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SGPC poll
Gurgaon to reserve lane for CWG players, visitors
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Now, get sports gradation certificates online
Girls perform at a cultural show during a
state-level function in Gurgaon. Tribune photo: Sayeed Ahmed
Online payment of power bills gets popular
DAV students win robot olympiad
Speeding boosts confidence, feel youth
Play depicts present-day society
4 crore saplings planted
SCs ‘denied reservation’ in govt jobs
Case of power resale detected
Banks disbursement up 70 pc in Sonepat
Dr AS Chahal, chairman of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board, gives away a prize to a student during an environment awareness programme in
Sonepat. Photo: BS Malik
VC, Zila parishad chief feted
Foundation stones laid
Workshop on anti-dengue measures held
Plantation drive marks Dera chief’s birthday
MC nod to Rajiv statue
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Fewer Sikh voters enrolled in Ambala
Attar Singh Tribune News Service
Ambala, September 2 The sources said the drastic fall in the number of Sikh voters had been recorded in Ambala district. They said the number was more than 29,000 in the last SGPC elections, which had now dropped to 17,629. The registration process was completed recently by the district administration. It was, however, expected that more than 50,000 Sikh voters would enrol themselves. Earlier, Sikh leaders had made an appeal to the community members to fill the registration forms and submit them to the MCs in the urban areas and patwaris in the rural areas before August 14. To mobilise the Sikhs qualified for becoming voters, Jathedar Harpal Singh Pali and Haryana Akali Dal secretary general Jathedar Ranbir Singh Fauji organised meetings in this regard and admitted that Sikhs were not coming forward to participate in the electoral process. They said though the government had extended the date, yet members of the community were not availing the opportunity to get themselves registered. They had appealed to the Sikhs to file application forms to enrol themselves as voters. He, along with other Sikh leaders, expressed concern over strict measures adopted by the district administration to identify eligible voters to participate in the coming SGPC elections in the state. He said only “keshdhari” Sikhs would be able to vote. He told that recent floods in the district had also affected the registration process. According to official information, a total number of 17,629 Sikhs have been identified to cast their vote in the coming SGPC elections, including 9,306 from Ambala City, 3,496 from Ambala Cantt, 4,428 from rural areas in the district, 340 from Shahzadpur, and 59 from Kavadmajra circle. Gurdeep Singh Bhanokheri, member of the SGPC, Haryana, claimed that the number of voters registered in Ambala was higher than the last elections which was nearly 29,000. He said some patwaris had not submitted the registration forms of the new voters. After the submission of the pending forms, the number of voters would be about 35,000, he claimed.
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Gurgaon to reserve lane for CWG players, visitors
Gurgaon, September 2 Haryana ADGP-cum-Gurgaon Police Commissioner Surjeet Singh Deswal said this here recently while reviewing the arrangements made for the games with the local police and officials concerned. Though there are three routes for reaching to the shooting range from Delhi, the police and the district administration are focusing on the new route that is being constructed, especially for the games. It runs from the toll plaza to Signature Tower and then passes through Sectors 43 and 44 crossing and Sector 56 to reach the Kadarpur CRPF campus where the shooting range is located. “A dedicated lane will be reserved for the CWG players and visitors to ensure their hassle-free movement during the games,” he said, adding that a tollgate would also be kept reserved for them. The Police Commissioner assured the people that the closure of a specific lane would be for a limited time and not for the whole day so that general commuters did not face any hardship. He also appealed to the residents to cooperate in this effort. At the shooting range, Deswal asked the members of the organising committee to complete all arrangements by August 31. He assured them of full support and cooperation on the part of the police as well as the civil authorities. Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner Rajender Kataria maintained that modern equipment and security gadgets had already arrived at the shooting range and the Gurgaon police personnel would also be trained to operate these. Deswal asked the officials concerned to take up repair works of roads wherever necessary and put proper signages on the route.
