Gurgaon, August 12
The state government’s recent land deals with big builders, colonisers and other private players in and around Gurgaon in the name of leisure/amusement projects have failed to amuse the aware and well-meaning residents of the millennium city, NGOs working for environment conservation, and state’s opposition parties.

Apart from being detrimental to environment, the ‘shady’ land deals have also allegedly caused huge losses to the state exchequer. Even specific orders of the Supreme Court have failed to deter the state authorities from going ahead with such deals.

The phenomenal money ‘ to the tune of thousands of crores of rupees’ involved in the ‘deals’ calls for a transparent approach in the execution of such sensitive transactions, which is, however, woefully lacking.

Huge chunks of prime public land being given away to private parties at rates much lower than the prevailing public price is a big call of concern.

Take, for instance, a deal between a Haryana government agency and realty giant DLF, which was finalised last year. Under the deal, the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) handed over a large chunk of forest land in Wazirabad village of Gurgaon district to DLF for a recreation-cum-leisure project. The world-class project, to be developed on 350 acres in Wazirabad village, would comprise commercial, residential, sports and golf course facilities.

For reasons best known to the authorities concerned, the land the prevailing market price of which was nearly Rs 5,000 crore - was given to the DLF for nearly Rs 1,750 crore.

“As per orders of the Supreme Court, it is forest land and cannot be diverted for non-forestry activities without the Union Government’s approval under the Forest Conservation Act,” said the then District Forest Officer, Gurgaon, in a report submitted to the department.

However, the state government not only went ahead with the deal, but also offered to get the necessary clearances in this regard. The Tribune had highlighted the matter in these columns.

Then came the issue of private builders as well as the government agencies carrying out anti-ecology construction activities on the lakebed of Ghata bundh, situated near Ghata village in the district.

Apart from storing rainwater from catchments of Aravalli hills, thus helping in checking floods and recharging groundwater. However, the lakebed had gone dry due to scanty rainfall in the recent years. Taking advantage of the situation, private builders bought the land forming the water body and started construction thereon. Shockingly, instead of reining in the unscrupulous builders, the government agencies supported them by playing a proactive role.

Then, more recently, public land in Gurgaon worth thousands of crores was leased out to a private party for setting up amusement parks at prices much lower than the market rates.

In a letter written to the Chief Minister, a joint front of the RWAs had maintained that the leasing of three plots located in Sectors 29 and 52 of Gurgaon had caused a loss to the tune of Rs 2,950 to the state exchequer.

The state,s opposition parties, the INLD and the BJP, have also assailed the land deals, but to no avail.

Yamunanagar, August 12
Senior functionaries of the state need to conduct a reality check on the recent floods that have caused much devastation since July 24, as much of the damage in the district could have been avoided had the authorities reviewed the condition of seasonal rivulets before monsoon.

The floods had claimed nine lives, damaged 200 houses and crops over 18,000 acres in three subdivisions of Chhachhrauli, Bilaspur and Jagadhri.

While the state claimed it a natural calamity, marooned villagers blamed it on illegal and unscientific mining and encroachments on the Som and Pathrala seasonal rivulets. People of the affected three subdivisions allege that for years unscientific mining has been going on rapidly and no one dares to check it. Mining has been done 10 to 20 ft deep in the rivulets and also in agricultural land along them. The rivulets lack sand and stone and as a result water picked up high velocity and washed away their earthen embankments.

As many as five breaches occurred in the Som and Pathrala when heavy rainfall lashed the area on July 24. One of the breaches in Som was 1,000 ft wide at Muzafat village. These breaches are being attributed to unscientific mining and encroachments.

Besides, much of land of the rivulets has been illegally encroached by farmers, who have converted it into agricultural land. This led to the reduced capacity of the rivulets to carry water.

The district administration has recently constituted a team to prevent illegal mining but the kind of mafia involved in the activity, it seems to be much beyond the reach of the administration. It requires intervention of the chief secretary and a strong political will to prevent the illegal exercise and also encroachments on the rivulets to save people from floods.

Sirsa, August 12
The Union government’s move to bring in a new and stringent law on honour killings has been taken with a pinch of salt by a number of social thinkers and academicians.

