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Mysterious disease creates panic in Ambala village INLD now eyes Zila Parishad poll
Political situation likely to remain fluid
Haryana govt working under high command scanner
UHBVN to replace burnt transformers within 48 hrs
Bharat Vikas Parishad holds blood camp at Tohana
Electricity complaints
Applications for course invited
Mid-day meal
Health officials pull up socks ahead of monsoon
Drive to end child labour planned
69,000 BPL families to get health cover
713 polling stations to be set up in Jind
Protect your eyes from summer ailments
Sarva khap decision to block supply to Delhi condemned
Kalesar National Park cries for attention
The Kalesar National Park. Tribune photo: Ravi Kumar
GAAP centre in Rewari
Fake entrants on BPL list to face action
Institutional deliveries up in urban slums
Letter
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Millennium city's harsh reality
Gurgaon, May 24 The MCG, which is going to complete two years of its inception within a few days, has focused more on filling up its own coffers than ensuring the provision of services it was meant for. Thanks to the chronic inefficiency of MCG officials and rampant corruption prevalent in the civic body, coupled with “matching performances” of the other government departments, the quality of life in the millennium city has deteriorated for the common man. A number of roads and streets continue to be in bad shape, most frequented public places, like the local bus stand and civil hospital lacks basic hygiene and civic amenities, and encroachments galore across the city. Needless to mention, most projects undertaken by the MCG are going on at their own sweet and slow “sarkaari” pace. “The only difference it (MCG) has made is to impose House Tax, apart from adding to the already complicated multiplicity of authorities in the city,” said Shiv Kumar Sharma, a local resident. After about a year of MCG’s establishment, the first Municipal Commissioner Rajeev Sharma was transferred and RK Khullar was brought in as the new incumbent. However, after making his presence felt in the city in the beginning, he also seems to have adapted himself to the prevailing mainstream. When the corporation was established, the areas which were then under the jurisdiction of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) and Gurgaon’s erstwhile Municipal Council were transferred to it. Besides, the 58 sectors of Gurgaon, these areas also included those specified by the notification under the Gurgaon’s Master Plan-2021. The Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 states, “It shall be incumbent on the corporation to make adequate provisions by any means or measures, which it may lawfully use or take for matters, like construction and maintenance of drainage work, urinals and similar conveniences, construction and maintenance of means for water supply for public and private purposes, removal of filth, construction and regulation of municipal markets and their regulation, planting and care of trees on the roadside and maintenance of parks”. However, till date, the MCG has failed even to completely take over the provision of essential services, like water supply, sewerage, roads, parks and streetlights in most areas under its jurisdiction from the other government agencies, like HUDA, Public Health Department and PWD, what to speak of improving these. The officials concerned hold the lack of clear-cut demarcation of the authority and responsibilities of their departments responsible for their non-performance, though they fail to pinpoint where the buck finally stops.
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Mysterious disease creates panic in Ambala village
Ambala, May 24 According to villagers, initially swelling appears in the lower part of legs and later blood platelets start depleting fast. The kidneys of a few patients have also been found affected. Mostly, middle-aged women and children are suffering from the disease. The Health Department has deployed a team of doctors and other paramedical staff in the village to control the situation. The department, however, has failed to identify the disease so far. A doctor said it could be dropsy as most of the villagers of this village used mustered oil for cooking purposes. There could be adulteration in mustered oil which caused the complicacy. Some of the villagers have also disclosed that a few shopkeepers of the village have been bringing mustered oil from a wholesale dealer of Uttar Pradesh. The department has asked the villagers not to purchase mustered oil and other eatable items from village shopkeepers till the actual cause of the disease was known. The health authorities have also collected several samples of mustered oil from village shops which have been sent to a laboratory in Karnal for testing. The villagers are holding the Health Department accountable for it. They say they have been getting contaminated drinking water for the past several months. They say the water pipes cross through a village pond and due to cracks in it the pond water gets mixed into the drinking water supply. They are also annoyed over the attitude of health officials who did not take the matter seriously. The affected villagers have even refused to take treatment in the Civil Hospital and most of them have admitted their patients to private nursing homes. Meanwhile, the deputy commissioner, ADC and other senior officers of the Health Department have visited the village and assured people of medical and other help, but they are still panicky.
