H A R Y A N A

Govt plans to set up medical varsity
Rohtak, April 5
For better health facilities and producing quality doctors, the Haryana government is considering to establish an international-level medical university in the state. Apart from this, 100 new dental surgeons will be appointed this year.

KU student let off 
Vulgar SMS on mobile phone
Karnal, April 5
The Kurukshetra police has let off a student of Kurukshetra University, rounded up for allegedly sending vulgar messages to several girls on their mobile phones on the campus, as nobody came forward to file a formal complaint against him.

6 hurt over land dispute
Karnal, April 5
Six persons received serious injuries after two groups clashed over a piece of land at Rantholi village, near here, this afternoon.

Corruption on rise in Haryana, says Bhajan Lal
Panipat, April 5
Former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal today alleged corruption was on the rise in Haryana, and the law and order situation was deteriorating. He stated this at a press conference during brief stopover at PWD rest house here on his way to Chandigarh.

Plan to strengthen power distribution
Hisar, April 5
The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has prepared a Rs 876-crore plan to strengthen and augment power-distribution system in its area comprising Sirsa, Fatehabad, Hisar, Bhiwani, Mahendragarh, Rewari, Mewat, Gurgaon and Faridabad districts during the current fiscal year.

Mobile phone, motor cycle snatched
Rewari, April 5
Three armed youths looted Rs 490, a mobile phone and a motor cycle (HR-36H-4290) at pistol point from Hari Om, a resident of Aliawas village under the Khol police station of the district.

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CFL use makes power surplus in village
Chandigarh, April 5
Haryana has become the first state in the country to convert one of its villages entirely into an area using compact fluorescent lamps, popularly referred to as CFL.

10-year jail for smuggling poppy husk
Kaithal, April 5
The court of special judge here yesterday sentenced Swaran Singh, alias Guru of Delhi, to 10 years rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 1 lakh holding him guilty of smuggling poppy husk in a truck in January 1988. The accused was also alleged to be involved in nine other cases under the Excise Act and a case under the NDPS Act. He was also involved in a dacoity and a pistol was recovered from him. He was declared bad character by the Delhi police.

Govt plans to set up medical varsity
Tribune News Service

Rohtak, April 5
For better health facilities and producing quality doctors, the Haryana government is considering to establish an international-level medical university in the state. Apart from this, 100 new dental surgeons will be appointed this year. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda stated this at the silver jubilee function of government dental college here on Tuesday. Earlier, PGIMS, Director, Dr S.S. Sangwan, dental college principal Dr Sanjay Tiwari and Karnal MP and dental college alumnus Dr Arvind Sharma voiced the need to set up a university of health and medical sciences in the state.

Addressing a gathering in the college auditorium, Hooda maintained lack of funds would not be allowed to come in the way of providing good health care to people of the state.

The Chief Minister appealed to the doctors serve the mankind. He said the state had the potential to be developed as the medical hub. The principal of the dental college, Dr Sanjay Tiwari, welcomed the Chief Minister and other dignitaries. Haryana health minister, Kartar Devi, said the state government had decided to start two job-oriented study programmes of dental hygienist and dental mechanic. Both these programmes had been approved by the Dental Council, she added.

She disclosed the state government had sanctioned Rs 6 crore for the expansion of the Dental College, besides purchasing equipment worth Rs 2 crore.

Local MP, Deepender Singh Hooda, exhorted the doctors to make the college the topmost in the country. He asserted due to the efforts of the Haryana government, the college had got permanent recognition from the Dental Council of India. “The number of seats in the college has also been raised from 20 to 60,” he added.

KU student let off 
Vulgar SMS on mobile phone
Tribune News Service

6 hurt over land dispute
Tribune News Service

Corruption on rise in Haryana, says Bhajan Lal
Tribune News Service

Panipat, April 5
Former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal today alleged corruption was on the rise in Haryana, and the law and order situation was deteriorating. He stated this at a press conference during brief stopover at PWD rest house here on his way to Chandigarh.

