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Housing norms for non-Himachalis to be eased
Vorroa mite hits bee-keeping industry
Two rescued from silt trap
SC ruling on daily-wage earners being ignored: AITUC
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Don’t alter transfer policy, say teachers
Govt has failed to remove regional imbalances: Mankotia
JCC for pensioners in the pipeline
Shikhar Sahitya award for Kamleshwar
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Housing norms for non-Himachalis to be eased
Solan, March 26 The Minister for Housing, Mr Harsh Mahajan, termed it as an essential requirement to complement the vast industrial growth. The HP Apartments Act was constituted last year to facilitate private participation in developing housing facility. Each builder is, however, supposed to seek this clearance before getting registered with the HIMUDA, added Mr Mahajan. While two builders have been registered with HIMUDA another 34 have applied for it. Amaravati builders and Mt Monal builders who are the first to get registered are constructing 1,600 and 400 flats in the Baddi industrial area. This relaxation would provide respite to the industrial employees desirous of buying flats in the industrial areas. More than 80 per cent of the executives at present commute daily from Chandigarh and its satellite towns to the Baddi industrial area. The demand had also been put forth by the industrial associations. |
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Vorroa mite hits bee-keeping industry
Kangra, March 26 Mr J.P. Kaundal, Bee- Keeping Development Officer, here yesterday told The Tribune that Vorroa mite had sneaked into the state through the migratory bee colonies from Punjab, Haryana, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh last year and spread to every colony. According to sources, the remedial measures were not effective because of the faulty management and wrong application of the medicines by the beekeepers. Mr Kaundal said the mite sucks the juice of the bee and the entire beehive gets destroyed. He said it was the goodwill of the traders in the bee-keeping trade that they were taking their colonies outside this state during the flowering season of mustard, safida and toria during the winter and Vorroa mite reached this state through these migratory colonies. He said a survey was conducted by the department with joint collaboration of the scientists of Y.S. Parmar University, Solan, and Choudary Shrawan Kumar HPKV, Palampur, headed by Dr Lakra, Project Coordinator of Haryana, and found some bee colonies were damaged because of the Vorroa mite in this state. Mr Kaundal said with the help of the scientists of the two universities, nearly a dozen awareness camps were organised in Icchhi , Kholi, Palampur, Nagrota Bagwan and other districts. He said on the recommendations of the scientists, the beekeepers were advised fumigation of the formic acid and spray of the 4.2 per cent oxalic acid on alternate days for two weeks for the eradication of the dreaded mite. He said that subsidised medicines, tools and equipment were also supplied to the beekeepers. The faulty management and wrong application of the medicines has resulted in not getting the mite under control, it was learnt. The beekeepers of Kangra, Chamba, Una, Hamipur, Lahaul and Spiti and Kulu districts are producing 1000 to 1200 tonnes of honey annually through 1,000 commercial beekeepers. There are nearly 50,000 beekeeping colonies in these six districts. The total production of honey in the state is nearly 2200 tones annually. The beekeepers had been suffering for want of the proper marketing as the state government failed to help them in this regard. The price of honey, because of government apathy, touched the lowest last year when honey was sold at the rate of Rs 18 per kg. The beekeepers were suffering on the one hand with the market crisis and on the other, Vorroa mite broke the backbone of this trade in the state. According to the sources, more than 50 per cent honey production was affected in the state due to the mite and following the wrong application of the medicines the honey was also getting contaminated. Mr Nadav Kushnir (25) , a resident of Negev in Israel dealing with the bee- keeping there the told The Tribune that to eradicate the dreaded mite, the beekeepers in Israel burn the beekeeping colonies, the frames and the equipment. |
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Two rescued from silt trap
Bilaspur, March 26 Fortunately, they were saved by heroic and daring efforts of two 13-year-old boy Vikram Thakur, son of Ramkrishan of Auhar and Onkar, son of Kishorilal of Balh Bhalwana. Eye-witnesses here today said that Vinay and Vishal were returning to their home from Nalwari Mela during the evening when Vinay was suddenly caught in the slushy silt trap and as he tried to come out of it, he got further deep into it and cried for help. His elder brother Vishal rushed to save him but was also trapped in the same slushy soil. As both of them started drowning in this trap, they shouted for help. Vikram and Onkar rushed to the spot. The crept on their chest by lying down on the ground and slowly and steadily dragged these boys out of the trap after about one hour. Villagers praised dare-devilry of Vikram and Onkar. They have urged district administration to honour these two boys for saving these two brothers from sure death in this slushy silt trap. |
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SC ruling on daily-wage earners being ignored: AITUC
Kumarhatti, March 26 He said in the ruling there was a provision to regularise daily-wage earners who had completed 240 days of working in a year for 10 years. But many such persons are yet to get confirmation despite having completed 15 years, he said. In order to annul their eligibility they were being given an arbitrary break to avoid them from completing 240 days in job. The situation was worse in the Forest Department where daily-wage earners were not being paid salaries for months together, he alleged. Talking about contract labour problem, he said the state government had failed miserably to protect the welfare of workers. The government was hand-in-glove with industrialists, he alleged. The state government’s apathy towards workers could be gauged from the fact that till date it has failed to issue notification under Section 10 of the Contract Labour Regulation and Abolition Act, 1970, he said. The Section prohibits employment of contract labour in manufacturing units and permanent nature of work. “The dilly-dallying approach of the government has facilitated the employment through contract. |
