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Chamera-III: Diversion tunnel ready in record time
Manali goes without power for second day
Man fined under Domestic Violence Act
Telephone services hit
Books given to jail inmates
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All for aid of disabled Jaundice still not under control: BJP Pensioners meet today
Solan toll barriers fetch
Rs 10.17 crore
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Chamera-III: Diversion tunnel ready in record time
Chamba, March 1 Applauding strenuous endeavors put in by the project workforce, chief engineer (in charge) of the project K. K. Joshi said the diversion tunnel had paved the way for taking up the construction work of 68-m high concrete gravity dam. Joshi claimed that the work on main access tunnel, ventilation tunnel and six additional tunnels was going on round-the-clock, confirming that three of the six additional tunnels had so far been completed. “The 231-MW Chamera project is located on the Ravi in Chamba district which is a run-of-the-river scheme. The project envisages the construction of 15.93 km long headrace tunnel (HRT). It will have a 125-m long tail race tunnel (TRT) for discharging the waters into the course of the Ravi,” Joshi detailed. He said the excavation of underground powerhouse cavern to house three Francis vertical axis turbines at Dharwala village was in progress where three generating units of 77 MW each were to be installed. The project, which was scheduled to be completed within a period of five years, would cost Rs 1,405.63 crore, Joshi informed, adding that the project would operate under a net head of 200 m to generate 1108.17 million units (MUs) of electricity in a 90 per cent dependable year and would provide a minimum of three hours of peaking during the lean season. The power generated from this project would be fed to the northern grid for further distribution to Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan. The adjoining areas of the project had immensely benefited due to the construction of bridges and widening of roads, which are the lifelines of this alpine region where several interior villages remain cut off. The NHPC has already spent crores of rupees for the construction and widening of roads network in the environs of the project.
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Manali goes without power for second day
Shimla, March 1 The Hindustan-Tibet road which was under 100 cm of snow at places remained closed for traffic. The roads leading to upper Shimla areas were blocked due to heavy snow in Kharapthar, Khidki, Chini Bangla and Fagu. Shimla received 37 cm of snowfall and 27.6 mm of rain over the past three days. The weather improved following heavy snow in the morning. The minimum temperature dipped to the freezing point, while the maximum remained below normal at 6.8 degree Celsius. Manali went without power for the second day today even though there was no fresh snow today. The road on the left bank of the Beas remained closed to vehicular traffic and only light vehicles plied on the national highway. Narkanda received 120 cm of snowfall in all, while the Hatu peak was under 150 cm of snow. Kalpa and other parts of Kinnaur received more snow today. The lower areas had widespread rain with Dharampur recording the maximum precipitation of 88 mm, followed by Karsog 76 mm, Dharamsala 68 mm, Palampur 67.2 mm and Solan 53.8 mm.
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Man fined under Domestic Violence Act
Kangra, March 1 CJM Thakur had issued a three-day notice to Vijay to appear in the court personally on a complaint filed by Anita filed on February 26 this year. The court heard both sides yesterday and announced the judgment in the jam-packed courtroom today. This was the first ever case of domestic violence in the state that came before the court and the judgment was delivered on the fourth day of its filing. Anita, a resident of Manjgram village of the district, had alleged that her brother-in-law used to harass and torture her in the absence of her husband, who is serving in Gujarat and visits home three or four times in a year. Anita also sought support of a women voluntary organisation “Jagori” and its coordinator Rajni was instrumental in motivating the victim to move the court. |
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Telephone services hit
Shimla, March 1 A spokesperson of the telecom department said that the problem arose, when water seeped into the underground cable due to the digging undertaken by a private company in the area. He added while 150 telephones of the area were affected yesterday, services to 300 other was affected following last night’s heavy rain. He said it would take atleast two more days to restore telephone services to the area as inclement weather conditions were affecting the repair work. Meanwhile, the department has decided to stake claim for compensation on account of the damage caused to its underground cable from the private company, who undertook the digging in the area. The claim would be sent to the company within two days after the extent of damage is assessed, he added.
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Kangra, March 1 On the occasion, writer and editor of “Iravati”, Rajendra Rajan, addressing the jail inmates said the purpose of donating books to the jail was to inculcate reading habits among the inmates and explore their creativity in writing. He said the books given include poetry, short story collections, novels and issues of some of the leading Hindi magazines published from different parts of the country. — OC
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All for aid of disabled Shimla, March 1 The notification in this regard was issued last week, making it mandatory for these provisions to be made for the convenience of disabled in all the planning areas and the special area development authorities in the town. Amendment has been made to the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning Rules, 1978, by inserting rule 10-C. As per this a provision for a barrier-free environment in public and semi-public buildings and recreational areas for persons with disabilities shall have to be made. These will not apply to private residential buildings. With a majority of the public and semi-public buildings not having this provision, ramps, lift for a wheel chair and adequate entrance doors will have to be put in place. Presently barring a few buildings like hospitals but not all of them have provision of ramps and a barrier-free environment for the disabled. “The fact that the office of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, where the disabled have to go on and off in connection with their work does not have a ramp reflects the state of affairs in the state capital, leave aside other parts of Himachal,” quipped a senior official. By way of this amendment care will have to be taken for entry and movement of disabled persons right from the site planning and access path and walkways. Every building shall have at least one access to main entrance and exit for the disabled which should be properly indicated with an appropriate signage. The access must have an approach through a ramp with a proper landing. The entrance to the building must be minimum of 1800 mm wide and having an even surface without steps. The slope, if any, should not be more than five degrees. “The selection of the floor material shall be made suitably to attract or to guide visually impaired persons and it should emit a different sound from the surrounding floor to guide the visually impaired,” reads rule 10-C amendment. For the safety and convenience of the visually impaired finishes should have a non-slip surface with textures traversable by a wheel chair. Moreover, curbs, wherever provided, should blend to common level.
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Jaundice still not under control: BJP Shimla, March 1 In a statement issued here today, former minister and Shimla district BJP chief Roop Das Kashyap said the MC should have taken effective steps to ensure that the water being supplied was free from any kind of contamination. “Both the state government as well as the local MC are practically indifferent towards the outbreak of jaundice while the number of total cases since the jaundice outbreak has crossed 700,” he said. The BJP leader said the MC should take the matter seriously as it was mostly children who were getting affected by jaundice. He suggested that the government must make functional the old natural water resources in the lower parts of the town so that in case of water shortage people could use the water. He said the Shangti area, near Summer Hill, had not received water supply for the past five days. He demanded that the authorities should ensure that the water supply to the area was given as the residents were facing great inconvenience.
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