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Rain hits wheat procurement in Sirsa, Fatehabad
Surjewala for relief of
Rs 5,000 per acre
CM seeks 3 IRBs, one mahila battalion
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Ajay Chautala takes Chief Minister to task
Row over recruitment process of linemen
Rs 2,932-cr boost for 23 towns in NCR
Residents of 52 Sirsa villages stage dharna
Judicial remand of Chauhan extended
Vita milk to cost Rs 1 more from April 21
Market fee to be charged up to June
Mediapersons’ dharna
Five DHBVN employees put under suspension
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Rain hits wheat procurement in Sirsa, Fatehabad
Sirsa, April 17 The agencies purchased 12,815 metric tonne (MT) of wheat in various grain markets of Sirsa on the first day of procurement yesterday. In Fatehabad, 7,387 MT of wheat was procured from various grain markets and purchase centres of the district. However, before the agencies could lift their crop from the markets, rain dampened the heaps of wheat in the grain markets. “Our heaps of wheat lying in the open have been severely dampened and it will take at least two days to dry up,” said Saudagar Singh, a farmer in the Sirsa grain market. Ram Singh, the District Food and Supplies Controller, Sirsa, said the procurement agencies could not purchase the crop that did not comply with the norms for moisture content. The inclement weather had not only hit procurement in the grain markets, but it has also delayed harvesting, where it is still pending. J Ganeshan, Deputy Commissioner, Sirsa, appealed to farmers to bring their crop after drying it properly so that it complied with the moisture norms of the procurement agencies. He assured the farmers that they would not have to face any harassment in the grain markets if their crop complied with the moisture norms. “The agencies purchased wheat with moisture content up 12 per cent and any lot containing more than this has to be rejected,” said Rajbir Singh, District Food and Supplies Controller, Fatehabad. If the weather plays spoilsport in the coming days, the procurement process will be hit further resulting in consi derable inconvenience besides financial losses to farmers. |
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Surjewala for relief of
Rs 5,000 per acre
Chandigarh, April 17 Addressing a press conference, Surjewala said the squall accompanied by rain and a persistent drizzle over the last week had not only led to an increase in the moisture level of the standing wheat crop but also damaged it. He demanded that the Prime Minister and the Agriculture Minister should intervene and announce compensation for the squall-hit crop. |
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CM seeks 3 IRBs, one mahila battalion
Chandigarh, April 17 Speaking at the conference of Chief Ministers on internal security in Delhi , Hooda said the apprehension that the NCTC would undermine the federal structure was wrong. He was of the view that the intention was not to bypass the states or to ignore them, but to strike at the terrorists before they could inflict any harm . “Any suspicion in this regard can be addressed by way of well-defined standard operating procedures,” he said. Hooda said the NCTC would work as an integrating organisation, responsible for collecting and analysing intelligence from states and launching effective offensive against terrorists. “Terrorists do not respect any territorial boundaries. But we continue to limit our effectiveness due to certain mistaken notions.” He said terrorism could shatter prosperity and inclusive growth. It was, therefore, necessary that all states should lend support to the creation of a powerful instrument to deal with terrorism. The unprecedented growth of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Bahadurgarh, Sonepat and other towns in the NCR had placed tremendous responsibility on the state police . The strategic importance of the state had made Haryana vulnerable to disruptive attempts by subversive elements. Therefore, it was necessary that Haryana should be placed in category ”A” with 100 per cent Central grant-in-aid under the modernisation of police forces scheme. Hooda demanded three India Reserve Battalions and one mahila battalion to strengthen the law and order machinery in the NCR districts. |
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Ajay Chautala takes Chief Minister to task
