Haryana issues directions
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has decided that in future all the cases for seeking advice or opinion from office of Chief Secretary or Finance Department or legal Remembrancer should be referred to them after approval at the level of Administrative Secretary concerned. A spokesman said, all the Divisional Commissioners and Heads of Departments in State have been asked for compliance of the same.
Haryana to set up 19 CAAQMs
Chandigarh: Haryana State Pollution Control Board has decided to set up 19 Continuous Online Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (CAAQM) Stations at district headquarters in the State to measure the level of pollution in the ambient air, said a spokesman. These CAAQM stations would be set up at Panipat, Sonipat, Rewari (Dharuhera), Bahadurgarh, Kaithal, Karnal, Yamuna Nagar, Gurugram (Manesar), Faridabad (Sec- 55 and 56), Ambala, Bhiwani, Fatehabad, Hisar, Jind, Kurukshetra, Mahendergarh, Mewat, Palwal and Sirsa. There are four CAAQM stations at Faridabad, Gurugram, Rohtak and Panchkula for measuring the level of pollution in the ambient air.
Walking trails set up in sanctuaries
Chandigarh: Haryana Forest and Wild life Department has set up walking trails in the areas of Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary and Khol Raitan Wildlife Sanctuary in Panchkula, Kalesar National Park and Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary in Yamunanagar and Saraswati Protection Reserve Seonsar in Kurukshetra-Kaithal so as to facilitate the nature lovers to connect with nature and wildlife closely, said a spokesman. All the interested colleges, schools and other educational institutions as well as clubs and nature lovers who wish to observe, understand and watch nature and wildlife could enjoy walking trails at these places. The information about length of these trails, locations, conditions and contact of key persona to enjoy these places could be obtained from website www.haryanaforest.gov.in, he said.
Breastfeeding talk held for anganwadi workers
Chandigarh: A talk on breastfeeding practices with anganwadi workers was held at Dhanas here. The talk was given by Dr Sunil Kumar Agarwal, Consultant, Neonatology and Dr Rabia Kapur (PT), lactation Consultant at Mamma Mia, Fortis Hospital Mohali. The World Breastfeeding Week is observed from August 1 to 7 every year. The talk lasted an hour and various myths brought out during the discussion were dispelled by the doctors.