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Railway line from Pathankot to Chamba sought
Railway budget belies people’s hopes
No Advertisements For Recruitment
Govt for legislation to check overloading of trucks
Toll tax burdens tourists in Solan
Railway budget disappoints Himachal industry
Hamirpur girl makes foray into Hindi film industry
2 leopard skins recovered from private Volvo bus
Palampur Civil Hospital in a shambles
Bambar Thakur gives away prizes to talented students. — A Tribune photograph
Residents protest over plying of banned vehicles
Innovation helps to ‘reinvent’ products
Seri Munch at the heart of controversy
Solan writer wins first prize in Shabad Manch story contest
Teachers for regularisation of services
Folk art forms light up varsity cultural programme
Freedom fighters’ medical bills unpaid
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HRTC buys diesel from neighbouring states
Nurpur, March 5 Taking a strong exception to HRTC buses being allowed to fill fuel tanks from neighbouring states where diesel was dearer than Himachal Pradesh, the association president Sukmar Singh said, “The VAT on diesel in both states is at par in both states. The HRTC has been causing financial loss to the state exchequer by purchasing diesel from neighbouring state in the shape of income from VAT”. He refuted the claim of the HRTC management that diesel price in Punjab was low. Diesel costs Rs 47.29 per litre in Punjab and is available at Rs 46.89 per litre in Himachal Pradesh. He asserted that the union ministry after declaring PSU transporters as non-subsidised consumers had directed petroleum dealers to consider PSUs as ordinary buyers. It allowed selling diesel by filling buses’ tanks and not tankers. He also urged the HRTC management to streamline the procurement of diesel for its buses by holding a meeting with the association. “The filling station owners had virtually boycotted tender bids of the HRTC for supplying fuel due to conditions laid down by the union petroleum ministry. As per these conditions no unhealthy competition in the wake of maintaining quality and quantity of petroleum products should be created,” he claimed.
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Rural youth unhappy over governance, legislators
by Shriniwas Joshi Banuthi is a small village, 12 km away from Shimla, on Shimla-Ghanahatti road. Here there is an ashram of Udasi Sampradaya (sect). It has accommodation enough to provide lodging to about 150 boys and girls. Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) often organises camps for youth here where it invites resource persons to deliver lectures on various topics — current and inspirational. First, let me brief the readers about the Udasi Sampradaya before I touch the rural youth and their expectations and aspirations.
Udasi is a religious, ascetic sect that considers itself a denomination of Sikhism and focuses on the teachings of its founder, Sri Chand, eldest son of Guru Nanak. Udasis are indifferent to or disregardful of worldly attachments. Here I have to say a word about Sri Chand. He was born in 1494 and lived up to 1643. One of his disciples writes, “Baba Sri Chand was Baal Yogeshwar. He served the humanity for 149 years but never looked more than 12 years in appearance. He was always in his subtle body.” When he departed from the visible world in 1643, he left with his body intact. He remained a youth ever so I feel that Udasi Ashram is the appropriate place for any assemblage of youth. Recently, NYK, Shimla, organised a national integration camp of about 150 boys and girls hailing from the villages of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh (see photos). Dinesh Malhotra, Deputy Commissioner of Shimla, inaugurated the seven-day camp and, in his inaugural address, told the youth present that they were in the forefront of global change and innovation and could be the key agents for development and peace. He felt that all living beings would be impoverished if the youth were left on society’s margins. His words were fittingly received by the gathering. I, as resource person, had covered two topics; one, on Vivekananda, whose 150th birth anniversary is being celebrated, and the other, on the rights and duties mentioned in the Indian Constitution. In my address, I stated, what is not known to many, that Swami Vivekanand got this name from Maharaja of Khetri in 1893 when he was about to depart to America. Earlier, he had traversed the vast land of India upon the soles of his feet with two different names — Vividishanand or Satchitanand. His 15 laws of life can really transform the lives of many a youth. These are 1. Love is the Law of