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Varsity registrar posts politicised
Hisar, November 29 The UGC guidelines and the government notification clearly state that the posts of university registrar are selection posts and need to be advertised on all-India basis. However, the registrars of Kurukshetra University, Maharshi Dayanand University, Guru Jambheshwar University, Chaudhry Devi Lal University and Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya have been appointed without advertising the posts and following the due legal process. The appointment of the registrar of Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, was, however, made as per the government notification even though many aspirants to this post later alleged that the manner of selection was farcical. Nevertheless, the post was duly advertised and a selection committee interviewed as many as 26 candidates. As per the notification issued by secretary education, Haryana, on December 8, 2000, the minimum qualifications for the posts of registrar and equivalent posts would be a master’s degree with at least 55 per cent marks, at least 15 years experience as lecturer (senior scale)/ lecturer with at least eight years in reader’s scale along with experience in educational administration. It added that comparable experience in research establishment and/or other institutions of higher education could be substituted for the above mentioned qualifications. As an alternative, persons with 15 years of administrative experience of which eight years should be as deputy registrar of a university will also be considered eligible for the post. According to this notification, an officer of the Haryana government not below the rank of a deputy secretary could also be appointed as a university registrar. However, the government has chosen to appoint its nominees directly without advertising the posts of varsity registrar in five cases. The current incumbents falling in this category include V.P. Aggarwal of Kurukshetra University, Vijendra Kumar of MDU, R.S. Jaglan of GJU, V.S. Nehra of CDLU and Balbir Kaur of the only women university in the state. They were mostly appointed through orders issued by the governor without advertising the posts and holding interviews. The earlier Chautala regime had also made appointments in a similar fashion blatantly violating its own notification and UGC guidelines. This manner of appointment has completely politicised the posts of university registrars. Another downside is that all incumbents are reverted to their original posts as soon as the regime changes. The Chautala appointees faced a similar situation. The Chautala regime realised the importance of making appointments legally and permanently a bit too late in the day. Towards the fag end of the regime, several appointments, including those of members of the Haryana Public Service Commission, were made to make it impossible for the next regime to remove them. However, by the time the then political masters woke up to the issue, it was too late to advertise the posts of registrar and make appointments on a permanent basis. Despite this, the Congress regime has chosen the browbeaten yet illegal procedure for these appointments.
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Devi Lal Stadium gets a new look
Panchkula, November 29 To host the inaugural 17-day event, a total of 30 international cricketers, including Brian Lara, Inzamam ul Haq and Lance Klusner, are playing with local cricketers. The organiser, Essel Group, has spent over Rs 4 crore on the revamping of the stadium and providing facilities conforming to international standards. This is the first-ever biggest cricket tournament, which would not be less than any international sporting extravaganza, the stadium has ever organised since its inauguration in 2003. A total of six teams - Chandigarh Lions, Hyderabad Heroes, Mumbai Champs, Delhi Jets, Chennai super Stars, and Kolkata Tigers - will play 20 matches during the tournament. With this, three international standard cricket stadiums have come up within the radius of 15 kilometres in the tricity. As most of the matches will be held under the floodlights, six big poles have been erected for the purpose. Apart from that, top class air-conditioned dressing rooms for players, VIP lounge, broadcasting hall, boxes for third umpire and commentators, a media box and state-of-the-art electronic scoreboard are being set up here. Apart from that, five pitches have been re-laid by South Africa curator Phil Russel. “The pitches will be among the best 22-yard tracks in the world as these have been prepared using the best material as well as technique”, said the curator. “Phill is world renowned curator so preparing pitches here by him is definitely a landmark for the stadium. After the culmination of the tournament, the local cricketers would incur benefit by using all paraphernalia”, said an organiser. The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), which has given the stadium to ICL on a lease of 10 years, has been charging a monthly rent of Rs 6.75 lakh. The ground has been made available to the League for a period of 50 days in a year to the ICL. The stadium has a capacity of 6,000 and the cricket field spread over 15 acres. Chandigarh Lions will take on Delhi Jets at 6 pm in the opening match after the inauguration ceremony.
