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Crime on the rise in Rohtak
Karnal gets its first baby through surrogacy
Cong MP alleges bias against Ahirwal region
Rao Inderjit Singh, Congress MP from Gurgaon, addresses party workers’ conference
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Hooda announces welfare schemes for Ratia
Rajasthan govt honours Panipat RTI activist
Corporate Golf Challenge held in Gurgaon
Controversy over herbal park at Ambala
Three yrs on, no clue in Tejas kidnapping
Sow early maturing wheat variety, farmers told
Cultural programme held in memory of late scribe
Multipurpose health workers to take part in sangh rally
Tributes paid to Rabindranath Tagore
Murthal varsity bags World Bank grant
Students told about job opportunities in Army
Sirsa college adopts Nezia Khera village
UPA govt 'lacks direction'
New courses for young entrepreneurs
Plan to improve sanitation in Sirsa
Inadequate Capacity of Treatment Plants
Dr Vinod Sharma examines a patient at a camp organised by IFFCO at Dhani Thoba in Fatehabad. Tribune photo
Pensioners not getting payment on
time
Students display their creations at a poster-making competition organised by Green Earth on the occasion of the Kurukshetra Utsav Geeta Jayanti Samaroh. Photo: DR Vij
95 to get artificial limbs
Reflection of politics in Punjabi literature
discussed
Mishra brothers enthral youngsters
Diabetes awareness camp held
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Crime on the rise in Rohtak
However, a spokesperson of the police department claimed in a statement here recently that there had been a drop in the crime rate in November this year in comparison to the data of the last year. He added that it was due to the increased vigil and stepped up efforts. It is claimed that there had been a decrease in the number of criminal incidents related to chain snatching, gambling, illicit weapons and drug peddling and there had been no rise in the cases of murder and attempt to murder in the district during the past month. The number of cases recorded by the police in connection with thefts, gambling snatching have been placed at 135 during this November against 57 last year, it is claimed that this has helped the police to trace and solve many incidents which could have
either gone untraced or unnoticed. However, two cases remained unsolved so far. According to the police, there have been a drop in the number of road accidents and the total number of cases registered in November had been around 221 against a total of 255 cases last year in the corresponding period.
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Karnal gets its first baby through surrogacy
Karnal, December 12 Till five or six years ago, a few people were aware that this technique existed in the country and a large number of foreigners were coming to avail the facility as surrogates were available in the country. However, now the situation is changing and more couples are adopting this technique. After film star Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao opted for IVF-surrogacy, more couples were inspired to adopt the method. As many as three IVF babies were born in AMRIT IVF Centre in Karnal last week and one of them was born through surrogacy. Surrogacy is a safe medium to have a child and is as good as having a normal child for any woman but doctors allow surrogate mothers only for those women who either have health problems or cannot carry a baby due to medical complications. Suman had suffered five pregnancy losses and was unable to take pregnancy to full term, Dr Jyoti Gupta, IVF specialist at Amrit IVF centre, said. She delivered a healthy baby on November 23. Surrogacy is required when the genetic mother is unable to give birth to a child because of some disease in her uterus. Here the gametes belong to the genetic parents out of which the embryo thus formed is transferred to the surrogate mother who is already prepared for implantation. Another IVF baby was born to a 57-year-old Vidya, who had lost her 30-year-old son in an accident three years ago.
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Cong MP alleges bias against Ahirwal region
Rewari, December 12 Addressing a party workers’ conference at his residence here recently, Rao said while Gurgaon district alone was providing 54 per cent of the state’s total revenue to the coffers of the state government, the entire region’s share in development, government jobs and canal water was woefully scanty. Recalling that during his 35-year-long political career in which he was elected four times to the state Assembly and thrice to Parliament, he had closely watched the functioning of the Devi Lal, Bansi Lal, Bhajan Lal and Om Prakash Chautala regimes as well as the seven-year-long stint of the present Hooda government, he was constrained to say that the people of the Ahirwal region stood persistently deprived of their rightful share in development, government employment and canal water during these 35 years. He went on to say that it was all more agonising that his men failed to secure district-wise data pertaining to the provision of government jobs to the youths of each district during the past seven years of the present Hooda regime, even through the RTI. Asserting that it was appropriate time to strike when the iron was hot, Rao urged the people to participate in large numbers in his Jan Chetna Rally at Bawal on December 17 for an impressive show of their unity and strength.
