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PUNJAB CM ANNOUNCES TO LAUNCH SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE IN MAJOR TOWNS AND CITIES OF STATE

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IEP Chandigarh, July 25

 In a major relief aimed at facilitating the people of the state, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant on Tuesday said that the state government will soon launch shuttle bus service in big cities of the state. Chairing a meeting here today, the Chief Minister said these shuttle bus services will provide excellent means of public transport to people. He said that as a pilot project this bus service will be introduced from SAS Nagar (Mohali). Bhagwant Mann said that later on this service will be replicated in other big towns and cities of the state. The Chief Minister said that this will go a long way in providing best facilities of public transport to people. He envisioned that these modes of public transport will also go a long way in solving the problem of traffic congestion in these cities. Bhagwant Mann said that the state government will leave no stone unturned to ensure that this shuttle service is operative in all the major cities of the state soon. The Chief Minister said that apart from solving the problem of traffic this shuttle service will also help in reducing the environmental pollution with less consumption of fuel. He asked the officers to complete the modalities soon so that this service is launched at the earliest. Bhagwant Mann said that he will be personally reviewing the project for its execution in a prompt and time bound manner. On the occasion Cabinet Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, Additional Chief Secretary to CM A Venuprasad and others were also present.

Chandigarh, Punjab

PUNJAB CM ANNOUNCES TO SOON RELEASE AROUND RS 49 CRORE FOR EXPANSION OF GIRLS HOSTEL AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BOYS HOSTEL AT PANJAB UNIVERSITY

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IEP Chandigarh, July 25 

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said that the state government will soon release around Rs 49 crore for construction of new boys hostel and expansion of girls  hostel at Panjab University. The Chief Minister, who inspected the sites where these hostels will come up, said that five new floors will come up over the existing two storey building of the girls hostels whereas six storey boys hostel will also come up in the university. He said that these hostels will be constructed while keeping in view the futuristic needs of the students. Bhagwant Mann said that these hostels are the need of hour to ensure that students can focus on their education while studying in university and don’t have to shelve money while living in PGs or other places. The Chief Minister said that Panjab University is the part of great cultural legacy of the state and has produced eminent personalities who have left indelible imprint in various fields. He said that the staff, students and senate members had called on him and urged to construct these hostels. Bhagwant Mann said that keeping in view the needs of the students these hostels will be constructed on modren lines. The Chief Minister said that Punjab government is committed for the holistic development of the university as 175 colleges of the state are affiliated to it. He said that it is a matter of great pride and satisfaction that number of MLAs from his party have also studied from this university only. Bhagwant Mann said that the hostels will not only have rooms with four walls but they will also provide a conducive atmosphere for education. The Chief Minister said that the hostel will have dining hall, common rooms along with neat and clean washrooms. He said that instead of earlier practice of constructing washroom after every six rooms now the bathrooms will be constructed after every four rooms to facilitate the students. Likewise, Bhagwant Mann said that 38 rooms will also be constructed with attached bathrooms for the research scholars and others. The Chief Minister envisioned that once constructed these hostels will offer home like stay to the students during their academic years. He said that students develop emotional bonding with the hostel rooms especially in case their parents or grandparents had stayed there. Bhagwant Mann said that state government is giving major push to education sector in the state be at school, college or university level. Making it clear that Panjab University, Chandigarh is part of emotional, cultural, literature and rich legacy of the state, the Chief Minister categorically said that no college of Haryana will be given affiliation from the university.  He bemoaned that regular attempts are being made to change the status of the university. However, Bhagwant Mann said that the Punjab government will not allow any such move to safeguard the interests of the students. Taking a jibe over the statement of Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit over validity of session, the Chief Minister reminded him that even in his view Budget session was also illegal. However, he said that after the Apex court reminded him about the legal provisions then he had given sanction for the session. Bhagwant Mann said that the session was in consonance with the ethos of the constitution of India and was totally legal.

