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PGIMS project for eye patients awaits nod
His eyes are set on Guinness World Records
Insurance firm told to pay Rs 50,000
NSS volunteers hold women's self-defence awareness rally
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521 Rewari students donate blood
KU sweat to defeat Punjabi varsity
Murthal varsity hosts conference on bio-medical engineering
Ambala couple gets award
'KVKs' action plan should benefit farmers directly'
DC reviews measures to check floods
Deputy Commissioner Chander Shekhar along with other officials inspects works to prevent floods in Kaithal. Photo: Satish Seth
'Nanoscience can find solutions to human problems'
Seminar on women empowerment
Pvt schools to take to streets against govt's 'harsh' rules
Mullana varsity holds awareness camp on HIV/AIDS
Thousands bid adieu to veteran wrestler
UIET students shine at Mumbai research convention
Dr CC Tripathi, Associate Prof, ECE, Dr Swati Dahiya, Associate Professor, Biotech, and Sanjeev Bhardwaj and Neha Sharma, students, with the newly invented instrument. Photo: DR Vij
HAFED sugar mill creates new benchmark in industry
BJP’s added focus on southern Haryana; non-Jats dominate area
Kiran Choudhry to preside over monthly meetings
Martyrs’ memorial dedicated to people in Kaithal
Seema Biswas' theatre group to perform in North India
Bhiwani goes for paperless administration
Medical camps mark World Health Day
RC Siwach, Director of BPS Government Women Medical College, Khanpur Kalan, administers polio drops to a child during a special camp on the college premises. Photo: BS Malik
Educating people on high blood pressure
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PGIMS project for eye patients awaits nod
Rohtak, April 8 The project, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology (RIO), was taken up way back in 2009 when the authorities concerned prepared a project report and submitted it to the government after laying of the foundation stone at the PGIMS campus by the Chief Minister. “We had submitted the project, worth around Rs 30 crore, to the Union Health Ministry," claims Dr CS Dhull, Director, PGIMS. He said we were told in 2011 that it was not feasible to take up the project as it was was no more on the priority list of the department. The project, according to Dr Dhull, was then submitted to the state government, which had assured to take up project. ’’ We will start the work as soon as the nod is given by the authorities concerned in this regard’," he said. Admitting that treatment facilities to eye patients were likely to get upgraded after the RIO comes into reality, he, however, claimed that the eye department had already started several special treatment facilities. He said while cornea transplant had already been started, the squint surgery and opuloplasty was being done at the PGIMS. The RIO was to provide, at least, 120 beds besides operation theatres under one roof. At present, due to congestion at the present locations, doctors and the patients find it difficult to get the treatment done," said a PGIMS. Sources also claimed the cost of the project, if taken up in near future, could go up by 30 to 40 per cent of the original estimates.
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His eyes are set on Guinness World Records
Sonepat, April 8 To achieve the target, he plays as an opener in his under-22 team and had so far hammered around 5,000 runs, studded with two centuries and more than 50 half centuries, in various tournaments. In a recent practice session, Sagar successfully played the deliveries, released from a bowling machine with speed ranging up to 160 km. Sagar does his battling practice with the balls speeding up to 180 km. "He is determined to play the balls with bowling speed up to 200 km and get his name registered in the Guinness World Records," said his school coach Narender Negi and Sanjiv Malhotra, coach, District Cricket Association. Sagar is also a good leg spinner and had taken around 100 wickets, including hat-tricks on four occasions. He is not only an outstanding fielder but also a part time wicket keeper. His first 50 came at the age of five and first century he scored at the age of 8 years. Sagar recalled that after getting battling tips from the battling legend Sachin Tendulkar in a programme at Mumbai last year, he hammered a century in his first appearance after the meeting. Sagar had played against Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the first School T20 Invitational World Cup for boys (under-19). The tournament was hosted by Delhi Public School, Aligarh, from October 5 to 15. He had also played in the seven-day Junior Cricket League Preparatory Cup-2010, held at Panchkula from December 2 to 8. The star cricketers- Sachin Tendulkar, Srikant, Ajit Wadekar, Harbhajan Singh and Chetan Chauhan- had praised Sagar's talent at different occasions. "I have seen his video on TV and I wish him all success in future," remarked cricketer Ajai Jadeja when Sagat met him at Jhundpur village in the district today.