Life, 2. It’s Outlook that Matters, 3. Life is Beautiful, 4. It’s the Way you Feel, 5. Set Yourself Free, 6. Don’t Play the Blame Game, 7. Help Others, 8. Uphold Your Ideals, 9. Listen to your Souls, 10. Be Yourself, 11. Nothing is Impossible, 12. You have the Power, 13. Learn every day, 14. Be truthful and 15. Think Different. Arise, Awake and Sleep not till the goal is reached is the kernel of his preaching. I asked the youth present to compare it with Frost’s poem that was inspirational to Jawaharlal Nehru, “Woods are lovely, dark and deep/ But I have promises to keep / And miles to go before I sleep/ Miles to go before I sleep.” The second address on the rights and the duties had the punch line - ‘If I have the right to live, it is your duty not to kill me’ — meaning thereby that rights and duties go together. The questions coming from the youth reflected their utter despair on the way they were being governed. They felt ashamed of the rowdy behavior of our elected representatives in and outside the legislature; they felt let down by the character of education where they remained ignorant about the lives of likes of Swami Vivekananda; they were growing with unclear ideas about reservation in institutes of higher learning and government jobs; they were perturbed over the ever-increasing number of scams in which huge amounts was being swindled; they felt that the government was not honest in opening sufficient avenues of employment and checking attacks on the modesty of girls. It was a miniscule sample at Banuthi showing that the youth, today, foresees gloom and not cheer ahead. Let the authorities awake and arise from their slumber! Tailpiece: “Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.” — Herbert Hoover
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Aficionados lap up cultural feast at Gaiety theatre
A folk theatre group from Nirmand, interior area of Kullu, performed the ‘Badraj’, the lyrical Ramayan in which characters follow the singing tradition. The Karyala, a former of street theatre, was performed by artistes from the upper Shimla area. The Thodo, a mix of folk dance and archery, is also a dying art. Cultural troupes also performed traditional folk dances of Una and Mandi areas during the fest. The colourful costumes and jewellery of tribal Kinnaur and Chamba districts was the main attraction of the exhibition. An array of folk wind and percussion musical instruments from the Shimla region like the highly ornate narsingha, hornpipe, shehnai and nagara were also on display. Ajai Sharma, who heads The Platform, is not only carrying out research on the dying cultural traditions of the hills but also making efforts to preserve these by organising such programmes periodically in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Culture and the state Department of Language, Art and Culture. He said the fest was organised under the scheme for preservation and development of Himalayan culture. The traditional art forms were vanishing despite increasing focus on research on culture. The main reason was that the effort was limited to study of the various forms of performing art and no effort was made to revive them by promoting the few surviving artistes and encouraging the new generations to follow the tradition. It was with this objective that he had set up an NGO so that he could use the knowledge gained through research into a tangible effort for perpetuati the dying art forms. Nursing students excel
Students of the Shivalik Institute of Nursing, Shimla, have excelled in BSc (Nursing) first year and second year examinations conducted by Himachal Pradesh University. The college bagged nine out of the 10 places in the merit list in the BSc (Nursing) first year and girls from the institution got top six positions in the second year. Another remarkable feature was that as many as 14 students have secured more than 80 per cent marks and the minimum score was in excess of 70 per cent. The result was cent per cent for both the examinations. As far as BSc (Nursing) first-year result is concerned, Rajni Sharma stood first obtaining 765 out of 900 marks, Shivani Saklani with 764 marks got the second position, while Shilpa bagged the third position with 761 marks. In the BSc second-year examination, it bagged six of the first 10 positions. Pankaja Sharma got second position with a score of 555 marks. Shilpa Thakur of the Sister Nivedita Government Nursing College, Shimla, stood first securing 565 marks. Smiksha of KVIN College,
Nehar, (Bilaspur) got the third position with 553 marks. The result for both BSc (Nursing) first year as well as second year is cent percent. Not even a single student got reappear.