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Hooda announces welfare schemes for Ratia
Ratia, December 12 If the CM’s announcements see the light of the day, people will see many changes in Ratia, which include a facelift of the town. Among the over Rs 300 crore projects announced by Hooda during his rally are Rs 20 crore for development of villages, Rs 35 crore for construction of godown of 20,000 metric tonnes capacity and construction of a grain market in an area of 35 acres. Ratia got Rs 5 crore for beatification of the town, Rs 17 crore for setting up a 60-bed hospital and four primary health centres in villages of Mehmeda, Alika, Aherawan and Hasanga. Hooda announced Rs 14 crore for opening a government college for women, a DIET centre, a public library and an ITI at Jakhan Dadi village. He also announced construction of a modern stadium at Ratia to provide sports infrastructure in the area. The chief minister gave Rs 7 crore for augmenting water supply in Ratia villages. Further, a sum of Rs 51.72 crore would be utilised to improve supply of electricity in the area by constructing a 220 KV substation at Hukamvali, a 132 KV substation at Bhatukhurd and 33 KV substation at Ratia. Ratia will also get new roads, the chief minister said. He announced laying of roads between Laduwass and Bhimra at Punjab boarder, Nakhatia to Rata Tiba, Kherati Khera to Akanvali and Laduwass to Akal Akademi. As many as 19 roads were transferred from Agricultural Marketing Board to Public Works ( Building and Roads) Department earlier. Ratia villages get inundated with water in the monsoon due to floods coming from the Ghaggar river. Hooda said that Rs 66 crore would be spent to improve irrigation facilities. The capacity of Rangoi Kharif channel would also be enhanced. Hooda said that Rs 3.38 crore would be spent to start government veterinary dispensaries in villages of Hasanga, Sukhlampur, Tamaspura, Gholu and Ratangarh. A veterinary hospital would come up at Hizrawakalan. With an announcement galore, the real test for Hooda as well as the newly elected MLA from Ratia Jarnail Singh would be to get the announcements implemented soon.
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Rajasthan govt honours Panipat RTI activist
Panipat, December 12 The award was given to Kapoor during a special workshop titled “Proactive Disclosure- the Way Forward” organised by the Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration in collaboration with the Department of Personnel and Training of the Union Government at Jaipur, recently. The Rajasthan Government appreciated the success story scripted by Kapoor in highlighting the corruption and even thwarting some of the unjust moves of the authorities in facilitating those in power to again monetary benefits from government schemes meant for the poor. Kapoor had recently used the RTI Act to get directions issued by the Central Information Commission (CIC) to the Reserve Bank India (RBI) to reveal the names of top 100 industrialists of the country who had failed to repay loans sought from nationalised banks. He had brought to light the irregularities in allotment of plots in Panipat meant for industrial workers but had been allotted to those holding top positions in the government and industries. He had forced the health authorities to initiate action against “illegal treatment centres” that had flourished across several district of the state and which claimed treatment of “all ailments” using a Korean machine. He was instrumental in forcing the Haryana State Agriculture and Marketing Board (HSAMB) to get 6562.65 square yards of prime land vacated from encroachers in the Samalkha grain market worth several crores using the RTI Act and also prevented the commission agents to get the encroached land registered in their name by passing of a resolution. A simple RTI query put up by him with the Haryana Board of School Education (HBSE) had proved much effective in forcing the board to return over Rs 10 crore that had been collected as examination fee from four lakh students of Class VIII studying in various schools across the state, last year. He had also used the same Act to generate awareness among the masses about the fate of the commemorative coins, which were to be released to honour the sacrifices made by Shaheed Bhagat Singh, but have not come in circulation till date. Kapoor has also been contending a case with the Haryana State Information Commission for the revelation of the details of properties possessed by of the state bureaucrats after they joined services in an attempt to fight corruption.
