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I was taken for a ride, says Chander Mohan
Sirsa’s land records on digital map soon
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SPIO fails to provide info, to pay Rs 2000 as fine
I-Day: Governor to unfurl National Flag in Rohtak
Assembly Poll
New buses for Gurgaon by Sept
PR and Grievance Panels
Girls outshine boys in MDU law exams
State to honour girl achievers
2,112 BPL families get free power connection
Herbal Park: Does land belong to Forest Dept?
Boost to pisciculture in state
Denied aid, veteran athlete misses world meet
Deprived of bus service, villagers threaten stir
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I was taken for a ride, says Chander Mohan
Hisar, August 10 Chander Mohan is currently a friendless and forlorn man. His only company in his hospital room where he has been convalescing for the past few weeks is his mother Jasma Devi. His wife, Seema Bishnoi, has not yet visited him even after his re-induction into the Bishnoi sect a fortnight ago. His father, to whom Chander Mohan owed his political career, has not given any indication yet of taking him back in the family fold. His younger brother, Kuldeep Bishnoi, too, is treading carefully, given Chander Mohan’s vacillating attitude in the recent past. Amidst such circumstances, Chander Mohan is remorseful and is not shy of admitting this. Talking to mediapersons in his hospital, he denies having exploited a young woman’s emotions. “It was I who was taken for a ride. I did not exploit anybody. I know I am vulnerable and so it happened”, he said. In an obvious reference to the Fiza episode, he said, “I was the one who sacrificed his political career, official position and the family. So, I am the wronged one”, he said a tad wistfully. The former Deputy Chief Minister appears to have put his plans to resurrect his political career on the back burner at least for the time being. He is now fully devoted to his mother who has been present with him in the hospital ever since he was admitted for the treatment of an infection following a hip fracture. Ask him about his plans and he quips, “I want to see my mom happy and I will do whatever she wants me to. That’s it”. The friendless Chander Mohan is also homeless. Last week, he had revealed plans to hire a house in Hisar once he was discharged from the hospital. But, that may not happen given the love and affection his mother is showering on him.
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Sirsa’s land records on digital map soon
Sirsa, August 10 The work on the preparation of the map is already in progress and would be complete by September 2009. “Information about every inch of the land of the district will be available on the map. The work is on full swing and land owners will be able to get information regarding their landholding on their own from the map,” informed Yudhvir Singh Khyalia, deputy commissioner, Sirsa. He informed that the district authorities had tied up with the Haryana Space Application Centre, a nodal agency of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Haryana, for remote sensing and Geographic Information System Applications. Special software for the land records had been created so that the information like kila numbers, khasra numbers, khatauni numbers, khewat numbers and other relevant information was made available on the map. Khyalia informed that the copies of revenue records taken from the digital maps would be considered good for applying loans in banks and financial institutions. He said, once available, the map would not only speed up the work of issuing copies of the revenue records, which is presently done by patwaris, but also bring about transparency as the complaints of corruption were quite common in such matters.
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SPIO fails to provide info, to pay Rs 2000 as fine
Panipat, August 10 In a recent verdict, information commissioner Meenaxi Anand Chaudary has asked the district social welfare officer to not only pay the compensation for the “avoidable expenditure incurred by applicant Rishi Pal Saini of Chulkan village in the district, but also to furnish the details sought by him free of cost”. Saini had filed an application with the said official seeking information on 23 points regarding the rules and regulations in February this year. Finding no response, he filed an appeal with the first appellant authority-cum-deputy director (Pensions), department of social justice and empowerment in May. However, he did not get a response. Aggrieved by this, Rishi Pal approached the state information commission in June.The commission issued notices to the district social welfare officer and the deputy director (Pensions). In his response, the district social welfare officer maintained that he had not received any application to provide information. However, the commission observed that the application filed under the RTI as well as the first appeal had been sent to the officials through speed post. Rishi Pal deposed before the commission that he had not received information from the authorities concerned till date. After hearing the parties and the perusal of the records, the commission concluded that it was
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The commission also asked the deputy director (Pensions) to enquire why the RTI application was not received by the district social welfare officer and submit a report within two months along with the follow- up action.The commission directed the SPIO to pay the compensation and file a compliance report in two months.
