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Property-related crimes on rise
No check on illegal treatment centres
Y’nagar set to become tourism hub
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Conflicts mar smooth functioning of kala parishad
Allow double storeys, demand shopkeepers
Faridabad docs conduct redo heart surgery
Best Education Award for varsity VC
Documentary on Babur
Exhibition to promote photography among children
Solar streetlights for Panipat villages
Programme to promote use of steel
Sirsa degree colleges start admission process
Packaging tech course getting popular
All set for admission to Sampla polytechnic
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Property-related crimes on rise
Gurgaon, June 18 On the same day, Rajender, a resident of Kheri Damkan village near Gohana, allegedly killed his father and brother with some sharp-edged weapon. The investigators in both cases attribute the heinous cases to property-related disputes. Jai has reportedly confessed to his crime, while the police has registered a case against Rajender, besides his wife and two sons. Official figures show that the state has witnessed a rise in the cases of crime connected to property-related disputes during the recent years. Glaring cases like that of former MLA Relu Ram Punia and his family being killed by his own daughter and son-in-law are still fresh in public memory. The upsurge in such cases has rung alarm bells in the state police as well as the academic circles. Sociologists hold land fragmentation and unemployment responsible for the disturbing trend, which has compelled the top police brass to devise effective ways and means to check it. “Rising incidents of such crimes clearly indicate that monetary considerations have become so pervasive that these have even replaced the primordial emotional bonds with one’s close family members,” observes Prof UK Awasthi, head of the Department of Sociology at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. He maintains that rising land prices and falling land holdings are the major underlying factors behind such crimes. “Apart from this, lack of employment opportunities and professional skills, especially among the rural youth, are the other contributing factors,” adds Prof Awasthi. Endorsing this viewpoint, Alok Kumar Mittal, joint commissioner of police, Gurgaon, points out that the lump sum inflow of liquid cash (through land sale) leads to multifarious problems. “The money thus earned in one go is usually spent on maintaining a lavish lifestyle, which is a drain on resources. Then, after the sale of land, there is hardly any source of income left to meet the rising expenditure,” he notes. Asserting that giving yearly royalty to landowners on the land acquired by the government was a step in the right direction, Mittal opines that the provision of job opportunities to the unemployed youth could help in stemming the rot.
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No check on illegal treatment centres
Panipat, June 18 These centres have been claiming to completely cure ailments like joint pain, allergies, TB, piles, arthritis, polio, paralysis, infertility, ulcers, stones, asthma, thalassaemia, heart problems, renal disorders etc by using a South Korean machine. A claim that is being challenged by medical experts, who contend that where is the need to have qualified doctors if serious ailments can be treated through machines. The health department has passed the buck to the district police as well as the civil administration to initiate action against these centres, stating that such centres did not fall under their purview. Director-general, health, Dr Narveer Singh said it was not the responsibility of the health department to take action against such centres. He said the general public should be aware that serious ailments could not be treated through machines. He said it was quite evident that these centres were illegal and the authorities should take action. When asked whether it was not the responsibility of the health department, he said these centres were not registered with the department, thus no action could be taken. However, he termed these centres to be “extortion points” and their owners should be booked under the
Meanwhile, unsuspecting people are making a beeline outside these centers across the state, hoping to get cured of their ailments. Medical experts, who had been keeping track of the developments, assert these centres might be doing more harm than any good to the patients and the authorities should take action against them at the earliest. They contend that if it is not the responsibility of the health department, then for what purpose the whole system has been created through which doctors and hospitals are required to get a licence. Social activist PP Kapoor, who had sought information about these centres from the directorate of health under the RTI, states that he had sent formal communes to the health minister and the parliamentary secretary, health, urging them to check the running of these centres, but till date no action has been taken. He says at least the health department could have written to the heads of the district administrations to take action against such centres.