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Don’t alter transfer policy, say teachers
Dharamsala, March 26 Addressing a press conference here today, Mr Rakesh Sharma, president of the Kangra unit, said TGTs in the state were apprehensive that a major chunk of teaching staff could become surplus after schools in the state are clubbed together as part of the policy. TGTs fear that some of them might be transferred to far off places in the new scheme of things. There are also doubts whether the existing transfer policy would continue to be applicable, he said. The association also demanded that TGTs should continue to be promoted to the post of Principal in the elementary system. Mr Subhash Pathania, general secretary, said most of school teachers did not have the B.Ed degree and all posts of Principal should not be reserved for them. There are nearly 15000 TGTs in the state who, along with JBT teachers, would teach class I to class 8 while class 9 to class 12 would be taught by school lecturers. |
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Govt has failed to remove regional imbalances: Mankotia
Palampur, March 26 At a news conference in press club here after noon Major Mankotia said despite assurances Chief Minister Vir Bhadara Singh, had done nothing and residents of lower areas continued to face discrimination in employment, development and other state government and Union Government funded projects. Major Mankotia said he was expecting the government taking steps to remove regional imbalance but so far no plans had been initiated. He promised special financial package for Kangra, had remained on files of the government. This was the reason that the Congress party lost panchayat, Zila Parishad and block development committee’s elections in lower areas of the state. The Congress would not be able to win even five seats in Kangra district out of 16 in next Assembly elections if early measure were not taken, said Major Mankotia. There were three universities in the state but the Vice-Chancellors of these had been appointed either from upper areas of the state or out side the state. It is surprising the government could not get even a single competent man from lower region to head these universities, he added. In the state secretariat, too bureaucrats from a particular region of the state had occupied all key posts and bureaucrats from the other regions sidelined. These regional imbalances must be rectified without delay. On the performance of the government Major Mankotia said, it had failed to deliver goods in past three years. Besides, promises made during Assembly elections were yet to be fulfilled. The party had promised during Assembly elections steps to tackle problem of unemployment but on coming to power the state government kept this promise aside hurting sentiments of lakhs of youths who had voted the Congress to power in the state. In the next Assembly elections the congress would have to pay heavy price. |
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JCC for pensioners in the pipeline
Chamba, March 26 A preliminary meeting of the JCC was held under the chairpersonship of the Additional Secretary (Finance) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh with the representatives of the Himachal Pradesh Pensioners’ Welfare Association (Negotiation Committee) at Shimla on January 30, which was attended by Mr
Jiwanand Jiwan, President, Mr D.R. Parwalia, Secretary General and Mr Hari Chand Gupta, Press Secretary of the association. In the meeting, the setting up of JCC, its aims and objects, schedule of meeting, quorum, travelling and daily
allowances for the representatives of JCC, agenda etc were discussed. |
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Shikhar Sahitya award for Kamleshwar
Shimla, March 26 Mr Keshav, president of Shikhar, a leading literary organisation, said the four-member jury recommended the name of the literary giant for the award for his novel, “Kitne Pakistan” and also his outstanding contribution to the Hindi literature. The award would be presented by Mr Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister, at a function to be held in Delhi on May 27. “Kitne Pakistan” had been universally acclaimed and had been translated in more than a dozen languages, including English. The award carries a prize of Rs 51,000. |
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MC asked to improve roads
Chamba, March 26 In a statement issued here yesterday, Mr D.N. Pardesi, president of the council, alleged the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for recklessly digging and destroying the alleyways in Chamba town for laying the underground cables at such a time when the government and the people of Chamba were going to celebrate a great function.
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Employees reject proposed transfer policy
Shimla, March 26 It has urged the government to formulate comprehensive transfer rules for transfer of employees which could be enforced through law. A policy only provided guidelines and in the past such policies had been framed but never implemented. It suggested that a committee headed by a retired judge or administrative officer should be set up to frame rules for ensuring transparency and fair play in transfers. |
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3 killed as jeep falls into gorge
Mandi, March 26 The deceased were identified as Jai Singh (37), Ganga Ram and Rattan Chand, while the injured person rushed to the Zonal Hospital, Mandi, was Lalit Kumar.
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Rapist convicted
Sundernagar, March 26 |
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Decision to build Darolan-Khairiyan bridge hailed
Bilaspur, March 26 |
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