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Guv lauds contribution of Vaish community
Gurgaon, August 10 Pahadia was speaking at the inaugural function of the national executive meeting of the All-India Vaish Federation at Wet and Wild Resort here recently. This was the first public programme of Pahadia after he assumed the office. Haryana Education and Transport Minister Mange Ram Gupta was the guest of honour. In his address, the Governor highlighted the historic past of the community and observed that they had always contributed to the development of the country in various ways. “Thousands of dharamshalas, hospitals, orphanages, old-age homes, cowsheds and educational institutions run by the members of the community are glorious examples of their contribution,” he asserted, adding that the same tradition needed to be carried forward. Earlier, Gupta lamented that the community did not get the representation in politics which it deserved. Girish Kumar Sangi, president of the federation, maintained that instead of political participation, the community should focus on the economic development of the country. Sangi exhorted the community members to think how could they help revive the nation’s economy after the meltdown. The Governor also honoured RL Bansal, Ashok Somany, NK Gupta and PP Gupta for their exemplary contributions by presenting them with shawls and mementos.
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I-Day: Governor to unfurl National Flag in Rohtak
Chandigarh, August 10 Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will hoist the National Flag in Sonepat. Speaker of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha Dr. Raghuvir Singh Kadian will hoist the flag in Bhiwani while Deputy Speaker Azad Mohammad will unfurl the flag in
Gurgaon. Finance Minister Birender Singh will unfurl the National Flag in
Rewari, Agriculture Minister Harmohinder Singh Chatha in Karnal, Education Minister Mange Ram Gupta in
Palwal, Urban Local Bodies Minister AC Chaudhary in Kaithal, PW (B&R) Minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav in
Mewat, Industries Minister Lachhman Dass Arora in Ambala and Power Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala in
Faridabad. Minister of State for Forest Kiran Choudhry will hoist the National Flag in
Panchkula, Minister of State for Revenue Savitri Jindal in Fatehabad and Minister of State for Archives Meena Mandal in
Yamunanagar. Chief parliamentary secretary Dharambir Singh will hoist the National Flag in Hisar while chief parliamentary secretary Ramesh Kaushik will unfurl the flag in
Panipat.
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Assembly Poll
Rewari, August 10 The community has specifically stated that these should be commensurate with their population that now stands at 16 per cent of the total population of the state. The sammelan has also appended a list of such constituencies where the samaj wields a clout. The list comprises Hisar, Jind, Thanesar, Ladwa (both in Kurukshetra district), Ambala Cantt, Faridabad old, Bhiwani, Narnaul (Mahendergarh district), Panchkula, Kalka (both in Panchkula district), Karnal, Indri (both in Karnal district), Rohtak, Panipat, Samalkha (both in Panipat district), Taoru (Mewat district), Jagadhri (Yamunanagar district) and Bahadurgarh (Jhajjar district) segments. While asserting that voters of the samaj were in a position to influence the outcome in most of these constituencies, the community has provided a list of prospective candidates as well. It is noteworthy that four of them, Savitri Jindal (Hisar), Mange Ram Gupta (Jind), Ramesh Gupta (Thanesar) and
DK Banasal (Ambala Cantt), are presently the Congress legislators of the state. Enumerating the factors which lend credence to the demand, Gopal Sharan Garg, state president of the HPAS, asserted that the community doled out its unstinted support to the Congress in the recently held Lok Sabha elections. If the samaj was given its rightful share in the allocation of the party ticket for the coming Assembly elections, it would be a gesture of goodwill to the members of the samaj in other states as well, since Agroha, the birthplace of its legendary founder Maharaja Agarsen and a holy place of pilgrimage for the Agarwals, was located in the state, Garg pointed out. While late Benarsi Das Gupta remained the Chief Minister of the state twice, late Balwant Rai Tayal, Mool Chand Jain, Om Prabha Jain and Ram Sharan Chand Mittal occupied ministerial berths. Besides, Mange Ram Gupta and Savitri Jindal were now ministers in the Hooda government. Thus, prominent persons of the samaj had always rendered valuable services to the state, he said. While freedom fighters of the samaj played a significant role in the country’s freedom movement, their contribution towards the creation of a modern India in the post-Independence era was notable, Garg said. Finally, making mention of the mission launched by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to usher in wholesome, fair and youthful politics in
the country, Garg asserted that there was an urgency to bring the
samaj, which possessed all these characteristics in abundance, to the forefront in politics.
