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Parties caught in Mayajaal
Hisar, August 4 BSP activists have been given thousands of copies of a 58-page booklet published by the UP information and public relations department listing Mayawati's achievements in her first year in the office. The booklet in Hindi also has English translation of the Hindi pages. The booklet has a rather long and unusual title, "Uttar Pradesh mein varshon se yahan sarvadhik dukhi avum upekshit rahe anusuchit jati/janjati vargon ko samaj ki mukhya dhara mein lane va inke utthan hetu vartmaan Pradesh sarkar dwara pichhle ek varsh mein (13 May 2007 se 13 May 2008 tak) liye gaye anekon aitihasik avum mahattvapuran nirnay." A picture of Mayawati in her now trademark off-white silk suit, adorns the cover against a blue background. The first inside cover carries photographs of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and BSP founder Kanshiram. The second inside cover features Jyotiba Phule, Sahuji Maharaj and Narayana Guru. The back cover carries a picture of Dr Bhimrao Aambedkar Samajik Parivartan Sthal, Lucknow. The booklet is being distributed free of cost by BSP cadres in the rural as well as urban areas. Newspaper offices all over the state have been sent dozens of copies of these booklets with the request that visitors may please be given these to read. Essentially, the booklet is a long list of decisions ostensibly taken by Mayawati in the first year of her tenure. The significant decisions include 41 per cent increase in budget allocation for SC/ST welfare, special drive for filling backlog of reserved posts, doubling wages of SC/ST workers, extension of reservations to the private sector and the special initiative for providing educational facilities at the international level for members of the SCs and STs. A total of 35 decisions have been included in the booklet covering various measures taken for amelioration of the lot of Mayawati's vote bank. However, eyebrows are being raised over BSP supporters distributing copies of an official UP government publication. Leaders of Haryana's political parties have criticised this brazen misuse of public funds for personal and political mileage. Nevertheless, the booklet has become a kind of showpiece in the houses of members of the Scheduled Castes and tribes in Haryana.
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'Tainted' past haunts INLD
The latest blow came in the form of conviction of five members of the HSSSB as well as its then secretary A.P. Jain Chandigarh, August 4 Much to the discomfort of sober party leaders, the latest bolt from the blue came in the form of conviction of five members of the Haryana Subordinate Services Selection Board (HSSSB) as well as its then secretary A.P. Jain at a time when the INLD is desperately in search of an alliance partner to contest the next Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. The case in which the HSSSB officials have been convicted relates to the sales tax inspectors recruited in 1989 when the Janata Dal (earlier incarnation of the INLD) was ruling the state. The selection was questioned on the basis that the names of certain successful candidates were substituted by those who had not even appeared in the test. In the taxation inspectors' case, the accused have been convicted and the sentence is to be pronounced on August 6. Strangely these allegations are similar to what were levelled in the JBT teachers' recruitment case, though the latter happened 11 years after the first. Obviously, the modus operandi to oblige their favourites adopted by the powers that be was the same in both cases. The allegations in both cases have withstood the judicial scrutiny. The similarities in the two cases do not end here. In both cases, the CBI inquiry started after the intervention of the Supreme Court. In the JBT teachers' case, among the accused are the senior Chautala and his eldest son Ajay Singh. In the taxation inspectors' case, the then members of the board who have been convicted are Bachan Ram, Samay Singh Kamboj, Devi Dayal, Rao Inderpal and Sukhdev Singh. If opponents of the INLD are able to play up these cases properly during the election time, the former ruling party will find it difficult in carrying conviction with the electorate on its promise of giving jobs on merit. The taxation inspectors' case is also a lesson to the functionaries of government recruitment agencies that no longer they can get away with mere quashing of selections made by them or, at best, judicial strictures against them.Now, they will have to even go to jail for doing the bidding of their political masters, if these biddings are illegal. It is perhaps for the first time, at least in Haryana, when senior functionaries of a government recruitment agency have been convicted for manipulating the selection lists of candidates for government posts. The infamous Ravi Sidhu case relates of Punjab. 
