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Haryana’s
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in dire straits CHANDIGARH, Feb 9 — Despite some healthy structural changes, Haryana's economy is in dire straits. Quick estimates show that gross state domestic product at constant costs with 1981 as the base year increased by just 1.1 per cent. This is a steep fall from last year's GDP which was at Rs 8292.67 crore ; and now the GDP is Rs 8380.60 crore. This has an adverse affect on the state's tax recovery and hence on the general development. It is indeed time for the government to sit up and worry. It will have to redesign certain taxation parameters and also plead with the Centre to change its fiscal, commercial and taxation policies to help the States now in deep distress. The current Budget admits this harsh fact. The gross capital formation is placed around Rs 1918 crore. Per capita income is never a good measure to judge the real economic health of all sections of the people, but it does throw up some broad hints. It has declined from Rs 4029 in 1997 to Rs 3997 in 1998. How does the economic survey for 1998-99 view these disbursing features? It argues that marginal growth is due to negative performance of the agriculture sector, particularly commercial crops which saw a decline of 8.4 per cent. In fact, rabi oilseeds declined by a staggering 58 per cent. This inevitably meant decline in overall agriculture production and the state's GDP. But this impact would have been still more poignant if the agriculture sector had continued to have its old dominance. There are indeed some healthy signs. The structural composition of the State economy has witnessed significant changes since 1980-81. Although the share of agriculture and allied sector in GSDP had declined from 53 per cent in 1980-81 to 36.5 per cent in 1997-98, yet the agriculture sector continues to occupy a significant position in the state economy. Composition of GSDP at constant (1980-81) prices reveals that share of the primary sector which includes agriculture sector has declined from 53.8 per cent in 1980-81 to 37.2 per cent during 1997-98. Manufacturing sector which occupies the second important place in the State economy has witnessed a considerable improvement since 1980-81. Its contribution increased from 14.5 per cent during 1980-81 to 21.8 per cent during 1997-98, reflecting healthy sign of industrialisation in the State. The share of the secondary sector which also includes the manufacturing sector has also increased from 19.5 per cent during 1980-81 to 25.6 per cent during 1997-98. Tertiary sector which is a combination of different services like trade, transport, banking, public admission, education and health, has also witnessed an increase in its share. Its share in Gross State Domestic Product at constant (1980-81) prices has increased from 26.7 per cent during 1980-81 to 37.2 per cent during 1997-98. Trade sector which occupies the third important place in the State economy has also witnessed an increase in its share in Gross State Domestic Product at constant (1980-81) prices. Its share rose from 11.6 per cent during 1980-81 to 18 per cent during 1997-98. Now these rising prices and falling farm production coupled with the now well pronounced recessionary trends are a big challenge . Haryana's working class consumer price index moved up by 18 per cent during the last one year. Earlier it was just 5.7 per cent. While index for primary commodities at wholesale level moved at 16 per cent against 2 per cent for the same period last year, agriculture commodities prices too shot by 14.7 per cent. Rising prices left much less money with the general public and hence the fall in the market of other non essential commodities like consumer durables. This meant less sales tax for the government. Happily, Haryana has taken some welfare measures and has 2.43 lakh women and a total of seven lakh citizens getting a pension of Rs 100 per month. Some relief for the poor and the needy. The State Government mobilises financial resources through direct and indirect taxes, non tax revenue, share of central taxes and grant-in-aid from Central Government to meet the expenditure on administration and developmental activities. According to the Budget for the year 1998-99, the total revenue receipts are estimated at Rs 6504 crore in 1998-99 as against Rs 5716 crore in 1997-98. The revenue receipts are estimated to increase by 13.78 per cent in 1998-99 over 1997-98. The State's own taxes are estimated at Rs 3584 crore in 1998-99 as against Rs 2413 crore in 1997-98 and Rs 2143 crore in 1996-97. The percentage increase in the State's own taxes is estimated at 48.51 in 1998-99 over 1997-98. The State's non tax revenue (comprising mainly of interest receipts, road transport receipts, other administrative services and state lotteries) has shown a declining trend. It is estimated at Rs 1644 crore in 1998-99 against Rs 2230 crore in 1997-98. This decrease is due to fall in receipts of miscellaneous general services, mainly state Lotteries, due to enactment of lotteries Regulation Act 1998, whereby the sale of single digit and instant lottery is totally banned. The State's non tax revenue is 25.29 per cent of total revenue receipt in 1998-99 as compared to 39 per cent in 1997-98. The share of central taxes is estimated at Rs 614.60 crore in 1998-99 as against Rs 531 crore in 1998-99, showing an increase of 15.74 per cent. The break-up of the State's own taxes reveal that sales tax at Rs 1921.65 crore constitutes a major portion i.e. 45.77 per cent of total tax revenue in 1998-99. The corresponding percentages for the year 1997-98 and 1996-97 were 55.31 and 53.60 respectively. The revenue receipt from state excise duties is estimated at Rs 775 crore in 1998-99. Haryana State has launched a massive reform program in the power sector. The State Electricity Board has since been segregated. Two new State Government owned corporations have been set up to look after the operation and maintenance of the existing thermal and hydro stations and to look after the transmission and distribution of power. The corporations came into being in August last year. An independent Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission has been set up. Roads and roads transport sector has been provided an outlay of Rs 190 crore . The social services sector has been earmarked an amount of Rs 590 crore (26.1 per cent). The mid-term review
revealed that there will be lesser availability of
external assistance for the externally aided projects.
