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Yellow rust invades wheat crop in Hisar
CM to visit Ambala jail
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Governing Bodies
T-10 gully cricket gets under way
Panipat to have five-storeyed bus stand
High turnout in Ellenabad
HPGCL to renovate Panipat thermal units
School celebrates silver jubilee
Students told to develop eco-friendly habits
Y’nagar to introduce single window system
Modelling a tough profession, says Mehar
Panchkula, Y’nagar to have solid waste management plants
Faridabad gets taste of literary activities
Don’t compromise on quality, engg institutes urged
‘Implement’ Centre-funded schemes
Recarpeting of NH-71 in progress
Letter RBI selects 3 SITM students
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Yellow rust invades wheat crop in Hisar
Hisar, January 21 This disease primarily occurs in wheat crop grown in cooler climates, which are generally associated with higher elevations and northern latitudes. The leaves of infected crop produce yellow-coloured strips. He said the growth of the infected plants is stunted which causes nearly 50 per cent production loss. In extreme conditions, it can destroy the crop. Narwal advised farmers to remain alert and keep a vigil on the wheat crop. As a control measure and to check the further spread of yellow rust, he has advised farmers to spray the crop with mancozeb solution of desired strength.
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CM to visit Ambala jail
Ambala, January 21 He also remained imprisoned for several months in Hisar, Rohtak and Ferozepur jails during the struggle for independence. Hooda will attend the Bhagwat Gita katha being organised in the jail for the prisoners from January 23 to 29. Ambala SP Bharti Arora
has taken the initiative to arrange this religious function in the jail. Ranbir Singh, a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and a founder member of the constitution committee, had taken out a
protest march against British rulers in Rohtak along with his supporters in September, 1944. The Rohtak police arrested him and sent him to Ambala jail so that he could not instigate other jail inmates of Rohtak against the government. He was brought in Ambala jail on September 29, 1944, and was released on February 14, 1945.
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Governing Bodies
Hisar, January 21 Local RTI activist Anil Bhatia sent a query to Kurukshetra University under
the RTI Act seeking to know whether the statutory governing body of each affiliated college or the executive committee of the trust/society of the college such as the DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi, was competent to manage the entire gamut of affairs of affiliated colleges, including the 11 DAV Colleges in Haryana. In its reply dated January 13 Kurukshetra University stated that "the governing body of each affiliated college is competent to manage the entire gimmit (sic) of affairs of non-government recognize (sic) colleges viz advertising posts, constitution of selection committee, selection, appointment, probation, confirmation, grant of all types of leave, suspension, termination, maintenance of PF etc of
a lecturer/principal working in the affiliated college". As against this, the Principal of Dr Ganesh Das DAV College of Education for Women, Karnal, in its reply to a query under the RTI Act stated that "it is the DAV College Managing committee, New Delhi, which is the owner of the colleges and employer of employees working in different institutions and as such it is its prerogative to utilise the services of an employee on (sic) an honorary capacity for any other institution in view of his administrative acumen & capability. The tradition of utilising the services of an employee in other institution in honorary capacity is also applicable even in govt. institutions." The reply also stated that "the DAV College Managing Committee is that (sic) executive body of the DAV College trust and management Society, which is a regd. society under Societies Registration Act XXI, 1860, and the governing body of the colleges in Haryana is constituted by the DAV College Managing Committee. In view of the position explained, the DAV College Managing Committee has its jurisdiction and authority in law on the constitution of the governing body as well as its working." Apparently, this stand of the college contradicts the stand taken by Kurukshetra University. Incidentally, despite taking this legal stance, the university continues to allow the non-statutory DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi to advertise vacant posts in DAV Colleges in the state. It not only sends its official nominees for selection panels, it also accords approval to such appointments. The university accepts filling of posts by way of transfer in these colleges, despite the fact that all vacant posts
have to be filled by selection on an all-India basis. Interestingly, Kurukshetra University had issued a show-cause notice to Dr Ganesh Das DAV College of Education, Karnal, in 2005 regarding the appointment of the principal. In response to the notice, the then President of the DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi, had given an undertaking to the university stating that the appointments in Haryana's DAV Colleges would be made according to the Kurukshetra University and Haryana government rules and regulations. The university had threatened to disaffiliate the college for the violation of rules in appointments.