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Land records all set to enter computer age
Chandigarh, November 29 Persian words introduced by the Raja more than four centuries ago for land revenue collection are going to figure in the computerised version of the land record management system just as these did in the 16th century when cloth scrolls were used for keeping records. Computerisation will make the records easily accessible to public and reduce corruption by the lower staff on this count. By marking the latest transaction carried out on any piece of land, it will also curtail the possibility of fraudulent transactions. If everything goes as planned, computerisation of land records would be fully achieved by January. Revenue secretary Dharam Vir said a separate server for the department’s website was being installed to prevent hacking and for giving the site good speed. The suit clad revenue secretary is a far cry from the Persian knowing elite of Mughal India. But, in the course of heading the computerisation project, Dharam Vir is becoming familiar with various Persian words that replete the lexicon of the revenue department. Some of the Persian words in the land records’ terminology had been replaced by Hindi words in a natural process. Most of the Persian words, though, had remained in use and was being incorporated on the computer version in their original forms. “The words have specific legal connotations”, the revenue secretary said. Out of total 7,081 ‘jamabandis’ (ownership rights) of human habitations in the state, 6,977 had been already computerised and the work of updating after incorporating the latest mutations was going on. All ‘jamabandis’ would be computerised and slated to be made online after incorporating all pending mutations by the end of this year. The objective was to make available the computerised ‘nakals’ of ‘jamabandis’ to people through tehsil level computer centres. Forty such computer centres had been set up already and made operational and computerised ‘nakals’ of ‘jamabandis’ were being given to people through these centres. The deadline for setting up similar centres in the remaining tehsils and sub-tehsils is December 31. The activities of the department, various acts, rules, manuals, standing orders, registration data, collector rates and other important instructions are already found on the department’s website, www.jamabandi.nic.in. The ‘sharte-wazib-ul-arj’ (customary rights existing in a village) of all villages would be scanned and converted into CD and kept in tehsil and district offices. These documents, originally written on cloth, would be translated in Hindi. The target is to complete the work of conversion into CD by January 26. Land records during the British era were written in Urdu. Tehsildars and patwaris of Haryana are still expected to have some knowledge of Urdu. However, in the absence of any contact with the Urdu script, which is same as the Persian script, otherwise, the revenue staff is seldom able to really master the language.
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Magic: The dying art
Sirsa, November 29 A famous magician, Samrat Shankar, told The Tribune that though they were inventing new tricks to catch people’s attention but the government should intervene to preserve this ancient art of India. He was here to exhibit his skills in a show organised by him. Advocating for financial aid to magicians, he said the government should provide facility of loans on less interest from banks to run their shows as the cost of magic shows had increased manifold. Besides, the government should also help us to start an academy so that the ancient art could be transmitted to others. Besides organising a large numbers of shows abroad, Shankar, who belongs to Ellenabad of Sirsa, has 23,000 shows to his credit. He has done many shows for the CM’s relief fund and the Red Cross Society. He learnt magic while studying and has done MCom. “It was not an easy task to find a bride for me as everybody knew that I was a magician. The fear of magic tricks abstained people from approaching us,” Shankar said. “Magic is a combination of tricks and hypnotism. It is a tough job and requires a clear heart and devotion. It is difficult to find students to teach magic, as there is a fear that the student may use the art for wrong purposes. Moreover, the number of persons, who really want to learn the art, is also declining,” he said. “Earlier, people liked watching magic shows but now the interest has declined. I am planning to set up an academy in Delhi, where besides teaching magic, mentally ill persons will also be cured,” he added.
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Cops get tips on English
Fatehabad, November 29 But English written and spoken by most of the police personnel working at lower levels in Haryana is bad. Even the communication of policemen on wireless system is quite interesting and the messages written are no better. To promote English language among police personnel, the English Promotion Forum, a Sirsa-based NGO, recently organised a one-day workshop on English learning for the police personnel at the local police lines. The forum has been floated by a retired deputy superintendent of police, Rai Singh Saharan. SP Saurabh Singh inaugurated the workshop. Constables, who had passed their bachelor degree in any discipline, attended the workshop. Saharan taught those English words, which are frequently used in policing. He emphasised the need of speaking and writing correct English in their day-to-day work.