Besides, the revision of pay scales of the State
Government employees has cast additional heavy burden on
the exchequer. Hence, it had had to revise the outlay for
the Annual Plan to Rs 1800 crore. The Haryana Government
has struggled hard to check any significant adverse
effect on the outlays of State schemes of priority
sectors of power and irrigation. |
Panchayati Raj Act amended CHANDIGARH, Feb 9 — The Haryana Vidhan Sabha today passed an amendment Bill to "smoothen" the functioning of panchayati raj institutions by abolishing the post of up-sarpanch which had become a hurdle in their working. The amendment made in Section 5 (i) of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, makes a provision for convening of two general meetings of every Gram Sabha on April 13 and October 2 each year at a time to be fixed by the Block Development and Panchayats Officer concerned. The Bill, which provides for abolition of the post of up-sarpanch, also deletes the provision of a no-confidence motion against the Sarpanch so as to make the working of the Sarpanch more effective and smooth. Also, the number of Gram Sabha members required to call extraordinary general meeting of Gram Sabha has been reduced from one-fifth to one-tenth. There is also a provision to abolish the provision regarding reduced quorum for adjourned Gram Sabha meetings. It will also be made mandatory for Panches to attend Gram Sabha meetings besides abolishing the provision regarding reduced quorum for adjourned Gram Panchayat meeting. Also, the charge will have to be handed over within seven days of the publication of the election schedule. It will be mandatory to get certificate of Block Development and Panchayats Officer to ensure handing over charge before general elections of panchayati raj institutions. The amendment in Section 10, Sub-Section (3) has been made to safeguard street pavements against digging. No street or payment in a village shall be dug, altered or damaged in any manner by any person for any purpose except with the prior permission of the Sarpanch or Block Development and Panchayat Officer concerned. Such a permission will be granted only after the person seeking permission deposits an amount as prescribed to restore the street or pavement to its original state. However, provision for the suspension of a Sarpanch on grounds already mentioned in the Act, by Director of Panchayats/Deputy Commissioner of the district concerned and his removal by the Commissioner of the department concerned remains unchanged. The suspension period will also be raised from six months to one year as generally criminal trials and enquiries do not conclude within six months resulting in reinstatement of Sarpanches and Panches. A provision has also been made to abolish the condition of enquiry and consultation of views of panchayati raj institutions so that such institutions do not delay resolutions regarding carving out blocks. To discourage the tendency among the Sarpanches of keeping cash beyond the prescribed limit a penal interest at the rate of 21 per cent will be charged. To discourage the tendency of collusive attitude among the Sarpanches and Panches towards court cases, a provision has been made to disqualify them for a period of six years. Through an amendment
motion moved by Mr Kapoor Chand Sharma, the Vidhan Sabha
passed the Punjab Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas
Restriction of Unregulated Development (Haryana
Amendment) Bill. The Bill provides constitution of a
tribunal to settle the matters concerning construction of
roads and highways. The Chairman will not be of a rank
less than a Financial Commissioner (retired or serving)
and a member not below the rank of a Chief Engineer. In
the case of a dispute among the members, the decision of
the Chairman will be final. |
Haryana to recruit 300 doctors CHANDIGARH, Feb 9 — Mr Om Parkash Mahajan, Minister for Health, Haryana, told the Haryana Vidhan Sabha during question hour today that the posts of doctors lying vacant in the State hospitals would be filled soon. He assured Mr Sat Pal Sangwan and others that about 300 doctors would be recruited after completion of interviews being held by the Haryana Public Service Commission. The Minister admitted eight posts of dental surgeons, two posts of Senior Medical Officers and 42 posts of Medical Officers were lying vacant in Bhiwani district. Dental surgeons were also being recruited in the current selections. Mr Ram Saroop Rama, Minister of State for Sports, also told Mr Sangwan that there was no proposal under consideration of the Government to construct a stadium at Charkhi Dadri. However, if people of an area came forward with financial assistance and were able to spare sufficient land for the purpose the