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HOODA APPROVES PROPOSAL
24-hour power supply for two Bhiwani villages
Haryana mc polls |
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Fee concession to convict for master's course
Classes X, XII icse Exams
Rural women should know empowerment's meaning, says VC
International Museum Day celebrated
KITM students organise 3-day project exhibition
Adopt post-harvesting measures to restore soil fertility: Experts
Rubber-coated transmission cables lying unchecked
419 villages to benefit from govt welfare schemes
Discoms’ pillar-box system to 'minimise' power thefts
Mahapanchayat held on abduction of 7-year-old girl from Rewari
51 units of blood collected
Portspersons' diet money increased
Educational journalism alone can 'disseminate' research's results
Order for closure of unrecognised schools leaves parents worried
Restoration work damages Buddhist site
Rajiv Awas Yojna
Dalits, upper-caste villagers sink differences
Unregistered ayurveda doctors to face action
Violation of labour laws
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Hepatitis C patients of Fatehabad to get latest treatment
Sushil Manav Tribune News Service
Fatehabad, May 20 Ratia will soon have the services of a physician, a microbiologist and a lab technician with a well-equipped lab in the Community Health Centre of the town. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has approved a proposal to this effect. The cell will be established in the office of the Director-General, Health Services, in Panchkula at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore. A spokesman of the Haryana Health Department said a decision was taken following surveys conducted under the expert guidance of the Social and Preventive Medicine Department (SPM) of the PGIMS, Rohtak. The first such survey to detect those suffering from hepatitis C was conducted in 78 villages, 17 wards and three colonies in Ratia in Fatehabad district from February 13 to February 25, 2012. The samples were taken on voluntary basis from suspected cases of the family members of positive HCV. These samples were tested in microbiology lab in the PGIMS, Rohtak. Out of a total of 7,533 samples collected, 1,630 of them were found positive. The rate of incidence was 0.74 per cent in Ratia, said the spokesperson. The second such survey was conducted in February 2013 in Durana village, Jind district, and the third survey was held in March 2013 in Roheru village, Kaithal district. At Durana village, 207 samples were taken and out of these, 89 were found positive for hepatitis C and the rate of incidence was 1.4 per cent. Similarly, in Roheru, 342 samples were taken and 107 were found positive thus showing 1.37 per cent as the rate of incidence. He said Rs 50 lakh had been sanctioned to purchase a PCR machine and complete infrastructure at the PGIMS, Rohtak. Sanction had been granted to have three contractual posts for complete line listing of cases and line of management at the Community Health Centre (CHC), Ratia, i.e. medical officer (MD Medicine) as nodal officer, one microbiologist and one lab technician. Also, sanction was granted for upgradation of the lab at CHC, Ratia. A budget of Rs 12.08 lakh was sanctioned for reagents and other material required for tests. He said that Rs 5.20 crore had been sought for procurement of medicines. He said according to the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), the prevalence rate according to the WHO was 1-2 per cent. The Health Department had considered both methods of treatment that is Standard Interferon and Peg Interferon. It was decided that treatment with Peg Interferon was the best among the two regimes. He said the non-recurring cost for establishing a lab and a treatment centre at the PGIMS, Rohtak, would be Rs 1.78 crore. According to rough estimates, for treatment of such patients, the total expenditure for one district was Rs 21 lakh. The total number of patients according to the survey conducted in Fatehabad, Jind and Kaithal was 1,826 and members belonging to the Scheduled Castes and those living Below Poverty Line at a rate of 20 per cent came to 366. The total cost of treating patients in these three districts in the first phase was Rs 23.19 crore and of BPL and SC patients of above three districts was over Rs 4.64 crore besides non-recurring cost of Rs 1.78 crore for establishing a lab at the PGIMS Rohtak.