Engineering award
Chairman of the MIT group of education institutions Vinod Thakur was given the best entrepreneur award for his contribution in the field of engineering education in the “Eduprenure” conclave held in New Delhi recently. The award was given by Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor in a ceremony held at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture. Thakur, who is running an engineering college, a polytechnic and a school at Bani in Hamirpur district, has also received the Shan-e-Himachal award, the Saraswat award by Bharti Global foundation and the Shiksha Bharti award from Achievers Foundation of India for his contribution in engineering education. — Contributed by Rakesh Lohumi and DP Gupta
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Railway line from Pathankot to Chamba sought
Chamba, March 5 The absence of railway facility irks tourists visiting this region as the journey from Pathankot -- the nearest railhead, by bus through the winding hills is very arduous. “Chamba district is contributing approximately Rs 2,350 crore per annum by commissioning four prestigious hydropower projects, Chamera-I, II, III and Baira-Siul power projects, and producing 1,269 MW power in the national pool annually, which no other district contributes, but in lieu of this, Chamba is getting quite little and the genuine share of the benefit is not given to the district,” the people of the area allege. This income has roughly been reckoned on the basis of Rs 3 per unit sold by the NHPC to the beneficiary states who further sell it to their consumers on higher rates, thereby earning additional profit. The Chamba Welfare Association, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), had also put forth a proposal of linking Dalhousie and Chamba hill resorts with a railway line from North India’s main railway junction at Pathankot from the tourism point of view to the Union Government way back in 2003. These scenic places are visited by a number of tourists and the railway link can add much to their facility thereby giving a much-needed fillip to the thriving tourism industry of this picturesque region. Moreover, being replete with scenic setting, heritage and religious tourism potential, Chamba is widely known in other parts of the country, and it can be exploited to a great extent for the benefit of tourism sector and for the livelihood of people engaged directly or indirectly in tourism business if the railway line is constructed. In its memorandum submitted to the Union Government at that time, the association had apprised the government of an old proposal for laying a railway line from Pathankot to Dalhousie sanitarium and the cantonment that was okayed in 1910 but the work could not start due to the sudden demise of Raja Bhuri Singh of the erstwhile princely State of Chamba. Except for Chamba district, most of the districts in Himachal Pradesh have either been connected by railway line or have a proposal to be linked by railway line in the near future.
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Railway budget belies people’s hopes
Mandi/Kullu, March 5 “We welcome the survey of the Manali-Leh Railway line but nothing significant has been done in the state after independence,” the people said. Tahe Manali-Leh National Highway has emerged as a safe alternative for the sensitive Ladakh sector. The railway development was of the prime concerns as China had developed railway line right up to the Indo-China border that straddles Himachal and Jammu and Kashmir, said Lahaul-Spiti residents. The industry could not come to the central region as it did not have rail or air connectivity, rued entrepreneurs and tourism operators. “The Centre should treat Himachal with respect, which is a sensitive state bordering China,” they said. The captains of tourism industry in the region and the people of
Lahaul, Kullu-Manali and Mandi are disillusioned with the successive Railway Ministries at the
Centre. “The Railway Ministry has not even cared to expand the British time Pathankot-Jogindernagar narrow gauge to the broad gauge, the people said. “We had pinned hope on PK Bansal, who comes from Chandigarh, and expected that he must have some soft corner for the people of Himachal Pradesh but we are disappointed because the
minister did not care for the state and tourism industry,” AR Thakurhe, president of Manali Hoteliers Association, said. “Travelling on the Chandigharh-Manali-Leh National Highway has become an ardous journey as it remains clogged with the cement-carrying trucks. The tourism industry is in as flights to Kullu and Shimla have been stopped. The Railways Ministry has been paying no attention to expansion of rail connectivity in the state,” said Sanjay
Sood, a travel agent from Manali.
