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Preferential plot allotment
scheme
Chandigarh, December 15 The scheme is the new incarnation of what was earlier known as the Chief Minister's discretionary quota in HUDA plots till 1996. The new policy was approved by the state cabinet on October 21 last. HUDA has invited applications from persons of Haryana domicile, who have distinguished themselves in the fields of art, culture, social service, science and technology, judiciary, defence or sports. A Karnal-based NGO in the field of art and culture, the Haryana Institute of Fine Arts (HIFA), has described the scheme as “incomplete, impractical, and partial, far from being realistic and a total eye wash." In a letter to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, HIFA pointed out that till date no Haryanavi had been awarded the Bharat Ratna, Nobel Prize, Ramon Magasaysay Award, the Janapeeth Award or the Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award. Similarly, no person of Haryana domicile had become the Chief Justice of India or the Chief of Naval or Air staff. The present Chief of the Army Staff is an honourable exception. There were only three Olympian medal winners of the Haryana domicile. HIFA said it was highly unimaginable that a person of the stature of the chief justice or chiefs of defence forces would apply for a small piece of land measuring one kanal from HUDA. The organisation said there were many celebrities of the Haryana domicile like Pandit Jasraj, Kapil Dev, Manoj Kumar, Raghurai, Prahlad Kakkar, Ustam Aslam Saabri, Sonu Nigam, Surinder Sharma, Subhash Ghai, Malika Sherawat, Nafisa Ali, Satish Kaushik, Sanjay Dutt, Virender Sehwag, Ustad Mamman Khan, Vinod Sehgal, Seema Antil, Swadesh Deepak, Sansar Chand, Vishnu Parbhakar and K.L. Zakir, who would never be able to get plots under this scheme. HIFA has suggested that the scheme should be reframed to include recipients of all Padma awards. Along with Jananpeeth awardees, winners of the awards instituted by government agencies in the fields of visual and performing arts should also be made eligible under the scheme. Similarly, winners of the highest sports awards, instituted by the union department
It said the plots of sizes varying from 10 marla to two kanal should be allotted under the scheme. At present, under the new scheme only 14-marla and one kanal plots can be allotted. HIFA also demanded subsidy on the cost of the plots as well as the provision of interest-free installments.
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Upbeat Cong sounds poll bugle Chandigarh, December 15 Sounding the bugle for preparedness, the party in charge for Haryana, Moti Lal Vora, has asked party leaders in the state to notify a date for holding a training camp of party workers to finalise the election strategy. The decision for the camp is likely to be finalised soon by the state unit in consultation with Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president Phool Chand Mullana. Besides Vora, a number of senior leaders at the Centre are likely to address the camp to finalise the course of the election campaign in the state. Sources add that while the run-up to the training camp will involve a brainstorming session of senior leaders of the state, Vora is out to tighten the noose around “errant” leaders who have not been adhering to the directions issued from the Centre and ignoring workers’ and public interests. While all ministers will be required to answer a questionnaire of their
performance during their tenure, achievements and shortfalls both, Vora is learnt to be separately writing to all district Congress committees (DCC) to provide their feedback on attendance by ministers in DCC offices while on tour in a district. The ministers, in a recent directive, had been asked to visit DCC offices while on tour in the district and to redress grievances of the public, if any, at the party office in the district. However, this has conveniently been ignored by most ministers most of the time since they usually visit district for inaugurations or meetings and leave right after. “The state unit has been asked to prepare its voter list and submit these to the party leaders. A booth-level report on the standing of the party, especially in view of the delimitation exercise, has also been sought. The in charge will be meeting all MLAs and MPs separately also for first-hand information of the goings-on in the state unit and our position on ground,” a senior leader states. With the Congress retaining Delhi yet again and assuming power in Rajasthan, the state unit, too, is hoping that “development-for-success” mantra will hold good in Haryana as well. “In Delhi, good governance has brought us back to power. We see no reason why it should not be true for Haryana as well. Rising prices, inflation, terrorism, all that the Opposition wanted to use against us, stands defeated. We are bound to be the gainers in terms of seats whether it is in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election or the Vidhan Sabha in 2010,” a leader maintains.
