IEP Chandigarh, March 27 

Under Operation Akraman-V, a special drive to Clean-Up the crime and criminal elements across the state, Haryana Police has successfully conducted a series of coordinated raids and arrested 1334 accused while lodging 565 FIRs under various sections of IPC, NDPS, Arms and Excise Act. Disclosing this here today, Director General of Police (DGP), Sh. P.K. Agrawal informed that the Police Department had been collecting pinpointed intelligence on criminal activities in the State including trafficking of illegal arms, narcotic substances and illicit liquor. 1443 teams comprising 7620 Police personnel under the command of SsP/DCsP conducted coordinated raids starting early morning on 26th March throughout the day till evening on crime and criminals. The element of surprise and simultaneous targeting of criminals at multiple locations led to very encouraging results. A total of 80 illegal firearms and 40 cartridges were seized. Similarly, 52.704 kg ganja, 29.8 gram heroin, over 35 kg poppy husk, 595 gram opium, 19.76 gram smack, 14 gram sulpha, 2.488 kg charas, 1222 prohibited tablets and 62 capsules were also recovered.  During these raids, the raiding teams have also managed to nab 5 most wanted/other offenders carrying cash rewards. Police has also arrested 218 proclaimed offenders and 39 bail jumpers. Among the arrested POs and Bail Jumpers, many of them were reported to be evading their arrest for a long time. In addition, 16 other accused involved in heinous crimes were also nabbed during the special drive. Cracking down on bootleggers, the teams confiscated 271 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor, 4288 bottles of country-made liquor, 685 bottles of beer, 977 bottles of licit liquor, 238 bottles of illicit liquor and 1366 litres of lahan.  Police has also recovered cash over Rs 2,30,870 from the accused arrested under Gambling Act.   It is pertinent to note that this special drive was the 5th in the series of intelligence driven State wide crackdowns under Operation Aakraman to Clean Up the state regarding crime and criminal elements and it reaffirms the steadfast commitment of the Haryana Police Department to the citizens of the State for providing a safe and stable environment. 

IEP Chandigarh, March 27

 Chief Minister. Sh. Manohar Lal said that Ayurveda is the oldest medical system and has made possible the treatment of incurable diseases. He said that early treatment is possible in the Allopathy medical system but it has many side effects whereas in Ayurveda, the patient gets better treatment. The Chief Minister was speaking after inaugurating the Ayurveda festival at Shri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Sector 46, Chandigarh today. He said that everyone has the right to education and health and keeping this in mind, the state government has made efforts to expand education and make medical facilities easily available to all. The Chief Minister said that CHIRAYU Haryana Yojana has been implemented to provide medical facilities to every citizen. “It is the endeavour of the government to ensure the health check-up of all the citizens and for this the Nirogi Haryana Yojana has been started. In the first phase, free medical check-up of Antyodaya families will be done,” he asserted. He said that the state government is constantly working for the promotion of Ayurveda and in this series, Shri Krishna AYUSH University is being built on 100 acres of land in Kurukshetra. General secretary, Shri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Vaidya Sh. Naresh Mittal explained in detail about the achievements of the college. He said that Shri Dhanwantry Education Society was formed in 1976 and along with it; Shri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College and Hospital was established. Shri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College and Hospital is the only Ayurvedic Institute in Chandigarh; affiliated to Shri Krishna AYUSH University, Kurukshetra. Shri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic Hospital has facilities of 125 beds. Along with this, the college has 100 UG and 24 PG seats and will soon start Ph.D. program. On the occasion, chairman, All India Ayurveda Mahasammelan Trust, Vaidya Sh. Devendra Triguna, Mayor, Municipal Corporation Panchkula and chairman, Shri Dhanwantry Education Society, Chandigarh, Sh. Kulbhushan Goyal, Mayor, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh, Sh. Anup Gupta, chairman, National Commission for Indian System of Medicine, Sh. Rakesh Sharma, along with other dignitaries and a large number of students were present.