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Y’nagar set to become tourism hub
Yamunanagar, June 18 The religious places, including Aadi Badri and Kapal Mochan, will be developed at a cost of Rs 14 crore. The district administration has sent a detailed proposal to Union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja providing details of work required to be done for the promotion of tourism in the district as asked by the ministry. Official sources said in view of the district administration’s initiative, Selja had asked the administration to send a detailed proposal specifying the places, work and the amount required for it. After getting a preliminary report, officials of the consultant company for the Union Tourism Ministry along with Financial Commissioner Keshni Anand Arora and Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar Aggarwal visited the places that needed to be built for tourism promotion last week. Aggarwal said the district had a great potential for tourism promotion. The tourist places which were proposed to be developed include renovation of Harbal Park, construction of gateway of religious places at Aadi Badri on Kathgarh Aadi Badri road, beautification of Ved Vyas Sarovar, development of Saraswati Park, development of the Hathni Kund barrage, construction of an interpretation centre with 10 rooms near Aadi Badri temple and widening and strengthening of internal roads near Kapal Mochan ghats. Besides, the district had proposed to develop a yoga centre near Aadi Badri, installation of musical lights at Kapal Mochan, Rin Mochan Saraswati Sarovar, construction of the administration block near martial arts museum and ropeway to Mantra Devi temple.
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GRP makes success of public-police liaison
Chandigarh, June 18 And, the addition to GRP’s extended family stands as evidence of the initiative’s success. Beginning with 10 members each in all districts across Haryana, the GRP has as many as 1,200 rail wardens on its rolls less than 10 months after its launch and the family continues to grow. To help the railway authorities curb the menace of unsafe journey, the GRP Rail Warden Association was registered in October 2008 at the behest of IG (Railways) KK Mishra. The work on ground by the rail wardens was ably executed by SP (Railways) Bharti Arora. “The department was particularly worried about the incidents of pick-pocketing and drugging passengers and cheating, especially foreigners. The only way to check these incidents was to involve the public in policing. Accordingly, a meeting of the GRP authorities along with prominent citizens of the city was organised and the rail warden association formed,” says Vijay Kumar Vatsya, the nominated honorary general secretary of the association. The association was instituted at the district level and SHOs of the Railway Police at respective stations were made presidents of the district association whereas respective RPF officers were made the vice-presidents while the GRP rail wardens were given the duty of secretary of the association. The association maintains that it has made a good beginning and positive results have started pouring in. While information about the safety and security of the people and passengers
in particular is being provided to the police authorities by the rail wardens, headway has been made in checking drug trafficking, chain snatching and theft of valuables while anti-social elements are being watched. The police department admits their contribution in making rail travel safer for passengers. “Unclaimed bags with over 12 kg contraband was recovered by rail wardens in Ambala on two occasions. Besides, a number of pickpockets were arrested in the past few months and smuggling of liquor has been checked. We hold regular meetings with rail wardens to update them about our requirements and review the progress from time to time,” says Mishra. Since the rail wardens are people from all walks of life and all age groups, including rickshaw pullers and vendors, who act as good informers to the department, the senior officers, through regular interface, also try to know the difficulties faced by the former in the execution of their duties. The next meeting of the secretaries of the rail warden associations of the districts is slated for June 21. Meanwhile, the association has decided to publish a quarterly magazine named “Safe Rail” in which the efforts and achievements of the association will be elaborated and these will be displayed at the railway stations. The idea is not only to provide a platform to rail wardens to exchange views but also to provide valuable information to check the modus operandi of the anti-social elements in the vicinity of railway stations. A non-government organisation, the members of association are doing social service on honorary basis. In fact, so enthused is the police department with the response to this scheme that it was presented at one of the two most successful experiments in the field of community policing at a national seminar on the same subject in Bhopal last week. “Community policing has been identified as an important micro mission by the ministry. In pursuance of this mission, the rail warden scheme was introduced wherein the rail wardens perform duties as patrolmen, witnesses, informers and mediators,” explains DG (Law and Order) VN Rai, who is spearheading the “Samvedi” police campaign in the state.