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T-10 gully cricket gets under way
Sirsa, January 21 Actress Divya Dutta, who is also the team owner of the Ludhiana Gullies, was the star attraction of the inauguration ceremony. She was accompanied by Ajay Singh Chautala, chairman of the Jan Nayak Chaudhary Devi Lal Vidyapeeth, the group of educational institutions that runs the academy, and Yograj Singh, a former Indian cricketer. They all jointly kick-started the matches. The matches started on January 19 and will continue till February 3. The all-night cricket tournament and matches will be telecast live on DD Sports from 4.30 pm onwards. The inaugural match was played between the last year’s finalist Ludhiana Gullies and this season’s debutant Amritsar Gullies. The second match was played between Jalandhar Gullies and Panchkula Gullies, and the third between Amritsar
Gullies and Jalandhar Gullies. The inaugural ceremony marked the beginning of the group, super 8, semi-finals and finals, which will be played amidst teams from Nashik, Latur, Surat, Daman, Allahabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Gwalior, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Panchkula, Ludhiana, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Ballia, Patna and Sirsa. In the inaugural match, Amritsar won the toss and elected to bat.
Amritsar scored 70 runs off 9 wickets with the help of 22 runs off 16 balls by Guriqbal Singh and 18 runs off 8 balls
by Rahul Mattu. In reply, Ludhiana scored 74 runs for 7 wickets aided by some fine hitting by Rahul Nanda, Gurjit Walia and Sanjay Kumar. In the second match, Jalandhar won the toss and elected to bat in their match against Panchkula. Jalandhar scored 99 runs off 5 wickets with the help of 33 runs off 24 balls by Suraj Kumar and 30 runs off 16 balls by Gurjit Singh. Panchkula, aided by 56 runs off 23 balls by Partap Singh, surpassed Jalandhar total with two wickets to spare. Jalandhar defeated Amritsar by nine wickets in the third match of the tournament, when the team’s batsman Mohinder scored 49 runs in 10 balls without losing his wicket. Earlier, Amritsar had scored 92 runs for the loss of 4 wickets.
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Panipat to have five-storeyed bus stand
Panipat, January 21 As per the plan, the building would have parking in the basement, offices for roadways officials and restaurant and shops that would be make it a world-class bus stand with ultra modern facilities. The top floors of the building would be used as a full-fledged bus stand from where busses en route to Delhi would have a direct assess to the elevated road. Similarly, buses coming from Delhi would also be able to enter the top floor of the bus stand and leave without any hassles. Local residents have not been able to reap the benefits of the elevated road as long route buses on city roads result in frequent traffic jams here. Locals have been ruing that the location of the bus stand inside the city forces buses not to make use of the elevated highway and they instead enter the city. State Transport Minister OP Jain has said raising the height of the bus stand building would ease the traffic congestion below the flyover and ensure smooth flow of traffic in Panipat city.
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High turnout in Ellenabad
Chandigarh, January 21 Both parties had deployed their forces to the maximum in the constituency as both have high stakes in the byelection. The Congress wants to prove that the better-than-the-expected performance of the INLD in the last byelection was not due to the people’s love for the party, which was thrown out of power five years ago by the electorate of the state in a most humiliating manner. Rather, the INLD gained in the last elections due to the mistakes of the Congress in selecting its candidates and its infighting. On the other hand, the INLD wants to prove that the support it got in the Assembly elections was “positive” and the party got about 30 seats because the people loved its policies. While the result will be out on January 23, the two parties are interpreting the heavy polling to suit them. The INLD says the people turned out in a large number as the electorate of Ellenabad wanted to punish the Congress for discriminating against their area in the past five years. It says the people from all walks of life voted for its
candidate, Abhey Singh Chautala, overwhelmingly to give a message to the ruling party that it could
not expect their support without carrying out development in the area. The Congress, on the other hand, says the polling percentage went so high because this time voters belonging to the weaker sections were able to exercise their right to franchise unhindered. Members of the dominant community (Jats) in the constituency did not succeed in preventing them from reaching the polling booths. Its leaders say the weaker sections, for whom the Hooda government has done a lot, form the backbone of the party’s support base. The heavy turnout, therefore, will benefit the Congress, they claim. One reason behind the heavy polling in the prominently rural constituency was that these days farmers and agriculture labourers are free from agriculture operations. The election process kept them busy and the polling day, falling on Basant Panchmi, was another festival for them. The ruling party is also happy that despite all apprehensions, its government was able to ensure peaceful polling. Congress spokesperson Ved Prakash Vidrohi claims that despite efforts of the INLD, the polling was peaceful due to the impartiality and strict supervision of the local administration.
