Chandigarh, November 25
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Rural Development Minister Birender Singh, who defected to the BJP from Shiv Sena and the Congress, respectively, today filed their nomination for the Rajya Sabha from Haryana. Both are set to be elected unopposed.

Tuesday was the last date of filing nominations. While scrutiny will be held on November 26, the last date of withdrawal is November 28. The official announcement about the election is slated to be made on November 28 as there are two only two candidates for two seats.

Prabhu and Birender Singh filed their nomination before Principal Secretary of Vidhan Sabha and Returning Officer Sumit Kumar here today in the presence of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kanwar Pal Gurjar, Haryana BJP in charge Anil Jain, Education Minister and state BJP chief Ram Bilas Sharma and several Cabinet ministers and MLAs. Uma Prabhu and Prem Lata, wives of Birender Singh and Suresh Prabhu, accompanied them. Prem Lata is also a Haryana legislator.

Both ministers were inducted into the Modi Cabinet on October 27 and are currently not members of either House of Parliament. They are required to be elected MP within six months of becoming a minister. Both ministers would remain RS members till August 1, 2016, the remainder of the term for the Upper House.

The BJP has 47 MLAs in the 90-member Assembly and it also enjoys the support of five more legislators, including the lone BSP member.

The seats fell vacant after Birender Singh quit on August 28 and Ranbir Singh Prajapati (INLD) on November 1. Prajapati vacated his Rajya Sabha seat after being elected to the Haryana Assembly from Nalwa.

Prabhu, a former Shiv Sena leader, quit the party to join BJP just before being sworn in as Railway Minister, while Birender was earlier a Rajya Sabha member of Congress from Haryana but quit his seat to join the BJP outfit ahead of the Assembly election. The nominations of the ‘defector’ ministers is likely to lead to heartburn among national and state leaders.

Later, talking to reporters, Prabhu said, “It is a matter of immense happiness and pride for me that I got the opportunity to file nomination from a state like Haryana... I am happy because this will give me an opportunity to represent the people of Haryana in Parliament... Prior to this I was elected to the Lok Sabha on four occasions from Maharashtra.” Haryana has five seats in Rajya Sabha. While two seats are vacant, three are held by Shadi Lal Batra and Kumari Selja (Congress) and Ram Kumar (INLD).

Hisar, November 25
Satlok Ashram head Rampal’s son Virender Dass and son-in-law Sanjay Dass trained his private army of commandos at their ashram at Betul in Madhya Pradesh, the sect head has reportedly told the police. He also told the interrogators that a huge cache of arms and ammunition were hidden in the Betul ashram.

A local court, meanwhile, extended Rampal’s police remand by six days. He was produced in the court of duty magistrate Sohan Lal Malik at the end of his five-day police remand.

Ambala, November 25
Shopkeepers, who were asked to vacate their commercial units in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Market here earlier this year, hurled stones at the staff of the Ambala Cantonment Board (ACB) today for locking their shops. The ACB owns these shops.

An official vehicle of ACB Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Arvind Kumar Dwivedi was damaged.

The incident took place in the morning when a team of the ACB led by Dwivedi was leaving the market after locking the shops, the license period for which had expired in April. The CEO soon reported the matter to the police, which registered a case against six traders.

The dispute between the shopkeepers and the ACB had erupted in May, when the board had auctioned off 26 shops in the market. These units were in their possession for the past 30 years for a monthly rent of Rs 2,000.

The board had auctioned off these shops for a monthly rent of Rs 20,000 after the old lease had expired. The shopkeepers resented that board officials had tried to uproot them and their families to earn extra money.

In May, following protests, elected members of the board had passed a resolution to restore the shops to their occupants, but it was turned down by ACB officials. Subsequently, the court ruled in favour of the board and upheld that the auction carried out by the ACB was legal.

The shopkeepers claimed that the board auctioned off their shops at an exorbitant rate that they could not afford.

Dwivedi, meanwhile, said the court had ruled in favour of the board and today’s action was aimed to persuade the occupants to vacate the shops. “The board was not required to send notices to the occupants after the lease period was over, but it had on two occasions sent them notices. They, however, paid no heed to these,” he said.