Hisar, April 17 However, the seven-year Hooda rule had seen even the existing infrastructure crumbling everywhere, Chautala claimed. Roads were in a bad condition. There was an acute shortage of power and water. Law and order had broken down completely. Corruption had touched an all-time high and the state was ruled by an unbridled bureaucracy, the INLD leader said . No wonder that the people of Haryana were feeling cheated and hapless under these circumstances. He said with ruling party leaders being overshadowed by bureaucrats, the common man had nowhere to go to seek solace. Chautala said Hooda had promised voters of the Hisar Lok Sabha seat during the bypoll a few months ago that he would unleash a revolutionary plan to develop Hisar. However, not a brick had been laid in the district after the bypoll and the Chief Minister refused to meet people who wanted an explanation from him, Chautala claimed. He said Hisar would get its equitable share of development funds when the INLD came to power in Haryana. |
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Backs INSO agitation over MDU affairs
Rohtak, April 17 INLD Secretary-General Ajay Singh Chautala, who took part in a dharna outside the office of the MDU Vice-Chancellor here today, demanded a probe into the affairs of the varsity by a judge of the Supreme Court. Earlier, Chautala and hundreds of party activists sat in dharna for about an hour outside the VC’s office. A memorandum was later submitted to the Deputy Commissioner, demanding a high-level judicial probe into the complaints of corruption in the university. Chautala also sought an independent probe into the suicide by five girl students of Bhagat Phool Singh University in Sonepat. |
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Row over recruitment process of linemen
Rohtak, April 17 The union, which staged demonstrations recently, has asked the state government to withdraw the condition of cut-off percentage imposed after inviting applications. “The authorities, in violation of all norms, have notified that only those candidates (general) who have secured at least 73 per cent marks in ITI diploma are eligible to appear in the interview for selection, though earlier it was advertised that all candidates who were matriculates and had an ITI diploma in the relevant subject would have to appear in the written test and the candidates who clear the exam would be called for an interview,” said a spokesperson of the AHPCWU, who claimed that any change in the rules for selection at a later stage would be against natural justice and constitute violation of norms. “This step appeared to have been taken by certain officials who perhaps wanted to cut down the number of applicants,” he said, adding that it would result in making a large number of applicants especially those from rural areas and those who had already been working as ALMs with the department on contract basis ineligible as a majority of the candidates do not fulfil the norm. It is reported that as many as 40,000 candidates had applied against about 1,000 posts of ALM advertised in April last year by the Staff Selection Commission of the state. The total number of posts advertised were, however, revised to 4,131 later. “But owing to a change in the selection process, as many as 30,000 candidates will become ineligible for such posts as now the authorities have announced that only those candidates who had secured not less than 65 per cent marks (SC category), 72 per cent (Backward Classes) and 73 per cent (general), will now be called for interview, thus leaving a majority of the candidates ineligible, he said. Demanding at least 50 per cent reservation for the candidates already working with the department, the union has asked the government to withdraw the cut-off list order immediately or face an agitation. |
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Rs 2,932-cr boost for 23 towns in NCR
Chandigarh, April 17 The loan had been sanctioned for 64 projects aimed at the development of civic amenities and other infrastructure in 23 towns falling in the NCR, a senior official told The Tribune here today. The projects would be water augmentation schemes, sewerage facilities and sanitation work in the districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Mewat, Rewari, Palwal, Rohtak , Sonepat, Panipat and Jhajjar. Sources said Rohtak, Samalkha, Rewari, Bahadurgarh, Beri, Bawal, Meham, Kosli, Ganaur, Sonepat, Kharkhoda, Gohana, Pataudi-Haily Mandi, Punhana, Nuh, Hathin, Hodal, Faridabad, Farrukhnagar, Sohna, Gurgaon, Sampla and Panipat would be the towns to be covered under the new projects of the board. During the 32nd meeting of the NCR Planning
Board held in New Delhi last month, NCRPB Chairman-cum-Minister of Urban Development Kamal Nath agreed to the
Haryana Government’s proposal to consider 10 projects for providing grant to the tune of 15% of the total project cost as the loan amount. Infrastructural development issues
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Man tries to hang 3 minor daughters in Jhajjar village
