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MPs get
wake-up call from bonded
kids New Delhi, November 23 Fifteen groups of children, comprising freed bonded child labourers and slum children, today literally woke up 118 members of Parliament by visiting their cosy abode in the sylvan environs of South Avenue adjoining Parliament House. Even as it came as surprise for most of the MPs, the innocent visage of denuded children on a misty November morning provided food for introspection as the children handed over a memorandum demanding changes in the proposed 93rd Constitutional Amendment Bill. The proposed Bill seeks to confer Right to Education as a fundamental right on all citizens of the country. “The issue needs to be highlighted and I will leave no stone unturned to meet my colleagues in Parliament and convince them about these issues,” the member of Parliament, Mr Ravi Prakash Verma, said. The children, who submitted the memorandum under the aegis of South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude (SACCS) and other NGOs, demanded “equitable and quality for all” among other things. “Education is not a charity but a right. In order to get this birthright, we will wage a long battle not only in Parliament but also on the streets,” the chairperson of SACCS, Mr Kailash Satyarthi said, adding that “with reference to compulsory education, the onus should lie with the state first and parents later”. The list of demands calls for the inclusion of children in the age group of 0 to 6 and 14 to 18 in the proposed Amendment Bill. The children also espoused the cause for “broadening the definition of the term fee. Apart from tuition waiver, the term fee should also include mid-day meals, uniforms, stationery etc”. The Union Cabinet has taken a decision to support the passage of 93rd Constitutional Amendment Bill in the current (winter) session of Parliament, which will confer the fundamental right to education on citizens. “The proposed Bill has totally ignored the interests of the children in the age group of 0 to 6 due to the fact that they have been relegated to the Directive Principles of State Policy under Article 45 of the Constitution, which are not enforceable in a court of law and hence lack teeth,” the memorandum said. Further, it (the proposed Bill) has not taken note of the interest of the children in the age group of 15 to 18. “This is contradictory to India’s commitment towards United Nation Child Rights Convention and its support to ILO convention – 182,” SACCS general secretary R S Chaurasia said. Urging the Government to come out with a time-bound national action plan to provide “education for all”, the memorandum called for levying education cess on multi-national corporate houses while simultaneously increasing the budgetary allocation for education to at least eight per cent of GDP. |
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Power sector
thrown open, efficiency new mantra New Delhi, November 23 However, the privatisation process would not result in an immediate hike in the power tariff for the consumers. The six short-listed companies are AES (India) Pvt Ltd, BSES Ltd, CESCON Ltd, China Light and Power International Ltd, Reliance Power Ltd and Tata Power Co Ltd. “The Delhi Vidyut Board would be split into one generation company, one transmission company and three distribution companies,” the Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit, announced here. She said, “We shall not transfer more than two distribution companies to any one bidder.” The private companies would have 51 per cent equity in the distribution companies. The companies would have to send in their bids by January 31. A high-level committee of the Delhi Government headed by the chief secretary would evaluate the bids and send its recommendations by February 15. The agreement of handing over the distribution companies would be signed on February 28. The Chief Minister said that the main focus was on efficiency. The successful bidder for each company would be the one who offered the greatest efficiency improvement over a period of five years, above the prescribed minimum level. “The companies have to work out the minimum efficiency gain that is required for turnaround at the end of five years, so that thereafter further government assistance is not required. The company, which offers the highest achievement in reducing the losses, will be selected,” she said. Ms Dikshit said that the Government was committed to providing loan support of about Rs 2,600 crore to the transmission companies during the first three years. She ruled out an immediate hike in tariff. |
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Central bonanza
for
Mewat Gurgaon, November 23 The grant to the MDA has been made through the Haryana Government. The MDA is an agency of the state, set up for the development of Mewat area. The central assistance has been made to the MDA under its scheme of "Area Intensive Programme for Educationally Backward Minorities". The Centre is understood to have made the sanction after much follow-ups by the MDA. |
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Why does
