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SYL issue bounces back
Sex ratio worst in southern districts
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Tapping solar energy to irrigate fields
Donating blood since 1965
Demand to amend Haryana Lokayukta Act
CSSRI gets award for groundwater augmentation
Rao Tula Ram medical college sought in Mahendragarh
Sonepat college girls win 13 merit positions
Benefits of bar coding highlighted
India made poor by ‘white-clad looters’, says
Rewari INLD office-bearers elected
Haryana Epidemic Diseases rules notified
Grievance cell set up
T20: CPS Eleven overpower SP Eleven
College holds club activities
Rs 850-cr plan to upgrade power system
Aggarwal Samaj seeks CM’s intervention
Self-confidence key to success: Divya Dutta
SC grants relief to former Capt
Sahit Akademy award ceremony tomorrow
Students present creative
business ideas
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SYL issue bounces back
The SYL as well as the Hansi-Butana canal, which has been constructed by the state government at a cost of nearly `392 crore, were supposed to irrigate the water-starved agricultural fields of South Haryana. However, both these projects have not been commissioned due to interstate disputes, regional politics and certain other techno-legal factors. The then President referred the SYL issue to the Supreme Court after the Punjab Legislative Assembly passed the Punjab Termination of (Water) Agreements Act in 2004, unilaterally annulling the tripartite agreement signed between the Chief Ministers of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan in presence of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1981. On the other hand, the Supreme Court had referred the matter pertaining to the Hansi-Butana canal to the Central Water Commission. Both cases are thus pending with the top legal and administrative authorities for several years now and in the meanwhile, the people of South Haryana continued to be deprived of their due share of irrigation water. It was with a view to convey the collective plight and concerns of the water-deprived people of South Haryana to the Central authorities and to build pressure on them that this rally was organised. Talking to The Tribune at Bahrod before the rally, Rao Inderjeet lamented that there was a big disparity in the allocation of irrigation water in Haryana, with the southern parts of the state (served through lift-canal system) having merely 8 per cent intensity of irrigation as compared to 65 per cent in the Yamuna Command Area and 97 per cent in the Bhakra Command Area. The Congress MP further pointed out that the matter of presidential reference regarding the completion and commissioning of the SYL canal had been pending for nearly seven years, which was the longest waiting period in any such case. Asserting that grave injustice was being done to the people of South Haryana, Rao Inderjeet categorically stated that the matters were being delayed as nobody wanted to stir the hornet’s nest by initiating constructive action in the contentious matter. Though the response of the people to Rao Inderjeet’s appeal of launching a mass letter campaign and the response of the President and Chief Justice of India to the letters written by the water-deprived people of South Haryana remains to be seen, but it does seem to be a step in the right direction.
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Sex ratio worst in southern districts
Chandigarh, April 11 There are excuses and there are reasons which are conveniently tossed around for everybody’s benefit. However, there is only one real cause, the Haryanavi psyche, of which Ahirs form a major chunk in this belt followed by Jats, who can’t get over their all-consuming love for boys in which the girl child is perishing. Ask anybody like Chaam Dhera’s sarpanch Mahavir Singh about his preference and his eyes light up and pat comes the reply, “boy, of course”. And, unlike the rest of Haryana, nobody ever admits that there is anything illegal happening on their soil, least of all something like illegal termination of pregnancies. Rewari has a sex ratio of 784 according to the Census data against a score of 811 in 2001. Obviously, when Rajasthan is a stone’s throw away where clinics offer the convenience of obscurity, why would anybody risk “discovery”. Then, there’s Delhi where you can easily get lost in the crowd, accomplish your mission on the sly and get back. Sex determination and termination of pregnancies is the least of their problems. A political leader admits: “Son-crazed couples cross over to Rajasthan and queue up outside diagnostic centres for sex determination. They complete the job of terminating the pregnancy in case it is a girl child and come back”. That is not to say that such malpractices are not happening in Haryana, in cities and on the sly. Against a sex ratio of 818 in 2001, Mahendragarh has reported only 778 girls per 1,000 in the 2011 Census. Jhajjar’s performance is equally bad with the sex ratio figures slipping from 801 in 2001 to 774 per 1,000 in 2011. There is a predominant evil of dowry. The sarpanch of Kothal Khurd in Mahendragarh, Satyanarain, explains: “Event the poorest of the poor spends at least Rs 2 lakh on the marriage of a daughter which is avoidable if you have a son. That’s why the preference is given to a male child. Besides, with landholdings becoming smaller and family size shrinking, everybody seems happy without the additional burden of a girl child”. Bharat Singh, civil surgeon, Jhajjar, says: “Mobile vans allowed under the Act are a big nuisance since they facilitate sex determination. These need to be done away with. “I’ve got a reply from his office saying the suggestions are under consideration”. Till the agencies manage to get their act together, time is fast running out for Haryana’s girl child.
