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Bankers urged to help flood-hit
Couple sees threat to life, gets security
Post-floods, villagers battle dirty water
A resident of Jhang Colony in Rohtak drains out water from the courtyard of his house on Friday.
Tribune photo: Manoj Dhaka |
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Raid bares foeticide case
in Ellenabad
Games: Make Gurgaon greener, officials told
Legal literacy classes for rural women
Probe ordered into bridge collapse
3 more held for Mirchpur violence
Doctor booked for issuing fake medico-legal report
Flood alert in 43 villages
One more surrenders in gangrape case
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Bankers urged to help flood-hit
Chandigarh, July 30 Gulati said the state had suffered extensive damage. Power, roads, canal and drinking water infrastructure had been severely damaged in some parts. “Though a detailed girdawari to assess the actual damage to the crops is on and the results are expected tomorrow, the damage to public infrastructure and private property alone forms a major part of the Rs 1381 crore that we are seeking from the Centre,” she said. Asked about the Government of India’s reluctance to extend relief to the state on account of non-usage of the Calamity Relief Fund, she said norms for the use of this fund were fixed. “We have a corpus of over Rs 400 crore under this head, but this can be used only for relief in case of crop loss. The aid we are seeking from the Centre is for the damage to public infrastructure.” Earlier, presiding over the meeting, Gulati called upon the banks to reach out to every citizen so that “we can translate the concept of financial and credit inclusion into reality.” She urged the bankers’ forum to impress upon the RBI and the Centre to slash the rate of interest for BPL families from nine to 12 per cent per annum, to not more than seven per cent, normally charged for agricultural advances. Among others present were Nagesh Pydah, executive director, PNB, field general manager, PNB, AK Gupta, A.M. Sharan, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Finance, PRaghavendra Rao, Financial Commissioner, Development and Panchayats, HK Talreja, Chief General Manager, NABARD, and AKMisra, general manager, RBI, New Delhi.
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Couple sees threat to life, gets security
Karnal, July 30 Rikky (22), a resident of Gandhi Chowk, and Preeti (20) of Bakra Market in Sadar Bazar, Karnal, had eloped on July 25. Their marriage was solemnised on July 28 at an Arya Samaj temple in Chandigarh. The parents of the girl were opposed to the marriage and the couple feared threat to life from them and approached the High Court. The HC directed the Karnal police to provide security to the couple. Rikky and Preeti appeared in the court of District and Sessions Judge Raj Rahul Garg, who directed the police to provide security to the young couple. SHO, City (Karnal), Subhash Chand said security had been provided to the couple as per the court orders. Counsel for the couple Shamsher Singh Nain alleged that the mother and aunt of the girl were still threatening them and urged the police to ensure that no harm was done to them.
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Post-floods, villagers battle dirty water
Fatehabad, July 30 “Drinking water being supplied to our villages is of very poor quality. It stinks and people are falling prey to diarrhoea,” alleged a resident of Sadhanwas, one of the worst-affected villages. Similar complaints have come from Chimmo, Talwara and some other flood-affected villages. The health authorities took 81 samples of drinking water for the orthotoledine test to check residual chlorine in the Ratia area of the district, but 29 of these failed. Confirming the reports, Dr VK Jain, senior medical officer at the community health centre, Ratia, said 14 samples of drinking water had been sent to Sirsa for bacteriological tests too, but they were yet to receive reports of those samples. Bhanwar Lal, Executive Engineer of the Public Health Department, however, claimed that the drinking water was being supplied after proper treatment. The XEN further claimed that the department had its own laboratory and of the 141 samples tested there this month, only two were found unfit. Bhanwar Lal said the problem was due to leakages in pipes, which had since been repaired.
