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Free health scheme for brick-kiln workers
Rural-centric paper launched
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TARGET: Rehabilitation of abandoned kids
55 AVS constituency-level unit chiefs named
Nationalism comes first in this college
Seminar stresses need to build ‘green’ buildings
Teachers urge minister to concede demands
Depts told to gear up for Chait Chaudas mela
PWD expedites work on ROB project
Workshop on documentary making
Quiz competition on renewable energy held
Three proclaimed offenders held
Panipat school is ‘greenest’
Hans elected non-teaching staff body chief
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Free health scheme for brick-kiln workers
Sonepat, February 25 This was stated by Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary of the Labour and Employment and Education Department, Haryana, Surina Rajan, while presiding over a meeting of the district officers during her daylong visit in the district recently. The meeting was held to take care of the welfare of moving population of the workers at brick-kilns and of the workers engaged at the famous Murthal GT Road dhabas. She appreciated the initiative taken by Deputy Commissioner Ajit Joshi for educating children of brick-kiln workers and said all kilns in the state would be covered under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan. She asked the administration to prepare an action plan for the implementation. Additional Deputy Commissioner Dr SS Dalal, City Magistrate Jagdish Sharma, SDM Jag Niwas, Civil Surgeon Dr Ramesh Sethi, Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr BR Jawa, Deputy Labour Commissioner Ajai Batra, Labour Officer Baldhir Singh, District Employment Officer Madhu Sharma, Deputy DEO Shila Balhara, Ramdiya and Lal Chand of the Sonepat Brick Kiln Association, CPM leader Shradha Nand Solanki and office-bearers Amrik Singh, Manoj Kumar, Manjit Singh, Satish Kumar, Daya Nand, etc., attended the meeting. Later, talking to mediapersons after inaugurating a school established by the Director of NCERT, Nirmal Lather, in the memory of her late husband Om Prakash Lather at Gohana, she said for improving the quality of education, the government would reduce non-professional duties of the teachers. She informed that special efforts would be made in the beginning of new academic session of the schools to ensure that the number of dropouts was brought to zero and to convince the parents not to migrate their children from government to private school. “Now, the teachers will be relieved from the construction and mid-day meal activities in the schools,” she said, adding that the construction activities would be carried out by the village panchayats and mid-day meal activities by the self-help groups functioning in the villages.
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Rural-centric paper launched
Hisar, February 25 Releasing the inaugural issue of Arunima, Deputy Commissioner OP. Sheoran said as a medium of communication for the rural people, the newspaper could play an important role in the uplift of the villages. He said rural development could be accelerated with the active participation of the people who were supposed to reap the benefits of development projects. It was here that the newspaper could play a significant role both in formulation and implementation of development projects with peoples' participation. Sheoran appreciated the community work under way in Mugalpura village and said the village could be a showpiece for other villages as a model of development. Manoj Dayal, chairman of the Department of Mass Communication at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, said Arunima was the first newspaper of its kind where students would bring out the journal specifically for the rural reader. He said it would also serve as a platform for their professional training. Outlining its objectives, Dayal said that this project would go a long way in encouraging audience participation. Manbir Godara, secretary of MARG and editor of Arunima, said the newspaper was planned to be the rural people's voice. Satyawan, sarpanch of Mugalpura, said his village had won several awards for its sanitation project. He said the village had successfully reversed the adverse sex ratio. There were now 107 girls for 100 boys between the 6-14 age group.
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TARGET: Rehabilitation of abandoned kids
Jhajjar, February 25 The committees would be headed by deputy commissioners of the respective districts, who would ensure the welfare and rehabilitation of children in need of care and protection. Stating this here, Haryana Education, Health, Women and Child Development Minister Geeta Bhukkal said besides CWCs, the state government had also set up juvenile justice boards in each district except the newly created district of Palwal, as a part of the steps being taken to implement the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act. "The government has set up Juvenile Justice Fund and a budget provision of Rs 20 lakh has also been provided for the year 2009-10 to contribute in the Juvenile Justice Fund. Children's homes or shelter homes have also been established at Chhachhrauli and Rewari through the respective District Council of Child Welfare," said the minister, adding that the Special Home, Sonepat, had been set up by the government for convicted juvenile under this Act. Bhukkal said the government had taken a number of steps for the implementation of the provision of the Act. "After the Care Home, Sonipat, has been established to enable the Juveniles released from special homes or children homes to lead honest, industrious and useful life. At present, two observation homes at Sonepat and Faridabad for boys and one at Karnal for girls are being run by the state government," said the minister, adding that two observation homes at Ambala and Hissar were under construction and action had been initiated to set up one additional children's home at Panipat.