While some question the wisdom of brining new laws when a provision under the Indian Penal Code is already there to deal with cases of murder, others are of the view that mere legislation may not be enough to meet the challenge.

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram had recently said the government had planned to bring in a law on honour killings in the current session of Parliament.

Dr Reicha Tanwar, director, Women Studies and Research Centre, Kurukshetra University, feels that a new law may not be the solution of this problem. She says change in the mindset of people is more important.

“While it is important to have a law against honour killings, we must realise that India probably has the highest number of laws to safeguard rights of its citizens. We have a very strict law against dowry, but dowry has assumed gigantic proportions despite the law. The spirit of the law must be enforced for it to have an impact. Society needs to be sensitised to prevent the emergence of social fascism. Talibanisation of society needs to be checked,” she adds.

Dr Raj Bahadur Yadav, a lecturer in the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Sirsa, sees an urgent need to enact a new law on honour killings.

“There is an urgent need for enacting a separate law on honour killings treating them as criminal conspiracies and culpable homicide. A separate law on this social malady will certainly deter and discourage aggressive individuals and social groups from taking law in their own hands. Honour killings are not merely cold-blooded murders committed by a few individuals, they actually flout with impunity the basic spirit of the law of the land also and encroach upon the jurisdiction of the courts posing as self-styled custodians of customs and traditions,” said Dr Yadav.

Dr Mahabir Jaglan, an associate professor of geography in KU, feels that there is an urgent need of enactment of stringent laws to restore semblance of honour of civil society in the face of increasing number of gruesome murders of young couples.

“The enactment of law would certainly be one step forward to eradicate the menace. The democratic forces would, however, have to strive hard for the effective implementation as most state governments continue vacillating and wavering on the issue of taking steps against culprits under the rule of law. The political willpower of the government can make a difference. The enactment and implementation of the Commission of Sati (prevention) Act 1987 is an example of eradication of social evils through legislation,” said Dr Jaglan.

Dr Rajesh Malik, an assistant professor in the law department of Chaudhary Devi Lal University, however, does not see any wisdom in bringing in a new law on this issue. “While there is an immediate need to check the heinous acts of honour killings, the provisions to deal with such cases already exist in section 302 of the IPC. Since brutality is involved in such killings, an amendment to prescribe capital punishment as the only sentence can be brought about,” Dr Malik adds.

Jhajjar, August 12
Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) with the help of local police will launch a special drive to check the thefts of power transformers in the district. During the drive, all existing transformers will be fixed properly and a constant check will be carried out. Besides, the police will keep a vigil at those places from where a significant number of incidents of transformer theft have been reported.

The decision to this effect has been taken at a meeting held here recently in order to take effective steps to curb such incidents as significant rise in the theft cases in the past some time has alarmed the district authorities.

According to information, Satpal Singh, district supervisor, has been appointed as nodal officer for the drive, who will not only ensure the smooth execution of the campaign across the district but also submit his report time to time about the response of the drive.

“Help will also be sought from panchayats for the success of the campaign as most of the incidents of transformer thefts have been reported in the rustic area,” said an official of the UHBVN, adding that the block development and panchayat officers (BDPOs) have been directed to contact the panchayats of their area for motivating them to organise “thikri pehra” to prevent transformer thefts.

Jhajjar SSP, Sourabh Singh, said the police would provide all possible help to the UHBVN officials for carrying out their special drive efficiently.

“All SHOs and in charge of police posts across the district have been directed not only to enhance night patrolling in their areas but also to take swift action on complaints made by the UHBVN officials regarding the transformer thefts,” said the SSP, adding that police officials had been directed to keep a tab on those who had earlier been found indulging in transformer thefts.

Meanwhile, SK Sarin, Jhajjar superintendent engineer (SE) of the UHBVN, has directed the nigam officials to change all damaged poles and to replace old power cables in the district so as to prevent any untoward incident. He also directed the officials to connect power connections of water works with domestic feeder.

Bhiwani, August 12
Ramendra Jakhu ‘Sahil’, a state government official and poet, was awarded with the Saraswati Samman, while Prof Shyam Vashishtha ‘Shahid’, a local young poet, received the Rajesh Chetan Kavya Puruskar at a programme held here recently.