The CEO claimed that the occupants were legally bound to vacate the shops and the board would proceed as per law.

Chandigarh, November 25
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said that the state government decided to give ex gratia relief of Rs 3 lakh to family of employees, engaged on ad hoc or contract basis, who die during the service period.

The Chief Minister, who was addressing the media after presiding over a Cabinet meeting here today, said the government had also decided to start training of 1,002 patwaris selected during the previous regime so that they could be inducted soon.

"Training will be imparted in Hisar, Panchkula, Ambala, Rohtak and Jhajjar. The department concerned has been asked to start training at the earliest," Khattar said.

The Chief Minister said the Cabinet had been decided to fill 605 posts in power utilities. "Complete transparency will be ensured in these appointments and emphasis will be laid on written test while recruitment," he said, adding that the written test would account for 90 per cent of marks, while interview would account for the rest.

Khattar said the government had made a provision of Rs123 crore for giving relief to farmers of Jind, Bhiwani and Hisar districts for damage to their crops in drought-like situation. At present, compensation is given only to those whose loss of crops is more than 50 per cent. The department concerned has been asked to make a proposal for compensating those farmers whose crop damage is between 25 per cent and 50 per cent.

On reviewing all decisions taken by the previous government after May 16, the Chief Minister said," "Department concerned is in the process of preparing report on the same. The government is implementing some of the decisions of previous dispensation."

About the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Khattar said the matter was sub judice.

"The work on Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway is being taken up with the concessionaire. It will soon be started. The matter is pending with the Supreme Court. If the same is cancelled, the expressway will be completed through the National Highway Authority of India," he said.

On the Rampal issue, he said that Rampal had been arrested along with 908 members of samiti. Investigation is in process in the whole issue. "The government is concerned about unlawful activities in the state. It is monitoring all such cases," he added.

Health and Sports Minister Anil Vij makes a point at his office in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan

What he says

Karnal, November 25
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will visit Karnal tomorrow to chalk out a development plan for his Assembly segment.

During his day-long marathon visit in the city, the CM would interact with the officials and intellectuals of the city, including party’s district and state representatives, advocates, industrialists and councillors, for the development of the city, said the sources in the party.

The CM would also review the progress of his announcements made during his first visit on November 8 in Karnal.

As per the schedule, the CM will start his visit by conducting a meeting with Minister of State for Food and Supplies Karandev Kamboj, MLA of Gharaunda Harvinder Kalyan, Assandh MLA Bakshish Singh and Nilokehri MLA Bhagwan Dass Kabirpanthi, Commissioner, Rohtak Range, IG, Karnal Range, Karnal Deputy Commissioner and SP at Vikas Bhawan on Wednesday. The main focus of the meeting would be the development and to maintain law and order in the city, sources said.

To take advantage of the experience of former councillors, the Chief Minister would hold a meeting with them. Sitting councillors would also be there to share their ideas of development, the sources added.

”After interacting with councillors, the CM will interact with advocates of the Bar Association at the District Court Complex and later he will interact with industrialists of the city. He will also participate in a meeting of the Ror Sabha,” the sources said.

Chandigarh, November 25
Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kanwar Pal Gurjar has nominated MLAs as chairman and members of 11 committees of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha for the remaining period of 2014-15.

Santosh Kumari has been nominated as chairman of the Committee on Public Undertakings while Hari Chand Middha, Ranbir Gangwa, Prem Lata, Shyam Singh Rana, Gian Chand Gupta, Naresh Kaushik, Lalit Nagar and Jasbir Deswal will serve as members of the committee.

Ghanshyam Dass will be the chairperson of the Committee on Petitions and Anand Singh Dangi, Geeta Bhukkal, Balwan Singh, Randhir Singh Kapriwas, Shyam Singh Rana and Ravinder Machhrouli will be its members.

Krishan Lal Panwar will serve as the chairman of the Committee on Estimates, while Jagbir Singh Malik, Ghanshaym Saraf, Dinesh Kaushik, Om Parkash Barwa, Kamal Gupta, Ghanshyam Dass, Kehar Singh and Anoop Dhanak will be members of the committee.