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No Advertisements For Recruitment Balkrishan Prashar
Chamba, February 5 It is true that the forest circle, Chamba, is in the process of recruiting 30 forest guards in the coming days as there is a shortage of 39 forest guards in the circle. The permission for the recruitment had already been received from the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, the Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) of Chamba, ARM Reddy said recently. The recruitment process will be carried out in all the forest circles. However, the modalities are yet to be finalised and the advertisement regarding this is yet to be made public, which may take a couple of weeks after the nod from the direction office. Meanwhile, all the applications are being returned to the applicants with a request that they should apply for these posts in the prescribed format to their respective bonafide circles after the advertisement with regard to the recruitment is published. The Forest Department has appealed to the aspirants, who applied for the post of forest guards, not to send any application to any of the forest offices as these would not be entertained in the absence of advertisement in the media. More than 50 applications have already been received and some of the vendors are selling applications to the forest guard aspirants without consulting the Forest Department. Out of the 30 posts allocated to the Chamba forest circle, 16 has been reserved for general category, 6 for Scheduled Castes, 2 for Schedule Tribes and 6 for other backward classes. Out of this, proper allocation has been made for the IRDP, ex-servicemen and home guards’ categories. However, as per the past practice, it is expected that 5 posts of ex-servicemen will be filled by the Himachal Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Board at Hamirpur and the Forest Department is likely to carry out recruitment for the 25 posts, for which aspirats will have to undergo physical, written and oral tests in accordance with the recruitment and promotion rules notified for the forest guards. This time there are no posts for the freedom-fighter and sports persons categories as per the roaster maintained in Chamba forest circle. Owing to the continuous process of promotions, the department is running short of 463 forest guards.
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Govt for legislation to check overloading of trucks
Palampur, March 5 The government is worried over the extensive damage caused to the national and state highways by the trucks overloaded with cement, clinker and other construction material. The trucks carrying cement, clinker and steel are flouting the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act and carrying load more than the prescribed limit of nine ton resulting in heavy damage to roads in the state. In the absence of any stringent law to deal with the menace, the state Public Works Department is helpless to deal with the situation. The Kalka- Shimla (Hindustan-Tibet road), Kiratpur- Manali, Shimla- Kangra and Pathankot- Mandi national highways are the worst affected. According to the existing provisions of law, no vehicle can carry more than a nine-ton load but there is no check on the overloaded trucks. The weighing machines, installed at high cost by the government at different entry points of the state, are out of order and wherever these are in working conditions, are not put to use by the officers posted on the barriers. No officer bothers to repair these machines. The cement plants set up in Bilaspur and Solan districts of the state have further aggravated the situation. Besides, resulting in large-scale pollution in the region, the trucks are causing heavy damage to internal link roads as these are being to avoid the tax barriers. Official sources said over 15,000 trucks and dumpers, belonging to cement plants, used the national and state highways daily. Most of these trucks carry load between 10 to 20 ton and openly violating provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act. Whatever tax these vehicles pay to the state government is quite nominal as compared to the loss being caused to the roads. Because of excessive use of road by these overloaded trucks, the Kiratpur- Manali National Highway (between Bilaspur and Kiratpur) has become prone to landslides and soil erosion. It is on record that over two dozen small and big culverts have been damaged by the trucks. During a couple of rainy seasons in the past, the highway remained closed for days as a considerable portion of it developed major cracks and a number of culverts were damaged. The total loss caused to the highway has been estimated over 250 crore. According to official records, out of hundred per cent traffic challans filed in various courts of law in the state, only three per cent pertain to the offence of overloading while 97 percent per cent deal with other offences. The posting in the traffic police has proved to be a gold mine for corrupt police officers.