Rajya Sabha MP Shadi Lal Batra was the chief guest, while a businessman Ramesh Agarwal of Delhi presided over the function. Dr Mukta Madaan, director, Haryana Sahitya Academy, Raghubir Singh Atri and Ganesh Gupta were the distinguished guests.

While inaugurating the function, Trilok Sharma, state president, Bharat Swabhiman Trust, drew the attention of people towards the wastage of foodgrains and said the government should take steps to save them instead of getting ruined in rains.

The function followed with a Kavi Sammelan wherein Ramendra Jakhu, Shyam Vashishtha, Anil Goyal presented their poems and ghazals. Kavi Sammelan started with Shyam Vandana by poet Anil Goyal of Delhi. Senior poet Rajesh Chetan sarcastically targeted politicians and America, China and Pakistan through his poem. He also advised Indian politicians to come forward to change the present system.

Ramendra Jakhu presided over the Kavi Sammelan. As poets started reading ghazals, audience applauded with more vigour. Bagi Chacha, who is known for his poems filled with humour and jokes, read his poem written on “examination”.

Poet Anil Goel got a round of huge applause when he read his poem. Poet Mahender Ajnabi from Delhi also read his creation. Shyam Vashishtha read his ghazal dedicating to his parents. Poetess Ritu Goyal commented on the use of cellphones and Internet by youths through his poem.

Earlier, addressing the occasion, Batra said culture was the identification of a nation so we should save it. He also appreciated the organisers for their efforts to promote Hindi language. He also announced to give Rs 5 lakh for the construction of a hall to the Sanskritik Manch. Madaan called upon to save the culture of the nation.

Sirsa, August 12
A team from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) from Bangalore recently visited the local Rashoba College of Education for inspection under the NAAC norms of the UGC.

The team comprised of Prof Rameshchander G. Kothari, former vice-chancellor of Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodra (Gujarat), as chairman; Prof KB Budhori, dean and head of department of education, Himgiri Nabh Vishwavidayala, Dehradun, as member coordinator; and Prof Jose P. Mattam, principal, St Thomas College of Education, Palai, Kottayam, Kerala, as member.

After a presentation by the principal, the team members visited the language lab, computer lab, library, work experience lab and science labs to have an assessment of the facilities. The team members also visited RSD Senior Secondary School and GRG National Girls Senior Secondary School to have an assessment of the teaching practices followed.

The team members interacted with faculty members, alumnae, parents and representatives of students. Cultural programmes were organised by the college to entertain the team members.

Sirsa, August 12
The Dera Sacha Sauda has sent relief material for the Leh cloudburst victims. Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh flagged off the truckloads of relief material from the dera headquarters recently.

The relief material was later airlifted to Leh from the Sirsa Air Force Station, said Pawan Insan, a spokesman for the Dera.

“The relief material includes 1920 blankets, 200 tarpaulin covers, 100 tents, 610 cartoons of biscuits, clothes and some other articles,” Insan added.

Seventeen volunteers of the Green S Welfare Force of the dera have also gone to Leh for assisting the authorities in the rescue operations.

Sonepat, August 12
Not satisfied with the police investigation, hundreds of residents of Khewra village on Saturday met Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in Delhi demanding an immediate arrest of the alleged accused in the murder of a 45-year-old widow Kitabo of Khewra village on July 28.

The Chief Minister reportedly telephoned SSP KK Rao to take immediate action in the case and asked villagers to meet the SSP.

After coming back from Delhi, they met the SSP who assured them that the case was being investigated.

After meeting the SSP, the villagers reached the PWD rest house to meet MP Jitender Singh Malik and urged him to use his influence to get the alleged accused arrested. The MP also telephoned the SSP and SHO concerned to nab the accused.

The villagers had also met V Kamraj, IG of Rohtak Police Range, at Rohtak, who assured them that the accused would be arrested.

According to the FIR registered on the complaint of victim’s son Vikas at Rai police station, the deceased was poisoned to death allegedly by Jai Bhagwan, Sarju, Poonam, Rinku and Ram Rati of the same village as she had given Rs 43 lakh as loan to them.

