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Won't part with land this time, says mahapanchayat
Members of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti that organised the Mahapanchayat at Rewasa, Mahendergarh,
on Sunday. Tribune photo: Manoj Dhaka
Worker trouble brewing in Eastern Medikit
Class VII boy ‘catches’ two teachers
in compromising position
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Land acquisition politics: Bouquets for state, brickbats for local Cong leaders
Two teachers get jail for beating principal
Memorial for Udham Singh at Fatehabad
Haryana Agriculture Minister Paramvir Singh garlands a portrait of Udham Singh
at Tohana on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Trinamool MP backs agitating Gorakhpur farmers
A woman ties rakhi on AITMC leader KD Singh’s wrist at the dharna site of farmers at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad on Sunday. A Tribune photograph
Farmers put off their plan to end dharna
KD Singh flays Cong
Plantation drive in Jhajjar from Aug 1
Project to cut maternal mortality rate
Gyneacologists at a meeting at PGIMS, Rohtak. A Tribune photograph
ASHA to help govt cut mortality rate
Body of missing youth found in canal
KU allows all students to do PG in English, Hindi
Capt Yadav in committee to placate farmers
Rs 2 lakh looted from petrol station
Panel for minorities soon
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Won't part with land this time, says mahapanchayat
Mahendergarh, July 29 Thousands of people from 84 villages of the Mahendergarh area attended the mahapanchayat which
was chaired by former Rewasa sarpanch Gyanender Singh Yadav. The village leaders also demanded a high-level probe into the land scam by a local Congress leader, who, they alleged, wanted to grab the land and was behind the acquisition ‘drama’. The mahapanchayat decided that the 78 acre land of these villages which is proposed to be acquired for setting up a new grain market, would not be given to the government at any cost. It maintained the villagers would continue their struggle and stage demonstration in Delhi against the unjust move of the state government if the need arises. The state government had issued notices under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act to the local villagers for acquiring more than 78 acres of their land for setting up of a grain market. However, the village leaders asserted that a grain market was already there in Mahendergarh and there was no need for a new grain market. They alleged the acquisition notices had been issued at the behest of a Congress leader of the area who is also a sitting member of the state legislature. The villagers pointed out that nearly 24 acres of land had earlier been sold by them in distress after the same politician mounted pressure on them and threatened that he would get the land acquired. However, after having bought the land, the said leader's group developed an unauthorised colony on it, the villagers alleged. "He is now eyeing 78 acres of land and persons close to him have even offered Rs 65 lakh per acre for the same land," the villagers said adding that they had now put their foot down and would not part with their land at any cost. They have also demanded a high-level probe against the said politician. The mahapanchayat also supported the demand of the residents of Jant and Pali villages in the district regarding reservation in seats and preference in jobs for the people of these villages at the Central University of Haryana being set up on their land. |
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Worker trouble brewing in Eastern Medikit
Gurgaon, July 29 “Eastern Medikit Ltd has left the offices of all its departments open, but no work is being done, and the workers are sitting idle,” said Sanjay Malik, president of the labour union at the plant. “Power supply was cut on May 10. We continued to work as usual till May 18, using diesel gensets. Then, the management put a notice saying that the plant has shut,” Malik alleged. The company has been in operation in Gurgaon since 1988. The state Labour Department said the company had alleged workers had been on an “illegal” strike. The workers, however, claimed they had been reporting for work everyday. Raising an alarm that this situation “may precipitate into a big industrial unrest” in the already charged industrial atmosphere of the Gurgaon industrial belt, the Hind Mazdoor Sabha has written a letter to Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on this issue. “There have been instances of such neglect, ignorance, reluctance and rigidity in the past, too, and, in some cases, have resulted in serious labour problem,” HMS secretary A D Nagpal said in the letter. Eastern Medikit has around 2,000 workers and they have not been paid salaries for May and June, the letter said. Officials in the Haryana labour department said this might be a case of illegal lockout. The owner, in his representation to the department, claimed the workers have been on an illegal strike. |
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Class VII boy ‘catches’ two teachers
in compromising position
Gurgaon, July 29 According to the complaint made to the Kherki Daula police and Child Welfare Department, the child was beaten up by a teacher, Ashok, of Khandsa Government School. The victim’s maternal uncle, Rajesh, alleged that though it had been a week since the incident, the police had not taken any action against the erring teacher, who has now stopped coming to school. “The child had gone to the toilet where he saw his teacher in a compromising position with a woman teacher. Shocked, the boy ran back to his classroom. It was around noon and the class was full of students. The teacher came to the class and called the student. He punched him on the face and rained blows. He even smashed his head against the wall, leaving him bleeding,” alleged Rajesh. The victim narrated the incident to his family at home. “I took him to the doctor for a medical examination. The next day, along with other family members, I went to the school to report the matter but no one listened to us. We were asked to leave,” said Rajesh. The victim’s family approached the Kherki Daula police station. They want strict action against the teacher and departmental action against the principal as well. Meanwhile, the school authorities rubbished the claim, saying that the boy was scolded for bad behaviour and the matter had been settled with family on July 24. “They are making up stories to hog the limelight. It’s a shameful attempt to demean a teacher for maintaining discipline,” said a senior teacher.