NDMC love traffic
jams? New Delhi, November 23 It took motorists more than an hour to negotiate their way through a kilometer long stretch during the peak evening hours. At many places the traffic remained stationary for hours, creating a nightmare for the policemen. Irate motorists, caught in the jam, questioned the judiciousness of the authorities in permitting the musical show even as the trade fair was in full swing. Incidentally, the show organised by a leading media group is jointly sponsored by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and the Delhi Tourism and Development Corporation (DTDC). The agitated commuters alleged that the NDMC, which had banned the posters and banners in Lutyen’s Delhi, itself was violating the law as thousands of posters and banners had come up at the historical India Gate. |
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Police sniff
out drunk drivers New Delhi, November 23 Officials refused to give the names of the joints and hotels. They said: “We have nothing against these joints as our only concern is to bring strict discipline on roads, in the general interest of the public. |
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Security man
held for
murder New Delhi, November 23 The vice-president of Win Cable and DATA Com Pvt Ltd , Mr S.N. Sharma, lodged a complaint that P.L. Chaudhary had been abducted on Saturday. He went to meet Sajjan Kumar at Yashwant Place in Chanakya Puri in an official vehicle, from where he was abducted. Mr S.N. Sharma had received a call on his mobile phone from the mafia that P.L. Chaudhary was with him. The caller directed Mr Sharma to resign from the company along with his team. The caller also told him that if he did not follow the direction he would face dire consequences. The call from the underworld, Mr Sharma suspects, could be at the behest of a rival company. |
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IN PARLIAMENT New Delhi, November 23 The Central Pollution Control Board is regularly monitoring the water quality of the river Yamuna from its origin to its confluence with the river Ganga at Allahabad including the Delhi stretch, the Minister said. To ensure unpolluted water supply to Delhi’s population and to restore the water quality of river Yamuna in Delhi stretch, the Government is planning to complete desilting and rehabilitation of trunk sewers by December, 2003. The other measures include augmentation of sewage treatment capacity to 726.4 million gallon per day and ancillaries works such as sewage pumping stations, rising mains and trunk sewers etc by December, 2005, the Minister informed. Moreover, subject to technical feasibility, sewerage facilities in the remaining 165 out of 567 unauthorised and regularised colonies, 43 out of 135 urban villages and four out of 44 resettlement colonies will be provided by December 2005, the Minister said. Further, there will be interception and diversion of municipal wastewater flowing through 19 drains into Delhi stretch of the river and conveyance of this wastewater to the sewage treatment plants, the Parliament was told. There is no proposal under consideration to determine the fees charged by private institutes and coaching centres in Delhi for providing coaching to Engineering entrance examinations, the Parliament was informed today. According to information furnished by the Delhi Government, they do not exercise any control over private centres providing coaching to the aspirants for appearing in any engineering entrance examination, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Prof Rita Verma told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply. The proximity of national Capital Delhi to international borders and well-established air linkages with foreign countries make it vulnerable to drug trafficking, the Lok Sabha was told today. In a written reply, Minister of State for Finance Gingee N. Ramachandran said the government has formulated several measures to check drug trafficking. The measures include quarterly cross-border meetings of Indian and Pakistani anti-narcotics agencies as part of border meetings of the Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers, holding of operation level meetings with Myanmar officials and providing them sniffer dogs and training dog handlers, the minister said. School timings of Kendriya Vidyalayas in Delhi region have been advanced to 7.30 am in order to give sufficient time to children to pursue their study in the afternoon, the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Prof Rita Verma told the Rajya Sabha today. The timings have been changed to bring them at par with most public schools of Delhi which have been having these timings for very long because they have considered it to be most suitable for the education of school children, the Minister said. Total loss from the intact return milk of the Delhi Milk Scheme (DMS) during the last 18 months is estimated at Rs 6.35 lakhs as against deficit of Rs 12 crore, the Minister of Agriculture, Mr Ajit Singh informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today. The returned milk is reprocessed and sold and whenever a complaint is received, the matter is looked into. The intact return of milk is inherent in the system of milk distribution in polythene pouches and therefore, there is no question of fixing the responsibility. |
