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Petition to CJI over bona fide certificates
Nigam’s plea to Centre on storage dams
Stranded tourists evacuated
Awareness about sex low in rural areas
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Interview dates for Regional Centre courses
Jaipal Reddy inaugurates FM band station
Inquiry demanded into leakage of
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Petition to CJI over bona fide certificates
Kangra, July 9 They have alleged that revenue officers under one pretext or the other were refusing to issue the desired bona fide certificates to their children which would affect their future. They alleged that their nationality too was questioned. They said they had complained to the higher authorities but nothing had happened. The controversy had cropped up because of the government decision that bona fide state subject certificate would be issued to those who had been staying in the state for the past 25 years instead of 15 years. People were being driven from pillar to post for the certificates for their children despite the fact the government had already issued a certificate to them earlier. Vipin Kumar of Nerti village of the Shahpur tehsil of this district, a bona fide state subject of Himachal, told mediapersons here today that he had wanted a certificate for the admission of his 18-year-old daughter. He said he had migrated here from Gurdaspur in 1975. He said his wife had been serving as a JBT teacher since the past 18 years. In another case, the Tehsildar of Shahpur refused to issue a certificate to Manish Kumar even though his father was issued a certificate in 1992. He said the Tehsildar had asked him about his mother and he had said she had come here from Pakistan after Partition. He was shocked that in the communication to the SDM, Dharamsala, the Tehsildar had said: “Mother of Manish Kumar is a Pakistani and retired on May 31, 1994”. Manish said his mother was an Indian but because of the new amendment, the nationality of individuals was being questioned. |
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Nigam’s plea to Centre on storage dams
Shimla, July 9 Realising that it would not be able to achieve the full generation of 6950 million units due to excessive silt, the Nigam has written to the Union Ministry of Power to carry out a survey to identify places where storage dams could be constructed upstream the Nathpa dam. The Nigam has on the basis of its own studies suggested that at least two dams were required on the Spiti , a tributary of the Sutlej, which brings the maximum silt, one at Khab at the confluence of the Spiti and the Sutlej, and two more between Karcham and Powari. Since five power projects have already been planned upstream the construction of dams will not involve any additional financial burden. The problem of excessive silt could not be tackled as Nathpa Jhakri was a run -of-the-river project and there was no big reservoir for silt to settle down. The Nigam plans to raise the height of the dam at Nathpa by 5 m to increase the storage capacity which would not only help in peaking but also in reducing the silt level. The Nigam has also decided to modify the intake at Nathpa to ensure that only silt -free water found its way into the de-silting chambers and the headrace tunnel. The turbines are also being modified to enable more efficient working in the wake of higher silt levels. Certain parts of the generating units have already been modified and coated with tungsten carbide based tough materials to protect them from erosion. The high velocity silt particles which comprise mostly of quartz have been eroding the runners, guide vanes and other parts, creating deep cavities. |
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Stranded tourists evacuated
Shimla, July 9 According to official sources the road was cleared and only bottlenecks at Pagal nullah near Sissu and that patch was being negotiated with the help of the police and Border Roads Organisation. Meanwhile the Director General of National Audit and Accounts Academy P.K. Mokhopadhyaya and seven probationers who lost contact on July 4 had been traced at Chhota Dar in the Spiti valley an official spokesman said. It might take some to bring them out as the road was breached at several places. IAF helicopters today evacuated the remaining tourists from the flood hit Kinnaur area and airdropped foodgrains and other essential items. The water in all major rivers including the Ravi, the Beas and the Sutlej was receding and life was returning to normal. The Kiratpur-Manali-Baralacha road had been cleared and normal traffic on national highway No. 21 had been restored. Kinnaur district remained cut off from rest of the state for the 14th day today while the 1500 MW Hydropower Project remained shut for the 15th day, incurring a loss of Rs 120 crore to the project.
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Awareness about sex low in rural areas
Shimla, July 9 A pre-intervention study conducted in the Theog block under the German- aided “Sensitising Adolescents about Nutritional Deficiency and Safeguard of Health” project has revealed that 60 per cent of boys and girls are not aware of the fact that the deficiency of iron caused anaemia. Similarly, 53 per cent did not know that lack of vitamin A was responsible for night blindness and 32 per cent that iodine deficiency caused goitre. While 42 per cent of the boys admitted taking drugs, the percentage of girls was only 0.5 per cent. Almost 64 per cent of the adolescent boys and 79 per cent the adolescent girls had no clue to what determined the sex of the foetus. About 29 per cent of the boys and 67 per cent of the girls had not heard about condom whereas 81 per cent boys and 79 per cent girls believed that there was no chance of pregnancy by a single sexual intercourse. Only 19.6 per cent boys and 5.1 per cent girls justified pre-marital sex. Nearly 33 per cent of girls had no knowledge about the menstrual cycle. The study conducted by the Hind Seva Sangthan covered 1470 adolescents of 10 high schools and five senior secondary schools from Class IX to XII. |
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Patients nurse hopes of a better future
Barog, July 9 Participating in the two-day camp organised by Indian Association of Muscular Dystrophy (IAMD) that began here today, Yogesh, along with his younger sister, Kalpana, also suffering from MD for the past several years, refuse to see themselves as victims but share the ray hope for a better future with more than 50 participants who have gathered here from all over the country. “We cannot change anybody’s attitude around us, but if we are positive in our approach, every else becomes positive towards us,” says this Class XI student, a regular at such camps for the past 10-years. His younger sister, 13 year old Kalpana, incapacitated since she was a year old infant, too wishes to join her brother’s pursuit in finding a cure for MD. Undeterred by the depressing demise of the MD patient Venkatesh in Hyderabad earlier this year, whose plea for mercy death was rejected, the participants gathered here to say that death wish is the last thing on their minds. “Why fear death? Any one can die anywhere. Does that mean that we kill ourselves to safeguard ourselves from the inevitable?’’ questions 31-year-old Dr Vijay Kumar, who came from Kuror district in Tamil Nadu to attend his first camp. Accompanied by two caretakers, who assist him during this camp, Dr Vijay, a medical officer himself is looked after by his wife at home and ably supported by his colleagues at work. The Venkatesh incident fails to dampen the spirits of 24-year-old Mona Bansal too, who says such camps are the ideal platform to share experiences with the other suffering from the similar ailments. Coming all the way from Hanumangarh in Rajasthan, Mona says, “It is my sixth camp. And each camp has been a wonderful experience to interact with the people who face similar problems. When I look at those people whose condition is much more grave than me, I feel more confident to face the challenges of life.” Amit Tandon, 24, hailing from Panipat, who manages his own business and rides his own two-wheeler, echoes Mona’s sentiments. “Confidence is the key to positive living. I tell myself everything is possible and I do not wish to lag behind in life,” he says. |
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Interview dates for Regional Centre courses
Dharamsala, July 9 All interviews will be held at 10 am. Interview letters to all candidates have already been sent. |
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Jaipal Reddy inaugurates FM band station
Shimla, July 9 Inaugurating an FM band station of the All India Radio (AIR) here, he said 330 private FM radio stations were to be set up across the country of which at least one would be in Shimla. The private radio stations would pose a big challenge to the AIR which virtually had a monopoly all these years. However, the competition would only help improve the quality of programmes. |
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Inquiry demanded into leakage of
draft paper
Shimla, July 9 |
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