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INLD now eyes Zila Parishad poll Sirsa, May 24 f the Chautala junior is exuding confidence of his party’s victory in the Zila Parishad poll, the credit goes to his workers, who have always been found ready to play the role the Chautalas decide for them. Among the candidates selected by Abhey Singh to contest the Zila Parishad poll is Dr. Sita Ram, a two-time MLA from Dabwali, who contested the parliamentary elections from Sirsa on the INLD ticket in May 2009. Perhaps in no other political party one would witness a leader contesting panchayati raj institution’s polls after having remained an MLA twice and contesting a parliamentary election. Dr. Sita Ram is contesting from zone 7 of the Zila Parishad. The other candidates are Norang Ram (zone 1), Kulvinder Kaur (2), Amarjeet Kaur (3), Dalip Kaur (4), Balvinder Gill (5), Supinder Kaur (6), Dr. Sita Ram (7), Radhe Ram Godara (8), Amar Chandra Jhorad (9), Uday Pal (10), Gurmeet Singh(11), Prem Singh (12), Rajender Jhorad (13), Abhey Singh Khod (14), Krishan Beniwal (15), Pawan Beniwal (16), Anita Beniwal (17), Meghna Beniwal (18), Ved Parkash (19), Neelan Kamboj (20), Chander Prakash (21). In the last Zila Parishad poll, Abhey Singh himself had contested and led his party’s fight in the district. Even during the municipal poll, the INLD benefited from the discipline shown by the party ranks as hardly a worker revolted against the list of candidates issued by Abhey Singh Chautala while several Congress workers contested as independents after they were denied the ticket. While the INLD has entered the poll fray well prepared, the Congress does not seem to have any plans in place. “We do not have any directions from the party high command on this issue. The Congress did not contest even the municipal poll on the party symbol. It was only the decision of some local leaders of the ruling party to field their candidates on common symbols,” said a former minister and senior Congress leader. The INLD had suffered a humiliating defeat in the Chautalas’ home district in the parliamentary elections held in May, 2009, but since then the party has recovered the lost ground first in the Assembly elections by winning four out of five seats and then repeating this feat in the Ellenabad byelection and the municipal poll.
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Political situation likely to remain fluid
Hisar, May 24 Both these parties find themselves at the crossroads looking to make a fresh beginning. While the BJP finds its mass base eroded, the Kuldeep Bishnoi-led outfit has lost its steam after it squandered away a chance to join the Congress-led government after the last Assembly poll, resulting in the defection of five of its legislators. Basically, both the BJP and the HJC are looking to find a foothold among non-Jat voters. In that pursuit they face a stiff challenge from the Congress also. Among the non-Jats, the Punjabi community is the most sought after by the BJP and the HJC. Historically speaking, the BJP has emerged as a political force in Haryana only after the Punjabi community backed it. However, since the death of maverick Mangal Sein, the party has steadily lost support of the community. The HJC has its eyes both on the Punjabis as well as other non-Jat communities. It had thus far been banking upon the support Kuldeep Bishnoi's father, former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, enjoyed in his heydays as a strong non-Jat leader. An ageing Bhajan Lal has since relinquished this status having been out of power for about 15 years now. He projected Kuldeep Bishnoi as his political successor, but his hurried style of functioning and autocratic functioning came in his way. As of now, neither the BJP nor the HJC appear to know from where they need to start afresh. For the BJP, the absence of a strong leader at the state level is a big impediment. If this situation lasts till the next Assembly elections, it will have to lean on the INLD which will not augur well for the party in the long run.For the HJC, its biggest chance of reviving its fortunes lies in the outcome of its case against the admission of its five legislators into the Congress. Should they be disqualified, the HJC will march much ahead of the BJP on the basis of a moral victory. Though the Congress at present claims the support of both Jat and non-Jat voters, sooner or later it will find this advantage of having a finger in each pie to its disadvantage, especially when it will come to countering the anti-incumbency factor. The recent tensions between Dalits and upper caste villagers will have an impact on its fortunes. Under the circumstances, the political situation in Haryana is likely to remain fluid for the next few months when all parties will have to find new political equations.