proposal could be considered. Earlier, he said, the Government of India gave matching assistance for such proposals. But for quite some time, this assistance had not come. Mr Jagan Nath, Minister for Public Health, told Mr Anil Vij that it was not easy to augment water supply at Ambala Cantt where the water level was quite low. The Minister said that the average life of a tubewell in the area was merely seven to eight years as against 15 years of normal tubewells. He suggested that canal-based water supply as an alternative. Mr Vij who expressed his dissatisfaction with the Minister's reply, said that the Minister for Public Health was suggesting a long-time solution which was unlikely to materialise in the near future. He admitted that talks with the army authorities for sparing 70 acres of land of implementing the canal-based water supply scheme had not been very encouraging. The Minister, as a last resort, put the responsibility on the MLA himself for finding out alternative land so that the scheme could be implemented. In reply to another question Mr Vij, the Minister for Public Health told the Haryana Vidhan Sabha that sewage treatment plants were under consideration in 13 towns. The proposal to construct treatment plants in other towns was also under the consideration of the Government. As this project was quite expensive, efforts were being made to arrange adequate funds. In reply to a question by Mr Ram Phal Kundu, the Minister, Mr Jagan Nath, admitted that about 500 acres of land around Kalwa village in Jind district was still submerged and the work of dewatering the fields was in progress. The Jind distributary which was the source of raw water for Kalwa was presently carrying flood waters. At present, villages in the area were being provided drinking water by treating sub-soil water which was potable. However, the Minister assured the House that canal water supply was likely to be restored within three months. Dr Kamla Verma, Minister for Local Government, told Mr Om Parkash Jain that the limits of the Municipal Committee, Panipat, would not be extended.
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transformers to improve voltage ROHTAK, Feb 9 — To improve voltage in the Rohtak operation circle, covering Rohtak and Jhajjar districts at least 209 new transformers of various capacities are needed. This has been found out in a survey conducted by the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN) here recently. According to Nigam sources the survey indicated the need for the replacement of about 150 km-long wires which were nearly worn out and the laying of about 282 km-long new wires in the operation circle to ensure the proper regulation of the supply. Nigam officials claimed that the process of restructuring the infrastructure which included installing of new transformers and laying of new wires had been stated but it could not be said exactly when the process was likely to be completed. The Superintending Engineer of the operation circle Mr R.K. Sharma, claimed that due to improvement in transmission damage to transformers had decreased between the April and December, 1998, as compared to the corresponding period in 1997. He said while as many as 911 transformers were damaged in the circle during 1997, the number got reduced to about 775 last year. The overall rate of damage to transformers went down by at least 4 per cent in one year, he added. Mr Sharma claimed that on the other hand the revenue of the Nigam in the past 12 months had increased by about 49.75 per cent. The Nigam had plans to provide a double circuit to 220 KV and 132 KV substations in the town so that various substations linked with them and the local consumers got round-the-clock supply from Panipat thermal power stations. Various low power sub-stations including those located at Meham, Madina, Bhalaut, Jassia Kathura, Lakhanmajra and Farmana villages would also be linked to the double circuit supply before the onset of the summer. It is learnt that work of linking to double circuit would take a few days time and meanwhile the supply to the affected areas would be maintained from Dadri substation which receives the supply from Bhakra Dam. The Nigam claimed that the
proposal of upgrading the capacities of the transformers
of the substations at Jhajjar and Bahadurgarh towns had
already been accepted. |
Budget ‘betrayal with