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Purchase of cotton Sirsa, December 15 As if this was not enough, an alleged nexus between the CCI officials and private ginners is also causing much harm to the farmers. Blocking vehicular traffic on the Dabwali road, where most of the cotton units are situated, has become the order of the day. Sirsa is the largest cotton-producing district in Haryana, accounting for nearly 40 per cent of the total production. Consequently, the district has largest number of cotton ginning mills i.e. 24 units. Not only this, production and yield per acre of the cotton is also at an all-time high this year. Last year, the area under cultivation of cotton in the district was 1.80 lakh hectares, but this year it has fallen to 1.50 lakh hectares, according to Pardeep Meel, deputy director, Agriculture, Sirsa. He says almost 90 per cent of the cotton sown in the district is of Bt variety. But against a yield of 19.8 quintals per hectare last year, the farmers are getting 25 quintals per hectare this time, Meel adds. Cotton producing farmers had been having a smooth ride till global meltdown started devouring business after business internationally in October this year. Ginners had been purchasing cotton at rates much higher than the MSP of Rs 2,700 per quintal till the prices fell sharply in the international market. “We had been purchasing cotton at a rate between Rs 3,000 per quintal and Rs 3,050 per quintal till the end of September. The saleable cotton was costing us Rs 2,300 per mound of 37.32 kg and selling for Rs 2,900 per mound at that time but now the sale price has fallen to Rs 2,160 per mound resulting in losses to the industry,” says Sushil Mittal, president of the Haryana Cotton Ginning Industries Association. Fall in prices has shifted the onus on the CCI to purchase all cotton that is coming to the market. “While the CCI offers us MSP of Rs 2,700 per quintal, the private ginners purchase at the rates of their choice ranging from Rs 2,600 to Rs 2,625 per quintal or sometimes even less," says Malkiat Singh, a farmer from the Chopta area of the district. "The CCI has not been purchasing our produce. We come to the mandis with our produce and wait in the open for 4-5 days and eventually end up selling our produce to the traders at lesser rates in distress,” says Ram Partap, a farmer from Panjuana. "There is a nexus between the CCI officials, traders and the ginners, who have been fleecing the gullible farmers. The market committee officials, too, have been looking the other way," he alleges. The CCI finds one excuse or the other to refuse the cotton of the farmers, the farmers allege, adding that the central agency has now put a condition of seeing land ownership documents before purchasing any cotton from the farmers. The CCI, on the other hand, maintains that it is not equipped to purchase the amount of cotton that is coming to the grain markets these days. "Five to six thousands bales of cotton have been arriving in the market these days, but we do not have the wherewithal to purchase more than 400-500 bales of cotton in a day. We do not have weighing arrangements for more. It is a mess created by the global recession and we do not have any answer to this," says R.C. Bansal, branch manager of the CCI here.
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State-of-the-art sugar mill in Rohtak Rohtak, December 15 The outdated mill will be replaced by a new one on the outskirts of this town the work for which is in progress. The new mill is likely to start operations from the next crushing season. Sugarcane has been the traditional crop of the district. Villagers used to engage “kohlus” for crushing sugarcane and preparing “khandsri”. The farmers of this area have a special affinity for this crop since ancient times. Even today, 85 crushers and one mini-sugar plant are operational in Gudda. The first step towards mechanised crushing was taken in 1954 with the registration of Rohtak sugar mill. Commissioned on January 31, 1957, it is the oldest cooperative sugar mill of the state. The present jurisdiction of the mill extends to an irrigated area of 3 lakh acres covering Rohtak, Jhajjar and Bhiwani districts. The extension of irrigation facilities and mechanised farming has raised the productivity to a level which had forced the sugar mill for crushing up to July. The late crushing not only affected the output but also forced the farmers to stop sugarcane plantation. The obsolete technology with low crushing capacity forced the farmers to cut sugarcane plantation. It is learnt that the proposal to shut down the present mill and replace it with a new state-of-the-art mill was placed before the government a couple of years back. The board of directors agreed to shift the mill to the outskirts of the town and start a modern sugar complex. The proposal has been approved by the government. The work on new sugar complex has been going on at a fast pace with 90 per cent of the civil jobs having already completed. Major machinery i.e. boiler, turbine and mill rollers have already arrived at the site and its erection is being executed. According to managing director of the mill Naresh Narwal, the new mill would be able to produce export quality sugar, besides generating 12 MW of power. The pace of work of the new mill has motivated the farmers of this area to grow more of sugarcane in the next season.