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Haryana govt working under high command scanner
Chandigarh, May 24 These issues and more came up for discussion at the Congress party's coordination committee meeting in Delhi recently. The committee acts as a bridge between the government and the party, evaluating the performance of the government and highlighting the aspirations of the party men. Sources said that the proceedings of the meeting indicated that the noose was tightening around the Haryana government to perform and deliver as also to live up to the aspirations of the workers. In the first step in this direction the co-ordination committee is learnt to have mulled the setting up of a subcommittee to clear vital policy matters, including infrastructure projects. Sources maintain that the committee has decided to empower the sub-committee for such clearances to counter the "lop-sided development" allegations that hounded the Congress government in its last term. The committee, with members from across the state, will be able to cater better to each area's specific requirement. In what seems an attempt at further clipping the wings of the government, the committee also deliberated on "empowering" the ministers by giving them the "right" to transfer class II and above employees and officers in their respective departments for improved working. At present, most transfers and posting are centralised and carried out by the Chief Minister's office. It was also decided to seek the resignations of the chairpersons of boards and corporations and take a fresh look at these appointments. It is pertinent to mention here that the position of chairpersons of boards and corporations is eyed by Congress workers as also MLAs since it gives them the luxury of an office, a car and other such perks. At the meeting chaired by the party in charge for Haryana affairs, Prithvi Raj Chavan, the khaps and the "notoriety" they earned for themselves as also the Mirchpur incident figured prominently in the discussions. While Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda gave a detailed account of measures taken by the government to re-build the faith of the Dalits in the administration and government, the government was asked to be wary of being "caught napping" and ensure that another Mirchpur was not allowed to happen. Those who attended the meeting included HPCC president Phool Chand Mullana, Union Minister Selja, Rajya sabha MP Ram Prakash, Finance Minister Ajay Yadav and former Finance Minister Birender Singh.
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UHBVN to replace burnt transformers within 48 hrs
Chandigarh, May 24 UHBVN managing director Arun Kumar said the nigam had arranged 400 distribution transformers of 200 KVA rating for quick replacement of burnt transformers. Delivery of another lot of 400 transformers was expected within a month. In addition to this, the nigam was having thousands of spare transformers of 25 KVA, 63 KVA and 100 KVA rating as these had been dismantled from Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Karnal and Rohtak districts where new transformers were being installed under the ongoing 'Apna Transformer Yojna', he added. He said that it had been planned to launch a special maintenance campaign in the nigam's command area from June 1 to 15 to ensure reliable power supply to consumers. Proper maintenance of substations, 11-KV feeders, distribution transformers, high-tension and low-tension lines was essential as there would be full load on the system due to the scorching heat and the coming paddy season. He said that trimming of trees, checking of panels and circuit breakers and checking of distribution transformers would be ensured under the special maintenance campaign.
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Bharat Vikas Parishad holds blood camp at Tohana
Fatehabad, May 24 It was the 10th blood donation camp organized by the local unit of the parishad, said Kush Bhargava, district secretary of the organisation. The parishad has so far collected more than 700 units of blood in such camps. The camp was organised with the help of Jagdambey Blood Bank and State Bank Of Patiala. Bhargava said that the Tohana unit has done a lot for betterment of differently abled persons. More than 2000 such persons had got artificial limbs arranged by the parishad. More than 100 eyes had been donated so far following motivation by the parishad, said Bhargava. He said the parishad had been running a library as a permanent project. The organisation had also helped 12 missing children in uniting with their parents.
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Good response to UHBVN project
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 24 SMS representatives register complaints relating to power supply of Vasudevpura, Dhamala, Karanpur, Johluwal, Prempura, Shahpur, Nawanagar, Khol Mola, Khol Mola Fatehpur and Madhawala villages and Raipur Rani town. A spokesman said here that the complaints registered by SMSs were being attending to promptly, normally in less than one hour. He said SMSs members had been provided with a mobile telephone and stationery. The nigam pays Rs 700 per month as honorarium to each member. Many of them have offered to have the responsibility of meter reading and bill distribution also in their areas of operation. The nigam has authorised the field officers to assign them the responsibility keeping in view their willingness and capability. The SMSs registered 925 complaints in April and all of them were attended by the staff. At present nine complaint centers in coordination with SMSs in the rural areas of Kurukshetra, four in Yamuna Nagar, three in Jhajjar and two each in district Panchkula, Ambala, Kaithal, Karnal, Jind, Panipat, Sonipat and Rohtak are in operation.
