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Khaps: It’s time to work out a solution
Deer Park goes to the dogs
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13 more post offices to sell gold coins
Sirsa leads in wheat arrival
Driver-side seats in autorickshaws to be removed
Driver rewarded for saving passengers
Nigam to send SMS on power availability
Cong betrayed Faridabad people: BJP leader
HSIIDC to set up food development centre
Possession of Machinery
PFA for strict action under Animal Act
Bhiwani admn acts to improve civic amenities
2-member team to probe death of deer
Caste column in Census form welcomed
Plywood rate up by 10 pc
Road mishaps continue to claim lives
Student groups should shun political tags: Educationist
Ansal group to set up design school
Security forces not trained to tackle Naxal violence, say experts
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Khaps: It’s time to work out a solution
Hisar, May 13 There is no denying the fact that the political fallout of taking on the khaps forced him to take a guarded stand on the issue. However, his stand at least opens up the possibility of a dialogue with the khaps. Thus far the parties had been turning a blind eye to their activities, thereby adding to their clout and leaving it to pseudo-intellectuals to take them on. Viewed from a practical angle, Jindal has inadvertently underlined the fact that khaps can no longer be wished away just by overlooking their activities. This is what successive Congress and Indian National Lok Dal governments in Haryana have been doing in the past and thereby sweeping the issue under the carpet till the next khap did someone in. Although the INLD has now come up in favour of the khaps purely on political considerations, INLD’s Om Parkash Chautala was in power in 2004 when a khap panchayat ordered Sonia and Rampal of Assanda village, near Rohtak, to become siblings a year after their marriage. The case became a national issue as national news channels telecast the panchayat sittings live. The INLD Government just watched the goings on from the sidelines as the khap played havoc with the life of the hapless couple. The matter was resolved ultimately at the social level. Likewise, under the present Congress regime, there have been numerous instances of khaps issuing impractical fatwas making lives of hapless youth miserable. The government just turned a blind eye to the incidents. It is this indifference to the khaps, which has emboldened kangaroo courts to issue patently illegal diktats and get away with it. The situation has come to such a pass that the khaps now appear intent on politically blackmailing public representatives to back them. However, the fact also remains that due to the public backing the khaps enjoy, the government can longer remain a silent spectator. A khap head said on condition of anonymity that the best way out was to involve the khaps in a dialogue and use them for constructive activities. “After all, no one wants the social fabric torn. It affects all, including the khap activists’ families”, he said. Another former head of a khap in Rohtak district said: “I think, the khaps are fighting for recognition. If they are involved in social welfare activities, they will join the mainstream in time and work for social uplift. In most cases it is the ego of the village chaudhary that is at the back of it”.
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Deer Park goes to the dogs
Rohtak, May 13 While animal lovers are in a shock after the death of all 14 deer in the park, established especially for the conservation of the species after spending lakhs. “Officials of the department appear to be saving their skin by putting the employees on suspension and without looking into the reasons that has turned the deer park into a dog park,” commented a local resident. “The officials who ought to have acted tough by taking proper measures to ensure the safety of the poor animals have failed to deliver and thus should be dealt with strictly,” he said. It may be recalled that 10 deer were mauled to death by a group of stray dogs recently. The carcasses of deer were buried in the courtyard of the park. After the incident, the department suspended Rajender Singh, wildlife inspector, Charan Singh, forest guard, and Randhir Singh, keeper at the park. “The department, however, remained complacent and did not repair the damaged fence which had gave in at several places and this made the dogs to reenter the park and make the remaining deer their meal,” said sources in the department. “Now, there is no deer left in this park,” said an employee. The department has now placed two other employees under suspension after the death of the remaining animals. Meanwhile, social activists and animal lovers have demanded strict punishment for the staff.