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Insurance firm told to pay Rs 50,000
Kurukshetra, April 8 The chairman of the court, SP Singh, directed the company to pay a fine of Rs 50,000 and cost of treatment to the complainant. It directed to pay nine per cent interest to the complainant in case of default. In his petition, Kapil Garg of Kurukshetra stated that he had taken the health insurance policy of the company and he fell ill in October 2010 and was admitted to a hospital in Mohali from October 7 to October 11, 2010. he stated that the treatment cost him Rs 1, 12,238 and when he sent the bill to the Insurance company, it rejected the bill on the pretext that as per the medical record, he was suffering from cirrhosis, caused by excessive drinking. Chairman Singh and member Dr Naresh in their order stated that it had not been mentioned in the discharge summary of the complainant that the disease was caused by drinking and no such inference had been drawn by the hospital and held the company guilty. The bench asked it to pay a fine of Rs 50,000 and also the cost of treatment.
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NSS volunteers hold women's self-defence awareness rally
Sonepat, April 8 While commencing the rally’s march by lighting a lamp, Dr Pankaj Mittal, Vice-Chancellor of the university, said it had become the need of the hour for women to move forward to take steps towards their self-defence. They have to learn the methods of self- protection to become strong enough to ward off the dangers of atrocities against women. She stressed that society was required to change its mindset towards the fair sex in the prevailing circumstances when the women were shouldering equal responsibilities in the family. “The women in the family as well as in society should respect each other for keeping no space for any kind of discrimination,” Dr Mittal opined Narender of the India Media Centre explained about the initiative taken by the Centre for self-protection of women and said that such programmes would be continued in future also. Mahavit, general secretary of the Akhil Bhartiya Nasha-Mukti Parishad listed the evil effects of the drugs and cautioned that use of drugs results in creating conditions leading to committing of the crime. The society has to be protected from this evil which has threatened the existing social values. The rally led by the VC and the university’s registrar, Dr Asha Kadiyan, marched through various departments of the university to motivate the students for learning the new techniques of their self-protection. The director of the Academic Staff College, Dr Geeta Singh, the university’s college principal, Dr Veena, Prof Vimal Joshi, NSS coordinators, Dr Shaifali Nagpal, Shushma Joshi, Dr Kokila Malik, Dr Manju Saroha, Rajesh Malik, Ashish Kumar and other faculty members also participated in the rally march.
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521 Rewari students donate blood
Rewari, April 8 Alok Mittal, police commissioner of Gurgaon, who was a guest of honour, inaugurated the camp. To herald the commencement of the camp, he, along with Dr Ranjan Agarwal, chairman of GITM, and Vijay Gupta, chairman of the Gurgaon College of Engineering ( GCE), a sister institution of GITM, lighted the lamp. Yaad K Sugandh, president of RRC, Amarjeet Grover, president of RCG, and other distinguished citizens were also present on the occasion. In his keynote address, Mittal highlighted the significance of donation of blood which, he asserted, saved lives of patients in critical times. As many as 521 students, including over 100 girls, of GITM and GCE, donated blood in the camp. While all blood donors were awarded certificates and mementos, 521 units of blood thus accumulated were handed over to the Rotary Blood Bank, New Delhi for safe preservation and utilisation. Naveen Adlakha, director of the project, thanked the guests, blood donors and volunteers for making the mega event a success.
