98.7% expected births registered in Haryana
Chandigarh: About 98.7% of total expected births in Haryana were registered during 2012 as a result of the effective steps taken by the State Government.
A spokesperson said, “The registration of births is expected to be 100% in next few years. In 2012, over 5.63 lakh births and 1.60 lakh deaths were registered, while the facility of birth registration has been provided to the common man at Primary Health Centers, the shortcomings in the system have also been removed by way of regular monitoring at State level. As per the arrangement made by the Health Department, births in rural areas were registered at PHCs through Anganwadi and health workers. On registeration through a health worker, the birth certificate is issued for free, added the spokesperson. He said that on the basis of births registered during the period of one year in 2012, the sex ratio of the State has been registered as 853 females as against 1000 males.
PPP improvement mode for 5 roads: Surjewala
Chandigarh: Haryana Industries and Public Works (Building and Roads) Minister Randeep Singh Surjewala said that improvement of five main roads of the state would be carried out through public-private partnership mode. While inaugurating three developmental works worth Rs58 lakh at Narvana city, he said that the five roads includes Bahalgarh chowk Meerut-Sonepat road, Panipat-Sonali road SH-16, Kond-Moonak-Salwan-Assandh road till MDR border, Palwal-Aligarh road and Karnal-Meerut road. 151 kms long part of four lanned project of Rai Malikpur (Rajasthan Border) Narnaul-Mahendergarh-Dadri-Bhiwani-Kharak Corridor is being started with an approved amount of Rs 1605 crore and this project would improve road connectivity of Haryana-Rajasthan road, he added.
Maloya Gaushala goes to Shirdi Sai Samaj
Chandigarh: The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh on Sunday officially handed over the charge of Gaushala in Maloya to Shirdi Sai Samaj. Pawan Kumar Bansal, Union Minister of Railways and city MP handed over the keys of the Gaushala to the president, Shirdi Sai Samaj here in presence of mayor Subhash Chawla. Bansal also announced Rs 10 lakh from MPlAD fund for the purchase of sweeping/sanitation machinery in the Gaushala and said that MCC would get the official procedure for purchasing of machinery done as early as possible. The area of the Gaushala is near about 3 acres and 5 sheds having capacity of 550-600 cattle.
Social awareness camp held
Chandigarh: A social awareness camp was organized at Government High School in Industrial Area here under the guidance of Justice Hemant Gupta, executive chairman of State legal Services Authority cum Judge Punjab and Haryana High Court. In this camp, the officials from various UT Departments came under one roof and provided a platform for the people for making their Voter Card, Aadhar Card, Ration Card and various social welfare schemes. In order to create awareness, a documentary was also shown to the people present in the camp. A lok Adalat was also organized by Jagdeep Jain, member secretary, State legal Services Authority and the problems of the residents were taken up and solutions were suggested to them.
Naib tehsildar suspended
Chandigarh: Varinder Kumar Garg, Naib Tehsildar Guru Har Sahai, district Ferozpur has been placed under suspension by the Punjab Government with immediate effect, disclosed an official spokesman of the Punjab Government.
FREE incoming calls on roaming
Chandigarh: Videocon Mobile Services has taken a pioneering step in making telecommunications more accessible to consumers. The telecom giant has made incoming calls free while on Roaming by default i.e. without any processing fee or special tariff voucher etc for its subscribers, thus offering another Industry first.
Seminar on Industry–Trade Relations Ends
ludhiana: Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association (CEAMA) organized a seminar on “Industry - Trade Relations” on Sunday in ludhiana. This power packed session began with Anirudh V Dhoot, President - CEAMA & Director - Videocon felicitating the chief guest Rahul Tiwari, ludhiana Deputy Commissioner. The industry of electronic appliances has attained a substantial growth and now has an annual turnover of Rs 45, 000 crores. And, the Home Appliances and Consumer Electronics sector has witnessed a rapid growth over the last few years.