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Conflicts mar smooth functioning of kala parishad
Panchkula, June 18 This was revealed in a letter to the Haryana government by vice-chairman of the parishad KC Sharma and subsequent reaction of the director of the parishad, Usha Sharma. The vice-chairman of the parishad has alleged that Haryanvi artistes are ill-treated and underpaid while lakhs are spent on artistes coming from other states. He also alleged that while Rs 21,000 had been offered to a Punjabi singer sometime ago, Rs 8 lakh to a Ramlila team from UP and lakhs to artistes from Delhi, a meagre amount of Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 was spent on Haryanvi artistes, who came from far-off places. Refuting the allegations, Usha Sharma has clarified that the above said Punjabi artiste - Vinod Sehgal - is a bona fide resident of Ambala and has been bestowed with the Haryana Gaurav Samman. A veteran of 60 films and two platinum discs, the artiste has brought laurels to Haryana and the local artiste being promoted by the vice-chairman has no credentials to match a star performer but she was still paid Rs 11,000 for her three songs, she said. She asked in the letter that if the Ambala-bred artiste was a Punjabi, what about Barkat Sidhu living in Moga, who performed regularly for the parishad. She clarified that Ramlila was jointly organised by the Haryana Cultural Affairs and the parishad for 10 days and only Rs 6 lakh was given to the Haryana Cultural Affairs as directed by the DPR. KC Sharma said for a documenting project, Deru Jogis and been vadaks were paid Rs 5.5 lakh as against Rs 16 lakh. The official taxi was hired at the lowest rate of Rs 25,000 per month. Experts feel that the government should take strict action so that the institution of culture does not suffer. They say that such problems are imminent in the absence of a specified cultural policy even at the national level.
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Finally, Jhajjar gets blood bank
Jhajjar, June 18 Now, residents of the district and the nearby areas need not go to the PGIMS, Rohtak, or other places for their requirement of blood in an
emergency. Earlier, all critical patients had to be referred to Rohtak in the absence of a facility here. In the process, there was a loss of crucial time, which sometimes resulted in the death of the patient. Now, such danger has been put off to a large extent, following the starting of the blood bank, which was recently inaugurated by deputy commissioner Nitin Yadav. In fact, the foundation stone of the blood bank was laid by the then Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala on August 14, 2000. The construction cost of its building was estimated at Rs 9 lakh at that time, but the work could not be completed within the stipulated
period. After three years, the work was completed and the blood bank was even inaugurated on December 2, 2003, but it failed to start as the authorities could not fulfill the
formalities for getting a licence to run it. Nearly a year ago, the district administration had again initiated the process for getting the licence and this time it succeeded. Yadav said the facility of keeping 50 units of blood had been provided, which would be useful, especially for accident victims. Trained staff had been appointed for the smooth functioning of the blood bank and some other
facilities would also be provided in the near future, he added.
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Allow double storeys, demand shopkeepers
Kurukshetra, June 18 Goel said the matter had already been brought to the notice of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda through MP Naveen Jindal and Deputy Commissioner Pankaj Aggarwal. After visiting urban sector markets and securing a report from an architect, Jindal had supported the demand following which he wrote 13 demi-official letters to the Chief Minister as well as the Chief Administrator of HUDA, but no action had been taken so far, claimed Goel.
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Faridabad docs conduct redo heart surgery
Faridabad, June 18 The doctors conducted the surgery on Ranbir Singh
Nagar, a native of Roja village of Gautam Bodh Nagar district in Uttar
Pradesh. Earlier, the patient had undergone a normal open-heart surgery at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences
(AIIMS) in 2003. Director and senior cardiologist of the institute SS Bansal said the patient was brought to the hospital following complaints of breathlessness. On investigation, it was found that the artificial metal valve (known as prosthetic valve) implanted in his chest during the earlier surgery, was full of thrombosis with aortic
stenosis, he said, adding that in such a situation, there was no other option but to go for the redo open-heart surgery, which entailed the replacement of the pre-implanted valve by a bio-prosthetic (skin made) valve. According to Dr
Bansal, the redo surgery is required for some category of patients usually after about 10 years or more of the first surgery. It is needed in the patient if he develops new blockage in the arteries on account of being diabetic. Also, the surgery is required on the patients with improper functioning of the artificial valves. Medical practitioners say the sensitiveness and seriousness relating to the redo open-heart surgery stems from the fact that it is technically very demanding. It is challenging as the surgeon has to access the heart and vessel inside the chest, which get fused together after the first surgery. Intense care is required to avoid injury to the heart. According to Dr
Bansal, the redo surgery is avoided in case of first surgery, especially if the patient is not of old age. The age factor is taken into consideration as the skin valve finds it hard to get adjusted to the bio-mechanism of the patient. Also, the surgery is costlier in comparison to the general open-heart surgery. The virtue of the redo surgery is that it has greater shelf life and ensures heart cure to the patient for a much longer period, spanning over more than two decades in normal circumstances. Contrary to the periodic medicines administered to the patients who have undergone general open-heart surgery to keep the blood thin and less viscous to prevent clotting in the metal valve, the ones undergone redo are free from such
hassles. Nagar said he came to the institute after he had given up the hope as doctors at AIIMS continued with drugs to keep the blood thin to avoid clotting in the metal valve.
