Hisar, March 16
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s decision to go it alone in the Lok Sabha elections has put a damper on Kuldeep Bishnoi’s hopes to reach a tie-up with the Bahujan Samaj Party via Third Front route.

The BSP supremo’s decision may not have shocked other Third Front constituents, but the Haryana Janhit Party (BL) has been hit hard, especially after Bishnoi
projected his participation in the Bangalore rally on March 12 as a sure sign
of a tie-up.

Assuming that the HJC continues to be a part of the loosely knit Third Front, this association can in no way improve its performance in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections because the BSP will contest all seats independently.

A formal tie-up would have helped the HJC candidates poll the BSP votes even though the number might not have been very high.

Among other constituents of the Third Front, only the CPM has an extremely limited presence in some pockets of the state.

So, even if the left parties were to support the Bishnoi’s party, the end result would not matter much. This has complicated Bishnoi’s problems.

Already his support base has seen much erosion with several senior party leaders deserting him during the run-up to the polls.

The desertions are understandable as the HJC’s failure to reach an accord with the BJP or the BSP means that as a standalone party it will remain at best a marginal player in the elections. Now that even the Third Front support means practically nothing, Bishnoi stands isolated.

Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has been assiduously planning for this kind of isolation ever since Kuldeep Bishnoi’s father and former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal came out openly against him in 2005.

The recent exodus from the HJC of people like Hari Singh Saini, a former minister from Hisar, was scripted by Hooda.

The HJC camp is obviously anything but upbeat. But the Bishnoi community is known for its extremely strong instinct for survival.

The coming elections will show if these instincts, which have stood Bhajan Lal in good stead over the past several decades, will help revive the political careers of father-son duo.

Under these circumstances, the HJC will be resting its hopes on the Hisar Lok Sabha seat of which Bhajan Lal’s Assembly constituency Adampur is a part.

But, Hooda will make all out efforts to avenge the defeat of the Congress in Adampur less than a year ago.

Kurukshetra, March 16
The holy land of the state or the ancient Kurudesha or Kurukshetra has been a witness to moments and events of historical, cultural and religious importance.

It is here that the Vedic sagas kindled the sacred fire on the banks of the Sarasvati, the Drishadvati and the Apaya rivers.

And it is here that the Bhagvadgita was expounded by Lord Krishna. It has been
the venue of the Mahabharata war and many other decisive wars in Panipat and
Tarain or Taraori.

It is also the land where the upholder of peace Lord Buddha came to preach peace and compassion to the people in the past.

It is the cradle of the Indian culture and civilisation as well as the crucible for the emergence of a pluralistic secular culture in India, which has left for us a rich artistic legacy in the form of the historical monuments such as temples, mosques, dargas, stupas, so on and so forth.

Like any other religion, Buddhism too, grew and subsequently flourished in the
state, as has been unfolded from the recent archaeological excavations and
discoveries so far.

The literary evidences further corroborate the archaeological findings of the growth of Buddhism from the time of Asoka, who was a great patron of the Buddhism.

The Buddhist remains in the form of stupa, viharas and sculptures are the testimony to the visit of the Tathagata (Buddha) to the state.

According to Buddhaghosa, in the Buddha’s times not a single monastery was established in Kurudesa and hence, whenever Gautam visited this region he used to stay in the city of Kammasadamma, presently known as village Kamoda near here.

According to deputy director of the Srikrishna museum in Kurukshetra Rajesh Purohit, a Buddhist stupa at Channeti in Yamunanagar has been scientifically exposed by archaeologists recently.

It is probable that Buddha preached and converted a considerably large portion of the population of Sugh or Shrughna of Taittiriya, Aranyaka in which it is mentioned that it was the gateway to Kurukshetra.

Excavations at the site and its mention by Panini, a great Sanskrit scholar and grammarian, the ancient grammarians suggest that Buddhism was flourishing here in the sixth-fifth century BC.

The remains of a Kushana stupa have been discovered at Asandh (ancient
Asandivat) in Karnal.

This Buddhist stupa is considered to be most significant as the diameter of
the stupa is supposed to be larger than the stupa at Sanchi or the Paharpur
stupa in Bangladesh.