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HUDA plans image makeover
Chandigarh, August 4 Among its innovative steps, the authority has introduced a scheme of self-certification as a parallel system to facilitate construction of houses by doing away with all procedures of seeking approval for the sanction of building plan, DPC certificate and physical checking at the time of issue of completion certificate. Also, the authority has made it mandatory for its estate officers to carry out inspection of at least one sector in a fortnight. This has to be done after giving due notice to residents welfare associations after which a detailed report of the inspection will be posted on the website and complaint redressal initiated immediately. "All our efforts are now directed to ensuring that the public is not inconvenienced in any way and don't have to hop from table to table chasing files or cry themselves hoarse about their problems. We have tried to put up all details of cases and property on our website so that anybody can view the status of his case without having to make rounds of the office and wait for the officers and our officers are going to the people to listen to their complaints," maintains chief administrator HUDA T.C. Gupta, who has been instrumental in initiating the makeover. New planning norms have been made in view of the increasing needs of the residents of HUDA sectors. The decision for the planning of old sectors would improve road safety by providing outer traffic circulation routes and give the benefit of wider roads. While complete computerisation of plots and accounts of HUDA have been made, allottees in
Panchkula urban estate have been issued user-IDs and password to see the detail of their properties. The same facility would be extended to other urban estates shortly. The auction policy of commercial sites has been streamlined which has brought transparency in the auction as the reserve price of each site indicated in the public notice against each site. “In another step, bonafide entrepreneurs have been allowed to transfer the ownership of the building and factory immediately after the start of commercial production. Earlier, it was permissible after one year from the date of start of commercial production,” Gupta said. He said the policy regarding allotment of sites on lease for setting up CNG and PNG stations had been formulated for improving the quality of environment besides formulating policy regarding regularisation of nursing homes and clinics running in the residential areas so as to help the residents of the area to avail medical facilities in the
neighbourhood.
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Plan to set up Haryana haat revived
Rohtak, August 4 A recent meeting of INTACH Haryana state advisory committee, convened by its state convener R.L. Bawa, felt the need to take up the said proposal afresh with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Nabha House, situated near the Brahma Sarovar adjacent to Srikrishna Museum at Kurukshetra, is a mid-19th century sprawling building constructed by the king of Nabha. It was recovered from the ruins by the ASI and has been lying vacant for three years. INTACH wants to set up small shops there for selling ethnic articles on the pattern of Dilli Haat. Chairperson of the Haryana chapter of INTACH Komal Anand suggested that a permanent exhibition of photographs displaying tangible as well as intangible heritage of the 48-kos parikrama should also be put up at Nabha House. The meeting also decided to seek possession of the Bagh Wali Kothi, an early 20th century guesthouse building at Dujana, on a long lease from the Haryana government for opening an office-cum-museum and cultural resource centre
of INTACH. It was suggested that the mapping of threatened sites of Haryana that contain heritage value buildings and natural heritage be carried out so that information can be presented in a map form. Bawa informed the committee members that the third special issue of the INTACH’s newsletter, which focuses on Rohtak district, including Meham, had been published. He appreciated the contribution of Ranbir Singh, co-convener of the INTACH state chapter, in bringing out the newsletter. The proposal to declare Kurukshetra as member city of Indian cities heritage network programme of UNESCO was also taken up. The meeting resolved to pursue the task of getting MoU signed between the Kurukshetra municipality, INTACH and UNESCO in this regard. Convener of the Gurgaon district chapter of INTACH Nandita Lahiri was asked to take up the preparation of a project report for the conservation of Sethani ki Chhatri and structure of Delhi Gate, both located at Farukhnagar. The Sethani ki Chhatri was erected in 1867 AD and contains attractive murals done by a painter from Jaipur. Lahiri also suggested that heritage status be accorded to the old railway track from Garhi Harsaru to Farukhnagar. The matter relating to the renovation/conservation of the Mughal-era baoli located within the Kaithal civil hospital complex, besides the restoration of the tomb of Razia Sultana, was
also discussed.
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Scientific aids help in speedy investigation, says DGP
Karnal, August 4 The state government has recently allowed the fingerprint bureau of the police to purchase equipment worth Rs 140 lakh. These include live fingerprint scanners that help in taking fingerprints of criminals on the spot and get the same compared with the data bank of the state crime record bureau automatically. Laptops have also been purchased for fingerprint experts that bring about more efficiency in the working. Director-general of police Ranjeev Dalal said investments made in this field had started producing positive results. He said in June, the police had nabbed around 3,700 offenders in various cases across the state. The fingerprints of about 94 per cent of the offenders were taken and fed into records that enabled the investigating officers to track a number of criminals, the DGP said. He said new techniques had also provided the police with added advantage of proving the crime in the court of law. Last month, as many as 313 accused were convicted by various courts in cases pertaining to different crimes, Dalal said. While 47 accused were convicted in Jind, 37 offenders were punished in Hisar and Panipat. In Faridabad, the police was successful in proving the guilt of 36 criminals. In Yamunanagar, 27 accused were sentenced to jail terms. The DGP said a maximum number of 502 criminal cases were registered in Gurgaon while 484 cases were registered in Jind. In Bhiwani, the police recorded 364 cases and in Kaithal, there were 248 cases that were registered. Dalal said the latest techniques adopted by the police had played a vital role in increasing its effectiveness. He said efforts were also being made to bring about more dexterity in the police working in the near future.