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Best Education Award for varsity VC
Karnal, June 18 The award, instituted by the Health and Education Development Association, was presented to him by former Madhya Pradesh Governor Bhai Mahavir in New Delhi recently. A resident of Karnal, General Sandhu has brought glory to his town by getting two successive prestigious awards within a fortnight. General Sandhu, who was appointed as the vice-chancellor in June 2008, has proved that a General can also be a successful educational administrator by enforcing strict discipline, besides giving a boost to the academic activities. With 40 years of service in the Army in different capacities, General Sandhu retired as the Director-General, Ordnance Services. He has also served as the principal of the College of Material Management, Jabalpur, which was awarded a five-star accreditation by NAAC and shortlisted by the UGC for its “potential to excel”. General Sandhu earned the unique distinction of being the first Army officer in the country to be awarded a DLitt (Honoris Causa) by Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur. He did his PhD (defence and management) from Punjabi University, Patiala; MBA (materials) and MMM (materials) from Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, and also passed MDBA (IIMM, Pune); MPhil (defence and management) from Devi Ahalyabai University, Indore; and MSc (defence studies) from Madras University. He is a patron of the Asian Council of Logistic Management; a member of the Board of Studies of Indian Institute of Materials Management; a fellow of the British Institute of Management; and an honorary fellow of the Indian Institute of Materials Management. A recipient of PVSM, General Sandhu also held the post of honorary ADC to the President of India.
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Documentary on Babur
Panipat, June 18 Director Raznikov and his team of filmmakers are making a 30-minute documentary to keep alive the memory of Zahir ud-Din Muhammad bin Omar Sheikh, who later came to be known as Babur. Raznikov said the documentary would be an effort to promote peace and solidarity between governments and the people of India and Uzbekistan. He said India and Uzbekistan shared many things in common eversince the times of Kushans and both countries stood with each other even today as both shared friendly relations. Raznikov said there were many possibilities for the film industries of both countries to benefit from mutual understanding. The team visited Babur village and other important places in the district that were related to Babur and his feats in India. Babur was born in Andijan in the Fergana Valley, which is in modern Uzbekistan. He was the eldest son of Omar Sheykh Mirza, ruler of the Fergana Valley. Babur wrote his own biography, which is known as “Baburnama” and is considered as the first true autobiography in Islamic literature. In 1494, at an early age of 12, Babur obtained his first power position, succeeding his father as the ruler of Fergana. In 1504, he was able to cross the snowy Hindu Kush mountains and capture Kabul. It was in the first Battle of Panipat, fought on April 21, 1526, that Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi and took possession of both Delhi and Agra.
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Exhibition to promote photography among children
Gurgaon, June 18 It was inaugurated by Canon India’s senior vice-president Alok Bhardwaj and was aimed at familiarising children with the cutting-edge technologies of today’s world, along with imparting education on photography. Amitabha Bhattacharya, a professional photographer and a member of the Canon Edge Programme, conducted the workshop at both schools for about 15 days. The photographs displayed were clicked by children in the age group 3 to 15. The exhibition saw the display of the entire range of photographs that were taken by about 50 children. They have clicked these photographs after experimenting with light, still objects, moving objects and understanding the basics of photography. Bhardwaj said, “Canon has aimed at making children benefit and learn photography through these workshops. We hope to reach out to the young target audience with an objective of showcasing our strength in the field of photography. This is a unique initiative and has no parallels in the country. This initiative has given us confidence to organise more such programmes in future.” Kalpana Choudhary, principal, Maple Bear School, said, “Initiatives like these make children grow as smart and confident citizens.” Jitendra Jain, director, Sanskriti School of Art & Dance, Music, said the photographs clicked by children showed their interest in the subject and they should always be encouraged to participate in such kind of activities.
