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Rain deficit and power pangs A parched field in Boh village of Ambala district. Tribune photo: Dev Dutt Sharma
Death of Infant Due to doctor’s Negligence
Hisar MC to regularise 58 colonies
Runaway couple sent to ‘safe home’
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PMT counselling on Aug 13, 14
Villagers attack police post
The Maandhothi police post after the attack on Thursday. Photo by the writer
Volvo bus rams into Ambedkar Chowk
15 dists face drought if rain plays truant
Opium seized
3-yr-old girl raped
Lifer alleges torture by jail staff
Youth held for murder
Embezzlement Apna Ghar Case
Arson pre-planned: Maruti mgmt HOA chief alleges bias against star sportspersons Gorakhpur N-plant
Landowners may be made stakeholders
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Paddy cultivators worried as fields dry up
Manish Sirhindi/TNS
Ambala/Yamunanagar,
July 19 More than 45 per cent of farmers in Ambala and Yamunanagar districts had delayed sowing of the paddy due to uncertainty shown by the monsoon, but those who had gone ahead with the process are now relying solely on the gods of rain. Huge chunks of land in the two districts can easily be spotted where paddy crop stands sans water on parched land, a situation it cannot sustain. The state is facing a rain deficit of more than 70 per cent. After a few initial showers, the rains have completely eluded the region. While, power scarcity has also been cause of worry for the cultivators. Having been let down by the monsoon and irregular power supply, Om Prakash Singh, a farmer of Sambhalka village in Ambala district, said failed monsoon had created serious problems for farmers who were unable to irrigate their fields due to interrupted power supply. “There are frequent interruptions and irrigating the fields using tubewells has almost become impossible,” he lamented. Using diesel generation to operate tubewells is also out of question in Ambala district as the water level has gone down and generators cannot operator heavy motors, Subhash Chauhan, another farmer of the Sambhalka village said. Aware of these problems, the state government has recently announced to make available the seeds of urad dal and maize to farmers free of cost to make up for the losses that they might suffer due to unfavorable conditions. But marginal returns from these crops are keeping farmers away from this offer. Ravinder Singh, one of the farmers of Palewala village in Yamunanagar district, said the urad crop could fetch a farmer only around Rs 15,000, while paddy fetches around Rs 35,000. Moreover, just in case the rains return, as was being claimed by the Metrological Department, the urad crop could be completely ruined and thus farmers were reluctant to go with this crop. He said the government should work to provide uninterrupted power to farmers of the state so that crop was not destroyed.
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Death of Infant Due to doctor’s Negligence Bhanu P Lohumi Tribune News Service
Karnal, July 19 The mob created ruckus on the hospital’s premises and raised slogans against the doctor and hospital staff. The parents and relatives of the deceased child were so furious that they even tried to manhandle the doctor and had not the police intervened, the situation could have taken an ugly turn. Krishan Gaba of Mugal Mohalla at Subhash Gate was blessed with a girl child after nine years on July 12 but it was a premature delivery and the child was admitted to Mahabir Dal Hospital. The doctor relieved the child yesterday maintaining that she was fine but on reaching home the child died. The infant’s mother, Kavita, said the doctor who discharged the girl, was responsible for the death of her infant as he did not tell anything about her deteriorating condition and demanded action against him. The family members have lodged a complaint against the doctor and the police is investigating the case. Commotion was caused in the hospital yesterday when a five-month-old foetus was recovered from a bucker in the backyard of a labour room yesterday. The foetus was spotted by a sweeper while cleaning the backyard, who immediately informed the hospital authorities and police was called. The foetus was sent to PGIMS, Rohtak, for a post-mortem examintaion. The incident caused panic among the hospital staff who claimed that no delivery had taken place in the hospital during the past two days. Head of the hospital Kailash Gupta said he suspected the possibility of throwing the foetus in the hospital complex by some unknown person to defame the hospital. There was great rush of devotees in the temple adjoining the hospital due to beginning of month of “Shrawan” yesterday and any person could have played the mischief, he apprehended. The police has registered a case and the hospital staff are being questioned.
