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Cong showcases Dharamsala to counter opposition
Truckers’ strike hits cement unit
Tenders invited for completed works
Govt nod for 24 new industrial units
Sub-Inspector assaulted
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3 arrested for defrauding BSNL
Bilaspur, January 15 The police has arrested three persons belonging to Calicut district in Kerala for allegedly defrauding Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.
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Cong showcases Dharamsala to counter opposition
Dharamsala, January 15 The claim is apparently an attempt to counter the Opposition's propaganda of discrimination against the lower Himachal region. Interestingly, an official declaration of Dharamsala as the second capital is still not in sight. The Chief Minister, Mr Virbhadra Singh, says, "During the Congress regime, zonal offices of all departments and the headquarters of the Board of School Education as well as the Technical Education have been opened at Dharamsala so that people get easy access to the administration." "Dharamsala has emerged as the second biggest and administratively important town of the state after Shimla," he says. "The office of Sainik Welfare Board has been set up at Hamirpur to cater to the needs of the ex-servicemen, most of whom have
concentrated in the Hamirpur, Kangra and Una districts," he adds. The local legislator, Ms Chandresh Kumari, too feels that even though the modernisation of the city, including laying of the sewerage facility and promotion of tourism, needs to be intensified, Dharamsala is definitely second only to Shimla. "The Congress government has initiated massive development in the Kangra region by opening up office of almost every important department and the allegations of the Opposition regarding discrimination are totally baseless," she asserts. In the field of education, with a regional centre and a school of laws coming up, besides the biggest degree college in the state, Dharamsala will soon become the hub for higher education, she claims. Students from Chamba, Hamirpur and other neighbouring districts are coming here to get their degrees, she adds. "We have got financial sanction from the Chief Minister for construction of a parking lot in the main market of Dharamsala and we are also trying to get a rail tract here. The power and water supply situation will also improve after the projects finalised by the government become functional," she says. "However, we will keep pressing for our demand to declare it the second capital of the state and I'm sure that it will be accepted the moment financial constraints involved are removed," she adds. The CM has been camping here since January 5, which is in sharp contrast to the BJP leadership, to take stock of the facilities being provided to people. The Opposition, therefore, has no right to make charges of discrimination against this region by the present government, she says. |
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Truckers’ strike hits cement unit
Solan, January 15 The truckers are protesting against the company’s attitude. Despite several rounds of talks with the district administration and the company the problem has remained unresolved. The third union, the Solan District Truck Union
(SDTO) having about 1,200 trucks, has not joined the strike. Though it has given an undertaking to the company for continuing work but fears backlash from the other unions. The vice president of
GACL, Mr Rakesh Sharma, while asserting that there was no point of raising freight charges, said they were already paying higher charges than paid elsewhere in the region. As against the government rate of Rs 3.70 per km the company was paying Rs 4.13 per km. He added that the refusal of the company to allow overloading was the major cause of contention and a rise in the freight charges was an afterthought. As many as four additional reserves of policemen have been deployed in Darlaghat to maintain peace revealed the SP, Mr Gianeshwar Singh. He added that DSP (Headquarters) was also camping there. A meeting of the district administration headed by the Deputy Commissioner, SP, officials of the GACL and truck union members would be held tomorrow. |
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Tenders invited for completed works
Palampur, January 15 According to information gathered by this correspondent, it is learnt that the council had invited tender applications for the construction of retaining walls of the local cremation ground and Balmiki Sarai here. These tenders appeared in a local newspaper The last date for the submission of tender applications was January 5. The estimated cost of these works is about Rs 4 lakh as per tender advertisement which appeared in the newspaper. Official sources revealed that the council had already completed these works and even the part payments to contractors concerned had also been made. For these works Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and Transport Minister G.S. Bali had sanctioned funds during their visit to the town. However, this amount was yet to be released from the Finance Department, Shimla. When contacted the Executive Officer and other staff of the council admitted that these works were completed or nearing completion.
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Govt nod for 24 new industrial units
Kangra, January 15 The Chief Minister, who presided over the 9th meeting of authority in Dharamsala last evening, spoke to the Tribune here last night at the residence of the Transport Minister, Mr
G.S. Bali. He said with the permission for 24 new industrial units, the number of the industrial units had increased to 3,917 with an investment of over Rs 8,000 crores and employment opportunities estimated at over 1.40 lacs in this sector. Meanwhile, Mr Virbhadra Singh, has stressed upon the need to make the best use of the information technology by the legal professionals so that they could keep abreast of the latest developments. |
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Sub-Inspector assaulted
Chamba, January 15 In a press statement issued here today, Mr G.P. Singh, Superintendent of Police, Chamba, said the Sub-Inspector, Mr Bali Ram, was attacked and threatened with dire
consequences. The SP said these persons had assaulted him with the motive of deterring him from the discharge of duty. He added an FIR had been registered at the police station Sadar, Chamba, under Sections 147, 149, 353, 332, 506 (B) of the Indian Penal Code. The FIR Number 13/2005 of January 14, which the Sub-Inspector was investigating had been registered by the district bar association general-secretary, Mr Tek Chand, advocate, alleging that on January 12, an unknown person had pasted objectionable and offensive posters against the judiciary around the court complex, Chamba, the SP added. |
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3 arrested for defrauding BSNL
Bilaspur, January 15 The three — J.N. Anil alias Rahim Rasheed, P.N. Sanwas and Biju Nayayar — were arrested from near the local main bus stand while trying to flee the town yesterday. They had two landline connections having ISD and STD facilities. The police said between January 1 and 12 they made calls on their landline phone numbers 221794 and 221837 worth Rs 20,000. The department asked them to deposit this amount on January 13. However, when they failed to deposit the amount, the department got a case registered under Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC. |
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Baddi, January 15 The girl sustained injuries on leg. The occupants of the vehicle fled away. The girl was admitted to the Civil Hospital at Nalagarh. A case has been registered. OC
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