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Toll tax burdens tourists in Solan
Solan, March 5 The latest addition to this list is the barrier, to be erected at the entrance of the cantonment town of Dagshai. This newly installed barrier has been auctioned for Rs 25 lakh and will become operational from April 1. The two other cantonments of Kasauli and Subathu already charge Rs 65 and Rs 5 as entry fee for each private car respectively. A rate of Rs 25 per private vehicle and Rs 10 per two-wheeler has been fixed for the Dagshai cantonment. A tourist entering the district will have to pay Rs 30 at Parwanoo, Rs 30 for going to Chail as green tax and a tourist should be ready to shell out more if plans to visit any of the cantonment towns. There are two toll tax barriers erected by the Excise and Taxation Department from Parwanoo, which includes one each from the National Highway 22 and the newly-built four lane bypass. In addition to this, there are four toll tax barriers at Baddi, Marrawala, Dhabota and Deerowal in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) industrial areas. Interestingly, eight other barriers have also been set up within the BBN to nab tax evaders. Thus, a person desirous of exploring the district will have to spend a sizeable amount of money for barely roaming within the Solan district. Though there is a controversy whether the state government can collect tax from the national highways as the funds for their maintenance come from the Union Government, the successive governments have been indulging in this exercise as it earns revenue worth several crores for the state. The cantonment boards of these towns have been collecting the fee to generate funds.
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Railway budget disappoints Himachal industry
Solan, March 5 Notably, a survey to connect Ghanoli-Dehradun via Baddi-Nalagarh-Jagadhari-Surajpur-Kala Amb-Paonta Sahib had been announced in the past budget and despite the completion of the survey no budgetary provision has been made for it in the present budget. This has disappointed the industry, which was hopeful of receiving some funds for the much-awaited railway track. Though delegations of various industry associations had met Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and requested him to consider their request of linking the industrial areas, no such provosion had been made in the budget. Interestingly, the Railway Ministry has been merely announcing surveys since 2005. Though in one of the earlier budgets principle approval had been granted for laying a 33-km-long railway track to the industrial areas, it never saw the light of the day. This was among the six railway lines, which were cleared by the Union Cabinet and its work was to be completed by 2011-2012. Since a survey to study the feasibility of expanding railway facility to the BBN and Kala Amb-Paonta Sahib industrial corridors had been completed last year, the investors were hopeful that some budgetary sanction would be made for these lines. Even the Parwanoo-Darlaghat rail line survey, which was announced in an earlier budget, has failed to find a mention in the budget. Dinesh Sharma ,assistant vice-president, Ambuja Cements Limited, said the extension of the Bhanupali rail link to Bilaspur and further up tp Darlaghat would have benefitted the cement industry as it would have helped in checking the traffic congestion and its environmental impact.
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Hamirpur girl makes foray into Hindi film industry
Hamirpur, March 5 Famous film star Suneel Shetty is having an important role in the film. Akansha, a product of a local school, belongs to a humble family and her main inspiration, her mother, is a school teacher. Akansha, before joining the world of glamour, attained her BTech degree in electronics and communication engineering and also did an embedded course in the field. She has also won this year’s Miss Glory of Earth -2013 title in a modeling contest, organized by the Aman Gandhi Film Production House and Ishariya Production House of USA in Bhopal on January 20. She was the only contestant selected from north India to participate in the competition. Akansha had also participated in the Miss India -2012 contests and was among the top ten finalists. Akansha says, “I had a deep interest in modeling and always wanted to be a top model. My family, especially my mother, though a simple lady, always lend me moral and financial support to pursue my passion and their inspiration helped me in becoming a model.” Akansha gives credit of her success to Pinnacle Fashion Academy, Hamirpur. She says, “Without their inspiration and support it would have been very difficult to pursue my modeling and film career.” Akansha has also acted in a TV serial “Mushkil rahen pyar ki”.