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Applications for course invited
Chandigarh, May 24 An official spokesman said the course would be conducted at the State Health and Family Welfare Training Centre, Rohtak, and the Multipurpose Health Worker (Male) School, General Hospital, Sonepat. The minimum qualification was matriculation from the Board of School Education, Haryana, or its equivalent with at least 50 per cent marks, 45 per cent marks in case of Scheduled Castes/Backward Classes/Handicapped and for ex-Servicemen/children of disabled and discharged military personnel. General science, including biology and Hindi up to matric was compulsory. No extra weightage would be given for higher qualification. Candidates should not be less than 16 years and more than 27 years of age as on June 16, 2010. The applications in the prescribed proforma should reach the office of the Director, Health Services, Haryana, by June 16.
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Jhajjar schools least bothered about hygiene
Ravinder Saini
Jhajjar, May 24 This fact came to the fore when Chander Prakash, Jhajjar deputy commissioner, carried out surprise inspections at various government schools here recently. Taking a serious view of dereliction of duty by staff of Government Secondary School, Paharipur village, in looking after mid-day meal, the DC directed the district education officer to issue suspension order of Roshni Devi, in charge, primary wing of the school and to call for explanation from other teachers for this carelessness. During the inspection, he found that food material was not being maintained properly. The DC also warned that each student should be provided with nutritious food and if the meal was found substandard, the teachers responsible for negligence would invite disciplinary action. Thereafter, the DC visited Government Senior Secondary School, Achhej, which was found locked during the working hours. He instructed the DEO to issue show cause notices to the school head and other staff members. Chander Prakash also checked Government Girls High School, Kheri Khummar, and noted that eight teachers, including school in charge and clerk were absent. Only three teachers and one class-IV employee were present at that time. Holding the teachers responsible for zero attendance of students, he said zero attendance in the schools was indicative of careless style of working of the teachers. “Every parent and guardian expects that his child will become a responsible citizen after completing education, but schoolteachers who ignore their duty of shaping the future of the students are doing great harm not only to students but also to society as a whole,” said Chander Prakash, adding that teachers were the architect of the country's future and they were supposed to discharge their duty with dedication. Earlier, the DC inspected Rest House, Chhuchhukwas, and directed officials of the department concerned to maintain it properly. He also asked them to beautify the historic village pond near the rest house. He later visited village water works as well. The DC made inquiry from officials about the water supply and issued directions to block development and panchayat officer, Matanhail, for filling village pond.
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Health officials pull up socks ahead of monsoon
Faridabad, May 24 The district malaria office in the local civil hospital, which is the nodal agency to deal with aspects relating to malaria and other kindred diseases and infections, in its correspondence to the government departments has also suggested that the premises should be kept clean. Dr OP Mehta, district malaria officer, said besides 33 government departments which had been sent advisories, the Municipal Corporation Faridabad had also been advised to take corrective measures to prevent breeding of mosquitoes. The Health Department’s view is that although efforts have been on to prevent breeding of mosquitoes on a continuous basis, the ante has been upped now in view of the approaching monsoon. The department feels that it is confident of controlling the chances of incidents of malaria and dengue. Health officials claim with the passage of time, malaria and dengue cases have been controlled drastically in this district. The department statistics say that since January to May 15 last year, there were reports of 16 malaria cases out which 14 were tested positive. However, in the corresponding period this year, there is no case. Another statistics say 366 malaria and 100 dengue cases were tested positive in 2008. However, in 2009, the malaria cases tested positive dropped to 113 while no suspected case of dengue was tested positive. Locals, however, feel that though the department has been proactive, the challenge is huge considering the fact that Faridabad has comparatively great swathe of urban geographical mass. Moreover, it has comparatively high-density population. Besides, a large area is dotted with unauthorised colonies, which are more prone to such diseases. Dr Mehta also agrees to the challenge ahead and cateogrises Faridabad as vulnerable to diseases like malaria and dengue.