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Teachers hail move on medical security over Chandigarh, December 15 In a statement issued here today, general secretary of the federation Rajbir Prashar said the teaching community was highly appreciative of the assurance given by the Chief Minister. He said two generations of teachers had been working in about 90 government-aided colleges of the state without proper medical cover. He said the HFUCTO had taken up the issue with the government and had pointed out that the teachers and employees of the government-aided polytechnics in Haryana were already getting this facility. Prashar said HFUCTO also welcomed the statement of the Chief Minister that the condition of rural service would be relaxed for the teachers of government colleges for getting the senior and selection scales. He said this precondition of rural service was a big impediment in an otherwise automatic entry of the teachers in next scales. HFUCTO had brought to the notice of the government that there were several subjects, which were not being taught in rural colleges and hence the precondition of rural service was a hurdle in the career promotion of the teachers of these subjects.
HFUCTO urged the state government to give the basic pay of Rs 14,940 to the librarians of the state's universities and colleges as per the UGC guidelines, which, Prashar said, were being misinterpreted at the official level. He said justice should be done to the librarians so that they did not feel discriminated against.
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College management panel violates rules Hisar, December 15 Here is a classic example of how universities and the department of higher education of the government abet and aid violation of their rules by the DAV colleges and the non-statutory DAV Colleges Managing Committee, New Delhi. The New Delhi- based committee appointed the principals of two DAV colleges in Haryana by way of transfer from one college to another without seeking approval of either the university concerned or the commissioner, higher
education (CHE), Haryana. Incidentally, these posts are selection posts required to be filled by advertisement on an all-India basis. Not only that, government and university rules make it mandatory that each affiliated college has its own individual managing committee whose composition has been described in the university calendar and the Haryana Security of Services Act meant for staff of affiliated government-aided colleges. Only this management can appoint a principal by advertising the post. However, after the New Delhi- based committee appointed two principals by way of transfer, there was pressure on the university authorities for ignoring the rules. Instead of rejecting the appointments, the dean of colleges of Kurukshetra University wrote a letter to the CHE saying the New Delhi- based body had ordered appointments by transfer and hence the organisation was inter se "compromising merit and competition". He had the audacity to suggest to the CHE that the government challenge these appointments in a court
of law. It is pertinent to mention here that rules desired that the university not approve these illegal transfers and ask the legally constituted managing body of the college concerned to fill the posts in accordance with law failing which it should have disaffiliated the college. But that did not happen and the principals continue to function and draw their salaries. Even the CHE is not implementing the law and enforcing its authority. Following a spate of applications under the RTI, the CHE wrote to the managing committees of the two colleges to send these principals back to their parent institutions. However, the colleges ignored these orders and the principals continue to function despite the fact that their appointments had been rejected by the
CHE. The CHE, in turn, failed to stop the payment of grant-in-aid to these colleges for non-implementation of government rules. So, the government continues to pay the salary of these principals even though it has not approved their appointments. The New Delhi- based managing body is functioning like a university by itself. It continues to exercise control over employees of DAV colleges and schools in Haryana with both the CHE and the universities turning a blind eye to its illegal actions. It continues to transfer employees on an all-India basis violating every law in the process.
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“Beyond the Horizon” presents confluence of varied images
Gurgaon, December 15 The artists whose creations have been displayed include Anupriya Munoth from Indore, Badri from Hyderabad, Koushal Choudhry from Mumbai, Narender Mehta and Dr Sindhu Nair from Gurgaon, Rahul Saini from Jalandhar and Shakti Singh Ahlawat from
Rohtak. Anupriya”s aesthetic creations establish her as a visual poetess of feminine beauty. Her art works evoke a wide range of emotions - and fantasies - in the mind of the viewer. Her exhibited works include “A Serene Soul”, “Vivacious”, “Lovable Beauty” and “Nature of Woman”, all of which are straightforward, soulful and expressive. The artist’s creations present a rare blend of beauty, fantasy and poetic quality which trigger a series of unrestricted imaginations in the viewer’s mind. Comprising bold lines and bright colours, Badri’s art displays a penchant for things religious. At the same time, it has a playful charm and a touch of fantasy. His imageries make one see the traditional images and symbols from a new angle. His stylised Ganeshas, Durga and Jesus highlight his approach as well as his linear prowess, while “Harinamsmaranam” is a good example of a highly communicative design. “Sagaramathnam” is another good tell-tale visual that catches viewers’ attention for its symbolism and imaginative approach.
