CM hails twin sisters for scaling mt Everest
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has congratulated the twin sisters of Anwali village in district Sonepat who recently scaled Mount Everest. He wished them a successful future. Tashi Malik and Naungshi Malik, the twin sisters, along with their parents Col. (Retd) Virender Singh Malik and Anju Malik had called on the Chief Minister at his residence in New Delhi on Thursday. Hooda said, “We are proud of this great achievement.” The twin sisters created a new world record by hoisting the Indian flag at Mount Everest on May 19. Tashi and Naungshi said they scaled Mount Everest with an aim of creating awareness against gender discrimination and female foeticide.
Hooda to lay foundation stone for projects
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda would lay the foundation stones of various projects involving an investment of over Rs 45 crore in Bawani Khera in district Bhiwani on July 14. Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Ram Kishan Fouji said that these projects would prove beneficial even for the residents of adjoining villages. He said that the Chief Minister would fulfill the 40 year old demand of this constituency by laying the foundation stone of a Government College for Women. A sum of Rs 12 crore would be spent on this college being set up over an area of eight acres. Fouji said that Hooda would also lay the foundation stone of Sewerage and Water Treatment Plant and of a Water Works for town the same day.
Incentives for recovery of default amountS
Chandigarh: The Haryana Power Distribution Corporations will give special incentive to those retirees who will help in recovery of defaulting amount from permanently disconnected consumers. The amount of incentive will be worked out on the basis of the ‘Theft Informer Scheme’. It was decided in the meeting of the Operation Review Committee chaired by Chairman and Managing Director, UHBVN and DHBVN, Devender Singh on Thursday. The beneficiary will get 20 percent of the total recovered amount as special incentive under the scheme, as per the “Theft Informer Scheme”. It was observed in the meeting that a huge amount was pending against the defaulters whose whereabouts were not available. Many of them had taken connections on the same premises in someone else’s name or were not traceable.
Punjab government invites Axis Bank officials
Chandigarh: Punjab Government on Thursday invited Axis Bank, which has been playing a crucial rule for making online payments to farmers, to invest in the sector of ‘Agriculture Rural landing’ in the state. The request was made in a meeting of Adaish Partap Singh Kairon, Food & Civil Supply Minister of Punjab with Shikha Sharma, Managing Director of Axis Bank here. Sharma had was called on Kairon in connection with the opening of the 2000th branch of the bank at Mandi Ahmedgarh (District Sangrur). Kairon said that Punjab is first state in the country which has initiated a special project to make online payment to the Artiyas through ‘ruPay Debit Card’ within 48 hours of the procurement. The Minister eulogized the efforts the Axis Bank for installing ‘SWIPE’ machines across the state to facilitate the farmers drawing payment through debit card.
Vodafone’s immigration portal launched
Chandigarh: Vodafone India has launched a portal to provide immigration related information for the convenience for its customers in Punjab. This is a first-of-its-kind portal that will give access to pre-paid and post-paid customers on information related to visas for countries like USA, UAE, Canada, UK, New Zealand and Australia. It will also provide details on the kind of visas which the country offers, their eligibility criteria, number of visas which are available for the current year, basis which the interested people can apply for them. The immigration portal service is available in languages like Hindi, English and Punjabi. The subscribers will be able to access this information at Rs 30 per month for 180 minutes of usage which can be used at any point of the day. The portal will help the subscribers with tips on how to appear for an interview, living conditions of the country, climate, suitable areas to stay and average rent in that area that will help the immigrant to gel well with the local populace.
Bhukkal for Sakshar Gram Puraskar
Chandigarh: Haryana Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal has suggested to institute a ‘Sakshar Gram Puraskar’ to encourage girls for education and setting up of a separate Directorate of Adult Education to effectively monitor and supervise the implementation of the adult education programme. She was addressing a conference of Ministers of Adult Education and Panchayati Raj and District Panchayat Presidents of ‘Saakshar Bharat State’ in New Delhi on Thursday. She said that at least a State level Project Coordinator with an independent charge and supported by requisite staff and provision of sufficient movement is must to make the scheme of adult education a big success.
Drinking water in Jind city
Chandigarh: Public Health Engineering Department of Haryana has initiated a work plan to provide pure drinking water to the 1.66 lakh residents of Jind city. This work plan will ensure regular supply of drinking water to all the colonies of the city. A spokesperson of district administration said that a proposal of Rs 1.65 crore has been sent to the state government for the construction of pipe line ensuring water supply to New Krishna colony, Vijay Nagar and Ram colony. He said that they are hopeful of soon getting approval from the state government.