The Committee on Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions will be headed by Gian Chand Gupta, while its members will be Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Jai Parkash, Jai Tirath, Subhas Sudha, Manish Kumar Grover, Makhan Lal Singla, Aseem Goel and Rajdeep Singh Phogat.

Balwant Singh has been nominated as the chairman of the Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, while Pirthi Singh, Bhagwan Dass Kabir Panthi, Bimla Chaudhary, Bishamber Singh Balmiki, Kulwant Ram Bazigar, Ram Chand Kamboj, Balkaur Singh and Tek Chand Sharma will be the members of the committee.

Deputy Speaker would serve as ex-officio chairperson of the House Committee, while Naseem Ahmed, Jai Tirath, Rohita Rewri and Om Parkash Yadav will be members of the committee.

The Committee on Government Assurances will be headed by Jaswinder Singh Sandhu and its members are Raghuvir Singh Kadian, Kuldeep Bishnoi, Renuka Bishnoi, Prem Lata, Bakhshish Singh Virk, Banwari Lal, Mahipal Dhanda and Nagender Bhadana.

The Committee on Public Accounts will be headed by Abhe Singh Yadav, whereas Udai Bhan, Abhay Singh Chautala, Parminder Singh Dhull, Shakuntla Khatak, Latika Sharma, Harvinder Kalyan, Nayab Saini and Subhash Barala are its members.

Similarly, the Subject Committee on Public Health, Irrigation, Power and Public Works (B&R) will be headed by Santosh Chauhan Sarwan, whereas Randeep Singh Surjewala, Zakir Hussain, Jaivir Singh, Vipul Goel, Pawan Saini, Umesh Aggarwal, Tek Chand Sharma and Rahish Khan will be its members.

Apart from this, the Library Committee will be headed by Manish Kumar Grover, whereas Kuldeep Sharma, Sri Krishan Hooda, Tejpal Singh Tanwar, Sukhvinder and Ved Narang will be the members of the committee.

Vidhan Sabha Speaker Gurjar also nominatedmembers for the committee on Subordinate Legislation will be headed by Seema Trikha, whereas Karan Singh Dalal, Kiran Choudhry, Mool Chand Sharma, Umesh Aggarwal, Naina Singh Chautala, Ravinder Baliala and the Advocate General, Haryana, have been nominated as the members of the committee.

Rohtak, November 25
Congress MP from Rohtak Deepender Hooda has asked the BJP government to get the land deals of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra probed.

“Now they (BJP) are in the government and have charge of all investigative agencies. Let them get the said deals probed so that the truth can be brought before the people,” said Hooda, who was here to inaugurate a spiritual centre. He said there was no truth in the allegations that certain member of his family was part of controversial saint Rampal’s trust. He dared the BJP leaders to prove it or tender apology.

“No member of our family has any association with Rampal. We will sue the leaders levelling such allegations for defamation,” he said. — TNS

Sonepat, November 25
Member of the National Executive Committee of the RSS Indresh Kumar said today that there was an urgent need to have a national debate on the relevance of Article 370 and its side effects on the concept of national integration and mindset of the people of the country.

He was delivering a special lecture on “Nation building- Relevance of Article 370” organised by the UGC- academic staff college of the BPS Women University, Khanpur Kalan on the premises of the Law Faculty Department of the university. “There is hardly any relevance of such laws and legal provisions which divides society in the name of religion in a democratic setup,” he said.

“Double citizenship, double flags, double judiciary system and other provisions of this Article did not support the feelings of social unity, communal harmony and national integration,” he said, adding that the people for other states in the country did not have any rights of property, employment and other social benefits in Jammu and Kashmir.

He claimed that the implementation of the provisions of the Article had resulted in backwardness and illiteracy among the people of J&K and encouraged anti-national elements to launch proxy war against India. Those who spoke on the occasion included SD Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Mulana University; RK Khandal, Vice Chancellor, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow; NK Singh, general secretary of TV Editors Association, and Prof RB Solanki of Delhi University.

Jind, November 25
Khaps today organised a state-level function in Jind city to seek support of Art of Living chief Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to fight against various social evils, improve their image and save declining moral values.

The Art of Living announced to work together with the khaps and extend all support to it.