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55 AVS constituency-level unit chiefs named
Rewari, February 25 They are Desh Bandhu Jindal ( Naraingarh), Vijay Lalawasia (Bhiwani), Din Dayal Singhal ( Bhadra), Anil Garg Baganwala ( Tosham ), Naresh Kedia (Loharu), Vishnu Gupta (Faridabad), Vinod Bansal ( Fatehabad), Satyapal Jindal ( Ratia), Roshan Lal Goyal ( Tohana), Adarsh Garg (Sohna), Shyam Bansal (Adampur), Radhe Shyam Rateria (Hansi), Pramod Bansal (Jhajjar ), Surender Jindal (Beri), Roop Chand Bansal (Badli), Satya Narain Agarwal ( Bahadurgarh), Roshan Lal Goyal (Jind), Daya Nand Mittal (Uchana), Anil Jain (Safidon), Hukam Chand Bansal (Kaithal ), Sandeep Garg 9Pundri), Nirmal Jain ( Guhla Cheeka), TC Garg (Kalayat), Vikas Gupta (Gharaunda), Jawahar Lal Goyal (Thanesar), Vishnu Bhagwan Gupta (Shahbad Markanda), Shiv Shanker Gupta (Mahendergarh), Jitender Goyal (Ateli), Satish Diwan (Nangal Chaudhary ), Amit Singhal (Narnaul), Sandeep B. Singhal ( Panchkula), Praveen Garg (Pinjore), Ajay Jindal (Panipat Urban), Rohtash Singla 9 Panipat Rural), Surender Garg (Israna), Satya Prakash Garg (Samalkha), Deepak Gupta (Rewari), Avdesh Garg (Bawal), Mahender Garg (Kosli), Surya Kant Singla (Rohtak), Ashok Goyal (Garhi Sampla), Sushil Kumar Gupta (Meham), Jitender Jain (Kalanaur), Navin Kedia (Sirsa), Pritam Bansal (Dabwali), Ashok Kumar Dhanuka (Ellanabad), Om Prakash Danewalia( Kalanwali), Suresh Singla ( Rania), Vinod Goyal (Ganaur), Rohit garg (Ladwa), Ved Prakash Jain (Gohana), Dr. D.C.Garg (Yamunanagar), Ashish Mittal (Jagadhari) , Ravi Bhushan Agarwal (Sadhaura) and Puneet Garg
(Radaur).
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Unmanned highway bane of motorists
Rohtak, February 25 This is exactly opposite to the same spot where a lunch programme regarding the marriage of a local MP was held on February 17 when there was no chaos on this patch for nearly the whole day as a large number of cops were posted. But the scenario today, which had been the third day of the annual fair held at Baba Mastnath Ashram at Asthal Bohar about 6 km from here, is different. “A large number of devotees
and visitors, mostly from the rural parts, converged here for the mela, but they found no proper and
full-time regulation of the traffic on this road which led to inconvenience to both commuters and
visitors”. “Though security guards of a private company had been deputed at the spot, they failed to control the chaos,” claimed Pawan Kumar, a local resident. “A handful of cops are present at the spot, but they are either unable to control the crowd or keep sitting idle," said another visitor. He said the local administration ought to have posted adequate number of cops at the place which witnessed the arrival of a large number of people located on the highway for three days at a stretch. “This not only hampered the movement of traffic, but also caused inconvenience to the people visiting the place as they faced problem in crossing the main road,” he added. It may be recalled that the local administration had deputed a large number of cops, including several companies of police requisitioned from outside, to monitor the movement of traffic and provide security cover to the function held on February 17 in view of a threat allegedly given to a MLA of the ruling party.
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Nationalism comes first in this college
Sirsa, February 25 The walls of boys’ common room of the college are dotted with portraits of Mangal Pandey, Raja Harishchandra, Eklavya, Mahatma Buddha, Lord Krishna, Maharishi Balmiki and several other great leaders and martyrs. Besides, the room has been named as Sam Manekshaw Kaksha while girls’ common room has been named as “Lakshmi Bai Kaksha”, which has portraits of Ahilyabai Holkar, Lakshmi Bai, Jija Bai, Nivedita and others. The science laboratory of the college is called “Bhaskaracharya Vigyan Prayogshala” which has portraits of Indian physicians and scientists of the past like Sushrutu, Nagarjuna, Chandershekar Venkatraman, JC Basu, Bhaskaracharya, Charak and others. The college library has been named “Bal Gangadhar Tilak Pustakalya” and it has portraits of Kabir, Tukaram, Guru Ramdas, Swami Vivekananda, Ravindranath Tagore and others. Moving on the ramps, you will find portraits of Aryabhatta, Maharana Pratap, Banda Bairagi, Guru Nanak Dev, Chhatrapati Shivaji, Ramanujam, Ramkrishana Paramhans, Subhash Chandra Bose and Sardar Patel, besides many other national heroes. Besides, the nomenclature of various rooms of the college is also interesting. If the chairperson’s office is named “Vardan”, the principal’s office has the name “Vishwas” painted on its door. The administrative office is called “Sukrit” The classrooms carry names like “Amrita Pritam Shikshan Kaksh”, “Chanakya Shikshan Kaksh”, “Arya Bhatta Shikshan Kaksh” and “Kalidas Shikshan Kaksh”. The staff rooms for women and men are called “Chintan Kaksh” and “Manan Kaksh”, respectively. Computer lab is “Ramanujacharya Computer Kaksh”, the language lab is “Panini Bhasha Kaksh” and psychology lab is called “J Krishna Murti Mano Vigyan Prayogshala.” “We believe in all-round development of our students and we wish that those graduating from here should go out as complete citizens with knowledge about their cultural and social heritage,” says Kumud Bansal, chairperson of the college, who has started this institution in the memory of her parents Shobha Devi and Ramanand Bansal. “We produce future teachers in our institution and if the teachers have good values, they can inculcate these values into their students,” she adds.