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2 leopard skins recovered from private Volvo bus
Mandi, March 5 Aut SHO, Anil Kumar said that they had laid the naka at Jhalogi on National Highway 21. The leopard skins were found in possession of one Ram Singh, resident of Kaunda, Churah teshil in Chamba district, who was carrying them to Delhi. The police arrested him under Section 51 of the Wild Life Act. The police revealed that buses are one of the safest couriers for carrying rare valuable items like naag chhatri, skins and contrabands, which fetch a great price in the international market. The police and the Wildlife Department are yet to bust the racket of poachers, who take advantage of the harsh winters and prey on the big cats and game animals usually found in the lower warmer regions of wildlife sanctuaries and Great Himalayan National Park of Kullu district. In their defence, the wildlife field staff claimed that they have installed CCTV cameras to track poachers, but in vain. The heavy snowfall in the higher ranges has made it difficult to keep a track of the poachers. SP Mandi R S Negi said that they were interrogating the accused and would investigate the matter tracing the whereabouts of the leopard skins.
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Palampur Civil Hospital in a shambles
Palampur, March 5 Shortage of doctors in the hospital is the order of the day. Though the state government had upgraded the hospital by raising the strength of indoor beds twenty years ago, the hospital lacks all basic amenities. In the present situation, there is no provision to attend emergency cases. Serious cases are seldom treated here and most of the times these cases are referred to the PGI, Chandigarh, CMC, Ludhiana, and Medical College, Tanda, where treatment is very costly and beyond the reach of poor people. Many a times, patient dies for want of medical care. Recently, Chaman Lal of Gwal Tikkar village, got injured in an accident and was brought to the hospital but there was no one to attend him. He could not reach Chnadigarh and expired on the way. The sanitary condition is also poor in the hospital. All internal walls are full of dampness. There is always a shortage of medicines and blankets in the hospital. The patients are always asked to buy medicines from the market. However, senior officials says medicines worth core of rupees are piling in stores.
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Education, health on govt ‘priority’
Bilaspur, March 5 Bambar Thakur said education , heath and roads are the top priority for the Congress government and various steps had already been taken to ensure quality education in schools and colleges of the state. He said the government was equally inclined to provide technical education and training to students so that they could be self- employed or get employment in future. He urged the students to take part in college activities, avoid bad habits and drugs. Bambar was critical of the HP cement plants and some other industrial houses. He said the cement factories must bring their rates down and should stop exploitation by selling cement at higher cost in the state than adjoining states. He said he would ensure that the grant of Rs 22 lakh for boundary wall and Rs 20 lakh for the construction of a multipurpose hall at the college were released at the earliest. He distributed prizes among talented students
on the occasion.
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Residents protest over plying of banned vehicles
Nurpur, March 5 The plying of such vehicles was banned by the district administration on November 27 last year. The residents under the banner of the Jan Kalyan and Suraksha Samiti had earlier staged a dharna against illegal mining in the Chhonchh khad and damage of the road due to passage of overloaded trucks, carrying crushed stone material last year. It has been alleged that overloaded heavy vehicles of a number of stone crushing units that fall in Punjab have also been using the link road, causing a lot of pollution and damaging the road. Harbans Singh, president, and Rajinder Sharma, secretary, of the samiti said a memorandum regarding this had been submitted to the local administration but no action was taken in this connection. They demanded spot inspection of the area, which was under the grip of pollution due to plying of banned overloaded transport vehicles. They warned that the affected residents of the panchayat would launch a stir or approach the High Court.
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Innovation helps to ‘reinvent’ products
Mandi, March 5 The workshop focused on the methodology to use the past experience to develop new products or services. The students learnt how to conceptualise their thoughts to reach the undiscovered destination and attaining the goal. Chinmoy Sarkar of IIT Mandi stressed the need to focus on gaining insight from the previous experience to develop a prototype, reinventing the product by innovating and collaborating step-by-step.