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Solar streetlights for Panipat villages
Panipat, June 18 The solar lights would be installed across all villages in the district in a phased manner. Four villages of the district have already been identified where more than 50 per cent of the population belongs to SC category. The solar lights would be installed in these villages in the first phase. The project is being implemented under the recently launched Haryana Naveen Urja Scheme. ADC Sanjeev Verma, who is also the chief project officer, said a total of 160 street lights would be installed at strategic places in these villages. The lights would derive power from solar cells that would be fixed atop the light poles and would store power in batteries connected to the lights. The modalities of the project have already been completed and soon 17 street lights would be put up in Bharas village, 83 in Sithana village, 55 in Rajapur village and five in Ratipur village. The solar street lights would not only reduce the expenditure but also lessen the demand for power. These lights would be put up with 100 per cent subsidy by the government, he said. The ADC said the government was promoting alternative sources of energy and the general public was being encouraged to adopt eco-friendly measures.
— TNS
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Programme to promote use of steel
Kurukshetra, June 18 The programme is being sponsored by the INSDAG, Kolkata, and the Ministry of Steel. Dr Singh said the economy of a nation was measured on the basis of per capita utilisation of steel. He said about 50 years ago, China and India were at the same level, utilising only 21 kg per capita of steel. Presently, while India has reached a level of 50 kg, China has crossed a per capita mark of 300 kg, he said. MM Ghosh, coordinator, INSDAG, briefed the participants about the importance of the programme. Dr Krishna Gopal, dean as well as officiating director, NITK, Planning and Development, in his presidential remarks, made some observations on the production and utilisation of steel for infrastructure. He hoped that the programme would be useful for faculty involved in the design of steel structures. Prof Baldev Setia, chairman, NITK Civil Engineering Department, said the objective of organising the programme was to impart training to the faculty members on the use of the most important code of practice on steel structure design i.e. IS 800-2007. The resource persons for the programme are faculty members from IIT, Madras, Chennai, BITS Pillani, INSDAG, etc., he added. Thirty participants from 12 different organisations are attending the programme.
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Sirsa degree colleges start admission process
Sirsa, June 18 Government National College started its admission process recently with the sale of admission forms. The last date for the submission of application forms is June 30, while the first list will be published by the college on July 1, said Inderjit Dhingra, officiating principal of the college. The college has started a few new courses like bachelor of tourism management, bachelor of business administration and bachelor of mass communication from this year. CMK National Post Graduate College for Women, Sirsa, which has started BSc (biotech), bachelor of information management and music (vocal) at undergraduate level as new courses from this year, will start the process of admissions from June 20, said Dr Vijaya Tomar, principal of the college. The college already has the provision of admission to BA, BCom and BSc (medical and non-medical). Government College, Dabwali will make available admission forms from June 23, while Guru Hari Singh College, Jeewan Nagar, will start the admission process from July 1.
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Packaging tech course getting popular
Kurukshetra, June 18 Stating this here,institute director B. K. Kuthiala said the B. Tech (printing, graphics and packaging) course was aimed at meeting the huge manpower requirement in the field of printing and packaging. This was evident from the fact that the third year students of the course were offered positions by the industry when they visited the Printpack Expo in Chennai recently. Some multinational companies offered scholarships to final year students, if they join them after the completion of the course. Students with at least 50 per cent marks in plus two examinations with mathematics, chemistry and physics are eligible for admission.
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All set for admission to Sampla polytechnic
Rohtak, June 18 Admission to film and television, fashion designing, vocational studies for women and fine arts courses will be made from the coming academic session at a newly constructed polytechnic in Sampla here. G Prasanna, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Technical Education, Haryana, disclosed this while addressing a meeting of the district-level officers here recently. “Since the construction work on the integrated building for these four courses is on in full swing, the state government has decided to start classes of these courses at the newly constructed polytechnic in Sampla town,” said Prasanna, adding that Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was likely to inaugurate the new building in the first week of July.
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