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Tapping solar energy to irrigate fields
Fatehabad, April 11 The family of Prahlad Singh Gillankhera, chief parliamentary secretary, Haryana, has installed its own solar bases unit in agriculture fields located in the village to run the drip irrigation system. The solar system can run a motor of 2 BHP and it lifts water from ponds constructed in the fields and pumps it in to the drip irrigation system spread on the fields. "This is the first-of-its-kind solar system installed in Fatehabad district," said Sumesh Munjal, a partner of Munjal Irrigation Systems, Fatehabad, who installed the system. The solar system has been manufactured by Jain Irrigation System, a company based in Jalgaon (Mahatrashtra). Pradeep Bhosle, technical engineer of the company, said only three more such solar systems had been installed by his company in Haryana , one in Yamunanagar and two in Rohtak. He said the unique feature of the system was that the solar system did not require any battery and its panel had been designed to rotate in the direction of the sun automatically. "The systems up to a capacity of 50 BHP are available and these can pump out water from depth up to 400 ft wells. The cost varies from Rs 60,000 to Rs 50 lakh depending upon the capacity," said Bhosle. The system worked on zero maintenance for 12 years and its panel had a life of 25 years, he said. Ravi Karwasra, a kin of Gillankhera, who looks after the agriculture fields of the family, said that the solar system was installed under the National Horticulture Mission. The system, he said, cost them Rs 4 lakh, out of which Rs 2 lakh were had been given as subsidy by the Horticulture Department. "Ever since we have installed this system, our irrigation worries have come to an end," said Karwasra. The CPS Gillankhera said the state government had initiated several schemes to provide boost to agriculture as well as horticulture. He said that farmers should take benefits of these schemes and improve their production.
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Donating blood since 1965
Gabruddin has not only donated blood for 187 times, but also donated his one of the kidneys on December 5, 2009, at Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi. His donation drive has not only remained confined to Sonepat and Haryana, but has also crossed over to Kolkata, Odisha, Mumbai and Delhi also. His last blood donation outside the state was at Burla in Odisha on October 1, 2010, and at Gannaur in Sonepat on February 1, 2011. Originally a resident of Mandi village in Muzaffarnagar district of UP, Gabruddin, with wife and two children, shifted to Kabirpur in 1978-79 in search of living and his main source of income was a pneumatic cart. Nowadays, he runs a bakery for his livelihood and sells products on a bicycle in the Sonepat market. In reply to a question about his inspiration for blood donation, he recalled that there was a call for blood donation on radio from the then Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri during the Indo-Pak 1965 War and he donated his blood for the first time in Irwin Hospital which was now renamed as Lok Naik Jayprakash Narain Hospital in Delhi. The camp was organised by the Army in the hospital, he added. Gabruddin had been honoured by every Governor and Chief Minister of Haryana, a number of union ministers and voluntary organisations and all India-based blood transfusion institutions and societies. He is invited by selected voluntary organisations from all over the country as a motivator in major blood donation camps. His last participation as a motivator was in the three-day 3rd National Conference and Workshop of Voluntary Blood Donors and Motivators organised by the "Tyaga", inspiring voluntary blood donation since 1986, at Burla town in Odisha on December 27, 2010.
