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Martyr of Rezang La War
Campaign to educate people on driving in fog
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FDI in retail will improve quality of foodgrain: MLA
Acquisition-hit farmers organise mahapanchayat
Engineering college signs MoU with UK university
Prof Martyn Kendrick from De Montfort University and Chairman of the management committee of NC College of Engineering, DV Gupta, present the signed copies of the MoU on the college campus. Photo: BS Malik
Provide LPG cylinders to religious places at ‘subsidised rate’
Corporate world ‘must not exploit natural resources’
Let children ‘participate’ in cultural programmes
Dr JR Siwach lights the ceremonial lamp to inaugurate the annual function of Baba Deep Singh Public School while Dr Virender Siwach, Sharanjit Kaur and Dr Anuradha Siwach look on. A Tribune photograph
Govt to buy dual desks for schools: Bhukkal
Road mishaps kill hundreds, authorities unmoved Deepender’s speech on FDI a hit on Facebook Expansion of education top priority, says Rohtak MP
Police to keep tab on crime-prone Jhajjar villages
Vaish Samaj alleges neglect by successive govts
A heart ‘yearning’ for peace
Eye camp on World Disability Day
1,800 attend medical camp
Special children pour imagination on canvas
A girl with hearing and speech disabilities draws a painting in Sirsa. A Tribune photograph
BJP expresses concern over rise in crime
Railway workshop to get modern furnace
Afghanistan farmers visit Sirsa villages
Ambedkar remembered
Minderjit is new Bar council chief
Awareness drives on AIDS
600 take part in chrysanthemum show Visitors admire chrysanthemum on display at DAV College for Girls,
Yamunanagar. A Tribune photograph Villagers to get subsidised
solar power pack system Mullana scientist awarded Policemen rewarded for honesty
Director, IMCMT
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Woman installs husband’s statue in his native village Nawal Kishore Rastogi
Rewari, December 10 The battle was fought between the Charlie Company of the 13th Kumaon Regiment and Chinese army at the Rezang La post at a height of 16,420 ft in the Chushul Sector of Ladakh on November 18, 1962. In the battle, the country lost its 114 soldiers, including company commander Major Shaitan Singh. Out of the 114 martyrs, 111 were Ahirs and 62 were from Haryana. The statue was unveiled by Rao Yaduvender Singh, Congress MLA from Kosli, on December 6. Paying homage to the martyr, Rao said they were now enjoying the priceless gifts of freedom for which their heroes had made supreme sacrifices. Simultaneously complimenting Yadav’s family members for installing the martyr’s statue at his native Juddi village, the legislator hoped that it would continue to infuse valuable patriotic sentiments among posterity for years to come. Besides the Rewari zila parishad chief, Suresh Yadav, the Nahar block samiti chairman, Shyam Yadav, its vice-chairman Vijay Azad, Col Ranbir Singh Yadav (retd), patron, Naresh Chauhan, general secretary of the Rezang La Shauriya Samiti, Major Balwant Singh (retd) and many of the village elders, too, participated in the samaroh.
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Campaign to educate people on driving in fog
Under the campaign, the police officials will not only organise various programmes in their concerned area to make people aware about driving in foggy conditions but also ask them to fix radium tapes and reflectors on their vehicles besides using fog lights to avert road accidents. A communiqué in this regard has recently been shot off to all police chiefs of the four districts- Rohtak, Jhajjar, Sonepat and Panipat- which fall under the jurisdiction of Rohtak Range by the office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Rohtak. According to the communiqué, the police chiefs have been directed to hold special programmes for truck and bus drivers besides others to make them aware about preventive measures to be taken while driving in foggy conditions. The police chiefs have also been asked to dispatch a comprehensive report about the campaign to the IGP office so as to review the situation accordingly. “There is an urgent need to provide vital tips regarding safe driving in the foggy season as most of the road mishaps occur due to over speeding besides negligence by drivers in adopting precautionary measures to cope with foggy conditions,” said Alok Mittal, IGP of Rohtak Range, while talking to The Tribune. He maintained that most
of the accidents could be averted with the drivers compliance with traffic rules and regulations. During the fog, the drivers should not drive their vehicles at a high speed and must keep parking indicators on if they park their vehicles alongside the road for some purpose so that other drivers may also see the vehicle from a distance. “Drivers of trucks and tractor-trolleys used to park their vehicles along the roadside, particularly outside the dhabas. Most of these tractor-trailers and trucks do not even have proper reflectors, leading to road accidents,” said Mittal, adding that the police chiefs had been directed to challan the vehicles found parked on the road. The IGP maintained that social and voluntary organisations would also be roped in to coordinate with the traffic police for carrying out the drive successfully.