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KU sweat to defeat Punjabi varsity
Kurukshetra, April 8 In the final match, Punjabi University, Patiala, and Kurukshetra University had a tough fight. But, finally, Kurukshetra University defeated Punjabi University Patiala 25-22. From KU side, Gurmail Kaur scored 10 goals, whereas Ritu, Savita, Pavitar, Anumit and Sheetal scored two goals each. After the very first match of both the universities in the championship, spectators had made the opinion that both Punjabi University, Patiala, and KU were contenders for the championship. Dr Dalel Singh Chauhan, Arjuna Awardee and Director (physical education and sports), KU said Lt Gen (retd) Dr DDS Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor, KU, had congratulated the team on its success. Results: Kurukshetra University (first position); Punjabi University, Patiala ( second position); University of Calicut (third position). — OC
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Murthal varsity hosts conference on bio-medical engineering
Sonepat, April 8 This was stated by HS Chahal, Vice-Chancellor, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal, while inaugurating the two-day national conference on "Medical Engineering and Technologies: Issues, Challenges and Benefits" on the university premises recently. The VC asked bio-medical engineers to invent low cost and high efficiency machines. "The instruments developed by bio-medical engineers are being used to diagnose diseases and only after this doctors are in a position to provide proper treatment," Chahal added. Prof Sneh Anand, head of the bio-medical engineering department, IIT, Delhi, stressed on the need to promote research. Dr V Singh, head of the physical, medical and rehabilitation department of the AIIMS, New Delhi, said he had done research for about 30 years and it had proved very beneficial for engineers. He claimed that his research on prosthetic leg had proved to be a boon for physically-disabled people. "This device costs in lakhs abroad, but it is available at a cost of Rs 20,000 in India," he added. The chairman of the bio-medical engineering department of the university and convener of the conference, Dr Anil Garg, said 120 engineers had sent their papers and poster presentations for the conference and out of these 70 papers were selected for publication in the proceedings.
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Ambala couple gets award
Ambala, April 8 The award was presented to the couple by the President of India at a ceremony hosted by the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises recently at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Viking Garment had earlier been awarded by the Haryana Government for exporting quality products. It also received the Udyog and Vikas Ratan national awards.
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'KVKs' action plan should benefit farmers directly'
Hisar, April 8 He was addressing a state-level action plan workshop of KVKs in Hisar recently. He said in view of the functioning of these kendras at the district level, the Central Government had increased their number to over 630, but with this increase, the expectations of people had also increased. He, however, welcomed the increased allocation of Rs 14,000 crore to the KVKs by the Central Government as this would help the KVKs in implementation of their activities more effectively. Dr Khokhar also emphasised the need for required strength of the technical human resource to run the mandatory activities of the KVKs. He said that perhaps CCSHAU was an exception where only 17 to 18 per cent posts were vacant against the national average of 37 per cent. He sought liberal funds from the ICAR for its KVK at Panchkula which was under make over. He also laid stress on production of seed for the farmers and use of information technology by the KVKs. Speaking on the occasion, The Zonal Project Director, Dr AM Narula, said the KVKs should make an action plan which directly benefited the farmers. He said each KVK should adopt a village in its jurisdiction and develop it as a model by saturating it with the available agricultural technologies. Dr VP Chahal, Agricultural Extension Division, ICAR, said the KVKs were grassroots institutions and their work had been acknowledged the world over. He said these kendras should try their best with whatsoever resources were available with them. He, however, said that the government was considering to enhance contingencies to the KVKs by three to four times. Nearly 150 Co-ordinators and subject matter specialists from KVKs in Haryana and Delhi participated in the workshop.
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DC reviews measures to check floods
Kaithal, April 8 He directed officials to complete all pending construction works in time so that the benefits of projects could reach people. Necessary directions were also issued to Public Health Department functionaries to connect all sewerage lines during April. Later, he visited the Amin drain on the Jind road. He also directed municipal council officials to ensure immediate lifting of garbage lying at some places, which was collected during a cleanliness drive launched on March 26. He told mediapersons that the government had sanctioned construction of a bridge on the Kurar link drain and Kheri-Lamba drain in the Kalayat area. Construction of a bridge on the pundri drain and inlet on the Hansi Butana canal in Geong-Keorak were among the steps being taken to check floods. The DCalso inspected the pumping sets of the Irrigation Department and asked them to keep them in running condition.
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'Nanoscience can find solutions to human problems'
Kurukshetra, April 8 He said nanoscience and instrumentation technology could be combined to meet the challenges in the area of food processing as well. Dr Pawan Kapur stated this during his keynote address at the inaugural session of the two-day national conference on "Nanoscience and Instrumentation Technology". The conference was organised by the department of physics, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, recently. In the inaugural session of the conference, Dr Pawan Kapur was the chief guest. A book, containing the abstracts from the research papers that were to be presented in the conference was released by him. Dr VK Arora, acting Director NIT, Kurukshetra, Prof A Swarup, Dean, Research and Consultancy, and Prof JK Quamara, Head Physics Department, also addressed the audience. The conference had eight sessions, including a poster session with major thrust on areas such as nanotechnology for energy and environment, synthesis of nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes and nanocomposites. Five delegates Shalu Agarwal, IIT, Delhi, Sarita, MNIT, Allahabad, Renu Gupta and Pallavi Rana, NIT, Kurukshetra and Ekta Goel, IIT, BHU, were awarded for best poster presentations. Prof Akhilesh Swarup chaired the valedictory function of the conference while Dr Neena Jaggi proposed a vote of thanks.