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Parking mess chokes Kaithal roads
Kaithal, August 4 The absence of authorised parking places and earmarking of any space for vendors has become a major source of nuisance for the residents of this town. Besides residents, all those who have to pass through or visit this town have to face a lot of inconvenience as vehicles parked on the roadsides leave no space for traffic movement which results in frequent traffic jams. The rehriwalas have encroached upon major portions of almost all roads in the town. The municipal council authorities have failed to earmark any space for them to carry on their business. A number of times action has been initiated against these vendors in the past, but they get united and force the authorities to drop its move. The number of rehris has been increasing year after year, but no solution seems to be in sight. The presence of a large number of vendors near old bus stand on Mahesh chowk has become a major source of nuisance for commuters. Manifold increase in the number of vehicles over the past few years has also added to the traffic woes. Though the municipal council and local improvement trust have constructed a number of shopping complexes in the town, no attention has been paid to keep any space reserved for parking. In addition, big commercial institutions like banks and other retail majors, who have opened their outlets in the town, too, failed to provide proper parking places. The situation in the bazaars of old town has reached alarming proportions. As very little space is left for the movement even pedestrians find it difficult to move on such congested places. A number of times vehicles collide and brawls take place. The introduction of one-way traffic in worst-hit areas, too, failed to yield desired results as the authorities failed to enforce the orders effectively. The authorities have also failed to check the entry of vehicles in bazaars during peak hours. Many barricades set up to check entry of big vehicles in busy places have been damaged. The civil and police authorities, which remain under pressure due to VIP visits and numerous public problems, find little time to chalk out a strategy to regulate the traffic in the town. When contacted, deputy commissioner Vikas Gupta said he had an earnest desire to solve this and other problems faced by the public and he had asked the MC authorities to develop parking places and restrict the entry of vehicles in the congested areas during rush hours.
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Incentive for parents of single girl child
Sirsa, August 4 But the initiative of a private group running educational institutions in the town has been very well received here. The Sirsa School, run by the JCD Vidyapeeth, Sirsa, has decided to give a novel incentive to parents with a single girl child. The school will provide free education at senior secondary-level to all such girls, who are the only child of their parents and have secured at least 60 per cent marks in the matriculation examination. Director-general of the JCD Vidyapeeth Kuldip Singh Dhindsa told the mediapersons that such students would also be provided scholarship of Rs 500 per month. Besides this, Dhindsa said the only girl child of their parents getting admission to the sixth standard of the school would also be exempted from paying any fees. The vidyapeeth would also provide books free of cost to such girls in case their parents are not in a position to afford their education.
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Patvi project raises hope for clean Ambala
Ambala, August 4 The project has been completed successfully within its scheduled time of two years, much to the relief of the people of
the district. The sanitary landfill in Ambala has a capacity of 125 tonne solid waste processing per day for the disposal of inert/reject material thereby reducing the hazardous pollution while on the other hand providing bio-compost (organic) manure and bio-fertilisers. The plant will be operated and maintained by Taurant Projects Ltd. The plant has been designed by NBCC and is a joint initiative between NBCC and Taurant Projects and is the first ever integrated plant in the country. The plant is eco-friendly and complies with the norms laid down by the pollution control board and has been fenced with trees and plants planted around it to create a green buffer zone. The project will give much needed relief to the residents of Ambala city who suffered due to malpractice of dumping of garbage in the open areas. The administration has already given contracts in Ambala Cantt and Ambala city for door-to-door collection of garbage. In city, the process has already started while in Cantt it will start soon. The residents will have to pay a nominal amount for this service while the MC will transport it to the plant in Patvi. The ministry of urban development had selected the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) as implementing agency for solid waste management under 100 per cent centrally sponsored scheme in eight selected airfield towns i.e. Sirsa, Jodhpur, Pune, Gawaliar, Adampur, Ambala, Dundigal and Tejpur for the mitigation of bird-hit menace to IAF aircrafts leading to the loss of costly defence aircraft and loss of invaluable lives.