Asandh has been mentioned in the brahmanas, sutras, astadhyayi and Mahabharata and must have been an important town of ancient India.

It has a huge mound, partly covered by the modern town, which yields painted
grey ware, early historic pottery, Kushana coins and bricks, Yaudheya coins and
medieval relics.

The stupa whose remains are locally known as Jarasandha Ka Kila, must have originally been a very gigantic structure as it still rises to a height of more than 25 m. It shows a circular drum with an elongated dome.

The core was filled up with earth and brick-bats between the walls, which formed the spokes. At a place in an exposed section, as many as 44 courses of a circular wall were noticed.

Remains of a Buddhist stupa have been found at Thaneswar, presently known as Thanesar, near the eastern boundary wall of the Kurukshetra University.

The Chinese pilgrim also gives an account of the location and importance of Ashokan stupa at Thanesar.

It is worth mentioning here that a little attention has been paid to this well-known Buddhist monument, as it presently stands totally neglected.

As per its protection case, the Department of Museum and Archaeology, the state government first exposed this monument scientifically and then protected it under the Antiquarian Law.

However, with a view to protect this monument centrally, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) initiated its due process in 2003-2004, following which the state government had de-protected it.

Thus, as the process started by the ASI in 2003-2004 has been still going on, the monument in question stands neglected as the status quo is yet to be finalised and the monument neither belongs to the university nor to the state government or even to the ASI.

Chandigarh, March 16
It is no secret that the Congress is always a divided house. Come elections, the divisions become conspicuous. This time is no exception.

A fierce battle is on in the Haryana Congress for the distribution of the Lok
Sabha ticket. Various factions, rather various leaders, are staking their claims to
a number of seats.

For the Ambala reserved seat, which was represented in the 14th Lok Sabha by Union Minister Selja, the fight is limited to Dalit leaders.

The first to challenge Selja was Haryana Congress president Phool Chand Mullana who is believed to have the tacit support of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

A former Haryana MLA, Raj Kumar Balmiki, too, is in the fray. However, due to the proximity of Selja to party chief Sonia Gandhi, it is quite difficult to dislodge her.

Ironically, for another reserved seat in the state, Sirsa, no senior leader, except former minister Santosh Sarwan, has staked his claim.

Though the party feels that sitting MP Atma Singh Gill should be replaced, the
problem before it is that there are not many choices, unless the party decides
to field a new face.

Poll managers of the party feel that one reserved seat should go to “B” category of the Scheduled Castes and the other to “A” category.

Similarly, for the newly created seat of Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Jat and Ahir leaders are sweating it out among themselves.

The two communities dominate the constituency. Among the Jat leaders,
Shruti, daughter of late Surender Singh, a son of former Chief Minister Bansi
Lal, is leading the race.

Her mother Kiran Choudhry, Minister of State for Forests and Tourism, has been camping in Delhi for the past several days to lobby for her daughter.

Kiran is also considered to have a lot of clout in the high command. Her argument is that Shruti has inherited the legacy of Bansi Lal, who had always been the centre point of Bhiwani politics.

However, among those who are opposing her contention is her own brother-in-law Ranbir Mahendra, MLA, who is seeking ticket for his son Anirudh.

The Ahir leaders argue that the INLD will field its secretary-general Ajay Singh Chautala from Bhiwani.

If the Congress also fields a Jat candidate, the Jat votes would be split. In that case, any party fielding a non-Jat candidate would make it to the winning post.

They point out that in 2004 also, Kuldeep Bishnoi, who contested on the Congress seat at that time, had managed to win the seat because the Jat votes had been divided between Chautala and Surender Singh, who had contested on the Haryana Vikas Party ticket.

Similarly, a battle royal is on for the Karnal seat among three Brahmin leaders - sitting MP Arvind Sharma, Haryana Congress campaign committee chairman Venod Sharma and its working president Kuldeep Sharma. The latter two are considered to be Hooda’s men.

Though Naveen Jindal seems to be sitting pretty in Kurukshetra, his opponents argue that the Congress should field only local leaders from all constituencies.

The argument of these leaders is against all those leaders who have migrated from their native districts to their present parliamentary constituencies. Among such leaders are Selja, Jindal and Arvind Sharma.

