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Bio-carbon project pruned to half
CM urges Centre to set up gas-based power plant
Entrance tests source of revenue
Rescue post set up at Marhi
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Challan hiked for using mobile while driving
Govt fails to bring panchayats online
Govt gives priority to uplift women
Khali is Special Olympics envoy
Pension project to be launched
Three of family killed in mishap
Pensioners seek hike in benefits
DC: Get antecedents verified
Chaki causeway washed away again
Make kids responsible, SP to parents
‘Bureaucracy disintegrating medical cadre’
Kangra airport sans night landing facility
Admn distributes foodgrains in Lahaul-Spiti
Attacked by wasps, kid dies of no aid
Mid-day meals ‘diverting’ focus of teachers
Workers rue agro unit’s apathy
YC seeks probe into funds collected by ABVP
Red Cross adopts children ward
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Bio-carbon project pruned to half
Shimla, November 15 First of its kind in Asia, the project had to be revised following the change effected in definition of forest under the clean development mechanism (CDM) by the Centre. According to the revised project design document (PDD) submitted for registration under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), forests will be raised under only around 44 hectares under the project and the number of panchayats to be covered will come down to around 275. Exercise for the validation of is valuation is already underway. The World Bank had asked the Forest Department to review and revise the project in light of the new definition according to which a patch of 500 sq m or more with woody growth of more than 2 m height and 15 per cent density will constitute a forest. Earlier, the project was formulated on the basis of the then existing definition under which growth of 5 m height or more and 30 per cent density was covered. The department carried out a ticklish exercise to revise the project which required identification of all patches of 500 sq m or more with woody growth of more than 2 m height for exclusion from the original project. Such areas have been excluded and plantation under the project will be undertaken only in areas which do not have forest cover. Progress of the project would be monitored through satellite images and, as such, basing the project on the prescribed format was most important. The areas excluded after review will appear as holes in the satellite imagery-based mapping. Under the project, the beneficiaries will receive Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000 per hectare annually, depending on the state of the carbon credit market. The idea of the project was to provide cash incentive to resource-starved poor farmers to encourage them to raise plantations. As many as 25 species, which not only have a good capacity of carbon sequestration, but also help regulate the hydrological cycle, have been identified for planting, including fruit and medicinal plants like mango, fig and aonla. The purchase of carbon credits will be in addition to the Rs 365 crore which the World Bank is providing for the Mid-Himalayan Watershed Project. |
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CM urges Centre to set up gas-based power plant
Shimla, November 15 Speaking at the Power Ministers’ conference in New Delhi today, he said hydro-power generation in the state declined drastically during winter from October to March due to reduction in discharge of rivers, forcing power cuts. The gap between demand and supply was likely to touch 800 MW by the year 2012 due to rapid industrialisation in the state and called for timely action in this regard. He also requested the Centre to fix 15 per cent share under un-allocated quota available at its disposal from October to April each year as a matter of policy to ensure regular electricity supply to consumers in the state. He requested for setting up a mechanism for providing grants and soft loans to hill states for development of hydroelectric projects and establishment of transmission network which required huge financial investments. He also sought clearance for the state’s proposal for levying of generation tax on such projects. Dhumal stated that the state had harnessed 6,500 MW out of the total potential of 23,000 MW and the installed capacity will cross 10,000 MW by the end of 11th plan and 15,000 MW by the end of the 12th plan. The projects slated for completion in the 11th plan included 1,000 MW Karchham- Wangtu, 800 MW Kol Dam, 800 MW Parbati-II, 231 MW Chamera-III, 192 MW Allian Duhangan, 100 MW Malana-II, 100 MW Shorang, 100 MW Uhl and 70 MW Budhil, which together add about 3,500 MW capacity the remaining period of the 11th plan. The Chief Minister requested the Centre to empower the states to give techno-economic clearance to projects upto Rs 2,500 crore, which had not been included in national electricity plan, to reduce time for in pre-implementation clearances. He said Himachal should be included in the policy which proposed to lower the criteria for giving mega-project status to hydroelectric ventures in the north eastern states. He also wanted revision of the population criteria of 10,000 or above to 5,000 for hilly towns under restructured APDRP as population in many towns, which was 5,000 in 2001, had almost doubled. |