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Corporate Golf Challenge held in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, December 12 While nearly 200 golfers participated in the event, a former Indian cricket team captain and all-rounder Kapil Dev was the star attraction. Kapil played a full round of golf at the tournament. The team represented by Harinder Bansi, Commissioner, Ministry of Finance, and Kulvinder Singh, DCP, Haryana Police, emerged winners on the concluding day with a team score of 73 points. The top four teams from the Gurgaon qualifier will be joined by the winning teams from other regional qualifiers at Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Chennai for the national final to be held on April 10-11, 2012, at Bangkok, Thailand. The event was organised by a former golfer and Asian Games gold-medallist Rishi Narain. HR Srinivasan, vice-chairman of Take Solutions, said: “The seventh edition of the tournament got an overwhelming response from the participants. The teams competed for their positions with great zeal and we are delighted to see the spirit of golf fostering among the teams, year after year. We will like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the participants and wish the winning team good luck for the finals”. According to the organisers, the Take Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge is the only golfing event in the country which gives the Indian corporate teams a unique opportunity to represent their country in the annual World Golf Championship of corporate teams. Last year, Team India finished second at the world finals. In 2010, the Indian team was tied first at the World Finals of World Corporate Golf Challenge and lost on count-back. In 2008, the Indian team emerged victorious at the world finals held at the famed La Manga Club in Spain, putting India on the corporate golf map.
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Controversy over herbal park at Ambala
Ambala, December 12 Land (around 20 acres) owned by the Army was lying uninhabited for several years. About five and a half years ago a contract was signed between the Army authorities and the Forest Department for developing a herbal park on this piece of land for use by both civilians and Army personnel. According to the contract it was decided that the Forest Department would develop the park and bear all expenses on its beautification and maintenance. However, the ownership of the park would remain with the Army, it was clarified in the contract. The contract was signed for a period of five years and was likely to continue. The Ambala Forest Department had spent about Rs 2 crore on developing the park. Around Rs 45 lakh was spent on the underground sprinkler system for the irrigation of lawns and plants. A children’s corner was also developed in the park. The Forest Department engaged a number of employees for its maintenance. The park had become a picnic spot. After the expiry of the five-year contract in May 2011, the Army authorities wrote a letter to the Forest Department to hand over the possession of the park to the Army. However, the department asked the Army authorities to extend the contract for a period of five 5 years but the latter refused to accept the proposal. District Forest Officer Jagmohan Sharma said his department had spent a huge amount on developing the park and it wanted that the maintenance work should remain with it. Users of the park have urged the government to resolve the matter.
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Three yrs on, no clue in Tejas kidnapping
Panipat, December 12 The Gabas have been struggling to get their son back, who was waiting for his morning school bus along with his mother when a man stepped out of a luxury car, fired a shot from his pistol and fled with Tejas in the car which had tinted glasses. His mother, who was buying some chocolates from a nearby shop, could not do much to thwart the kidnapping. After the district police failed to make any break through in the case, the case was handed over to the state crime branch. But even the crime branch could not make much headway in the case. Following media reports of the failure of these agencies in recovering the boy, the case was finally handed over to the CBI in August, last year. The CBI during its investigations arrested two persons identified as Teja Singh and Karuneshwar from Chennai for having made a ransom calls to Tejas’s family in July this year. Earlier, in November last year, the bureau had interrogated two inmates of the Bhatinda jail — Daljeet and Kampal Singh - who had been arrested by the Panchkula police in connection with the kidnapping of Nandan Nagpal, a resident of Malaut, believing that they were involved in Tejas’s kidnapping. Though, these developments did rekindle hopes of Tejas retuning back, but the optimism ebbed with the long wait that followed. Then in September, this year, the Panipat police created quite a sensation after it made claims that they had arrested three persons who had kidnapped Tejas. The three persons, Satinder Malik, Pradeep Thakur and Ram Kumar, where handed over to the CBI. But after keeping the three in their custody for 90 days and even bringing the “accused” to Panipat to investigate their involvement, the bureau failed to file a chargesheet against them in the CBI court, following which they were released on bail last Thursday. Surprisingly, none of the investigating agencies have till date confirmed weather the boy was dead of alive, leave along tracing his whereabouts. Neena Gaba, mother of the boy who is keeping her hopes afloat that her son would return home one day, said long investigations had not proved to be of any help for the family. She said now the only optimism the family had been living with was that the kidnappers would themselves again contact the family. She said if such a situation arises, the family was willing to concede to any demands put up by the kidnappers so that their son could come back home. Two days after the crime, the kidnappers had sent the family a video appeal in which Tejas could be seen with bandages wrapped around his eyes. The kidnappers had even made a number of calls and later sent intimidating emails to the Gabas. But all these stopped in March last year. Both the Haryana police and the Gaba family had announced cash rewards of Rs 15 lakh and Rs 50 lakh, respectively, for anyone providing authentic information about
Tejas.