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24-hour power supply for two Bhiwani villages
Hisar, May 20 The was stated by Devender Singh, chairman and managing director of DHBVN and UHBVN after inaugurating a new model of power supply at Siwach village in Bhiwani. He said the Mandholi feeder had become the third zero power-cut feeder of the state and Siwach and Mandholi villages were the fourth and fifth villages to get 24-hour power supply with the creation of a new power-supply system. Siwach is the first village of Bhiwani district that qualified to become zero-power-cut village and Mandholi is the second village in the district to get round-the-clock supply. Chirod, Singhran and Chuli Bagrian villages of Hisar district are the first, second and third villages respectively that have qualified for 24-hour power supply. Devender Singh said," With the erection of insulated cables by replacing bare-low tension conductor and relocation of all meters in piller boxes outside the houses, line losses in these villages have come down considerably. Hence, the villages qualify to get 24- hour power supply for domestic and commercial purposes. The supply in villages has already been increased by three hours from 11 hours to 14 hours a day. He said the Haryana Power Distribution Corporations (Discoms) intended to give supply to villages on the pattern of towns. "By launching the schemes of zero power cut and supply on urban pattern and special programme for maintenance and strengthening the power distribution system in the state, the discoms have moved ahead. Now, it is the turn of consumers to give their consent for the new system in villages," he said. On request of panchayats, the nigams would organise camps in villages to give on the spot connections in the houses with no regular power connections. All damaged and old meters will be replaced on the days of the camps. He assured the villagers that no theft case would be slapped in case there was some defect detected during the relocation of meters. Devender Singh said a register for lodging complaints relating to power supply would be kept with sarpanches in villages, having new reliable and safe system, and a prompt action would be taken on requests of sarpanches.
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Sensitive polling booths to be videographed
Bhanu P Lohumi Our Correspondent
Karnal/Panipat, May 20 The State Election Commission had issued instructions to the Director-General of Police (DGP) and administration to make full proof arrangements. A close vigil will be maintained on the law and order situation and criminals on parole, bail jumpers and history sheeters. A flag march may be organised in sensitive areas and a daily report on the law and order situation will be sent on the pattern of elections to the Lok Sabha/Vidhan Sabha. Videography of sensitive/hypersensitive polling stations will be done. Every presiding officer will be asked to send an SMS every hour or more often about the number of votes polled. Additional police force will be deployed at the sensitive/hypersensitive polling stations and special attention will be paid to buildings where more than four polling stations will be set up. No new arms licence will be issued till the elections are concluded. As the counting will be centralised and take place one day after the polling, adequate security arrangements will be made for safe storage of EVMs and counting of votes.
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Fee concession to convict for master's course
Kurukshetra, May 20 In his request to the VC, Lakhvinder had stated that he wanted to complete MA in English to keep his hopes of a better future alive. His application was forwarded by the Superintendent, District Jail, Karnal. The chance to get education provides a second opportunity to convicts to learn skills and social competences they will need in order to reintegrate in society after they complete their terms in jail. Education for convicts can open up opportunities and build their self-confidence, said Sandhu.
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Ambala school achieves 100% results
Suman Bhatnagar
Ambala, May 20 Keshav attributes his success to his hard work and the support provided by his parents and teachers, who always motivated him to give his best. He is followed by Sayak Kundu who scored 93.2 per cent. Mihir Sirohi scored 92.8 per cent. Ashutosh Sharma and Harshika Alag also scored 92.4 per cent. Prachi Grover secured 91.2 per cent. All 37 students who appeared for the ISC examination passed with flying colours. In Class XII science stream, Vipin Boora topped his batch by securing 80 per cent followed by Aman Boora and Atul Kundu who scored 79.8 per cent. In Commerce stream, Priya Talwar is the topper who scored 88.8 per cent followed by Rajat Singh Jaggi with 88.5 per cent. Amandeep Mallour scored 86 per cent, Sahil Kalra 82 per cent and Meenakshi Gupta 81 per cent. Chairman of the school Rajinder Nath said he was happy that the school has shown outstanding results in the board examinations. Principal AK Saxena said the students who brought laurels to the school would be honoured during a special function.
