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Nuclear power plant safe, NPC chief assures villagers
Steps to modernise force on: DGP
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World Disability Day
Man dies of H1N1 in Sirsa
Two die, 15 hurt in accident
No lessons learnt from Bhopal gas tragedy: CITU leaders
Cheeka Murder
Teachers meet Hooda, submit demand charter
“Backdoor” entry irks engineers
Rural sports meet kicks off
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Nuclear power plant safe, NPC chief assures villagers
Fatehabad, December 3 “The nuclear power plant being set up by NPCIL at Kumahria in Fatehabad will be completely safe and provide employment opportunities to the local people,” Jain said, while talking to residents and and mediapersons at the plant site today. Jain was accompanied by Executive Director of NPCIL Dr S Thakur, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Power, Madhusudan Prasad, and MD, Haryana Power Generation Corporation, Sanjeev Kaushal. He visited the proposed site and later met farmers of nearby Bhuna town. “The other 17 nuclear power plants functioning at different places in the country are also safe and no untoward incident has occurred so far. “The nuclear power plant at Kumahria will be modern and the technology used ultra modern, which is safe for human beings as well as the environment,” Jain said. He said the plant would be set up over an area of 500 hectares and it would be run by as many as 700 employees. It would use 50 tonnes of uranium per year. He also met farmers at the Kisan Rest House in Bhuna and assured them of adequate compensation for their land. Chief Parliamentary Secretary Prahlad Singh Gillankhera was part of the team. Meanwhile, Krishan Swaroop, state secretary of the All- India Kisan Sabha today demanded compensation at NCR rates for the farmers whose land had been acquired for the plant. “The land is highly fertile and the government should provide farmers with the option of exchange of land as well as compensation at NCR rates,” Krishan Swaroop said. He claimed that over 500 farmers had been waiting on the Gorakhpur-Kajalheri Road to meet the team members to express their concern, but the team used another route. He said that more than 80 per cent of the land would be acquired for the plant from farmers of Gorakhpur. But the plant was being named after Kumharia village, causing a lot of resentment. |
Steps to modernise force on: DGP
Faridabad, December 3 He said all efforts were being made to modernise the police force, including injecting new technology and upgrading the present tools and equipment. Senior police officers were also present during the meeting. Chaisa police station was set up during colonial times in 1893. However, it will now function from the new building complex. Dalal later inaugurated an Arms License Wing here at the headquarters of Faridabad Police Commissionerate and a courtroom in the mini-secretariat. The courtroom comes into play as the police has got magisterial powers under the commissionerate system. The police here, as is the case of Gurgaon Police Commissioneate, have been given crime preventive powers, which were earlier vested in the Sub Divisional Magistrates. Setting out a roadmap for the Haryana police, Dalal said strict measures would be taken to curb drunken driving and other traffic violations. He said police authorities, with a good response from the Haryana government, were making all efforts to provide welfare schemes to the personnel. They include housing facilities, public schools for children and a good atmosphere for working. Dalal said in the coming three years, the state police would be in an advanced stage of computerisation. He said the Haryana police was well-aware of its responsibility with regard to the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. All efforts were on to put a foolproof system of security, he said. |
World Disability Day
Yamunanagar, December 3 The rehabilitation centre of the District Red Cross this September manufactured India’s lightest artificial limb named the “Jagadhri Foot” which weighs about 500 gm. Other artificial foots in the market weigh around 800 gm to 1 kg. The rehabilitation centre is now supplying this lighter and cheaper foot to neighbouring states. Said DC Agarwal on the phone after receiving the award: “The district rehabilitation centre has been working for the disabled in other districts of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. “The needy are being provided artificial limbs, tricycles, wheelchairs, visual and hearing aids free of cost” he said. He said April 19, 2003, was an important day for the centre when the then President Dr Abdul Kalam distributed artificial limbs and various aid among the disabled persons of the district. “The centre is also working towards promoting higher education among the disabled. the Red Cross is providing laptops and other facilities to them,” he added.