Jhajjar, April 17 One of the girls, Jiya (4), succumbed to her injuries while the other two — Payal (7) and Varsha (3) — have been battling for life at the PGIMS, Rohtak. A domestic feud between Mukesh and his wife, Suman, is believed to have led to the incident. The police arrested Mukesh from the village on the charge of killing his daughter. Suman was not present when the incident took place. Reports said Mukesh, a carpenter, had a scuffle with his wife, Suman, over a domestic issue on Monday morning. Thereafter, Suman went to her parental house at Karira village leaving behind her three daughters. In the evening, Mukesh attempted to hang his three daughters after tying them together with a rope from the neck. After failing to do so, he started thrashing the three with a bamboo stick, said Devender Dangi, PRO of the Jhajjar police. Hearing the girls’ cries, Om Prakash, Mukesh’s father , rushed to the spot and took the injured girls to the Jhajjar civil hospital . All three were later referred to the PGIMS, Rohtak. Jiya later succumbed to her injuries during treatment in the PGIMS while the condition of Payal and Varsha was stated to be critical. |
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Residents of 52 Sirsa villages stage dharna
Sirsa, April 17 The agitators, coming from 53 villages of Chopta block, submitted a memorandum addressed to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to the naib tehsildar. “Our Nathusari Chopta block came into being in 1988 and still villagers have to go to Sirsa or Ellenabad for their day-to-day official work,” alleged Sube Singh Chaharwala, president of “Nai Subeh”. He said the organisers had collected resolutions from the elected representatives from these villages and they would send these to the government. The “Nai Subeh” demanded the status of a sub-tehsil to Chopta, a 50-bedded hospital, a bus stand, a degree college, fire brigade, a sub-treasury office and the extension of some existing canals and water channels for better irrigation facilities for villagers. |
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Judicial remand of Chauhan extended
Panchkula, April 17 Special public prosecutor RK Handa said that the next date of hearing was May 1. Both Kamal Chauhan and Aseemanand were produced in the court today. Handa said the NIA court has also directed the investigating agency to produce documents relating to the production warrant in the court within a week. Defence counsel for another accused, Lokesh Sharma, had filed an application demanding details of his client’s production warrant. Counsel said the NIA had sought 15 days to file details of the production warrant. Lokesh was earlier lodged in the Ambala jail from where he was sent to a Maharashtra jail in the Malegaon blast case. |
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Vita milk to cost Rs 1 more from April 21
Chandigarh, April 17 While full cream milk will now cost Rs 36
per litre, standard milk will cost Rs 32 per litre. Toned and double-toned milk will cost Rs 29 and
Rs 26 per litre, respectively, a senior official said here today. While Vita enjoys monopoly in milk
supply in Haryana, it is a marginal player in neighbouring states like New Delhi and Himachal and Chandigarh (UT). |
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Market fee to be charged up to June
Chandigarh, April 17 An official spokesman said a decision to approve the proposal had been taken in view of the request made by the Haryana Cotton Ginners Association to continue the reduced rate of the market fee and the HRDF up to June 30, 2012. Earlier, the government had reduced these rates from 2 per cent to 0.8 per cent on an ad-valorem basis up to March 31, 2012, on the request of the Ginners Association. |
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Mediapersons’ dharna
Kaithal, April 17 Hospital pertaining to an attack on a local mediaperson on April 12 here. The mediapersons, demanding an inquiry and suspension of Dr Sandeep Saini, submitted a memorandum of their demands to A Mona Sreeniwas, DC. The DC assured the mediapersons of a time-bound inquiry in the case, following which the mediapersons called off the
dharna. — OC |
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Five DHBVN employees put under suspension
Hisar, April 17 They were: Surender Singh and Karam Chand (both JEs), Ram Niwas (driver), Bhupender Singh (clerk) and Shamsher(assistant lineman). On March 1, a group of employees had detained SDO Ravinder Ghanghas in his office for over three hours in protest against changes in duties of a few employees. The agitating employees created a ruckus and the SDO was got freed by the police. The suspension orders were served on these employees last evening. |
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