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Rural women should know empowerment's meaning, says VC
Sonepat, May 20 This was stated by the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Dr Pankaj Mittal, while inaugurating a one-day workshop on "Rural Women Empowerment" at the university's Women Polytechnic. She stressed that a rural woman should know the real meaning of empowerment. Every woman had a special talent in her and education helped in giving shape to that talent. Listing the commitment of the university in women empowerment, Mittal said the university had opened a carpentry centre at Sirsadh village, a beauty parlour at Badwasni village, a cutting and tailoring centre at Ahulana, a training centre for electricians at Khanpur Kalan village and centres for data-entry operators and stenography on the university campus. University's registrar Asha Kadian said the university had helped women in Khanpur Kalan village to form self-help groups which had started their own activities with financial assistance from Punjab National Bank. The Principal of the Women Polytechnic, Dr DVS Dahiya, explained the activities of the workshop as well as training centres being run by the polytechnic in different villages.
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International Museum Day celebrated
Kurukshetra, May 20 On this occasion, a poster-making competition for school students from Classes IX to XII on the theme "Role of Museums in Social Change" was organised. Dr RK Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Kurukshetra University, and VP Verma, a senior artist of Kurukshetra, acted as judges in the competition. Dr RD Mehla, librarian, Kurukshetra University, was the chief guest while SS Kundu, chief executive officer, Kurukshetra Development Board, presided over the function. In his inaugural address, Dr Mehla acknowledged the contribution of SMK in spreading the museum movement in Haryana. He applauded the efforts of SMK in arranging a series of educational activities in the form of workshops, exhibitions, lectures and competitions on various aspects of our cultural heritage throughout the year. Kudnu, in his presidential address, said there would be no paucity of funds in organising heritage programmes in the museum SMK curator RS Rana said the museum, being a premier heritage institution in the region, was always trying to inspire and promote various heritage activities in Kurukshetra. Free documentary shows on the diverse heritage of India were being shown to groups of students and visitors every day, he added. Balwan Singh, artist and coordinator of the programme, presented the vote of thanks. Results: Poster-making competition: 1 Palak of Maharana Pratap Public School, Kurukshetra; 2 Sumit of Gurukul, Kurukshetra; and 3 Pawan Kumar of Government High School, Dabkheri.
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KITM students organise 3-day project exhibition
Kurukshetra, May 20 More than 40 projects were exhibited by 120 students of the institute. Students presented innovative projects including an anti-theft petrol system, an automatic bus-stop display system, an automatic-irrigation system, power-line communication, solar sun screen and an electromagnetic piston engine. The Compressed Air Vehicle Project was the centre of attraction. The students also presented a detailed report on the working process of their respective projects and threw light on their future usage. The director-principal of KITM, Prof PJ George, shared his valuable experiences with the students. The students also shared their ideas and discussed the future possibilities of their respective projects with the experts of the institute.
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Adopt post-harvesting measures to restore soil fertility: Experts
Rohtak, May 20 These measures not only cost low but can also help thefarmers financially as these involve a pulse which can be grown over the small intervening period before the next major sowing. This is the advice released by a group that advocates natural farming in the region. Prof Rajinder Chaudhary, Department of Economics, MDU, and Adviser to the campaign, says there are several low-cost measures to increase soil fertility but due to lack of awareness and help, the harvested land keeps lying unused for the next couple of months when the next crop is sown. He said before the sowing of kharif crops, the farmers could go for sowing the moong pulse as it was quite possible going by the easy availability of seeds. He said the crop was of short duration and did not cost much. Though some of the farmers had started summer sowing of moong , there were many who did not get subsidised seeds and left their land vacant before kharif sowing, which usually takes place in August or September. Narain Singh, convener of the Kudrati Kheti Abhiyan, says sowing the short-duration moong crop was the best course as one can harvest moong and it increased the fertility of soil. However, if this is not possible for whatever reasons, the farmers could use green manure as it increases the soil fertility tremendously and one can get handsome yields without the use of urea. In fact rather than sowing only moong or ‘jantar’, another leguminous crop, mixed green manure is far better. For this, he said, farmers should go for 10 to 20 kg seeds of all seasonal cereals, oil seeds, pulses and creepers and they need not worry about the variety of green manure seeds. They can use any variety which is cheap and available. Greater the diversity of seeds, the better it is, he claimed. Adding that intercropping of pulses and leguminous crops like moong, urad, guar and moth is good for all kharif crops like bajra, maize, cotton, sugarcane, he said these could be sown even in standing crops of cotton and sugarcane. Stating that the farmers should go for acquiring farmyard manure right away and put in a semi-shaded place than to wait and get it later when the next sowing starts, Narain said the pile may be covered with dry biomass. He said with the use of a locally manufactured mixture of various items, including gur, cow dung and pulse flour, the mixture would turn the pile into a very potent organic manure.