people’ CHANDIGARH, Feb 9 — Three Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) MLAs, Mr Ashok Kumar Gauba, Mr Ramesh Khatak and Mr Ramphal Kundu, have described the State Budget for 1999-2000 as a betrayal with the people of Haryana. In a joint statement issued here today the three MLAs said when the Rs 1581-crore Annual Plan for 1997-98 approved by the Bansi Lal Government had made tall claims that the development works in the State would be accelerated. However, later it cut the Plan by Rs 331 crore to Rs 1,250 crore. Similarly, the 1998-99 Plan was approved for Rs 2,260 crore and the Finance Minister had claimed that it was an increase of 61 per cent over the previous year. The MLAs said at that time their party had said on the floor of the House that the government was misleading the people by quoting false figures in the Budget. Now the Plan had been cut to Rs 1,800 crore. They said at the end of the year there would be additional deficit to the tune of Rs 500 crore to Rs 600 crore. Now the government had made the Annual Plan of 1999-2000 for Rs 2,300 crore, which, they said, would again be a fiasco. The Lok Dal leaders said the HVP-BJP combine had promised to ban lotteries which were a social evil. What to talk of the ban the government's statistics revealed that it earned only Rs 1 crore after selling lottery tickets worth Rs 400 crore. Suspecting large-scale pilferage the MLAs said already the police had lodged an FIR against a former Finance Minister and certain officers. The MLAs said the government had claimed that no reduction would be made in the outlays for various sectors. However, money earmarked for irrigation was reduced by Rs 116 crore from Rs 550.81 crore to Rs 434 crore, on power it had been reduced by Rs 76 crore from Rs 506 crore to Rs 430.58 crore and on the agriculture sector it was reduced from Rs 127.35 crore to Rs 102.59 crore. Similarly, the Rs 190.61 crore earmarked for transport and roads was reduced to Rs 86.08 crore. Even the meagre amount of Rs 9.31 crore earmarked for the development of the dalits had been reduced to Rs 7.31 crore. They said during 1996-97
and 1997-98 only 4 per cent of the Budget was spent on
development works which, they said, was likely to be
further cut during 1999-2000. |
Medicos’ stir to continue ROHTAK, Feb 9 —Resident doctors and medical students of the Pt B.D. Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences have decided to continue their agitation till the government decide to restore 10 per cent advantage to internal candidates in the MD and MS entrance examinations. The resident doctors and the students today wore black badges and took out a procession on the institute campus. The processionists also marched through different wards and the OPD. The resident doctors and the students, had on February 4 submitted a memorandum to the Director of the institute demanding reversal of the government decision. They had also threatened to launch an agitation if their demands were not conceded within 72 hours. The resident doctors and the students have also resented the increase in the reservation for HCMS doctors to 33 per cent in the entrance examinations for MD and MS courses. The Resident Doctors
Association and the Medical Students Union have
constituted a joint action committee for formulating
agitational programmes. They have also decided to send a
delegation to the government to convince it about the
genuineness of their demand. |
Cops assailed for being
inactive AMBALA, Feb 9 — Aggrieved by the indifferent attitude of officials of civic bodies and the police, the Haryana Vikas Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders gave vent to their angry feelings at a meeting of the district grievances and public relations committee here yesterday. Mr Harish Budhiraja, a former BJP municipal councillor, assailed the police for being inactive despite the rising crime graph. He pointed out that there had been several instances of thefts, looting, gambling and eve-teasing in the cantonment area but the police had failed to arrest the culprits. He alleged the district police chief knew fully well those who were responsible for the sudden spurt in crime but effective steps on the part of the police were lacking. Mr Ajay Gulati from the HVP blamed the officials of the Ambala Sadar Municipal Council for encroachments on government land. He said the encroachments had been made in connivance with the officials. He said two house owners had encroached on government land on crossroads number 2 and 11 recently and the officials had not cared to demolish these. He said the district administration had proved quite inept in this regard. Mr Gulati later said an official of the council confessed that a BJP minister had pressured him not to take action against an encroacher. Mr Gulati said the officials deliberately kept their eyes shut whenever an encroachment was made and later issued notices as a formality in order to shield the offenders. He said it was because of such officials that unhygienic conditions existed in both the city and the cantonment as the shopkeepers had made encroachments on nullahs also.