Gurgaon, August 12
In order to check the preparedness of its personnel for the Independence Day and the Commonwealth Games, the Gurgaon police administration organised a mock drill here on Tuesday.

Around 12.30 pm, somebody called up the police control room and informed that a bomb had been planted at DT Mega Mall in Gurgaon.

The police authorities claimed that neither the control room staff nor the other field personnel knew about the mock drill.

The Police Control Room passed on the information to the Fire Department, Quick Reaction Team, Haryana police commandos, officials concerned from the Health Department, Public Health, private hospitals and officials looking after disaster management.

Following this, several teams rushed to the mall and got it evacuated. Then, the bomb-disposal squad started searching for the bomb and the police commandos and Quick Reaction Team personnel reported to the in charge of the area.

Joint Commissioner of Police Alok Mittal pointed out the shortcomings in the operation and asked the officials concerned to plug the loopholes. On the whole, he expressed satisfaction over the preparedness shown during the exercise and hoped that different departments would display better coordination in future.

Mittal reiterated that the police force was well equipped and prepared for any eventuality. He also asked Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Vikas Arora to prepare a report on the mock drill.

DCP (west) Maheshwar Dayal, DCP (crime) Anil Dhawan, ACP (Sadar) Krishan Murari and SDM Gurgaon (north) Satender Duhan were also present.

Chandigarh, August 12
Taking a serious view of the number of cases of suspected embezzlement losses and wasteful expenditure that have come to the notice of the Haryana government, instructions have been issued by the Finance Department to check embezzlement and wasteful expenditure. This could be on account of undue favour to contractors, excess or avoidable payments and blocking of funds.

A spokesman for the department said it has come to the notice of the state government that the number of cases of suspected embezzlement losses and wasteful expenditure on account of undue favour to contractors are on the increase in various departments.

Therefore, the state government has taken a serious view of these lapses on the part of individuals as well as the departments involved. According to these instructions, every government employee incurring or sanctioning expenditure from the revenues of the state should be guided by high standards of financial propriety. Each Head of Department is responsible for enforcing financial order of strict economy at every step. He is responsible for the observance of all financial rules and regulations both by his own office and by subordinate disbursing offices.

The expenditure should not be prima facie more than the occasion demands. Money borrowed on the security of allocated revenues should be expended on those objects only for which money is borrowed. No authority should exercise its powers of sanctioning expenditure to pass an order, which will be directly or indirectly, to its own advantage. Government revenues should not be utilised for the benefit of a particular person or section of the community unless the amount of expenditure involved is insignificant, or a claim for the amount should be enforced in a court of law, or the expenditure is in pursuance of a recognised policy or custom. Also, no authority should sanction any expenditure which is likely to involve, at a later date, expenditure beyond its own powers of sanction.

The amount of allowances, such as traveling allowance, granted to meet expenditure of a particular type, should be so regulated that the allowances are not on the whole the sources of profit to the recipients. The authority incurring the expenditure will be responsible for any excess over the sanctioned funds and that expenditure in anticipation of funds in incurred only in authorised cases.

Every government employee should realise fully and clearly that he would be held personally responsible for any loss sustained by the government through fraud or negligence on his part.

Chandigarh, August 12
Phool Chand Mullana, deputy chairman, 20-Point Programme Committee, has stressed the need for making concerted efforts by the departments concerned for achieving targets relating to implementation of the programme so that Haryana could lead in ranking.

Mullana, reviewing the progress of implementation of the 20-Point Programme in the state-level monitoring committee meeting held here, said more than 90 per cent targets should be achieved by the departments concerned during the current financial year. He said schemes and programmes should be monitored properly for the betterment of the people, especially poor.

Mullana directed the Food and Supplies Department to monitor the public distribution system properly at the field level to ensure food security. He also directed to expedite the construction of houses for economically weaker section and low-income group under the Indira Awas Yojna.

Madhusudan Parsad, financial commissioner and principal secretary, power, informed the deputy chairman that under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojna, 12,854 pump sets had been energised up to June against the target of 15,000 fixed for 2010-11.