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Now, get sports gradation certificates online
Gurgaon, September 2 He was addressing a gathering at a state-level sports function organised by the Haryana Olympic Association and Sports Department to launch the Sports and Physical Aptitude Test (SPAT)-2011 at Tau Devi Lal Stadium here recently. The Chief Minister pointed out that nearly 80,000 players applied for the talent-hunt programme organised as part of SPAT-2010 in May this year. “Of these, 46,000 players actually participated and 1,606 players, who scored more than 75 per cent marks, were selected for scholarships,” Hooda said, adding that the underlying idea was to identify and encourage the budding sportspersons and groom them from an early stage. He disclosed that diet allowance of the sportspersons had been increased from Rs 100 to Rs 150 and 3 per cent of seats in the Haryana Police had been reserved for outstanding players. Hooda asserted that a database of 35,000 sportspersons had been created in Haryana, which was perhaps the biggest database in the country. The Chief Minister honoured the 1,606 players selected under SPAT-2010 and gave away certificates and smart cards to them. The smart cards have complete bio-data of the players. He said the scholarship amount would be directly deposited in the bank accounts of the players. Hooda also presented cheques of honorarium to 55 Arjuna awardees and nine Dronacharya awardees of the state. An honorarium of Rs 5,000 per month will be given to each of them. He also awarded cash prizes to panchayats, which stood first, second and third in Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA). The panchayat of Kandela (Jind) stood first, Amin (Kurukshetra) second, Bapoli (Panipat) third and Saroli (Mewat) stood fourth under the scheme. Overall, Bhiwani district was first, Rohtak second and Sonepat district third. Haryana Sports and Home Minister Gopal Kanda and chief parliamentary secretary Dharambir Singh also addressed the gathering. PV Rathi, president of the Haryana Olympic Association, welcomed the guests. Sukhbir Kataria, Minister of State for Agriculture and Cooperatives, was also present. A colourful cultural programme was presented by artistes of the Sports and Youth Welfare Department, for whom the Chief Minister announced a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh.
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Online payment of power bills gets popular
Hisar, September 2 A DHBVN spokesman said here that with the introduction of this facility on August 16, the electricity consumers in
Faridabad, Gurgaon and Hisar need not to go to DHBVN offices for payment of electricity bills. They can pay their bills at any time without any hassle from home through Internet. The facility has been made available through DHBVN’s website www.dhbvn.com to about six lakh consumers of 18 urban operation subdivisions in
Faridabad, Gurgaon and Hisar. For making online payment a consumer will have to visit the website and click on the link ‘online payment’. The website will ask for the unique ID code of the consumer ‘K number’ given on the bill. On clicking, after putting in the K number, detail of the consumer’s account will be displayed. The consumer shall login and choose the service number and mode of payment (credit card, debit card, internet banking), to pay for the outstanding dues, if any. Then, by marking on respective bank, they are to click submit. Depending upon the choice of the bank, the website redirects them to the website of the bank concerned for completing the transaction (debiting from the consumers’ account and crediting into the DHBVN’s account). However, the bank’s site will ask for user ID and password. On logging in amount to be paid will appear. The consumer can press the button ‘pay’. A message will appear that ‘hot payment is successful’. Online receipt will be generated and print of the receipt can also be taken. The payment can be made through Internet banking, credit card and debit card on 27 banks viz Axis Bank, Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait, Bank of Maharashtra, Central Bank of India, Corporation Bank, Deutsche Bank, Development Credit Bank, Dhan Lakshmi Bank, Federal Bank, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, Indian Bank,
IOB, Indus Bank, Karnataka Bank, Karur Vysya Bank, Lakshmi Vilas Bank,
OBC, Punjab National Bank Corporate, Punjab National Bank Retail, Shamrao Vithal Co-op Bank Ltd., South Indian Bank Ltd. State Bank of
Hyderabad, State Bank of India, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank, Vijaya Bank and YES Bank.
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DAV students win robot olympiad
Panipat, September 2 As many as 80 students had participated in the competition and the students won the prize in the elementary group. The students were selected to represent the country at international-level competitions that would be organised in Philippines from November 5 to 7, this year. The prizes were given by CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi. Congratulating the students, Dr D Vidyarthi, director of DAV Institutions and Rashmi Vidyarthi, principal, stated that it was a proud moment for the school as well as for the parents. The students also participated in the CBSE regional-level science exhibition, which was held at Hisar on August 27 and 28. The projects showcased by the students got selected for the national-level science exhibition also. The theme of the projects was “Hi-tech city based on green energy”.