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13 more post offices to sell gold coins
Ambala, May 13 Sources in the department said after overwhelming response from the public for this new initiative, the department was considering the introduction of new coins with “India Post” logo. “We are organising a special campaign for one month with an offer of 6 per cent discount. We are also expecting that during the campaign period, the sale of gold coins will increase, especially due to Akshya Tritya festival, which falls on May 16,” the sources said. Talking to The Tribune, Indu Gupta, chief postmaster general, Haryana, said recent changes in the stock market and weakening of rupee against dollar had made gold a favourable investment option for the common man. “Since the beginning of the scheme in October, 2008, the department has sold gold coins to more than 40,000 customers till today”. She said, “Apart from enhancing revenue of the department, this will enable us to usher in a new image of India Post as a modern and relevant organisation in all spheres of life. Gold coins are be available in the denomination of 0.5 g, 1 g, 5 g and 8 g of 24 carat and manufactured by Valcambi, Switzerland, and have the benefits of internationally recognised certification. The facility is available in 466 post offices in the country”. She said small investors were buying gold coins from post offices for two reasons i.e. low prices as compared to other suppliers and the faith of the people on post offices in availing various services, including buying gold coins. Gupta said, “Currently, the gold coins are being sold at 466 post offices across India. Considering the demand of customers, the department of post will be expanding the network to 700 post offices by the end of this month. “This will provide convenience to customers in getting high quality gold coins from their nearest post office at economical rates”. “Indian has always been very passionate about gold. As the largest consumer in the world, people of India have not lost sight of our age-old wisdom of systematically investing in gold,” she said.
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Sirsa leads in wheat arrival
Sirsa, May 13 According to official figures, over 63.07 lakh MT of wheat has so far arrived in the state mandis. Out of the total wheat arrival, over 63.05 lakh MT has been purchased by six government-procuring agencies and the rest 2,736 MT by traders. A spokesman of the Food and Supplies Department said over 20.81 lakh MT had been purchased by Hafed, whereas Food and Supplies Department had purchased 16.51 lakh MT, Food Corporation of India over 9.55 lakh MT, Haryana Warehousing Corporation over 5.56 lakh MT, Agro Industries over 5.55 lakh MT and Confed over 5.03 lakh MT. He said Sirsa was leading in wheat arrival, followed by Karnal, where over 7.24 lakh MT of wheat had arrived. Jind had recorded an arrival of over 6.17 lakh MT, Fatehabad over 5.90 lakh MT, Kaithal over 5.70 lakh MT, Kurukshetra over 5.30 lakh MT, Palwal over 3.76 lakh MT, Sonipat over 3.46 lakh MT and Panipat over 2.63 lakh MT.
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Driver-side seats in autorickshaws to be removed
Jind, May 13 The idea behind the move is to improve the safety of the passengers travelling in such vehicles. The issue came up at a meeting of officials of the district and police administration recently. It was suggested that the seats adjoining the driver in three-wheelers should be removed in order to improve the safety standards. The officials observed that it had been found that several accidents had taken place due to the fact that passengers seated beside the driver blocked the view that resulted in mishaps that could have been avoided. Nearly all autorickshaws operating in various districts, including, Jind and Rohtak have been plying without metres and fare taken from passengers vary from individual to individual. There is also no check on the number of passengers a three-wheeler can carry. The majority of autorickshaws carry around eight to 10 passengers at a time, including two or more passengers in the front. With the rear and side view of the driver getting blocked due to passengers seating on both his sides, there are several instances of accidents taking place merely due to this reason, claims a police official. While more that 3,000 autorickshaws are reportedly operating in Jind, the number of such vehicles in Rohtak is around 10,000 and in Jhajjar and Bahadurgarh, it is around 5,000. The majority of these cause air pollution and the administration has failed to check the violations, said a resident of Bahadurgarh. The police has launched a drive in Jind to remove the seats adjoining the driver’s seat in three-wheelers and anyone found violating the orders would face action, said an official.