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Rubber-coated transmission cables lying unchecked
Kaithal, May 20 The UHBVN authorities have failed to take any steps to lift this property of the power board and shift the same to a safer place. The rubber-coated cables have been replaced by new aluminium wires at a huge cost. These sudden decisions of the power board have raised many eyebrows. The UHBVN had started using rubber-coated cables for transmission only a few years ago on the grounds that these were temper proof, safe and would check power theft and would be more durable and easy to maintain than the aluminium wires. About two years ago in a decision taken at the higher level during shifting of poles for road widening in this town, aluminium wires were replaced by rubber-coated cables. Aluminium wires worth lakhs that were removed from poles became useless and turned into scrap and sent to stores resulting in a huge loss to the board. Why these rubber-coated cables have been again replaced by the aluminium wires has baffled local residents who have failed to understand the department policy that had left the state exchequer poorer by lakhs. UHBVN SDO (OP)-1, Kaithal, said the department found fault with the rubber-coated cables as these become dry, which resulted in frequent faults that were not easy to locate. While talking about the cables lying on roadsides, he said these bundles would be lifted soon. Departmental sources said complaints about the low quality of rubber cables were being made in various parts of the state and these were being replaced at many places. But the question was why senior officials of the UHBVN took this decision to purchase rubber-coated cables worth crores without proper quality check.
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419 villages to benefit from govt welfare schemes
Kurukshetra, May 20 This was stated by the Deputy Commissioner, Mandeep Singh Brar, while addressing a meeting of newly appointed clusters in charge in the conference hall of the mini-secretariat here recently. Brar said every cluster would comprise nine villages and the responsibility for each cluster had been assigned to a district-level officer as the cluster in charge who would supervise implementation of government welfare schemes, prepare field reports, resolve villagers’ problems on the spot, take care of village’s development including supply of electricity, drinking water, sanitation, ration card depots, schools and animal husbandry. Besides, the clusters in charge would keep a watch on teachers, students, their books and uniforms, mid-day meals and other facilities available to them in their respective villages. Acting as a bridge between the villagers and the district administration, the clusters in charge would discuss the problems in villages at the district-level monthly meetings. They would also submit their reports to the DC within 10 days after visiting their assigned villages. The DC said that on the pattern of the Panchayati Raj website, introduced four months ago, the reports of clusters in charge would be available on a website where, in addition to other information, their cell numbers and email IDs would be uploaded. Each of them would be given a password to update reports, he added.
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Discoms’ pillar-box system to 'minimise' power thefts
Faridabad, May 20 Singh, who was in Faridabad to motivate Congress workers to create public awareness about the new system, said line losses were reduced by 25 per cent in the villages of his Fatehabad Assembly constituency in Hisar district where it was introduced. Consequently, the villages get an uninterrupted 16-hour power supply even though the number of new connections increased. Addressing a meeting of party workers of the district, he urged them to launch a campaign to inform the public against line losses, including power thefts. The Haryana distribution companies comprising the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) and the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) recently introduced the pillar-box system in three villages of Hisar and two of Bhiwani district. The proposal is to cover all villages of the state in the pillar-box system in which a cluster of meters will be installed atop pillars at public places in villages. Only the houses having an authorised connection can get supply from the meters, which are connected with transformers through insulated cables. Also, the low-tension wires passing through the villages which were not insulated are being replaced by insulated cables.