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Raid bares foeticide case
in Ellenabad
Sirsa, July 30 Dr Pramod Sharma, who led the raiding party to the hospital where the abortion took place, said the woman had informed them that her ultrasound test was conducted at a private nursing home in Fatehabad. According to Dr Sharma, some anonymous caller tipped the SDM office here that a woman had been admitted to a private hospital situated on Mamera Road in Ellenabad town on Thursday. On the directions from the SDM office, a team from the general hospital went to the hospital with a police force and found a woman lying on a bed and crying in pain. The woman, according to the health authorities, complained that she was bleeding profusely. The doctor running the private hospital claimed that the woman was there for treatment of her fever. Later, a team of two gynaecologists from Sirsa went there and found that
it was a case of illegal abortion. The woman underwent abortion four months after pregnancy, the doctors maintained after the check-up. The doctors sealed some records of the hospital
and also collected some evidence of the illegal abortion. The government doctors shifted the woman to the general hospital, Sirsa, in view of her condition. SHO of the Ellenabad police station Jagdish Rai said the police had yet not retuned from Sirsa with the medical reports and added that an FIR would be registered after the reports arrived. |
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Games: Make Gurgaon greener, officials told
Gurgaon, July 30 Arora, who was here to review the preparations for the games pertaining to the Forest Department in Gurgaon, said since Gurgaon was a city of international fame, players and tourists from within the country as well as abroad were expected to visit the city in large number during the games to be held in Delhi. “Hence, it is our duty to make Gurgaon a beautiful and green city by carrying out plantation along all major roads in the city. Special attention should be given to beautify the road-crossings and round-abouts,” she said. Arora assigned specific duties to different government departments to undertake plantation in different parts of the city. She asserted that plantation should be taken up along the roads leading to the Kadarpur shooting range located on the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) campus on priority basis. One route for Kadarpur shooting range is via Badshahpur. The other route is through the newly constructed road from IFFCO Chowk via Sector 56 where the PWD (B&R) Department was assigned to carry out plantation along the 2.8-km patch, which it had constructed. On the other portion, the Forest Department will carry out plantation. The Superintendent Engineer of the PWD was asked to coordinate with the officials of the NHAI for taking up beautification along the National Highway number 8. Local HUDA Administrator Nitin Yadav apprised the meeting that HUDA would repair the Sohna road and make it presentable before the games. Local Municipal Commissioner Rajesh Khullar said plantation was going on. |
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Legal literacy classes for rural women
Sonepat, July 30 In the classes to be organised during August, the main speakers would be Bhanu gaur, protection officer, Anita Hooda, child welfare officer, and Mahi Malik, an advocate. However, Sudesh Panchal, an advocate, would replace Mahi Malik in the classes to be organised during September. Sharma informed that the class at Kabirpur on August 4 would explain Section 125 of the CrPC, class at Murthal village on August 11 would be on the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act and female foeticide, the class at Rai village on August 18 would cover the Food Adulteration Act 1954 and the class at Mohana village on August 25 would be on human rights and HIV/AIDS. |
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Probe ordered into bridge collapse
Chandigarh, July 30 Irrigation Minister Ajay Singh Yadav said the inquiry would be conducted by a three-member committee, which had been asked to submit its report within 15 days. BS Singla, Chief Engineer, Bridges, Public Works (B&R) Department; S.L. Aggarwal, Chief Engineer, Yamuna Water Services, and Vijay Jain, Chief Engineer (Construction), both from the Irrigation Department, would be on the committee. Yadav said strict action would be taken against those found at fault. He said presumably water had flowed from the Dadupur complex. Following a cloudburst, the flow in the Som rivulet had increased manifold. The Dadupur-Nalwi canal, with a capacity of 590 cusecs, had to carry 5,000 cusecs of water. Yadav directed the Engineer-in-Chief, Irrigation, that the repair of the bridge be undertaken on a war footing. |
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3 more held for Mirchpur violence
Hisar, July 30 They have been identified as Jaibir, Rajpal and Joginder. They were among 400-odd individuals named for the violence in which a Dalit and his teenaged daughter lost their lives. A few days ago, a delegation of villagers had met the authorities here and named about 20 more persons for being involved in the violence. Meanwhile, four of the accused, now in judicial custody, have applied for bail in the sessions court here. They are Ramphal, Rajbir, Pradeep and Dharamvir.
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Doctor booked for issuing fake medico-legal report
Hisar, July 30 Dr Bhup Singh
Khatri, posted at the local General Hospital, is already facing similar charges. According to the complaint,
Satpal, a resident of Bhiwani Rohilla village, near here, had some dispute with Rajesh and Subhash of the same village. After a minor clash, Subhash and Rajesh allegedly connived with Dr Khatri to prepare a medico-legal report exaggerating the injuries which enabled the duo to book their rivals in a serious criminal case. However, the police found the charges baseless and the case was dismissed. On Satpal’s complaint, the Inspector-General of Police ordered registration of a case. Dr
Khatri, who is facing more such charges, has applied for interim bail in the High Court. His plea is to be taken up on August 5. |
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Flood alert in 43 villages
Yamunanagar, July 30 The situation aggravated after the water level in the Som increased to 20,000 cusecs this evening. The water from the overflowing seasonal rivulets entered villages through a major breach in Muzafat village five days ago. The breach is yet to be plugged. With the Western Yamuna Canal (WYC) overflowing, water has also entered Shanti Nagar Colony of
Yamunanagar. |
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One more surrenders in gangrape case
Jind, July 30 She was lodged at Nari Niketan in Karnal till her repatriation on July 22. While three of the accused have been remanded to police custody for two days, another is in judicial custody. |
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With damage to public infrastructure and private property assessed at Rs 1381 crore, the Chief secretary, Urvashi Gulati, has urged commercial banks to come to the aid of the flood victims.
Addressing a meeting of bankers at the a State-Level Bankers’ Committee meeting here today, she asked banks to organise credit camps in affected areas, in consultation with the district administration.
After floods damaged crops in over 100 villages in this district, residents of the affected areas are now complaining of poor quality drinking water supply.