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New buses for Gurgaon by Sept
Gurgaon, August 10 The transport authorities have been claiming for a long time that Gurgaon will get new buses, but each time things seem to be working the general manager here gets transferred. Since the day it was announced that the Gurgaon depot will get 100 new buses, three general managers have been transferred in a year. All three had promised that the district would get 100 new buses. The Haryana Roadways depot had demanded new buses a year ago during the tenure of the then General Manager Jaiveer Arya. He had promised that the district would get new buses but before he could keep his word, he was transferred . He was replaced by Ajay Mallik who was already working with the municipal corporation here.He ,too, was shifted and BA Sehrawat came in his place. Just two days ago, he was also shifted to Jhajjar as SDM. Other than Arya, the other two GMs worked here for four months. About 40 per cent of the roadways buses are in a poor condition and are not roadworthy. According to sources, the depot has 140 buses but due to their bad condition, 40 per cent of them remain in the depot. The number of long route buses has also been decreased. There are seven AC buses but three of them are always at the depot for repair and maintenance. While talking to The Tribune, Parliament Secretary, Transport, Ravdan Singh said Gurgaon would be getting new buses in September and the number would be only 24. He maintained around 731 buses were being readied and by next month 100 buses would be sent to all depots in the state.
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NGO plants 5,000 saplings on varsity campus
Sirsa, August 10 This was done as a part of the ongoing plantation campaign of the Navyug Nirman, an NGO headed by Bhadoo. Vice chancellor Dr KC Bhardwaj and other senior functionaries of the varsity accompanied the NGO team in the event that was preceded by a seminar on environmental awareness and female foeticide. Addressing the seminar as the chief guest, Bhadoo called upon all social as well as political organisations to take up the cause of environmental pollution and social pollution seriously. He said the manner in which we had been interfering with the process of nature that had resulted into the dangerous phenomenon like global warming. He told the audience comprising students, teachers and dignitaries from the city that the NGO was committed to work for the welfare of society by way of affirmative action and mobilising the masses on various issues of contemporary social importance. Dr Bhardwaj thanked Bhadoo for choosing the CDLU campus as a place for the plantation drive of his organisation. He assured that all efforts would be made to ensure that the saplings planted today survived and grow into trees. Virender Singh Chauhan, chairperson of the Journalism Department and station director of community radio station, assured the chief guest as well as the environment activists present in the seminar that the newly established radio station of the varsity would be used extensively for propagating the message of environment protection. He said campaign against female foeticide would also be run through the programmes of the station. Environment and Energy Department lecturer Dr Rani Devi and Sirsa DFO RK Sharma too addressed the gathering. RK Sehgal, registrar, CDLU, proposed the vote of thanks. Journalism students Shreyasi and Ramesh Chahal recited their poems on female foeticide while a rangoli and poster-making competition was also held on the occasion. Later in the day, Bhadoo visited the radio station and participated in a live phone-in programme.