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Mahapanchayat held on abduction of 7-year-old girl from Rewari
Rewari, May 20 While elders and other distinguished residents of 101 villages of the Rewari region participated in the mahapanchayat, Daya Nand Yadav, a former sarpanch of Dhamlawas village, presided over its proceedings, which were conducted by comrade Rajender Singh, an advocate and a prominent champion of the causes of the underprivileged sections of society. It is noteworthy that Rajesh, an employee of Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, along with his wife Saroj Devi, daughter Parul (7) and son Deepanshu (4) came to Rewari by a train on the night of May 4 and when he was buying biscuits for his son Deepanshu, Parul was abducted in the twinkling of an eye by some unknown persons. Subsequently, he filed a complaint following which the GRP registered a case of abduction. Later, SP Pankaj Nain announced a cash reward of Rs 25,000 for providing any clue of Parul. Some days later, a prize of Rs 50,000 was also declared for any such informer by Deputy Commissioner CG Rajini Kaanthan. However, when nothing concrete emerged even after the announcement of these two big rewards, the sangharsh samiti held a mahapanchayat that was addressed by Daya Nand Yadav, comrade Rajender Singh, INLD legislator Rameshwar Dayal, BJP Kisan Morcha's state general secretary Ram Pal Yadav , district president of Sarva Karamchari Sangh Chander Bhan Yadav and other prominent village elders. All participants flayed the police as well as the civil administration for their slack approach owards such a grave matter. The mahapanchayat also gave an ultimatum to the authorities that if nothing concrete emerged by May 22, they would be compelled to hold a massive demonstration here on May 23. In the meantime, according to a decision taken in the mahapanchayat, a delegation of the sanagharsh samiti today met the Deputy Commissioner and submitted a memorandum to him seeking a result-oriented outcome in the matter. A spokesman of the samiti said copies of the memorandum were also being sent to the President of India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
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51 units of blood collected
Kurukshetra, May 20 Manav Mitra Mandal president Dr Ram Rattan Sharma presided over the programme while DSP Avtar Singh, SDO Neeraj Sharma and District Public Relations and Grievances Committee member Ankit Gupta were guests of honour. The organisers also honoured the blood donors by affixing blood donation flags of the Red Cross Society to the blood donors and giving them mementos at the camp. Dr Manjeet Singh in charge of the blood bank at LNJP Hospital, Om Prakash from the Red Cross Society and Baljeet Singh, NCC officer, were also honoured on the occasion. As many as 51 units of blood were collected at the camp.
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Portspersons' diet money increased
Chandigarh, May 20 An official spokesman said this decision would benefit 396 sportspersons . He said the Sports and Youth Affairs Department provided training to 287 sportspersons at 12-day boarding sports nurseries, 45 sportspersons at two-day boarding academies and at a sports hostel at Gurgaon having 64 players. As many as 287 players were in residential nurseries, he added.