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Speeding boosts confidence, feel youth
Hisar, September 2 The Department of Applied Psychology of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology here conducted a sample survey of 500 drivers in the city and came out with startling revelations about the driving habits of youth. Dr Jyotsana, head of the department, said the survey found that 77 per cent of the drivers blamed tensions of modern-day life as the biggest cause of road accidents. Of these, 71 per cent drivers said most accidents took place while overtaking other vehicles in a hurry to reach home or place of work early. As many as 67 per cent of the young drivers said they carried their driving licences with them while driving a vehicle. But, 20 per cent of them said they did not consider it necessary despite the law requiring that a driver must carry his or her licence while driving. As high as 48 per cent young drivers said they were not overly bothered by fear of accidents as they believed that once on the road, accidents were a distinct possibility. Triple riding on motorcycles is prompted by high petrol prices. Youth prefer to carry two mobikes for six persons rather than three to save pocket money. As many as 67 per cent of the youth said they wore helmets to avoid challaning by the traffic police rather than for safety purposes. Most of those who wear helmets prefer cheaper but unsafe ones that just met the legal conditions.
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Play depicts present-day society
Fatehabad, September 2 Ardhya, which means love, trust and compassion, is the protagonist and the play orbits around Ardhya’s quest for self; its existence; its origin; and its meaning. The play begins with Shiv Kumar Batalvi’s “ghama di raat lambi hai, ya mere geet lambe ne, na bhairi raat mukdi hai, na mere geet mukde ne” in the background and the protagonist setting out in the pursuit of self and in the process narrating several stories of love and betrayal. Using the tool of psychoanalysis, the protagonist lays bare several other stories depicting present day society and its ills. The play also touches the issue of honour killings that have been ailing society in this part of the country and also alludes towards khap panchayats and their hookah puffing self-proclaimed protectors of societal pride. Through another story, the protagonist tries to convey that how material pleasures and material needs of individuals can sometimes take precedence over love. The play touches instances from Mahabharata and tries to bring home the message of religious and cultural harmony. In the end, the protagonist succeeds in tracing his origin, which is much beyond the start of civilisations. Much before the symbol of eternal love Taj Mahal which was built by Shah Jahan, human beings had found words like love and friendship and someone had inscribed on a temple’s wall in Egypt with a pen of metal “I will wait for you”. Since then, love has been kindling the hearts of individuals throughout the globe. Rohit, who last year gave a record-breaking performance of the play “Chhata Pandav”, played all characters of the play. Rohit’s name is entered in the Limca Book of World Records when he staged “Chhata Pandav” continuously for 24 hours and 8 minutes, during which he performed the act 25 times on March 8, 2009.
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4 crore saplings planted
Jind, September 2 Yadav, who also inaugurated Chandan Vatika developed over 16 acres, claimed that the state government had been serious about increasing greenery and forest cover in the state in order to tackle the problem of increasing pollution and to maintain a proper environmental level in both rural and urban areas. Stating that while the population had been increasing alarmingly, urbanisation requires more plants and green space so that the environmental pollution could be controlled and underground water level could be increased. The work on meeting the target of plantation this year had been going on strongly with around four crore saplings been planted already and the rest of the saplings would soon find space, he said. He said as many as 1,700 Gramin Van Samitis had been constituted in the rural areas of the state to look after saplings after plantation and make people aware about the significance of plants. He said about 26 herbal parks had been set up in the state during the tenure of the present government and this number would likely to go up very fast in the near future.
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SCs ‘denied reservation’ in govt jobs
Chandigarh, September 2 This, the forum alleged, was being done under the garb of appointments on contract/ad-hoc/temporary basis and through outsourcing. In a statement issued here on Friday, forum president Lachhman Dass, ex-DGP, Haryana, said the Education Department recently advertised several posts, including those of computer teachers. The Health Department had also advertised posts of doctors and paramedics. He said no reservation for any category was provided in these posts. He further said the instructions issued under the reservation policy of the state by the Chief Secretary had clearly provided 20 per cent reservation for the Scheduled Castes, 27 per cent for the Backward Classes and 3 per cent for the physically challenged in government jobs. He said Punjab, Himachal and Chandigarh had been providing the prescribed reservations in all types of recruitments, including those on contract basis for all posts under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and National Rural Health Mission Programmes.