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CDLU ‘qualifies’ for central varsity status
Sirsa, August 4 Though it will still take some more time before the infrastructural shortcomings are taken care of, the university has started attracting students from all over the state. The CDLU was set up in 2003 by an Act of the state legislature with a view to providing higher education and research in the emerging areas of information technology, computer education, biotechnology, environmental studies, humanities, technology and management and to achieve excellence in those fields. Colleges of five districts falling under the Hisar administrative division were transferred to the CDLU. Prior to this, the colleges of Hisar, Fatehabad, Jind and Sirsa were affiliated to Kurukshetra University while those of Bhiwani district were affiliated to Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak. The university, however, failed to deliver mainly due to the paucity of teaching and non-teaching staff. It has failed to even announce the results in time. The students, who were already sulking for having been thrust upon a new university with little public recognition, launched a protest for reverting back to their parent universities. This forced the state government to convert the CDLU to a residential university and all colleges affiliated to this university were sent back to their parent universities. Initially, the CDLU had to work without the services of a regular vice-chancellor, but the university is now back on the track with its present vice-chancellor K.C. Bhardwaj. Efforts of Bhardwaj ensured liberal grants from the state government and with that the university started getting a facelift. After the construction of its new administrative block is completed, the offices of the vice-chancellor and other functionaries will be shifted there from the faculty house where these are being housed now. Construction activities on a new teaching block are also under way near the old teaching block, Tagore Bhawan. Talking to The Tribune, Bhardwaj informed that at present there were 16 teaching departments in the university offering several courses. “A community radio station is being set up by the department of journalism and mass communication of the university and it will start broadcasting programmes by December 2008,” said Bhardwaj. He said renowned academicians and professionals had been associated with the preparation of the course curriculum. “Efforts are being made to recruit more academically sound teachers and non-teaching staff for the university,” the vice-chancellor claimed. Dilbag Singh, reader in the computer education department, and director of public relations of the CDLU, maintained that the university met all requirements to be elevated to the status of a central university. He said the Prime Minister had already announced that central universities would be opened in all states of the country and going by the geographical situation of Sirsa the CDLU deserved that status. “Students of the NCR area already have access to the best universities of the country. If the CDLU is accorded the status of a central university, students from Punjab and Rajasthan will also be benefited besides those of Haryana,” Dilbag Singh added.
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Ancient trough carries a ‘curse’
Rewari, August 4 It all happened in the second half of the 16th century when Gopal Das became the first disciple-saint of the enlightened saint, Baba Mohan Das, at his temple in Bharawas village, which lies beside the ancient Delhi-Ajmer road, 7 km from Rewari. One night, Baba asked Gopal to fetch water from the well. Legend has it that Gopal, who too possessed miraculous divine powers like his guru, went to the well without a string, made the water at the bottom of the well rise to the brim through his divine powers and then filled his tumbi (a pot made from dried gourd) and took it to Baba, who drank the water. However, when Mohan Das came to know about Gopal’s feat, he, in a fit of holy wrath, cursed him saying, “O dog! You have unnecessarily tormented Varun Dev (God Mercury), may you be crippled.” Soon Gopal became a cripple to the dismay of all present. Later, Baba sent for a marble trough out of which the “crippled” Gopal virtually had his food like a dog for 12 long years after which the curse as well as Gopal’ disability was completely gone. Mohan Das now asked Gopal to move to Tint village, 7 km from Bharawas, as like two equal-sized swords not finding simultaneous access in one single sheath, the guru and the disciple, who were both endowed with divine powers, could not occupy the same hermitage simultaneously. While leaving, Gopal Das placed his tongue-spotted marble trough upside down with instructions that in future only a perfect (superbly divine) saint like him would be entitled to use this trough for taking meals. At Tint, Gopal performed numerous miracles and earned for himself popular veneration beyond measure. At his samadhi at Tint, a fair is held on the occasion of makar sankranti annually when lakhs of his devotees from various parts of the country pay their obeisance to this saint. On the other hand, the above trough lies on a specially erected platform near the holy shrine (samadhi) of Mohan Das in his temple at Bharawas. The historic well now lies in ruins on the bank of the Mohan sarovar in the temple complex at Bharawas. Thousands of people visit the temple at Bharawas on various occasions to offer obeisance at the samadhi. Simultaneously, they also pay their respects to the trough, the historic heens tree, saint Gharib Das’ miraculous gudri (a patched bedding) and other sacred relics.