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PR and Grievance Panels
Chandigarh, August 10 Barkha Ram Verma of New Colony, Ambala Cantt; Ashok Nagpal, sarpanch, Udaipur village; Naveen Mohan Chawla of Durga Nagar, Ambala Cantt; Rekha Pruthi of Dayal Bagh, Ambala Cantt; Ravi Vaish of the Ram Bagh Road, Ambala Cantt; Harvinder Singh of Mochi Mohalla, Ambala Cantt; Karam Chand of Bazigar Colony, Ambala Cantt; and Kuldeep Shakya of Ashok Vihar, Ambala Cantt have been nominated to the Ambala committee. Hitender Nirvan of Shyam Colony, Ballabgarh; Rajesh Khatana of ward number 2, Satyadwara, Old Faridabad; Mayank of sector 21, Faridabad; and Mohinder Sharma of Malai village have been nominated as non-official members of the Faridabad panel. Ramji Lal, nambardar of Sanchla village, has been nominated to the Fatehabad committee. Mohinder Singh of Acharya Puri, Gurgaon; Mahavir Bohra of Hyatpur village; Joginder Singh of Nathupur village; and RK Bali of Udyog Vihar have been nominated as members of the Gurgaon committee. Diwan Singh of Kandela village has been nominated to the Jind panel. Raju Pahalwan of the Gandhi Market, Bahadurgarh; and Rajpal of Rohad village are on the Jhajjar committee, while Dharam Pal Jindal of New Anaj Mandi, Kaithal, has been nominated to the Kaithal panel. Krishan Kumar of Ajrani village; Tejpal of Mathana village; Sukhdev Singh of Kirmach village; Darshan Khanna of Mohan Nagar; Raj Kumar Saini of Kheri Dabdalan village; Nathi Ram Saini of the new Grain Market, Babain; Virender Garg of HB Colony, sector 13; and Nirmal Neeraj of Ladwa have been nominated as non-official members of the Kurukshetra committee. Shahid Hussain of Malab village; Yahya Khan of Hasanpur village; and Sana Ullah Khan of Sakras village have been nominated to the Mewat committee. Neterpal Chauhan of Aurangabad village; Raju Deshwal of Ghori village; Ram Gopal of Agwanpur village; Irshad of Durachi village; and Shabir Khan of Mathepur village will be non-official members of the Palwal panel. Suresh Kumar of Manathi village and Devinder Singh of Buroli village have been nominated to the Rewari committee. Dr Gajanand Verma of the Main Market, Kalanaur; Rajinder Sharma of Humayunpur; and Hawa Singh Hooda of the Mishan
Road will be members of the Rohtak panel. Jagbir Singh Dhuhan of Mohra village and Chander Sharma of Kundli have been nominated to the Sonepat committee.
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Learnt homoeopathy to treat wife, Kurukshetra man now a doc
Kurukshetra, August 10 It was in 1990 when his wife developed an incurable ulcer that Randhir Singh decided to do a course in homoeopathy. But at that time, he had little inkling that his chance encounter with the world of medicine would become a life-long mission for him. Making a humble beginning with the free treatment of patients suffering from chronic diseases like breast cancer, cyst, tumour, psoriasis, etc., he carved out a niche for
himself and became Dr Randhir Singh. Specialising in the treatment of breast cancer and throat-related diseases, he opened a charitable dispensary in 1994 and now plans to open an HIV/AIDS centre and cancer hospital at Kurukshetra in Haryana and Shoghi near Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. Both hospitals would become functional by 2012. The successful treatment of about 1,000 patients motivated Dr Singh to pursue higher studies. He completed his degree/postgraduate course from the British Institute of Homoeopathy, London, in 1998. He obtained his PhD in alternative medicines from the Indian Board of Alternative Medicines, Kolkata, in skin diseases in 2001 and did his second PhD in homoeopathy in women remedies from New Age International University SEBORGA-ITLY (Europe) in February 2008. Dr Singh earned the distinction of becoming the first DLitt in homoeopathy in India after obtaining the degree from New Age International University SEBORGA-ITALY (Europe) in November 2008, which he completed in eight months. He had the honour to deliver a lecture at the British Institute of Homoeopathy, London, in September 2007, and was conferred the International Hahnemann Award by the International Homeopathic Medical Foundation in February 2008. Hailing from Kaul village in Kaithal district, Dr Singh is based in Kurukshetra. An employee of the Haryana Agriculture Department, Dr Singh plans to dedicate himself to the service of suffering humanity after retirement and popularise homoeopathy.