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A ramshackle record room
Ambala, November 29 The Panchkula records are being shifted to this room these days. The room, which is divided into two parts, was constructed in 1860 during the British rule. Initially, land records and other important judicial documents of the commissioner of Ambala range were kept in this room before the Partition. The condition of the three-storey record room, which holds wooden racks, has gone even worst these days. According to information, around 35,000 files of land records and judicial documents have been stored in the record room. Some of the documents relating to the execution of Nathu Ram Godse, assassinator of Mahatma Gandhi, and important judgements are also available in this room. It also stores records of land, which were offered to their loyalists by the then ruler, and the records of land donated to religious organisations by the then Indian emperor. Unfortunately, no proper arrangement is there to keep the valuable records safe. The files have been wrapped in dirty cloths, which have not been replaced for the last five years. Strangely, no treatment has been given to prevent termites and other insects and there are no fire fighting arrangements. One of the record rooms, which houses records of Yamunanagar, was burnt in a fire two years ago. About 10 years back, two fire extinguishers were bought, which were not refilled from the past several years. Two employees look after the rooms and no sweeper or peon has been provided for its maintenance. The historical records can be damaged if necessary steps are not taken immediately. Deputy commissioner said necessary steps were being taken to maintain the records of the room. He said a few more employees would be engaged soon.
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Feigning indifference, Cong anxiously watches Rohtak rally
Chandigarh, November 29 Emerging as one of the biggest political events of the year, most speculations are on two counts – how will the show equate to the official Congress show at Dadri and Bhiwani to be presided over by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, just three days earlier and will the Congress bickering sabotage Sonia’s rallies. Bhajan Lal has vowed to turn his rally into a mega event. Five helicopters will be pressed into service to carry VIPS and journalists from Chandigarh and Delhi to the rally venue – possibly a first helicopter ride for many. The manner in which the 82-acre venue is being prepared, each district will have a separate parking, giving the participants the feeling of a VIP treatment. For Bhajan Lal and Kuldeep, the elaborate and systematic arrangements will serve a different purpose – they will instantly be able to gauge their standing in each district of the state. The entire ceremony will be video graphed and will later help in identifying “friends” from “foes”, which is very important in view of the unclear response, Bhajan Lal is receiving from the state politics. There is a lot of speculation about the content of the political speeches and announcements. Some believe that a new party would be launched on that day, while others who have seen Bhajan Lal closely observe that it is unlikely that he will give the Congress such an easy solution to get rid of him and his son by disqualifying them. On the other hand, he is likely to float some kind of a platform to provide voice to disgruntled element within the Congress without exposing them to expulsion. It is now to be seen how many sitting MLAs attend the rally. Announcements across the state have not only lured supporters and fence hitters with promise of a historical political agenda, but they are also being tempted with a menu of delicacies prepared with pure ‘desi ghee’ and the famous ‘Bishnoi halwa’ is very much a part of the other goodies on the menu. Bhajan Lal and his son have been working hard accompanied by a handpicked team of 18 committees to make this rally a success. Their final phase of preparations started as early as Diwali when they distributed Mont Banc pens in bulk to journalists as a festive gift, but also with the objective of ensuring a favourable coverage. Its less than a week before people in the state will know how Bhajan Lal fared compared to the recent Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) rally at Ambala and the Congress ‘bijli rally’ at Jharli in Jhajar and the last two events at Dadri and Bhiwani. The Congress Dalit Samman rally at Karnal on December 9 is expected to respond to the Rohtak rally.
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Child Labour
Panipat, November 29 Labour commissioner N.C. Wadhwa had categorically blamed officials for hiding the actual figures to claim clean track in handling this social nuisance. He had also asked the two districts to conduct the survey again and submit it soon. Under the ambitious plan to eradicate child labour, the Centre government has offered the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) scheme to three industrial districts of Haryana namely, Panipat, Gurgaon and Faridabad. The beneficiary districts will open special informal schools to provide education to the children between the age group of 9 and 14 years. These students will get informal education up to primary level in three years. Officials said due to the rapid industrialisation in these NCR districts, the Centre had given them an opportunity to implement the scheme to rehabilitate the unprivileged children toiling illegally at various workstations. Surveys were conducted in the three districts by appointing NGOs but the state labour high-ups were not convinced with the results. Panipat submitted the report first and detected nearly 6,000 cases where children were forced to work in various industrial units and brick-kilns. It became the first district in the state to avail the Rs 1.60 crore NCLP scheme to open 62 informal schools for child labour. Sources said initially, Gurgaon and Faridabad districts failed to convince the union government but after much pursuance by the state authorities, it finally forwarded the figures, which were rejected by the state labour department. Confirming this to The Tribune, Wadhwa said both the districts gave the approximate figure of about 2,000 cases of child labour in each districts. “It is certainly unconvincing and in my opinion the figures should be much more in these industrial townships,” he quipped. Cautioning the officials against hiding the actual figures, he asked them to redo the survey in Gurgaon and Faridabad districts. “In the past, it may be a trend to not to reveal the actual figures of child labour for the sake of impressive records but such a mindset has to be changed to curb this illegal practice,” said the official.
