winners in World Paralympic championships honoured
Chandigarh: Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday honoured two silver medalists of World Paralympics Athletic Championships in Club Throw and Javelin Throw that held in Switzerland recently. Amit Saroha won silver medal in Club Throw in World Paralympics Athletic Championship — organized from July 14 to 23, while Rinku Hooda won silver medal in Javelin Throw in Junior World Paralympics Athletic Championship — organized from July 31 to August 6. “Country’s first Paralympics Bhawan is being developed in Faridabad, on which estimated cost of about Rs six crore would be spent,” said Vij.
UHBVN to listen grievances on Aug 23
Panchkula: Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam’s consumer grievances redressal forum (CGRF) chairman, along with the Forum members would take the Forum’s proceedings in the office of XEN ‘OP’ Division Panchkula at Power Colony Industrial area phase-II in Panchkula to redress the grievances or hear the complaints of the consumers and to entertain new complaints from 12:30 to 2:00 pm on dated August 23, Wednesday. CGRF will take all grievances or complaints of consumers like billing problem, voltage complaints, problems in metering, disconnection and reconnection of power supply, interruptions, among others. All the consumers are requested to avail the opportunity for the redressal of their grievances.
Cong demands probe in purchase of bags by HSDC
Chandigarh: Haryana Congress legislature Party’s leader Kiran Choudhry on Tuesday demanded a thorough probe into the “scam” involving the purchase of “inferior quality and rejected” high density polyethylene (HDPE) bags by the Haryana Seed Development Corporation (HSDC) for packing wheat seeds. She said that HSDC authorities not only compromised with quality but also allegedly waived the condition of pre-dispatch inspection and testing of the bags, though this was to be done by an independent agency at the cost of the supplier.
special camp to grant licences to wood-based industries
Chandigarh: Haryana Forests Minister Rao Narbir Singh on Tuesday said that the Department has decided to organize five-day special camp for granting licenses to wood-based industries in Yamunanagar from August 23 to 27. Singh said that a special team of officers and other employees from headquarters would be available at the camp from 10 am to 4 pm to issue license on the spot after completion of all formalities. The camp was being organized for the first time on the demand of wood-based industries association of Yamunanagar.
YMCA tie up with Pratt and Whitney
Chandigarh: To provide an opportunity to the students for exploring their future option in growing aerospace and aviation sector, YMCA University of Science and Technology, Faridabad has signed an MoU with leading aircraft engine manufacturing company, Pratt and Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corporation. With this, the University has become the first institute in the state to introduce a programme in aerospace and aviation specialization with industrial partnership. This partnership aims at facilitating the growth of an aviation ecosystem in India by helping in creation of an industry ready talent pool through a number of skill development programs and initiatives. A two-day industry technical workshop organized by industrial relations cell of the University on ‘Introduction to Aircraft Engines and Systems’ was also inaugurated on this occasion.