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Coal shortage to hit thermal plants
4 children drowned in Bhiwani village
Inclusion of Jats as OBCs opposed
Narrow escape for students as hostel room catches
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Irate villagers stop Rohtak MP’s cavalcade
MC secy booked for hoisting Tricolour upside down
CPM flays dismissal of 500 workers
Two girls faint outside Fatehabad bank
Remove Kanda as MLA: INLD
Drought-hit farmers seek relief
MC secy booked for hoisting Tricolour upside down
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Coal shortage to hit thermal plants
Ambala, August 19 A special report prepared by the working group on power under the Ministry of Power says that “coal availability for upcoming thermal plants is going to be a major constraint to sustain power generation”. The report states that to operate the proposed capacity additions, the coal availability to the power sector must be increased by domestic coal companies to 688 million tonnes in the country. As per the CEA report, 31 thermal plants in the country, have less than 7 days’ coal stock, including the one at Jhajjar in Haryana. The state is already planning a 660-MW capacity addition to the super-critical thermal unit at Yamunanagar as an extension of two 300-MW units each. The state is depending upon the coal block at Mara-to-Mahan in Madhya Pradesh, which has estimated coal reserves of 956 million tonnes allocated jointly to HPGCL and the Delhi Government. The other project hit by the coal constrains is the Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project at Jhajjar, which has three 500-MW units each. This project was to get a coal linkage of 6.94 million tonnes per annum which was allocated from Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. However, the coal supply has not been forthcoming to run the units here. The state had a 750 MW share in this project. The 1320-MW Mahatma Gandhi Thermal Power Project in Jhajjar Case-II had a coal linkage of 5.21 million tonnes per annum from Central Coalfields Limited (CCL). But this project has met the same fate as the coal shortage has been preventing HPGCL from running the units to their full capacity. Here, the China Light and Power Company plans to add a 660-MW unit. The shortage of coal is to be met through imports. In order to bridge the demand-supply gap, the power utilities are expected to import around 159 million tonnes (MT) of coal. This quantity of imported coal would be in addition to 54 MT likely to be imported by thermal power stations designed on imported coal. Therefore, the total quantity of coal to be imported is about 213 MT.
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4 children drowned in Bhiwani village
Chandigarh/Bhiwani, August 19 The four entered the deep end of the pond and were drowned. They were rushed to a hospital but died on the way. Villagers said the administration had not put up any warning boards at the site. In all, five children had gone to swim but as they entered the water they got stuck in sand. The dead have been identified as Mohit, Sonu, Ravi and Harinder. Another boy, Ravi, was lucky to survive. Three of the victims belonged to Kharak Khurd village while Ravi had come to his uncle’s house from Salwan village in Kaithal. Though Ravi raised an alarm on seeing the other boys sink, they had drowned by the time villagers arrived . The villagers took the four to the Civil Hospital, Bhiwani, where doctors declared them brought dead.
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Inclusion of Jats as OBCs opposed
Karnal, August 19 Gramin Bharat president Ved Prakash Vidrohi today urged Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and other Jat leaders not to exert any pressure on the Haryana backward classes commission to include
the Jats in the backward classes list. “The way Jat Arakshan Samiti leaders are
threatening the Backward Classes Commission to include Jats in the OBC list is unconstitutional
and its is an attempt to take undue advantage of their numerical strength as well as political
power,” he said. Virodhi said it was intriguing that the Chief Minister was
giving assurances to the Jat leaders about the inclusion of their community in the OBC
list and working like the leader of a particular caste instead of representing
all the classes. The Chief Minister also met the Union Home Minister along with the leaders of different
states to include the Jats among the backward classes and he was trying to get OBC status for
Jats for which they are not eligible,” Virodhi claimed. |
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Narrow escape for students as hostel room catches
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Gurgaon, August 19 “The smoke spread to the other rooms where 14 students, including eight Korean students were sleeping. They were evacuated after breaking the windows of their rooms which were bolted from inside,” Bhardwaj said. Though the school has a well-equipped and hi-tech fire fighting system but nobody knew how to operate it. No one was injured in the incident. The students were in the age group of 12 to 14 years. The school authorities declined comment on the incident. |
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Irate villagers stop Rohtak MP’s cavalcade
Karnal, August 19 Hooda was on his way back from Tekri village. The villagers rued that over the past 30 years no politicians or senior officer had visited the village. The protest was to attract the attention of the government, they added. Zila Parisad member Sunil Pawar pacified the villagers and the MP called the officials to come to the spot and asked them to listen to their grievances and address them at the earliest. The villagers also rued that not even a single street t in the village had been paved and during rains water enters their houses. The village school building also needs repairs and there was no water or sewerage facility. Even the local MLA or MP did not visit the village, they rued. Deepender Hooda had come here to address rallies at Tekri, Badagaon, Gadi Birbal and Patheda villages. |
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MC secy booked for hoisting Tricolour upside down
Ladwa, August 19 Bahadur Singh of Baranda village near Kurukshetra raised objection over the incident but the administration has not taken any steps against the persons responsible. After three days of the incident, a case was registered under the Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act 71 at Ladwa police station against KL Batla. The chief guest at the programme was MLA Sher Singh Barshami. Though Batla was present at the function but when asked about the incident Batla said he was on leave that day and a Class IV employee Satpal had tied the flag. “The Class IV employee has submitted an affidavit in this regard saying he did not know how to tie the national flag,” Batla said. Former Municipal Corporation president Mandeep Singh Toor said the incident proves negligence on part of the person towards his work. He also demanded that Batla be arrested. “A case has been registered,” said Chote Lal, SHO Ladwa.