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MORE THAN 27000 PEOPLE EVACUATED TO SAFE PLACES

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IEP Chandigarh, July 25

 As part of its commitment to provide succour to the beleaguered people in accordance with the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the State Government machinery has plunged headlong to mitigate the situation created by floods in the state.  To speed up the relief operations in the state and as per the directions of CM Bhagwant Mann, 27286 persons have been evacuated and taken to safe places. A spokesperson informed that 1469 villages have been affected by the flood till 8 am on July 25. A total of 173 relief camps are running in the state in which 1616 people are staying. Currently, 19 districts are affected by floods including Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar, Kapurthala, Patiala, Moga, Ludhiana, SAS Nagar, Jalandhar, Sangrur, SBS Nagar, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Mansa, Bathinda and Pathankot.  According to the report received by the revenue department from different districts, a total of 41 people have lost their lives due to floods in the state.  As per the information received from the animal husbandry department, a total of 2451 animals treated in the state while the number of vaccinated animals is 1906.  Rescue teams of the department are working round the clock to provide treatment, supply feed, fodder and silage to the needy animals. Special flood relief camps are also being organised in affected districts. On the other hand, the teams of the health department are working in the flood-affected areas with full attention. According to the spokesperson, 440 Rapid Response Teams (RRT) have been working at flood affected areas. The health department has set up 201 medical camps in the affected areas. He further informed that dry food packets are being continuously distributed in the flood affected areas. 22,929 dry food packets have been distributed in Rupnagar, 64000 in Patiala, 4800 in SAS Nagar, 5700 in SBS Nagar and 2200 in Fatehgarh Sahib..  

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NOW, PUNJAB POLICE IN JOINT OP WITH STF CONDUCT CASO IN FEROZEPUR RANGE; 19 NABBED, RS 13.96L DRUG MONEY RECOVERED

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IEP CHANDIGARH, July 25  

         Further intensifying the ongoing campaign to make Punjab a crime-free and drug-free state as per the vision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Police in a joint operation with Special Task Force (STF) on Tuesday continued its special Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) focused on drug trafficking, anti-social elements and criminals for the second day. Today’s CASO was conducted in the Ferozepur Range on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav.          The development came a day after the Punjab Police made 41 arrests after registering 33 FIRs and recovering drug money and narcotics from their possession during a CASO in Bathinda range.          The operation was conducted from 1 pm to 5 pm simultaneously in both the police districts of Ferozepur range including Ferozepur and Fazilka, and SSPs were asked to plan this operation in a meticulous manner amid massive deployment of the Police Force. The operation was conducted under the overall supervision of ADGP Law and Order Gurinder Singh Dhillon and DIG Ferozepur Range Ranjit Singh Dhillon.          Divulging details, Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla said that the Police teams have arrested 19 anti-social elements after registering 15 first information reports (FIRs) during the operation. The Police teams have also recovered Rs 13.96 lakh of drug money, 320 grams of heroin and a huge quantity of Lahan (Raw material used to make liquor) from their possession, besides, impounding 27 vehicles of suspected persons.          He said that the strong force of 1300+ Police personnel carried out CASO in over 62 drug hotspots identified in both the districts. Apart from arresting anti-social elements, Police teams have also rounded up around 50 suspicious persons for questioning, he said.          The Special DGP said that the intent to carry out such operations was to instil a sense of safety and security among the common people and increase the presence of the Police force in the field to infuse fear among the anti-social elements. Such operations will continue in the coming days to completely root out the menace of drugs from the state, he added.

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PUNJAB VIGILANCE BUREAU FINDS IRREGULARITIES IN CONDUCTING DOPE TESTS DURING STATEWIDE CHECKING IN GOVT HOSPITALS

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IEP CHANDIGARH, July 25

 In order to ensure prevent the issuance of Arms Licenses to any substance user or any ineligible person in the state, Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday conducted a statewide surprise checking of the Government Hospitals in which dope tests are being conducted before the issuance or renewal of the Arms License.Pertinently, undergoing a dope test is mandatory for the persons, who want to get issued either a new Arms License or want to get it renewed. The Dope test aims to check the presence of psychoactive drugs in biological specimens.As many as 106 Police personnel from Vigilance Bureau across the state made surprise inspections and meticulously checked the process and documentation of Dope testing of at least 51 persons, who had come for the test.Disclosing the details here today, an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said that some irregularities were found in the process for which appropriate remedial action is being initiated in consultation with the Punjab Health Department and concerned Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to ensure that no arms license should be issued to any unauthorised or in-eligible persons in order to prevent misuse of weapons.Meanwhile, the objective of the programme is to identify the substance users in the persons applying for a grant of arms license. Compact multi-kits are being used to check adulteration as well as ten drugs Morphine, Codeine, D-propoxyphene, Benzodiazepines, Cannabinol, Barbiturates, Cocaine, Amphetamines, Buprenorphine and Tramadol.

