Mr Justice N.K. Sud, directed that the term was being extended till November 10 or submission of the report — which ever was earlier. The Judges directed the Haryana Government to make suitable arrangements for the purpose. The Bench, while issuing the directions regarding the appointment of commission, had ruled that the report should be submitted in the matter preferably within six months. The association had initially sought directions for granting compensation to the families of the deceased, besides free treatment for the injured, including plastic surgery. Several photographs of the victims had also been enclosed along with the petition. |
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Undertrial
dies of heart attack Yamunanagar, July 14 Yesterday morning Irfan complained of pain in the chest. The Medical Officer of sub-jail was immediately summoned for his check-up. He referred Irfan to the Civil Hospital Jagadhri as his condition was serious. Immediately first aid was given but he died. His relatives were informed by the police authorities. They reached here today to take the body. The postmortem was conducted today by Dr D.P. Singh and Dr Deepika at the Civil Hospital, Jagadhri. A video film was also taken of postmortem proceedings. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Vijayendra Kumar, has ordered an inquiry into the case and asked the Additional Deputy Commissioner to submit a report within a week. This morning a brother-in-law Faiyaj of the deceased and others reached here. He said that Irfan had not visited the village for the last three years and had not met any of his relatives. The District Red Cross Society has made arrangements to send the body to Irfan’s native village. |
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Sahni taught at Ambala college Ambala, July 14 Although Bhisham Sahni is known for his writing in Hindi, he taught English at GMN College. He arrived here soon after the Partition and began teaching English in 1948. He remained in the college for about a year before moving on. Mr Patanjal Kumar, an acquaintance of Bhisham
Sahni, said Bhisham Sahni had arrived in Ambala from DAV College,
Rawalpindi. “He later left GMN College as he had Communist affiliation. From here, he went to New Delhi where he got a teaching job in Delhi College, near Ajmeri Gate,” he said. He said Bhisham Sahni’s brother, noted actor Balraj
Sahni, had been a student of GMN College. “Balraj Sahni later donated towards the construction of classrooms in the college,” he said. “Incidentally, Bhisham Sahni used to stay in a cottage along the 57 Napier road area,” he added. Mr Kumar pointed out that Bhisham Sahni had always been interested in writing. He had been writing during his Rawalpindi days. “During his tenure in Ambala, Bhisham Sahni had staged a play written by him in Capital Cinema. In those days, GMN College did not have its own auditorium so the play was staged in the cinema,” he said. The GMN College Principal, Dr R.R.
Malik, said Bhisham Sahni had worked as lecturer in their college. “We have held a condolence meeting so as to grant peace to the departed soul and give strength to the bereaved family to bear the loss,” he said. He added that a Bhisham Sahni memorial trophy was being established. A former general secretary of the Haryana College Teachers Union, Dr Sudarshan
Gasso, observed that Bhisham Sahni in his autobiography had mentioned about working in Ambala as a lecturer. “It is mentioned that he had worked in GMN College in 1948,” he said. “I have learnt from noted playwright Gursharan Singh that Bhisham Sahni had formed a theatre group in Ambala. The theatre group used to perform plays regularly,” he stated. |
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Haryana
to issue healthcare booklets Chandigarh, July 14 The Health Commissioner said the booklets would be distributed free of cost. Each card would have the names of members of a family and would be used for recording health-related services received from the government. Mr Raj Kumar said a significant part of the activities of the Health Department was related to prevention of diseases for which various immunisation programmes were launched from time to time. While Health Department personnel were supposed to visit all areas for implementation of these programmes, it was not uncommon to find villages left in uncovered under a particular programme. The Health Commissioner said the system of family healthcare booklets would help judge whether each and every household in a particular village had been visited by Health Department personnel entrusted with an immunisation programme. Besides, entries into the booklets would be made when a patient would go to a health centre or a dispensary or a hospital. Medicines issued to a patient would also be recorded in such booklets. The whole project was estimated to cost about Rs 7 crore and the state government was planning to get funds for the purpose from the Centre. The state government was confident about getting central support and the project was most likely to launched next month. Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala had already spoken to Union Health Minister Sushma Swaraj in this connection. |