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Educational journalism alone can 'disseminate' research's results
Fatehabad, May 20 Suresh Kumar Gahlawat, Dean of Colleges, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, inaugurated the workshop held in the college in collaboration with the Haryana chapter of the Council of Teachers Education. Manoj Siwach, Registrar of the university, was the chief guest at the valedictory session. Prominent resource persons like DN Khosla, former Head, Publications, NCERT, New Delhi, Suresh Verma, Senior Faculty, Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Umesh Arya, Associate Professor in the Advertisement Management and Public Relations Department of Guru Jambeshwar University, Virender Chauhan, Chairperson, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, Nivedita Hooda, in charge, Department of Education, CDLU, Sirsa, and Vandana Punia, Department of Education, CDLU, Sirsa were the speakers. Emphasising the need for promoting educational journalism, Gahlawat said without this all research work done in the field of education would be rendered useless. It would not be possible to disseminate research’s results to the masses. Gahlawat said in 1963, Chinese embryologist Tong produced the world’s first cloned fish by inserting the DNA from a cell of male Carp into an egg. He published his findings in Chinese language but could not translate it into English. Due to this, his findings could not get recognition in the world, he said. “Over the years, short courses in different fields of journalism like defence journalism, agriculture journalism and sports journalism have been introduced, but education journalism is one field that has remained neglected so far,” said Prof KK Sharma, a former Pro Vice-Chancellor of North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, and president of the Haryana State Chapter of Council of Teacher Education. DN Khosla said it was good that several newspapers had started focusing on educational journalism and some had come out with pullouts on this issue too. Khosla said while textbooks were revised after five to 10 years, news on education kept the students update on the latest in the field of knowledge. Nivedita Hooda expressed her views on the “Scope of Educational Journalism in Teachers Education” while Vishnu Bhagwan, an Associate Professor in the CDLU, spoke on educational journalism vis-a-vis administrative aspects. RL Phutela, a Professor from the NCERT, delivered his keynote address. In his valedictory address, Registrar Manoj Siwach congratulated the college for conducting a successful workshop. Rajiv Batra, president of the Manohar Memorial Educational Trust, said the college management committee provided its unflinching support to the principals and staff of colleges coming under it, so that they could give their best for the benefit of students. Principal Punam Miglani thanked the delegates and resource persons for making the workshop a success. Kavita Batra, a lecturer in the host college, coordinated the workshop.
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Order for closure of unrecognised schools leaves parents worried
Rewari, May 20 While the state government's move aims at checking the mushroom growth of illegally- run schools in various districts of the state, parents of children are virtually a worried lot. They pleaded that while they had already paid a hefty amount for the admission of their children in these schools and the quest for new schools for their children soon after the closure of the schools would make them run from pillar to post. Many of the parents were of the view that if the government had enforced the decision on the eve of 2012-13 academic session , it could have spared them of much of the impending trials and tribulations. Besides, the loss of jobs is bound to befall on the scores of teachers working the schools. Earlier, a conclave was held here recently, in which over 40 administrative heads of these schools deliberated upon the situation arising out of the state government's decision. According to their spokesman Dushiyant Kumar, they would soon call on the Haryana Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal in this regard. The spokesman said they had resolved that in view of the plight of their several thousand students as well as the teaching staff, they would stoutly oppose the enforcement of the state government's move . However, District Education Officer Virender Singh said the schools, which were mostly being run in small rooms, were not following the rules and regulations of the state Education Department and were running without any valid recognition.
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Restoration work damages Buddhist site
Yamunanagar, May 20 Speaking to The Tribune, Sidharth Gauri, president of the Yamunanagar-based forum, said the site was under the protection of the Haryana State Archaeological Department, but was handed over to the Tourism Department that had undertaken the work of developing the spot as a potential tourist destination. Notably, Chinese pilgrim Yuan Chwang, who visited India had described three Buddhist monasteries with more than 700 Hinayana practitioners (school of Buddhism) at Thanesar. Gauri said the remains of a stupa and monasteries could still be seen on an elevated ground between the Brahma Sarovara and the Kurukshetra University. He said since the site was handed over to the Haryana State Archaeological Department in 1990-91, very less work was done at the site. In 2010-11, the state Archaeology Department had issued Rs 26,5,000 and begun preservation and excavation work here. He said during a recent visit to the site, Parmod Kumar, vice-president of the forum, observed that a JBC machine was being used to level the ground, which was in violation of the guidelines. He said no heavy machinery could be used in or around the ancient sites of importance so that the original character of these structures could be preserved. Gauri claimed that members of the forum found that the site had been badly damaged due to the use of earth removers. During the cleaning of the structure in 2011, the remains of the foundation walls of the monastic complex room were found. However, the forum members, who recently visited the site, could not find these remains after JCBs were used here. He said restoration of the site by the Tourism Department that had no archaeological expert, could further damage the site and the government should immediately intervene. He said the forum had already lodged a complaint with the Principal Secretary of the Archaeological Department, but the officials of the department had been maintaining that no damage had been done to the structure.