Thus, the power department had already achieved 86 per cent target. Similarly, 26,103 pump sets had been energised during the last financial year against the target of 17,470. He assured that the department would achieve more than 100 per cent target this year. He informed that adequate power was being supplied to the domestic as well as agriculture consumer.

It was informed at the meeting that 137 integrated child development services (ICDS) blocks were operating in the state up to June as against the target of 148 fixed for current financial year. Also, 17,445 angarwaris were functioning up to June as against the target of 25,699 fixed for 2010-11.

Under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), 151.54 km road length had been constructed up to June 2010 as against the target of 700 km.

During the current financial year, 1,281 houses have been constructed under the Indira Awas Yojna up to June 2010 as against the target of 17,703 fixed for current financial year under 20-Point Programme.

Ambala, August 12
Thirty eight traffic police personnel deployed across the city to manage the smooth flow of traffic are proving insufficient with traffic snarls becoming the order of the day in most busy markets of Ambala. The problem has become alarming in the walled city limits and the worst affected are the busy markets, including the business hub of the city Sadar Bazaar, Subji Mandi, Saudagar Bazar, Vijay Rattan Chowk and Gur Mandi.

With the rapid increase in the number of vehicles in the past couple of years, traffic bottleneck have become common even in new markets. Once known as one of the peaceful city, traffic jams have become a routine feature here due to encroachments.

The smooth flow of traffic is hampered by encroachments, both temporary and permanent, by shopkeepers in most of the markets. Haphazardly parked vehicles and rehris parked along the roads have further aggravated the problem. Autorickshaws parked along the Vijay Rattan Chowk and Staff Road also add to the woes. Traffic problem has become acute around the bus stand where traffic is held up almost throughout the day. Everybody seems to be aware of the problem except the municipal authorities and the traffic police.

Kiosks set up in front of the bus stand have become a major problem and the Municipal Corporation has done a little to solve the problem. With the increase in the number of vehicles and the width of a major section of road remaining the same, the smooth flow of traffic has become a thing of the past.

The situation has become so grave that 38 policemen, 9 NGOs, 27 constable and head constable and one sub-inspector and one inspector, who have been deployed to manage the traffic in a proper manner in the city, have been finding it difficult to yield desirable results.

The major reasons for traffic jams are makeshift tea stalls as well as rehriswallahs selling fruit juices, eatables, etc. They say: “We have permission to park pushcarts and sell goods”.

Chandigarh, August 12
Rohtak MLA BB Batra was chosen the president of the Rohtak District Congress Committee (Urban) unanimously at a meeting held last week. A close confidante of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Batra’s main and immediate agenda is to give workers their due respect and involve them in the planning process.

In the city for the first time after his election, speaking about his new assignment, Batra said besides more responsibility, it came with the rider that he had to uphold the faith reposed in him by workers and leaders alike.

However, immediately, the newly appointed DCC president has the task of organising the “prabhat pheri” held in Rohtak on the occasion of Independence Day. “The prabhat pheri is organised every year on August 15 and people from all walks of life come forward and participate in the procession that goes through the city. This is our way of recognising the sacrifices made by everybody to win us our freedom and to remember all big leaders who gave direction to the independence movement,” Batra stated.

Kurukshetra, August 12
Transport, Tourism, Civil Aviation and Hospitality Minister Om Parkash Jain inaugurated a Rs 2.12-crore hostel block at the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering, Technology and Applied Nutrition at Jyotisar, 5 km from here.

He said 1,500 new buses would be added to the fleet of Haryana Roadways and 2,700 bus permits would be issued to private transport societies. Besides, 20 new bus stands with modern facilities would be constructed in the state and one of such would be constructed at Pipli, 5 km from here, he added.

Jain further said the state government had completed all arrangements for the Commonwealth Games and all efforts would be made to bring Haryana on the world tourism map.

He said the institute was an autonomous body sponsored jointly by the Ministry of Tourism and the Department of Tourism, Haryana. The institute was affiliated to the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (NCHM&CT), which was the apex body in the country for educational and professional training in hospitality management and operations.

Rewari, August 12
A district-level rozgar mela was held under the auspices of the State Employment Department (SED) in the conference hall of the district secretariat here recently.