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Girls outshine boys in MDU law exams
Rohtak, August 10 As many as nine out of the 10 top positions (merit) of the five-year course and six out of the top 10 positions in the three-year course have been bagged by girl students. There are a total of about 800 seats in each of the courses, including those in the Department of Law of the university and its affiliated colleges in other districts. Vandana Mahalwar of the Department of Law of the university here has bagged the top position (Gold Medal) in the five-year course with an aggregate 67.76 per cent in all semesters of the course. She scored 1,694 marks out of the total of 2,500 marks. The second position went to one Navita Aggarwal, also of the same department, with a score of 66.52 per cent. While another girl, Nidhi got the third position; the fourth position went to Pravin Kumar, the only male student in the top 10 list of
the course. Mega Yadav, Komal Dahiya Kanupriya, Sumitra Kadian, Sonia Dhaka and Camy are the other merit holders. According to the authorities concerned, only two boys had been included in the top 15 positions of this course. The second course, LLB, which is of three-year duration, has also been dominated by girl students. Manjula Raghav has topped this course with 65.76 per cent. Besides Manjula, there are five other girl students who have found their names in the top 10 list. These include Rashika Tyagi (third), Nidhi Ahlawat (fifth), Nitu Bajaj (sixth), Deepali (eighth), and Rupali Sisodia placed at the 10th spot. Among the boys, Pradip Mittal, Narender Kumar, Subir Kumar and Tahir Hussain found their names in the top 10 list of the three-year course of law. While there are a total of 320 seats in the Law Department here for the three-year and five-year course, as many as 240 seats are with the Jat College of Law here. Remaining seats are allocated to the affiliated colleges at
Faridabad, Gurgaon and Rewari towns.
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State to honour girl achievers
Chandigarh, August 10 A spokesman for the women and child development department said those girls who were of up to 18 years of age and had made exceptional achievements in 2008-09 and up to July 31, 2009 would be eligible for the honour. The applications could be sent to the office of director, women and child development, Haryana, Chandigarh, through the deputy commissioner concerned with his recommendation before August 31, he added. He said eligible girls would be honoured on the occasion of “Balika Divas” to be celebrated on
December 22. He said the applications should have their complete bio-data, including name, date, place of birth, educational qualification, present address, contact phone number, field of achievement and a brief sketch justifying their exceptional achievement.
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2,112 BPL families get free power connection
Sirsa, August 10 Free power connections have been given by the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) to 2,112 BPL families in the district so far under this scheme and the authorities have planned to complete the target of providing connections to all BPL families in the district in four months. “The target of providing electricity connection to 22,119 BPL families at a cost of Rs 9 crore has been set for the district. No charges, including the cost of meters, will be made from such consumers. We have received applications from 8,172 families so far,” said Dr J Ganeshan, additional deputy commissioner-cum-executive officer of the DRDA. He said a special awareness drive had been launched through block development and panchayat officers as well as through panchayat representatives so that no eligible family was left out. He said besides providing electricity connection free of cost, the authorities were also providing a free kit worth Rs 2,000 containing CFLs and other electrical equipments to the BPL families. Ganeshan said no security deposit was demanded at the time of grant of power connection and only a sum of Rs 50 would be included in their bill.
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Teachers honoured for 100 pc results
Sonepat, August 10 As part of this programme, the sangh honoured as many as 369 teachers of Gohana, Murlana and Kathura blocks of Gohana subdivision in the district for bringing 100 per cent results in their subjects and classes during the 2009 annual examinations at a function organised in Gohana recently. The state president of the sangh, Balbir Singh, who was the chief guest on the occasion, distributed certificates and mementos among the teachers. The function was presided by district president Sanjiv Mor. The speakers appreciated the efforts of the teachers who achieved 100 per cent results and urged the teaching community to leave no stone unturned to regain the credibility of the government schools. At the call of the sangh, which is affiliated to the Sarv Karamchari Sangh, teachers had gone door to door to persuade parents for enrolment in government schools and their efforts brought positive results, claimed state general secretary Krishan Kumar Nirman.