IEP Chandigarh, March 26

Laying emphasis to create more job opportunities in Haryana, the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal directed the officers of Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Department to ask the skill set demand of various industries and accordingly impart skill enhancement training to youth to meet the desired requirement of industries.        While presiding over a meeting to review the progress of age group wise assignment given to various Departments, the Chief Minister further directed the officers of Women and Child Development Department to expedite the process of identifying the children out of school, attending Anganwadi Centres, Madrasas, Gurukuls and other private institutions in the state. Besides this, the Chief Minister also directed them to upload and regularly update the data of the children with the help of Anganwadi workers. To maintain the data record, he further said that the smart phones should be provided to Anganwadi workers engaged in gathering and verifying the data of children.        To reduce malnutrition among 0-6 years old children in the state, the Chief Minister further directed the officers to assess the Body Mass Index of the children and update it twice a week on the portal developed by Citizen Resource Information Department (CRID) of the state and Bharat Poshan Portal of the Central Government.  Besides this, he further directed the officers to upload and regularly update the data of single member in family, college students, employed youth, senior citizens, construction workers and persons with disabilities on the dashboard of CRID and link the date with Parivar Pehchan Patra.        The Chief Minister directed the officers to identify the single children or orphans in the state and enroll them in child care homes established by the government. He directed the officers of school education department to expedite the process of verification of Date of Birth and Aadhaar of the Citizens between the age group of 6-18 years as all teachers of the Department of School Education have been assigned the task to verify and update the data of citizens in vicinity of their School.The Chief Minister said that for the welfare of every section of the society, the state government is maintaining data of every individual residing within the state. The objective of the state government is to understand the needs of the people and raise the living standard of citizens through Parivar Pehchan Patra. Besides this, efforts are being made to provide benefits of welfare schemes to every eligible beneficiary in a transparent manner across the state, he added.Among those present in the meeting include, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. D.S. Dhesi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V Umashankar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr. Amit Agrawal, Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Sh. Vijayendra Kumar and other senior officers. 

IEP Chandigarh, March 24

          With an aim to sensitize people and government officials towards environment preservation, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) celebrated World Water Day today.

          On the occasion of the ‘World Water Day 2023’ two tankers of treated wastewater of STP were used for plantation in the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (Gmada) office at Airport Road.

          The officials of GMADA assured the PPCB that the treated wastewater in place of fresh water will be utilised for plantation to the maximum extent and record in this regard will also be maintained.

          Environment Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer said that Punjab Government under the leadership of the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is committed to preserve the environment and conserve the fresh water. He said that various new initiatives have been taken by the department to ensure that people and industrial houses would not defile the purity of water and soil in the state.

IEP Chandigarh,  March 24        

  Adhering to the vision of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to make Punjab number one state in terms of Health, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh on the occasion of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, gave a message to make Punjab a TB-free state by the end of 2025.          Sharing his views on this occasion Dr Balbir Singh said that throughout Punjab a number of awareness activities are being organised from time to time. He said although TB is a contagious disease, it is completely curable if detected early and treated on time. It is a common  misconception amongst people that TB causes death, but in reality it is not the case, he said, adding that timely diagnosis and treatment prevents the further spread of the disease.          Underlining the need of collective action to end TB, Dr Balbir Singh said this year’s theme of the TB day ‘Yes! We can End TB! ‘, which signifies our collective effort to end TB. A mass movement is needed, in which cooperation of the general public as well as the government is necessary.          Elaborating on the efforts being made for the eradication of TB, he said that eight districts of Punjab have been awarded by the Central Government with bronze certification for reducing the new caseload by more than 20 per cent. Dr Balbir Singh further said that under the National TB elimination program, all the necessary efforts are being made to eradicate TB from Punjab by the year 2025.          On the occasion of World TB day an awareness program was also organised at the Director Health Punjab’s office, where Secretary Health cum MD National Health Mission Dr Abhinav Trikha was the chief guest and Dr Amarjeet Kaur Senior Regional Director HFW Chandigarh also graced the occasion with her presence. Speaking during the function Dr Trikha called on to end the stigma in the society relating to this disease and he exhorted everyone not to discriminate with a TB patient in any manner.           During the function, Dr Ravinderpal Kaur Director Health Services ( Family Welfare) appealed to everyone to pledge for contributing  efforts at any level for the eradication of TB. She also gave away  prizes to the winners of the quiz and slogan writing competition which was organised on the occasion.          A TB champion Varinder Kumar, who has already been cured of TB and is now working with the department to help eradicate TB, shared his views on how he defeated TB with government’s free treatment within a span of six months and he is completely healthy now.          The Minister appealed to the community, civil society organisations, healthcare providers and state partners to unite under the banner of “TB haarega, Desh Jeetega” and move forward for eliminating TB by 2025.

IEP Chandigarh, March 24     

     On the request of Rajasthan Government, Punjab Water Resources Department has decided to close Rajasthan Feeder Canal for 60 days.          Disclosing this, Spokesperson of the department said that the Rajasthan Government has made an appeal to close the canal due to the remaining work of the relining, thereby the Punjab Government has decided to close the canal from March 26, 2023 to May 24, 2023 (both days inclusive) for 60 days. He further said that the state government has already issued notification in this regard under Rule 63 of Rules framed under the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873 (Act No.VIII of 1873).