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Sow early maturing wheat variety, farmers told
Sirsa, December 12 According to the figures of the department, the sowing on over 2.10 lakh hectares is complete by now. The agriculture authorities here have issued an advisory to the farmers to sow late varieties of wheat like Raj-3765 and PBW-373 at this stage. Sirsa with production of 14 lakh quintals of wheat produced on 2.90 lakh hectares of land last year was on the top, not only in Haryana, but also in the country, said a spokesperson of the Agriculture Department. Out of these, 10.5 lakh quintals of wheat had arrived in the grain markets, he added. This year, though the target of area under cultivation of wheat has been kept the same as the last year, the target of average production per hectare has been raised to 51.50 quintals per hectare. Last year, the average production was 50.50 quintals per hectare, the spokesperson said. The spokesperson said the target of sowing wheat in the state was 25 lakh hectares this year. Sirsa, with the target of 2.90 lakh hectares is on the top followed by Hisar, 2.30 lakh hectares, and Jind,2.15 lakh hectares.
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Cultural programme held in memory of late scribe
Bahadurgarh (Jhajjar), December 12 Bahadurgarh SDM Nar Hari Bangar was the chief guest on the occasion, while social activist Neeraj Ruhil was present as the guest of honour. While addressing the gathering at the function, the SDM not only applauded the contribution of Anuj in the field of journalism but also asked the mediapersons to perform their duties responsibly. “A journalist must learn to be true to his profession. He should work with objectivity and honesty to fulfil his mission. Instead of going for Page-3 journalism, he should write and work for the commoners,” said the SDM, adding that journalists should try to make at least minimum ethical standards while working on and off the field. Exhorting the mediapersons to be fair in reporting without succumbing to any pressure, Neeraj said newspapers with positive attitude and right approach in selfless service of society would only stay and grow. Whenever the media had taken the cause of a common man it had won the confidence of the masses, he added. Eminent handicraft man Jai Narayan Baundwal was felicitated with the Bahadurgarh Gaurav Samman Award while poet and writer Krishan Gopal Vidharthi was bestowed upon the first Anuj Memory Journalism Award on the occasion. Students of Bal Vikas School enthralled the audience by presenting colourful cultural programmes. A former Bahadurgarh MLA Nafe Singh Rathi, joint director of PDM Institutes Dr Rajesh Saud, Bahadurgarh Municipal Council chief Ravi Khatri, Anil Sharma, Tejveer Dalal and Satish Chhikkara were among those who were present on the occasion.
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Multipurpose health workers to take part in sangh rally
Faridabad, December 12 Aasha Sharma, state president of the association, said the government had gone ahead with interviews from December 7 for making regular appointments of 389 multipurpose health workers in the state. “This is in breach of an agreement reached between the sangh and the government,” she said. The association is affiliated to the sangh. According to Sharma, the government had agreed to amend the rules to pave the way for the regular appointment of contractual workers. “To protest against the government’s move, the association will also take part in a proposed December 28 Rohtak rally to be organised by the sangh,” she said. Besides, it would launch a relay fast for an indefinite period outside the office of the Director-General, Health, Haryana, in Chandigarh on January 14, she added. Nearly 2,700 contractual workers are at present employed under the RCH. It was later merged with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The association claims that many of the contractual workers have been working for the past 12 to 14 years. They have the requisite qualifications and skills. Hence, their case was pushed for regular appointment by the association and the sangh, Sharma added.
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Tributes paid to Rabindranath Tagore
Sanskar Bharti is an NGO with 3,000 branches in India engaged in the preservation and propagation of rich cultural and spiritual heritage, art and literature. The highlight of the programme was a captivating lecture on Gitanjali by acclaimed academician artiste Professor Ravinder Sharma and slide show of over 30 paintings in which he has brilliantly captured the images of thoughts of Tagore on the canvas. Prof Ravinder Sharma said many of the celebrated philosophers, authors and artistes gave due reverence to Gitanjali like the scared Bible. Quoting French Paul Nash who has said “I read Bible and Gitanjali for comfort and strength” Sharma echoed similar views of Helen Keller and Nicholas Rorecik, the world renowned personalities. The slide show designed and assisted by Bharti Sharma kept the audience in rapt attention. After the invocatory Dhyey geet, a young classical vocalist Neha Mishra presented two compositions in raga Puriya Dhanesri. A disciple of Dr Saubhagya Vardhan Vachaspati, vocalist Neha after a brief alaap rendered “shaam bhayi chidiyan boli…” in Vilambat Ek Tal and a “Hari naam lijay” in fast paced ‘Drut teen tal’. Mehmood Khan and Rakesh Kumar accompanied the artiste. The Sansar Bharti Samman was conferred upon chief guest Atul Gupta, besides educationist Sandeep Sardana, poet-artist Ravinder Sharma, Neha Mishra and Bharti Sharma.