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Now, special camps with khula darbars
Chandigarh, November 29 Also, in addition to the khula darbars at the secretariat, the administration will organise “field visits” for its officials by way of darbars at the block and village level in an attempt at checking public inconvenience by way of repeated visits to the secretariat and “wastage of time”. Beginning December, all complaint redressal camps by the administration held in the rural pockets of the district will include these new deals. “The entire administration and all offices concerned with the public will go to their doorstep and will do more than just redressing grievances. Since health services are minimal in rural pockets and awareness is low about various welfare schemes on offer from the government, we plan to give more to the public utilising the platform of the khula darbar,” DC Rajinder Kataria said. For the benefit of the villagers, the awareness camps would be held prior to the darbar. The villagers would be educated about the government schemes and the eligibility criterion. “It is sad that so many funds under different schemes are going unutilised due to lack of publicity. Through these camps, we will tell the public of the availability of various schemes. This way, at least we can examine the case on-the-spot,” Kataria maintains. Now, khula darbars will be held at the block level and for clusters of villages on a regular basis. Realising that it is inconvenient for the villagers to go to the district secretariat with individual complaints, especially with officials unavailable, the administration has devised a plan to go to them once a month with the entire administrative set up. “We have identified 18-20 villages in the Kalka Block which will be taken up in our maiden attempt at promoting public-administrative interface. Our effort will be to take up their demands and direct officers to redress these on priority. Similarly, we will target villages in Morni, Raipur Rani and Barwala,” Kataria said. While the first darbar along with awareness and health camps will be held in the Morni block, the village-level darbars will take off from the first week of January from Kalka.
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NHAI to hold public hearing from today
Chandigarh, November 29 Beginning tomorrow, a three-day public hearing will be organised by the NHAI along with the district administration. As many as 300 residents settled along the highway have been served notices after a 10-day inspection carried out by NHAI staff along with PWD staff. The notices were served to them early this week under Section 26 of Control of National Highway Land and Traffic Act, 2002. After the public hearing is through, the encroachers will be given a seven-day notice period. At the end of the stipulated time, they will be liable to penalty and eviction under the rules of the Act. The Rs 295-crore project, entailing the construction of the Pinjore-Kalka-Parwanoo bypass as a part of the four-laning, was awarded to Jaiprakash and Associates on a built-operate-and-transfer (BOT) basis in September this year. It will have a concession period of 20 years, including a construction period of 30 months, sources said. The project involves four-laning of 28.69 km and six-lane structures, such as bridges, grade separators, flyovers and underpasses. Out of this, 11.250 km are on a new alignment for a combined bypass for highly congested towns of Pinjore and Kalka in Haryana and Parwanoo in Himachal Pradesh. The proposed bypass, which will reportedly take off from near Mallah, just before Yadvindra Gardens in Pinjore, will meet the NH-22 near Parwanoo. “The NHAI wants to begin work on the project as soon as possible. We had approached the district administration with regard to encroachments and they have responded favourably,” Col K.P. Sharma, project director, NHAI, said. Meanwhile, repair on the stretch of national highway passing through Haryana has begun. The highway is needed for another three years before the bypass becomes operational. So, while encroachments are being removed to regain this “lost land”, the filling of potholes on the highway is also being undertaken on war footing.