Choudhry’s work is visionary, issue-based and lavish. The use of highlighting colours in the artist’s compositions and suggestiveness in his approach demand a meaningful interpretation. His bold and inspiring work has a distinct style which is imaginative as well as thought-provoking. His paintings like “Above the BSE” and “Controlling the Bull” present fine examples of manifestations of the artist’s social concern. Mehta ventures to capture the immense beauty of nature in his works. Apt selection of colours lends a unique visual quality to his creations. The artist’s honest and cheerful approach towards life is amply reflected in his paintings. The flowers in his paintings seem to be smiling with joy. By presenting nature’s pristine beauty in a subtle, yet attractive way, he draws a universal appeal and leaves a lasting impression on the viewer’s mind. Apart from his passion for flowers, the artist seems to be drifting towards divinity in his serene works on
Buddha. Saini’s thematic and colourful works are inclined towards curvilinear and soft lines leading to soothing compositions. A vibrant use of bright and playful colours and forms is prevalent in his works, which have an inherent Indian eminence. Feminine forms have been beautifully explored in his imaginative and stylistic works. Partly abstract and partly fantastic, his creations sometimes turn sculptural. Works like “Dasi” and “Love” give one the feel of sensuousness, as well as a deep emotive quality. “Music of the Night”, “Horizon” and “Day and Night” please the eye in a poetic way.
Ahlawat’s works are beset with a poetic quality and nationalistic fervour. There is a remarkable command and maturity in his strokes and the colour application. His realistic approach to art gives birth to a set of believable visuals which are mostly pleasant and touch the heart of the viewer. The artist is equally at ease in works on rural folk, female figures and images of gods. “A Rural Smile”, a beautiful portrait in
watercolour, deserves special mention as it asserts the artist’s creative
dexterity. Nair’s contemporary work exhibits stamped impressions of India. Her deep and intense work refuses to be bound in any boundaries. Engaging for the eye as well as the mind, her art ranges from religion to abstractionism. She plays with a wide variety of colours and textures. The collection exhibits a variety of moods, emotions, colours, ideas and themes. “Baby Krishna”, “Blue Buddha” and “Calmness” represent her rich inheritance of tradition.
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Religious
tourism Ambala, December 15 All these religious places are taken care of and maintained by their own managements. However, if the government takes an initiative to develop these places, the number of devotees would increase and their historical importance would also become more prominent. Ambala has a number gurdwaras of historical significance like Manji Sahib, Badshahi Bagh, Panjokhra Sahib, Lakhnaur Sahib and Sis Ganj. It also has a few churches of the British time, including St. Paul Church. Ambika Devi temple here is one of the oldest temples. Badshahi Bagh gurdwara is a witness to the spiritual power of Guru Gobind Singh, who stayed here while coming from Lakhnaur Sahib where he had gone to meet his maternal parents in 1670. St. Paul Church in Ambala cantonment is one of the oldest churches of North India. It was consecrated in 1857. The church building was destroyed during the Indo-Pak war in 1965. Only one of its towers remained undamaged. Later, Indira Gandhi visited the bombed site. The church was neither repaired nor renovated since then and now it is being recognised as a war memorial. Ambika Devi temple in the city is a prominent holy place. Thousands of devotees visit this temple during Navratras. It is said that the name, Ambala, was derived from the Hindu goddess in whose name the temple was built. It is also said that it was constructed in the memory of three sisters of the Mahabharata period, Amba, Ambe and Ambalika.