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Demand to amend Haryana Lokayukta Act
Rohtak, April 11 While awareness for a campaign against corruption has taken a new lease of life, the demand of strengthening the existing system has also been renewed. The Haryana government has now been asked to amend the Haryana Lokayukta Act, which is already in force. The demand has been made by certain residents and local bodies. Pawan Bansal, a local resident, has written a letter to the Haryana Chief Minister describing the Haryana Lokayukta as a toothless institution. He said it might not serve the purpose for which it had been enacted and implemented. He said despite the Haryana Lokayukta Act in practice, there was no desired result of the law and it had failed to nail down the corrupt and corruption at higher places. According to him, under the provision of the present Act, the Lokayukta has to seek the permission of competent authority to take action on complaints against the Chief Minister and other public servants. While in the case of the Chief Minister, it is the Governor and for all other public servants, it is the Chief Minister itself. He said this rider should be abolished as getting permission delays the matter and it itself had been a tool to prevent the Lokayukta to perform his or her duty. Besides, he said the Lokayukta should have the power to take suo motto cognisance of complaints as often, people are reluctant to make formal complaints against powerful persons fearing vendetta. Another major negative point in the Act needed to be amended, he said, was regarding the appointment of a Lokayukta. Though Section 3 (1) of the Act says that the Lokayukta shall be appointed on the advice of the Chief Minister who shall consult the Speaker of the Haryana Assembly, the leader of the opposition and the Chief Justice of India in case of appointment of a person who is or has been a Judge of the Supreme Court or the Chief Justice of the High Court in case of appointment of a person who is or has been a Judge of the High Court. He said unless the Lok Ayukta functioning was independent with ample judicial powers and without any scope of a pressure from anyone in the state or the Centre, it would be just a farce.
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CSSRI gets award for groundwater augmentation
Arnal, April 11 The Groundwater Augmentation Award was presented by Union Minister of Water Resources and Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid to 13 groups belonging to NGOs, gram panchayats, corporate houses, schools, individuals and research organizations for significant contributions to the conservation and augmentation of groundwater during the third National Groundwater Congress organised by the Union Ministry of Water Resources recently. The event was held to mark the occasion of World Water Day. Dr D.K. Sharma, Director, CSSRI, received the award consisting of a plaque, a citation and a cash reward of Rs 50,000. Dr. S.K. Kamra, head, Division of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering and team leader of the CSSRI project, said the ministry had funded the project to 39 research institutes and agricultural universities during 2008 to demonstrate their respective technologies in farmers' fields under the broad theme of 'more crop per drop'. Of all organisations funded, the CSSRI's work on implementation and evaluation of individual farmer-based groundwater recharge structures, integrated farming, pond renovation and laser levelling at 93 farmers' fields in Haryana, Punjab, UP and Gujarat was rated very high in terms of augmentation of groundwater, improving its quality (salinity, alkalinity, fluoride) and enhancing farmers' income by saving submerged crops by recharge of excess water.
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Rao Tula Ram medical college sought in Mahendragarh
Rewari, April 11 The manch has also demanded upgradation of the Indira Gandhi Postgraduate Regional Centre of Mirpur village in Rewari district as a university. Copies of the communication have also been dispatched to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia. The manch pointed out that the state government had set up a medical college at Nuh to perpetuate the memory of Raja Hasan Khan Mewati, who fought against the British in 1857. The manch recalled that Rao Tula Ram too was a hero of 1857, who had valiantly led the Indian forces in the historic battle fought against the British at Nasibpur, near Narnaul, on November 16, 1857. Prof Anirudh Yadav, secretary of the manch, asserted that it was not only desirable but also imperative that like Raja Hasan Khan Mewati Medical College of Nuh, Shaheed Rao Tula Ram Medical College was expeditiously established at a proper place in the Mahendergarh region. Drawing the Chief Minister’s attention to the plight of the Indira Gandhi PGRC of Rewari set up here in 1988, Prof Yadav ruefully pointed out that while the PGRC at Hisar as well as the PGRC at Sirsa, which were carved out in the nineties, had long been converted into Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, and Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, respectively, the upgradation of Rewari’s PGRC into a university was overdue.