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Herbal Park: Does land belong to Forest Dept?
Fatehabad, August 10 The park was recently inaugurated by Haryana Minister for Forests, Environment, Tourism, Sports and Youth Affairs Kiran Chaudhary. The park has been developed on land owned by kith and kin of Pahlad Singh Gillankhera, a senior Congress leader. The question regarding the park, earlier christened Mulethi Park after the herb glycyrrhiza but later renamed after former Haryana Minister Surinder Singh, arose from the very beginning. Sanjiv Chaturvedi, the then Divisional Forest Officer, Fatehabad, stopped work on the park in July 2007 on the plea that it was being developed on private land. This was stated to be against the norms of the department as the park, as far as possible, should be developed on either inside the forest area or on some other suitable government land. Chaturvedi objected to the project because government land was available to the department in Aherwan village. Chaturvedi was first reprimanded by his department and then suspended by the government in August 2007, but was later reinstated by a presidential order in January 2008 when the government failed to produce documentary evidence in support of the suspension order. Chaturvedi, a 2002 batch IFS officer, was later conferred the third Manjunath Shanmugham Integrity Award, instituted by IIM alumni, for taking on the government for a public cause. However, Chaturvedi’s resistance proved to be of little consequence and the department maintained that the land on which the park has been developed now belonged to the Forest Department, as the villagers, who owned that land, had handed it over to the department through a panchayat resolution. While answering queries of mediapersons at the time of the inauguration of the park, Kiran Chaudhary, too, maintained that the land belonged to the Forest Department, adding that the land had been declared a protected forest under Section 38 of the Indian Forest Act and even the mutation of the transfer had been entered in the revenue records. Ekta Parishad, a Haryana-based NGO that is working in the field of saving “Jal, jangal aur jameen” (water, forests and land) has, however, termed the development of the park as blatant misuse of government funds to benefit private individuals. The relevant revenue records, certified copies of July 28, 2009, of which are with The Tribune, show that the land comprising khasra numbers 159 and 160 measuring 174 kanal 9 marlas belonged to Hira Lal and others as proprietors and has been shown as “makbuza malikan” which, according to the revenue dictionary, means that the land is in the possession of the proprietors. Only the use of the land, which was earlier “gair mumkin johar” (non-cultivable pond), has now been amended by adding the words “herbal park” to the earlier usage. Further, a notification dated February 4, 2009, issued by the government, while declaring it as a protected forest, said the owners of the majority of shares in the land specified in the schedule have, in view of the conservation of the environment and forests thereon, represented before the Collector of Fatehabad district that the said land may be managed on their behalf by the Divisional Forest Officer, Fatehabad, as a protected forest on the terms mutually agreed upon. Pahlad Singh Gillankhera, however, maintained that his family and other villagers who own this land have given it to the Forest Department forever. “The land will remain with the Forest Department forever and we do not have any intention of taking it back. Our only interest was to develop a park in memory of the late Surinder Singh, with whom I worked in politics for years,” Gillankhera said.