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Traffic lights create chaos in Fatehabad
Fatehabad, December 11 The lights have been installed by some private agency hired by the authorities. But after the installation, the flow of traffic got hampered. The traffic has to be stopped for more than 90 seconds on both sides of the national highway to accommodate those going towards the Bhattu road from one side of the triangular Ambedkar Chowk. The long duration of the stoppage results in long queues of vehicles on both sides of the road and it takes long to clear the traffic after the stoppage. Interestingly, while the stoppage is for 95 seconds, the green light to clear the road is for 30 seconds only. As a result, there is a perpetual blockage of roads at the time of vehicular rush. Surprisingly, the authorities failed to take note of some very vital points before installing the traffic lights. “The exit and entry of fire tender service is hardly a few yards from the place where lights are installed. The exit point often remains clogged during the heavy traffic hours. How the fire tenders will manage to come out in case a fire breaks up anywhere in the town?" says Rajiv Narang, a local shopkeeper. Not only this, the local bus stand is also situated nearby and both the entry and exit doors of the bus stand are seen blocked due to long queues of traffic. Admitting the fact that there has been some shortcomings in the planning, SP Saurabh Singh said the agency that installed the lights would be asked to review the planning. “The chowk is not like a normal crossing and its peculiar type is posing problems. We will plan the timings of the lights again and have called the representatives of the agency for this purpose," the SP added.
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Sugarcane farmers turn to wheat cultivation
Chandigarh, December 15 Though the Commission on Agriculture Costs and Prices
(CACP) has recommended Rs 1080 as the MSP on wheat this year, the state government and various farmer organisations have demanded that the MSP be fixed at Rs 1200 per quintal against Rs 1000 per quintal this year. Being an election year, the Centre is likely to give in to this demand and woo the huge votebank amongst the farming community. Though the CACP had earlier announced an increase in the MSP on paddy to RS 1000 per quintal, this proposal was turned down by the Union Cabinet. The Centre had announced an MSP of Rs 850 per quintal , and later granted a Rs 50 per quintal as bonus. This MSP was considered by many as too low. No wonder that a high MSP for both wheat and paddy has forced the sugarcane farmers across Haryana to now shift to wheat and paddy. It is estimated that around 50,000 hectares of area has been diverted from sugarcane to wheat -paddy crop rotation in the past two years. During this year itself, the area under wheat cultivation has increased by 13,000 hectares. As against an area of 24.62 lakh hectares under wheat cultivation last year, the area under wheat is expected to be 24.75 lakh hectares. The union agriculture ministry is targeting to increase the total area across the country under wheat by one million hectare this year.The production target is fixed at 785 lakh tonnes as compared to an output of 784 lakh tonnes recorded last year. Officials in the agriculture department, Haryana, informed TNS that this year, they were also expecting a good rise in wheat production. B.S Duggal, additional director, agriculture, informed TNS that as against a total wheat production of 102 lakh tonnes in 2007-08, they were expecting the wheat production to go up to 104 lakh tonnes. "The temperature is quite favourable this time for wheat production. The low temperature leads to better tillering of the crop, which will ensure a higher wheat production. If the temperature remains favourable at the time of crop maturity, we will record the highest productivity," he said.
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Commuters rue costly travel to Chandigarh
Ambala, December 15 The issue of two toll plazas within a distance of 8 km on the Zirakpur-Ambala stretch has left the commuters upset. Many residents from the district commute daily to Chandigarh. Ambala to Chandigarh is roughly 42 km for which a commuter pays Rs 25 (one way) at Dappar and Rs 14 (one way) at Derabassi, if he is commuting by car. The travel time has also now increased as it takes more time at the toll-tax barriers, especially if one is traveling during office hours. Local residents, especially businessmen and
Meanwhile, for commuters on the Ambala-Zirakpur highway, the NHAI has provided two ambulances, recovery vans, highway patrolling, bus shelters, and washrooms for truck drivers. It will render the services free of cost. These services have been started with the inauguration of the Dappar toll plaza, said a GMR official. He said commuters would be given helpline numbers on the tickets issued at the toll plaza. The emergency number, 01762-248199, would also put on boards along the highway, he added.