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Seminar on women empowerment
Ambala, April 8 Justice Jaiveer Singh Hooda and Gurbax Singh, president, International Human Rights Organisation, Yamunanagar chapter, who were the main speakers, inaugurated the seminar by lighting the lamp. Virender Gandhi, Principal of the college, said women were enjoying equal rights in society. They were holding high offices and leading a life of dignity and respect.She said it was a matter of relief that the government, too, has come up with laws for women empowerment that has brought respite to the women. Justice Hooda said it was time to bring a change in our attitude towards women.
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Pvt schools to take to streets against govt's 'harsh' rules
Rewari, April 8 Addressing a press conference recently at Hisar, Satyavan Kundu, state president of the HPSAO, deplored that with the enforcement of its own Act, in addition to the provisions of the RTE Act, while the state government had made things almost unmanageable for the governing bodies of these schools, it had also tended to jeopardise the future of about two lakh members of their teaching staff as well as nearly 27 lakh students receiving schooling in them. Simultaneously seeking immediate relaxation in rules regarding the area of the land, which these schools currently possessed, on the pattern of private schools in Delhi as well as a two-year let-up in the implementation of certain other rules, Kundu said that the management of these schools would make all possible efforts to conform to the rules and regulations laid down by the state government. Specifically mentioning about the valuable contribution being made by these schools to catapult school education to a lofty pedestal comprehensively, he also warned that if the state government still stuck to its rigid approach, they along with guardians of about 27 lakh children would be compelled to take to the streets.
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Mullana varsity holds awareness camp on HIV/AIDS
Ambala, April 8 A poster-making competition was also held on the occasion. As many as 121 nursing students participated in the competition. A health exhibition was the main attraction during the camp. The Joint Director of the Haryana AIDS Control Society, Ram Kumar Sharma, made the audience aware of the current scenario of HIV/AIDS in the country. Tarsem Garg, while addressing the participants, said HIV was the virus that caused AIDS and it was very important to know the methods to prevent the disease. One could not be get infected with HIV by sharing utensils or shaking hands with a person, who was having HIV, he added He asked the participants to launch an awareness campaign in society so that the common man could be made aware of the methods to prevent the disease.
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Thousands bid adieu to veteran wrestler
Gurgaon, April 8 The veteran wrestler’s mortal remains were taken to his native village Bamla, where his daughter’s son, Aman Singh, lit the funeral pyre. The cremation was largely attended. His rasam pagri will be observed at Bamla village at 10 am on April 12. Apart from being a noted sportsperson of the region in his youth, Roop Chand was an NIS coach and remained associated with sports till his last breath. He was the honorary general secretary of the Indian-Style Wrestling Association of India, Gurgaon. The veteran wrestler had the privilege of working as a referee and a judge at the national and the international levels since 1955. He also remained military coach for all forces from 1963 to 1967. Roop Chand retired as Risaldar from the Army in 1974, following which he dedicated himself to the promotion of sports. He was associated with Gurukul, Jhajjar, and several social organisations as well. Wrestlers coached by him have brought laurels to the country by winning medals in the Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, apart from getting the coveted the Arjuna and Padam Shree awards. These include Master Chandgi Ram, Sudesh Kumar, Premnath, Satpal, Subhash, Ashok, Mahavir and Suresh.