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Students hold Paryaas 2010
Yamunanagar, May 24 Dr MK Sehgal, chairman and CEO of the group, said the 32nd inter-zonal youth festival and five-day literary events of Kurukshetra University at this college were a great achievement. Dr R.S Wadhawan, director of the group, presented a detailed annual report of the group. ADC Narender Singh advised the students to utilise their time in the right direction for bright future. He quoted from Bhagwad Gita to motivate students to work hard for achieving their goals in life. Under a unique award system, Dr Sehgal honoured Dr Wadhawan with a trip to Hajoor Sahib with family for his contribution to the organisation. Similarly, Prof Sheetal Sharma got a three-day holiday trip in any Mahindra Resorts in India and abroad. Assistant registrar Harinder Ahuja and AAO Rajneesh got a trip to Shree Siddhivinayak temple, Mumbai, while Kuldeep Rathore and Mr Gagan Bajaj earned a trip for Triputi Balaji. Pritam and Vinod were awarded a trip to Sirdi Sai Baba.
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Drive to end child labour planned
Chandigarh, May 24 Teams comprising SDMs, Executive Magistrates, Tehsildars, officers of the Social Welfare Department and labour inspectors would inspect business establishments, hotels, dhabas and residential areas in search of child labour. Officials said that meetings would be held to make people aware of the ill-consequences of child labour. Resident Welfare Associations would also be called to the meetings to sensitise them about the problem of child labour in general and child labour as domestic help in particular. Wide publicity of anti-child labour laws would be made through advertisements in newspapers and putting hoardings at public places so as to eliminate this practice completely from the state. Owners of hotels, dhabas and factories had been warned against employing children in their establishments. Stern action would be taken against the owners of establishments employing minor children.
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69,000 BPL families to get health cover
Sonepat, May 24 According to Ajit Joshi, deputy commissioner, there are around 69,000 BPL families in the district and under the scheme, five members of a family will be eligible for the facility. Every surveyed family will be issued a biometric smart health card containing information about the family. He informed that a Gurgaon-based company with assistance from anganwari workers would compile details of BPL families in the district for preparing the smart cards. The company would be given accommodation in the newly constructed mini-secretariat for maintaining better coordination with the officials concerned, he added. A penal of main hospitals in the urban and rural areas of the district would be prepared by the Health Department, he said, adding that arrangements would be such that the families get the best possible treatment free of cost at their nearest place. Dr DR Anand, who has been appointed as the nodal officer of the scheme for Sonepat district informed, there was a plan to give 25 per cent amount of the income of the hospitals from the scheme to the doctors treating the patients and remaining 75 per cent to be spent in upgrading facilities in these hospitals.
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713 polling stations to be set up in Jind
Notification for the elections to the Panchayati Raj bodies, including Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishad has been issued. The poll for these institutions will be held in two phases - June 6 and 12.
The district election authorities said that a total of about 713 polling stations would be set up for the purpose. The number of booths would be about 248 in Jind, 297 in Narwana and 168 in Safidon subdivisions, respectively. The polling will be held for Jind, Narwana and safidon blocks on June 6 in the first phase, while for Julana, Uchana, Pillukhera and Alewa blocks, the election would take place on June 12. The results of the election of the Sarpanch and members of the Panchayat would be declared by the evening on which polling would take place. — TNS
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Protect your eyes from summer ailments
Ambala, May 24 "Watch out for excessive sunlight, flowers, chlorine in swimming pools, contaminated water, dust and pollution. Allergies are by far the most common summer eye problem and are usually secondary to pollen, dust, wind and air pollutants and can vary from mild itching and redness of the eyes to severe watering and swelling of eyelids," he says. Nitika Jain, an eye surgeon at the Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt, also cautions against the dangers of glaucoma and stresses the need for regular eye check-up. She says glaucoma is an asymptomatic disease and can be cured only if it is diagnosed early. Dr Boparai adds that there is no cure for glaucoma as yet, and vision loss is irreversible. However, medication or surgery can slow down any further vision loss. Therefore, early detection is essential. He advises, "Drink plenty of water throughout the day. It protects your eyes from puffiness and swelling and splash cool water on your eyes at regular intervals, this relaxes eyes and keeps your eyes hydrated," says Dr Boparai. "Bicycling and dirt bike riding are the activities where eyes are likely to be hit by flying debris. When in pool, do not forget to put on eyewear. In summer, the incidence of skin infection in swimming pools rises and most pools will increase the amount of chlorine or other chemicals to keep the water safe. This, however, leads to irritable eyes. Use your eyewear, and the moment you get out of the pool, wash your eyes with fresh water". He further suggests that it is not only the skin that dries out in summer, but even your eyes. Lubricating drops are ideal this time of the year. Ideally, the drops should be preservative-free. It keeps the eyes comfortable and quiet.