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Land acquisition politics: Bouquets for state, brickbats for local Cong leaders
Rewari, July 29 The villagers’ protest against the move to acquire their fertile land was first allowed to spread and intensify and later addressed as a matter of utmost concern. This raises doubts over
the intentions of the authorities concerned. The indifferent attitude of the state leadership prompted the protesting farmers to adopt an aggressive recourse. The protesters were annoyed with the government functionaries not paying any heed to their repeated ultimatums. The powers at the helm of state affairs woke up from their slumber only after the protest turned violent. Several vehicles and a police post were torched, a portion of NH-8 dug up and dozens of protesters and police personnel injured following a clash which involved lathi-charge and firing. Apart from ordering an inquiry into the episode, the state government also formed a committee to settle the issue. However, the constitution of the committee has raised eyebrows, with prominent regional leader of the ruling Congress party Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh being left out and senior Cabinet minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav being put on the committee after several days of its formation. The committee head Randeep Surjewala’s statement that the Rewari farmers may become beneficiaries under the land-pooling scheme (LPS) comes as Political observers point out that had the state government made this announcement a few days earlier, it could have prevented the violent protests in which many people were injured and property worth lakhs damaged. “But then, it would not have brought the desired credit to the state leadership. Apart from this, they are also trying to turn the local people against their own leaders by giving an impression that they have no say in the functioning of the government,” they maintain. Sources close to the Congress stalwarts of the south Haryana region concede that they are caught in a tricky situation. “They cannot criticise their own party state regime owing to pressure from the party central leadership; and they can’t keep mum as it would erode their mass base and harm electoral prospects in the long run,” they lament. Nonetheless, the state leadership does seem to have scored some points in the game of political one-upmanship, howsoever slimy the game may be. |
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Two teachers get jail for beating principal
Karnal, July 29 The accused Satnam Singh and Mahabir Singh taught on an ad hoc basis at the school. They reportedly picked up a fight with the principal, Vinod Prakash Sharma, when he asked them to execute their duty. Sharma had filed a complaint to the higher authorities on seven counts against the accused, levelling charges of disobedience of orders, not taking their classes, indiscipline, latecoming, fiddling with official records and also taking official records in their possession illegally. It was on April 19, 1997 that the principal was allegedly hurled abuses by one of the accused and later beaten up by the duo during the lunch break. The injured principal was spotted by the staff who took him to Primary Health Centre, Gharonda for treatment. A case was registered against the two under various sections of the IPC for voluntarily causing hurt, assault to deter a public servant from discharging his duty and criminal intimidation.