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Under-rail bridge’s construction delayed
Ambala, November 29 A large number of local residents have been killed while crossing this desolated railway crossing during the past one year. Hundreds of pedestrians and cyclists cross this crossing everyday. People of Ambala city have been demanding for this under-rail bridge for last several years as the present railway over bridge has become narrow due to heavy traffic on the Ambala-Hisar road. Generally, there is heavy traffic on this bridge and residents of Sector 8, 9 and 10 face a great difficulty in reaching to their destination. Recently, two students were killed when a speedy truck hit them on the over bridge. No doubt, the bridge will drop off the traffic load of over bride. In fact, the under bridge provides shortcut and easy approach to district courts, secretariat, various government offices, including the offices of SP, DC and SDM. That is why, local citizens prefer to use this way. Around 2.5 years back, during the Assembly elections, former minister and local MLA Venod Sharma had promised that he would construct an under-rail bridge if he was elected from this seat. As soon as he took the charge of PWD minister, he took up this matter with the railway ministry. The Railways had put the condition that it would agree with the proposal if the state government would bear the expenses of the construction of the bridge which cost around 1.72 crore. The Railways did not initiate the construction even after getting the amount. According to information, the local MLA had raised the matter with railway authorities of Ambala division a number of times. The Railways brought out tenders for its construction in various newspapers thrice but no approved contractor turned up to take up the project. The GM, northern railway, said the bridge would be constructed soon. The state government is now planning to construct this bridge through some state agency like PWD (B&R). It is not definite whether the railway department would agree to it or not. The other two under-rail bridge near Jandli and Ghel villages are also in the pipeline.
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Readying women to take on the world
Islamnagar (Karnal),
November 29 Girls, who would have been otherwise consigned to their homes waiting to be married off, are in the process of making something out of their lives and gaining in confidence to take on the world. Under the guidance of the Nehru Yuva Kender (NYK), Karnal, a centre was set up in the village exclusively for rural girls, Nari Yuva Kender, about four years back to teach them carpet making, beautician courses, fruit preservation and using a charkha. Durrie making has become a favourite course for 30 girls, who are members of this centre. President of the kender Ritu, who got trained in durrie making at Indri, is now passing on the skill to girls in her village. Ritu’s father, Rishipal, said: “The setting up of this kender has proved to be a blessing for the girls of this village. The skills taught here have given them an option to start their own business and earn money which will boost their self esteem and give them a new outlook towards life.” Sumanlata from the neighbouring Tusang village said after getting trained here she would start a similar kender at her village. Ritu earns Rs 3,000 per month for teaching at the kinder plus Rs 300 as stipend while the rest of the girls get a stipend of Rs 300 per month. “Making a simple durrie is easy but the one with floral designs and other patterns requires quite an effort,” said Ritu. She said a simple durrie takes about five days while a more elaborate one could take nearly two weeks to complete. The raw material for the durrie costs around Rs 250 and a finished one can be sold anywhere from Rs 800 to Rs 1,000, she added.
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Traffic violators in Ambala face tough action
Ambala, November 29 Officials concerned will ensure that traffic violators are booked promptly for their offence. The presence of senior officials will act as a morale booster for traffic police personnel to take action against traffic violators. Deputy commissioner, Ambala, Mohammad Shayin said the road safety week would be observed in Ambala district from December 3 to 10 in order to have a check on traffic violations. The traffic violations, which would be under scanner, include driving a vehicle without registration certificate, driving license and helmet, using cell phone while driving and use of red or blue lights without authorisation. Seven teams of HCS officers, revenue officers and police officers have been constituted to ensure the effective and stringent checking in areas allotted to them. Action would be taken for noncompliance of traffic rules under the Motor Vehicles Act. Shayin said emphasis was already being laid on checking the usage of two- wheelers by school students. At least 15 two-wheelers being driven by school students in Ambala city were impounded and the parents of those children were penalized, he said. He stated that similar exercise would be undertaken at Ambala Cantt as well. Driving of vehicles by minors was a serious matter and parents must desist from allowing their children to drive vehicles. Motorcycles and scooters being driven at high speed during morning and afternoon hours by school students has become a common sight in Ambala.