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Driver rewarded for saving passengers
Sonepat, May 13 After noticing the brake failure, Balkishan alerted passengers to move to the rear of the bus and dashed it against a wall. This timely action saved the lives of passengers. However, he received leg injuries in the incident and remained hospitalised for many days. General manager KS Ahlawat handed over the cheque of reward money to him recently. Earlier also, he was rewarded by the general manager with a cash prize of Rs 1,000 and a commendation letter. “After reading this news in The Tribune, I was impressed by Balkishan’s presence of mind and his priority for giving preference to passengers’ safety over his own. He deserved to be rewarded,” Puri said. HS Puri, a retired Customs Superintendent, received the news of death of his son Ashok, in a road accident on May 14, 1996. It was then that he resolved to fight for the safety of road users in the state. He made an extensive study of causes of accidents and found that NH-1 from Ambala to Delhi was the most accident prone. He even filed a PIL regarding this in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 1998, which is still under consideration. With an aim to creating awareness regarding traffic rules and safety measures among the masses, especially students, he established an NGO - Ashok Puri Public Road Safety Association, Kurukshetra, and for the purpose organised about 100 camps in schools, colleges and in various villages and towns of Kurukshetra, Ambala and Karnal. The association got started the Marshal Scheme at Kurukshetra in 2008, Puri said, adding that the association organised many camps for drivers of three-wheelers and light vehicles also. He said the association wrote to the state government regarding the irregularities in issuance of large-scale driving licenses in the state and it was only then that the government started proper tests for issuing licenses in all districts of the state.
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Nigam to send SMS on power availability
Chandigarh, May 13 The PRM will be made available to print as well as electronic media for Managing Director, UHBVN, Arun Kumar said here recently that this would help consumers plan their schedule and minimise inconvenience. He said the nigam planned to go for consumer indexing in its command area comprising Panchkula, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Karnal, Panipat, Sonepat, Rohtak, Jhajjar and Jind districts. This would help provide better service to electricity consumers. He said the distribution system would be streamlined in such a way that electricity complaints were attended properly and promptly. It would be ensured that all meters were sealed properly for which the process of procuring 23 lakh seals had been completed. It is expected that the first lot of 4.5 lakh seals would be available with the nigam by the month-end. Simultaneously, he showed his concern about the non-preparation of electricity bills i.e. supply of electricity to some consumers without meters/defective meters. He also emphasised the need of energy audit of industrial consumers and asked the field officers to carry out energy audit of 11 kV feeders and submit a report within a fortnight along with suggestions to bring down line losses on these feeders. Referring to shortage of manpower, he said 900 new assistant linemen would join the nigam shortly. Activities like maintenance of lines, transformers and substations, security of stores and workshops or the staff required for maintaining the essential service might be outsourced. The field officers would be able to arrange staff on the rates approved by the Deputy Commissioner. The nigam would also review the powers delegated to field officers and the same would be decentralised as per suggestions by the director (s). Director Projects TK Dhingra, Director Operation Adarsh Kumar Jain, Chief Engineer (s) NK Jain and DK Maheshwari and senior officers were also present.
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Swami elected IBBF’s gen secy
Rewari, May 13 His election was carried out unanimously at a general body meeting of the IBBF held at Guwahati recently. Swami’s efforts for the promotion of bodybuilding in India and abroad for the past one-decade are laudable. —
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Cong betrayed Faridabad people: BJP leader
Faridabad, May 13 Tirkha, who has done postgraduation in psychology and graduation in law, says politics is a tool to make positive intervention in the improvement of civic and general life of the masses. One of the few women from Faridabad to make a mark in politics, Tirkha says her party will raise the issues germane to the public during the campaign for the municipal poll. The BJP leader says the rate of crime has risen in the past few years and Faridabad is now not a safe place, especially for women. “The law and order situation has nosedived drastically in the past six months which belied the promises made by the Congress government. The police has failed miserably on both aspects of crime prevention and follow-up action. The concept of setting up of a police commissionerate in Faridabad has so far not paid dividends,” she asserts. According to her, the Congress government in the state has breached the trust of the people of the state, particularly of Faridabad by re-imposing house tax. She says the people of Faridabad are facing severe problems on various fronts, including power, water and a lack of proper drainage system. These problems have hit them more on account of continuous rise in the prices of all commodities. She says the Congress has been in power in Faridabad for about 40 years and the blame lies entirely on the Congress for the pitiable state of the town.