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Memorial for Udham Singh at Fatehabad
Fatehabad, July 29 The function was organised by Rooh, a social organisation of the town. “Martyrs do not belong to any caste or community, but they are the common heritage for all the Indians,” the minister said. He said the determination and enthusiasm exhibited by martyr Udham Singh for his country was a lesson for the younger generation. He exhorted the locals to come forward and constitute a committee for setting up the memorial for the martyr and assured all possible help from the government for the project. Dheeraj Gaba, president of the organisation, threw light on the life and martyrdom of Udham Singh. |
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Trinamool MP backs agitating Gorakhpur farmers
Fatehabad, July 29 The AITMC MP, who went to the village to meet farmers sitting on dharna near Kajalheri Head, also announced a job each in any of his business establishments for a member each of the families of the three farmers. The villagers responded to his gesture instantly, as a woman from them rose and tied a rakhi on Singh’s wrist. “Our leader Mamata Banarjee’s slogan is Ma, Mati aur Manush (mother, land and people). But, here in Gorakhpur, people’s highly fertile land is being taken away against their will,” said KD Singh, while addressing farmers. He assured the farmers that his party would not allow the Gorakhpur Atomic Power Plant to come up at any cost. He said that by scrapping acquisition of land in Singur in West Bengal, Mamata Banarjee has shown the world that her party’s stand for common people and there could be no compromise on that issue. Singh said his party was also against the project due to the ill-effects on human health associated with it. “When developed countries all over the world are shutting their atomic power projects and looking for other modes of power generation, the Haryana government is bent upon putting people’s health at peril by setting up this plant,” the MP alleged. Later, speaking to mediapersons at Fatehabad, KD Singh said that his party would raise the issue of Gorakhpur in Parliament with full force. Sunderpal Singh, a former media adviser of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who joined the AITMC recently, said the relief amount announced by Singh would reach families of the farmers by tomorrow.
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Farmers put off their plan to end dharna
Fatehabad, July 29 The former Army Chief, former Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral
Ramdas, former bureaucrat from Haryana MG Devasahayam, Prof Achin Vanaik, professor of International Relations and Global Politics in the Political Science Department of the University of Delhi, will be visiting the farmers’ dharna on Monday to support their cause. However, KD Singh, northern region in charge of the All-India Trinamool Congress, visited them today. The farmers, who have been sitting on the dharna since July 18, wanted to change the composition of the dharna to dilute its intensity, if not end it completely from today. The Ilaqa Bachao Samiti of the farmers of Gorakhpur and neighbouring villages held a meeting on the venue yesterday, where the participants mooted the idea of diluting the strength of the
dharna, where hundreds of men and women have been sitting for the past more than 10 days. “After these visits are over, we will assign duties of two persons from each village to sit on the dharna from morning to evening, so that all do not have to waste their time and energy,” said Hans Raj
Siwach, president, Kisan Sangharsh Samiti. |
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KD Singh flays Cong
Sonepat, July 29 He said land acquisition against farmers’ will was a cruel joke, adding that this exercise was done to favour people with vested interests. |
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Plantation drive in Jhajjar from Aug 1
Jhajjar, July 29 A spokesperson of the district authority said the yatra would be launched from the Jahan Aara Stadium here on August 1 and would conclude on August 20. “We have set a target of sowing one lakh plants of various sorts on the campuses of educational institutes, government offices and various other places in the district” he said, adding that the yatra would also play a vital role in motivating the people about preservation of environment. Administrative officials, sarpanches, panches and members of village panchayats and employees of various government departments had been assigned the duties regarding the yatra, he added. Besides plantation, various sorts of competitions like painting, declamation, quiz and debate based on environment would be organised at school and college level during the yatra in order to motive students to protect the environment. “To spread the message of keeping the environment healthy by maintaining greenery, an environment awareness rally will also be organised at Jhajjar, Beri and Bahadurgarh towns. Participation of prominent people of the region and senior administrative officials will also be ensured to attract the people from various walks of life,” the spokesperson added. |
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Project to cut maternal mortality rate
Rohtak, July 29 The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak, is one of the few medical centres across the country where a pilot project scheme has been launched to study the problem and contain it. This was revealed at a meeting held on maternal mortality here yesterday. Dr Shakuntala Chhabra, chief guest on the occasion, stressed on the need of a comprehensive programme to reduce the maternal mortality rate. However, some doctors claimed that the maternal mortality rate had come down in the state. “The maternal mortality rate in Haryana is around 153 per 1,000 cases against the national rate of 212,’’ said Dr Pushpa Dahiya, senior professor of gynaecology, PGIMS. Dr Dahiya said repeated pregnancies and anaemia were causing haemorrhage in a majority of cases reported here. She said under the pilot-project scheme, ‘near miss’ cases (where the life of a patient was saved at the time of delivery) would be studied and the report on this would be submitted in a few months. As many as 25 to 30 ‘near miss’ cases were reported at the four units of the Genecology Department here in the past six months. Around five to seven cases of maternal mortality also occur here every month, it was revealed. Dr Dahiya stressed on regular training of doctors and staff at primary health centres and community health centres. |
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ASHA to help govt cut mortality rate
Chandigarh, July 29 While stating this today, Rao Narender Singh, Health Minister, said ASHA would be incentivised for counselling newly married couples to delay the birth of their first child for two years after marriage and couples with one child to have a spacing of three years after the birth of the first child. Under the scheme of the Health Department, ASHA workers would be paid Rs 500 for ensuring spacing of two years after marriage, Rs 500 for ensuring spacing of three years after the birth of first child and Rs 1,000 in case the couple opts for a permanent method after two children only. He said it had been observed that the uptake of various methods, especially spacing, remains poor in the state. Various reviews and field visits revealed that in spite of trained personnel available in the field, clients do not avail of spacing methods due to the absence of proper counselling and information regarding the benefit, myths or misconceptions. He said ASHA would also counsel eligible couples who had up to two children to opt for permanent limiting methods. He said ASHA would prepare and update lists of newly married couples, couples with one child or pregnant with the first child, couples with two children or pregnant with the second child and get it certified by auxiliary nurse midwife or medical officer.