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AUIET students shine at Mumbai research convention
Kurukshetra, April 8 Sanjeev Bhardwaj and Neha Sharma, MTech and Bio-tech students of the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), KU, bagged the third prize along with a citation and a cash prize under the engineering category at the national-level competition held at Mumbai for designing and fabricating a patentable working model of ‘E-Gel Doc’ instrument. Lt-Gen DDS Sandhu (retd) Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University, has applauded the efforts of these students for indigenously developing a two-in-one instrument that could be used for analysis of DNA samples, visualisation of nucleic acid bands in a short time as well as in a cost-effective manner. The conventional systems available in India are generally imported from abroad and these cost in lakhs while this indigenously developed system can be made available at low cost. It makes use of Blue LEDs instead of hazardous UV light, which makes it safe for working professionals. Appreciating the efforts of these students and the team comprising Prof Dinesh Kumar, Director, UIET, Dr Swati Dahiya, Associate Prof, Department of Biotech Engineering and Dr CC Tripathi, Associate Prof, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, for guiding them, Dr Sandhu assured them that the university would provide all support for patenting the instrument. Prof Shyam Kumar, Dean, Research and Development, KU, and organiser of ‘Anveshan’ is continuously making efforts to inculcate research aptitude among students. He said students were awarded first prize at the university as well as the north-zone level. Smaller version of the same prototype has been proposed in price range of normal electrophoresis unit for educational purpose in senior secondary schools and low-budget institutions, Professor Dinesh added.
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HAFED sugar mill creates new benchmark in industry
Chandigarh, April 8 The mill is positioned third when it comes to “till date” recovery which pertains to the total cane crushed and sugar produced in the season. During the current crushing season of 2012-13, 25.20 lakh quintal of cane has been crushed up till now and the mill has attained a “to-date” recovery of 9.60 per cent as on March 30 with the production of 2.36 lakh quintal of sugar so far. Simultaneously, this mill has exported 1.25 crore electricity units to the UHBVN, Haryana, and sold bagasse of Rs 25 lakh till now. The General manager, HAFED sugar mill, Assandh, Amrita Siwach, said in the current season, the cane price payment is being made through banks to the cane growers on a weekly basis. From season 2012-13 various kinds of activities undertaken by the mill are being sent to the farmers through SMS. The farmers are being educated and motivated to take up the drip irrigation system in this mill’s assigned area and it is expected that about 250 acres will be covered under this scheme. HAFED, on the demand of the farmers of the Assandh area, had set up the sugar mill at Phaphrana village and it started functioning in the season 2008-09. Siwach said the mill had many an achievement to its credit. In the crushing season 2012-13, it created a new record with the highest recovery of 12.06 per cent compared to other co-op sugar mills of Haryana and also surpassed the record of Shahabad Sugar Mill of 12 per cent recovery which was attained nearly nine years back. In the current crushing season, the mill is at the top position in north India in attaining the on-date magical figure of 12 per cent on date recovery. HAFED has made intensive efforts on development of sugarcane in its assigned area during these couple of years and the area under sugarcane has increased from 2,600 acre during 2008-09 to 15,000 acre for the crushing season 2012-13. However, in order to achieve still higher sugar recovery of around 10 per cent, HAFED mill is encouraging the farmers for multiplication of high- sugared new promising varieties for 2013-14 in which the area under cane will be 18,000 acres out of which the production will be 45 lakh quintal and availability of cane for crushing will be about 40 lakh quintal and early varieties area will be increased from 26 to 55 per cent.
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BJP’s added focus on southern Haryana; non-Jats dominate area
Faridabad, April 8 In terms of state politics, non-Jats dominate the area. Hence, the BJP’s added focus on the area. According to many, the BJP’s thrust on southern Haryana has been reemphasised by the recent induction of leaders from the area in its central organisation. Sudha Yadav and the former Haryana president of the party, Krishanpal Gujjar, who have been inducted in the national team, hail from the region. While Yadav, who is from the Ahirwal belt falling in southern Haryana, has been made the national secretary of the party, Gujjar has been inducted into the national executive. Well-placed sources in the party say that Gujjar has been drafted at the national level with a long-term plan in view of the strong numerical presence of the Gujjar community. Apart from Haryana, it has a sizeable population in the key states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir. Om Prakash Dhankar, who is also from the Ahirwal belt, continues as national president of the farmer wing of the party. Capt Abhimanyu, who had already been elevated to the central organisation, is now one of the national spokespersons of the party. Other than Gujjar, the former state Organisation Secretary of the party, Manoharlal Khattar, has been inducted in the national executive. He is from Rohtak, which is part of central Haryana and geographically contiguous to southern region. Sources say that Khattar, who is considered to be a stalwart and a "man of organisation" in the Haryana BJP, has been elevated keeping the Punjabi community in Haryana and other states in view. Punjabis have an influential presence in Haryana and other northern states, besides Punjab. Many in the BJP say that the party has been focusing on southern Haryana for a long time. The immediate past president, Gujjar, who hails from Faridabad, was replaced a few months ago by Ram Bilas Sharma, who hails form Mahendergarh. Another pointer was the party’s rally here after its three-day national conclave at Surajkund in the district last year. The rally was addressed by top party leaders, including Gujarat Chief Minister Narender Modi. Many wonder if Modi cast his shadow with regard to the induction of Haryana leaders in the central team, too, as he was once in charge of the party affairs in Haryana, and is said to have strong links with leaders of the state.