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Sonepat college girls win 13 merit positions
Sonepat, April 11 Dr Jyoti Juneja, principal, said other meritoroius students included Supriya Jindal (third position with 87.6 per cent marks), Reena ( fifth position with 87 per cent marks) , Deepika ( sixth position with 86.6 per cent marks, Namita (ninth positionwith 86 per cent marks), Sonia (11th postion with 85.4 per cent marks), Rajni (12th position with 85.2 per cent marks) and Ranjana (15th position with 84.4 per cent marks). Besides, Aditi Dahiya and Manish Malika shared the seventh position with 86.4 per cent marks, Neha Sapra and Jyoti Gahlaut bagged the 10th position with 85.6 per cent marks while Ritu and Sweety Antil were at the 14th merit position with 84.6 per cent marks. Dr Jyoti Juneja claimed the college had also bagged 11 merit positions in the 1st and 3rd semester examination of M.Sc (mathematics) and B.Sc (1st semester) declared recently. Congratulating the students, Dr Juneja and Dr OP Pruthi, chairman of the college management committee, said these students would be the role model for other students and wished them success in future life.
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Benefits of bar coding highlighted
Yamunanagar, April 11 Dr MK Sehgal, chairman of the institute, while welcoming the delegates and speakers, motivated participants to implement bar coding for maximum benefits. Dr Rajni Sehgal, director general, said latest knowledge was must for the overall personality development and better employability. She said information was like power and bar coding system helped in providing real time and accurate information and improved productivity. For the economic development of the country, professionals should be groomed as learners and needed to update themselves with the latest technologies of the world. Manish Khanna told participants about the working of Bar Code India Limited and demonstrated various software and machines. A model of wireless integration was shown through corporate information systems, hospitality, education and healthcare. In developed nations of the world, bar coding had been implemented fully and he cited the example of Hong Kong airport where complete radio frequency identification (RFID) had been implemented. Various toll plazas had already implemented it in India, he added. Amit Gupta talked about mobile computing uses in the field of inventory control, line busting, picking and packing. In warehousing, even the less qualified persons could scrutinise various items. Mayank Gupta said, “Bar codes can only be read by machines. In bar codes, there are lines and gaps, which are treated as characters”. He talked about categories of symbology i.e. 1D symbology and 2D symbology. If less space was available, 2D barcode was used like in mobile and computers. Trilok Gupta, assistant director, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Karnal, gave a detailed overview of micro, small and medium-level entrepreneurship development in India and its implementation of various technologies in bar coding.
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India made poor by ‘white-clad looters’, says
Rewari, April 11 While Ram Jethmalani, former Union Law Minister and a Rajya Sabha MP, was the chief guest, Sanjay Bansal, secretary, Supreme Court Bar Association, presided over. Complimenting the Somany family for establishing a technical college in this backward region, Jethmalani asserted that education vis-à-vis technical education had become a sine qua non for strengthening the democratic system in the country. He said democracy in India would be fortified only when the citizens would be able to speak out the truth fearlessly and stand up for a rightful cause like social activist Anna Hazare. Ruefully stating that India was not a poor country as publicised frequently, but it had been impoverished by “white-clad looters” who had amassed enormous wealth with impunity, Jethmalani asserted that being an octogenarian his life’s last ambition was to see all these “looters” behind the bars. Exhorting the youth in particular to come forward and dauntlessly challenge these “looters”, he said if they succeeded in bringing the inestimably enormous black money stashed in foreign banks back into the country, the financial woes of the people here would end in no time. Describing the success of Anna Hazare’s crusade as a victory of the people, Jethmalani pointed out that only those who were steeped in corruption were opposing Anna’s move while explaining that the Lok Pal Bill was only a stepping stone to the concerted fight against rampant corruption. Highlighting the achievements of the college, its chairman Vijay Somany said they had been discharging their responsibility of providing qualitative technical education to the youth as well as employment to the outgoing technicians through placement in prestigious companies. He also said it was a measure of the SITM’s rising graph that students from over 12 states had been pursuing their studies here. Students of the college presented a colourful cultural programme. Jethmalani also distributed prizes to meritorious students of the college.