Having attained negative publicity for their diktats against love marriages and honour killings, all khap heads came prepared with details to assert that they were only against same gotra and same village marriages and supported inter-caste love marriages.

Heads of various khaps spoke on different issues like honour killings, drugs, foeticide, dowry, protection of cows, women empowerment and role of khaps in society.

“We are against honour killings and never support any such crime. We are only against same gotra and same village marriage. But if any youth conducts inter-caste marriage, we don’t have any problem as cross-breeding is a must if we want to save our coming generations from genetic problems,” said Kuldeep Dhanda, state convener, Sarv Khap Panchayat.

The Art of Living chief said they had decided to work together with the khaps in the state to fight against social evils. He said he would try to get in touch with khaps of other states for the welfare of society.

He criticised Sant Rampal for disobeying court orders and said no one was above the law and all must follow the legal system.

Kurukshtera, November 25
Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Krishan Kumar Bedi today said there was no shortage of urea and medicines in the state and FIRs will be lodged if anybody was found indulging in black marketing of the fertilizer.

Bedi was speaking after inaugurating the 31st crushing season of the Shahabad Cooperative Sugar Mills Limited, Shahabad (M), today. Bedi said, “Some people are trying to create artificial scarcity of urea just to make money. They are not only selling the fertilizer at higher prices, but also pressurising the farmers to purchase medicines along with the fertilizer, which is unacceptable.”

He asked Deputy Commissioner CG Rajni Kaanthan to take a quick action and lodge FIRs against such people. About the crushing season, Bedi said the Shahabad Mills had fixed a crushing target of 65 lakh quintals of sugarcane for the 2014-15 seasons. The sugar recovery target had been fixed at 10 per cent and the Shahabad Mills expected to produce nearly 6.50 lakh quintals sugar. Besides this a target of exporting 5 crore units of power had also been fixed.

He said the mills prepared an ambitious cane development plan of Rs 11.90 crore for 2015-16 crushing season for farmers of assigned area of the mills in which interest-free cane seed loan and other incentives will be given to the farmers.

Managing Director of the mills Devinder Kaushik asked the farmers to bring fresh cane without tops to the mills during the crushing season.

Faridabad, November 25
The illegal constructions and unauthorised residential colonies located adjacent to the Delhi border in Palla area of the city are set to be demolished as the Town and Country Planning Department has issued notices to over 1,400 individual units that include both residential and commercial buildings.

The department is still to submit a reply to the Supreme Court that had directed the authorities to remove the encroachments in response to a petition filed by a residential society, who had alleged encroachments on several acres of its land by the land mafia over the years.

“We issued several notices to the residents of Panchsheel Colony, Shiv Colony, Deepawali Enclave and its extension areas, but a majority of the residents living in these illegal colonies failed to clear the land, leading to the announcement to demolish these buildings,’’ claimed Renuka Singh from DTP, Faridabad.

Revealing that around four acres of land was recovered in the demolition drive that took place in July this year, the department expects to recover another 45 acres of land encroached upon by the residents of the illegal colonies located near the national capital border in the district.

Meanwhile, several residents from the illegal colonies turned up at the Town and Country Planning Department with various documents, but failed to establish the legality of the papers. These colonies have come up in the last couple of decades with the involvement of the nexus of the political persons and builder mafia, it is alleged.

Sources said Anurag Rastogi, Director-General, Town and Country Planning Department, had visited the area recently to take stock of the situation as the office was expected to submit its reply to the apex court, which had ordered the action, a few months back. The office of the Deputy Commissioner had also issued an eviction notice in the area identified by the department concerned recently. But according to the authorities, though the date of demolition was still to be announced, the action could take place soon as the department had adequate police force and the official nod from the higher authorities.

The first demolition drive carried out on July 20 this year had turned violent as the protestors set ablaze a police gypsy and a JCB machine, besides damaging several vehicles. The police had resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the mob.

Ambala, November 25
Goods including car accessories, mobile phones and office equipment worth lakhs were reduced to ash in a fire in Rai Market here late last night. The exact loss was yet to be ascertained.

