Of flying gurus, pelf  & grounded shishyas
Low pay turns off pilot instructors

Karnal, June 28 Students always learn it the hard way. The Spartan look of the flying club at Karnal for training aspiring pilots does not betray any hint of the glamour associated with a commercial pilot’s job. A student was doing sorties, while Capt Kamal Kishore, chief flying instructor, was profusely sweating and wiping his face with a handkerchief. Staff members work on a trainer aircraft at the Karnal Civil Aviation Club.—Photo by Ravi Kumar

Tractor gets the feminine touch 
Hisar, June 28
As many as 11 girls from different states are undergoing extensive tractor driving and maintenance training at Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute here.

Monsoon Misery Districts leave nothing to chance Chandigarh, June 29 The administration in Mewat, Gurgaon, Rewari and Mahendragarh districts, constituting the core of the Ahirwal belt, is giving finishing touch to the flood-control measures. The anxiety among officialdom is understandable, given the bitter the past despite all its pretensions of sound flood-control measures. Not an unusual scene on a rainy day in Sirsa. —A Tribune photograph

Cow smugglers make quick buck as cops connive
Yamunanagar, June 28
The district has become one of the largest centres of cow smuggling in the North. There are several ghats on the river, which flows like a nullah for most of the year and a truck loaded with cows and oxen can easily cross over to the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.

Sabotage may delay thermal plant project

Yamunanagar, June 28 After a recent act of vandalism by mob at the under-construction Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Plant in Ratanpura-Pansara villages here, there are apprehensions that the project might be delayed as several vital equipments were burnt down. But the Haryana Power Generation Corporation (HPGC) claims that the project would be completed in time and the security has been beefed up at the site, spread over 1,107 acres.

The under-construction Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Plant at Ratanpura-Pansara village in Yamunanagar. —A Tribune photograph

A public-private effort to preserve antiques
Jind, June 28
In an effort to protect archaeological objects dated back to the Harappan civilisation, residents and district officials of Jind have set an example by jointly raising Jayanti Archaeological Museum.

Juggling figures, but Faridabad’s face still sooty
City among 10 most polluted ones
Faridabad, June 28
Pollution here has acquired such dimensions that the city has been listed among the 10 most polluted ones in the country.

Young Achievers
Never give up his motto
Chandigarh, June 28
When it comes to young achievers, Haryana has always been in the forefront. Whether it is films, fashion or sports Haryanvis have done the state proud. In the list of such people, Dinesh Kumar Singh figures among the top.

Naib tehsildars to be graduates
Chandigarh, June 28
The Haryana Government has decided to raise the educational qualifications for filling posts of Naib Tehsildar through promotion from matriculation to graduation.

Never too late to learn ‘Jai saksharta’ — the mood among rural women Fatehabad, June 28 At 30, Raj Pati is the mother of six . She has four daughters and two sons. No one in her family knows the exact date of birth of any child. Raj Pati shows the slate after writing her name on it while “akshar sainik” Kamlesh gives writing tips to other rural women at a literacy class in Baijalpur village in Fatehabad district.—Photo by writer

Badarpur flyover a distant dream
Faridabad, June 28
The dream of the residents of Faridabad to have an easy and smooth access to the national capital of Delhi is still far from becoming a reality, as the work on the project failed to take off even after the lapse of eight years since its approval.

Inside Babudom
Literature his passion
Chandigarh, June 28
Literature is first love for Hukam Singh Rana, the only Rajput IAS officer in the Haryana cadre. His first anthology with a preface by former union minister Karan Singh was released early this month.

Delhi Metro extn to cost more
Chandigarh, June 28
Haryana has agreed to the increase in the cost of extension of the Delhi Metro to Gurgaon.

Using kikar to produce power Karnal, June 28 Under an ambitious project that may have far-reaching results, the Karnal-based Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI) has proposed to initiate a pilot project with international collaboration in the salt-affected areas of Haryana for biomass production to generate  electricity. Scientists examine pahari kikar trees on a CSSRI research farm.—A Tribune photograph

Admn inert as Kaithal stuck in traffic
Kaithal, June 28
Unregulated traffic in the town has made the life of road users miserable. Frequent traffic jams here are causing great inconvenience to the public, but the authorities have failed to take effective steps to control the situation.

MDU offers job-oriented courses Rohtak, June 28 It’s admission time and students, hoping to realise their rosy dreams of a bright future, are thronging the campus of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) here. With a number of students making a beeline for admission to various job-oriented professional courses, a fete-like atmosphere is prevailing on the campus. Students fill admission forms at MDU in Rohtak. —Photo by Amarjeet

Engineering courses: Govt lowers eligibility
Chandigarh, June 28
The Haryana government has changed the eligibility criteria for admission to the B.E. and B.Tech programmes for engineering diploma holders and B.Sc. degree holders.