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Body of missing youth found in canal
Karnal, July 29 The couple who resided in Pal Nagar had gone to Kalyani Ashram and reportedly returned the same night on a bicycle taking a short route that runs across the canal. However, they did not reach home that night.
Isam Singh, brother-in law of deceased Ramesh Kumar, called up someone at the ashram the next day to know about their whereabouts. The family members lodged a report at the Sadar police station. While searching across the canal, Isam Singh found the sleepers and dupatta of his sister Manoj Kumari in the shrubs. Following this, services of local divers were requisitioned who recovered Ramesh’s body while his wife is still missing. |
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KU allows all students to do PG in English, Hindi
Kurukshetra, July 29 “We have introduced the new system of doing post graduation. Earlier, students from another streams wishing to do master’s degree in English or
Hindi were not permitted to take admission as it was compulsory to have English or Hindi as subjects during graduation. But now after students’ demand, we have introduced this programme for pursuing post graduation,” said Rajnish Sharma, Director, Distance Education. “Moreover, 20 per cent internal assessments in each subject would be given by the teachers to students in distance course as per their annual assignment report. For the first time, French course is also being introduced in distance learning. Being an A-Grade university, it was necessary for us to fulfil students’ demand. We have also introduced hostel facility for girls studying through distance education,” Sharma said. |
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Capt Yadav in committee to placate farmers
Chandigarh, July 29 Sources said the decision was taken to include Yadav in the committee on his request to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The committee under the chairmanship of Public Works and Industries Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala includes Health Minister Rao Narender also. There was simmering discontentment among the two leaders of Rewari, Yadav and former minister Rao Indrajit Singh, over their non-inclusion since they felt that further land acquisition for any more projects in south Haryana was not needed. |
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Rs 2 lakh looted from petrol station
Rewari, July 29 The reports said one of the miscreants was wearing a mask when they snatched the cash from Vishnu Dutt Sharma, the cashier. SP Abhishek Garg and DSP Dhanpati Devi visited the spot. The police has registered a case of
robbery against unidentified persons. — OC |
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Panel for minorities soon
Faridabad, July 29 The minorities constitute about 10 per cent of the population in
Haryana. The state government has already decided to constitute a human rights commission. |
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The residents of Rewasa and Majra villages in the district today organised a mahapanchayat to deliberate over the issue land acquisition and chalk out the future course of action.
A memorial for martyr Udham Singh will soon be set up at Tohana in
Fatehabad. This was stated by Agriculture Minister Paramvir Singh while addressing a function organised to mark the death anniversary of the martyr at Tohana today.
The function was organised by Rooh, a social organisation of the town.
The All-India Trinamool Congress (AITC) northern region in charge and Rajya Sabha MP, KD Singh, today made an attempt to strike an emotional chord with Gorakhpur farmers by announcing a cash relief of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of three farmers who died during the agitation against the acquisition of land for the upcoming nuclear power plant in the village.
As many as 153 women out of 1,000 cases die at the time of childbirth in the state. The major causes for this high mortality rate are the poor health of the mother along with lack of awareness and unavailability of expertise and facilities to treat such cases in time.