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HPGCL to renovate Panipat thermal units
Panipat, January 21 Giving details of the project, Sanjeev Kaushal, MD HPGCL, said here yesterday that a loan agreement of $180 million was signed on December 17 at New Delhi between the World Bank and the Centre under the Coal Fired Generation Rehabilitation Project (CFGRP), for the renovation and modernisation of coal fired generating units of Maharashtra, West Bengal and Haryana. He added that appointment of consultant for the RSA and the EADD was the next milestone in the process. The objective of the RSA was to carry out socio-economic and cultural analysis, to identify the potential impact of the thermal power station on the immediate habitation. Similarly, through the EADD, the baseline environmental process of the power plant was established in order to ensure close monitoring, so as to ensure compliance with regulatory environmental requirements. He stated that for the RSA, the HPGCL has appointed SMEC India, a Gurgaon based private firm, and for the EADD, the corporation has tied up with the ENZEN Global Solutions, a Bangalore based private firm. Kaushal stated that besides reduction in carbon emissions, the renovation would bring about efficiency in the working of the thermal units. The 110 MW Units 3 and 4 of Panipat were commissioned in 1985 and 1987, respectively, and were nearing the completion of their designed life of 25 years. The renovation would give them a fresh lease of life and significantly improve their operating efficiency. This means that they will use less coal and emit lesser green house gases for every unit of electricity, they produce. The improvement in efficiency and extension of operational life, shall be achieved at less than half the cost of setting up new units, which would require additional land and infrastructure facilities, Kaushal said. The Project is designed as a Specific Investment Loan, which would be borrowed by the Centre and passed on to the power generation utilities of the three
states.
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School celebrates silver jubilee
Rewari, January 21 In his key note address, after the inauguration of a new building of the school, Gaur asserted that next to parents, educational institutions always played a significant role in moulding children into robust citizens as well as future celebrities. He stated that diligence and dedication were the key to success in life. While enumerating steps taken by the state government under the stewardship of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to exalt the quality of education, Gaur also had a word of praise for efforts being made by the teaching community in the rural areas due to which village students were bringing laurels to their institutions with a comparatively better performance than their counterparts in the urban areas. Simultaneously exhorting teachers to put in accelerated efforts for qualitative expansion of educational and healthcare facilities in rural Haryana, the DPR also advised the students to go in for competitive examinations. Emphasising upon the intensive study of languages and literature, Gaur urged teachers to instill fondness for science subjects into village students as the science was the need of the hour in this era of advanced technology. Besides, he exhorted guardians and educators to lend positive assistance in flowering inquisitiveness among children. While Dr Diwakar graphically highlighted the achievements of the school in academics and sports, the DPR announced a financial assistance of Rs 51,000 for the school library as well as for the schoolchildren who presented a cultural programme on the occasion.
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Students told to develop eco-friendly habits
Kalka, January 21 Supporting his lecture through an interesting power-point presentation, Dr Nagpal threw light on the causes, impact and remedies of global warming. He elucidated how the practice of rapid deforestation had led to a reduction in the forest cover which had further led to an increased amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere all over. Among various causes of global warming that he held responsible are uncontrolled emission of greenhouse gases, release of CFCs, increased activities of combustion, use of conventional sources of energy, industrialisation, urbanization, ever-increasing pollution and population. Dr Nagpal using various statistics, facts and figures, quoted a UN report which paints a horrifying picture of the results of unchecked global warming in the years to come which may lead to vanishing of glaciers, perishing of wildlife, shortage of food and water and spread of diseases like cholera and dengue, besides submerging of coastal areas under seawater. He stated that through remedies like reforestation, use of non-conventional sources of energy, harnessing of solar, wind and tidal energy, organic farming, pollution and population control, generating environment consciousness and through the persistent efforts of all developed and developing nations to ensure eco-friendly way of life and controlling the emissions of harmful gases in their respective countries global warming can be checked and fought back. He also mentioned some measures taken by the Central Government in this direction like banning diesel-operated vehicles in Delhi, running of CNG buses and LPG-driven vehicles, running of metro with a plan to start the service in many other cities as well, with a view to strengthening the public transport system so that heavy rush of vehicles on the roads gets reduced. Another important step has been the introduction of environment studies as a compulsory subject for college students and celebration of days like vanmahotsava and 'Akshay Urja Diwas' to promote public awareness and action-oriented approach towards environment conservation. Dr Nagpal gave a message to the students that they could make a big difference in environment-conservation by developing eco-friendly habits and planting trees.