Bylaws be damned! Pavements are for private
gardens New Delhi, November 23 The local Residents' Welfare Association (RWA) of Anand Niketan, one of the most posh localities of South Delhi, identified 30 per cent of the houses in a total of 415 that have owners who have encroached on public land. The residents of the colony at the time of its inception in 1960 were given permission for building one-storied houses but today permission has been granted for two to three storeys as well, which puts too much pressure on the basic infrastructure that has not kept pace with the change. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) roads in the colony have become narrower owing to the encroachments. Rainwater drains have been covered with concrete and that leads to waterlogging whenever it rains, which only damages the roads further. Most of the pavements of the colony have turned into private gardens of the ones that have encroached on them. Some have even gone further and gobbled up a piece of the road. The posh colony has everything to make life easy – a club, a shopping centre, a post office, a school and parks. But because of those who have made encroachments, life is not as comfortable as it should be there. Three years ago, a resolution signed by the president of the local RWA and the Chairman of the housing society asking for the immediate removal of the encroachments was submitted to the Deputy Commissioner of the MCD and was also brought to the notice of the municipal councillor of the area. Nothing to improve the situation has happened so far. The MCD has turned a deaf ear to the residents' problems. Residents say if the situation does not improve, in no time the posh colony, located in the heart of South Delhi, will be like any other congested colony of Delhi. There are about 12 MCD parks in Anand Niketan. Ten of these are in a very bad shape. The reason: the MCD does the job of maintaining them. Compare the Dasehra Park, as it is called, with MCD parks and it won't be very tough to make out who the caretaker is - the RWA or the MCD? The Dasehra Park is as beautiful as a park can be – levelled green grass, clean benches to sit on and properly trimmed trees - absolutely spic and span. And the MCD parks? As dirty as can be – wild grass, broken benches, stray dogs - more like garbage dumps than parks. The parks of Block B and Block E are in the process of being taken over by the RWA from the MCD through a memorandum of understanding (MoU). "This is the only way we can keep our colony clean and green. We cannot expect anything from the MCD. They are least bothered," said Mr R.L. Nandwani, secretary of the RWA. Residents said the Horticulture Department had employed gardeners to take care of the parks. But the fact is that these MCD gardeners are mostly engaged by the affluent resident of the adjoining colony—West End—to look after the lawns in their palatial houses. "Residents of West End, who are very rich and are mostly foreigners working in embassies, bribe them (MCD gardeners) heavily." So when you never find any MCD karamchari in Anand Niketan you can guess where they have headed for. The area councillor holds monthly meetings with the RWA and the housing society. The lowest of the MCD officials are present at the meetings, which seems nothing more than eyewash because their presence at the meetings hardly results in any improvement of the colony. This and all that an MCD official had to say was, "There are all influential people living in Anand Niketan. Whenever we try to take up the matter of demolishing the encroachments they succeed in getting it stopped. As long as people who are always ready to play with the law exist nothing can ever change anywhere. Does anyone respect the law in India?" |
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Faridabad roads
a death
trap Faridabad, November 23 The rail track passing from the town has also been claiming a large number of lives as it dissects the town vertically. According to past records and reports, at least 35 to 40 persons die either in road mishaps or on the rail track every month. While the number of deaths on the rail track is almost equal, it may exceed sometimes. As per figures the deaths on road could be around 20 on an average each month. While the experts blame mainly the traffic congestion and indiscipline on the roads for a majority of the accidents, some of the deaths on the rail tracks are claimed as suicides. More than 150 persons died in road accidents last year, while about 155 persons were run over by trains in this period. The number of victims of rail tracks this year has already reached the figure of 185. The number of road accidents and their victims has also been on the increase. There are several cases that go unreported. Although the Union Government and the state government are working on a plan to widen the existing