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Entrance tests source of revenue
Shimla, November 15 Information gathered by RTI activist Dev Ashish Bhattacharya has revealed that cost of prospectus, in case of most of the various state-owned institutions like the IIT, AIIMS, HP CMET and the CBSE, ranged from Rs 750 to Rs 1,000 which was too high in comparison to Rs 70 being charged by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for civil services examinations. For instance, the sale of prospectus for CPMET-2009 fetched Rs 49,92,650 to Himachal Pradesh University. The prospectus of some private institutions cost as much as Rs 2,000 and a student has to cough out Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 even if he opts for a few selected entrance tests. Bhattacharya has taken up the matter with Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibbal and urged him to reform the system by ensuring that only two combined entrance tests, one for government institutions, and the other for private institutions, were held in the country for various streams. Besides, directions should be issued to the state-owned examining bodies and institutions to bring their charges at par with those of the UPSC. The private institutions should be asked to reduce the cost by 50 per cent to save students from being fleeced, he added. He had also drawn the minister’s attention to lack of transparency in the conduct of entrance tests as a result of which there have been repeated controversies and litigation, severely undermining their credibility. The information procured by him under the RTI indicates that only a few institutions were allowing candidates to take away the question paper and copy of OMR answer sheet and posting answer key and solutions on the website. Consequently, incidents of checking on the basis of a wrong answer key and allegation of malpractices are increasing with each passing year. Bhattacharya has urged Sibbal to ensure that candidates were allowed to take home both the question paper and copy of the OMR answer sheet so that they could cross check their answers from the key and solutions which should be posted on the website within 10 days of the examination. Further, use of pencil should not be allowed for marking answers on the OMR sheet and in case a candidate is not satisfied with the marks awarded to him, he should be allowed to represent to the examining body on the basis of the copy of the OMR answer sheet. |
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Rescue post set up at Marhi
Manali, November 15 Deputy Director of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, here, Mahavir Thakur said the second rescue post would be set up on the other side of the 13,050-ft-high Rohtang Pass at Khoksar in Lahaul-Spiti district. He further said if weather conditions remained good with no more fresh snowfall in the region the second rescue team would cross the Rohtang Pass tomorrow and other rescue post would be set up Khoksar. Thakur further said the rescue posts would help monitor the safety of pedestrians crossing the Rohtang Pass and to meet any eventuality due to bad weather. People crossing over the Rohtang Pass on foot are requested to register themselves with the rescue posts at Marhi and Khoksar to take maximum benefit of these posts, he added. The entire higher reaches in upper Manali region experienced a fresh spell of snowfall, while the lower parts of the areas were lashed with heavy rains today, resulting in considerable fall in the day temperature. Vehicular traffic on the Manali-Rohtang Pass road was disrupted due to fresh snowfall at several places beyond Gulaba, about 22 km from here, today. Meanwhile, hundreds of tourists, who have come to Kullu-Manali from plains to enjoy snow at Gulaba, were delighted to see the hills covered under the white blanket. |
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Challan hiked for using mobile while driving
Shimla, November 15 It has been decided to enhance challan for offences like use of cell phone or playing music while driving and overloading in the buses from existing Rs 100 to a fat sum ranging between Rs 2,000 to Rs 5000, Principal Secretary Transport PC Kapoor said. The hike was in line with the Section 192 (A) of the Indian Motor Vehicle Act, he said, adding the state cabinet has already approved the increase. Surveys on causes of accidents in the hill state suggest that in 78 per cent cases human errors have been found to be the reason for the mishaps while mechanical failure accounts for 3 per cent, faulty roads (10 per cent) and the rest to reasons like drunken driving, Kapoor said. It was established that accident of a bus in Chamba district two months back, which killed about 30 passengers, was due to the fact that the driver Recently, mishap of a private bus on November 6 last in Kangra district was attributed to overloading, he said.