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HSIIDC to set up food development centre
Chandigarh, May 13 It signed an MOU in this regard with the Manitoba Food Development Centre (MFDC), Manitoba, Canada, recently. According to Rajeev Arora, MD, HSIIDC, the centre will assist entrepreneurs in transforming agriculture commodities into feasible business opportunities. He says the MoU relates to identification of suitable location for the centre, besides defining ownership, funding and operating models for the project. The validity of the MoU would be one year from the date of signing. The MFDC, a special operating agency of the Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives, province of Manitoba, to assist agro-food industry in development and commercialisation of food and health products. The MFDC will help the HSIIDC formulate and improve new/existing products and their shelf life, standardise existing formulations and processes for quality and cost control, besides identifying packaging alternatives. The HSIIDC has already developed two food parks at Rai and Saha. The Rai food park, about 35 km from Delhi in Sonepat district, spread over 116 acre, is equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities. The Saha food park, spread over 70 acres in Ambala district, has also emerged as an important destination for food processing units. Some of the major units in operation include Epicu Food Products Limited (mango and apple drinks), Mahant Agro Private Limited (mango drinks), and Good Foods (Honey Processing). The corporation has also allotted land to Pachranga International, famous for pickles (4 acres), KCL Limited (1 acre), Reliance (8 acres) and Kandhari Beverages (20 acres).
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Possession of Machinery
Sonepat, May 13 The centre was opened in 2006 by the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital management and the state health authorities provided a three-room accommodation on the premises of the Civil Hospital, Gohana. The main objective for opening the centre was to provide opinions of specialists at the Sir Ganga Ram hospital to patients at Gohana. Facilities like satellite up linking was provided by the ISRO and the machinery as well as other medical equipments like X-Ray and ultrasound machines were provided by the Science and Technology Department of the central government free of cost. After announcing the closure of the centre, the team of Sir Ganga Ram hospital at Gohana locked all three rooms on January 30 this year. After these rooms remained closed for two months, the Senior Medical Officer of the Gohana Civil Hospital, Dr Neeraj Singla, wrote a letter to the authorities of the Sir Ganga Ram hospital questioning the authenticity of locking the rooms. After receiving the letter, a team from Delhi came to collect the machinery and equipments at the centre. However, they could not take it back with a plea that these were not the property of the Sir Ganga Ram hospital. Dr Singla said the representatives of the Sir Ganga Ram hospital had been told that they had to bring an authority letter from the ISRO and the Science Technology Department to take possession of the machinery and equipments and these would be handed over in the presence of a team of senior officers of the state Health Department. “As the Gohana Community Health Centre has been upgraded to the Civil Hospital, the machinery and equipments provided free of cost for the centre, will be very helpful and useful in treating the patients,” he added.
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PFA for strict action under Animal Act
Karnal, May 13 President of PFA, Haryana, Naresh Kadiyan said the government had already circulated the draft rules under Section 38 of the Act but there was need to make violations of the Act as cognisable and non-bailable offence. He said under the draft rules the offences had been made non-cognisable and bailable offence and the quantum of penalty and imprisonment was also not deterrent. The punishment should be stringent like a minimum three years of imprisonment and fine of Rs 25,000. He also urged the government to introduce separate rules for fish ‘aquarium’ as well.