Lip service won’t do: Expert
Kurukshetra, December 3 “We need to motivate the corporate world to come out in help of these people in the true sense.” He also pointed out that there was a case for equalisation of benefits for all categories of physically challenged persons in the present era of globalisation. “We need to narrow the wage gap between normal and PCP workers in India,” opined Professor Goel. |
Man dies of H1N1 in Sirsa
Sirsa/Fatehabad, December 3 Gurnam Singh (27), a resident of Gadrana village near Kalanwali, was a farm labourer and was ill for the past fortnight. He was admitted to a local hospital with low-grade fever, cough and breathlessness on November 26. His condition deteriorated and he developed symptoms of influenza. The doctor attending on him informed the health authorities, which took samples and sent these to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases on November 27. The patient was shifted to the isolation ward of the general hospital on December 1. He died last night.“We conducted a door-to-door survey of Gadrana village today and found 15 cases with symptoms of mild fever, cough and cold,” said civil surgeon Dr PS Dhawan. “All these cases are under category A and need no testing or hospitalisation,” said Dr Viresh Bhushan, Nodal Officer, who visited Gadrana today. Meanwhile, the authorities have been put on alert in Fatehabad district after a three-year-old girl from Sadhanwas village died with symptoms of influenza in Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. “We’re not yet sure whether it was a case of H1N1 influenza or pneumonia and have requested the Apollo Hospital authorities to provide us the details,” said Dr OP Arya, Civil Surgeon, Fatehabad. The girl was treated at a private hospital in Tohana before being shifted to Delhi. Dr Arya said a rapid response team (RRT) of doctors hadbeen sent to the village to find out if there were other cases showing similar symptoms. |
Two die, 15 hurt in accident
Karnal, December 3 As many as 22 persons were inside the tempo, which was on its way from Devipur to village Ghodapipli (Yamunagar). Sources said the tempo was hit by a dumper from the rear, which then knocked the three-wheeler moving in the same direction. The injured were rushed to the Trauma Centre at Karnal, where Rulia Ram (70), resident of Ghodapipli, was declared brought-dead. Another person Ism Singh (50) of the same village died in the hospital. Those injured include Murti, Pradeep, Mane, Syo Ram, Jai Bhagwan , Sila Rakam, Usha, Maya, Pali, Simla, Resho and Monga. In addition, Om Prakash and Savitri, who were travelling in the three-wheeler, were also injured. IT student killed
Rewari: Deepak Batra (21), a student of Somany Institute of Technology and Management here, died on the spot while his classmates - Sumit and Deepak Yadav - were injured when the motorcycle they were riding was hit by an unknown vehicle on the circular road in the wee hours today. The injured have been admitted to a private hospital. While Deepak Batra was a resident of Panipat, Sumit and Deepak Yadav belong to Hansi and Pataudi, respectively. In another incident, Ashish Pal (30), assistant manager in a private company at Bawal and a resident of Maharashtra, was killed on the spot when his motorcycle was hit by an unknown vehicle on the Bawal-Rewari road near Karnawas village, 6 km from here, last night.
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No lessons learnt from Bhopal gas tragedy: CITU leaders
Sonepat, December 3 Hundreds of activists of the Sangh, Gyan Vigyan Samiti (GVS), All-India Kisan Sabha, CITU, Sai Seva Samiti, different labour organisations and a number of prominent citizens participated in the seminar, which was presided by the district president of SKS Sheelak Ram Malik. The speakers at the seminar, including Malik, state vice-president of the Kisan Sabha Shradha Nand Solanki, Krishan Vats, KK Malik and CITU leader Anand Sharma lashed out at the Central Government for not learning a lesson and continued to favour multinational companies at the cost of the lives and livelihood of the people of the country. All policies were being pursued with the aim to benefit the capitalists. It was sad, indeed, that the common man had hardly any say on matters that touched him most, they opined. |
Cheeka Murder
Kaithal, December 3 According to reports, there was partial response to the bandh. The traders and rice-millers also held a meeting, which was presided over by Hans Raj Jindal. They assembled at the market committee rest house and later handed over a memorandum to SDM Guhla Baljeet Singh demanding immediate arrest of those involved in the incident. INLD MLA Phool Singh Kheri also reached the rest house where the commission agents had assembled. He assured the traders all support if they launched an agitation. Meanwhile, it is learnt that police teams constituted by the SSP Sandeep Khirwar were making strenuous efforts to arrest the culprits. A number of persons have been questioned and police teams have raided some places in Haryana and neighbouring districts of Punjab. SSP Sandeep Khirwar said various teams, including CIA branch of Guhla and Kaithal, were on the job. Following the incident, he has advised businessmen to seek police assistance while moving a heavy amount from their business premises to banks for deposits or while withdrawing. The public has also been asked to keep a tab on activities of suspicious persons. |
Teachers meet Hooda, submit demand charter
Rewari, December 3 The deputation was led by the state president Rajender Kumar and comprised vice-president Dr Jai Narain, general secretary Dr Sanjiv Kumar, financial secretary Dr Satyapal Singh, organising secretary Amit Chaudhary and joint secretary Dr Rajvir Siwach. Dr Sanjiv Kumar said they pleaded for grant of Class I gazetted officer status to all college teachers; regularisation of adhoc associate professors who had already crossed the age limit; requisite alteration in the provision of senior grade to teachers working in government colleges in rural areas of the state; creation of the post of professor in government colleges; selection-cum-appointment of the director of higher education from among the college principals’ panel and formulation of transparent and cogent (justified) policies for transfer and deputation of college teachers . The Chief Minister assured that the needful would be done soon. |
“Backdoor” entry irks engineers
Panipat, December 3 Sumer Singh Yadav, general secretary of the association in a letter to the Power Minister has conveyed the resentment among engineers on the possible appointment of retired engineers as Directors of the nigam at the expense of serving engineers. The extended tenure of the nigam’s directors expired on November 15. It is understood that some officers are again being given another term and retired officers adjusted as Directors of the power utility. The association has requested the Power Minister to reverse the policy of placing retired officers on prime posts. Serving engineers can contribute more for the power utility it says. |
Rural sports meet kicks off
Sirsa, December 3 Addressing the sportspersons, he said the Haryana government will provide coaches and support staff in each stadium being constructed in the state, besides other basic facilities like drinking water, toilets etc. He said that as many as 171 stadiums were being constructed on a war-footing and many were almost complete. “As many as 619 villages were included in the Panchayat Youth Sports Campaign last year and an equal number will be included this year. All villages of the state will be covered under the campaign in the next 10 years,” he added. SS Nandal, Deputy Director, Sports Department, said as many as 1,700 sportspersons from different districts of the state would participate in various disciples, including football, judo, boxing, hockey, volleyball, kabaddi, handball et al during the competition. |
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