— TNS
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Seri Munch at the heart of controversy
Mandi, March 5 The Seri Channni Bus stop sangharsh samiti has asked for the removal of the two-wheelers parking from both sides of the narrow main road. The sangharsh samiti has planned a stir to restore the Seri Manch local bus stop. The main bus stand on which the government has spent Rs 15 crore is about 200 m away from Seri Munch. “We support the administration as the Seri Munch bus stop adds to chaos and has been righty shifted, ”said YN Vaidya, president of Citizens Council, Mandi. CPM general secretary Bhupender Singh claimed that people going to Tungal and Bari Gumanu side were facing problems. The administration has failed to provide shelter at the new bus stop and we demand Seri Munch to be restored, he added. Mandi ADM Pankaj Rai, who inspected the spot several times, assured the protesters that a shelter would be provided at the new bus stop near the Mahamritunjay temple. “The new bus stand is just 200 m away from Seri Munch. We appeal residents to cooperate as the decision has been taken in the interest of the common man and has eased out traffic chaos for the past few weeks and the public is happy,” he added.
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Solan writer wins first prize in Shabad Manch story contest
Bilaspur, March 5
Hans Raj “Bhaarti” of Mandi district for “Red Alert” and Indu Vaidya of Shimla district for “Park” won the second prize of Rs 3,000 each. The third prizes (Rs 2,000 each) were given to Dr RK Gupta of Sunder Nagar for “Maan Kabhi Marti Nahin” and Bhagwan Dev “Chaitanya” of Mandi district for “Vijeta”. Six consolation prizes (Rs 1,000 each) were awarded to Prem Singh Barnalavi of Ambala, and KL Divan of Haridwar, Om Prakash Sharma of Chotta Shimla, Amar Tanotra of Palampur, Dr Pawan Kumar Khare Ujjain and Sudha Parashar of
Una. Jai Kumar said these prizes would be given by the Chief Minster in an annual state level function of Shabad Manch at Bilaspur town soon.
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Teachers for regularisation of services
Bilaspur, March 5 Talking to mediapersons after the general house meeting of the association here recently, newly elected association general secretary Prof Kul Bhushan said more than 200 members of the association attended the meeting under the chairmanship of association president Dr Jogender
Saklani. Members of the association urged the government to regularise them after a service of three years and also provide them all financial benefits and facilities which are available to regular college teachers as they were performing the same duties under the rules and regulations as regular college teachers. They decided to give a memorandum of their demands to the Chief Minister. The general house unanimously elected Prof Harsh Vardhan Singh Khimta (Government College, Rekong Peo) as association state president, Prof Ashwini Kumar (Government College Nurpur, Kangra) as vice president, Prof Kul Bhushan (Government College, Karsog) as general secretary, Prof Ram Lal Bhardwaj (Government College, Mandi ) as joint secretary, Prof Ved Prakash (Government College, Kullu ) as treasurer and Prof Chaman Premi (Government College, Mandi) as press secretary.
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Folk art forms light up varsity cultural programme
Kangra, March 5 The students presented various cultural items, which included the traditional and folk art forms of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Kashmir and other Indian states. Prof Harbhajan Singh Soch, former Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, was the chief guest on the occasion. He congratulated the students for selecting the traditional and cultural forms from different states of India for the
programme. Prof Soch said , “If we nurture such harmony and equality in the country, India will be a different place in the world.”
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Freedom fighters’ medical bills unpaid
Bilaspur, March 5 Lekh Ram Bhardwaj, president of the parishad, said a meeting of the parishad was held at Ghumarwin and they had urged the Chief Minister to order immediate release of the amount. They have also requested to ensure the regular payment of these bills every second month with a view to solve financial difficulties of the freedom fighters and their families . They said the bills had been pending for the past three to four years.
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Hamirpur, March 5
Lovers of traditional hill theatre and dances had some thing to cheer about as a local non-government
organisation, The Platform, organised a five-day long cultural feast at the Gaiety theatre. Besides presentation of
‘Badraj’, a form of pahadi Ramayan, and folk theatre like Karyala and Thodo, an exhibition of tribal costumes and traditional folk music instruments was also
organised.