He alleged the state government was turning a blind eye to the farmers’ interests and resorting to repression against them. On his son’s contradictory stance vis-a-vis the state government, he said everyone had the right to practise politics in his own way. He termed his MP son Kuldeep Bishnoi’s protest against special economic zones (SEZs) in Gurgaon as a step in the farming community’s interest. On the possibility of his joining hands with the BJP, he said he would reply to this query at an appropriate time. Gohana MLA Dharampal Malik was also present.

Plan to strengthen power distribution
Tribune News Service

Hisar, April 5
The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has prepared a Rs 876-crore plan to strengthen and augment power-distribution system in its area comprising Sirsa, Fatehabad, Hisar, Bhiwani, Mahendragarh, Rewari, Mewat, Gurgaon and Faridabad districts during the current fiscal year.

A spokesman for the nigam said here today that it was planned to build 37 new substations of 33 KV capacity and augment the capacity of 10 existing 33 KV substations.

With the completion of this work at a cost of Rs 37 crore, the capacity of transmission and distribution system would be augmented by 385 MVA.

An amount of Rs 139 crore had been earmarked for bifurcation of 100 lengthier and overloaded 11 KV feeders under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). Under the scheme, all rural households, including BPL families, would be given new power connections.

The nigam had earmarked Rs 268 crore segregating domestic and agricultural load in the rural areas. Under this scheme, 490 existing 11 KV feeders were to be segregated and 358 new would be erected.

The nigam would also provide high voltage distribution system (HVDS) and low voltage distribution system (LVDS) in villages and urban localities. An amount of Rs 258 crore had been earmarked for the scheme. The scheme would not only improve quality of power supply in rural areas but also promote efficient and rational use of electricity.

The DHBVN planed to install meters at all distribution transformers and all feeders at a cost of Rs 16.50 crore. Periodical metering would also be introduced during this financial year. The nigam planed to install one lakh meters during the year for this purpose.

Mobile phone, motor cycle snatched

Rewari, April 5
Three armed youths looted Rs 490, a mobile phone and a motor cycle ( HR-36H-4290 ) at pistol point from Hari Om, a resident of Aliawas village under the Khol police station of the district.

The incident took place near the canal near Gulabpura village last night.

Hari Om made a complaint, following which the Rampura police registered a case of robbery. — OC

CFL use makes power surplus in village
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 5
Haryana has become the first state in the country to convert one of its villages entirely into an area using compact fluorescent lamps, popularly referred to as CFL.

Binaula village in Gurgaon district with just 98 houses earned this distinction after villagers gave back all electric bulbs in exchange for CFL lighting. The use of CFL is likely to bring down the power consumption by half.

A southern Haryana power distribution corporation spokesperson said that villages had exchanged around 700 bulbs for CFLs. This, he said, would bring down the electricity load of the two transformers in the village from 120 amperes to 75 amperes in one and 98 amperes to 42 amperes in the other.

In fact, the transformers that had an overload would now have surplus capacity to provide connections to others.

The power distribution company is now looking at repeating the experiment in other villages of the state.
According to studies conducted by power distribution corporations, if each of the 1.8 million electricity consumers replaces even a single light bulb with a CFL lamp, the state will save 300 MW annually.

10-year jail for smuggling poppy husk
Our Correspondent

Kaithal, April 5
The court of special judge here yesterday sentenced Swaran Singh, alias Guru of Delhi, to 10 years rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 1 lakh holding him guilty of smuggling poppy husk in a truck in January 1988. The accused was also alleged to be involved in nine other cases under the Excise Act and a case under the NDPS Act. He was also involved in a dacoity and a pistol was recovered from him. He was declared bad character by the Delhi police.

According to facts of the case Swaran Singh with Balbir Singh was driving a truck from UP to Kaithal. Their vehicle was stopped at a police naka at Agondh village in Kaithal district. The truck was carrying 760 kg of poppy husk. On seeing the police Swaran Singh fled from the scene but Balbir Singh alias Bhira also of Delhi was nabbed by the police.

Later Swaran Singh was also arrested and he disclosed he had used a fake registration number plate on his truck for smuggling the poppy husk.

After seeking bail from court both accused failed to appear in the court and were declared proclaimed offenders.