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Govt fails to bring panchayats online
Hamirpur, November 15 The previous Congress government had started a project to computerise all panchayats in the state in a phased manner and had committed to make all these online by connecting them through the Internet by the year 2007. Showing its commitment towards the rural people, even the present regime had been talking of carrying this task further and make all panchayats online. More so since the state government had launched several projects providing vital information to rural people by making use of information
technology. However, the talks of bringing all panchayats online had not made much headway since computers have not been installed in many panchayats and none of the panchayat had been connected with the Internet facility here. In Hamirpur district, out of total 229 panchayats only 115 panchayats have been provide computers and none of these had been linked with the Internet connection. A panchayat president told the Tribune, “Though the state government has been talking of bringing all panchayats online, many panchayats have not been provided with computers till now.” “Even where computers have been installed Internet connection has not been provided,” he added. Vijay Kumar, a villager, who had opened a kiosk under the Lokmitra project, said, “Though the government has launched several projects to benefit rural people by providing them online information, lack of computerisation and Internet facility at panchayat level have deprived them from making proper utilisation of such
information.” District panchayat officer Satish Sharma said, “The state government is trying to computerise all panchayats and make them online in a phased
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Govt gives priority to uplift women
Shimla, November 15 In fact, empowerment of women has become a top priority of the government as the ever-decreasing female sex ratio continues to cause serious concern. A two-pronged strategy has been adopted to combat the problem. Besides taking steps to curb malpractices like sex determination tests, schemes focussing on betterment of women and their economic empowerment are being implemented to find a permanent solution. Surprise checks on clinics are being conducted regularly by the health department and awareness campaigns are also being carried out to sensitise people. The basic objective of providing various benefits is to change the psyche of people who consider girl child
as a burden. “Balika Samridhi Yojna” is one such scheme for girls from below poverty line (BPL) families under which the government deposits Rs 500 in bank or post office on the birth of a girl child and the money could be drawn by her after attaining the age of 18 years. Similarly, the “Kishori Shakti Yojna” takes care of the health of adolescent girls by promoting self-development awareness regarding health, hygiene, nutrition, family welfare and management. In the year 2008-09, as many as 95,944 girls were provided supplementary nutrition, 2,851 were imparted skill enhancement training, 14,3987 were provided iron folic acid pills, 17,3030 were provided nutrition and health education and 64 girls were provided coaching for higher education. Haemoglobin tests were conducted on 87,387 girls under the scheme. Rs 47 lakh were spent on the implementation of this scheme. Economic independence is the key to women empowerment and to achieve this, a number of income-generating schemes and self-employment avenues are being provided to unemployed girls. Women self-help groups have been a major success in this direction and at present, as many as 24,329 such functional groups are generating an income of more than Rs 77 crore annually. Welfare schemes like the “Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojna”, under which girls, whose annual family income is below Rs 15,001, are being given Rs 11,001 as marriage grant. In the year 2008-09, an amount of Rs 1.16 crore was given to 1,056 eligible girls. A grant of Rs 25,000 is also given to promote widow remarriage. The state government is also providing social security pension at a rate of Rs 330 per month to widows and destitute women whose annual income is less than Rs 6,000.
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Khali is Special Olympics envoy
Shimla, November 15 “He has agreed to become the brand ambassador of the Special Olympics,” Mallika Nadda, chairperson of the Special Olympic Bharat-Himachal Pradesh chapter, said. Formalities in this regard will be completed on Tuesday, she added. Nadda hoped presence of the famous wrestler would inspire the physically and mentally challenged children and would also add to the attraction of the quadrennial event — held both in summer and winter. Khali, a resident of Dhiraina village in Sirmour district, is currently in India to attend his younger brother’s marriage. The last Winter Special Olympics was held in the US in February this year, while the next Summer Special Olympics is scheduled in Athens, Greece in 2011.— PTI |
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Pension project to be launched
Hamirpur, November 15 Giving details about the project, Hamirpur DC Abhishek Jain said based on a study conducted by Asian Development Bank government employees between the age of 18 and 55 years could become members of this scheme. He said the scheme in Hamirpur district would be made operational through the State Bank of Patiala and members could contribute a minimum of Rs 500 per month or Rs 6,000 per annum and there is no upper limit for making this contribution. The members will start getting pension after 60 years of age, he added. Adviser of the Asian Development Bank Kevin Bhatnagar, who is also a pension scheme expert, said the scheme would be launched in Hamirpur district by the end of November and members would get 12.5 per cent return on their contributions. |
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Three of family killed in mishap
Shimla, November 15 The car was on its way from Rampur to Baghi. While Krishan Negi, who was driving the vehicle, was injured, his wife Neeraja Negi, son Sheshav Negi and mother-in-law Shiv Dasi died on the spot. His other son Madhur escaped with minor injuries. According to the police, the mishap took place due to poor visibility as the hill through which the kutcha road passes was enveloped in the fog. Krishan, who is currently posted as the principal of Government School, Rattanpur, has been admitted to the Indira Gandhi Medical College, here. |
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Pensioners seek hike in benefits
Shimla, November 15 The association, which met here recently, also demanded enhancement of fixed medical reimbursement allowance from Rs 100 to Rs 500 per month and prompt clearance of pending medical bills. It also urged the government to grant leave travel concession facility to pensioners every two years and reserve seats for senior citizens in the state road transport corporation buses. The association decided to celebrate Pensioners’ Day on December 17 at Mandi. |
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DC: Get antecedents verified
Hamirpur, November 15 He said it was compulsory for such residents to furnish his or her particulars, along with a passport size photograph, to the concerned SHO for identification and verification for securing an identity card issued by the police station. Jain said he had passed these orders under Section 144 of the CrPC to maintain peace.