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RLSS works for welfare of martyrs’ families
Rewari, August 4 Thanks to the support of the Hooda government as well as the district administration, the pecuniary benefits of this special scheme, which was formally launched by the RLSS in 2006, for the welfare of daughters of the martyrs of the Rezang La war, have amply percolated to 100 girl children of martyrs of other post-independence wars. As many as 114 Ahir jawans and other officers of the Charlie Company of the 13th Kumaon regiment had laid down their lives in the historic battle of Rezang La which was fought against the Chinese at Rezang La post at the height of 18,000 ft in Chushul sector of the Ladakh region on November 18, 1962. Out of these, 62 were from Haryana, including 30 from Rewari district alone. Simultaneously, out of the 10 survivors of the battle, seven were from Rewari district alone. Under the above scheme, the RLSS has already presented Kisan Vikas Patras (KVP) for Rs 5,000 each to as many as 57 girls, according to general secretary of the RLSS Naresh Chauhan. As many as 100 other girl children from the families of martyrs of other post-independence wars in Rewari have also been awarded KVPs for Rs 5,000 each by the district administration. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who has always evinced a keen interest in the promotion of the scheme, also distributed KVPs to 29 girl children of Rezang La martyrs at a special samaroh held under the aegis of the RLSS at Haryana Bhawan in New Delhi on March 12, 2006. Former union minister and chief patron of the RLSS Col Ram Singh, said that the KVP was a bumper saving scheme and the total amount received at the expiry of the maturity period in each case would be spent on higher education as well as marriages of the girls. Stating that there were over 1,450 martyrs in Haryana who laid down their lives in various wars fought after independence, Naresh Chauhan said that the RLSS would now like some other NGOs to emulate the example of Rewari district and extend such benefits of the scheme to girl children of the above martyrs in the remaining 19 districts of the state expeditiously.
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Society makes blood donation a mass movement
Sirsa, August 4 Constituted by a group of senior doctors of the town on August 26, 1999, the samiti has been successful in carrying out a blood donation campaign in Sirsa district. Through awareness campaigns, the samiti has been able to set up as many as 93 blood donor clubs in different villages of the district. “We organised a mega blood donation camp on January 10, 1997, at Chaudhary Dalbir Singh Indoor Stadium, Sirsa, in which about 11,500 donors got themselves registered, although only 2,400 unit of blood could be collected due to the paucity of material. It was on that day the idea of constituting a samiti was conceived,” said Dr Ved Beniwal, secretary of the samiti. Since then the samiti has been organising blood donation camps, “donor recruitment drives” and AIDS awareness programmes in the district. “The samiti has so far organised as many as 121 group discussions and interactive sessions addressing various groups like villagers, students, offices, clubs, religious groups, political groups, trade unions and government departments,” Dr Beniwal informed. It has also organised many state-level conferences of senior doctors in which presentation on hematology and blood transfusion was made by senior faculty members of several medical colleges. “The samiti has been working in close coordination with many NGOs active in the area to solicit their support and involvement in various projects,” he said. The samiti has also opened its own Shiv Shakti Blood Bank at the circular road in Sirsa town, where anyone can get blood at processing cost. The blood bank supplies not only blood but also has the provision of supplying blood components like platelets, plasma and packed cells. “It is perhaps the only blood bank of the state where a major share of replacement of blood comes through donations,” says director of the blood bank R.M. Arora. In most blood banks the replacement comes through those who need blood for their kin. One has to give the number of units to the blood banks as replacement for units needed by him. “Though replacement is demanded in Shiv Shakti Blood Bank too, but 60 per cent of our blood collection comes through blood donations. When we started the bank in August 2000, our blood collection through donations was merely 14.7 per cent,” added Dr Arora. “Here in Shiv Shakti Blood Bank, we are providing the safest blood for transfusion after conducting all five mandatory tests i.e. HIV, Hepatitis-B, Hepatitis-C, Malaria and VDRC,” concludes Dr
Beniwal.