The five shops — a tea stall owned by Tek Chand, Arora Communication, Vasu Car Accessories, Sheetal Traders and Prince Graphics — were destroyed in the fire that broke out around 2 am. Three fire tenders from the Cantonment and one from the city were rushed to the spot, but it took several hours to douse the flames. By the time the fire was extinguished, most goods and other equipment in the shops were burnt.

Officials said the exact cause of the fire was yet to be known. Circumstantial evidence suggested a short circuit in one of the shops caused the fire that spread to other shops.

Rohtak, November 25
The newly deputed Rohtak Deputy Commissioner Shekhar Vidyarthi said the residents of the district would get impartial and transparent administration and sincere efforts would be made to redress their grievances with proactive support of the media.

Talking to the mediapersons at the local Mini-Secretariat today, Vidyarthi said he would ensure that the officials perform their duties punctually and in accordance with the rules.

He urged the journalists to inform the district administration of the problems being faced by the common people and also give their suggestions on ways and means to solve them.

Vidyarthi asserted the administrative set-up would witness a positive change in the coming days. He assured that the equipment required to record fingerprints for making Aadhar cards would soon be arranged so that no resident is deprived of the facility.

Meanwhile, newly appointed Additional Deputy Commissioner Amit Khatri and Superintendent of Police Shashank Anand have also assumed their respective charges. — TNS

Sirsa/Fatehabad, November 25
With chaos prevailing on various roads in Sirsa and Fatehabad towns, the Superintendents of Police (SPs) of both districts have shown resolve to improve traffic.

Sirsa SP Mitesh Jain has written to the DC and the Municipal Council seeking cooperation for his endeavours.

Jain listed steps that the district police planned to take to improve flow of traffic in Sirsa.

In Fatehabad, the new SP Parul Kush Jain has initiated steps to improve traffic conditions and sought people’s support for her efforts.

Incidentally, Parul Kush is Mitesh’s wife and has been recently transferred to Fatehabad from her earlier posting of Commandant 3rd Battalion, Hisar, while her husband was posted in Sirsa before the polls.

In a communication to the executive officer of the Municipal Council today, the Sirsa SP directed him to remove encroachments from roads.

He also directed the executive officer to get the defunct traffic lights of Telephone Exchange Chowk, Sangwan Chowk and PWD Chowk rectified immediately.

Mitesh Jain told him to install new traffic lights at Parsuram Chowk, Subhash Chowk, Jagdev Singh Chowk, Shiv Chowk, Satnam Singh Chowk and Bus Stand for better control of traffic.

He asked the municipal authorities to take steps for marking yellow stripes on the inner road and white stripes on highways.

The SP said a drive would be launched in schools to make students aware of traffic rules and a competition would be held on this issue from December 8 to 11.

The Fatehabad SP today banned the entry of heavy vehicles in Fatehabad town from 8 am to 8 pm and told the traffic police to divert such vehicles through the bypass.

She urged people to cooperate with the police by removing rehris and other encroachments from the roads for better flow of road traffic. The SP also called upon local residents not to park their vehicles in busy markets and outside the demarcated lines on the roads to avoid congestion on roads.

Hisar, November 25
Dr KS Khokhar, Vice Chancellor, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), stressed the need to focus on agricultural engineering for increasing food production in the country.

Addressing a meeting of the 5th Deans Committee of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) here today, the Vice Chancellor said utilisation of different engineering inputs in agriculture would boost farm production as well as make it sustainable. “Engineering inputs to agriculture are needed in development and utilisation of soil and water resources. It helps in different field operations for crop production, placement of costly inputs like seeds and fertilisers,” he said. — TNS

Ambala, November 25
The Ambala judiciary has launched a campaign to reach out to the masses to promote legal services that can be availed free of cost by people.

Speaking to mediapersons here today, District and Sessions Judge Deepak Gupta said the free legal services being provided by the judiciary had not only brought down case pendency in courts but also enabled certain sections of society to avail legal remedies, which earlier could not approach courts due to economic or other disabilities.

He said besides holding Lok Adalats for amicable dispute settlement, the State Legal Services Authority was also providing financial aids to crime victims for which funds had been provided by the state government.

He said the judiciary was also holding legal awareness camps to propagate all services that were being offered by the judiciary.

