Regularisation of ad hoc teachers sought
PANIPAT, Sept 6 — The Haryana Rajkiya Adhyapak Sangh has urged the state government to regularise the services of nearly 6,500 teachers working on ad hoc basis for the past five years and also of the teachers appointed on contract by the previous government.


Tributes paid to Satya Pal Saini
ROHTAK, Sept 6 — A large number of people, including journalists and politicians, paid floral tributes to Mr Satya Pal Saini, Senior Correspondent of Dainik Tribune based at Rohtak at the kirya ceremony here today.

Fire causes damage in Panipat refinery
PANIPAT, Sept 6 — The insulation portion of the crude distillation unit of the IOC refinery has been damaged completely as the result of a fire last evening. The fire in the main insulation line took place due to operational working as the plant is in a stabilisation period.

Liquor price war in Panipat
PANIPAT, Sept 6 — A rivalry between two liquor contractors in Panipat district has resulted in bringing down the prices of Indian-make foreign liquor by about 50 per cent and of country liquor by Rs 30 per bottle.

Rail commuters threaten stir
SONEPAT, Sept 6 — A large number of daily commuters, have been facing hardship due to the sudden change of the rackes of the 1 DPM and 4 DPM (EMU) passenger trains by the Railways.

Another martyr cremated
BHIWANI, Sept 6 — The mortal remains of Lance Naik Mahabir of Kanheti village in Dadri subdivision of this district were consumed to fire with state and military honours in his native village yesterday in the presence of thousands of people who came to pay their last respects to the martyr.

Illegal liquor sale on polling day
SIRSA, Sept 6 — Despite being a dry day in view of the elections, several shops were reportedly selling liquor at various places in the district yesterday. Plying of vehicles had also been banned but there was a large-scale violation of the order.

Regularisation of ad hoc teachers sought
From Our Correspondent

PANIPAT, Sept 6 — The Haryana Rajkiya Adhyapak Sangh has urged the state government to regularise the services of nearly 6,500 teachers working on ad hoc basis for the past five years and also of the teachers appointed on contract by the previous government.

In a statement issued here yesterday, the state president of the sangh, Mr Satya Veer Shastri, and former State General Secretary Naval Kishore demanded that the transfer policy framed by the former Education Minister, Mr Ram Bilas Sharma, be continued to enable the teachers to continue serving.

The union leaders also urged the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, to clarify the stand of his government regarding teachers' demands in general and pay anomalies in particular. They pointed out that the grades of some categories of teachers had not been revised in accordance with the recommendations of the Fifth Pay commission.

While expressing resentment over rise in the incidents of looting of employees, teachers organisation have demanded security cover for persons drawing salary amounts from banks.

The former president of the Haryana School Pradhyapak Sangh, Mr Jagbir Singh Rana, pointed out in a statement that the school employees were easy target for criminals as these employees had to return to schools in villages after drawing the salary amount from the banks.

Demanding full security for the employees, he also urged the government to take steps to avoid such incidents.

Tributes paid to Satya Pal Saini
From Our Correspondent

ROHTAK, Sept 6 — A large number of people, including journalists and politicians, paid floral tributes to Mr Satya Pal Saini, Senior Correspondent of Dainik Tribune based at Rohtak at the kirya ceremony here today.

The Town and Country Planning Minister, Mr Dhirpal, read the condolence message on behalf of the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, and paid homage to the departed soul. Describing Mr Saini as a bold and fearless journalist, the minister lamented that people of the state had been deprived of the services of a vigilant guardian of democracy. He hoped that the ideal set by Mr Saini would keep guiding the people, especially the budding journalists. He assured full cooperation from the government to the bereaved family.

The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Arun Kumar, and the SSP, Mr P.K. Agrawal, paid tributes on behalf of the district administration.

Mr Hari Jaisingh, Editor, The Tribune, expressed sympathies to the bereaved family in his message and assured every possible assistance to the family by The Tribune Trust. Mr Vijay Saighal, Editor, Dainik Tribune, while paying tributes to Mr Saini described him as a paragon of virtuous journalism.

Besides, Mr Nand Kishore Trikha, president of the National Union of Journalists, Mr Y.P. Gupta, president of the Haryana Union of Journalists, Mr Shyam Khosla, a senior NUJ leader, Mr Jatinder Sharma, Principal Correspondent of The Tribune based at Rohtak, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Capt Inder Singh, Dr Arvind Sharma and Lt-Gen O.P. Kaushik (retd), Vice-Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University, paid tributes to the departed soul.

Professor gets US patent
From Ashwani Dutta

YAMUNANAGAR: Refuse disposal is an issue attracting the attention of people worldwide. In the past two decades, the demand for disposal techniques that minimise the adverse environmental impact has increased. The pulp and paper industry, sugar and metal industries and distilleries are highly capital-intensive. These produce large volumes of gaseous, liquid and solid wastes which affect the environment and that is one reason why these have been known as major polluting process industries.