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Hry CM takes stock of crops damaged by unseasonal rains in Kurukshetra

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IEP CHANDIGARH

After taking stock of crops damaged by unseasonal rains in Kurukshetra, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday announced that the farmers who have suffered a total crop loss will get compensation of Rs 15,000 per acre. He said that registration of completely damaged crops is being done in the areas affected by floods in the state. Besides this, the loss of the farmers whose fields have receded is being assessed.Along with this, the survey and verification work of those farmers who have resown paddy will be started with immediate effect by the officers and its report of the same will be prepared around July 31.  The compensation would also be given to the farmers who resown paddy as per the said report. As per information, crop damage in Kurukshetra has been reported on about 15,000 acres , said  Khattar while chairing a meeting of officers of Agriculture Department at Sector-7 in Kurukshetra district after taking stock of the flood-affected areas in village Bhiwani Khera.Khattar further said that the construction work of VLD College will be started soon on 10 acres of land in Bhiwani Khera village of Kurukshetra district.  For this project, the Gram Panchayat has already given 10 acres of land in the name of Lala Lajpat Rai Veterinary University, Hisar.The Chief Minister said that 12 districts have been affected by the flood.  Of these, 6 districts are adjacent to the Yamuna and 6 districts are adjacent to the Ghaggar.  Continuous reports are being taken from all these districts.  There is still a possibility of rain till August 15, but this time it is likely to have less impact. The people of the state should not worry as the state government is working on a war footing level to provide every possible help to those stuck in the flood affected areas, said Khattar.He further said that in these 12 districts, the government and the administration have worked to provide all possible relief to the people.  Social workers and religious organizations have also cooperated a lot in this relief work.The Chief Minister said that after taking stock of Bhiwani Khera village in Kurukshetra, this issue of resowing of paddy also was raised before him. Therefore to address the same immediate directions have been issued to the officers concerned to conduct surveys along with the verification of the farmers who have resown paddy, said Khattar.A provision will be made on the Meri Fasal-Mera Byora portal. Those farmers who are resowing their crop will also be able to register themselves on this portal.  After this, once the correct figures are obtained, the complete data of loss of crops will be revealed, because the farmer who has resown paddy must have incurred the expenditure on seeds, fertilizers etc. Therefore, some amount will definitely be given to these farmers as compensation.  This work will be completed around July 31, said the Chief Minister.

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Jan Samvad programmes will start again in Haryana after August 15

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IEP Chandigarh, July 22

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal while chairing a meeting with 7th batch of Chief Minister’s Good Governance Associates (CMGGAs) said that they should work with people on a personal level to bring the public welfare policies of the government to the ground and inform the government about the problems and challenges faced by them.The Chief Minister said that the CMGGAs have to consider all the difficulties faced by people while availing the benefits of public welfare schemes. Besides this, they should also take regular feedback from the people.He also sought suggestions from the CMGGAs for meticulous implementation of the public welfare schemes and the services at the grassroot levels. Sh. Manohar Lal Said that out of 14039 problems received on the Jan Samvad portal, 13730 have been marked and uploaded and so far Jan Samvad programmes has been done in 5 districts. He said that the Jan Samvad will be started again after August 15. The problems that were raised during the Jan Samvad are being resolved through the portal.”CMGGAs should also work dedicatedly on resolving these problems,” said Sh. Manohar Lal.

The Chief Minister said continuing the series of   Jan Samvad he talks directly with the beneficiaries every Saturday through audio conferencing.Through this audio conference, so far, he has talked with lakhs of beneficiaries of various welfare schemes.  He said that the CMGGAs should meet such beneficiaries directly and take the feedback.Sh. Manohar Lal said that a better mechanism will be prepared for issuing passports at the college level. Apart from this, transport officers will be appointed in every school to provide vehicles to the students so that the children studying in the schools do not face a problems in commuting.The Chief Minister said that the next meeting with the CMGGAs  will be held soon and in that meeting, the progress report should be brought regarding the work done by them.The Chief Minister said that 100 percent of land registration would be done under Meri Fasal Mera Byora Yojana. Earlier only the crop sown land was registered by the farmers, but now it is mandatory to register the vacant land also. The government will get a third party to assess the registration work in the field.  After 100 per cent registration of land, each farmer will be given an amount of Rs 100 as an incentive.  For this, prizes ranging from 5 thousand to 20 thousand rupees will also be kept. He said that the government is coming up with a new scheme of about Rs 40-50 crore by changing the Meri Fasal Mera Byora scheme. 

