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| Irrigation scheme launched Nalagarh, December 29 The State Government, which is according top priority to agriculture, has spent Rs 22 crore on the construction of 14 bridges and installed as many as 150 hand-pumps in Nalagarh subdivision to benefit farmers. 
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First website on adolescent education Shimla, December 29 Mr Sudripto Roy, Commissioner-cum-Secretary (Education), presiding over the state Advisory Committee meeting on Population and Development Education in schools here today said that all Information regarding Adolescent Education Programme would be available on this site. He said that the Adolescent Education Programme was started in senior secondary schools of Shimla, Solan and Sirmaur in 1998, and extended to all remaining districts later to organise student activities in adolescent education in the state. He said that almost all activities planned for adolescent education under the project for the year 2001 were completed and project status survey conducted. He told that the state Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), H.P. was selected by the NCERT, New Delhi to organise National debate competition. It was organized in June 2001 at Gaiety Theatre Shimla and four regional winner teams from the country participated, he added. Expressing concern on declining sex ratio in the state, he asked the SCERT to incorporate it in their population awareness and education programme. |
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BADDI Baddi, December 29 The biggest fraud involving crores came to light when three partners of a bulb manufacturing company disappeared overnight along with the entire machinery from their factory premises. Though the police later recovered the machinery from a godown in Delhi, the factory owners remained elusive, putting finance companies, including the Himachal Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation and the local State Bank of India, from where loans worth crores were taken, in the lurch. At least two private security agencies promising jobs for unemployed youths in industrial units decamped with lakhs after collecting registration fee from a number of applicants. The fake addresses left by these agencies left little hope of their being traced by the police. The year proved out to be one of concern for environmentalists, with at least three incidents of fish death due to discharge of toxic effluents from industrial units being reported. During a surprise raid in the industrial units by a state minister, Mr Karan Singh, effluent treatment plant of a beverage unit was found non-functional and many others functioning unsatisfactorily. Following this, the production of the beverage unit was suspended for some time and show-cause notices served on at least seven others. The Pollution Control Department made it mandatory to install energy meters in all units so as to ensure continuous working of the plants. To chalk out a permanent solution, a survey was conducted by the department with the help of an Australia-based company to install a common effluent treatment plant in the area. The matter of indiscriminate and illegal quarrying by truck and tractor owners also came up, with the Society for Action and Protection of the Environment filing a public interest litigation in the state high court to bring the guilty to book after the department failed to stop the illegal trade. A high-level team visited the affected river beds and found incriminating evidence, exposing regulatory authorities. It was brought to their notice that this incessant
quarrying along the river beds had damaged at least six irrigation schemes, besides causing soil erosion in the rains, when large chunks of the arable land got inundated. In addition to this, the illegal use of thousands of tractors which were registered for agricultural purposes was also highlighted by the environmentalists. The Industries Department started legal proceedings against the offenders in the region based on these findings. A spurt in khair smuggling in the areas bordering Punjab and Haryana continued to pour in throughout the year, keeping forest officials and the police on tenterhooks. A big racket involving fake quarrying contractors engaged in extracting money from illegal truck and tractors lifting sand and gravel from the river beds was unearthed by the Mining Department. These self-styled contractors forced the truck and tractor owners to shell out Rs 100 and 50, respectively, per trip to the river beds. In return, their theft remained unreported. Despite this crackdown, the mining mafia continued to flourish in the region. The year was also eventful for industrial units, where employees of at least three units resorted to agitation. The notified closure