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Construction works stalled in Gurgaon
Finally, government wakes to celebrate Teachers’ Day
Cong’s panel meet not held for year
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politics over varsities
Illegal construction: Section 144 imposed around IAF station
Children Film Festival begins in Sirsa
Villagers lock power substation
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Construction works stalled in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, September 1 Around 81 major builders were sent notices today asking them to stop their construction works immediately and resume it only after they procure a confirmation from HUDA, Gurgaon, stating that they are no more extracting groundwater and will now be using recycled water from the STP or any other source approved by HUDA. The administration has also banned water supply from tankers at sites as the district has been declared a notified area by the Central Ground Water Authority. The decision came after a high-powered committee comprising Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary of the Town and Country Planning Department SS Dhillon, Deputy Commissioner PC Meena, HUDA Administrator Dr Praveen Kumar and other officials visited several posh construction sites on the Golf Course Extension Road. The district administration has constituted 25 teams for keeping vigil in their respective areas and to ensure that groundwater was not being used for construction purposes. “In compliance of the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the builders, who have obtained licence from the Town and Country Department, have been directed to make arrangements of recycled-treated sewage water for the construction purposes. From now on, HUDA will keep a record of treated water taken by each builder from its STP and whether it was sufficient to meet its needs,” said Dhillon. |
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Finally, government wakes to celebrate Teachers’ Day
Chandigarh, September 1 Against the backdrop of strict criteria for the selection of awardees for the State Award for Teachers-2011, a less number of teachers, not 90 as was the practice in the recent years, would be awarded during the official function here. Last year’s awardees would also get their awards at the function, sources said. Last year, around 40 teachers could make it to the final list but some of them reportedly did not meet the criteria revised by the department. Under the comprehensive “transparent” criteria, teachers are judged on different parameters, including academic efficiency, co-curricular achievements, good conduct, team spirit, engagement with the local community and utilising innovative teaching methods. They must score 70 per cent on these criteria to be eligible for the award which comprises a cash prize of Rs 21,000, a two-year extension in service and a citation. The Education Department had introduced strict criteria for the selection of teachers for the award last year. The teaching community welcomed the step because in the past there were allegations of nepotism and use of money power for getting the prestigious award. A couple of years ago, the awardees were selected on the basis of the names recommended by the DEOs on the basis of their results. However, a majority of the state awardees were later found to have “failed” in the test based on their subjects and classes they were teaching, thus forcing the government to introduce strict criteria for the selection of the awardees. Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal said the official function would be held on September 5 and the last year’s awardees would also be awarded at the same function. Senior officials in the Education Department, however, said the last year’s list of 40 names could also be pruned as the government would strictly adhere to the new criteria. |
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Cong’s panel meet not held for year
Chandigarh, September 1 While the party high command is continuing to drag its feet on the appointment of the state unit chief to replace and relieve the present incumbent, Phool Chand Mullana, not only does the state unit seem to have gone into “hibernation” but the meeting of the coordination committee, too, is in limbo. Over the year or so, the party has occasionally “woken up” and held a stray meeting of its workers, the kind that was recently organised in Kurukshetra, most of its “activity” since the Hisar Lok Sakha bypoll defeat in October last year has been limited to announcing “joinings” of workers and leaders of other parties. Congress leaders said a number of important issues and developments need to be taken up on priority and discussed threadbare at the coordination committee. “The idea is to also evaluate government working and deliberate on the recent schemes as also to discuss what more can be done for the Congress worker at the grassroots,” a senior leader said. Besides these issues, the recent “development” of Haryana Power Minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav’s cancelling Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s September 1 rally also has to be dealt with. Yadav had cancelled the rally to “protest” against the rejection of his demand for the upgradation of a regional centre into a university. Though there are indications that a party chief will be in place shortly within a fortnight or so, this is not the first time that the matter has gained pace only to fizzle out later. However, Congress general secretary BK Hariprasad, party in charge of Haryana, said, “A new state unit chief will be in place very soon. It will be taken up on priority immediately after the monsoon session of Parliament. An announcement is expected any day after that. Once a party chief is appointed, we will hold a meeting of the coordination committee shortly,” he said. Sources said names of Speaker Kuldeep Sharma and Rajya Sabha MP Ram Prakash were being “pushed” for consideration by the CM’s camp while former Union Minister os State and Gurgaon MP Rao Indrajit Singh has also staked his claim for the post. co-ordination panel
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politics over varsities