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Public Relations and Grievances Panel, Hisar Tribune News Service
Hisar, April 8 According to the new schedule, issued by the government, Finance Minister HS Chatha will preside over the monthly meeting of District Public Relations and Grievances Committee at Ambala; Industries Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala at Karnal; Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal at Mahendergarh; Power Minister Capt Ajay Singh Yadav at Mewat; Revenue Minister, Mahender Pratap Singh at Palwal; Agriculture Minister Paramvir Singh at Sirsa; Cooperation Minister Satpal Sangwan at Jind and Health Minister Rao Narender Singh at Rohtak. Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shiv Charan Lal Sharma will preside over the meeting of the District Public Relations and Grievances Committee at Rewari and Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs Sukhbir Kataria at Bhiwani. Among the Chief Parliamentary Secretaries, Dharambir would preside over the meeting of the District Public Relations and Grievances Committee at Sonepat, Ram Kishan Fouji at Yamunanagar, Sharda Rathore at Gurgaon, Sultan Singh at Panchkula, Vinod Bhayana at Fatehabad, Anita Yadav at Jhajjar, Rao Dan Singh at Faridabad, Ram Kishan Gujjar at Kaithal, Prahalad Singh Gillankhera at Kurukshetra and Jaleb Khan at Panipat.
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Martyrs’ memorial dedicated to people in Kaithal
Kaithal, April 8 Surjewala paid rich tributes to martyrs of the freedom struggle especially Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev and all those who had sacrificed their lives for the sake of their motherland. The minister while addressing a gathering said that this day provided us an opportunity for self-introspection. He urged the people to take a pledge to follow the path of sacrifice shown by martyrs. Surjewala honoured as many as 19 war widows -- Ratni Devi, Radha Devi, Choti Devi, Bishni Devi, Vidyawati, Bharpai, Roshni, Bohti Devi, Leela wait, Shanti Devi, Saroj Bala, Sheela Devi, Guddi Devi, Lakhwinder Kaur and Bhuro Devi were among those who lost their husbands in the 1962, the 1965 and the 1971 wars. The minister presented them shawls and mementos.
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Seema Biswas' theatre group to perform in North India
Karnal, April 8 The actress, who shot into fame after she played the role of Phoolan Devi in ‘Bandit Queen’, said it would be an attempt to sensitise masses and connect them to theatre. Biswas said her group would stage plays - ‘Jivit Ya Mrit’ (dead or alive) and ‘Stri Patra’, written by Rabindranath Tagore to highlight the agony
of women. ‘Jivit Ya Mrit’ is a story of a widow who was considered dead but was alive and when she came out and told that she was not dead, she was forced to die again simply to prove that she was dead and ‘Stri Patra’ is an interaction between a husband and wife over a letter, she said. “I like do theme-based films with strong social message and always look for something new in my roles,” said Seema Biswas, who was here for a cultural extravaganza - ‘Harmony-2013. When asked why celebrities from film industry are not interested in theatre, she said it was time consuming and less remunerative and only people with passion for stage were attracted to Theatre. However, there were actors like Naseeruddin Shah who do theatre with the same zeal. She said the government must support theatre and art to save it from extinction. Pleading for patronising theatre, she quoted the example of Sunil Pokhran of Nepal, who started art and theatre activities on a land given to him by the government and it became a popular site. After nearly 10 years, the government said the land was meant for some other purpose and he had to wind up overnight. He did not give up and restarted his activities on a leased land and got spontaneous support from people, she said. Seema, who was perturbed over a large number of cancer deaths in her home state of Assam, is cherishing a dream to set up a facility centre for detection and cure of cancer. She says that early detection and cure of cancer could save many lives. In Assam, the incidence of cancer is alarmingly high and in most of the cases the disease is detected at the final stage and chances of survival are low and awareness about the disease and early detection through regular check-ups can save many lives, says Seema, who herself lost some of the relatives due to the disease.