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FDI in retail will improve quality of foodgrain: MLA
Fatehabad, December 10 Sampat Singh said FDI in multi-brand retail in the country would create about two million new direct jobs in agro-processing, sorting, marketing, logistic management and the front-end and back-end retail business. Indirect employment generated on the supply chain to feed this retail business would add millions of jobs, he said. The policy has been prepared after two years of extensive consultations with all the states and stakeholders like farmers’ unions, consumers and retailers associations, he said. The policy envisages bringing down post-harvest losses to farmers in terms of wastage in quality and quantity of produce in general, and of fruits and vegetables in particular. Post-harvest losses of farm produce, especially of fruits, vegetables and other perishables, have been estimated to be over Rs 1 trillion per annum, 57 per cent of which is due to avoidable wastage and the rest due to avoidable costs of storage and commissions and aims to create better rural infrastructure like cold storages. He said small retailer would not only coexist with the big business, but also grow. He said at least 50 per cent of the total FDI brought in should be invested in “back-end infrastructure”, including investment made towards processing, manufacturing, distribution, design improvement, quality control, packaging, logistics, storage, ware-house, agriculture market produce infrastructure. The multi brand retail FDI is 100 per cent already in communist countries like China and Russia. As a result, in China the number of small outlets increased from 1.9 million to over 2.5 million. Employment in the retail and wholesale sectors increased from 28 million people to 54 million people from 1992 to 2001, he added.
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Acquisition-hit farmers organise mahapanchayat
Rewari, December 10 Numerous farmers from
Asalwas, Patuhera, Kheda Murar, Banipur, Mangleshwar, Deeodhayee, Garhi, Bolni,
Bagthala, Kasaula, Kasauli, Bakhapur, Lodhana, Peethanwas, Bawal, Ibrahimpur, Jhanjhanwas ,
Peevra, Kalaka, Mandhiya and Konsiwas villages, all the 21 land acquisition-hit villages of the district, attended it.
BAVSS chief Ram Kishan Mahlawat, comrade Rajender Singh, Gur Dayal Nambardar, Ajay Yadav and its other members also took active part in the proceedings. The Sangharsh Samiti expressed dissatisfaction at the lackadaisical approach of the state government in implementing the land acquisition suspension-related assurances, which were given by the Chief Minister on July 25. Addressing the
mahapanchayat, Tikait said when the land belonged to the farmers, it could not be acquired by the government against their wishes. He also said when farmers throughout the country were on the warpath against such acquisition of their land, it was ripe time for the government to enact their proposed land acquisition bill. Besides, Yudhvir Singh, a doyen of
BKU, Satyavan, state secretary of SUCI, Hans Raj Rana, Dr Surat Singh, advocate of the supreme court, and others opposed the ‘forceful’ acquisition of fertile land of farmers while addressing the
mahapanchayats. On the invitation of the Samiti Laxman Singh Yadav, district BJP chief, kisan leaders of the BJP-Randhir Singh
Kapriwas, Samast Bharatiya Party state secretary Deepak Gupta, Jai Karan from Bahadurgarh and others also participated.
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Engineering college signs MoU with UK university
Sonepat, December 10 Prof Martyn Kendrick from De Montfort University and Chairman of the college management committee, DV Gupta, signed the MoU. The Executive Director of the college, Dr BR Marwah, said under the MoU, different activities would be facilitated in the field of technology, management and computer applications like student development, exchange of students and teachers, workshops, seminars, staff development programmes, research and development, projects, placements etc. De Montfort University has got a credible ranking among the top 25 universities worldwide. Under this MoU, academically brilliant students can avail themselves of a scholarship of 1,000 Pounds and the college students could go to the De Montfort University for studies. The facility of pre-session English subject and free in-session English language will be given to all students going from Israna college. Besides, the facility of international scholarship will also be provided to the students. The MoU was considered as a golden day in the history of the college by the teachers and the students of the college. The occasion was marked by a colourful cultural programme presented by college students. Besides the college management members, Vijay Gupta, ML Gupta, Bhushan Gupta and RC Gupta, and Brian Andrew from De Montfort University, others who were present on the occasion included Dr MMS Sodhi, Dr Narula, Dr LR Raheja, Dr Ghosh, Dr Srivastava, Dr HS Khatak, Col Dal Singh, Ramnath Aggarwal, AN Mehreja, Dr Atul Verma, Dr Arminder Kaur, Sukhvir Singh, Dinesh Verma, Rohit Anand, Govind Saini, Nitin Sharma, Harish Saini, Deepika, Prerna and Rajesh Malik.