— TNS
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Case of power resale detected
Panipat, September 2 Giving details, a spokesman for the Nigam said here that a resident of Panipat had sent a complaint to the head office at Panchkula that an industrial category consumer had bought the adjoining industrial plot. Earlier, there was an industry in that specific plot and the owner was supposed to pay Rs 72,000 to the Nigam. Now, the defaulting premises was being used by the new purchaser for industrial purpose. The Nigam sent a special checking team headed by an executive engineer to investigate the matter. The superintending engineer, UHBVN, Panipat, also joined the team and visited the site. It was found that electricity was being consumed in the plot by the new purchaser. He had laid a cable and power was being drawn through his metre. Thus, that became a case of resale of electricity, which is not permissible under rules. The spokesman further stated that a penalty of Rs 5.75 lakh had been imposed on the erring consumer on account of resale of power. The consumer has deposited the amount with the Nigam. He has also paid the outstanding amount of Rs 72,000 to the Nigam and has applied for a new connection under rules. The Nigam also directed the superintending engineer to initiate action as per rules against the erring officials who were instrumental in lying of cable in the defaulting premises as well as had not ensured that no electricity was consumed in the defaulting premises.
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Banks disbursement up 70 pc in Sonepat
Sonepat, September 2 According to Deputy Commissioner Ajit Joshi, out of this plan outlay, Rs 1281 will be disbursed for agriculture and allied activities this year. Besides, Rs 154 crore and Rs 285 crore would be disbursed among small micro entrepreneurs (SME) and in other sectors like the government-sponsored welfare schemes, respectively. Mr Joshi said though the bank had fixed the loan target of Rs 1268 crore for agriculture and allied activities, the actual advancement went over Rs 1476 crore. Most of the amount was advanced for crops, small irrigation, agriculture implements, poultry, piggery and dairy farming. Under the Swaran Jayanti Savrozgar Yojna (SJSY), the DC said various banks disbursed Rs 12 crore among the 300 self-help groups (each group consist of 10 members) and Rs 1.36 crore among 340 individuals during the past three years. A sum of Rs 1.89 crore was given to 405 beneficiaries under the Swaran Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojna. Besides benefiting 78 ex-servicemen, the banks advanced around Rs 9.05 crore to 2410 eligible SCs through the Haryana Harijan Kalyan Nigam during this period. Under the Prime Minister Employment Generating Programme, which commenced two years back, the banks had provided soft loans of Rs 5.21 crore to 108 unemployed persons, the DC said.
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Plant trees to mark every occasion: Dr Chahal
Sonepat, September 2 This was stated by Dr AS Chahal, chairman of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board, while participating as a chief guest in an environment awareness programme at the local Little Angel Senior Secondary School recently. As polythene had played a role in polluting the environment, its manufacturing units in the state have been sealed and necessary sanction has been granted for manufacturing cloth carry bags, he added. “For a clean and healthy environment, we should plant more and more trees and the state government had set a target of planting 50 crore trees of different varieties,” he said, adding that the board had been organising environment awareness programmes with the help of eco-clubs. Dr Chahal pointed out those industrial units that had not installed effluent plants and discharge chemically polluted effluents were also responsible for polluting the environment. He asked the owners to install treatment plants to escape penalties. Deputy commissioner Ajit Joshi said it was everyone’s duty to protect the environment and it had to be a mass movement to achieve the desired results. Though lakhs of saplings were being planted every year, least attention was given for their protection and growth. “Every occasion like birthday, birth of a child, achieving academic or professional qualification, marriage etc should be celebrated by planting trees,” he opined. Meanwhile, the occasion was marked by the distribution of 1,000 plants, cotton handbags and refreshment among the students. The students who participated in a painting competition on environment were also given prizes.
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Minister opens Navgraha Kunda Chowk in Kaithal
Kaithal, September 2 The structure replaces a marble structure that had been erected to commemorate the silver jubilee year of establishment of the state at Pehowa Chowk. The new structure built by renowned sculptor Tutu Patnaik depicts nine gods and goddesses pouring water from pots. The sculptures have been painted with golden colour, except for the model of earth, which is in black colour. The government has chalked out a plan to give a facelift to five of the nine kunds, which are still existent. Surjewala also inaugurated a project for the facelift of one such existing kunds, Surya kunda. A sum of Rs 4 crore would be spent on the project. An amount of Rs 2.15 crore had already been released for the first phase of the project that would comprise rebuilding of Surya Kunda and Budha Kunda. Later addressing a press conference, Surjewala said the chowk had been built keeping in mind the historical importance of the kunds, which according to a legend, had been built by Lord Krishna. Giving details about the proposal to give a facelift to the kunda, he said the ghats at the kunds would be built under the supervision of Baba Vishwanathpuri. A parapet would be built around the kunda and the road surrounding the ghats would be repaired and decorated with colourful lights. Legend has it that Lord Krishna had set up the nine kunds in the town to pay homage to the warriors, who lost their lives in the Mahabharata war. The other eight kunds were Shukra Kunda, Budh Kunda, Veer Kunda, Shani Kunda, Ketu Kunda, Chander Kunda, Rahu Kunda and
Bheema Kunda. It is said that Pandavas had also paid obeisance at this site after the epic war.