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Murthal varsity bags World Bank grant
Sonepat, December 12 This was stated by HS
Chahal, Vice-Chancellor of the university, at a meeting of the participating departments of the university here recently. The university has already taken immediate steps for the signing an MoU by Prof Raj Kumar, Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology of the university, who will be the nodal officer for the project. “The project envisages scaling up of postgraduate education, demand-driven research, development and innovation,” the Vice-Chancellor said and added that the project should be monitored through parameters with respect to utilisation of funds for teaching, training, research equipment, library and computers. He said the project laid stress on effectiveness of collaborations made with other institutions in the country and abroad. The number of co-authored publications in referred journals should also increase, thus giving a boost to higher technical education in the state, he said.
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Students told about job opportunities in Army
Rewari, December 12 Kosli has hundreds of serving defence personnel as well as ex-servicemen. General Yashwant Singh also happens to be a native of Kosli town. Addressing a gathering of girl students at DAV Mahila College, General Yashwant Singh said it was a matter of pride that several hundred Kosli residents, who at
present held senior positions in the Army, the Air Force and the Navy, were rendering valuable services to
the country. Exhorting the students to take a cue from these promising military officials, he asserted that girls, too, could now carve out a fine career for themselves in the Army. He mentioned the recent spectacular advancements in information technology and urged the students to gain proficiency in computer and internet-oriented skills, along with their studies. Besides highlighting the importance of positive thinking in life, he impressed upon them the need for focusing attention on achieving a targeted objective. He also addressed conclaves of senior students in Government Senior Secondary Schools of Boys and
Girls of Kosli.
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Sirsa college adopts Nezia Khera village
Sirsa, December 12 As many as 18 students of the college recently visited the village. Dr SB Sharma, principal, Neelam Rani and Ashwani Kumar, both teachers of the college, accompanied the students. “Our teachers and students gave villagers tips on their personal hygiene and about seasonal diseases and their prevention,” said Sharma. Neelam Rani said the girl students met women and gave them tips to be followed during pregnancy and child bearing. Guidance on educational and vocational fields were also provided to youth and they were told about the importance of laws like Right to Information and Right to Education. Sharma said the students were divided in four groups and each group was given the job of meeting children, educated and uneducated and elderly people, respectively, to know their problems. He said the students had taken note of their problem and would take care that these were solved on their next visit. He said the students would visit the village at least once in a month.
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UPA govt 'lacks direction'
Hisar, December 12 He was here to participate in a seminar organised by the local Sarvodaya Bhawan
yesterday. Yadav said while the ruling coalition at the Centre had lost credibility and appeared to be lacking direction, the opposition parties lacked credibility too. The people were, therefore looking for an alternative which simply did not exist at this time. He said the nation had not seen as direction-less a government at the Centre as the Congress-led UPA government. Under the circumstances, people were frustrated due to lack of a credible alternative. He said India could maintain its unity only by following policies of secularism, maintaining communal harmony and keeping its unity in diversity principle intact. Any effort to establish the hegemony of a particular religion would be disastrous for the
country. Yadav, who also heads the Sampooran Kranti Manch, said no changes could be brought about in society without major changes in the established political system. He underlined the need for inculcating a new political culture in the country.
— TNS
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New courses for young entrepreneurs
Sirsa, December 12 Kanta Singh, wife of the Ellenabad MLA Abhey Singh Chautala, inaugurated the cell at a function held in the college. The college principal, Dr Gurcharan Dass, said that the EDC would encourage students to consider self-employment as a career option. The cell would provide training in entrepreneurship development through modular courses and stress on management techniques, particularly in the non-corporate sectors. Pradeep Aggarwal, chairman-cum-MD Prime Gold Group of Industries, CB Singh Sheoran, Superintending Engineer, Irrigation, Hisar Circle, were among the guests present on the occasion. Kanta Singh said that the main role of EDC was to tap the potential of young technocrats and make them ready for entrepreneurial challenges. Dr Shamim Sharma, Managing Director, JCD Vidyapeeth, in her address said that the EDC would act as a catalyst to create entrepreneurial ventures and promote innovation and entrepreneurship among youth in the campus. A book ‘Applied Chemistry’ authored by Dr Gurcharan Dass was also released on this occasion.