of DCM tools and dies unit here in October sparked off a row by the retrenched employees. They approached the Labour Commissioner, who termed the closure illegal and directed the DCM management to explain its position within 15 days. The workmen of Arihant spinning mills faced a bed patch, with the management refusing to pay them any salaries for months together. A meagre sum of Rs 500 was paid to them on Divali after intervention of the Labour Officer. The issue of bonus led the employees of Winsome textiles to agitate and they rejected the plea of recession put forth by the management. Finally, the matter was resolved after a hike of 5 per cent was agreed upon after heated consultations with the management and the workmen. On the political front, the area remained the centre of activity throughout the year. The Chief Minister, Mr P.K. Dhumal, visited the area on many occasions and inaugurated a number of schemes, including the Prime Minister’s gram sarak yojna, where the Union Minister for Rural Development, Mr Venkiah Naidu, was also present. Much remained to be desired, with the locals complaining of political bias in matters of allocation of funds for various development works. They alleged that the Nalagarh area, represented by a BJP legislator, received plenty of funds while the adjoining Doon area, represented by a Congress legislator, was bereft of adequate funds. The Congress legislator, Mr Lajja Ram, who protested at being denied an opportunity to speak at a rally organised by the ruling BJP-HVC alliance, was countered by loud sloganeering by BJP supporters, leading to an ugly session of verbal brickbats from both sides. The fag end of the year also brought the Leader of the Opposition and CLP leader, Mr Virbhadra Singh to the area. The announcement of Baba Amarjeet being declared the State President of the Indian National Trade Union Congress proved to be a big low to Ms Kanta Sood, who had been claiming to be the “real” president. |
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MD, MS (Ayurveda) merit list Shimla, December 29 The call letters for counselling will be sent by the Principal of the college. The candidature of the candidates is purely provisional. None had appeared in the Scheduled Tribe category while in the General Category the roll numbers are: 1038, 1056, 1049, 1072, 1034, 1008, 1044, 1041, 1010, 1045, 1082, 1078, 1062, 1035, 1007, 1076, 1009, 1022, 1020, 1058, 1019, 1068, 1084, 1080, 1027, 1036, 1046, 1037, 1083, 1061, 1085, 1075, 1055, 1018, 1012, 1053, 1004, 1070, 1028, 1006, 1067, 1015, 1017, 1043, 1081, 1066, 1030, 1005. HPA, MO and direct BAMS graduates:
(i) Scheduled Caste Category : Roll No. 1260,1263 and 1262. (ii) Scheduled Tribe Category: Roll No 1282 and 1280. (iii) Other Backward Classes: Roll No 1296. (iv) General Category: Roll No 1307, 1325, 1320, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1306, 1310, 1322, 1323, 1303, 1302, 1312, 1313, 1304, 1311, 1326, 1301, 1318 and 1327.
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Red Cross sets up
mela committee Parwanoo, December 29 The patrons, vice-patrons, life members and other members were also present. It was decided that the Red Cross Mela would be held on January 6. A committee was formed for the same. The Deputy Commissioner, while speaking to the members, said the Red Cross was a social organisation and explained the principles, rules and regulations of the Red Cross to members. The Deputy Commissioner said the local unit had been formed recently and it should emphasise more on funds generation and to stand on its stand on its feet. Mr Kaul, member of the Red Cross, raised some problems being faced by residents of the town before the Deputy Commissioner. |
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Irrigation
scheme launched Nalagarh, December 29 Stating this at a public gathering on the inaugural ceremony of an irrigation scheme at Kolhawaala about 14 km from here, the state Minister for Town and Country Planning, Mr H.N. Saini, stated that the scheme would irrigate 700 bigha of arable land in the region. The Minister stated that in order to benefit the farmers in the Changer region the government had installed as many as 40 hand-pumps and the permission to install another 17 would soon be received. Enlisted the developmental activities of the government, he stated that under the Prime Minister’s gram sarak yojna a sum of Rs 1.86 crore would be spent on building various link roads in the region. Another Rs 10 lakh had been sanctioned for the repair of the Sarsa-Derowaal road. The tenders for the construction of Kashmir Pur bridge were being invited and work on the damaged Sarsa bridge would soon begin. The Central Government had also
sanctioned a sum of Rs 10 crore for the construction of 10 dams. |
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