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Honour for Ambala entrepreneur
Ambala, September 2 The award was presented to him by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil at a function in Delhi recently. Three other entrepreneurs from Haryana were awarded on the occasion. Kansal is holding the post of general secretary of the Haryana chapter of Indian Drugs Manufacturers Association. He is also associated with several social organisations. Kansal said there was a big scope for pharmaceutical industry in the state. A number of pharmaceutical units of Haryana had been shifted to Himachal Pardesh and Uttarakhand in the past five years as the Union government had provided several incentives to the industry in those states.
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VC, Zila parishad chief feted
Rewari, September 2 Both Dr Bhardwaj and Surender Kaushik were offered turbans of veneration, garlands and bouquets by sabha chief Ram Bilas Nimbas and others. Making specific mention of the newly established Central University in Mahendragarh, Dr Bhardwaj stated that it would usher in a new era of higher education in south Haryana. He said paucity of financial resources would not be allowed to hamper the educational advancement of youths coming from the economically weaker sections of society. New Zila Parishad chief Surender Kaushik assured the panchayat functionaries and others that lack of funds would not be allowed to deter the progress of development works in rural areas of the district.
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Foundation stones laid
Rewari, September 2 Among these include a HUDA banquet hall as well as a dispensary in sector 4. He said the banquet hall, which would be constructed at a cost of Rs 5.40 crore, would be fully air-conditioned and would have a provision for parking of vehicles as well. Similarly, the HUDA dispensary that would be constructed at cost of Rs 1.17 crore, would prove conducive to people of surrounding colonies. Later, the minister laid the foundation stone of the Bhgwanpur-Budana Minor, which would be constructed at a cost of Rs 5.70 crore. Reiterating the state government’s commitment to provide adequate water for irrigation to the peasantry, the minister said a fair
network of canals and other allied distributaries and minors was being established in south Haryana to facilitate the accessibility of the canal water at the Simultaneously, he expressed hope that soon after the pronouncement of the awaited verdict by the apex court, the Hansi-Butana Link Canal would become functional and thereby adequately irrigate the parched fields of south Haryana.
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Workshop on anti-dengue measures held
Sonepat, September 2 Clear guidelines were given in this regard to civil surgeons, deputy civil surgeons, biologists and private practitioners of 11 districts, including Sonepat, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Panipat, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Jhajjar, Rewari and Palwal in the NCR area by Dr AC Dhariwal, director of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), and Dr Satbir Chaudhary, director, Health Services, Haryana. In the workshop, it was recalled that the Supreme Court had banned routine fogging that resulted in various kinds of health hazards. However, in the programme, fogging was recommended in and around the dengue and malaria-positive houses. According to Dr Chaudhary, routine fogging pollutes the environment, which is punishable under the law of pollution control as it results into lung, nervous and other ailments like allergy, nausea, vomiting and are harmful for asthmatic patients. Eco-friendly biological methods of the NVBDCP have been considered useful for mosquito control. In one such method, mosquito larvae eating fishes (Gambusia) are released into stagnant water. Another recommended method was scrub drying of all water containers once a week for controlling mosquito breeding.
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Plantation drive marks Dera chief’s birthday
Sirsa, September 2 Pawan Insan, a spokesperson for the Dera, claimed that 43,00,157 saplings were planted recently all over the country and some other countries of the world as a part of the drive on August 15 this year. The Dera chief himself inaugurated the drive at his headquarters. Members of his family, girls from the “Shahi Betiyan Basera”, a home for parentless girls run by the Dera, and a large number of “Sadhvis” of the Dera planted saplings after inauguration of the drive. Last year, the Dera Sacha Sauda had entered its name in the Guinness Book of World Records by planting 68,73,451 saplings in
a single day on August 15, 2009.
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MC nod to Rajiv statue
Faridabad, September 2 The endorsement was made after much debate. The statue was unveiled by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
— TNS
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Here’s
some good news for sportspersons of Haryana. They will not be required to make
rounds of government offices to obtain their gradation certificates. Chief
Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has announced that the gradation certificates
will be issued online to the sportspersons in the state.