Crop insurance will also be included in this.Sh. Manohar Lal said that the government is working to take care of every citizen from their birth to retirement through the State government’s Parivar Pehchan Patra Yojana.He said that in this ambitious scheme, the government has divided the citizens into four groups according to the age groups.”The Women and Child Development Department has been assigned the duty of taking care of children from birth to 6 years. Similarly, the school education department is responsible for the youth of 21 lakh families in the age group of 6 to 18 years”, shared Sh. Manohar Lal.The Chief Minister said that under Nirogi Haryana Yojana, not only sick people but also healthy people would be taken care of.He said that the government is working to motivate people to remain healthy. For this, CMGGAs should work jointly with the school management and ensure cleanliness in the schools.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana Witnesses Overwhelming Response to Amrit Ka Amrit Mahotsav Celebrations

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IEP Chandigarh July 22

Haryana has witnessed an overwhelming and enthusiastic response from its people as they actively participated in the 75,000 functions organized across the entire region for the celebration of Amrit Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM). Among these functions, 29913 events have received the coveted approval from the committee constituted by the Union Government, exemplifying the state government’s dedicated efforts towards the cause of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, 75 years post-independence.The Chief Secretary, Mr. Sanjeev Kauhsal stated this after attending the video conference chaired by Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Rajiv Gauba regarding the closing ceremony of AKAM which has been scheduled in the month of August.During the Video Conference, Mr. Kaushal expressed his wholehearted support for the idea of expanding the celebrations and programmes of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) to the Urban Local Bodies level. Additionally, Mr. Kaushal emphasized the importance of conducting Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) activities throughout the state to raise awareness about AKAM among a wider audience.The Chief Secretary further said that Haryana’s proactive involvement and unwavering commitment to the Amrit Mahotsav are evident in the impressive upload of 29,013 events  of AKAM, securing the prestigious third position among all states. The Amrit Mahotsav celebrations have been a testament to the spirit of unity and reverence as the nation pays tribute to its rich history of independence. Haryana’s wholehearted participation and contributions have added a new dimension to this grand celebrationA remarkable contribution to the Amrit Mahotsav celebrations from Haryana is the ongoing construction of a grand and majestic War Memorial, spread over 22 acres of land, with an estimated cost of approximately 300 crore rupees. This Memorial holds a special significance as it commemorates the first step towards independence. Currently, 90% of the construction has been completed, and the inauguration is likely to take place in December. Apart from this, a martyr’s memorial is being constructed on 42 acres of land in Naseebpur village of Narnaul and a library is being constructed near Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Park in Narnaul.Further adding to the grandeur of the celebrations, a theatrical play titled ‘Dastaan Eronaat,’ based on the theme of independence, enthralled the audience in Rohna village on March 28, 2022, with the honorable Chief Minister gracing the event as the chief guest.In a beautiful tribute to the essence of independence, 75 locations across all districts were marked, symbolizing the historical significance of the freedom struggle and the valor of our freedom fighters and martyrs. These marked locations served as the backdrop for various significant events organized as part of the Amrit Mahotsav celebrations, connecting the present generation with our glorious past

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Hry CM interacts with the beneficiaries of the Har Ghar Nal se Jal programme through audio conferencing at Sirsa

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districts to assess the condition caused by the floods. He said that water had penetrated several villages in the Jakhal, Bhuna, Ratia, Fatehabad, and Sirsa blocks, as well as those near Otu Lake. The flow of water in the Ghaggar River is still strong. Water will take some time to recede in some regions.

The Chief Minister further stated that 12 districts in Haryana have been declared flood-affected, with water receding in 10 of them. Pumping is used to retrieve water where it has not yet emerged.

He said that people have died due to floods; the government will give compensation to those families. Apart from this, in the fields where re-sowing can be done, the farmers can sow again and in those where re-sowing cannot be done, they will be compensated for their losses.

“The state government will start giving compensation from the coming week to those whose houses have been damaged or partially damaged. Besides this, compensation will also be given to those livestock owners who have lost their animals due to floods,” said Sh. Manohar Lal.