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Provide LPG cylinders to religious places at ‘subsidised rate’
Ambala, December 10 He said he had written a letter to the Prime Minister in this regard and urged him to intervene into the matter. He said, “Around one lakh devotees take ‘langar’ at Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar everyday and the gurdwara management will now have to spend around Rs 1 crore more per annum to meet the price hike of gas cylinder”. He said almost all the gurdwara in the country had to face a similar difficulty. Referring to the recent Sirsa incident, he said the activities of the Dera “disrupted” communal harmony. He said one should not be allowed to criticise other’s religion. He said the Haryana government should take such incidents in a serious way and deal with strong hands. He urged Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to grant NoC for the proposed Meeri Perri Medical College at Shahabad where a hospital was already running. When asked about the SGPC stand over FDI, he said he would support the stand of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on this issue. Replying to a question on allowing Sehajdhari to take part in the SGPC elections, he said he did not want to comment over it as the matter was pending in the Supreme Court. However, the management of Sikh religious places should remain exclusive with the Sikh community, he added. SGPC members Harpal Singh Pali, Amrik Singh Janetpur and senior leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal Sant Singh Kandhari, Sukhdev Singh Gobindgarh and Randhir Singh Fauji were present on the occasion.
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Corporate world ‘must not exploit natural resources’
Sonepat, December 10 This was stated by Radha
Bhatt, the chairperson of the Sarv Seva Sangh and the Gandhi Shanti Pratishthan, New Delhi, while inaugurating a seven-day National Service Scheme
(NSS) camp at the Institute of Higher Learning in Bhagat Phool Singh Women University, Khanpur
Kalan, recently. She said the government was not sensitive towards the indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources, which was gradually leading to destruction. “Human life survives on natural resources and there is a need to launch a nationwide campaign at the ground level to protect them,” she
added. Amarnath, former chairman of the sangh, Suresh Rathi, state president of Sai Yuva
Shakti, Ashok Bharat and Vivekanand Mathane also shared their views with the volunteers of six NSS units participating in the camp. The NSS programme officers, Shushma Joshi, Dr Kokila
Malik, Dr Murti Malik and others gave details of the programmes during the camp. The programmes would include creating awareness among villagers about cleanliness, environmental pollution, right to education, eradication of social evils and preservation of natural resources.
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Let children ‘participate’ in cultural programmes
Fatehabad, December 10 Dr Virender Siwach, patron, and Sharanjit Kaur, chairperson of the school, were also present. The programme began with ‘Saraswati Vandana’. Students presented a myriad of cultural items like dances, songs, skits and mono acting. Speaking on the occasion, Siwach said if education helped in mental development of children, it was participation in cultural activities that ensured their all-round development. He urged parents to encourage their children to participate in cultural programmes. Sharanjit Kaur said the Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Educational Society was running a nursing college, a college of education and a school where the management was making endeavours to provide the best quality education. Dr Sushil Indora, a former MP, Dr Ravi Kant Dawra, Dr Dinesh Sanjooja, Dr Pawan Mehta, Dr Anuradha Siwach and Dr Satish Bansal were also present on the occasion. Dr Siwach and other guests gave away prizes to the students. Meenakshi Sharma, principal of the school gave mementos to the guests.
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Govt to buy dual desks for schools: Bhukkal
Jhajjar, December 10 Haryana Education Minister, Geeta
Bhukkal, disclosed this while interacting with mediapersons after listening to public grievances at her residence recently. She said these dual desks would soon
be supplied to the government schools as an order for their purchase had already been placed. She said better facilities were being made in the government schools
available under the Chief Minister School Beautification Incentive Awards Scheme. Bhukkal said teachers would also be provided with better infrastructure. “A plan has been prepared to provide computer education to the children through service providers,” she said, adding that the Right to Education (RTE) Act was being implemented effectively in the state and efforts were being made so that no child remains deprived of education. The minister said with a view to ensure that the students get books at the very beginning of the session, books would now be distributed class wise to them. She also issued directions to the District Education Officers (DEO), District Elementary Education Officers (DEEO) and
other concerned officers to regularly monitor functioning of schools in their jurisdiction. Bhukkal said, “While monitoring, the education officers should take into consideration the educational level of the school and in case they find any irregularity they should fix it at the earliest,” adding that many development programmes had
been implemented in the state to make the state an educational hub.