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Rewari INLD office-bearers elected
Rewari, April 11 Vice-presidents: Prakash Kataria (Harchandpur), Yashpal Singh (Tankri), Bhoop Singh (Bhakli), Manish Charaya (Rewari city), Tek Chand Saini (Rewari), Zile Singh (Nahar), Dhan Vir (Dehlawas). General-secretaries: Nareshi Neshi (Bawal), Harvinder Singh (Khori), Ramesh Bhalia (Rewari), Ashok Chauhan (Rattanthal), Dhir Singh (9 Daroli), Kanwar Singh (Dharuhera), Lachhi Ram (Kaluwas). Secretaries: Viajy Pal (Bakhapur), Bachhoo Singh (Shahpur), Vissoo Ram (Akeda), Surender Sharma (Malpura), Dharam Vir (Nehrugarh), Nraesh Kumar (Dakhora), Ran Singh (Lisana). Organising secretary: Satya Narain; publicity secretary: Prempal Singh Chauhan; office secretary: Sukhi Nand; and treasurer: Surender Menhidaratta. Executive committee members: Vijay Pal Panch (Bakhapur), Hanuman Singh (Dhani Peethanwas), Naresh Kumar, Purshottam (Kosli), Ram Kishan (Juddi), Rajesh Kumar (Lisan), Lal Singh (Rewari), Majesh Saini (Rewari), Ram Autar Jangra (Motla) and Kamal Yadav.
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Haryana Epidemic Diseases rules notified
Chandigarh, April 11 As per the notification issued by the Health Department, the Director- General, Health Services, or the Civil Surgeon concerned could appoint the Deputy Civil Surgeon(VBD), SMO, biologist, senior malaria inspector, multipurpose health supervisor(malaria), multipurpose health worker, surveillance worker and field worker as inspecting officer who can enter any premises for the purpose of fever surveillance, treatment, anti-larval measures, fogging or spray. He may also authorise other persons of his team to enter such premises along with him as he considers necessary. As a result of such inspection or examination or otherwise, if the inspecting officer considers that there is reason to believe or suspect that such person is or may be infected with malaria, dengue, chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis, he may direct him to give his blood slide for examination and to take such treatment as he may consider necessary. In the case of a minor, such orders shall be directed to the guardians or any other adult member of the family of the minor. The inspecting officer may order any premises to be sprayed with insecticides or inter-domestic water collection to be treated with larvicides.
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Grievance cell set up
Chandigarh, April 11 Ajit Mohan Sharan, Financial Commissioner, Technical Education, and Avtar Singh, Director-General, Technical Education, held a meeting with representatives of self-financing polytechnics and principals of government and aided polytechnics recently and expressed concern as in some of the institutes, the results had been reported to be poor. They stressed the need for strengthening infrastructure, suggested revision of curriculum, organisation of job melas and improvement in placement. Certain participants pointed out some grievances to the officers. The HSBTE took steps for timely redressal of these grievances of the institutes and the students affiliated with the board. All cases of "Not Appeared (NA)" in the result shall be resolved up to April 17. The answerbooks of subjects having very poor results are being re-evaluated throughout the state on its own by the board by a different set of teachers. The date for re-evaluation has been extended up to April 18. The students should apply for re-evaluation through the principals of their polytechnics as per the prescribed procedure along with the requisite fee. Students can take photocopies of their evaluated answerbooks through their principal, if the students are not satisfied with evaluation. But in case, the marks do not vary beyond 10 per cent (plus or minus), the students concerned will have to deposit the fee for the photostat copies at a rate of Rs 1,000 per answerbook. The HSBTE will work all seven days a week till April 22.
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T20: CPS Eleven overpower SP Eleven
Fatehabad, April 11 Gillankhera won the toss and the CPS Eleven made 159 runs for the loss of five wickets in their allotted quota of 20 overs. The CPS Eleven innings was built by some magnificent batting by Bhuvnesh Jhandai, who scored 46 runs off 38 balls and Dheeraj Gillankhera (35 runs off 42 balls). Anand Gillankhera (18 off 13 balls) and Prahlad Singh Gillankhera with 16 off 11 balls also gave a good batting display for the CPS Eleven. Rival team’s captain, Vivek Sharma took two wickets in his allotted quota of four overs, although he proved a little costly giving away 40 runs. In reply, Vivek Sharma did the bulk of scoring through his swashbuckling knock of 39 off 27 balls while additional deputy commissioner Ashok Meena played a sheet anchor role by staying at the wicket for long for his 22 runs scored off 46 balls. Cop Inderpal Singh was another good scorer for the SP Eleven team and he hit two towering sixes in his 28 runs scored off 19 balls. At one stage, the SP Eleven appeared to be stealing away the match, but the winning team’s bowler Rajesh Rohilla changed the complexion of the game by scalping four SP Eleven wickets in the last over. The SP Eleven needed 11 runs from the last over and had four wickets in hand, but an accurate bowling by Rajesh Rohilla bundled the entire team for 152 runs, giving the CPS Eleven a victory by seven runs. Dheeraj Gillankhera and Bhuvnesh Jhandai also took four wickets apiece for the CPS Eleven. Bhuvnesh Jhandai was adjudged the man of the match. Dr Shweta Sharma, wife of SP Vivek Sharma, gave away prizes. Gillankhera said this was the first of the three match series between the two teams.