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Bhiwani admn acts to improve civic amenities
Bhiwani, May 13 The present incumbent, Ramesh Chand Verma, has continued the drive. During the past two months, he frequently visited the affected areas and met people to know the real problems. Verma has been told that chocked sewerages, rusty water pipelines and insanitation were the prime problems. He has also been told that polythene was the main hurdle in the smooth running of sewerage flow. The Green Society, a social organisation, launched a drive against polythene. The society formed a 4-km-long human chain with the participation of schoolchildren on the “World Earth Day”. The administration has recently put a ban on the use of polythene. Meanwhile, the construction of a nullah for the flow of sewerage is in progress. There are 196 waterworks for drinking water supply to a population of 18 lakh people. The water supply department supplies about 3 crore gallons water daily against the requirement of 6 crore gallons per day. Verma said efforts were on to tackle the water shortage. “Arrangements are being made to de-silt and clean water works for smooth supply of water. Besides, a 50-km-long pipeline would be laid in the city and new hand pumps would be installed”. “But the district administration alone can’t solve the problem, the contribution of people is equally important,” said Verma, adding the residents should save water. “We have disconnected over 100 connections over water wastage”. Earlier, Verma had also warned officials against dereliction of duty. “After receiving complaints regarding the use of substandard material in development works, we have warned officials that if found guilty they would be charge-sheeted”. Meanwhile, RC Bidhan, ADC, recently conducted an inspection of development works and took samples of construction material. “The samples have been sent to a laboratory,” said Bidhan. He was accompanied by PWD officials and representatives of constructing agencies for an inspection at Hansi Gate to Naya Bazaar, CC Road and Haluwas Gate.
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2-member team to probe death of deer
Chandigarh, May 13 This was disclosed by Haryana Forest Minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav, who said the death of deer occurred due to sheer negligence of the staff. Expressing concern over the incident, he said it was unfortunate that 10 deer died on April 30 and another four died on May 7. He stated that a team comprising conservator of forests, Hisar, Vinod Kumar Jhajhria and wildlife officer, Hisar, Shakti Singh, would look into the incident and submit their report shortly. The minister maintained that there were 15 deer in the Meham deer park, including a black buck and one blue bull. He said on April 30, some street dogs entered the park and injured 10 deer, which eventually died. After this incident, Sub-Inspector Wildlife Rajinder Singh Punia, Wildlife Guard Charan Singh and three others were suspended immediately due to negligence of duty. Conservator of Forests, Wildlife, Satyabhan Singh visited the park on May 3 and instructed the staff that the remaining five animals should be shifted to the Rohtak zoo and this office had also written to the Divisional Wildlife Officer, Rohtak, on May 4 to shift the animals, but no steps were taken to ensure the safety of these deer. He disclosed that again on May 7, some dogs entered the centre and injured four deer, which also died. A nilgai was shifted from Meham deer park to Rohtak zoo.
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Caste column in Census form welcomed
Chandigarh, May 13 A meeting of these communities was held in Kurukshetra early this week, which was presided over by Dr JS Yadav, a former dean, Kurukshetra University, and president of the Yadav Samaj Sabha. The meeting described the decision to include the caste column in the census form as “though late yet a revolutionary step, which would go a long way in enabling the BCs and the OBCs to participate in the country’s political setup and share the nation’s resources”. According to Mohan Lal Dhiman, general secretary of the Haryana Samajik Nyay Party, and chairman of the Haryana Pichhra Warg Sangh, an appeal was made to leaders of these communities to make their followers aware of the Centre’s decision and to cooperate with the census staff. He said a particular caste was known by different names at different places like Yadav and Ahir; Kashyap and Jhinwar; Barhai (carpenter) and Khaati; and Prajapat and Kumhar. Therefore, members of a particular caste should jointly decide only one name of their caste, which should be recorded in the census form. But the name of their caste should not differ from the name of their caste already enlisted in the list of BCs /OBCs. Dhiman said the meeting also demanded that 27 per cent reservation should be provided to the BCs/OBCs in the Women Reservation Bill. The meeting also demanded that at least one post of vice-chancellor in Haryana should be filled by a BC/OBC candidate.