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Chaki causeway washed away again
Dharamsala, November 15 According to sources, the causeway was washed away due to flash flood in the river as rains lashed the region for the past two days. A labourer, who was crossing the causeway when the flash flood struck, had a narrow escape. She got trapped in the swelling waters of the river but somehow managed to climb a rock. For about two hours she kept sitting over the rock viewing the river water swelling around her. Fortunately, the river water started receding after about two hours. She then mustered courage and crossed the river through about one feet of water. This saved her life. Since vehicular traffic was disrupted on the route, people had to cross Chaki from the railway bridge to reach Kangra district. The causeway that was a temporary structure constructed to allow vehicles to pass through the Chaki river had been washed away for the second time in the current year. Over 100-year-old Chaki bridge that was constructed during the British rule was washed away a few years ago. Though the national highways authorities had allotted the contract for construction of new bridge, the work was progressing at a very tardy pace. Since it was the only bridge on the main road linking Kangra with the Pathankot area, so it was likely to affect heavy traffic to the region for the next few days. The alternative route chalked out by the PWD for vehicular traffic through the Kandwal area was also disrupted as a major bridge over the road also collapsed last month. The flash floods in the Chaki river have increased over the past few years. Environmentalists were alleging that the water retaining capacity of the river had decreased due to large-scale illegal mining, especially near Punjab and Himachal border, the riverbed-level of Chaki had gone down by about 30 feet in the last two decades. The decreasing bed level of Chaki had adversely affected various water supply schemes and other infrastructure as bridges and roads along the river. This was threatening various government investments worth crores in the region. However, despite complaints by various government departments regarding illegal mining, the operations were still going on destroying the ecology of the Chaki river. |
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Make kids responsible, SP to parents
Bilaspur, November 15 Sharma was addressing the foundation day of the Nehru Yuvak Kendra Sangthan (NYK) on the occasion of Children’s Day at Sunhani, about 42 km from here, last evening. To mark the day, various competitions were held on subjects related to the life, works, deeds and philosophy of late Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The Jan Jagran Mahila Mandal of Chakkali was given the award of ‘Best Yuva Mandal’ in Bilaspur. For Hamirpur, the Pragati Yuvak Mandal Nohan bagged the same award. Both centres were given a cash prize of Rs 10,000 each, along with certificates for excelling in social works, etc., during the last year. Mira Kumari, president, Mahila Mandal Sai Brahamana; Neeraj Singh, president, Yuvak Mandal Bhadrog, Bilaspur; Rakesh Thakur of Jhinjhinkadi; and Vina Devi of the Ganpati Mahila Mandal Nijhar of Hamirpur were given cash prizes of Rs 5,000 and declared ‘Best Youth’ of their districts, respectively. In on-the-spot painting competition, Shivani, Ankita Kumari and Monika of Government Senior Secondary School, Sunhani, were declared first second and third, respectively. In the declamation contest, Rachna of GSSS Sunhani, Sapna Kumari of GSSS Barthin and Kavita Kumari of GSSS Barthin got first, second and third prizes, respectively. In group song, Sheetla Mahila Mandal Sunhani bagged the first prize, GSSS Barthin second and Government Primary School Sunhani third.