national highway (Mathura Road) and provide subways at some busy points the work on the schemes is reported to be very slow. The Union Government has also proposed to construct a flyover at the Badarpur border and construct a bypass expressway from the Noida toll bridge, near Kalindi Enclave in Delhi, to Jharsentli village in the district to decongest traffic on the highway. But then any work on this ambitious project is yet to take off. Reaching Ashram Chowk in Delhi from NIT Faridabad in the morning and evening may take about an hour or even more as there is heavy traffic on Mathura Road during peak hours, said a local businessman. The length of rail tracks passing through the district is almost 45 km and it touches residential areas all along its length. There are only four overbridges over rail lines, but lack of such a facility in densely populated areas, including old Faridabad and Mujesar village, has led to several accidents. While about 250 trains pass from here the daily open access to tracks poses a major danger, said a retired railway official. Lack of adequate number of traffic policemen and a proper system to check traffic violations is also responsible for the `mess', commented a local resident. |
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Five dead
in mishaps New Delhi November 23 The first incident occurred, when an DTC contracted bus knocked down an unidentified motor cyclist in the Subzi Mandi area of North Delhi District. Police said that the incident occurred near Burfkhana Chowk, this morning, when a bus plying between ISBT to Jhagola Gaon, hit the motor cycle from behind. Both the motor cyclist and the driver sustained serious injuries, and were taken to the nearby hospital, by a PCR van, where the motor cyclist was declared brought dead and the driver is still under treatment. Police are still trying to ascertain the identity of the deceased, and have registered a case of rash and negligent driving against the driver of the bus. In the second incident, an overspeeding truck at Rohtak Road has reportedly crushed a cyclist late last night. The victim was identified as Dileep, and police said that the incident occurred in Madipur T- point. The cyclist died on the spot. In another incident, a scooterist was hit by an unknown speeding vehicle in the early hours today in the Sultanpuri area of North-West district. |
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SONEPAT A youth was allegedly murdered with sharp-edged weapons by five persons including a woman at Bhuri village about 10 km from here last night. According to a report, Mr Ramesh Kumar, the victim was waylaid and assaulted with lathis and sharp-edged weapons. As a result Mr Kumar was seriously injured and later succumbed to his injuries. The alleged assailants, however, managed to escape immediately after the murder. The police has registered a case against the alleged assailants who are still at large. The police has also launched a massive hunt to apprehend them. According to the police, the victim had allegedly murdered one Dharamvir of the village in 1991 and later on he was convicted and sentenced by a court. The victim was released on parole for 15 days and was staying in his house in the village. The culprits had taken revenge for his past act and murdered him, it is alleged.
Held ticketless More than 150 ticketless travellers were caught red-handed by the railway checking staff at the railway station here yesterday. According to a report, the checking staff, headed by a Railway Magistrate, checked all the incoming and outgoing trains. The ticketless travellers were produced before the Railway Magistrate who imposed a fine on them. As many as 82 ticketless travellers paid the amount of the fare and the resultant fine and subsequently were let off. The remaining persons were sent to Ambala jail.
Vend looted Two unidentified armed youths are reported to have looted a liquor vend at Palri Khurd village about 15 km from here last night. According to a report, the miscreants also assaulted the servant Naresh Kumar with a knife and took away the cash from the vend. The injured youth was immediately hospitalised and he is stated to be out of danger. The Rai Police has registered the case and further investigations were in progress. However, no arrest has been made in this connection.
Three killed Three persons were killed and five others injured in different road accidents in this district
yesterday. According to a report, a patwari Mr Satbir was killed when his motor cycle was hit by a Tata 407 vehicle near Gohana town about 40 km from here yesterday. The victim was travelling from Rohtak to Gohana on the motor cycle. The police has registered a case and further investigations were in progress. According to another report, the police has recovered the body of an unidentified body of a man lying on the road near Gohana town and sent it for post-mortem examination. |
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Punjabi author and Rajya Sabha member Dr Kartar Singh Duggal’s new book “God Is” was released by Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Najma Heptulla.