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Road mishaps kill hundreds, authorities unmoved
Gurgaon, December 10 Due to an ever-increasing number and speed of vehicles trampling the killer city roads, especially the Delhi-Gurgaon stretch of the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway No 8, mere venturing out of one’s house has become a risky affair. According to a recent report, more than 300 persons have lost their lives in road mishaps in Gurgaon during the first nine months of the current calendar year. Statistics reveal that the pedestrians, followed by motorcyclists, happen to be the prime victims of road accidents. Thanks to the utter lack of even the basic infrastructure required for the pedestrians, many people lose their lives on being knocked down by speeding vehicles while crossing roads. Figures show that more than 100 pedestrians have been killed on Gurgaon roads this year. Over-speeding, overtaking from wrong side and drunken driving also contribute to fatal accidents in a big way. While heavy vehicles have been found involved in a majority of accident cases, cars were the next major category of vehicles involved in mishaps. Hero Honda Chowk, Rajiv Chowk, Kherki Daula toll-plaza, Manesar bus stand and Bilaspur Chowk were found to be the major hot-spots of road accidents. Utter lack of pedestrian-friendly infrastructure like foot-overbridges, underpasses and flyovers lead to numerous accidents day after day for years, but neither the tragic deaths of mishap victims nor the plight of their families as well as incapacitated survivors have been able to elicit concrete action from policymakers and planners. As far as the local authorities are concerned, they either try to “hide behind the figures or pass the buck on to the other departments”. They either point out that there has been a decline in the cases of fatal mishaps or maintain that they have done their job by writing to the authorities concerned of some other department. The police authorities often blame lack of personnel, but seldom have the guts to question the “system of sparing a number of policemen for VIP duties”. Likewise, health service-providers also seem to be more interested in getting “convenient and lucrative postings rather than selflessly serving their ailing brethren” as per the Hippocratic Oath. The red tape involved in sanctioning of projects and tardy pace of their execution seals the fate of the lesser mortals treading the city roads.
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Deepender’s speech on FDI a hit on Facebook The Congress MP has posted his speech that won him accolades from none other than UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who kept tapping the desk with a smile throughout the speech, on the Facebook. By Saturday afternoon, over 9,500 people had liked the post, over 865 shared it and nearly 1,017 persons had posted their comments on the post by Monday morning. Over 1.68 lakh people like Deepender Singh Hooda's page on the Facebook. Deepender being a son of the Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, many of his comments border on sycophancy. However, many other posts are thought-provoking and these posts have triggered a parallel debate on the issue of FDI on the Facebook. For instance, Amarjeet Rathore, after writing, “Now, Ranbir Kapoor must be confused as to who is the real Rockstar,” asks some questions from the BJP. He asks, “How FDI in other sectors is good but in retail it is bad?” “How Wal-Mart is good in Gujarat, Punjab and MP, but bad in other states?” “It is feudal mentality of the opposition leaders who drive out in Toyota, text from I Phones and Blackberrys, sip Costa Coffee, munch KCF chicken and then tell people that foreign companies will loot India,” Rathore wrote on the Facebook. Balwinder Chadha said, “When computers came to India, there was similar opposition to it. Now, computers are giving us millions of jobs.” If there were hundreds who showered praises on Hooda Junior’s speech by describing it as outstanding, and excellent; there were some others, who were not so kind towards him in their comments. Anuj Kumar Chauhan said, “He talks like a kid……kidding.” Nimit K Patel said, “Jo neta aloo aur lauki mein farak na samajhe voh Congress ka neta Sh Hooda ji (Mr Hooda is a Congress leader, who does not know the difference between potatoes and bottle gourds).” Patel was referring to Deepender’s reference to 24 inches-sized potatoes grown in Haryana in a lighter vein and BJP leader Sushma Swaraj’s advice to him to differentiate between potato and bottle guard said in an equal humorous manner. Deepender’s speech in Parliament has won him ovation from leaders and public alike. Both UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the Leader of the Opposition, Sushma Swaraj, whom Deepender was responding to in his speech, were seen smiling during the speech, which was serious in content but loaded with subtle wit and humour. “What I liked the most in Deepender’s speech is the fact that after a long time, I found a political leader from Haryana speaking with the maturity of a seasoned politician, who believed in democratic debate ,” said an avid political observer from
Haryana.