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‘Bureaucracy disintegrating medical cadre’
Mandi, November 15 Voicing their grievances at the HPMOA’s 21st general meeting here today, HPMOA office-bearers made a direct attack on the bureaucracy, stating that the latter had made all dialogue with the state government impossible, hampering their attempts to put forward their problems and demands. “We can not resort to protest as the high court has declared medical care as an essential service,” they rued. Addressing the delegates and other government health officials, Dr Jiva Nand Chauhan, general secretary, HPMOA, said doctor cadre had been divided into contract and RKS categories. “Doctors are being appointed not by the government appointing authorities, but by the the RKS or through contract,” he added. He charged that the HPMOA’s viewpoint was not reaching the government as the bureaucracy had created a communication gap between the HPMOA and government. “We have been demanding a uniform recruitment and promotion policy for medical cadre, PG increment for postgraduate doctors, house rent, conveyance and proper residential facilities at the district level and primary-level hospitals in the state as the Punjab government has implemented them,” he added. He said the faulty recruitment policy had created a lot of frustration among doctors that would hit patient care in the state. “Seventytwo doctors appointed in 2006 are drawing Rs 16,000 per month where as the doctors appointed through the RKS are drawing Rs 29,000 per month that defies all rules and regulations,” he charged. Sanjay Pathak, president, HPMOA, Mandi, in his address, retreated that doctors who had put in 10 years of service should be promoted. “We have a cadre of 1,600 doctors and there is no cadre expansion since 1980,” he rued. Mandi CMO Dr DK Arora said PG
doctors and the MBBS were drawing the same salaries. Dr Nagesh Verma, Director, Health Services, said, “The government is aware about the anomalies and is strengthening district and rural hospitals by appointing doctors and paramedical staff through the RKS which has its own budget and has been given power to appoint staff and purchase equipment.” Rural Development Minister Jai Ram Thakur, who was the chief guest of the meeting, assured doctors that he would take up the matter with the Health Minister and health officials to solve the problem before they meet the Chief Minister.
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Kangra airport sans night landing facility
Kangra, November 15 Both instruments have not even been requisitioned by the Airport Authority of India (AAI) despite an assurance by Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel during the earlier tenure of the UPA government that night landing facility would be provided at this airport within four months. The Kangra airport seems to a be an ignored airport of the country where there is neither a Met office nor the night landing facility, thus putting pilots and passengers to inconvenience. The runway lights had been installed but unless the ILS and VOR are installed, night landing is not possible. Moreover, there is no central line alignment localiser and angle line facilities at this airport. According to sources, procurement of the ILS and VOR was to be made by the AAI headquarters in Delhi from abroad, requisition for which was yet to be made. The project of the runway expansion at this airport was put on hold because of some political pressure, the sources added. The present 4,500-ft-long runway here was providing landing and take off facilities for ATR aircraft and if it was doubled to 9,000 feet, Airbus 320 could also land at this airport, the sources disclosed. In the absence of Met office, permission of landing due to inclement weather is granted or denied by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) on the basis of visual
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Admn distributes foodgrains in Lahaul-Spiti
Keylong, November 15 The district would remain cut off from rest of the world by road due to heavy snowfall as the Rohtang Pass, the only entry point to the district, is closed due to heavy snowfall, official sources said today. Though the pass situated at a height of 13,050 feet has been closed for the past six days due to early snowfall, it was declared closed officially from today, the deadline followed every year. “The district administration has almost completed distribution of foodgrains and other essentials like fuel and domestic LPG cylinders for the next six months to the residents,” Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Akshay Sood said. We have sufficient stock in store for an emergency situation also, he added. Almost 95 per cent of the distribution work through PDS shops and also village-level committees have been completed, the SDM said. But, the supply of LPG cylinders of 19.2 kg for commercial use is short in supply as against the requirement of 16,600 only 4,116 has reached here so far. The SDM said the trucks carrying the cylinders were stuck at Manali due to closure of the Rohtang Pass six days in advance due to untimely snowfall. More consumption of LPG refills was expected this winter as the state government had decided to provide LPG heater to its offices in place of coal heaters used to be given earlier in view of environment concerns raised by the tribal development council. “In case of emergency, we will use LPG cylinders meant for domestic consumption to fill the gap,” Sood added. With the closing of the Rohtang Pass, rescue teams have been stationed at Marhi and Koksar, en route Lahaul and Spiti to handle emergency situations. The temperature in parts of the state ranges between -20°C to -30°C during the peak winter days.
