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Parties misguiding public on SYL canal: Hooda
CM promises more power in coming years
Inter-school science exhibition
Quota row: private doctors strike work
Make plans considering population growth: CS
Satellite phones for top police officers
Man beheads wife, son
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Parties misguiding public on SYL canal: Hooda
Bhiwani, May 20 Later addressing a public meeting, he alleged that some political parties had been misguiding the people of the state on the issue of the Satluj-Yamuna link canal for their political interests whereas the matter was subjudice and the state government was pursuing the case in the court. Mentioning the demands put before him by the Bhiwani MLA, Dr Shiv Shankar Bhardwaj, the Chief Minister announced the sanctioning of a Rs 15-crore scheme to improve the sewerage system of Bhiwani. He said a sum of Rs 1.35 crore had already been issued for the work. A scheme had been sanctioned for the drainage of rain water for Bhiwani town and in Sectors 13,23,21 and 26, he said adding that a drain would be constructed at a cost of Rs 18 crore for the draining of sullage water accumulated in the 450 acre in Prehladgarh and Haluwas villages. The Chief Minister, on the suggestion of
Dr Shiv Shankar Bhardwaj, announced to convert the dilapidated house of freedom fighter and Sher-e-Haryana Pt Neki Ram Sharma into Neki Ram memorial and also announced to give a residential plot to his dependants. Education Minister Phool Chand Mullana, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dharmbir, Minister of State for Tourism and Forest Kiran Chaudhary, MLAs Ranbir Singh Mahendra, Sombir, Ram Kishan Fauji, Rao Daan Singh also addressed the meeting. Earlier, laying the foundation stone of a 132-kv substation to be built at a cost of Rs 5.50 crore at Haluwas village today, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the state government was investing Rs 792 crore on raising the capacity of the transmission system with the increase in demand in the state. The Chief Minister said under the scheme, construction work on 90 new substations was also in progress and that would be completed within next two years. |
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CM promises more power in coming years
Kaithal, May 20 This was stated by the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, while addressing a mammoth rally organised by the president of the All-India Khet Majdoor Congress and local MLA Shamsher Singh Surjewala here yesterday. Lauding the role of the people of Kaithal district during his “struggle” period, Mr Hooda reminded that when he was on a padayatra from Panchkula to Jind, he was given a warm welcome by the people of the district. The Chief Minister said Kaithal district had seen neglect earlier regarding development. This would be rectified now. He said efforts were on to increase the power availability in the state and assured that during the next three years, as much as 5000 mw additional power would be generated in the state. He said former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala had misled the people on round-the-clock power supply. He said the Congress was committed to getting the SYL canal completed. He said the Dadupur-Shahabad canal was also being constructed for judicious distribution of power. Mr Hooda assured the people of Kaithal they would get justice and due share of water. Work on the Shergarh-Guhna link canal would be started in the next three months. Referring to the demand put forward by Mr Shamsher Singh Surjewala, the Chief Minister announced that a stadium would be constructed at Kaithal on 20 acres to promote wrestling and kabaddi. On opening a government college at Kaithal, he said a decision on the matter would be taken soon. The organiser of the rally, Mr Surjewala demanded that interest on cooperative loans be reduced. He said a law should be enacted so that private moneylenders did not exploit the poor. Parliamentary Secretary, Mr Dilu Ram, Ms Geeta Bhukal, Mr Tejinderpal Mann and Mr Dinesh Kaushik, all MLAs, also spoke on the occasion. |
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Inter-school science exhibition
Ambala, May 20 The Deputy Commissioner, Ambala, Mr J.P. Kaushik, inaugurated the exhibition. The schools which participated in the competition include Saupin’s School, Panchkula, St Thomas School, Jagadhari, Adarsh Public School, Karnal, DAV Public Senior Secondary School, Ambala City, PKR Jain Senior Secondary School, Ambala City, Maj R N Kapoor DAV Public School, Ambala Cantt, Riverside DAV School, Ambala Cantt, DHDSD Public School, Ambala City, DAV Centenary Public School, Nilokheri, and Chaman Vatika. In category 1 — physics, St Thomas School, Jagadhari, was first, Saupin’s School, Panchkula, second while DAV Senior Secondary School, Ambala City, was third. In chemistry, Chaman Vatika was first, DHDSD Public School, Ambala, got the second prize while DAV Public School, Nilokheri, was third. In biology, Chaman Vatika got the first prize, Saupin’s School, Panchkula, was second while DAV Senior Secondary School, Ambala City, was third. In EVS, Chaman Vatika was first, Saupin’s School second and DAV Senior Secondary School, Ambala, was third. In category 2 — physics, Chaman Vatika was first, DHDSD Public School, Ambala, got the second prize while Saupin’s School, Panchkula, was third. In chemistry, the first prize was shared by DHDSD Public School and PKR Jain school, Amabla, the second prize went to Saupin’s School while Chaman Vatika got the third prize. In biology, the first prize was shared by Chaman Vatika and DAV Senior Secondary School, Ambala, followed by DAV School, Nilokheri, and Saupin’s School, Panchkula, in the second position while DHDSD School got the third prize. In EVS, Chaman Vatika won the first prize, Saupin’s School, Panchkula, was second while Major R N Kapoor Public School, Ambala Cantt, was third. In category 3 — physics, Chaman Vatika was first, Major R N Kapoor DAV School second while DHDSD Public School and P K R Jain School were in the third position. In chemistry, Chaman Vatika was first, Major R N Kapoor DAV School second while P K R Jain School and DHDSD Public School got the third position. In biology, the first prize was shared by Chaman Vatika and Major R N Kapoor DAV School followed by P K R Jain School in the second position while the third position was shared by DHDSD Public School, St Thomas School, Jagadhari, and DAV Senior Secondary School, Ambala. In EVS, the first prize went to DHDSD Public School, the second position to Chaman Vatika while the third position was won by Major R N Kapoor DAV School, Ambala Cantt. |