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Plan to improve sanitation in Sirsa
Sirsa, December 12 The plan includes appointment of nearly 75 new safai karamcharis on contract basis and purchase of dumpers, tractor trolleys, dustbins and refuse compactors by the Sirsa Municipal Council. The authorities also plan to start night shift for safai karamcharis for improving the conditions. Sirsa Deputy Commissioner Sameer Pal Srow, who presided over a meeting of the officers on this
issue recently, said 30 to 35 tonnes of garbage was being shifted to the solid waste management plant set up in Bakrianwali village on a daily basis for treatment. The quantity of solid waste to be transported to the plant would be increased once the municipal authorities get more vehicles, he said. The Deputy Commissioner said cooperation of local residents was very important for the success of the
endeavours. He appealed to the residents not to throw polythene in severs of drains to avoid choking. He said the use of polythene was totally banned and the authorities were taking action, wherever complaints were received. So far, action had been taken against 125 persons, including shopkeepers, for use of polythene, he said. Meanwhile, to stop the use of polythene carry bags in the district, the DC has prepared a roster of officials to implement the ban on polythene under the Environment Protection Act-1986. As per the roster, the ADC,
SDMs, city Magistrate, District Development and Panchayat Officer, District Town Planner and several other officers of the district have been assigned the duties for enforcing the ban. Sirsa residents have been facing acute poor sanitary conditions for a long time forcing various social organisations to stage protests in the past. Representatives of 50 social organisations had met the president of the Nagrik Parishad in September and served an ultimatum to the authorities on five major demands of the residents. The residents had identified potholed roads, choked sewer, poor sanitation, stray animals and encroachment as five major problems of the town. Most of the old localities in the town have been in a state of neglect and filth lying on the streets is a common sight. Pigs, dogs and stray cattle find these conditions ideal for them, further adding to the woes of the residents. Though the conditions have improved a little since September, much needs to be done.
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Inadequate Capacity of Treatment Plants Manish Sirhindi Tribune News Service
Panipat, December 12 As per a report by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), the population of city contributes 90 million litres a day (MLD) of sewage, while the industries generate 35 MLD of discharge each day. However, the city has a partial sewer system with a treatment plant that can only process 45 ml of waste water each day. The report states that the available system is inadequate to treat the waste water generated from the city. Besides identifying 195 industries which have installed effluent treatment plants, the report states that rest of the industrial units put extra pressure on the water treatment plant. The common water treatment plant of 21 MLD, which had been commissioned in Sector 29, Part II, caters to limited number of dyeing units which have started functioning there, while the other units continues to operate from within the city limits. Meanwhile, the authorities have planned to install two new water treatment plants - one in Sector 29, Part II, and the other has been proposed by the Haryana Public Health Engineering Department which will be of 45 MLD capacity. The proposal to install these two treatment plants have been sent to the authorities concerned for their approval. The authorities are hopeful that once these two treatment plants are commissioned, the city will be able to save the Yamuna from constant pollution.
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IFFCO holds eye camp for farmers
Fatehabad, December 12 IFFCO has taken upon the task of removing blindness among the old and infirm farmers due to cataract in the Fatehabad area. As many as 180 persons have so far been operated on for cataract during these camps. Dr Vinod Sharma, an ophthalmologist from Fatehabad General Hospital, examined the people during the camps and those found needful of cataract surgeries were later operated for intra-ocular lens implantation in the local general hospital. Gillankhera said the entire cost of surgeries was borne by IFFCO, which also provided free medicines and glasses to the patients. Addressing villagers on the occasion, Gillankhera said often the elderly villagers allowed minor ailments of the eyes take serious shapes, which later caused trouble for the rest of their lives. “Through these camps, the villagers, who are not able to go to the town for routine check-up, can get their eyes examined,” he said. Later, speaking to mediapersons, Gillankhera said such camps provided him an opportunity to meet villagers and know their problems. Senior officials of the agriculture, health and various welfare departments accompanied the Chief Parliamentary Secretary to villages to explain to the villagers about various schemes started by the government. He said in many cases, elderly villagers remained without treatment of their eye ailments, as their children did not bother to take them to hospitals. He said many such elderly and infirm villagers had benefited from these camps in the past.