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Boost to pisciculture in state
Kaithal, August 10 Dharam Singh Bharti, deputy director, fisheries, Haryana, gave this information to mediapersons in the Mini Secretariat here recently. He said as many as 14 hatcheries had been set up by the government and progressive farmers had also set up the same number of hatcheries to increase the production of fish seed. A modern fish seed farm to produce quality seed was also being set up at OTTU Lake in Sirsa district. To provide more facility to the farmers for marketing their fish produce, two more modern fish markets would be set up in Gurgaon and Bahadurgarh and three such markets had already been set up at Faridabad, Yamunanagar and Panipat. He said farmers were being trained to carry on fish farming by adopting polyculture and monoculture techniques to increase their production. Elaborating further, the deputy director said through polyculture technique steps were underway to increase production of Jhinga fish, besides Katla and Rahu varieties, and under the monoculture, the efforts were on to give a boost to Jhinga farming only. He said under the scheme, minimum two units would be set up in each district and the department would provide 50 per cent subsidy on feed. Under a scheme of the Fisheries Board of India, 5 hectares ponds would be identified and farmers would be granted subsidy on feed and renovation of ponds and those farmers would also be provided subsidy benefits under the scheme who had already availed benefit under any other scheme. The government has provided financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh per acre and subsidy of 20 per cent to private farm owners and Rs 60,000 per acre for panchayati ponds for digging and preparing ponds for fishery. A subsidy of 25 per cent was being provided to the SC category fish farmers. The government had also taken a decision to reduce the prevailing power rate from Rs 4 to Rs 2 per unit for setting up new hatcheries, Bharti said. The farmers were also being imparted training in fish farming and given Rs 100 per day during this period. And for refreshing course, the farmers were being sent to training centre, Hisar, where they were provided free boarding and lodging facility and daily allowance. Aquariums had been set up in five schools of each district to create interest about fishery science and fish farming among students, Bharti added.
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Denied aid, veteran athlete misses world meet
The expenditure for the tour was about Rs 1 lakh, but all he was offered was Rs 2,000. “I was dismayed, if not ashamed, when one of the officials offered a sum of Rs 1,000 or Rs 2,000 for the tour,” said Saunkhla, a former assistant director, postal services. Saunkhla was selected in the Indian team for the 12-day 18th World Masters Athletic championship that concluded in Finland on August 8. “I was overjoyed after getting this privilege to represent the nation at the world level after winning five gold, four silver and three bronze medals at the national masters athletic championships since 1994,” said Saunkhla. “I also participated in the 15th Asian Masters Athletic Championship in January this year in Thailand and spent Rs 60,000 from my own pocket. I secured the fourth and fifth ranks,” he added. “Now, I am a retired person and with meagre source of income, I found it difficult to manage the expenses on my own and decided to seek help from the state government”. “However, what I got after visiting the offices of politicians and bureaucrats was embarrassment,” he rued. Saunkhla said the state government was discriminatory towards sports veterans who were the role models for the youngsters. The state government used to provide incentives, including cash awards and pension, to its eligible employees of all masters categories who won medals at the national or international events, but now these were meant only for persons between the age group of 45 and 50 years. “The discrimination to other age groups was, however, beyond the senses of all of us,” added Saunkhla.
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Deprived of bus service, villagers threaten stir
Kaithal, August 10 The agitated villagers submitted a memorandum signed by residents of these villages to deputy commissioner Amneet P Kumar and pointed out that the villagers, particularly schoolgoing children, had to face inconvenience as private buses operating in their areas had discontinued their services for the last about one year. They said they had been pleading with officials of the district administration to provide them regular bus services, but all their pleas had remained unheard and
now they were planning to launch an agitation. They said in the absence of any bus service, many girl students were forced to discontinue their studies as tractors remained the only mode of travelling, which was not only time consuming but also inconvenient for women. The villagers who wanted to visit Kaithal either used a tractor or hired a private vehicle, they said while threatening to launch an agitation if their grievance was not addressed by the administration. Meanwhile, the Haryana Roadways GM said these routes were allotted to private bus operators and they were bound to ply their buses on these routes. However, he said they were not under his jurisdiction. The deputy commissioner said this matter had been brought to her notice for the first time and she would meet the Haryana Roadways GM and the Regional Transport Authority to sort out the matter to the satisfaction of the villagers It is also learnt that some private bus operators had stopped their services without informing the authorities.
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Tribune Adalat
I retired as a deputy superintendent from the Haryana Power Generation Corporation Ltd (HPGCL). My case of pay anomaly has been pending with the office for the past several years. Another similar case was set right nine years ago, but nothing has been done in my case despite numerous reminders to the administration of the HPGCL. In 2005, when I sought information under the RTI Act, I was informed that the case was under process, but till date I have not received any communication from the HPGCL in this regard.
Sunder Dass
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