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Hisar MC to regularise 58 colonies
Hisar, July 19 Most of these colonies are located around the Kaimri Road and Azad Nagar areas which were recently included in the municipal limits. These colonies were carved out of agricultural land by private realtors. All of these lack basic infrastructure like water supply, electricity supply, roads and sewerage. Corporation sources said once the proposal was accepted, all owners of houses located in these colonies would have to get their building plans approved by the corporation. They would have to pay development charges after which the corporation would provide the entire infrastructure. They said if any of the buildings was found to be violating the prescribed norms, the owners would have to make suitable changes. These are thickly populated colonies. The rates of land in these colonies are now likely to rise sharply after regularisation.
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Runaway couple sent to ‘safe home’
Karnal, July 19 A traffic constable Anil Kumar saw the relatives beating the couple and dragging them into the vehicle and freed the boy and also the girl who was already pushed into the car. A large number of people also gathered on the spot. Sensing trouble, the relatives left the place and the police sent the couple to a “safe home”. Ankus of Radaur and Sujata of Raitgarh who were having an affair got married today and were going to the mini-secretariat for seeking police protection along with two friends. The relatives of Ankush and Sujata, who were aware of their movement pounced on them near the mini-secretariat, beat them up and tried to push them into a vehicle but their attempt was foiled by the police. |
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PMT counselling on Aug 13, 14
Rohtak, July 19 officials of Pt BD Sharma Health University said while the first counselling will be held on August 13 and 14, the second one would be held on August 18. The written test for admission to about 60 per cent seats in private medical colleges was held on July 15. The candidates have been asked to bring all original documents. Instructions have been issued to check the identity of all candidates with their photographs and thumb impression marks.
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Villagers attack police post
Bahadurgarh, July 19 The protesters said they had gone to the power substation to lodge a complaint about unscheduled power cuts but its employees, who were drunk, misbehaved with them instead of hearing their grievances. A group of youths and women armed with bamboos reached the Maandhothi police post and damaged its property. Patram Singh, SP, Jhajjar, rushed to spot and succeeded in persuading the enraged villagers to lift the blockade.
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Volvo bus rams into Ambedkar Chowk
Karnal, July 19 The Volvo bus of Haryana Roadways was on its way from Gurgaon to Chandigarh when the driver lost control and the bus hit Ambedkar Chowk. The bus was also badly damaged while four persons sustained minor injuries. The passengers were accommodated in other Chandigarh-bound buses. The police has registered a case of negligent and rash driving against the driver.
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15 dists face drought if rain plays truant
Hisar, July 19
Karnal and Kurukshetra record an average of 130 mm of rain during the monsoon. However, this year these districts have had 22 and 10 mm of rainfall, respectively, so far. Hisar and Sirsa, which record the lowest annual average rain, have so far had 10 mm and 7.9 mm of rainfall, respectively. HAU scientists are preparing a contingency plan to advise farmers on what steps they needed to take if there is no rain in the next few days. Experts of HAU’s Agro-Met Department said under the present conditions, they were hoping that the monsoon would become active over Haryana by July 22. Meanwhile, the Directorate of Research of the university has advised farmers to undertake agricultural activities as per likely weather conditions in the state. As per data received from the Meteorological Department, the weather is likely to be changeable till July 21 and it is likely to be cloudy with prospect of light rain at some places. The farmers should sow the HG-563 and 365 varieties of guar and HHB-67 improved, HHB-216 and HHB-226 varieties of certified bajra if there is sufficient rain. After rain farmers should undertake hoeing in the narma cotton to conserve moisture. The farmers may also face the scourge of 'tela' in the cotton crop due to moisture in the air and recommended pesticides should be sprayed to control this disease. The farmers should plant paddy where sufficient canal water or tubewell water is available. Farmers could plant early maturing variety of paddy or basmati paddy.