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100 woman footballers from one village
Sonepat, December 15 The girls’ football team of the village, which has won five state-level championships in 2008, was recently honoured by the villagers and the Yuva Football Club, Murthal. On the occasion, each player was given a cash prize of Rs 2,100 by Shakuntala Devi, chairperson of the mahila wing of the club. Coaches Balbir and Vijender Singh were also honored with a cash reward of Rs 1,100 each by the club. Besides, each member of the boys’ football team of the village was also given a cash incentive of Rs 1,100. According to Balbir, the under-17 and under-19 teams of Murthal Girls Senior Secondary School have been getting the first position for the past five years in school state games. “None of the opposition team could score even a field goal against these teams during this period.” He also informed that besides winning a gold medal in women’s football in the Haryana Games-2008, the girls team also won the senior women’s football championship in Sonepat in 2007. Though the villagers feel proud of their girls, they lament that there had been no motivation from the government for these girls who could perform better if facilities and incentives were provided to them.
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Master chef to start food channel
Gurgaon, December 15 He said that there was a lot of competition in this field, but people could get success only when they worked hard. Kapoor said that he loved the city and never missed an opportunity to come
here. "Many of my friends and relatives live here. So, I always enjoy coming here. You can see my sister is waiting for me there." While talking to The Tribune, he
said: "I am going to start a food channel soon which will be dedicated just to food lovers." "The festival which is running simultaneously in Bangalore, NCR, Kolkata and Mumbai till December 21 focuses on American cuisine and food brands," Tarun Arora, general manager, Spencer Retail Limited, mentioned. The store has stocked a wide variety of American merchandise of famous food brands. "A major attraction of the festival is the live culinary shows by chefs specialising in American cuisine, innovative visual merchandising and out-of-the-box in-store communications," he affirmed.
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School celebrates Parents Day
Fatehabad, December 15 Sunita Madaan, principal , welcomed the guests and informed them about the achievements of the school. Schoolchildren presented a myriad of cultural activities. A dance by nursery students on the song, “Aao tumhe chand pe lejaen”, was particularly applauded. Chhokar urged the teachers to inculcate moral and social values in students as whatever students imbibed at the school level helped them throughout their lives. The chief guest distributed the prizes.
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Sawant, Nidhi get best camper award
Gurgaon, December 15 The camp was organised to inculcate the qualities of leadership, awareness, growth and understanding among youngsters. Additional deputy commissioner of Gurgaon Praveen Kumar, who was the chief guest, appreciated the efforts of the Rotarians in arranging such camps, where the arrangements, the topics for lectures, the speakers and the food spoke of its class. He stressed the need for organising more such camps for proper guidance to the younger generation. The camp was attended by Rylarians and Rotaractors of almost every Rotary Club of the national
capital region. Speaking about the camp, commandant Gulshan Dewan said every aspect of human life was taken care of. The schedule included physical, mental and spiritual development of the participants. The rigorous training included yoga, games, lectures of one hour each on topics like business etiquettes, AIDS awareness, winning through wisdom and creativity and role and responsibilities of the
youth, excursions, fancy dress competition and talent shows. The participants described their stay at the camp as a unique experience, which provided the opportunity to share vision, excitement, cultural exchange, friendship, fun and even hardships of long hours’ concentrated attention. Among those who were present on the concluding function were Rotary district governor Sushil Khurana, Rotary district governor-elect Ashish Ghosh, Subhash Singla, chairman of the RYLA 2008, deputy Rotary district governor Paramjit S. Oberoi; assistant Rotary district governor Sushma Mattoo; Rotary district rotaract chairman Ajay Narain; Rotary district
secretary (New Generation) Ravi Choudhary; presidents of the organising clubs Rajneesh Sharma, Seema Bangia, Ashwini Kumar Bose, Tirlok Garg, Pramod Aggarwal and Deepak Singhal.
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Letter
The authorities construct roads every 5-10 years, which on one hand makes it easier for people to drive their vehicles while on the other makes life difficult for residents since the level of houses goes down. The administration should plan its projects about roads in such a way that the harmony between the level of houses, shops and roads is not disturbed. But usually the construction of roads is started afresh each time on the surface of older one and thus bringing the level of houses, shops etc. below each time. The Bhiwani Municipal Council has perhaps made a record by constructing the Jain road twice within a short span of time, bringing the level of adjoining houses and shops much below the roads. The coming rainy season would only prove the “foolishness” of the authorities.
Hardesh,
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