Assuring the House that adequate compensation would be given to the affected farmers, Haryana Chief Minsiter Manohar lal on Monday said that special girdawari (crop damage assessment) would be initiated from September 15 onwards in the State to check the damage on cotton crop due to whitefly attack in the cotton growing areas of the State.
While giving a reply during the calling attention motion on the issue, the Chief Minister said that the State Government is also writing to the Centre to send their teams to check the damage on cotton crops and accordingly announce adequate compensation to be given to the affected farmers of the State.
Earlier, while giving reply to the calling attention motion moved by several legislators, Agriculture Minister OP Dhankar informed the House that at this stage, it is very difficult to assess the exact production loss in cotton crop because it is at flowering/budding stage. The exact loss would be known only after proper crop inspection when cotton is plucked.
Crop cutting experiment is also done by Agriculture Department when the crop will be harvested. As per initial survey conducted by the field officers of Agriculture Department, the losses in production at this stage is 0 percent to 25 per cent in 77 per cent area, 26 to 55 per cent damage in 16 per cent cotton growing area, 51 to 75 per cent damage in five per cent area and more than 75 per cent damage in just three per cent area in the cotton growing areas of the state, the Agriculture Minister informed the House.
He said that area under Deshi cotton/Deshi cotton hybrid is largely unaffected and below economic threshold level (ETl)
The Agriculture Department is in constant touch with CCSHAU, Hisar and Central Institute of Cotton Research, Sirsa to control the menace of white flu in cotton crop primarily in four districts of the state, Dhankar added.
Chautala demand another inquiry into Hondh Chillar massacre
leader of opposition and INlD senior leader Abhay Chautala demanded another inquiry into the Hondh Chillar massacre, which was the part of the 1984 riots wherein 32 persons residing in Hondh Chillar in Rewari were killed. The report of Inquiry Commission headed by Justice T P Garg into the incident was tabled in the Haryana Assembly on Friday. Chautala said that 2 inspectors and 2 DSPs are blamed in the report but no name of culprits have been mentioned in the report. A committee should be constituted and inquiry should be conducted again. The culprits should be punished for the killings.
Inquiry into ClU going on: Capt Abhimanyu
Haryana lokayukta and State Vigilance Bureau are carrying out investigations into charges of corruption in issuing ClU from March, 2009 to September, 2014. Apart from this, Justice S.N. Dhingra is carrying out investigation in the matter of issuing of license for developing commercial colonies in Sector 83 of Gurgaon, said Haryana Finance Minister, Capt. Abhimanyu while replying to a question in Haryana Assembly on Friday. The Finance Minister informed the House that the Government has handed over the investigation into a scam worth crores of rupees involving 400 acres land in Manesar to the Central Bureau of Investigation. He said that that the matter of land allocated for various purposes in Masani Barrage in Rewari and IMT Rohtak was also being investigated. He added that complaints pertaining to ClU were being received and facts were being gathered by various agencies collectively.
568 vacant posts of medical officers
Though there is a huge shortage of doctors in state hospitals, no medical officer and dental surgeon was appointed from November 1, 2014 to August 1, 2015 in Haryana after the BJP came to the power last October. During this period, 27 medical officers submitted their resignation and 25 medical officers remained willfully absent, as per the information provided by the State Government in the House. As many as 568 posts of medical officers are lying vacant in Haryana while 61 posts of dental surgeons are lying vacant in various health institutions.
Rs315l spent by Haryana for yoga day celebration
The State Government in reply to a question asked by INlD MlA Abhay Singh Chautala informed the House that Rs 315.14 lakh was spent for yoga day celebrations in all the districts of Haryana together with the state level function at Karnal including expenses incurred on the publicity of various events connected to this. Apart from this, Rs 6.93 lakh was spent for holding two days yoga training for Haryana MPs, MlAs and bureaucrats at Panchkula together with expenses incurred on publicity of the event. Apart from this.
Rs6.89 cr spent under BBBP scheme launch at Panipat
While the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme is yet to bear fruits, Haryana Government had spent Rs 6.89 crore for organizing the function for launching the BBBP scheme at Panipat by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year. later, the State Government spent Rs 66.59 lakh for organizing a mega event for promotion of BBBP scheme at Gurgaon where state ambassador for BBBP scheme ‘Parineeti Chopra’ was also invited among other dignitaries.
Seven state highways and road upgraded
Seven state highways having a length of 497.67 kms, major district roads having a length of 30.70 kms and other district roads of 14.6-km length have been upgraded as four national highways during 2015, said Haryana Public Works Minister, Narbir Singh, while replying to a question. Between 2004 and 2014, nine state highways having a length of 575.75 kms, and 33.096 kms of major district roads, were declared national highways. The work on four-laning of state highway from Rohtak district to Jind (Garhi) is expected to be completed by June, 2016. So far, 28.15 per cent of work stands completed. The National Highway Authority of India has estimated the total project cost at Rs 283.25 crore.
Cong slams BJP Govt
Kiran Choudhry, leader of the Haryana Congress legislature Party (ClP), has criticized the BJP Government, led by Chief Minister, Manohar lal Khattar, for resorting to “ham-handed and hap-hazard” manner resorted to for passing the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2015 in the Vidhan Sibha on Monday by withdrawing the Ordinance on September 1, 2015. In a statement issued here, the former Excise and Taxation minister said, “The validity of an ordinance is six months but the BJP government, in a hap-hazard manner, ithdrew Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 on September 1, 2015 on the eve of commencement of the Vidhan Sabha session on September 2, 2015.”