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Two die of hepatitis-B Ambala, July 14 A cloth merchant residing in the Urban Estate area died of the disease at a hospital in Delhi three days ago. A woman residing in Preet Nagar died of the disease two days ago. The woman had been receiving treatment from a private nursing home along the Civil Lines road in the city for the past year. Sources in the blood bank said over 20 cases of hepatitis B and C were detected during the testing of blood of donors. The blood bank conducts tests for AIDS, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and other tests before providing blood to patients. The blood bank has recorded complete addresses of blood donors but it is not disclosed to the donors even if virus of hepatitis B or C is found in their blood. According to information, the guidelines issued by the Health Department do not allow blood banks to disclose about the disease to donors. The National AIDS Control Organisation
(NACO) has also directed blood banks not to tell the donor if AIDS is detected in his blood. |
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Proposal
to increase civil defence budget Ambala,
July 14 Mr Vohra witnessed a demonstration held at DAV Senior Secondary School, here. He said looking at the changing scenario, a plan had been chalked out to improve the functioning of the civil defence establishment. He said services that were currently available during war time, would soon be made available during natural calamities. The civil defence Deputy Controller, Mr Mandeep Kaur, said there were 26 warden posts in the district. She said the volunteers were regularly imparted training and were ready to meet any eventuality. Among
others, SDM Narsingh Dhull, DSP Uday Shankar, Mr Madan Mohan, Mr J.L.
Sharma, Mr Surendra Juneja, Mr Kehar Singh Kadian, Ms Reena Nagrath
and NK Saini were present. |
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HVPN told to pay
50,000 to consumer Sirsa, 14 July According to information received today, Sant Ram, proprietor of Gyan Bricks of Rangrikhera, had lodged a complaint with the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum, on July 17 last year. In the complaint, he had accused officers of the HVPN of causing financial loss to him by disconnecting his electricity meter. The complainant alleged that when his electricity meter got burnt in of March in 1998 it was replaced by another meter, which also got burnt. In this way the HVPN installed four to five meters at a gap of almost one month each as the meters installed burnt because they were of lower capacity. Sant Ram in his complaint charged the audit party of the HVPN with imposing an average bill of Rs 28,091 on him and disconnecting his meter connection permanently though according to rules it should have been disconnected only temporarily. The complainant said he appealed to the SDO, Madhosinghana, and other officials at Sirsa but his appeals fell on deaf ears. The complainant, therefore, moved the court demanding Rs 3 lakh as compensation due to financial loss in the business and Rs 1 lakh on account of harassment, caused to him. |
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Insurance
company told to pay Rs 75,000 Yamunanagar July 14 The local District Consumer Forum on July 11 ordered Oriental Insurance Company to pay Rs. 75574.62 and Rs 2513.05 with 12 per cent interest and Rs 5000 as compensation for harassment and litigation charges to Mr. G.D. Gupta of Mangat Pura, Jagadhri. Mr Gupta had purchased a Mediclaim policy from the Oriental Insurance Company on November 1999. He fell ill in January 2000 and was admitted in Escorts Hospital, New Delhi for Angiography on January 29th 2000 and then in G.B. Pant Delhi for Angioplasty on February 18, 2000, while purchasing the policy, Mr Gupta had submitted his E.C.G report and blood test report. The Insurance Company repudiated his claim by alleging that Mr Gupta was a heart patient before the insurance of the policy as is apparent from the E.C.G report submitted by him while purchasing the policy. |
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Memorial
to martyr sought Ambala, July 14 He made
the demand while presiding over a meeting here today. He said the
Haryana Government should immediately name a road or a park after the
name of the brave officer who made the supreme sacrifice while
fighting militants. — TNS |
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