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Bhuntar airport runway extension on the cards
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SFI activists protest outside Governor House
Put in efforts to fight cancer: CMO
Indora college is wrestling champion
Youth’s body found hanging
BJP raises membership target in state
Panel formed by NGT inspects Rohtang Teachers told to adopt latest techniques
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Bhuntar airport runway extension on the cards
Shimla, November 8 With the value of this land in Kullu being very high, the cost of acquisition may cross over ~500 crore. As such the government is seriously considering the relatively less expensive proposition of constructing an over-bridge to extend the runway for enabling landing of bigger aircrafts. Vijai Singh Mankotia, vice-chairman, State Tourism Board, said: “Experts have suggested to construct an over-bridge by erecting 68 pillars, and to reduce the threat from Beas water huge walls can be constructed. We are planning to go ahead with
this proposal.” He said the team from IIT Roorkee and the AAI had visited the spot and given its report, adding that the government would soon decide on the construction of the over-bridge. Mankotia said the proposal to divert the river could be too expensive so constructing an over-bridge would be more feasible. He said: “Even if the river has to be diverted, very little land will have to be acquired as the over-bridge will serve the purpose at a relatively cheap cost. With Deccan Airways expressing its willingness to operate flights from Shimla, Kullu and Dharamsala to Delhi and Chandigarh, Himachal will have to ensure that the infrastructure and facilities at the three airports are proper. While flights are operating from Gaggal in Kangra, they have been very erratic from Kullu and non-functional from Shimla for the past two years.” While
Rs 142.70 crore had been approved for undertaking repairs of the sunken 300-ft runway at Jubbarhatti airport, plans were afoot to extend the runway at Gaggal in Kangra as well, he said. This would enable landing of wide-bodied aircrafts and thus bringing the air fare down, he added. Bottlenecks
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Investor meet Day 4: Ahmedabad Tribune News Service
Shimla, November 8 Khambatta said as per international apple juice concentrates standards, apples of Himachal were better than those of China. He said he was also ready to work in a joint venture besides marketing support to Rasna. He assured to bring tetra packs in the name of Rasna Himachal and promote brand Himachal nationaly and internationally. Vadilal Ice Cream manufacturing group having three units in the country, proposed to set up a processing unit for agro products, including vegetables and potatoes in the lower belt of Himachal. The famous Torrent group exporting pharmaceuticals to Brazil, America, and other countries from Baddi in Himachal Pradesh, expressed its willingness to invest Rs 200 crore in bulk drugs. They have already invested Rs 325 crore in the state. Ramanujan, Vice-President, Adani Wilmar Group, that has already invested Rs 200 crore in Himachal for setting up cold storages intended to extend its field of functioning by expanding and setting the Cold Atmospheric Store (CAS) facility in Rampur with a storage capacity of 3,000 tonne and another CAS in Kullu for over Rs 100 crore. They also requested the government to provide 10 acre land near Kullu for storing 15,000 tonne apples. Himachali entrepreneur Komal Agnihotri from Tahliwal in Una who is engaged with GMS Shipping company and doing 60 per cent business in ship buying and selling in the world, also assured that he would invest Rs 250 crore in setting up a food park on his own piece of land in Tahliwal. Concord Bio-tech, Shah Alloys and Hitachi Hirel Private Limited also showed keen interest in investing in the state for which the proposals were invited by the CM. Major draw
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Anurag honours 100 polling booth workers in Hamirpur
Hamirpur, November 8 “To have a close contact with my electorate, I have decided to make the best use of technology and set up youth knowledge centres, equipped with video-conferencing facility, in each of the 17 Assembly segments in my constituency,” he said. He said he would be available to the public through video-conferencing and every one could communicate. “This will help me in listening to the grievances of the public irrespective of their geographical location,” he added. He said since the
purchase of computers was restricted under the MP Local Area Development Fund, he was trying to buy computers through donations from major companies. He had purchased over 350 computers so far and the process of establishing the centre had already been started, he added. He said these centres would generate employment for youth and they were following the direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi towards digital India. “The government has initiated the drive to provide toilets for girls in every school, but we have already achieved the target in the previous term,” he added. He said 100 per cent schools in the Hamirpur constituency had toilets for girls. Former Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said the BJP workers should gear up to achieve the target of membership by December 31. Lambasts Cong govt