For the Faridabad seat, sitting MP Avtar Badhana and Palwal MLA Karan Singh Dalal are at each other’s throat for the party ticket.

To resolve such disputes, the party had been adopting the formula of re-nominating the sitting MPs in the past. This time seems to be no exception.

Sirsa, March 16
If people want to see a stable government as opposite to the hung parliament after the forthcoming parliamentary polls, they must ensure high percentage of voting.

This was stated by noted economist and chairman of the Economic Department of the Kurukshetra University MM Goel while giving an extension lecture on “Good governance: Rationale and issues for the 15th Lok Sabha elections” in the local CMK National Post Graduate Girls College recently.

Goel said indifference of urban and elite class towards the voting process has been causing much harm to the country, as we have been witnessing hung parliaments with no major political party getting clear majority.

The economist said a study of voting pattern in the rural and urban areas show that voting in cities has been much lower than that in the villages.

Goel said the inclusive growth that means growth of all the sections of the society, is the objective of 11th five year plan and hence, the politicians contesting the parliamentary elections must understand the logic and rationale of good governance with emphasis on inclusive growth.

“To usher in a better future for the country, there is a need for simple majority for either of the two national parties. This can happen only if the voting rate goes up to 90 per cent, which unfortunately is not more than 50 per cent generally,” Goel said.

He emphasised the need to have some stringent measures like snatching the voting rights of those who do not vote for three consecutive occasions, denial of holiday on the polling day to those who do not vote and even some punishment could also be prescribed for skipping this national duty.

Goel said overhaul of the system of governance has been needed for bringing about change and true self-accountability has been the mantra of progress and prosperity.

“Politicians, both in power and in opposition are callous and insensitive towards to woes of common people. The indifference percolates down to the other forces of governance. Bureaucracy continues to be slow to response and the police lack people’s faith,” the noted professor of economics said.

He said the need of the day is to encourage a culture of good governance and accountability that calls for planning and policy making.

Earlier, Principal Vijaya Tomar welcomed Goel to the college. Local philanthropist and former president Bhim Jhunthra, patron Bhim Jhunthra, president of the college management society Parveen Baghla and lecturer in economics Babita Malhotra were present during the lecture.

Hisar, March 16
Professor Jagmohan Singh, noted author and nephew of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, has advocated the construction of a martyrs’ memorial at New Delhi.

Addressing a gathering at the Prerna Divas function organised by the Jan Sangharsh Samiti here on Sunday, he said Indians should not bow their heads at the India Gate to pay homage to martyrs as this edifice was a symbol of British imperialism.

He said to enable Indians to remember their martyrs, a truly befitting memorial should be constructed which should symbolise the spirit of free India and the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the nation.

Jagmohan Singh said Mahatma Gandhi’s concept of Swaraj included two basic tenets - no corruption and no liquor.

However, the nation had forgotten these factors. It was a paradox that Mahatma’s personal belongings had to be purchased by a liquor baron to be brought to India.

He said the Mahatma’s concept of Swaraj was today benefiting only 20 per cent of the nation’s population who were reaping the benefit of Independence.

The rest of the population continued to reel under poverty and other problems related to it, he added. He regretted that Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s philosophy had been forgotten by the nation.

“Everybody wants that another Bhagat Singh should be born to rid the nation of its problems. But, they also want that such a Bhagat Singh should be born to a neighbour, not to them”, he said.

Congress MP Jai Parkash and CPM state secretary Indejit Singh were among those who addressed the gathering.

Rewari, March 16
The Bhagwati Aarsh Kanya Gurukul Mahavidyalaya, Jasat, 20 km from Rewari, which was started by Jagdish Singh Arya and his wife, Bhagwati Devi, with 10 girl students in September, 1986, has now become a prestigious educational institution.

At present, the mahavidyalaya has 250 girl students on its rolls, who are from various parts of Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and several other states.

The Arya couple, who have no children, set up the institution on their 5-acre piece of agricultural land at Jasat village, which is in the Pataudi tehsil of Gurgaon district.

Simultaneously, they also contributed their movable assets to the Bhagwati Aarsh Kanya Gurukul Mahavidyalaya Trust, which has been running the mahavidyalaya for the past over two decades.