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College holds club activities
Panipat, April 11 On the occasion, the director of the college management, Dr MK Kulshreshtha, exhorted the students to participate in extra-curricular activities to bring out the hidden talent. The executive director of the NC and SS Group of Institutions, Prof Dr BR Marwah, and other directors of sister institutions also attended the event and motivated the students. — TNS
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Rs 850-cr plan to upgrade power system
Hisar, April 11 Mohammed Shayin, Managing Director, said here that preference would be given to the construction of new substations and transmission lines, augmentation of capacity of the existing substations, strengthening the power distribution system under the restructured accelerated power development and reform programme and the World Bank schemes. Besides, the plans included strengthening of the metering system, creation of a database for IT applications for the distribution system, computerisation of operation subdivisions and the creation of a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. Shayin said the nigam planned to construct 25 new 33-KV substations and augment the capacity of 20 existing 33-KV substations at a cost of Rs 100 crore. As many as 100 overloaded 11-KV feeders would be divided into feeders of proper load and length and their complete system would be renovated at a cost of Rs 30 crore. In addition, capacitor banks would be installed at various new and existing substations at a cost of Rs 20 crore and there was a plan to install an automatic power factor controller on power transformers at substations to improve the power factor and voltage level. To strengthen and augment capacity of the distribution system and to erect additional lines, the DHBVN had earmarked Rs 31 crore to procure additional distribution transformers and high-tension cables. Under the restructured accelerated power development and reform programme (RAPDRP) of the Government of India, projects worth Rs 90.47 crore had already been sanctioned. Under this programme, the nigam planned consumer indexing, asset mapping, metering of feeders and distribution transformers, automatic data logging, feeder segregation, ring fencing, IT applications and establishment of base line data system. Detailed project reports had been prepared for renovation of the distribution system in 16 towns in the DHBVN area at a cost of Rs 500 crore of which an amount of Rs. 100 crore was planned to be spent during the current financial year. There was a plan to create a high-voltage distribution system (HVDS) on rural domestic, urban and rural agriculture feeders. Under this system of international standards, a larger number of distribution transformers were used and each consumer was connected to a transformer through an independent service cable. In villages, 11-KV ring mains were erected under this system. A sum of Rs 80 crore had been earmarked for this purpose. The MD said strengthening of the metering system had been given a big thrust by making a provision of Rs 105 crore. Under this plan, two lakh defective meters and six lakh electromechanical meters would be replaced with new electronic meters at a cost of Rs 140 crore. Works costing Rs 102 crore had already been allotted to release connections to BPL families free of cost under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojna. Out of this, an amount of Rs. 50 crore was planned to be spent during the current fiscal.
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Aggarwal Samaj seeks CM’s intervention
Jind, April 11 Laxmi Narayan, a cloth merchant, was shot dead at his shop in the town a month ago. Traders and their organisations had held several demonstrations, besides keeping their shops closed for a day in protest against the incident. A delegation of the community had also met senior officials demanding prompt action in the case. The meeting, held under the chairmanship of Rajkumar Goyal, president of the district unit of the Akhil Bhartiya Aggarwal Samaj, adopted a resolution seeking intervention of the Chief Minister and speedy investigation into the case. The community warned of widespread protests if no result was visible soon.
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Self-confidence key to success: Divya Dutta
Sharing her experiences with schoolchildren, Divya, who is well-known for her roles in Bollywood films like Veer Zaara, LoC: Kargil, Welcome to Sajjanpur and Delhi 6, said she could reach the position she was today due to sheer grit and determination. “Several low moments came in my life when I was faced with adverse situations, but my self-confidence helped me come out of those situations,” the actress said. Remembering her childhood days, she said she remained the head girl and the best student of her school. She said coming to the annual function of a school reminded her of her childhood days. Earlier, she and Gunmeet Bindra, principal of Jindal School, Hisar, inaugurated the function in which a myriad of cultural activities were presented by students.