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Police struggles to catch pimps
Yamunanagar, November 29 Pimps send call girls to ‘customers’ in buses. The girls call their ‘customers’ after reaching the place and they pick and drop them from the nearest bus stand. As per information, girls from Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Chandigarh reach here in buses in late evenings and return early morning. A senior police official admitted that it was almost impossible to check such girls. He agreed that such practice was being adopted by a large number of pimps. However, the old age practice of hiring services of call girls from certain locations is still common. The police often receive complaints from the public regarding ‘suspicious activities’ of pimps. Recently, the police had arrested four women, including a newly-wed woman and her mother-in-law, and two pimps from here. Some of the guesthouses and motels located in Jagadhri and Yamunanagar have become the centre for prostitution. The owners of guesthouses and motels reportedly provide rooms for Rs 200 to Rs 500 and even ‘arrange girls’ for their customers. Women from migrant labour families are also involved in this business. About 50,000 migrant labourers are working here in different factories. Another alarming fact that came to light during surveys conducted by different agencies and during the police interrogation was unsafe sex, which has led to an increase in number of HIV + cases in the district. Two years ago, the Haryana State AIDS Control Society in collaboration with the district Red Cross Society had conducted a survey in some of the pockets of the district and reportedly found that over 1,200 persons were HIV +, said sources.
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Hybrid chillies flavour of Sonepat farmers
Sonepat, November 29 Initially, the scheme covers 250 acres of area in different villages of the district. The NHM has provided Rs 11.25 lakh as subsidy for seeds, fertilisers etc. The subsidy amount of Rs 11,250 per acre will be around 75 per cent of the total cost of around Rs 15,000 required for cropping chillies on one acre of land. There companies, Century Seeds, Hunhes and Namdev Uoma, have supplied seeds for demonstration plots. These include 12 kg by Century Seeds, 15 kg by Hunhes and 3 kg by Namdev. So far farmers of the villages located between the GT Road and the Yamuna have been growing chilli crop of desi varieties, which are not so remunerative.
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Jhajjar MC to light up streets
Jhajjar, November 29 The local body has prepared a project to install streetlights at about 2,500 points at various roads and streets. The lighting system will be installed soon after the approval of authorities concerned. High mast lights would be installed at eight main chowks of the town, sources said. The town used to engulf in darkness with eerie silence on the roads with the setting of sun as most of the lighting points had gone out of order. The problem completely slipped out of control as the fund starved MC failed to foot the electricity bills, amounting to Rs 1 crore, following which the electricity department disconnected power connections to the MC offices. Chairperson of the MC Kamla Jangra said the local body had got a grant of Rs 1 crore for the street lighting. The project had been sent to the DC for the final nod. She said the issue of outstanding electricity bill had also been sorted out.
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College’s lasting love for The Tribune
Yamunanagar, November 29 A large number of outsiders, including industrialists, politicians, academicians and bureaucrats, visit the college library to see the collection. The Tribune used to publish results and till date many people approach the library to see old results, said Dr Ramesh Kumar, principal of the college. The college management ensures that each and every copy of the English edition of The Tribune Group of Publications is bind and stacked in the library shelves. Maintaining the library of The Tribune was the brainchild of the then principal of the college, late Tilak Raj Chadha. He knew bound copies of The Tribune would become an asset of the college in future and he was right, said Kumar. “During the last Haryana Assembly elections, a Congress ticket aspirant called me up from Delhi and requested to send photocopies of certain news reports. He wanted to attach the photocopies along with the application form for the Congress ticket,” said the principal. The Tribune, over the years, has become one of the biggest sources of information and reference for students engaged in political research. The college is now planning to digitalise the collection as it is facing a problem of space.