It has an academy, a girls’ hostel, a hall for yajnas, a garden, a gaushala, a guest house and residential quarters for teachers.

While education to all girl students is imparted free of charge, lodging facilities are provided free of cost.

However, a fixed amount of Rs 4,500 is charged annually as diet expenses from each girl student at the time of admission.

While teaching Sanskrit, theology, Vedas, political science, history, mathematics, science and English to them, the institution assiduously works for the promotion and preservation of the Indian culture and civilisation as well.

The mahavidyalaya, which is permanently affiliated to Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, has imparted education to over 5,000 students in the past two decades.

Of them, over 150 graduates and postgraduates have passed out successfully. Nearly 24 of them are working as lecturers in various colleges of Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

Gurgaon, March 16
While many artists choose some uncommon medium of expression to leave their mark, many others go in for a rare theme.

However, painter Vishwesh Sant combines both. He uses printing ink and a knife to shape his imagination and focuses on urban concepts as against the contemporary fad for rural subjects.

An exhibition of his creations “inkpressions” organised here recently amply highlighted these aspects of the artist, who dares to be different.

Sant’s paintings cover topics as diverse as “dust over the city”, “monsoon drive” that depicts the outside world as seen through a car windscreen on a rainy day, “dhobi ghat”, “city glow”, “matrix” and “moonlit”, to name a few.

Fascinated by the reflective luminosity and viscous texture of the printing inks, the visual artist uses these to put forward his vision and impression of the modern living.

“Abstract images stop just short of definition, but definition destroys imagination, which is the journey that a viewer makes on going through an artistic creation. It’s intensely individual and thus enjoyable,” he maintains.

Inherent simplicity in the abstract images to convey a set of complex thoughts is the hallmark of his creativity.

Born at Jalgaon in Maharashtra, Sant spent his early years in Vadodara. He completed his graduation in the graphic design in 1981 and joined the UNICEF, where he worked in the area of social communication.

After that, he worked with various advertising agencies before establishing ‘ThirdEye design’. Sant has been painting for nearly eight years and has exhibited his works at group shows in Delhi, Gurgaon, Nagpur an Pune.

Chandigarh, March 16
Haryana is one of the first states in the country to get approved power distribution reforms projects for all its 36 towns which are covered under part-I of the Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) of the government of India.

Principal secretary, power, Ashok Lavasa said the main objective of the project was to strengthen the overall power distribution system and reduce aggregated technical and commercial losses of power utilities.

“The entire program is divided into two parts. While the first part aims at establishing baseline data for the accurate measurement of losses at various levels and improving customer services for the utilities, the second part of the programme emphasises on system strengthening through capacity augmentation and renovation and modernisation of the system,” Lavasa explained.

The first part of the scheme covers consumer indexing, asset mapping of the entire distribution network at and below the 11 KV transformers, automatic metering (AMR) on distribution transformers and feeders, adoption of IT applications for meter reading, billing and collection, energy accounting and auditing.

It also includes redressal of consumer grievances and establishment of IT-enabled consumer service centres etc.

The second part of the scheme covers renovation, modernisation and strengthening of 11 KV-level substations, load bifurcation, load balancing, high voltage distribution system among others.

As many as 43 towns have been identified for the project of which 36 towns fulfill the population criteria in the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam.

However, seven towns, three in the UHBVN and four in the DHBVN, are only marginally short of the 30,000-population criteria (as per 2001 census) and are likely to be included subsequently.

Listing out the benefits of the project, Lavasa said electricity consumers would be benefited by way of better service and there would be increase in revenue as well after implementation of the scheme.

“While we will get an accurate picture of consumer locations, consumption and load pattern, this will eliminate the scope of tampering and manipulation of consumer meters, reduction of theft and increase in revenue. It will enhance customer care service by way of quality and reliability of supply, accuracy of bills, better complaint handling and easy payment, among others,” Vijendra Kumar, MD, UHBVN, added.

Sonepat, March 16
Depot holders of the state working under the public distribution system of the food and civil supplies department on a commission basis, have demanded an increase in the rates of their commission.

In this regard, representatives of the Haryana State Depot Holders Association handed over a memorandum of their demands, addressed to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, to chief parliamentary secretary Ramesh Kaushik recently.