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Sarva khap decision to block supply to Delhi condemned
Chandigarh, May 24 These leaders adopt a diplomatic line that the law would take its own course and the Constitution of the country is supreme. At the same time they hasten to add that the khap panchayats have been historically maintaining social norms in society and these khaps are not a feature of only one community. However, some leaders have started opposing the dictates of the khap panchayats in public also but they describe their opposition to them as their "personal opinion and not the party line". One such leader is Ved Prakash Vidrohi, the official spokesman of the Haryana Congress. Virdrohi hardly leaves an opportunity to issue statements on behalf of his party, may it be condemnation of rival parties or welcoming any decision taken by the government. Vidrohi, who also runs an NGO under the name of Grameen Bharat, today came out strongly against the khaps, particularly the threat issued by the Sarva Khap Panchayat held in Jind yesterday that the supply of milk, vegetables and fruits would be stopped to the national Capital from June 22 if its demand for amending the Hindu Marriage Act to ban the same-gotra and same-village marriages, was not met by then. The panchayat also threatened that it would slap a fine of one anna on MPs and MLAs, if they did not support its demand. Terming the decision of the panchayat as "retrograde, unconstitutional and illegal", Vidrohi, speaking as president of Grameen Bharat, said members of a particular class were taking "Talibani" decisions in the name of maintaining their customs and traditions. Such unconstitutional ways of functioning of the panchayats could not be tolerated in a democratic country. He said without going into the merit of the demand of the khap panchayats the government should ensure that they should not create law and order problems and these should be dealt with firmly. He said everyone had the right to demonstrate democratically and to boycott MLAs and MPs but no one had the right to impose a fine on them. The Sarva Khaap Panchayat had openly challenged the democratic and constitutional norms of the country. The civil society, which believed in rule of law could not tolerate such Talibani decisions. Describing his views as his personal opinion, Vidrohi said certain members of a particular caste were behaving in such a manner because they entertained the false notion of being above the law because the Chief Minister in Haryana usually belonged to their caste. Vidrohi appealed to the state government to register cases against such leaders of the community and put them behind the bars to make it clear that there was no jungle raj in Haryana. He also appealed to the people to reject such panchayats so that the rule of law prevailed in the state.
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Kalesar National Park cries for attention
(Kalesar) Yamunanagar, May 24 The park requires facilities for animals’ protection. Wild animals are moving to the nearby forests of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand following shortage of potable water and staff, lack of care and facilities. The visitors, too, feel disappointed, as they can't see any animal here and just find pugmarks of a few. Sources said the Kalesar Forest range spread over 28, 584 acres lacked adequate staff, besides, it did not have enough water to feed the animals. The sources said there were only four water ponds, however, it required at least 12 to fulfill the requirement of the animals. Of four, only one pond was filled with the help of a tube well; two ponds depended on the natural source of water while the fourth was filled with the help of tanker whenever required. Also, 17 forest guards were required; however, only 11 were available and 6 posts were lying vacant. The guards deployed at the park did not have any arms to protect the animals from poachers. They had only two jeeps and one canter. Recently, fire broke out here that had damaged 32 acres of the forest and caused harm to the wildlife, they added. The park had two elephants; the female elephant died last year and the male recently moved to the forest area in Uttarakhand. It is a major set back to the move of the state to set up the India's first Elephant Rehabilitation and Research Centre at Ban Santoor here. The stone of the centre was laid down in July 2008. In this forest area, 50 acres had been reserved for rehabilitation purposes and 400 acres for elephant's movement, the sources said. Distict forest officer Rajesh Gulia said they had decided to send the forest guard for training next month, thereafter, they would request the authorities to provide arms to them. He said adequate arrangement of water had been done as well.
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GAAP centre in Rewari
Rewari, May 24 Stating that there is an acute shortage of professionals in accounts and finance, Kumar said it was their mission to impart theoretical and practical knowledge to the employed and the unemployed for upgrading their employability skills by making them proficient. He further said the centre would impart training in soft skills as well as technical accounting skills to graduates and undergraduates through a one-year course in accounts and finance. The centre would cater to the requirements of students from Rewari, Bawal, Dharuhera, Kosli, Mahendragarh, Narnaul and Jhajjar, he added. He said each practice lab in the centre was equipped with audio-visual facility and students would be trained by power point presentations. Stating that GAAP Education Ltd has tie-ups with leading financial companies like Oracle and Tally, Kumar said they had a target of enrolling 10,000 students by April 2011. “We have already set up 10 learning centres in Delhi and NCR, 60 more would be established in various cities of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh by the end of 2010,” he added.