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Expansion of education top priority, says Rohtak MP Sonepat, December 10 “The classes will start from the next academic session after laying the foundation stone of these colleges this month,” he added. Deepender was addressing the annual day function of Gurukul Senior Secondary School, Matindu. He said expansion of education facilities had been one of the top agendas of the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government during the past eight years. “If the youths are technically and professionally trained, there cannot be any dearth of employment for them,” he said. He said with the opening of three universities,
three national institutes and Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonepat had been emerging as a hub of education. Sonepat MP Jitender Singh Malik recalled the role played by the gurukul in spreading education in the rural areas after its inception at Matindi, Bhainswal Kalan and Kanya Gurukul at Khanpur Kalan during the pre-Independence days. He announced a grant of Rs 10 lakh for the school. Asha Hooda, vice-president, Council for Child Welfare, and wife of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda; Chief Parliamentary Secretary Jaiveer Singh and chairman
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Police to keep tab on crime-prone Jhajjar villages
Jhajjar, December 10 Directions to this effect were issued by the IGP while holding a meeting of Jhajjar police officials during his surprise visit to Bahadurgarh town, located on the Delhi and Haryana border, recently. Mittal said efforts should also be made to motivate people to provide vital information about youths of criminal frame of mind so that the police could take prompt action and avert any untoward incident. “There are a dozen villages in Jhajjar district where a significant number of lives have so far been claimed either by old enmity or by gang-war. Hence the need of the hour is to keep a close surveillance on these villages and its residents against whom crime cases are registered,” he said. Mittal added that the Jhajjar Police Chief, DSPs and SHOs had been directed to remain in touch with the villagers who wished to help the police in preventing crime, besides carrying out visits to the crime-prone villages at regular intervals. Mandhothi, Jassaur Kheri, Badli, Dabauda kalan, Rohad and Aasudha are among the crime-prone villages in the district where rivalry has so far claimed dozens of lives. Keeping in view the rising incident of loot and snatching, the police officials have also been directed to intensify night patrolling and install ‘nakas’ at places
where such incidents have been reported.
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Vaish Samaj alleges neglect by successive govts
Rewari, December 10 This was stated by AVS chief Ashok Buwaniwala here recently. Stating that notwithstanding the Vaish Samaj’s notable contribution towards the development and progress of the country during the past five decades, Buwaniwala alleged the community had suffered political oversight by successive
governments. Emphasising the urgency of augmenting effectual participation of the samaj in politics, primarily at the constituency level, he said the AVS would now mainly focus on 15 selected Assembly segments where the number of Vaish Samaj voters was over 10,000 each. He said these constituencies included
Panchkula, Ambala City, Ambala Cantt, Jagadhari, Kaithal, Karnal, Sonepat, Jind,
Sirsa, Tohana, Hisar, Bhiwani, Rohtak and Faridabad. Stating that when political scenario in the state and elsewhere was in a transformational mode, Buwaniwala said they too ought to catch the opportunity by the forelock to achieve their objective of political resurgence of the samaj in
Haryana.
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A heart ‘yearning’ for peace
Ambala, December 10 The celebrations were based around the theme of ‘heart yearning for peace’ during which the students performed skits to create awareness among the people regarding the importance of world peace. On the occasion, RP Gupta cheered the students for their outstanding performances and congratulated the teachers for their sheer verve and commitment to all round development for grooming the next generation that inspires the school to move ahead in pursuit of a broader vision in education. He said that extra curricular activities were a must for expanding the horizon of the students. Later, he presented mementos and cheques to the meritorious students. Principal of the school Dr Veena Gandhi, read the annual report of the school highlighting the achievements of the students in the various fields including academics, sports and others.