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Pensioners not getting payment on
time Bhanu P. Lohumi Tribune News Service
Karnal, December 12 Thousands of pensioners have not received pension for the past four months. About 8,000 complaints were filed in Karnal district alone. The government has decided to disburse pension through state agencies. Karnal Deputy Commissioner Neelam P Kasani said that pensioners have been getting regular pension for the past two months after the government started disbursing the payment. The representatives of various pension wards have complained that the payment of the pension for four months has been withheld by the bank. The Axis Bank had outsourced the pension distribution work to a private company through biometric system. Due to old age, the thumb impression and photograph did not match and the pension could not be disbursed in some cases, said a Bank official. “In most of the cases, the pension has been credited to the bank account and the cases left out would be settled soon,” he said. Out of 1.36 lakh pensioners in Karnal district, full payment has been made to 1.28 lakh pensioners and the remaining 8,000 case are being looked into, he said. The Axis Bank, entrusted with the task to ensure timely distribution of pension has reportedly received some complaints in this regard. Suspecting complicity of some employees in the irregular distribution of pension, the Bank has reportedly initiated a ‘secret probe’ to nail the people allegedly involved in the scam. A senior bank official confided that the complaints were pouring in about irregular and delayed payment of pension to the beneficiaries and in some cases the pensioners have not received the full amount. The complainants said that when they enquired about the incomplete payment, the Bank told them that they could not get the entire payment in one go. The Bank officials said that some of the complaints were filed because of lack of knowledge and information about distribution of pension under the new system.
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Contests organised to create awareness on
environment
Kurukshetra, December 12 Stating this
here, Naresh Bhardwaj, director, Green Earth, said a five-day exhibition was put
up at the Brahm Sarovar where banners related to environmental awareness were
also displayed. He said that among other activities competitions in poster
making and slogan writing and an environment quiz were organised. The
participants were awarded certificates and prizes were given away to the
winners.
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95 to get artificial limbs
Kurukshetra, December 12 As many as 95 physically challenged persons were registered for artificial limbs, 25 for crutches and 50 for tricycles. Subhash Chakwalia, chairman of the samiti, told mediapersons that a five-member team comprising Dr Naveen Juneja, Kishori Lal and three technical staff members, Ramesh Kumar, Harish Kumar and Sukhwinder Singh, all from Saket Orthopaedic Hospital, Panchkula, examined the physically challenged persons. Muneesh Bhatia, president of the samiti, said artificial limbs, crutches and tricycles would be delivered to the registered physically challenged persons in the first week of January 2012.
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Reflection of politics in Punjabi literature
discussed
Kurukshetra, December 12 He inaugurated a seminar on the reflection of politics in
Punjabi literature organised by the Department of Punjabi, Kurukshetra
University, in collaboration with the Haryana Punjabi Sahitya Academy. “The
teachings of Guru Nanak Dev and Guru Gobind Singh were not inert to
social and political issues. Both the gurus gave lessons in pluralism,
religious tolerance and human values to the masses,” he said. Dr
Jaspal Singh emphasised that any religion which survived on fanaticism
and superstition, empty rituals and fundamentalism cannot have a
fruitful relationship with the political class. Similarly, a political
system that is devoid of human values and democratic ideals is bound to
fail, he said. Lt Gen DDS Sandhu (retd), Vice Chancellor KU, said that
the Haryana government had given status of second language to Punjabi
which will go a long way in taking Punjabi literature, culture and
language to new heights in the coming years.
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Mishra brothers enthral youngsters
Panchkula, December 12 The young artistes established an instant rapport with students. They explained the concept, structure of pracheen raga ‘Shudh sarang’ through a composition ‘Ab mori baat piyarva’. They concluded the programme with a bhajan ‘Hey Govind rakho’. The principal honoured the maestros. Earlier, the two brothers had captivated the audience at a similar session at ‘Institute for the Blind’ in Sector 26. Vineet Vyas and Pandit Avinash Sharma accompanied them on the tabla and the harmonium, respectively.
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Diabetes awareness camp held
Karnal, December 12 It was organised by the representatives of the Arpana Research & Charities Trust. In India, currently over seven crore people suffer from diabetes which is also a leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, amputation, heart attack and stroke. Keeping in view that the figure was expected to rise, villagers were told to adopt balanced diet inclusive of fruits and vegetables, grain breads, dried beans, peas and stick to a daily 30-minute walk to avoid diabetes.
— TNS
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