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1 dead, 10 hurt in factory fire
Panipat, December 26
One worker died while 10 others were injured in a fire caused by an inflammable object on the S. N. Exports factory premises at Nizampur village, near here, this afternoon. The condition of one of the injured is stated to be critical.

Shaheed Udham Singh remembered
Indri (Karnal), December 26
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda called upon the people to derive inspiration from the martyrs and freedom fighters of the country so that the unity could be maintained.

Lawyers to get land for chambers soon
Fatehabad, December 26
Mr Justice N.K. Sood of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today assured lawyers of the local District Courts that they would get land for the construction of chambers soon. He was addressing lawyers after inspecting sites for the proposed chambers.

Freedom fighter Verma dead
Chandigarh, December 26
Veteran freedom fighter Pat Ram Verma, a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, died in Sirsa district of Haryana today after a brief illness.

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1 dead, 10 hurt in factory fire
Vishal Joshi
Tribune News Service

Panipat, December 26
One worker died while 10 others were injured in a fire caused by an inflammable object on the S. N. Exports factory premises at Nizampur village, near here, this afternoon.

The condition of one of the injured is stated to be critical.

The district administration has instructed the police to get the site inspected by the Industrial Safety Department to ascertain the exact cause of the explosion.

Suraj, who received injuries all over his body, was declared brought dead at Bhim Sain Sachhar Hospital. The injured — Manoj, Ravi Biswas, Santosh Kumar, Raju, Chandan, Rajesh, Chander Bhan and Kanak Kumar were admitted to the government hospital whereas two others, Sirajudin and Manoranjan, were admitted to Jindal Nursing Home.

When this reporter visited the site at 2.15 pm, fire engines from Panipat and Samalakha were trying to control the fire caused by the explosion, which took place at around 1 pm.

According to eyewitnesses at the factory, manufacturing carpets, the fire was difficult to control.

Workers were reportedly using the petrol gun for their work when suddenly fire broke out and spread due to the presence of large cans filled with petrol.

An injured worker said Suraj, who died in the accident, was working near the petrol cans.

The fire took place in the main workplace of the factory. Fiberglass sheets on the roof and the wall were completely burnt in the incident. A worker said 20-old workers were present in the factory at the time of accident whereas the remaining staff had moved out for lunch.

Family members of the injured workers at the hospital lamented that no one from the management came to the hospital to enquire about the workers’ health.

When mediapersons reached the site, the management allegedly got the main entrance covered with a large tarpaulin sheet and closed all doors.

Interestingly, when the Deputy Commissioner, Mr D.P.S. Nagal, reached the spot with other district officials, factory owners were quick to remove the petrol gun and other things from the site.

Shaheed Udham Singh remembered
Tribune News Service

Indri (Karnal), December 26
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda called upon the people to derive inspiration from the martyrs and freedom fighters of the country so that the unity could be maintained. He said the martyrs had made sacrifices and faced a number of ordeals to free the country from the British empire.

Mr Hooda expressed these views while addressing a gathering on the occasion of celebrations of the 106th birth anniversary of Shaheed Udham Singh. He also dedicated Shaheed Udham Singh Government College, Indri, to the people of the area. The college had recently taken over by the government. He also paid floral tribute to the statue of Shaheed Udham Singh on the premises of the Municipal Committee building and Udham Singh Chowk.

He maintained that Udham Singh waged a crusade against the British empire and killed Michal Odveir, responsible for Jalliawalla Bagh incident, on March 12, 1940, in Cacaston Hall in London.

Referring to the demand by the local MLA Rakesh Kamboj, Mr. Hooda announced that a housing board colony would be set up at Indri. He also announced that a pontoon bridge would be constructed on the Yamuna to facilitate farmers.

Lawyers to get land for chambers soon
Our Correspondent

Fatehabad, December 26
Mr Justice N.K. Sood of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today assured lawyers of the local District Courts that they would get land for the construction of chambers soon. He was addressing lawyers after inspecting sites for the proposed chambers.

Mr Justice Sood said the High Court had known the problems faced by local lawyers without chambers but the High Court Chambers Committee, was waiting for the government to allot land for the purpose and the committee would give green signal for the construction of chambers immediately after that.

Freedom fighter Verma dead

Chandigarh, December 26
Veteran freedom fighter Pat Ram Verma, a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, died in Sirsa district of Haryana today after a brief illness.

Verma was 84. He is survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters.

Verma was imprisoned twice for participating in the struggle for Independence on the call given by Mahatma Gandhi.

After Independence, he worked as Editor of a Hindi weekly and served in the Public Relations Department of Punjab and Haryana. He also became chairman of the Haryana Freedom Fighters Samman Samiti and was a member of the Haryana Khadi Board. — UNI