In India all the major 14 rivers are nothing but open sewers fit to carry urban liquid waste, half-burnt bodies and poisonous waste products. The flora and fauna are affected and people themselves encounter serious problems because of polluted water. The general problem of all industries is disposal of waste.

Fortunately Guru Nanak Khalsa College has been working on a scheme to solve this industry's ills. Dr B.S. Gujral, Head of the Department of Industrial Chemistry, has been working for 18 years to protect the environment and to treat not only harmful industrial effluents but semi-solid wastes as well. Dr Gujral has been successful in producing wealth from the waste.

He was granted a US patent on the treatment of industrial waste on May 25, 1999. The discovery by Dr Gujral has wide applications in different industries which include paper and sugar mill and distilleries. This product is mostly imported from different countries nowadays. If Dr Gujral's fund is commercialised in India, it would not only help in managing wastes but will also save foreign exchange. It is ample time now to recognise the research of scientists like Dr Gujral and not to repeat the mistakes.

In USA, Dr Gujral not only concentrated on patent work, but also went for higher education in diverse fields. Currently he is doing two masters degrees simultaneously. He is doing masters in computer science and chemical engineering.

Dr Gujral's goal is to develop different software in environmental, pharmaceutical and chemical engineering fields. Dr Gujral regrets that items produced by Indians abroad are being patented by western countries. He feels that our scientists should be aware of it and protect the national heritage by patenting them. He is the 23rd Indian to get his work patented in the USA.

Fire causes damage in Panipat refinery
From Our Correspondent

PANIPAT, Sept 6 — The insulation portion of the crude distillation unit (CDU) of the IOC refinery has been damaged completely as the result of a fire last evening. The fire in the main insulation line took place due to operational working as the plant is in a stabilisation period.

According to the IOC refinery Director, the fire was put out immediately. the spokesman claimed no damage had been done to the internal columns of the unit.

He said the unit had been shut down for safety purposes for the time being and it was not going to affect the operation of other processing units and product supplies. The unit would be put back into operation within three days, he said.

The losses caused due to fire would be assessed by the experts. He, however, clarified that such incidents generally occurred when any unit was in stabilisation period.

Liquor price war in Panipat
From Our Correspondent

PANIPAT, Sept 6 — A rivalry between two liquor contractors in Panipat district has resulted in bringing down the prices of Indian-make foreign liquor (IMFL) by about 50 per cent and of country liquor by Rs 30 per bottle.

Due to this rivalry, both contractors are incurring heavy losses but are in no mood to comprise.

According to information, liquor vends in Panipat district were auctioned for Rs 28.97 crore this year, about Rs 6 crore more than last year. Out of this, Krishan Kumar and Company bagged the auction of Rs 18.56 crore and remaining auction of Rs 10.41 crore was in favour of A K and Company.

All liquor vends in the state are under the control of these two companies. If one has monoply in one district, the other enjoys sole rights of liquor vends in other district. But in Panipat district both companies have shared the auction.

When one contractor, with a view to cornering profits reduced the prices of liquor the other followed the suit. This rivalry has led to the lowering of IMFL prices.

When contacted, officials of the Excise Department confirmed that though both companies were incurring losses, yet they were depositing the government revenue in time.

Rail commuters threaten stir
From Our Correspondent

SONEPAT, Sept 6 — A large number of daily commuters, have been facing hardship due to the sudden change of the rackes of the 1 DPM and 4 DPM (EMU) passenger trains by the Railways.

According to commuters, the Railways had replaced the rackes of these trains by ordinary 2 rackes resulting in delay in the running of these trains by two to three hours daily between Delhi and Panipat, a distance of about 100 km.

The running time of these trains between Delhi and Sonepat was only an hour before this alleged that these rackes were outdated and that trains could not pickup the normal speed.

Meanwhile, the Daily Railway Passengers Welfare Association has threatened the Railways that if the RMU rackes were not restored immediatly and the delays were not cut, the communters would pickat railway tracks and resort to the agitation.

Another martyr cremated

BHIWANI, Sept 6 (PTI) — The mortal remains of Lance Naik Mahabir of Kanheti village in Dadri subdivision of this district were consumed to fire with state and military honours in his native village yesterday in the presence of thousands of people who came to pay their last respects to the martyr.

Lance Naik Mahabir died while fighting Pakistani intruders on September 2 in the Kupwara sector near Srinagar. The martyr was working in the 2nd Raj Rifles.

He leaves his father, an ex-serviceman, wife Sudesh Devi, two daughters Babita (8) and Rina (5) and one son Arvind (3).

The people of the village have donated three acres for raising a memorial to the martyr.

Illegal liquor sale on polling day
From Our Correspondent

SIRSA, Sept 6 — Despite being a dry day in view of the elections, several shops were reportedly selling liquor at various places in the district yesterday. Plying of vehicles had also been banned but there was a large-scale violation of the order. Voters could be seen taken to polling booths by party workers in their vehicles.

The District Magistrate had also prohibited the carrying of firearms and directed all licencees to deposit them at the nearest police station or with authorised dealers. However, these orders were violated by certain politicians.