At village level, the authority had set up legal aid clinics and has also opened mediation centres, which were being promoted vehemently to settle dispute cases.

He said for cases related to public utilities, a permanent Lok Adalat was also functional in the district court complex. This, he said, had brought down the number of cases which till a few years were rising unchecked every year.

He said the judiciary was also making certain that any accused in a criminal case was provided with a lawyer to contest his case in the court to ensure that justice prevailed in all cases and none was denied their legal rights.

he said to further promote this campaign, the District Legal Services Authorities would be holding a Lok Adalat on December 6 as part of the second National Lok Adalat which has been envisaged by the National Legal Services Authorities. He said around 6,000 cases had been listed, which would be taken up in the Lok Adalat.

Chandigarh, November 25
A high-level committee has suggested reducing the restricted area around the IAF ammunition depot at Gurgaon from the existing 900 metre to 500 metre. Nearly 8,000 structures in the restricted zone will be saved from possible demolition if the recommendation is accepted.

The recommendation by the six-member committee, headed by Additional Secretary of Union Ministry of Urban Development, was placed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court this morning by the counsel for the Centre, Onkar Singh Batalvi.

The report came during the resumed hearing of an ongoing petition filed in public interest against encroachments in prohibited zones around IAF stations in Gurgaon and Faridabad.

In its report, the committee said 500-600 metre was sufficient radius and appropriate for public traffic route. Even in the case of a mishap, buildings would not collapse and only suffer about 10 per cent damage. Moreover, fatality was unlikely.

The development is significant as 900 metre radius around the Gurgaon depot covers around 2,325 acres and has 14,154 structures on it. The built-up area is around 692 acres. Nearly 1,131 acres is covered under the 500-metre radius and 6,275 structures exist on it. The built-up area is spread over 283.89 acres.

Batalvi told the court that construction was still on. In an attempt to substantiate his contentions, Batalvi placed on record several photographs of construction activity in the restricted zone. One of the photographs showed construction material dumped along a wall. Another showed a section of wall collapsed after being hit by a trailer. Batalvi also referred to a 1962 notification against construction in the prohibited zone before the court.

The matter had reached the High Court after a public interest litigation was filed by Suersh Goyal of Faridabad. He was seeking removal of constructions from 100-metre area around the Air Force Station at Dabua in Faridabad as it was a protected zone under provisions of the Work of Defence Act. The High Court had also taken cognizance of a similar matter of construction within the restricted 900-metre zone in Gurgaon.

The High Court has already rejected pleas for electricity and water meter connections for houses in the restricted 900-metre zone around the IAF’s Gurgaon ammunition depot.

Hisar, November 25
The police have booked four persons on the charge of murder of a Dalit youth who succumbed to his injuries at a hospital here yesterday night.

The victim, Vijay Kumar (25), was working at a liquor shop. His family and activists of social organisations protested at the Civil Hospital today, demanding compensation and arrest of the accused. Some persons from an upper caste allegedly thrashed Kumar in Bagla village of the district on November 14. He was admitted to the hospital here. The police allegedly failed to take any action in the case.

Bajrang Intal, a Dalit activist, alleged that the upper-caste youths were nursing a grudge against Kumar after he confronted them for objecting to a Dalit youth’s marriage procession that was being carried out on a mare about four months ago. “He was assaulted for taking a firm stand against the upper-caste youths,” he claimed.

Ambala, November 25
A Ludhiana resident lost her arm when she tried to stop a truck that hit her car on the Ambala-Jagadhri road today afternoon.

Anita’s car collided with a truck near the Grand Post Office. She tried to stop the truck to seek compensation for her loss. However, the truck driver refused to pay up and tried to drive away.

Anita then climbed up the vehicle to stop the driver from fleeing. The truck driver drove off while she was hanging from the vehicle and rammed the truck into a pole hitting the side from which she was hanging.

Anita fell on the ground and sustained grievous injuries while the truck driver fled. The victim was rushed to the civil hospital at Ambala Cantonment, from where she was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh.

The doctor at the cantonment hospital said Anita had lost her arm and had to be rushed to the PGI. Meanwhile, the matter was reported to the police who registered a case against the unidentified truck driver.