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Y’nagar to introduce single window system
Yamunanagar, January 21 A new building has been constructed at a cost of Rs 70 lakh near mini-secretariat and all systems to provide speedy services have been placed. This building is built by the district administration on its own without any help from the state and the Centre. The Chief Minister will inaugurate this first-of-its-kind project started by the administration. Applications for death and birth certificate, pension, passport, driving licence, marriage registration certificate, arms licence and vehicles registration will be submitted through this system at the building. Now, the people will not have to run to different departments to get their work done. All data will be computerised and help the people to get speedy services. "This is the first-of-its-kind system that we have introduced here, where all officials of the concerned offices of the public service will remain at the district-level e-Disha centre for the first half of the day. While in the second half of the day, they will work in their respective offices," said deputy commissioner Amit Kumar Agarwal. "We are also providing the facility of booking of railway ticket, photostat, typing, Internet at the building. Besides it, files for all public service will be available at nominal price and the lists of all documents to be attached are now printed on the files," he said. "All public work will be done in a time-bound manner. Earlier, the people have to visit different departments to verify the status of the application. Now, everything is computerised and all services will be provided within stipulated time period," he added.
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200 patients examined at health camp
Sonepat, January 21 Besides examining about 200 patients at different sites, the group also visited nearby Jheel Pavasra village Anath Ashram where medical check-ups were conducted and free medicines distributed. Medicines were provided free of cost by Naveen Goyal of Goyal Medico, Murthal. Prof. Rajbir Singh, Chairman and dean of the department, said this health camp was not only a part of the curriculum but also a means to gain information for policy formulation. The students were not only to cater to individual patients but also go deep into the sociocultural background to understand the causes of various communicable and life-threatening diseases. All FMS members coordinated and guided the entire exercise.
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Modelling a tough profession, says Mehar
Gurgaon, January 21 "It is a very tough profession and requires hard work. One should be fit physically as well as mentally," she said. Meher was in the city recently for comparing a show organised by Panasonic. Miss Perfect 10 and Miss Beautiful Hair of 1993's Miss India beauty pageant said, "The person should have winning attitude as no one can make you win until you try it yourself," and added, "One should also be ready to do a lot of hard work". When asked what keeps her busy, she informed that she is busy in comparing shows and grooming models at her academy. "The academy is my attempt to provide a unique platform for people of all ages to rediscover their true potential," she said and added that her academy had leading professionals from the country and abroad to help students learn etiquette and soft skills. A top ramp model, a trained choreographer and TV anchor Mehar has done more than 1,000 runway shows across the globe. Mehar was never interested in doing films as she said, "I am happy with my modelling assignment as it requires less time but movies takes away more than six months and when I am getting what I want here why shall I change my line". "I always believe in myself, no matter what people say," and added, "You should always respect yourself, be positive, dress comfortably and most importantly do not copy anyone."
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Panchkula, Y’nagar to have solid waste management plants
Ambala, January 21 The government assured in the report that all these deficient villages, most of them falling in the Mewat area, would be covered in the current financial year. It said in the desert districts of the state namely Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad, Jhajjar, Bhiwani, Rewari and Mohindergarh drinking water supply facility was provided 70 litres per capita per day of which 40 litres for the human consumption and 30 litres for meeting the requirement of cattle population. The report said the government was also serious about the quality of drinking water. It said 21 district-level laboratories had already been set up, while sub-divisional laboratories would be opened in a phased manner in those areas where the quality of water is highly suspected. As regard to the establishment of sewerage plants in the state, the report said three sewerage plants were being constructed in Ambala City, while the construction of 15 sewerage plants in Narwana, Hodle, Sampla, Sohna, Rewari, Samalkha, Kalanaur, Ganaur, Kharkhoda, Kosli, Bawal, Beri and Meham were in progress. The chief secretary mentioned in the report that the Ministry of Urban Development had approved solid waste management plants for Faridabad, Gurgaon, Rohtak, Karnal, Indri and Yamunanagar-Jagadhri costing Rs 131.70 crore. Such projects were already functioning in Ambala City, Ambala Cantt and Sirsa. HUDA was designated for setting up of a combined solid waste management plants for Panchkula, Pinjore and Kalka. The site for the project had already been identified near Billa village close to Panchkula, the report added. The report disclosed that the municipal council, Ambala City, had identified 25 spots of low lying areas owned by the private parties and they had been asked to fill the same to avoid the water accumulation. The report revealed that an estimated cost of Rs 4.89 crore had been assessed to drain out the stagnated water at Ambala Cantt during the rainy season.