Gurgaon/Rewari, September 1 The move is apparently aimed at putting Hooda’s bitter critic and south Haryana’s political stalwart, Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh, in a tricky situation. The veteran Congress leader, who has been tacitly backing Haryana Power Minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav’s campaign for a university at Rewari, cannot oppose one at Gurgaon, his home constituency. Nor he can push for another university at Rewari, as the demand will obviously weaken with the announcement of a new university in neighbouring Gurgaon. Thus, Capt Yadav, who has been demanding to upgrade Maharshi Dayanand University’s Indira Gandhi PG Regional Centre at Meerpur (Rewari) into a full-fledged university, will have to fight for it all alone. The state’s top leadership can defend the decision by stating that the proposed university at Gurgaon will cater to the south-Haryana districts of Rewari, Mewat, Jhajjar and Faridabad as well. Moreover, the Indian National Defence University is also in the process of being set up at Binola village in Gurgaon district. The proposal for another university at Gurgaon is part of the draft development plan for Gurgaon-Manesar Urban Complex-2031 that was approved by the state-level committee of Town and Country Planning at a recent meeting chaired by the Chief Minister. Capt Yadav even called off a rally scheduled to be held at Rewari to express his resentment against the Chief Minister’s dismissal of having a university at Rewari. He had apprised the party’s central leadership of the matter and was expected to launch a concerted campaign against Hooda with the support of Rao Inderjit. However, this deft political move of the CM’s camp has punctured their hopes of garnering mass support over the issue. Meanwhile, cashing in on the opportunity, INLD commander Om Prakash Chautala held a rally at Rewari today, wherein he accused Hooda of promoting regionalism in the state by going in for selective development. He pointed out that Rohtak and Sonepat were being developed as educational hubs, the other parts of the state, including the south Haryana region, were being ignored. Chautala even announced that on coming to power, the INLD would establish a university named after Rao Tularam at Rewari. He also criticised the local Congress leaders for not having a well-defined stance over the issues of regional concern. According to political pundits, announcing the proposed university for Gurgaon at a time when the demand for one at Rewari was gaining ground clearly smacks of political motives, especially in view of the fact that the process to set up a defence university in the same district is already under way. Capt Yadav has also alleged that the Gurgaon university had been announced even before the acquisition of land for the purpose while the proposal to upgrade the already functional PG regional centre at Rewari into a university was not being cleared despite longstanding demand of the local residents. |
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NIT students’ agitation enters 5th day
Kurukshetra, September 1 Students have been on strike after the death of Tejasvi Arora, who drowned in the Bhakra canal recently. Students alleged that the NIT administration was not willing to talk to them as they think that our demand was baseless. “Our sessional exams are round the corner and we have decided to boycott them. The chief warden warned first year students last evening to not support us. But inspite of his warning they have come to support us today,” said many students. “The administration has started to ask our parents to take us away as we were posing a loss in teaching days. The administration also said the police could lathi-charge the students sitting on strike,” said students. The Officiating Director, Prof VK Arora, said
that Deans, Chief Warden, Registrar and some faculty members met 22 students’ representatives in the institute’s guest house. |
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Illegal construction: Section 144 imposed around IAF station
Faridabad, September 1 Following a meeting with senior officers of the administration and the Municipal Corporation Faridabad (MCF) yesterday, DC Balraj Singh issued the order to prevent further construction activities around the Air Force Station. The DC directed the MCF and the police to ensure that no new construction works were undertaken in the area. Area of 100-metre radius around the station was declared the prohibited zone. A notification by the Union Government under Indian Works Defence Act had prohibited any construction in the area. The defence installation was set up here in the 1960s. Earlier, the prohibited zone encompassed 900-metre radius around the Air Force Station which was reduced to 100-metre in 2011. |
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Children Film Festival begins in Sirsa
Sirsa, September 1 The film festival is being under the aegis of the Children Film Society of India (CFSI), said Deputy Commissioner
J Ganesan. During this film festival, children films like the Goal, Pahle Aap, Udan Chhu, Yeh Hai Chhakar Bakkar Bombay Bo, Chhota Sipahi and Jawab Ayega will be screened, the Deputy Commissioner said. The authorities have purchased 50 copies of the films from the CFSI, a national government body committed to nurturing a dynamic children's film culture in the country. The films will be shown in 200 schools of the district, where schoolchildren from other neighbouring schools will also watch these movies, the Deputy Commissioner said. |
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Villagers lock power substation
Sonepat, September 1 A large number of villagers today reached at the substation to register their grievances. The villagers alleged that some officials at the substation misbehaved with them. Irritated over the misbehaviour, the villagers locked the substation and sat on a dharna. However, the lock was opened and the blockade was lifted after SDO Bhim Singh Mathur, Bijli Vitran Nigam, assured that they would get proper power supply as per schedule and some of the staff members at the substation would be transferred. |
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