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Opium seized
Sirsa, July 19 A police party arrested him from the Dabwali road of the town during a routine patrolling. The police got suspicious as the accused tried to slip away after noticing a police vehicle. |
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3-yr-old girl raped
Sirsa, July 19 The man identified as Roop Singh, a labourer from Rajasthan, lives near the victim’s house. The girl’s father lodged a complaint after the crying girl pointed towards Roop Singh after the family came to know about the rape. The police said the accused had been arrested after the girl’s medical examination. |
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Lifer alleges torture by jail staff
Hisar, July 19 Raju, alias Suraj Bhan, was produced in a court yesterday where he showed his back which had burn marks. He alleged that he was hit with a hot iron rod. He also alleged that they had paid Rs 25,000 to
the officials to prepare hooch and Rs 15,000 for keeping a mobile phone. However, jail superintendent Surinder Godara has denied these allegations and said the inquiry would reveal the truth. Meanwhile deputy superintendent Surinder Dalal has been shifted to
Karnal in view of the complaints of irregularities inside the jail. |
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Youth held for murder
Faridabad, July 19 Hemant (25) murdered the girl because she was pestering him to marry her. Hemant is a native of Uttar Pradesh. The victim (22), a native of Bihar, eloped with the accused five months ago and was staying with him in Ballabhgarh. — TNS |
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3 officials booked
Sushil Manav/TNS
Sirsa, July 19 Deputy Commissioner J Ganesan, who ordered an inquiry into the entire HR-24N series of the vehicle register, today suspended the three officials, Pawan, Vipin and Vinod. “We have booked the three for criminal breach of trust and cheating” said the police. Sources in the secretariat said the DC ordered an inquiry into the HR-24N register some time back after some bogus receipt purported to have been issued by e-disha, Sirsa centre, were found. Ganesan asked City Magistrate Satish Kumar to conduct an inquiry, who, after completion of the probe found the three officials guilty of misappropriation of government funds.
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Apna Ghar Case Chandigarh, July 19 The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain also directed the CBI to handle the case with "care and caution" and to "protect the privacy of inmates" as most of them were children among the harassed lot. The directions came during the resumed hearing of public interest litigation filed by advocate Utsav Bains. He was demanding a CBI probe into the case. The Bench also directed the Haryana Women and Child Development Department to provide the requisite medical aid, treatment and rehabilitation to the shelter home inmates. The directions came more than a month after the Haryana government announced its decision to hand over the probe to the CBI. The CBI finally took over the case on July 13 and registered a formal FIR at Chandigarh. As the case came up for resumed hearing this morning, the state handed over four sealed envelopes to the CBI counsel, including two status reports prepared by the special investigation team. The other envelope included the medical reports of 101 inmates examined at the Rohtak PGIMS. On the request of the CBI counsel, the Bench also directed the High Court Registrar to hand over to the CBI the medical reports of eight shelter home inmates medically examined by doctors at the Chandigarh PGI. The high court on the previous date of hearing on July 11 had set a week’s deadline for the Union Home Ministry to decide on the Haryana government's recommendations for a CBI probe into the case. The development is significant as a four-member advocates’ committee, appointed earlier by the high court, had expressed apprehension that evidence may be destroyed, if the CBI did not take over the probe. The committee said Apna Ghar head Jaswanti Devi was well-connected; and this could be established from the video-recording of her daughter’s marriage in January. But, the SIT did not even obtain the CD or marriage photographs to establish her contacts in political and police circles.
CBI fails to get police remand of 3 accused Panchkula, July 19 The CBI produced accused Satish Kumar, Jai Bhagwan and Bhim Singh Ranga before the Panchkula court today. Along with the remand application, the CBI today produced the case diaries as well. The CBI counsel sought three-day police remand of the accused but failed to produce any judgement supporting its demand . Thereafter, the court deferred the hearing for tomorrow and sent the accused to one-day judicial custody.
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Gurgaon, July 19
“By any account, this is not an industrial relations problem in the nature of management-worker differences over issues of wages or working conditions. Rather, it is an orchestrated act of mob violence at a time when operations had been normal over the past many months,” the company said. The management maintained that it was deeply disturbed by the mob violence and arson at its Manesar plant last evening, in which several executives, managers and supervisors were brutally attacked and injured. “We are still assessing the total damage to property and facilities. The office facilities have been burnt beyond repair,” said the company. It stated that both MSIL plants on the Manesar campus were closed on Thursday and the company’s decision on resuming operations in these facilities would be announced shortly. Explaining the sequence of events, the company said the workers’ union was demanding the reinstatement of a worker who had been suspended for beating up a supervisor. While negotiations were on, the first act of violence by the mob was to forcibly shut the main gate and prevent managers from leaving the premises after the working hours. “Thereafter, armed with iron rods and door beams of cars, the mob spread out in groups in the factory area and targeted supervisors, managers and executives. They also ransacked offices, broke glass panes and wantonly damaged property. Finally, they set the offices on fire,” it maintained. On the other hand, the workers have asserted that the fight broke out after a supervisor made objectionable casteist remarks against a worker belonging to a Scheduled Caste. Maruti Suzuki Workers’ Union (MSWU) general secretary Sarabjeet Singh claimed that when workers protested the supervisor’s remarks, management officials misbehaved with them and suspended the worker in question. A section of workers at the Manesar plant alleged that they were thrashed by bouncers sent by the management. Another union of Maruti workers, the Maruti Udyog Kamgar Union, has demanded a CBI probe into the entire episode. Meanwhile, the CII, Assocham, Gurgaon Industrial Association and the NCR Chamber of Commerce and Industry have condemned the violent incidents at the Maruti plant, saying that such incidents would be detrimental to the industrial as well as economic interests of the entire region. Deceased official is GM (HR) The Maruti official killed in Wednesday’s violent clashes has been identified as Awanish Kumar Dev (50), General Manager (HR) at the Manesar Plant. He was allegedly burnt to death by the mob. An MBA, he had joined Maruti in June, 2010. He is survived by his wife, Suparna, and a 16-year-old son,
Abhyudit.