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Need
to promote self-employment BHIWANI: In order to evoke interest in self-employment, an autonomous body should be developed like the Haryana State Youth Development Board. This was demanded from the government by Mr Rajender Kumar, founder secretary of the Gramin Vikas Mandal, Nihalgarh. He has been active in the fields of social service and youth welfare programmes for the past 25 years. Expressing concern over the indifferent attitude of the state government, he said gramin yuva mandals had been set up in each village for public welfare and development works, but social workers were disappointed due to lack of proper guidance and programmes. However, new committees were constituted for programmes like DPEP and watershed at the village level. He suggested that faith should be reposed in the youth by handing over to them the charge of preparing voter lists, economic survey, small savings and collection of electricity bills. This would reduce the administrative expenditure, he said. To combat the serious problem of unemployment, he proposed to develop practical mechanism for a self-employment programme. The self-employment programmes of the District Industries Centre, DRDA, Dairy Department etc should be given to the proposed Board. He suggested that the raising of funds for self-employment schemes be arranged by the state Cooperative Bank and the Haryana Financial Corporation and the Board should enjoy legal rights for setting up self-employed unit. * * * People are fed up with the repair work being undertaken on the main and busiest Circular Road for the past few months. In fact, this is the busiest road for Loharu and Charkhi Dadri subdivisions of the district. The Public Health and Public Works Department had dug the road after vehicles started sinking in the road. The digging work continued as the huge sewerage pipes, which were laid just after the devastating flood of 1995, began to sink. The road was again dug and blocked the traffic. The entire heavy and light traffic had to be diverted towards Krishna Nagar Colony which is a densely populated residential area where a big subzi mandi has been functioning in the evenings for the past many years. Though the PWD has set up two speed breakers around the crossing, four-wheelers, trucks, jeeps carrying passengers have become a menace for the residents. No traffic man has been posted to regularise the traffic. * * * * The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has earmarked an optimum scheme of providing telephone connections registered till March 1997 before the ensuing month of March. Sources said the exchange would then be having 9,500 connections on its board. Admitting that the fog during the current and previous months had caused disturbance, they said active linemen staff, under the supervision of senior technocrats and the SDO, were attending to the complaints. * * * * The local Sanskritik Manch will publish the "History of Bhiwani" on the completion of 625 years of the city on February 26. Dr Budh Dev Arya, president of the manch, said various committees would be formed under the patronage of intellectuals who would work to make it authentic by contacting elders and senior journalists of the city. The manch would announce its launching on the occasion of its annual function on the first day of the New Year (Hindi Panchang), he added. * * * * In addition to providing better health services to ex-servicemen in the state, the government has reserved certain beds in government hospitals. The Health Department has asked the district administrations to ensure the availability of beds in hospitals. The Chairman of Zila Sainik Board, Mr K.S. Yadav, said five beds had been reserved at the General Hospital, Charkhi Dadri. The same facility had been made available at the general hospitals of Narnaul, Rewari and Karnal. Besides, residential facilities were also being provided to the families and dependants of serious patients of the Navy admitted in Ashwini Hospital of Mumbai, Kalyani of Visakhapattnam and Sanjivni of Kochi, he said. Mr Yadav said canteen
facilities would also be provided to the ex-servicemen of
Loharu and Badhra. This was necessary due to the rising
number of ex-servicemen in these areas. A sainik rest
house would soon be constructed at Loharu and land had
already been acquired for the purpose, he added. |
Kranti padyatra reaches Sonepat SONEPAT, Feb 9 — The Congress-sponsored kranti padyatra, led by a veteran Congress leader and former MP, Mr Chiranji Lal Sharma, entered the city this morning. The yatra had started yesterday from the inter-state Yamuna bridge, near Jhundpur village. The padyatris passed through the main bazars of the city enroute to the mini-secretariat and Gohana town. Addressing a gathering, Mr Sharma said no section of the society was happy with the HVP-BJP alliance government in the state. People wanted a change and they had pinned their hopes on the Congress and Mrs Sonia Gandhi. The state government, he alleged, had failed to protect the lives and properties of the people. Mr Sharma called upon the people to participate in the padyatra in large numbers. Talking to mediapersons here today, Mr Sharma said he had witnessed the plight of people from close quarters during the yatra. The people, he alleged, were disillusioned with the Centre and the state government. He said the people in villages were facing problems due to power and water scarcity but the government was "doing nothing" to lessen their woes. Continuing the padyatra, Mr Sharma, along with his supporters passed through many villages on way to Gohana and Jind. The yatra will reach Gohana tomorrow and terminate there enabling the padyatris to reach Jind from there. BHIWANI: Padyatris, led by Mr Jagjit Singh Sangwan, President of the District Congress Committee, Bhiwani on way to Jind from Charkhi Dadri resumed their yatra after a night halt in the city. Mr Hira Nand Arya, former Finance Minister, showed green flag to the yatris. Addressing them Dr Vasudev