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Durga Puja functions: A fountainhead of charity Community functions like Durga Puja can also be a source of spreading charities and funding socially important projects. Vinay Nagger Sarbojanin Durga Puja Committee of New Delhi has proved this. Besides, earning the distinction of being one of the most well-organised Durga Puja celebrations in the capital, the committee has collected a sum of Rs 1 lakh as a contribution for the construction of a new building complex at the Rama Krishna Mission in New Delhi. A cheque of Rs 1 lakh was presented to Swami Gokulanandji, head of the Rama Krishna Mission by the president of the committee, Mr Supriyo Dhar, in New Delhi today. Presenting the cheque, Mr Dhar told Swamiji that this had been possible by observing various austerity measures without compromising the quality of arrangements at this year’s celebrations. Last year, the committee had donated an equal amount to the Flood Relief Fund. The office-bearers of the committee feel that they can continue this practice in the coming years as well. Prof. S.B. Ghosh Hospital has no medicines The General Hospital Palwal located at old G.T. Road, is quite developed and equipped with modern infrastructure. Facilities to check blood, urine and stool samples and conduct post-mortem are available here. Well-maintained operation theatre and X-ray department are doing yeoman’s service to the general public. Except three, the vacancies of doctors have recently been filled in. Under the administrative control of Dr Ramesh Leeka, SMO, 10 doctors assigned with different departments, are on the establishment to treat indoor and outdoor patients. The patients are sometimes asked to purchase medicines on their own from the open market which, no doubt, add to their problems. The patients have the right to receive timely attention and free-aid from qualified doctors in government hospitals. 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23,000 AIDS cases detected in
NCT New Delhi, November 23 The Health Minister gave the figures of the HIV cases, while flagging off an Aids Awareness Rally, which would highlight measures that needs to be taken to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. About 500 students of various schools participated in the rally, which was flagged off from Dilli Haat in South Delhi. The rally had been organised as part of ‘Schools AIDS Awareness week’, being observed in the National Capital Territory of Delhi till November 27. Delhi has about 23,000 HIV positive cases and 600 people have AIDS. Globally there are 36.8 million HIV positive cases and India has 10 per cent cases Unsafe sex is the main cause for the spread of HIV/AIDS. Other factors are infected syringes/blood, from affected mother to her baby, he said. About 450 schools in association with 15 Non Government Organisation (NGO) are participating in the awareness week. The focus during the week would be on intensive awareness programme in schools through various curricula activities like posters, essay competitions, debates, skits on HIV/AIDS and screening of films.
Magical tour Fifty-five children from Mobile Creches, Deepalaya and Apeejay school had a gala time today, at an event, ‘Magical Mystery Tour,’ organised by the city-based artist Bulbul Sharma. Ajay, a seventh standard student of DAV school, sporting a ‘Titanic,’ T-shirt, jeans and jacket, surprised many in the gathering as he walked like Salman Khan. Ajay said he wants to be an engineer. “I began working with children 10-15 years ago and especially work with those who don’t have access to such opportunities. Moreover, kids who study in elitist schools have a very limited attention span because they’re used to high-tech means of entertainment such as television,” said Sharma. She said, for me the inspiration came when, “I had gone to watch a play by the Salaam Balak Trust and they asked me to come to their workplace. When I agreed, one of the children said that people promise to come but never turn up. According to Ms Sharma, those words of the child had touched her, inspiring her to undertake this event.
NIIT in Tihar Though inmates of Tihar Jail are behind the four walls of prison cell, they are not behind in the Information Technology revolution sweeping the world. The IT training major, NIIT, has launched a computer training programme to make the inmates computer literate as part of the company’s `World Computer Literacy Day’ programme. “he participation of Tihar inmates in this literacy campaign would not only help them in becoming computer literate, but also introduce them to a new skill area – Information Technology,” Mr P Rajendran, the CEO of NIIT said. The Director General of Tihar Jail, Mr Ajay Aggarwal, said “this initiative would equip these inmates with computer skills, much desired in today’s evolving technology led world. And, this will go a long way in opening doors for a better brighter future for all of them.” Twenty inmates, trained by the company today, were given a basic knowledge about computers, which would generate interest among them to know more about the IT world and encourage them to take a plunge into the world of bits and bytes. |
Delhi
metro worker killed New Delhi, November 23 The victims, Chander Dev, Ramesh and Nirmal were taken to hospital where doctors declared Chander brought dead. Even as the work was in progress, an earth remover
accidentally hit him and the iron girder fell on the labourers working at the site, police said. Youth murdered A passer by reported the matter to the police. The police took the victim to DDU hospital where he was declared brought dead. The manager of the shop has been arrested while the employees are absconding. Suicide bid Man robbed |
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