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Eye camp on World Disability Day
Kurukshetra, December 10 While addressing the students, camp in charge Prof Sushma Sharma, former chairperson, Department of Education, KU, talked about various disabilities, its types and encouraged the students to have a soft corner for the disabled. She also cleared various misconceptions regarding the same. The students were made aware of the basic eye care measures, role of nutrition in vision and about environmental and personal hygiene to avoid problems in the future. Vision assessment of around 200 students was done at the camp, using Snellen chart. An optometrist from Aggarwal Nursing Home helped the students. Dr Sushil Kumar Gupta, Department of Education, KU, Gian Chand Sachdeva, Manager, and Sumer Chand Sharma, Principal, Mahant Prabhat Puri Senior Secondary School, were also present on the occasion.
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1,800 attend medical camp
Ambala, December 10 Former Union Minister and local MLA Venod Sharma inaugurated the camp. He said the society had organised around 20 camps during the past one-and-a-half years. He said service to humanity was the biggest social service. He said the society had been providing the services of renowned doctors of Apollo,
Medanta, Fortis and Max Hospital on its camps. Shakti Rani Sharma, chairman of the society, who is also the vice-chairman of the Haryana Child Welfare Council, said
the society had conducted 400 operations of cataract of poor patients. She said the society had been
focusing in the rural areas where medical facilities were limited. SD Gautam, secretary of the society, said so far thousands of poor patients had benefited from these camps. Deputy Commissioner Shekhar
Vidyarthi, SDM Mukesh Ahuja and several Congress leaders were also present on the occasion.
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Special children pour imagination on canvas
Sirsa, December 10 Children from Shri Mahavir Jain School also participated in the competition. The Sirsa Bahre Maitri Society organised the competition. As many as 175 children with hearing and speech difficulties participated in the competition. Honey Kaur’s painting was adjudged the best in the competition. She was also first in 11-13 year age category. Poonam and Rohit were adjudged second and third, respectively in this category. In the 13 to 15 year age group, Ashok Kumar was adjudged the best. Mangal Singh and Kajal got the second and their positions, respectively. Vijay Kumar was declared first in the 18 to 22 year age group. Sunil Kumar and Chaman Lal came second and third,
respectively. Parveen Kumar, president and other office-bearers of the society were present on the occasion.
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BJP expresses concern over rise in crime
Faridabad, December 10 Faridabad general secretary of the BJP Seema Tirkha alleged that criminals appear to have no fear of the police. A delegation of the party has already met the police authorities here and lodged a protest against rising
criminal incidents in the district. The party has decided to start an agitation to put pressure on the establishment to improve law and order. Tirkha said recently about 40 armed youths attacked a businessman at the busy NIT-1 market. The victim was attacked with
swords. They escaped after inflicting injuries on him. In another incident four youths opened fire at
a chemist at his shop in the NIT area, in which his seven-year-old boy received a bullet injury.
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Railway workshop to get modern furnace
Kalka, December 10 Informing this, Ratan Lal, Works Manager (WM) Incharge of Railway Workshop said a proposal in this regard had been sent to the higher authorities of the Railway Department. Since its inception, the foundry shop was manufacturing the brake blocks of cast iron for narrow-gauge coaches used in various narrow gauge sections of Northern Railway, engines, Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express. Axel Box covers of Aluminium and of Heritage Steam Engines were also being made in the workshop. After the setting up of new electric induction furnace, the foundry shop of would be able to construct various other components of broad gauge railways. The furnace would definitely improve the efficiency of production work, Lal
added. — OC
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Afghanistan farmers visit Sirsa villages
Sirsa, December 10 The delegation was on a visit to the district under the National Horticulture Mission, said an official spokesperson here. Besides the modern agricultural practices adopted by farmers, the delegation was also informed about the policies and programmes implemented by the state government for the benefit of farmers, the spokesperson added. The delegation appreciated the modern techniques adopted by farmers here like micro irrigation system, drip irrigation and drip system. The delegation also appreciated the facilities like crop insurance, cattle insurance, loan on minimum interest, subsidy on modern agricultural equipments, setting up of Kisan Clubs etc being provided by the state government to the farmers, an official spokesperson added.
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Ambedkar remembered
Kurukshetra, December 10 Although Ambedkar’s primary concern was to uplift depressed classes, he anticipated the imperative of human development on a wider plane long ago. The current drive for human development was the fruit of Ambedkar’s
endeavour. Ambedkar dreamt of a society where all social barriers between men were demolished and they were measured by their worth and not by their birth. This meant that inequalities caused by wealth and caste had to be removed. His emphasis was on the necessity of uprooting the caste system that had weakened Indian society, added Professor
Goel.