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Tragic scenes off Haryanavi skits in youth fest
Jhajjar, August 4 The new rule has come into force with immediate effect. Tragic scenes in the skits were being consistently used in the past by a majority of college teams of eight districts i.e. Rohtak, Jhajjar, Sonepat, Bhiwani, Rewari, Mahendergarh, Faridabad and Gurgaon, falling under the jurisdiction of MDU at the youth festival. Experts who perform their duty as judges in the festival are of the view that skit means a short performance of comic events having flavour of comedy, humour and wits, but due to incorporating heartbreaking sequences, the script turns into tragic mood that spoils the gist of the script. Sources reveal that keeping in view the objections of the experts, the university administration has decided to put the matter before its Youth Welfare Committee (YWC) that made an addition to the existing skit rules after pondering over the issue at its annual meeting held recently under the chairmanship of MDU vice-chancellor. Apart from this, choreography event has been removed from the list of competitive items of youth festival owing to the lack of performance standard and proper presentation of this event as observed over the years. Now, creative dance (solo) will take the place of choreography. Judgment on performance of the newly introduced item would be based on the qualities like taal, technique, rhythm, expression, costumes, footwork etc.
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Hisar doc is WHO brand ambassador
Hisar, August 4 An e-mail received by Dr Garg from Elizabeth Sharp, WHO secretary and in charge programme director for South Asia, Geneva, said the appointment had been made in recognition of his international achievements in ophthalmology. It said, “The WHO appreciates and commends your international research work in ocular therapeutics and extraordinary academic work in the field of ophthalmic book publications which is unique and unparallel”. As part of his responsibilities, Dr Garg will deliver faculty lectures in various parts of the world sponsored by the WHO. He will also be presented an award at a ceremony scheduled to be held in Geneva in September next. Dr Garg has also been made permanent member of an international programme on the prevention of blindness that provides guidance to various countries for running this programme. Last year, Dr Garg made it to the Guinness Book of World Records and the Limca Book of Records for writing maximum number of books on ophthalmology.
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Pisciculture popular in Fatehabad
Fatehabad, August 4 Due to the presence of a large Bishnoi population, who shun non-vegetarian food, the district does not have much demand for fish. Yet pisciculture (fish farming), which is being promoted by the state fisheries department, has yielded good results in this district. The district fisheries-cum-chief executive officer, fisheries farmers’ development agency, Atma Ram, informed The Tribune that out of the 244 villages of the district, 167 had been covered under the pisciculture campaign by the department. “The numbers of farmers who have ventured in to pisciculture has risen to 210 which has helped us a lot in generating job avenues for the unemployed youths,” said Atma Ram. A number of unemployed youths have taken panchayat ponds on long-term lease and started producing fish there. The panchayats have been receiving a total lease amount of Rs 4.56 lakh per annum. This is serving the dual purpose of providing employment to the unemployed youths and at the same time adding to the income of panchayats. Besides, there are 47 others who have constructed their own ponds on their agriculture lands. The fish production per hectare of land in Fatehabad district is also very high i.e. 5,000 kg per hectare. The authorities started with a target of bringing 470 hectares of the water area under pisciculture in 2004-05 but ended up at 287.87 hectare. During 2005-06, the target was reset at 450 hectares, but the authorities ended up in achieving 360 hectares. The next year, the fisheries department succeeded in achieving its targets when it brought 450 hectares of water under pisciculture, which was also the target for the year. The authorities have, however, exceeded their target this year by bringing 523 hectare of water under pisiculture against a target of 500 hectares. The fish production, which was 1,625.5 tonne in 2004-05, has reached up to 2,935 tonne in
2007-08.
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Citizens’ Grievances
The Chhachhrauli-Jagadhri road has a stretch of 7-8 km, which is full of crater-shaped potholes. It is all the more difficult during rainy season when rainwater accumulates in the pits and poses a hazard to the lives of the people. Moving on the road with the lack of concentration can cause serious accidents. Moreover, drivers of heavy vehicles like trucks, trolleys, canters etc. run on the road without any adhering to the traffic rules. It seems that the authorities have turned a blind eye to the blatant violation of traffic rules and maintenance of the road. It is high time that steps should be taken in this regard else road users will continue to face risk to their lives.
Shivranjan Garg,
Chhachhrauli Bad condition of park A small park opposite lane 146-153 in HUDA sector is being ignored by the administration. Residents complain that this park is in the worst condition, as it has no boundary wall. Grass and plants have been damaged by the stray animals, who have a permanent stay in the park. The residents of the lane demand that a boundary wall should be constructed around it and the park should be maintained properly. Surinder Pal Singh Wadhawan,
Shahabad Markanda
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