Sharma, former Deputy Speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha
said the state government had failed on all fronts and
also criticised the Central Government for its failure to
protect the rights of farmers and poor people. |
Roadways union meeting today ROHTAK, Feb 9 — The state-level meeting of the Roadways Karamchari Union scheduled for tomorrow at Kurukshetra will finalise the agitational programmes for the realisation of their charter of demands. The union has demanded immediate payment of bonus without any ceiling for the 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1997-98 years and regularisation of 8000 employees engaged on contract and daily wage basis. The demands also include immediate payment of overtime, increase in the night allowance from Rs 3 to Rs 25, employment to 650 dependants of deceased employees and filling of vacant posts by promotion. The union president, Mr Baldev Singh, and the senior vice-president Mr Jalkaran Balhara, have alleged in a joint statement that due to the non-purchase of new buses in place of the condemned ones, the staff in Roadways had become surplus, resulting in a ban by the government on fresh recruitments and promotions. They alleged that 550 buses belonging to politicians and their relatives were plying without permit or payment of tax in the state.
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Courier firm told to pay
compensation PANCHKULA, Feb 9 — A Private courier company has been directed by the consumer court to pay Rs 6,400 as compensation to a local consumer for its failure to deliver a letter to his kin in the USA. The order was passed by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum on the basis of a complaint filed by Prof Narinder Singh, a resident of Sector 9. Prof Narinder Singh in his complaint said he had sent an urgent letter — containing an admission letter for joining a medical course at the BRS Institute of Medical Sciences at Kot Billa here — to his grandson residing at California on July 31,1997. The admission letter had to be sent in time as the boy had to obtain a student's visa from India's Consulate-General at San Francisco before coming to India on August 7,1997, he said. Due to the urgency of the matter, he said he booked the letter for delivery with Overnite Express Ltd for a sum of Rs 840. The letter never reached his grandson, he alleged. When the company was approached it said the letter had been received by someone but when the matter was pursued the complainant was sent a cheque for Rs 2000. On being noticed by the forum no one from the company appeared and the order was passed ex-parte. The forum held the courier company responsible for deficiency in service. The forum further awarded
Rs 500 as costs of the proceedings. |
Chain fast by HVPN sub-station
staff HISAR, Feb 9 — Employees posted at the HVPN sub-station, Narnaund today started a chain fast in front of the sub-station to demand adequate security provisions. Five employees Mr Dev Kumar, Mr Mohinder Kazal, Mr Madan Lal, Mr Rama Kant Pandey and Mr Krishan Lal observed fast on the first day today. The employees threatened
that all 217 employees posted at Hansi subdivision would
boycott work from February 15 if the administration
failed to provide security to them. 3 held for boy’s murder HISAR, Feb 9 — Uklana police claimed to have solved the murder case of Balraj (16), who was murdered in Bithmara village on December 29 last year. Three persons Nafe Singh, Ramkos and Chandi Ram were arrested today. The body of the boy was allegedly kept inside a water works pipe in the village. Situation in the village was reported to be tense.
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Faridabad plant sets record CHANDIGARH, Feb 9 —
The Faridabad thermal power station (FTPS) having an
installed capacity of three units of 55 MW each, has
generated 929.18 lakh units of electricity with a plant
load factor (PLF) of 75.69 per cent during last month.
This is the highest power generation and PLF in FTPS
during the last seven years.
Head Constable gets police
medal SONEPAT, Feb 9 — The
President of India has awarded a police medal to Mr Dhara
Singh, a Head Constable. He is working at the office of
the Senior Superintendent of Police in the district
headquarters here. The award is for his commendable work
during duty hours. |
Gang of women thieves busted FARIDABAD, Feb 9 — The police has busted a gang of women thieves involved in several thefts at Suraj Kund Crafts Mela and other places. These women belong to Delhi and are identified as Simla Devi, Anita, Puppy and Parkash Kaur. Mr Mohammad Akil, SSP,
told mediapersons today that the police had also
recovered goods worth over Rs 60,000 from the women. |
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