KANGRA: Anurag Thakur alleged that vindictive and discriminatory politics of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh had led to the postponement of development works and the
Rs 600-crore Central University project. Anurag was addressing a public meeting at Rakkar village in Dehra Gopipur yesterday. He said the Ministry of Environment had rejected the proposal of the state government of providing land in Dharamsala for the Central University. It was because of his efforts that an international cricket stadium was constructed in Dharamsala. But, the Chief Minister because of his vindictive nature was engaged in framing him in different cases and ignoring the development of the state, he added. He said the BJP was geared up to see Himachal as a Congress-free state. BJP MLA Vikram Thakur stressed on the establishment of the Central University at Dehra. He said if the present government did not change its attitude towards the establishment of the university at Dehra, the Bharatiya Janata Party would be forced to protest and resort to hunger strike. |
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SFI activists protest outside Governor House
Shimla, November 8 The activists staged a protest outside the Raj Bhawan. In its three-point demand charter, they demanded slashing the fee, besides lifting Section 144 from the HPU campus and revoking the expulsion of seven students, who were expelled from the university in September for allegedly misbehaving with Himachal Pradesh University Vice-Chancellor ADN Bajpai. HPU SFI campus secretary Rahul Chauhan said it was the duty of the state government to provide education to its residents, but students were forced to pay the increased fee. He said the report submitted by the three-member high-powered committee constituted by the government had not been made public so far and there was no relief
to students. To add to it, he said, Himachal Pradesh University had started collecting fee for annual exams compelling students to shell out more money. The activists of the
Students’ Federation of India demanded the Governor’s intervention in the matter.
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Put in efforts to fight cancer: CMO
Kangra, November 8 He said premature deaths due to fatal diseases could be averted. He called upon all to go for screening. Dr RK Sood, District Programme Officer, said, “Fifty per cent of cancers are now attributable to our lifestyles, obesity or tobacco and alcohol use, lack of regular exercise, environmental pollution, pesticides and radiation.” Dr Vinod Chaudhary, BMO, asked all health workers to talk openly in village health committees and refer symptomatic cases to health institutions. Nargota municipality chief Himadri Soni said a healthy lifestyle preached in the Shastras should be adopted. Manoj Mehta, Director, HRTC, said they would extend full community support as the Health Department alone could not control cancer. Students’ faculty members from the Radiotherapy and Oncology Department of the DRPGMC at Tanda participated in the programme. Dr Ramesh Bharti, officiating Principal, laid stress on the importance of screening for the early detection of breast and cervix cancers. |
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Indora college is wrestling champion
Nurpur, November 8 The event was held under eight weight categories from 57 to 125 kg. The winners of the competition were: 57 kg — Surjan Singh (Nurpur); 61 kg — Munish (Nurpur); 65 kg — Manjeet (Kotshera); 70 kg — Ankush (Hamirpur); 74 kg — Ankit (Indora); 86 kg — Nagender (Indora); 97 kg — Ominder (Indora); and 125 kg — Shivam (Sundernagar). Ashit Mishra, Principal of the host college, presided over the closing ceremony of the inter-college sports event and awarded trophies to
the winners.
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Youth’s body found hanging
Kangra, November 8 The protesters suspected that the deceased, identified as Sandeep Kumar (21), son of goldsmith Partap Chand of Sammela village in Donga Bazar locality here, was involved in a love affair and the girl’s family might have told him something that he committed suicide. DSP Ashok Kumar said Sandeep had returned at 2.30 am from Ludhiana. Next morning, his body was found hanging from a tree in Old Kangra. The police, on the basis of suspicion of Sandeep’s father, registered a case under Section 306, IPC, and started probe under Section 174, CrPC. |
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The state government may soon go ahead with the proposal to extend the runway at the Bhuntar airport in Kullu by constructing an over-bridge and undertaking only partial diversion of the Beas river.
With the report of technical experts from IIT Roorkee and the Airports Authority of India (AAI), recommending the diversion of the Beas, a total of 27.77 hectare land will have to be acquired.
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh was in Ahmedabad today, where he met various industrialists desirous of investing in the state.
Members of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) protested outside the Governor House here today demanding the rollback of the new fee structure of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU).
Students assembled at Chhota Shimla and walked towards the Raj Bhawan to submit a memorandum to Governor Urmila Singh, but the Governor was busy due to her prior appointments.
All stakeholders need to work together and put in efforts to fight cancer and create awareness for the prevention, early diagnosis, holding screening camps and linking them to treatment.