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HOA chief alleges bias against star sportspersons Chandigarh, July 19 Addressing a press conference here today, Badshami, who was elected president of the Indian Olympic Association(IOA)-recognised faction in Gurgaon recently, alleged “step-motherly” treatment to certain sportspersons regarding cash awards and jobs by the Haryana Government. Prominent among those, who were either denied cash awards or given jobs not commensurate with their achievements, included Dinesh Kumar, Jai Bhagwan, Seema Antil, Manoj Kumar and Kavita, alleged Badshami. Alleging irregularities in the spending of lakhs of rupees on the setting up and maintenance of the sports stadia in the state, Badhami asserted that the INLD would raise issues such as “step-motherly” treatment to sportspersons in the forthcoming monsoon session of the Vidhan
Sabha. Those who got raw deal Prominent among those, who were either denied cash awards or given jobs not commensurate with their achievements included Dinesh Kumar, Jai Bhagwan, Seema Antil, Manoj Kumar and Kavita, alleged
Badshami.
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Gorakhpur N-plant Fatehabad, July 19 The authorities distributed payments to 55 farmers today, but 43 of these are from Badopal where Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has acquired nearly 185 acres of land for developing a residential colony for its employees. While the authorities waited eagerly for farmers at the mini-secretariat with their accounts readied, a large number of villagers, whose land has been acquired for the nuclear power project, sat on a dharna on the Kajalheri Head on the outskirts of Gorakhpur village. “We have started this dharna from today to shoo away officials coming for a survey or possession of our land,” said Hans Raj Siwach, president of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti.
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Landowners may be made stakeholders Chandigarh, July 19 Sources said the provision to offer land in lieu of compensation, as is practised in many other states, has essentially been introduced to address the perception that the government generally buys land at “throwaway prices” from farmers and makes pots of money while offering the same to investors. While the state claims to offer one of the best land deals to farmers by offering rates in consonance with land location, the new clause is aimed at nipping criticism of the opposition that the farmers are being “looted”. Within the Congress, too, the demand for making the landowner a partner had been raised on many occaisions. Sources said under this clause, the government would offer 1,000 to 1200 sq yards per acre of land acquired to the owner instead of compensation in cash. While the agreement will be entered into at the very beginning, the acquired land will be developed before he is offered land. According to the modification worked out, the landowner will have to put his land to use for industry if it falls in the industrial zone or use it for residential purposes if the said land is acquired for that purpose. Also, he will be free to dispose of his piece of land in case he chooses not to keep it. Sources said that this will wipe out the perception that the land is acquired at throwaway prices and the owners are paid way less than the real value of the land.
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Ambala/Yamunanagar,
July 19 
Infuriated over registration of criminal cases against some villagers for manhandling power corporation employees and damaging property of power substation at Noonamajra village here, a large number of residents, including women, of Maandhothi village not only blocked the Beri-Bahadurgarh road outside the village for over two hours but also damaged property of the police post. The police has rounded up some villagers.
The district-wise percentage of deficiency is: Hisar - 88, Bhiwani - 83, Faridabad - 62, Fatehabad - 80, Jhajjar - 80, Jind - 96, Kaithal - 91, Karnal - 83, Kurukshetra - 92, Mahendragarh - 83, Mewat - 80, Panipat - 80, Rewari - 65, Rohtak - 77 and Sirsa - 80.