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Plywood rate up by 10 pc
Yamunanagar, May 13 The rise in the plywood price will subsequently increase the cost of construction. The plywood industry of the district has been consuming poplar and eucalyptus timber worth Rs 600 crore and making plywood and wood-based products worth Rs 1,800 crore every year. The plywood industry has been facing 40 per cent labour shortage after the partial success of the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NAREGA) Act in UP and Bihar. The inflow of labourers from both UP and Bihar had been reduced considerably in the district, said plywood industrialists. “The prices of raw materials have increased. This has forced us to increase the cost of plywood and its products by 10 per cent,” president of the Haryana Plywood Manufacturing Plywood Industry Devender Chawla said. “The shortage of poplar and eucalyptus timber has hit the industrialists here. The cost of raw material has increased and the timber has witnessed 30 per cent rise in its price recently. Besides, the price of phenol and formaldehyde, which in used in large quantities, have also increased significantly,”
he added. Power cuts were another major worry for industrialists here. The 3 per cent rise in the cost of production was attributed to 16 to 18 hours of power cuts every day. Generators were the only source of power for industrial units and the use of diesel had increased the cost of production three times, said president of the Wood Technologists Association SC Jolly. “We require a total 1.5 lakh labourers for the smooth functioning of the plywood industry of
the district. However, after the implementation of the employment guarantee scheme, the labour inflow from Bihar and UP has reduced and those available have been charging much more wages than earlier,”
he added.
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Road mishaps continue to claim lives
Yamunanagar, May 13 Rashim Chhabra (35), who was riding a scooter near a private hospital, was crushed to death by an overloaded truck recently. Later, aggrieved family members raised protest against the negligence of the police when her body was brought at the civil hospital for postmortem. In another mishap on May 7, Shiv Charan, SHO Jagadhri city police station, was also killed by
an overloaded truck. The two incidents have shocked the residents who have been demanding strict implementation of traffic rules and regulations and a ban on plying of heavy vehicles during the day. The people of the district are worried over the fact that even as over 150 persons are dying every year in road accidents, the police has failed to take any significant step to prevent mishaps. There are not even enough cops available to ensure smooth flow of traffic. Besides, people have suggested putting up of barricades, installation of traffic lights and deployment of cops at roundabouts and at 50 identified accident-prone points. The residents are of view that it is high time that the police should take necessary steps to check road mishaps so that precious lives could be saved.
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Student groups should shun political tags: Educationist
Kurukshetra, May 13 However, he said elections should be held simultaneously in all universities and colleges across the country to avoid any interference of outside elements, adding that student groups should “shun political tags”. Addressing participants of an orientation course, organised by UGC Academic Staff College here, he said, “To strengthen the democracy in India and involving youth therein, there is a strong need for elections of students’ union in colleges and universities, but these should be held on
the same day”. He said student groups with political affiliations caused more harm than good and tends to spoil the academic calendars. He said unemployed youth, keen to make their families millionaire could even become “human bombs instead of human capital”. However, spirituality remains the “mantra” for real happiness in India, which otherwise ranked 88th out of 194 nations in terms of quality of life index, released by a travel magazine International Living on the basis of nine key indicators, like cost of living, risk and safety, culture and leisure, economy, environment, freedom, health, infrastructure and climate, he added.
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Ansal group to set up design school
Gurgaon, May 13 The design school would be located on the campus of the Ansal Institute of Technology here, and initially, it would offer a three-year diploma course in interior design. The first batch will commence from August. Prof Mike Knowles, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, UK, will be the dean of the school. Prof Knowles said the school would soon launch a range of market-oriented diploma programmes in design for various architectural/industrial sectors.