In the memorandum, the association mentioned that there have been around 9,500 depots in the state and the rates of commissions were fixed 15 years ago.

On the website of the state government, monthly payment of the commission has been shown as Rs 1,532 and after deducting the monthly expenditure of Rs 930 on the part of the depot holders, net monthly income of the commission amount remains around Rs 600 and they have to distribute ration for at least six hours daily for 25 days in a month.

The association also reminded that the director, food and civil supplies, had issued directions to the CONFED authorities for doorstep delivery of the depot supplies, but neither the CONFED delivered sugar at the doorstep nor there was any provision of the computerised measuring of the wheat and sugar stock.

The association demanded abolition of the practice of the transport hired on contract from the CONFED and suggested that the transport should directly be hired from the truck union for the supply of the stock to the depot holders.

According to state president of the association Prem Gupta, the rents of the accommodations had considerably increased during the last 15 years and the state government had also fixed minimum monthly wages at Rs 3,510. But the association’s demands had not been accepted so far.

He also informed that the state governments in Tamil Nadu, Orrisa and Puducherry have been paying shop rents at the minimum monthly rate Rs 5,000, besides giving distribution allowance.

He pointed out that the Bihar government had been giving commission of Rs 1 on every litre of kerosene oil distribution and the Delhi state government giving bonus of Rs 35 per quintal on the distribution of wheat to the card holders.

He suggested that the depot holders should be paid the commission at 15 per cent rate and for this the Centre had given powers to the state governments.

Gupta also suggested that the government should constitute a committee to give its recommendations that should be immediately implemented.

The occasion was marked by unanimously electing the new state body of the association, in which other state-level office-bearers included Phool Singh of Pawal, Sunder Lal Gautam of Kaithal krishan Lal Saini of Rewari and Raja Saini of Jind as vice presidents, Om Prakash Gupta of Panchkula as general-secretary, Devender Midha of Fatehabad as co-secretary, Mukesh Nindani of Jind as the treasurer and Suresh Garg of Bhiwani as auditor, besides Prem Gupta of Sonepat as president and Krishan Kumar Gupta of Rohtak as senior vice- president.

Sirsa, March 16
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, has signed a grant of permission agreement (GOPA) for establishing, maintaining and operating community radio station (CRS) at the Tagore Bhawan, Chaudhary Devi Lal University here.

The CRS, to be established in the journalism and mass communication (JMC)
department of the university, would be made operational within three months as
per the agreement.

According to chairperson of the JMC department Virender Singh Chauhan, the construction of the building for the CRS has already been completed.

The foundation for the tower has been ready and the 100-feet tower will be installed within the next three to four days.

“We are expecting the wireless operating license (WOL) from the ministry of telecommunication within the next one week, after which the task of installation of equipment will be done,” Virender Singh Chauhan informed The Tribune.

The university had set up an equipment purchase committee headed by former director of the AIR DP Malik and Virender Chauhan as secretary.

Chairperson of the English Department Anu Shukla, finance officer of the university NC Jain and lecturer in radio communication in the Jamia Millia Islamia Suresh Verma are its members.

The recommendations of the committee have been taken up by the university authorities, who have decided to give the job of installation of the equipment to the broadcast engineering corporation of India limited (BECIL) on the turn key basis.

The BECIL had earlier provided consultancy to the university on the construction
of the building.

The proposed CRS would primarily serve the university community residing in and around the university campus by inculcating more cohesiveness among its members through their active involvement in its programmes, said Chauhan.

The rural community living in the coverage area of the proposed CRS would be the another major group to be served by it.

Gurgaon, March 16
The millennium city gets over more than 300 cases of chronic kidney disease (CKD) daily and the country develops over 1.2 lakh kidney patients every year who need transplantation and dialysis.

There are nearly one billion people worldwide who suffer from high blood pressure. In Gurgaon, out of 300 patients around 100 are in various stages of kidney disease.

Only 10 per cent of them receive some form of treatment and the rest die due to poor healthcare facilities, illiteracy and heavy financial involvement.

India is experiencing some of the world’s sharpest increase in CKD especially due to diabetes and hypertension. The prevalence of this in developing countries has reached epidemic proportion.

Up to 30 per cent to 50 per cent of CKD patients have diabetes as a major cause
of kidney disease.