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Bhiwani goes for paperless administration
Bhiwani, April 8 In an earlier practice, the district authorities used to send letters to officers in the district through post, whenever information or a report was needed. The practice used to consume too much time especially when the letters were sent to subdivisions and block-level offices outside Bhiwani town. Similarly, for convening a meeting, the Deputy Commissioner's office had to inform as many as 120 officers telephonically. "Now, we send e-mails to officials for any meeting or for seeking any report. As our e-mail lands in the inbox of an official, an SMS also goes to his mobile phone, so that the official can open his mailbox and check the message," said Meena. He said though on important issues, a hard copy of the letter was sent to the officials, but the contents of the letter were first sent through e-mail to avoid delays in implementation.
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Medical camps mark World Health Day
Sonepat, April 8 The camp ‘focus on hips and pelvis’ was inaugurated by Sanjiv Marya, president of the Indian Orthopaedics Association (IOA), and RC Siwach, director of the college. Around 200 doctors from different areas attended the camp. Dr Marya, Dr Siwach and Dr Anil Mehtani of New Delhi explained about the treatment of broken bones of hips, replacement of
hips and of other hip-related issues. Narender Arora, Director-General, Health Services, Haryana, praised Dr Siwach for his efforts in starting the medical facilities in the the college within a short period of one year. Launching the pulse polio campaign, Dr Siwach said there was no report of any new polio patients in the country during the past over one year. “The country will be declared a polio-free nation if there will not be any new case in the coming one-and-a-half-year period,” he added. Dr Siwach said the pulse polio campaign had been going on since 1995 and efforts were been made to achieve the target of making the country polio-free. Teams of medical students of the college under the supervision of JP Majra, Head of the Community Medicines Department of the college, were sent to areas under the jurisdictions of the community health centres at Murlana and Juan and the primary health centre at Khanpur Kalan to administer polio doses to children below the age of five.
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Educating people on high blood pressure
Karnal, April 8 Even though about eight crore people die due to blood pressure-related diseases, people at large are not aware of the fatal effect of the disease. The IMC has decided to focus on it on World Health Day, said IMC spokesperson, Dr Rajiv Gupta. He said one out of three persons suffers from high BP and out of every three BP patients, only one was aware that he was suffering. Besides, out of every three patients undergoing treatment for BP, only one gets proper treatment. High blood pressure, which is also known as a silent killer, leads to diseases like heart attack, brain haemorrhage, paralysis, blindness and kidney failure and hence it becomes essential that every citizen who is above 25 years of age gets his BP checked at any hospital and the facility is free of cost. Meanwhile, a social organisation, Eklavya, organised a blood donation camp and over 150 persons donated blood. Karnal Jail Superintendent Sher Singh, who was chief guest at the camp, said there was no nobler deed than donating blood as its gave life to suffering people.
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A mega blood donation camp was held under the joint auspices of the Rewari Rotary Club ( RRC) and the Rotary Club of South City, Gurgaon (RCG) at the Gurgaon Institute of Technology and Management (GITM) Complex at Bilaspur, 32 km from Rewari, on Thursday ( April 4).
Deputy Commissioner, Kaithal, Chander Shekhar along with officials of various departments inspected various places in Kaithal and in the Kalayat area to review steps to prevent floods.
He directed officials to complete all pending construction works in time so that the benefits of projects could reach people.
To promote innovative ideas among students, a three-day national-level Student Research Convention ‘Anveshan’ was organised by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and All-India University Association (AIUA) recently.
Randeep Singh Surjewala, PWD and Industries Minister, Haryana, dedicated to the people a memorial, Shaheedi Samarak, built in honour of the martyrs at a cost of Rs 2. 25 crore on the site adjoining Bidhikyar tank here recently.
Surjewala paid rich tributes to martyrs of the freedom struggle especially Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev and all those who had sacrificed their lives for the sake of their motherland. 
On the occasion of the World Health Day yesterday, two medical camps - one for the administration of polio doses and the other for checking hips and pelvis problems - were organised at BPS Government Women Medical College, Khanpur
Kalan.