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Minderjit is new Bar council chief
Rewari, December 10 He also happens to be a younger brother of Santosh Yadav, a two-time conqueror of Mount Everest. In a direct contest, Minderjit, who polled 14 votes, defeated his rival Amrik Singh Kalra (Hoshiarpur), who secured 12 votes, by a narrow margin of two votes. One vote was invalidated out of the 27 votes polled. Besides, his associate Inderpal Singh Dhanna was elected the vice-chairman of the Bar Council whose elections were held under the presidentship of Advocate General HS Hooda on Sunday. Members of the Rewari Bar Association as well as distinguished citizens here felicitated Yadav on his elevation to the prestigious post.
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Awareness drives on AIDS
Fatehabad, December 10 In Government Senior Secondary School here, Dr Rama Bansal threw light on the various aspects of Aids. A poster- making competition was also organised on the occasion. In Government Girls High School, Bhodia Khera, a declamation contest on AIDS was organised. Programmes on AIDS were also organised in Government Middle School, Basti Buladia, Government Girls High School, Fatehabad.
— TNS
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600 take part in chrysanthemum show Yamunanagar, December 10 Speaking on the occasion, Dr Sushma Arya, Principal of the college, said, "The importance of flowers cannot be captured in words, rather it can be felt strongly by nature lovers." She added that flowers enhance interest in nature among those who remained estranged from natural environment. The chief guest, Alok Dutt, said,"It is indeed commendable that DAV college has organised such a wonderful event on their own in order to increase awareness among people regarding the significance of plants and flowers.” He maintained that flowers were part and parcel of human lives as they added beauty and fragrance to gardens, homes and our lives. Around 600 participants from the district took part in the event. In the flower show, more than 12 varieties of chrysanthemum, including intermediate, incurved, reflex, sprays, anemone, pom-pons, Korean, hybrid, single-flowered and decorative spoon were displayed. The competition had been divided into three categories naming them institutional, Phulwari members and individual category. Among the Phulwari category, the first prize was won by DAV College for Girls, the second by Raj Pahiya and the third by Rachna Nayyar for chrysanthemum with a single big flower.
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Villagers to get subsidised
solar power pack system Fatehabad, December 10 The total value of solar power pack system is Rs 20,000, out of which Rs 8,000 would be given by the Central government and Rs 6,000 by the state government as subsidy. In this way, the beneficiaries could get this system at a cost of Rs 6,000 only, he added. He said in the beginning, the benefit of the scheme would be given to 125 beneficiaries from block I and II cluster villages of Fatehabad, namely Bhodiakhera, Bighad, Dharniyan, Matana, Dhangar, Barsin, Badopal, Mohammed Pur Rohi and Khajuri Jati. He said interested applicants could submit their applications as the benefit of the scheme would be availed on first-come-first-served basis.
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Mullana scientist awarded Ambala, December 10 The award has been given to him for his immense contribution to society in the field of environmental research, awareness and protection of public health from environmental hazards. Dr Gupta hails from Bundelkhand and is an alumnus of prestigious universities like Banaras
Hindu University, Varanasi, and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Dr Gupta has done research on cancer at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, USA. Presently, he is deeply involved in research on hazards of environmental toxic compounds that are playing havoc with the public health and life. He has pinpointed
many such compounds in day-to-day life, including air, water and foods, which cause dreaded diseases like cancer. Water mapping in the Malwa belt of Punjab and pollution in the Yamuna and canals are his latest works on environmental toxicology and protection from cancer.
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Policemen rewarded for honesty
Rewari, December 10 Recently, Sachin, a resident of Company Bagh Colony here, went to the Tehsil office at Bawal, 15 km from Rewari, to get a deed registered for a plot he had purchased. He was accompanied by Amit, an associate, and was riding a motorcycle. When they reached the Banipur Chowk, the bag containing currency notes and some important papers slipped out of the main bag. While they reached the tehsil office, the two cops, who were on duty at the chowk, picked up the bag, saw its contents and called Sachin on his mobile phone number, written on a paper lying inside the bag. He rushed back to the chowk along with his associate. Cops gathered the details of the bag’s contents from them and returned the money and the papers to them. Later SSP Bharti Arora honoured the two cops with cash reward and a citation and appreciated their rectitude. She said their act had enhanced people’s faith in the police.
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