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100 devotees fall sick on way to Manimahesh
Pollution control devices must for units
Dehar power house breakdown due to ‘mechanical failure’
BJP anti-people party, says Brinda
Project Deepak underway
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100 devotees fall sick on way to Manimahesh
Dharamsala, August 31 According to official sources, as many as four lakh devotees are headed towards the Manimahesh temple to offer prayers as an annual fair is being held at the historical temple. Mr Chaman Singh, Additional District Magistrate (ADM), told The Tribune over phone that a large number of devotees complained of uneasiness and diarrhoea allegedly after consuming meat of sheep. “After receiving information from the medical post in Dhanchoo yesterday, seven km ahead of the temple, intravenous fluid, glucose and oxygen cylinders were rushed to the spot. “The government had made provision for medicines worth Rs 4 lakh for the yatra but the entire stock has been consumed in the past two days,” he said. The suspected food poisoning spread in a group of as many as 1,200 devotees from Badrawa area in Doda district, who had consumed mutton on way to the temple. Tomorrow is the big day when thousands of devotees will take a holy dip in the Manimahesh lake. He said according to reports the devotees were carrying more than 9,000 sheep with them to the temple. Located at an altitude of 2,195 meters, the valley has a cluster of 84 temples popularly known as ‘Bharmour Chourasi’. On Radhasthami day pilgrims take a dip in the lake amid the chanting of mantras and offer prayers to Lord Shiva and Mount Kailash.
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Pollution control devices must for units
Shimla, August 31 Industrial units will not be allowed to function without installing proper pollution control devices from the next year. Separate plans were being implemented to take care of air and water pollution. The responsibility for primary treatment will rest with the unit concerned, while secondary treatment will be carried out through a common facility to be set up and managed by the industrial associations in collaboration with the various government agencies, explains Mr S.P Vasudeva, secretary of the board. While a project to set up a common effluent treatment plant at Baddi has already been cleared by the government, similar plants are proposed to be set up at Kala Amb, Parwanoo, Barotiwala and Nalagarh. A common facility is being set up at Mazra for the disposal of hazardous solid industrial waste, which contain heavy metals. A special purpose vehicle is being set up for which the government has already given its nod. The solid waste will be disposed of in landfills and after the utilisation of full capacity the site would be used for other purposes. The board has decided not to allow the disposal of medical waste in landfills. Incinerators are being installed for the disposal of medical waste in major towns. The Irrigation and Public Health Department will put in place sewage treatment plants for all major sewerage schemes. The installation of appropriate control devices has been made mandatory by the board for all units causing air pollution. While big units like cement plants will have to install the state-of-the-art glass bag filters, the brick kilns and other units have to put in place scrubbers.
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Dehar power house breakdown due to ‘mechanical failure’
Dehar (Mandi), August 31 Though the BBMB has blamed the ‘shaft seal’ bursting on mechanical failure but the truth would be out when the investigating team constituted by the Government of India will visit the power house shortly. The BBMB gave a clean chit to the operating staff and put the loss at Rs 50 lakh, besides crores lost in terms of 140 lakh units of electricity that the project generates every day. The Dehar power house was dewatered today, but silt remained in the pits of the turbine floor. Talking to The Tribune BBMB’s member, (electrical) Sharad Mahajan said the “base arrangement” of the ‘seal shaft’ had burst because the bolts had sheared, which are encased from inside and are not visible from outside. “You cannot say it is a case of The team will come and inspect it and suggest measures for future,” he claimed, when asked to comment why there was no mechanism to test such failures in the projects.
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BJP anti-people party, says Brinda
Shimla, August 31 Ms Karat addressed a public meeting here as part of CPM’s campaign to raise issues like price rise and right to work across the country. “The BJP disrupted the proceedings of Parliament whenever important discussions were being held or when CPM members raised important issues,” she said. The BJP had ceased to play the role of a responsible Opposition as a result of which the House could not take up important agenda and complete the proceedings. Being critical of the highly biased role of the Election Commission of India, Ms Karat said it was time that its jurisdiction and role be decided in consultation with all political parties and other organisations. She said there was a need for discussion as direct intervention in political process was certainly not the job of the Election Commission. She lashed out at the government for its faulty policy on future trading in essential commodities. She said items like wheat should be taken out of the commodity exchange list as this would be harmful for the food security of the country and disastrous for the farmers. Ms Karat also met the Chief Minister, Mr Virbhadra Singh, on the issue of police repression and protection of the rights of the workers at the
Chamera-III project in Chamba. “The manner in which the workers are being harassed by Hindustan Construction Company and the partisan behaviour of the police is condemnable and intolerable,” she remarked.
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Project Deepak underway
Shimla, August 31
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