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Inside Babudom
Chandigarh, November 29 After almost three years of being out in the cold, some of the officers are back in reckoning with the last transfer order of the government. The government, however, has intermittently been “accommodating” towards some officers who have had smooth sailing despite the regime change or have quickly made their place in new regime as well. Of the recent transfers effected by the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led government in the state, Ashok Yadav, who was shifted out of the office of deputy commissioner, Rohtak, the CM’s home district, and remained joint secretary, administrative reforms and Boundary Area Committee, from the start, has a reason to smile. In the recent reshuffle, he has been made director, Social Welfare, while the excise and taxation commissioner of the Chautala-regime, S.N. Roy, posted as special secretary, archives, till recently, has been made special secretary, public works department. Both posts are not as significant in terms of prize postings but the officials have the consolation of being allocated some work. After a “successful” stint as director, HAREDA, where she brought laurels for Haryana, Sumita Misra, too, has been “rewarded” with posting as director, agriculture. Among the police top brass, K.K. Misra, who served on the post of IG (prisons) during the tenure of former DGP Nirmal Singh, finds himself back on the rails with the new posting as IG (Railways), considered next only after the position of range IGs. Technology-savvy Anil Dawra, who served a long stint as IG (modernisation and welfare), has finally got his due in his posting as IG of the Rohtak range which includes the Chief Minister’s own constituency as well. The winds of change began to sweep the bureaucracy with the stepping in of K.K. Khandewal into the CM’s office as additional principal secretary to the Chief Minister. He was among the first few officers to be elevated in a major reshuffle after the Hooda government had reached the half-term mark, in which new faces got plum postings. Another important change came with the posting of D.S. Dhesi, a non-controversial officer, who was given the charge of the most-sought after department of town and country planning in place of Shakuntala Jakhu. Though the transfers maybe few in number, they are indicative of the change for the better for the section of bureaucracy which had been out of favour with the government for long. Though the government has not been vindictive towards the INLD all time favourites like Dr Harbaksh Singh, they are still out there, in the cold, waiting for the chill to thaw.
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Youth festival for technical institutions from Dec 1
Chandigarh, November 29 According to chairman-cum-CEO of Ganpati Educational Institutes Mukesh Kumar Sehgal, students from about 80 colleges of engineering, pharmacy, MBA, MCA, hotel management, physiotherapy, ayurvedic, medical and dental sciences will participate in the festival, the motto of which will be “Save the girl child”. These students, he said, will show their skills in events like choreography, music, mimicry, skits, group song, group dance and Sanskrit drama, which will be judged by prominent personalities in the relevant fields. Sehgal told TNS today that Ganpati’s would reward the best teacher in charge of the festival with a holiday package to a hill station. Keeping in line with the motto of the festival, a special award would be given to that institution which would send the maximum number of girl students. Set up in the foothills of Shivalik ranges at Bilaspur and Marwa Kalan in Yamunanagar district, the Ganpati Knowledge Temple was inaugurated by Haryana Governor A.R. Kidwai last year. In the very first year of its existence, the Ganpati established six institutions - Ganpati Institute of Technology and Management, Ganpati Polytechnic for Engineering, Shree Ganesh Polytechnic, Ganpati Institute of Hotel Management, Shree Ganesh College of Education and Ganpati Institute of Education for Girls. In middle of this month a three-day fest, “Junoon - 2007 -National Culture and Science Fest” was organised for schools students, in which 56 schools from seven states participated in various events.
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Citizen’s Grievance A new three-phase electricity connection applied by M\s Unitek Industries, 55, Industrial Area, Ambala Cantt, is pending with SDO Babyal, Ambala, and has not been expedited despite repeated reminders and visits to SE and XEN, Ambala. The security was deposited on March 31, test report was submitted on May 22 and SCO was issued on June 25. The department is incurring heavy losses of revenue on account of no action. The file is stuck in red tape for the last 8 months. M.S. Tandon, President, Haryana Chamber of Commerce & Industry Send your mail, in not more than 200 words, at adalat@tribunemail.com or, write in, at:Grievances, Haryana Plus, Sector 29, Chandigarh – 160 030
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2 more units to celebrate ‘gaurav diwas’
Faridabad, November 29 Krishanveer Chauhan, leader of Rajput Mahasabha, one of the nine organisations, said the two organisations would participate in the celebrations that would take place at the lawns of the Congress headquarters in the national capital. Apparently, the representatives of these organisations feel that Sonia Gandhi comes across as a person ready to sacrifice her personal interest. With regard to awarding Nobel Peace Prize to Sonia, they said she had emerged as a great ambassador of peace.
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Anganwadis to get facelift
Bhiwani, November 29 For this, the District Rural Development Authority (DRDA) office has sought proposals from the women and child development department in regard to the construction and basic facilities required for the facelift of anganwadi centres. These villages are Dhareru, Kalinga, Manheru in Bhiwani block; Taalu, Baliali, Rohnat in Buwani Khera block; Ranila and Bhagvi villages in Dadri I block; Adampur, Dadhi Bana, Jhojhu Kalan, Kheri Battur in Dadri II block; Tosham, Pinjokhara in Tosham block; Golagarh in Kairu block; Behal village in Behal block.
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