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Seminar stresses need to build ‘green’ buildings
Gurgaon, February 25 “A lot of developmental activities are going on in Haryana, particularly in Gurgaon. We must ensure that this development is sustainable so as to prevent the degradation of environment in the larger interest of the mankind,” he said. The minister also highlighted the importance of rainwater harvesting (RWH) in mitigating water scarcity. He said “green” or eco-friendly buildings could cut down water as well as energy consumption by 30 to 40 per cent, besides saving building material. Capt Yadav advocated the creation of a nodal centre for RWH in the state capital city and sub-nodal centres at other locations to propagate concepts and techniques of RWH in the state. The minister pointed out that because of globalisation and economic liberalisation, the country has witnessed a spurt in construction activities, which have put a lot of strain on environment and ecology. He said the government had updated the statutory framework for assessing construction projects in order to safeguard environmental health and ecological balance. “According to latest notification, state-level State Environment Impact Assessment Authorities (SEIAAs) and State Expert Appraisal Committees (SEACs) had been set up to scrutinise the projects from the regional context and also to accelerate the process of environmental clearance,” the minister said. Capt Yadav said any construction project having a built-up area of more than 20,000 sq m was required to take environment clearance and the authorities should ensure that green building measures are adopted while giving clearance. KS Bhoria, SEIAA chairman, said “green” buildings might be slightly costlier to construct, but they recovered their extra cost within three to five years by way of savings in energy and water, reduction in air and water pollution and a better feeling of health and wellness for the occupants. Dr SK Bhargav, Uttar Pradesh SEAC chairperson, highlighted that “green” structures could make the mandatory process of environmental clearance smoother and faster while ensuring environment protection and good business sense. Dr Dhiraj Singh, chairperson of the Search Foundation, said they were in the process of undertaking an ambitious programme to establish schools for underprivileged children in different states to provide education and healthcare to about
25,000 children.
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Teachers urge minister to concede demands
Rewari, February 25 The deputation, led by association’s state president Rajender Singh and general secretary Sanjiv Kumar, urged the minister to expedite the issuance of a notification for the conferment of class-I status on all government college teachers which, they recalled, was promised by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on the occasion of Teachers’ Day last year. The deputation asked for the speedy regularisation of assistant professors working on ad hoc basis in various government colleges. It also sought urgent review of the “erroneous and arbitrary” implementation of the rural area policy which, they asserted, had been detrimental in the award of senior scale or selection grade to scores of deserving assistant
professors. Emphasising upon the need of appointing only an academician as the director of higher education, senior functionaries of the association pointed out that it was a sine qua non in view of incorporation of the latest researches and innovations of higher education to ensure productivity as well as expediency of the teaching-learning process. While they sought restoration of M.Phil and Ph.D. advance increments for such teachers on the pattern of their counterparts in Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar
Pradesh, they also pleaded for the formation of a uniform, rational and transparent transfer policy. Lastly, seeking expeditious clearance of pending pay fixation cases of numerous college teachers as per the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, they also wanted participation of the HGCTA representatives in policy making decisions pertaining to higher education. The minister reportedly told them that issuance of a notification for class-I status was on the cards, while the regularisation of ad hoc assistant professors as well as review of compulsory rural area service policy too were under active consideration of the government.