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Brahmakumaris remember founder
Gurgaon, January 21 This was stated by Sister Asha, Director, Om Shanti Retreat Centre (ORC)-Brahmakumaris, located at Manesar in this district while addressing a congregation on the 41st ascension day of Brahma Baba, the founder of the movement, on January 18. The Brahmakumaris across the world observe this day as World Peace Day. "The sapling of Prajapita Brahmakumaris Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya planted by the Brahma Baba has taken the form of a gigantic tree having 8,500 centres spread over 132 countries across the world," Sister Asha said. To re-establish the golden era, the organisation had been making untiring efforts to reach out to more and people for the past 73 years to show them the path to a peaceful, happy and tension-free lifestyle. On World Peace Day, programmes like mass meditation and silence day etc were organised at their centres across the world to awaken the inner power within people and spread vibrations of peace.
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Faridabad gets taste of literary activities
Faridabad, January 21 In the past two months, third mushaira was organised here by the Samarpan, a spiritual, literary and welfare organisation, in which poets from the region, including the National Capital, took part. They touched upon various spiritual and metaphysical aspects of life. Sharp commentaries on the present politico-administrative sides of the polity were made by some of the poets. The programme, presided over by PN Bulchandani, president of the organisation, also had the secretary of the Haryana Urdu Academy and well-known Urdu poet Padam Shree Kashmiri Lal Zakir. Sharda Rathore, chief parliamentary secretary, Haryana Vidhan Sabha, was the chief guest on the occasion. A couple of female poets also made narrations on the occasion. Sunita Raina, a female poet and an executive with a private firm, sang a ghazal which was laced with Urdu couplets. The couplets, among others, lamented at the way human beings were afflicted with materialism and had no regard for sensitivities for fellow humans. Her couplets were apparently a hit and much appreciated by the audience. Om Prakash “Saggar” was short and crisp in upholding universal human values through his couplets. Some of the poets also made observation at the way justice delivery system in society and its vital
component, policing, have proved to be inept. Sharp observations were made on politicians and their penchant to break promises. A number of poets, including Bulchandani, Virender Qamar, Vir Singh Panwar, Darvesh Bharti, Pradeep Garg, Avdesh Mishra, Satish Aggarwal, and Dr Razi Amrohvi, who had come all the way from
Aligarh, drew the attention of the audience on the account of high-degree sensibility packed in their Urdu couplets.
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Mobile crèches boon for labourers’ children
Panchkula, January 21 In the area where construction of over 650 houses is under way, one wonders to spot a well maintained shed occupying over 70 children between one and six years studying in an improvised school. The children, belonging to the labour class from far off states like Jharkhand, Orissa, Bihar or UP, were deprived of childcare and education before Saksham stepped in. The spirit behind the venture is Rajneesh Sharma who perceived the idea and mobilised pious minds to provide quality education, midday meals and childcare to children. He is categorically appreciative of support from Surina Rajan and Satwanti Ahlawat, senior Haryana bureaucrats. The labourers drop their children at the three crèches at 8 am and take back after 5 pm or the lady attendant is doing the job whenever any parent desires, adds secretary Gaurav Sachdeva, who travels from Ambala to supervise the functioning. The children are provided with free stationery, toys and milk, especially to infants left to the care of three maids. All five teachers holding degrees in special education and from different states are well-versed with the language and culture of the states the inmates belong to, said Parmod, an executive member. Sonika, a teacher specialised in teaching special children, feels proud to be part of the mission. The society has identified more sites to take care of over 700 children of labourers who are deprived of primary education and childcare. It has already submitted its plans to the government. Rajneesh said, "The SRS is an NGO. Its objective is to work for uplifting and mainstreaming the poor, especially women and children. Hundreds of girls have been admitted to schools and over 470 dropouts have got readmitted with the efforts of the society. The society has coordination with IGNOU, MDU, HARTRON and various boards and universities. The society has been instrumental for enrollment of the out-of-school children in the alternative innovation education (AIE) centres functioning in villages under the Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan".