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Security forces not trained to tackle Naxal violence, say experts
Gurgaon, May 13 This was stated by Dr Yogender Narain, a former Defence Secretary, during a special lecture on “The Remedial Measures to counter Maoist Violence in India” at Sucheta Memorial School in Sector 5 here recently. The Gurgaon chapter of the Forum for Integrated National Security (FINS) had organised the event, which was attended by a number of experts in defence, security, administrative, intelligence and judicial affairs. “What happened in Dantewada was a complete strategic failure in terms of planning as well as selection of equipment,” he said, adding that while the Naxalite problem arose from the government’s failure in fulfilling the basic needs of people and ensuring their self-respect, Maosism, belonging to a particular ideology, is foreign-projected terrorism to create conflicts among Indian society . Former CBI Joint Director and former Haryana DGP B.R.Lall observed that the shocking attack on the CRPF personnel inflicting 76 casualties had left the country benumbed. “Unfortunately, the personnel were not trained in counter-insurgency and jungle warfare operations; and walked into the deathtrap laid by the terrorists,” he maintained. Maj-Gen Samay Ram (retd) asserted that the selection criteria adopted for the purchase of new weapons were not proper. “We must equip our paramilitary and police forces with latest weapons, gadgets and techniques to counter this problem, as the Army can be deployed only in rare circumstances,” he noted. Former Chief Justice D.S.Tewatia pointed out that for a thorough cleansing of the system, “we have first to identify all those factors which made our system corrupt and then think of remedial measures.” The event was chaired by former Haryana Chief Secretary M.C.Gupta, who appreciated the efforts made by the FINS in developing a mechanism to put pressure on the policy-makers. Col B.S.Rajawat, vice-president of the Gurgaon chapter of the FINS, said they were trying to create a platform where people from all walks of life could air their concerns collectively and understand their problems in a bigger perspective. The speakers maintained that Naxalism was not a law and order problem, but a tale of economic and socio-political injustice, exploitation and neglect of a helpless section of the population. “The loot and exploitation of these helpless people by itself amounts to financial terrorism against them and Naxalism is only a reaction? Naxalism, under such circumstances, becomes a strong ideology and philosophy. It starts with the noble idea of getting justice and bread to the exploited, but when the movement is hijacked by the political interest groups and the senseless indiscriminate violence follows, it transforms into a condemnable terrorist activity?? they observed. Prof DP Maini, Kishore Asthana, Col RC Chadda, Col BR Arora, Prof Mahendra Pratap, Dr Nagesh Sehgal, Prof Mohal Lal, Resham Singh, Pawn Jindal, Dr Radhey Shiam, Atul Bali and Prashant Bhardwaj also participated while Vishnu Sultania, treasurer of the FINS Gurgaon chapter, proposed the vote of thanks.
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Movie this week
Directed by: Priyadarshan
Starring: Darsheel Safary, Ziyah Vastani, Atul Kulkarni, Rituparna Sengupta Story: It is a unique story of brother-sister relationship which depicts an innocent bond of two siblings. Rituparna Sengupta and Atul Kulkarni play a poor couple working in tea plantations in Assam. Darsheel Safary and Ziyah Vastani play the role of their children. What to watch out for: Darsheel Safary and Ziyah Vastani characters, direction, story and melodious compositions from music director MG Sree Kumar, Tapas Relia and Azaan Sami. —
Dharam Pal
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Rohtak, May 13
Jind, May 13
Seema Tirkha, a former BJP councillor, who unsuccessfully contested from the Badkhal constituency in the last Assembly elections, feels that the functioning of the administration here has left much to be desired. According to her, elections to the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad
(MCF), campaigning for which has already got under way, would be crucial with regard to the development of the city.
Reeling under various civic problems, the city might see some positive changes following a number of initiatives by the district administration.
Former deputy commissioner Vikas Gupta had launched a drive during his tenure to vacate encroached committee land about three months ago. Undeterred by political pressure, Gupta ordered removal of illegal encroachments and forced shopkeepers free to the space in front of their establishments.
Produced by Percept Picture Company “Bumm Bumm Bole” was nominated for the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. It opens today at Fun
Cinemas-Ambala; SRS Sector 12, SRS Sector 31, INOX Leisure, MTMM, MTCM
(Faridabad); DT City Centre, DT Mega Mall, Big Cinemas, SRS Omaxe, SRS Wedding
(Gurgaon); Glitz-Kurukshetra; Fun Cinemas-Panipat.