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Depts told to gear up for Chait Chaudas mela
Kurukshetra, February 25 Aggarwal said price and quantity of essential commodities, including wheat flour, mustard oil, prashad (offerings), etc., would be fixed and the Food Supply Department would ensure that all shopkeepers should display the rate list of these commodities at their respective shops so that no shopkeeper could deceive pilgrims. He directed Health Department officers to take samples of eatables and drinking water and send the same to laboratory for testing before the commencement of the fair. He said the Health Department would appoint 20 doctors and establish 8 health centres in the mela area. The Municipal Committee would appoint 60 additional safai karamcharis to maintain cleanliness in the area. Six places have been earmarked for the parking of
vehicles. Aggarwal said Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited would ensure round the clock supply of electricity in the area from March 12 to March 16. He also directed the Electricity Department to arrange temporary lighting on various roads in the area and get an electricity related security certificate from the Chief Electricity Inspector. Besides making arrangements of potable water, temporary toilets would be constructed and the Public Health Department would arrange five additional water tankers. The Information and Public Relations Department would establish information relay centre in Bal Bhawan building situated near Saraswati
Tirath. Mela administrator-cum-sub-divisional magistrate Sushil Kumar said to maintain law and order, the area had been divided into four sectors and sector officer would be appointed in each sector. Pilgrims would be screened through metal detectors before entering the area, he added.
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PWD expedites work on ROB project
Sonepat, February 25 Though the railway had sanctioned a ROB at this site more than a decade ago, but because of one reason or the other, the ROB design could not get approval of the higher authorities. But now when different commercial, social and other organisation in the town have joined hands for the fulfilment of the demand of a ROB, the PWD Authorities have again taken up this project to get rid of the problem. The new design of the ROB is being prepared and it will be submitted for approval of the higher authorities of the state government as well as of the Railways. The other good news not only for the residents of the town, but also for those entering in the town with their vehicle is the sanctioning of the proposal for the construction of a bypass connecting the GT Road with the Gohana Road and of a ROB near Sonepat Cooperative Sugar Mill for vehicular traffic of this bypass. According to SK Sharma, deputy general manager of the Haryana State Road and Bridge Corporation, the ROB had been sanctioned by the Railways for its 2010-11 plan and its PDR was being prepared. He also informed that the state government had also sanctioned a ROB at the level crossing near Chhatehra village on the Rai-Bahadurgarh Road, which is being widened to four-lane. After the construction of these two ROBs at the level crossing no 21 near Chhatehra and no 29 near sugar mill, vehicles will not be required to enter Sonepat town for going to their destinations.
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Workshop on documentary making
Kurukshetra, February 25 The objective of the workshop is to generate interest among students and others to capture images, words, feelings and emotions for documenting them in one or other media. Speaking on the occasion, Prof Rajbir Singh informed about the utility of such workshops for students who are interested in making career in photography and documentary making as these fields are much in demand because of TV and internet. Rajesh Purohit, deputy director of the museum, and his team will be imparted training on various aspects of documentary making and photography. As many as 28 students have registered themselves as participants. They will be grouped into eight groups. Each group will make one documentary either on still images or video images on themes like heritage, tiger conservation in India, female feticide etc. These experimental documentaries will be released on March 9, amidst at the lecture hall of the museum.
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Quiz competition on renewable energy held
Kurukshetra, February 25 Additional Deputy Commissioner Sumedha Kataria told that Neelam Kumari and Nitu Sharma from Government Senior Secondary School, Satrod Khurd, stood first, Sachin Reddu and Keshaw Sharma from DAV Cenetary Public School, Jind, stood second and Yogesh Goel and Yatin Juneja from Government Senior Secondary School, Fatehabad, stood third, while consolation prize would be given to Palak and Bhupender of CN DAV Senior Secondary School, Dabwali, Sirsa. BS Golan, project officer of the Renewable Energy Department, said in the first prize a cash award of Rs 20,000, in the second prize Rs 16,000, in the third prize Rs 10,000 and in the consolation prize a cash amount of 6,000 would be given to the team in the state-level function to be organised on the Energy Conservation Day. Golan said the purpose of the competition was to make the students aware of the production of renewable energy resources.
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Three proclaimed offenders held
Kaithal, February 25 SSP Sandeep Khirwar said on December 16 last year, a Punjab police team of Badshahpur police post in Patiala district headed by ASI Rajesh Kumar raided Daban Kheri to nab the proclaimed offenders wanted in a poppy husk smuggling case. The accused, Gurbaj Singh, Jaswant Singh and Jaswant Singh, allegedly attacked the police personnel and snatched their valuables. Ishwar Singh, inspector in charge of Guhla police station, conducted an inquiry and arrested the accused who were sent on one-day police remand by a local court.
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Panipat school is ‘greenest’
Panipat, February 25 The award was presented to Dr R Chandan, team in charge, and Rashmi Vidyarthi, principal, by Sharmila Tagore, chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification, in New Delhi.
The awards were given based on an environmental audit of 5,000 schools all over India. The 20 most greenest have been awarded.
Dr D Vidyarthi, regional director, DAV Public Schools of Panipat Zone, said among 20 schools from all over the country, the local DAV Public School had been ranked first.
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Hans elected non-teaching staff body chief
Sirsa, February 25 While Mohinder Singh has been elected vice-president, Dharmveer Singh (result branch) has been elected general secretary. Subhash and Suchi have been elected secretary and cashier, respectively, of the association.
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