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Fake entrants on BPL list to face action
Kaithal, May 24 While talking to mediapersons, he said all such persons should get their names deleted by sending an application to the District Rural Development Agency by June 30. He said the administration had decided to start inquiry into the BPL list from July 1, and those found ineligible would face action. He further said certain government employees, too, had got their names included on the BPL list to get benefits from the government schemes, adding that such persons were doing so at the cost of other deserving persons.
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Institutional deliveries up in urban slums
Sonepat, May 24 Its main objectives were to improve the accessibility of quality antenatal, natal and postnatal facilities to expectant women. This scheme was implemented through district, mother NGOs and private health practitioners (PHPs). The representatives of field NGOs here said the institutional deliveries in urban slum areas had increased from 769 in 2006-07 to 8,371 in 2007-08, 12,963 in 2008-09 and 6,115 in 2009-10 (for six months only). Out of the total institutional deliveries under the scheme, 92.27 per cent were normal deliveries, whereas the remaining 7.73 per cent were cesarean. However, KK Sachdev, special director, SOSVA (North), Haryana Community Centre, stated that the scheme had been put on halt after January 31, with the reasons best known to the implementing authorities of the National Rural Health Mission, Chandigarh. The mother NGOs were informed in the first week of January this year through e-mail by state NGO coordinator CS Madan that the scheme would be further implemented only after evaluating their performances, he added. Due to this, payment of lakhs of rupees of the field NGOs, which was assigned the job of implementation of the scheme by mother NGOs, was pending. Meanwhile, representatives of seven-field NGOs of Sonepat submitted a memorandum to the mother NGO on May 18 for payment of outstanding dues. The district NGOs already working as mother NGOs under the Rural Community Health Programme further appointed field NGOs. The field NGOs identified one sakhi at per 1,000 population from the same community, visiting door to door for identification and registration of expectant women. The district surveillance officers were also appointed on contract basis to conduct minimum four and maximum six visits of the mother, field NGOs, PHPs and sakhis.
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IOC refinery conducts mock drill
Panipat, May 24 The mock drill was monitored by Deputy Commissioner Vijay Singh Dahiya and district police chief Rajinder Singh. Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Commissioner Vijay Singh Dahiya said it was important to hold such mock drills, so that appropriate strategies could be evolved for identifying, assessing and controlling any accidents in the hydrocarbon industry. He said mock drills played an important role in bringing about more efficiency and coordination amongst rescue workers, which ultimately assisted in bringing down the damages in case of any accident. Besides, the staffers of the Panipat refinery and senior officials of the district administration also participated in the drill. The rescuers and fire fighters created a fake condition of gas leak and undertook effective measure to prevent damages and curtail the situation from getting any worst. Executive director of the refinery RK Ghosh said such exercises helped the rescuers to identify several shortcomings and remove these before any real eventualities. The mock exercise at refinery had been organised by the National Disaster Management Authority of India.
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Letter
The newly introduced semester system has caused havoc to the NCC cadets of Haryana as they are left with no time to attend the mandatory annual training camps (ATC) to be eligible for the ‘B’ and ‘C’ certificate exams. These camps are generally held in October-November but with the semester exams in December, no student would like to miss the classes. The drop in enrolment of cadets from the science and commerce streams in the past two years indicates that there will be a steep downfall next year when the semester system is introduced in the arts faculty too.
The biggest loss will be to the cadets who wish to participate in Republic Day parade on ‘Rajpath’. The pre- Republic Day camps are held for one month in November- December and those selected come back only after January 26. No cadet will ever skip the university exams to participate in the Republic Day parade nor will their parents allow this. Thus, the number of Haryanavi cadets at the prestigious Republic Day parade will be almost nil in the coming years. It is time to realise the side effects of the semester system. Being an associate NCC officer, I wish to give a wake-up call to the Vice-Chancellors of the universities of Haryana, some of whom are retired Army Generals, to consider the implications before implementation of the semester system. Amrit Kaur,
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