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Attacked by wasps, kid dies of no aid
Bilaspur, November 15 According to available information Kehro Devi of Kothi village of gram punchayat Kosariyan here, along with her three-year-old son Nikhil, had gone to woods to collect fodder for her cattle. While returning home they were attacked by the wasps. Hearing their
cries for help, villagers rushed to the spot. They both were rushed to their home. The condition of Nikhil deteriorated during the night and he was taken to Shah Talai. However, there was no medical aid available there, which further deteriorated the condition of the child. He was rushed to a nearby dispensary at Badsar
but it was too late then. The child breathed his last on the way to dispensary.
Kehro Devi is still under treatment at a private clinic at Shah Talai and is said to be out of danger. |
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Mid-day meals ‘diverting’ focus of teachers
Kangra, November 15 Stating this here today, Onkar Rana, president, Himachal Government Teachers Union (HPGTU), Kangra, said the government should hand over the mid-day meal scheme to local bodies or other appropriate agencies so that teachers could focus completely on teaching students. Rana said teachers were getting more involved in mid-day meals, resulting in wastage of time, money and energy. The priority for the teachers was to impart quality education to the students and not to prepare food for them during the school hours, he stressed. Stating that LPG cylinders used for mid-day meals from many elementary schools were being stolen, he demanded that the colour of cylinders should be different and chowkidars in elementary schools be appointed to avoid such thefts. He also asked the government to review the rates of food items used for mid-day meals as the cost of essential commodities was escalating on the one hand and on the other hand, fixed amount for each student as per the previous rates was leading to the deterioration in the quality of the mid-day meals too.
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Workers rue agro unit’s apathy
Nurpur, November 15 Rising prices of essential commodities and disbursement of workers’ salaries after a gap of months reflect the sorry state of these families. The workers, who are up in arms against the management of the HPAIC, have not received their salaries since March this year. According to Jagdish Singh, the management had released only last February’s salary on Diwali. He urged the state government either to disburse workers’ salaries regularly every month or merge them in other government departments. HIMAGRICO, a sick unit, has been manufacturing agricultural implements and tools. Intriguingly, neither government departments are purchasing implements or tools from this unit despite government guidelines of fulfilling 50 per cent of their annual requirement through HIMAGRICO, nor products are being sold in the open market due to stiff competition by the private sector units. As a result, this unit had been accumulating losses for the past many years. Even workers’ strength had reduced drastically during the past few years. According to sources, following intervention of the state Labour Department, the salary dispute was once settled in June last year when former state INTUC general secretary Rajnesh Sharma served a demand notice to the management of the HPAIC following erratic disbursement of their salaries. At that time the representatives of the HPAIC had assured to absorb the employees of this unit in the government departments. However, no steps were initiated till date. Mohinder Mahajan, administrative in charge of the unit, said he had written to the management of the HPAIC several times for disbursement of salaries and added that chances of its revival were very thin due to enhanced cost of production in comparison with private sector manufacturing units. Significantly, workers of honey-processing unit at Kandrori and animal feed unit at Jachh, two more sick units of the HPAIC, have also not received their salaries. |
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YC seeks probe into funds collected by ABVP
Bilaspur, November 15 Addressing the media, state Youth Congress spokesperson Sanjiv Saini said it was not known for whose cause the ABVP was out on the roads. It was now demanding transfer of an officer only because he firmly stood in their way of charging huge money from officers. He said the ABVP was not fighting for the cause of students, but to restore their hegemony over the government and bureaucracy. He, however, condemned the lathi charge by the police on students at Mandi college. Saini also criticised the claim of BJP leaders that the government had fulfilled its 90 per cent election promises to people in the past two years.
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Red Cross adopts children ward
Hamirpur, November 15 Giving this information, chairperson of the Red Cross society Arushi Jain said the society would now take care of all facilities in the children ward and soon make a survey of the ward for providing facilities. The society has also donated a blower in the ward to maintain body temperature of infants and also distributed fruits to women and children patients in the ward. |
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