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Maruti plant to reopen tomorrow
Manesar, August 19 The participants, including MSIL MD-cum-CEO Shinzo Nakanishi, other top functionaries of the company, employees and local community leaders, paid tributes to late Awanish Kumar Dev, General Manager, who died during violence at the plant on July 18. The gathering also prayed for speedy recovery of 96 senior managers and supervisors injured in the violence. The Manesar plant, which had been lying closed for the past more than one month following the violence and arson, would reopen on August 21 The company has suffered revenue losses to the tune of Rs 2,000 crore as a result of the lockout at the plant.
CPM flays dismissal of 500 workers
Rohtak, August 19 A spokesperson of the party state secretariat said neither the government nor the company management could justify the action as it was not only workers but the management had also a significant role in chain of events that led to the unfortunate incident on July 18 at the Manesar plant of the company. He said a reign of terror had been let loose jointly by the management and the Haryana Police against workers and their family members since the incident.
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Two girls faint outside Fatehabad bank
Fatehabad, August 19 Two girls fainted in hot and humid conditions. “We had gone to the bank to collect our scholarship. However, the bank authorities refused to let us in and told us to stand in a queue outside the bank building to collect the money,” complained Santosh, Manju, Nirmala, Kiran, Sunita, Bateri, among others. The girls alleged that they had to wait for over four hours in the sun to collect their scholarship. The parents of some girls have sent a complaint in this regard to the banking ombudsman. HB Miglani, PNB branch manager, maintained that the girls were asked to wait outside owing to space constraints. Earlier, principals used to distribute scholarship among the beneficiaries. However, the government last year started transferring funds directly to the beneficiaries’ bank accounts to ensure transparency. Parents, however, said while government’s endeavours for transparency were welcome, arrangements should be made to avoid such incidents in future.
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Remove Kanda as MLA: INLD
Sirsa, August 19 The INLD secretary general Ajay Singh Chautala has also demanded that not only his membership of the legislative assembly be withdrawn, but a probe should also be ordered into his “ill gotten” wealth immediately. Talking to mediapersons here today, Chautala said his party would also
seek legal opinion to challenge Kanda’s membership in the court of law, because he had concealed some vital information while filing his nomination papers in the 2009 Assembly polls. |
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Drought-hit farmers seek relief
Jhajjar, August 19 “With the deficit of 80 per cent rainfall over the last two months across the state, future of farmers had come under threat as they have to bear a huge financial loss following damage to their entire crop due to the drought conditions.” The spokesperson said. The government should announce a compensation of Rs 30,000 per acre for the drought-hit farmers, he added. |
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MC secy booked for hoisting Tricolour upside down
Ladwa, August 19 Bahadur Singh of Baranda village near Kurukshetra raised objection over the incident but the administration has not taken any steps against the persons responsible. After three days of the incident, a case was registered under the Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act 71 at Ladwa police station against KL Batla. The chief guest at the programme was MLA Sher Singh Barshami. Though Batla was present at the function but when asked about the incident Batla said he was on leave that day and a Class IV employee Satpal had tied the flag. “The Class IV employee has submitted an affidavit in this regard saying he did not know how to tie the national flag,” Batla said. Former Municipal Corporation president Mandeep Singh Toor demanded that Batla be arrested.
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Four children drowned in a pond in a Bhiwani village today. The victims were aged between 10 and 12 years. Being a Sunday, many kids from Kharak Khurd village had gone for swimming.