While M P Bansal, director of the SED, was the chief guest, deputy commissioner A. Sriniwas presided over it.

M P Bansal, along with the DC, presented the appointment letters to 207 youth who had gained employment through the SED in various local industrial units like Asahi India Glass Limited, Musashi Auto Parts, Hollister Medical India Private Limited, Sona Koyo Steering Systems, Kelhin Fle, Ufi Fitters, Minda Furukawa Electric, Jteket Sona Automotive, Munjal Auto Industries, Talbros Automotive Components, Poly Plastic Automotive, Asian Paints (Nerolac), Ahresty India Private Limited, Om Steel Tubes etc.

Bansal said the SED was making assiduous efforts to see to it that apart from government jobs, unemployed youths got employment in the private sector as well.

Further stating that government jobs were limited, he exhorted youths to go in for technical education, seek employment in private companies and then pave the way for the entry of their jobless brethren into those companies through their exemplary services.

Simultaneously, Bansal also announced that online registration of unemployed youths was on the anvil in the SED, which would provide them with speedy and cheap enrolment with the SED while facilitating their online selection for appointment in private companies as well.

He added that the SED would this year disburse unemployment allowance to the tune of about Rs. 51 crore to nearly 60,000 jobless youths, who stood registered with various employment exchanges in the state.

Jind, August 12
The state government provides Rs 1 lakh to the kin of those who lose their life in various types of unnatural deaths. The victim can be any ordinary resident of the state aged between 18 and 60 years. However, a large number of persons are still unaware of the scheme.

This was revealed recently when the authorities disclosed that about 133 families had come forward to take the benefit under the scheme in the district in the current financial period so far. The administration recently released the aid amount to a widow of one of the victims who had died in an accident.

The money is given to the kin of any person who dies in harness due to various reasons, including road accident, snakebite, rabies, electrocution, death due to assault of any dangerous animal, heatstroke, frostbite, falling from height or while working on field or in agricultural activity.

“The aid is released under the provisions of the Rajiv Gandhi Insurance Scheme which was launched several years ago, but had perhaps not been able to get wide and desired publicity,” sources said. The department concerned also releases an aid of Rs 50,000 to any person who loses his or her limb while working or in any accident.

As many as 133 families have been benefited so far during the current financial period, said an official. The applicant for this scheme has to submit various documents, including death certificate, copy of FIR, postmortem report, ration card and the voter I-card, with the Department of Social Welfare Officer for which application form is available free of cost.

The District Rural Development Agency has sanctioned the construction of about 40 Rajiv Gandhi Sewa Kendras in the district. These centres will be set up at village and block level to provide all kind of information and guidance to rural people about various schemes available and the process to get benefit from these.

Kaithal, August 12
The district police has arrested one member of a gang of armed robbers, who looted cash and jewellery from a doctor in Kalayat town on April 20.

The accused was produced in a local court which sent him to seven-day police remand to facilitate the recovery of looted articles and elicit information about other members of his gang. During preliminary interrogation, the accused has confessed to committing robberies at Balaji Hospital, Narnound; a petrol pump on the Gohana-Jind road and in the Panipat-Safidon area along with his other accomplices.

SSP Sandeep Khirwar said two youths came to Bansal Hospital, Kalayat on April 20 night and one of them complained of severe stomach pain. The patient was admitted. Two more youth arrived in the hospital to know about his well-being. At 1.30 am, the youths pointed pistol at the doctor and snatched his gold chain and ring. They forcibly took him upstairs and looted gold necklace and ring from his wife and also took Rs 1.5 lakh from an almirah. They later fled on a motorcycle belonging to the doctor.

A police party, headed by ASI Prithvi Singh during a check on the Kaithal-Peoda road recently stopped a motorcyclist and found.315 bore pistol from his possession. The accused who identified himself as Sanjay, a resident of Matour village in Kalayat sub-tehsil, was taken into custody and booked under Section 395 of the Arms Act. During interrogation, he confessed to his involvement in robbery at Bansal Hospital.

He also disclosed the identity of his other accomplices and made disclosure about committing other robberies in neighbouring districts. The police was making efforts to arrest the remaining accused, the SSP added.

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