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Sirsa to be made slum-free district by spending Rs 177 crore
Sushil Manav Tribune News Service
Sirsa, May 20 Sirsa MP Ashok Tanwar announced this while inaugurating a vegetable and fruits rehri market here recently. The fruits and vegetables rehri market has been set up at a cost of Rs 20 lakh on the space available under the railway over bridge (ROB) on the Hisar-Dabwali road. The rehri market is the first of its kind in the country, he claimed. The market will provide space to nearly 160 rehris and Tanwar said that a plan for its expansion was also in place. The state-of-the-art rehri market had arrangements of water, lighting and parking of vehicles. Floodlights had been installed to provide proper lighting to the market, he said. There are nearly 30 blocks under the ROB and each block has the provision for setting six rehris. The authorities also plan to set up a reverse osmosis system in the market to provide clean drinking water to those visiting the rehri market. Allowing a majority of rehris of the town to set up their business at one place would also help in improving sanitary conditions in the town. Giving details about the implementation of Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY) in Sirsa, the Sirsa MP said as many as 3,000 houses would be constructed under the scheme. The houses would be allotted to roofless people. He said a survey had been conducted in Sirsa for this purpose. Tanwar said in Sirsa, Rs 86 crore had been spent under the Backward Region Grant Funds (BRGF). Sirsa Deputy Commissioner J Ganesan, who accompanied the MP, said several innovative schemes like battery-operated auto rickshaws, the District Science Centre and others had been implemented in the district. The ADC, Shiv Prasad Sharma, the SDM, Sant Lal Pachar, the state executive member of the Congress, Hoshiari Lal Sharma, Bhupesh Mehta, Naveen Kedia and several others were also present.
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Dalits, upper-caste villagers sink differences
Bhiwani, May 20 Chief Parliamentary Secretary Ram Kishan Fauji mediated between the two communities, said an official spokesperson here. A controversy had erupted between the two communities when Rakesh Kumar, a Dalit youth, who was riding a mare during a wedding procession on March 1, was beaten up and forced to come down from the animal by some youths belonging to the upper caste. The youths allegedly beat up Kumar for daring to ride a mare despite being a Dalit and roughed up “baratis” who tried to stop them. Later, the police registered a case against 20 persons after tension mounted in the village and arrested some persons in this connection. Those booked included some influential persons from the village. However, tension did not end as the Dalits alleged that their children were being stopped from going to the village school. Several panchayats were held in the village to resolve the issue, but somehow the differences persisted between the two communities after the incident. Fauji headed a meeting of the two communities on Thursday, where members of both the communities agreed to sink their differences. Members of the upper caste assured the Dalits that no one from their side would interfere in their wedding rituals in future.
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Unregistered ayurveda doctors to face action
Sonepat, May 20 This was stated by the board’s Secretary Bijender Singh Malik while talking to mediapersons during an inspection to check the registration of doctors at Gohana recently. As per rules, a doctor had to renew his registration after every five years, he said. Malik said the registration of around 12,000 doctors, who had not renewed their registrations, had already been cancelled. Only one third of the regular medical practitioners (RMPs) had got themselves registered and the remaining two third had not got their registration done in the state, he added. According to the directions of the Supreme Court, he said, the degrees of vaidya visharad, up-vaidya and ayruved ratan obtained up to 1967 were only recognised for registration by the board. The Secretary clarified that in case of RMPs, their registration from Haryana was valid for renewal and certificates obtained from other states were not valid.
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Violation of labour laws
Chandigarh, May 20 While stating this here, a spokesman of the department said prosecutions were launched against 401 establishments and conviction obtained against 393 cases. —TNS
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