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Don’t compromise on quality, engg institutes urged
Kurukshetra, January 21 Gupta, the chief guest on the occasion, was addressing the delegates after inaugurating the AICTE-sponsored two-week national-level Staff Development Programme on Entrepreneurship and Development organised by Technology Education and Research Integrated Institutions (TERII), Kurukshetra, 9 km from here, recently. She said sufficient development had been made in the field of technical education during the past one decade. The number of technical institutions had been extended from 38 in 2002 to 150 in 2009. She urged technical establishments to prepare such students who could succeed in their mission in the competitive world of today. Besides reforming their educational structure, the technical institutions should give priority to efficient and able teachers so that they could reply the quarries of students to their satisfaction, she added. Emphasising on girls’ technical education, Gupta said there was a need to create self-confidence among the girl students. She also laid stress on research activities, along with the technical education, in technical institutions. Welcoming the chief guest, Rajiv Singh, director, PR, TERII, highlighted the educational facilities being provided by TERII, while Aditya Gupta, secretary, Gyankund Trust, said development was the basic need of any country. He assured that this programme would carry a message to the youths studying in technical and non-technical fields so that not an army of unemployed youth but budding entrepreneurs of tomorrow be created. In the programme, students hailing from rural, semi-urban and urban technical institutions would be rendered training in different faculties to start their own occupation. As many as 120 delegates, including 35 key resource persons and speakers drawn from IIMs, IITs and other reputed schools of learning situated in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Orissa, UP, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Delhi NCR, etc., are participating in the programme.
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‘Implement’ Centre-funded schemes
Kaithal, January 21 Lajveer Singh, director, panchayats, Sri Kant Walgad, director, Rural Department, Haryana , JS Dhanda, chief engineer, Amneet Kumar, DC Kaithal, Ramesh Verma ADC, Sumedha Kataria, ADC, Ambala, and officials of other departments were among those who attended the meeting . Rao gave directions to the officials to implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), Indira Awas Yojna, Swaran Jyanti Gramin Savrojgar Yojna, IWDP and MPLD Mahatma Gandhi Gramin Basti Yojna. He informed that the Centre had taken a decision to extend the Bharat Nirman Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra Yojna to the block and village level under which Rs 25 lakh could be spent on the construction of Seva Kendra at the block level and Rs 10 lakh at the village level. The government had also decided to cover the BPL and the NREGS families under the National Health Insurance Scheme, he added.
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Recarpeting of NH-71 in progress
Panipat, January 21 While giving the information, deputy commissioner Vijay Singh Dahiya said the project once completed would prove quite beneficial for the commuter. He said it was yet another step towards strengthening of the state’s existing infrastructure. Presiding over the monthly meeting of the district officials, Dahiya asked the district health authorities to continue with their drive to ensure safe drinking water for the residents, and directed the officials to work in tandem with other agencies. In order to check the shortage of cooking gas, Dahiya told the district food and supply officials to closely monitor the demand and supply of the LPG, so that residents do not have to face hardships on this account. He also asked the officials to curtail commercial use of domestic gas, which was the major cause of gas shortage. The matter of opening a police post at Manana village was also discussed.
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Letter
Unlike Parliament and other Assemblies, no winter session of the Assembly has been held in Haryana for a few years now for reasons best known to the powers that be. Though as per constitutional norms, there should not be a gap of more than six months between two sessions of Parliament or a state legislature, but it does not signify that one has to strictly follow such a norm only. In recent years, the number of functional days of the Haryana Assembly has been on the decline. The successive ruling parties often put the entire blame on opposition Benches for not allowing the House to function properly and effectively while on the other hand the latter accuses the government of arranging short-duration sessions and thus running away from facing the House.
This is not a healthy trend for a parliamentary democracy. The last session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha was held in October, 2009, for one day during which the Hooda Government merely won the vote of confidence. Unfortunately, even the Deputy Speaker was not elected on that day. Now it would be only the Budget session to held sometime in February or March. On account of such short sessions, there is very little time for discussion on contemporary state issues, debates on new as well as amendment Bills etc. The Hooda Government must emulate Karnataka, which enacted legislation a few years back mandating 60 days of Assembly sittings in a calendar year. The current principal opposition party, INLD, should support such a law in the larger interest of the state.
Hemant Kumar Readers are invited to write to us. Send your mail, in not more than 200 words, at haryana@tribuneindia.com or write in at: Letters, Haryana Plus,
The Tribune, Sector 29, Chandigarh-160030.
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