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SC grants relief to former Capt
Ambala, April 11 He contested in the High Court on the plea that the said benefits were offered to even those who were invalided prior to 1996. Therefore, he should also be given the benefit. He also pleaded that his disability should be treated as 75 per cent instead of 50 per cent. He had quoted a letter dated 31-1-2001 of the Ministry of Defence in the support of his plea. The respondent, Union of India and ANR, pleaded that the instruction of the Ministry of Defence issued on 31-1-2001 was not applicable to the appellant as he was not retired but invalided. The High Court dismissed the petition of Buttar. While disagreeing with the High Court order, the Supreme Court observed, “The High Court in its judgment held that the instruction dated 31-1-2001 is not applicable to the appellant. With respect we cannot agree”. The court further observed, “The claim of the appellant for pension for his full 10 years of service as a short service commission officer is justified as already held in Union of India & ANR vs Sidhu 2001(4) SCC 563. Hence, his entire service in the Army has to be taken into consideration for the grant of disability pension and he must be given arrears with interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum as was granted in CS Sidhu case”. The court said in the order, “The stand of the respondent is that the disability of the appellant cannot be enhanced to 75 per cent because the relevant provision is applicable only in those cases where the officer was invalided out of service after 1-1-1996. In our opinion, the restriction of the benefit to only officers who were invalided out of service after 1-1-1996 is violation of Article 14 of the Constitution and hence illegal”. “The disability element of the disability pension should be commuted as 75 per cent instead of 50 per cent and the appellant will be granted arrear w.e.f. from January 1996 with interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum,” the Apex court added in its order.
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Sahit Akademy award ceremony tomorrow
Chandigarh, April 11 Akademy
director CR Moudgil disclosed that Haryana Minister HS Chatha will be the
chief guest while the function would be presided over by IAS officer KK
Khandelwal. Shiv Raman Gaud, IAS, would be the guest of honour. Haryana
Punjabi Gaurav Puruskar for Rs 1.5 lakh would be bestowed on Master Amrik
Singh (80) of Ellanabad while Faridabad-based Arkamal Kaur (55) would get
Mahakavi Santoksh Singh award for Rs 1 lakh. Besides, Baba Sheikh Farid
award for Rs 1 lakh would go to Dr Jiwan Bakshi (43) of Kurukshetra while
Panchkula-based poet Gurbux Singh would get Taran Singh Vehimi award and
Resham Singh Anmol, the Lokgayak award for Rs 51,000 each. A special award
for incredible service in teaching and propagating Punjabi language would
be conferred on late litterateur Dr AS Kaang. As many as eight writers
would get monetary award on best books and three writers for winning a
short-story contest.
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Students present creative
business ideas
Ambala, April 11 The main objective behind organising such a competition was to bring forward hidden talent and creative business ideas that could help them in their future, he added. He said a lot of entrepreneurship ventures were required for the country’s growth. To inculcate in students the seeds of entrepreneurship and make them job creators rather than job seekers, such competitions proved helpful, he added. The winning business plan was submitted by Deepshikha Arora, Manisha Sharma and Naresh Gupta from Maharaja Aggarsain Institute of Management and Technology, Jagadhari. The second position was shared by Deepika Vadhera, Umesh and Suman Verma from New Vision Global School of Business, and the third by Sumit, Shikha and Vijay from the same college. About 10 teams of MBA colleges from Haryana and Punjab participated in the event. Innovative and dynamic business plans like poultry farm, coffee shop, fisheries, sunshine refresh, internet cafés, vocational training institutes, coaching centres were presented by the students.
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As many as 13 of the 15 merit positions in the B.Sc (3rd) semester examination of Maharishi Dayanand University,
Rohtak, have been bagged by students of the local Geeta Vidya Mandir Girls College. Manju has topped the university by scoring 452 out of 500 marks
A competition on business ideas, titled “Ankurit”, was held at New Vision Global School of Business, Nasrauli, near here, recently.Dr Sanjeev Chaddha welcomed the guests, students and faculty members. He said the competition was generally conducted to make students aware of steps to start a
business.
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