Specialists say the rise in the number of kidney patients is alarming. According to them, various symptoms in kidney disease are weakness, swelling of body, loss of appetite and the loss of protein in urine.

Malaria, typhoid, dengue and acute gastroenteritis may cause sudden decrease
in renal function.

“This type of renal failure is called acute renal failure and can be managed either conservatively or through dialysis and most of the times kidney function improves,” Anurag Khaitan, a Gurgaon-based urologist says.

He adds some other systemic diseases like vasculitis and lupus may also cause chronic kidney disease.

Further, some of the painkillers, obstructive uropathies and polycystic kidney may also cause CKD.

He says one can prevent or delay progression by doing aerobic exercises, weight reduction, regular medical checkups, avoiding smoking and nutritious food intake.

Dr Khaitan, who has treated more than 15,000 kidney stone cases, says, “High mineral content in water, high environmental temperature and poor eating habits are the main culprits of kidney stones. One should increase the intake of coconut water, balanced vegetarian diet, lemon juice and fibre-rich diet to prevent kidney stones.”

As per him, “Most of the kidney stones can be treated either through medication or lithotripsy and endoscopic procedures while less than one per cent cases require open surgical removal of stone”.

Dr LK Tripathi, DM nephrologist, Paras Hospitals, says, “The main factor leading
to the formation of stone is reduced water intake, urinary tract infections and
obstructive uropathies”.

“In Haryana, transplant facilities are far from adequate and public-private
partnership projects are required to develop it faster while offering quality
patient care” he adds.

Dr Tripathi says apart from higher costs, very few patients are able to avail proper treatment due to wrong diagnosis or poor patient compliance.

He says, “Most of the times patients come to us when damage has already been done, leaving very few options for us,” and insists that all efforts should be directed toward early detection and preventive measures in tackling this significant problem.

Karnal, March 16
Various crop insurance schemes, which are being implemented through banks, are not proving beneficial for farmers and there is a dire need to reorient these schemes and make them meteorological data based to help the farmers.

This observation was made by Dr JS Samra, chief executive officer, National Rainfed Area Authority, who maintained that the banks were insuring crops of those farmers who had taken loans from them and in case of crop failure, the banks got the insurance money while the affected farmer got nothing.

The farmers were not given any immediate relief due to the lengthy procedures of survey and assessment made by the banks and the revenue authorities, he said, adding that there was a need that relief or compensation should be given on the basis of weather forecast data collected by the Met department.

The compensation could be linked to losses due to early rains or delayed rains and distributed to farmers well in time to bring them out of distress, he said.

There were some schemes under which cash crops had been insured, but the premium was too high for common farmers and to overcome this problem, the government should subsidise the premium, he suggested.

Dr Samra said India was primarily an agrarian economy and this was the main reason that the impact of economic recession was not so severe in India as in other countries and all out efforts should be made to make farm economy sustainable and increase the growth rate.

He said increase in food grains production was possible by increasing the crop yield and opting for three or four crops by cultivating short-duration crops and encouraging farmers to invest more in agriculture.

Karnal, March 16
The Krishna Kripa Parivar organised a four-day free camp here for the treatment of the polio patients.

During this camp 130 patients suffering from polio were operated upon. About 80 patients who had to undergo critical surgeries were referred to the Polio hospital, Bhavnagar in Gujarat and their expenses on travelling and treatment would also be borne by the Krishna Kripa Parivar.

A special interactive conference was also organised to inform the family members of the patients about the post-operative care and the do’s and don’ts to be followed.

The doctors informed the family members of the patients that they would not have seen this day, had they had administered the pulse polio drops to their children

A doctor in the camp, CM Vyas, said with the blessings of Swami Gyananand 10 such camps, including the present camp had already been organised in the state.

Two camps were organised in Panipat, Ambala, Yamunagar and one each at Jind, Kurukshetra, Shahbad and Karnal, he informed.

Vyas also guided the people about the precautions related to the plaster of the patients and said care should be taken to ensure that the plaster did not get wet or dirty and should be protected from the insects.

He also informed them about the diet to be given to the kids who had undergone the operation. Around 750 polio patients were registered during the camp held from March 12 to March 15.