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Quota row: private doctors strike work
Panipat, May 20 Private medical professionals suspended their work and protested against the caste-based reservation. Under the banner of Panipat chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the medicos gathered at the Skylark rest house on the GT Road and held a meeting for the future action. Talking to this correspondent, the president of the Panipat chapter of the IMA, Dr S.N. Gupta, claimed that the token strike was successful. He said the private doctors in the town suspended all emergency and OPD services. Dr Gupta said the political parties were playing with the sentiments of public. He stressed the need to develop a national level thought to end the problem of caste-based reservation. He further added that a delegation of doctors submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner. Enquiries by The Tribune revealed that at numerous private clinics, the doctors had displayed notices on the main entrance about the closure of the clinic and urged the patients to approach the Civil Hospital. IMA sources claimed that only OPDs were closed and the doctors treated the patients admitted to various private nursing homes. Talking to The Tribune, sources in the local Civil Hospital admitted that the hospital had failed to meet the sudden increase in the rush of patients. They said the strike by the private doctors on the weekend was strategic as it was considered a lean day in routine by the government medical hospital. There were only two women Medical Officers and a SMO on duty at the Civil Hospital. Rohtak: Students of the local PGIMS protested against the reservation proposal here today and formed a human chain of 4.5 km from the Medical Morh to the Railway Road. Students of many local schools and colleges joined them. The protesters began forming the chain around 7.30 am. Once the chain was completed they started moving towards the Ambedkar Chowk in the centre of the town from both ends of the chain. Traffic was disrupted for sometime as they staged a demonstration at the chowk. Later, the Deputy Commissioner sent the Additional Deputy Commissioner to collect their memorandum, but the students refused to hand it over to him. Later, the Deputy Commissioner himself collected it and the protesters dispersed. Meanwhile, a group of 20 students continued their chain hunger strike. |
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Make plans considering population growth: CS
Rohtak, May 20 He was presiding over the first Divisional Development Review Session of the Rohtak division here. He said the government had decided to organise Divisional Development Review sessions at the division headquarters to make service delivery to the common masses more effective. Such sessions would be beneficial for the in depth review of the ongoing projects in the districts. Mr Prashant said the review sessions would be district centric and instead of giving a common agenda for all districts, the respective Deputy Commissioners would prioritise the needs of their districts on the basis of which the development plans would be finalised. The Chief Secretary assured that the priorities fixed by the Deputy Commissioners would be given due consideration. He said the state government had constituted four committees of departmental secretaries to focus on urban and rural development, e-governance and social sectors like education and health. The Chief Secretary also released a book “Jan Suchna Sagar” prepared by the local district administration featuring all welfare schemes in detail. The Commissioner of the Rohtak division, Mr N.C. Wadhwa, who was the convener of this divisional development review session, apprised the officers of the major development works being carried out in the districts falling in the Rohtak division. At the same time he also highlighted the problem areas and the steps taken at the district level to solve them.
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Satellite phones for top police officers
Chandigarh, May 20 The Haryana State Telephone Board, under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary, Mr Prem Prashant, yesterday approved a proposal of the Home Department to purchase eight satellite phones for senior officers of the Police Department. The official version for purchasing the phones is that natural calamities like earthquakes, storms and floods and manmade disasters such as wars disrupt the telephone lines. Senior police officers needed to have satellite phones to coordinate the activities of the police force in such situations. The phones, which will be purchased through
HARTRON, are estimated to cost Rs 85,000 each. In addition, Rs 20,000 is estimated to be spent on activating each set. The recurring expenditure on the phones is also quite high. It is learnt that the satellite phones will be provided to the DGP, the ADGP (Crime and Law and Order), the ADGP (Headquarters), the ADGP (CID) and the IGPs of the four police ranges of Ambala, Rohtak, Hisar and Gurgaon. The telephone board also approved a proposal to provide mobile phones to police officers of the rank of IGP and above. This means that the police officers with satellite phones will also be given mobile phones by the government. Right now, only the DGP and the ADGP (CID) have been given official mobile phones. |
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Man beheads wife, son
Fatehabad, May 20 The accused, Raj Paul, suspected his wife Vedo Bai (34) to be of immoral character. He also suspected that his younger son Parveen (12) helped her indulge in immoral activities. Today around 4.30 am he struck his wife with a sharp-edged agricultural implement in her neck while she was sleeping. She died on the spot. Then he struck Parveen in his neck. Parveen died on way to hospital. |
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