[Chandigarh] Capt Amarinder Opposes+Resigns & Khattar Welcomes SC Verdict On SYL Link Canal
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh today resigned from his Lok Sabha seat while his party MLAs resigned en-masse from the state assembly, n protest against the Court Verdict On SYL Link Canal
Amarinder, who is also former Punjab Chief Minister, has sent his resignation to the Lok Sabha Speaker, copy of which was released to the media here, and has also sought a personal meeting with the Speaker next week.
The party MLAs have also sent their resignations to the Speaker, Punjab Assembly, and will meet him tomorrow morning to personally hand over their papers.
Punjab goes to polls early next year.
The Supreme Court held as unconstitutional the 2004 law passed by Punjab to terminate the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal water sharing agreement with neighbouring states.
Amarinder said Badal and his team had “failed” to defend Punjab s stand in the court, leading to such disastrous consequences for the state.
On the other hand Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar welcomes SC verdict on SYL canal issue
Haryana Chief Minister Khattar welcomed Supreme Court’s decision today to hold as “unconstitutional” the 2004 law passed by Punjab to terminate the SYL canal water sharing agreement with neighbouring states.
“I welcome the Supreme Court verdict. It is natural justice,” he told reporters here.
In its judgement the apex court made it clear that the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004, was “unconstitutional” and Punjab could not have taken an “unilateral” decision to terminate the water sharing agreement with Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and Chandigarh.
“The Supreme Court has given its decision on this vital issue after 12 years and it is a result of the persistent efforts made by the present state government,” he claimed.
This judgement has brought smile on the face of every Haryanvi because the state would get its legitimate share of surplus water of 3.5 million acre feet (MAF) from the Ravi-Beas River,
The Haryana Assembly had recently unanimously passed a resolution condemning Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s statement that Punjab and its residents will not accept any verdict against the state’s interest on river waters.
On November 1, in his ‘Punjabi Suba’ address, Badal had said the state was ever ready to make any sacrifice to safeguard its legitimate share of river waters.
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Pb Cong Resigns&Haryanavi Khattar Welcomes SC Verdict On SYL
Public Holiday in Gurugram On 1st Novemeber:Haryana Day
[New Delhi] Public Holiday in Gurugram On 1st Novemeber:Haryana Day
Haryana celebrating its Golden jubilee tomorrow,
The state government today declared November 1 as a public holiday in Gurugram district under Negotiable Instruments Act whereby banks and financial institutions shall remain closed.
The state has already declared November 1 a public holiday across the state on account of ‘Haryana Day’.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest at a function in Gurugram to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the state’s formation tomorrow.
Khattar Govt To Launch Special Buses For Girl Students
[Chandigarh,Haryana]Khattar Govt To Launch Special Buses For Girl Students
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today directed the Transport Department to seek the requirement of special buses for girl students from higher education and technical education departments.
Khattar, was presiding over a meeting to review the functioning of Transport, Housing and Jail departments here,
CM said that a provision of safe and convenient transport facility for girls studying in colleges was one of the priorities of the government,
He directed the department concerned to set up bus stops in front of new educational institutes for convenience of the students.
He asked it to make a mechanism to ensure that a student should at least have a learner’s driving license when he graduates.
He directed that a refresher course of five to seven days in ‘First Aid’ be conducted for all the drivers and conductors of Haryana Roadways.
As per official release , the recruitment process of filling up 1,495 vacant posts of heavy vehicle drivers on outsourcing policy and 930 vacant posts of conductors on regular basis has been initiated.
Installation of CCTV cameras in 300 buses of Faridabad, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Sonipat and Panipat has been taken up as pilot project.
9 Police Officers Transferred in Haryana
[Chandigarh,Haryana]9 Police Officers Transferred in Haryana :3 IPS+6 HPS
The Haryana government today transferred three IPS and six HPS officers with immediate effect.
Among the IPS officers,
PK Agrawal, Additional Director General of Police (DGP)/Headquarters, Panchkula, has been given additional charge of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Crime,
Yoginder Singh Nehra, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), HPA Madhuban will be be posted as DIG, India Reserve Batallion, Bhondsi.
Vikas Dhankar, Superintendent of Police (SP), Regional Training Centre Bhondsi will take charge as Security Haryana Bhawan, Delhi and SP, CID in place of Vijay Partap Singh (HPS) who will resume charge as SP/RTC Bhondsi.
Among the HPS officers,
Vikram Kapoor, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Headquarters Gurgaon was transferred as DCP, Headquarters Faridabad.
Sumit Kumar, DCP, West Gurgaon has been given additional charge of DCP, crime, Gurgaon.
Additional SP Ramesh Pal will assume charge as DCP, NIT Faridabad in place of Puran Chand, who will be DCP Traffic, Faridabad.
Ashok Kumar Additional SP will be posted as DCP headquarters Gurgaon.
Haryana Govt Reaches Assembly On Eco-Friendly Transportation”Bikes”
[Chandigarh,Haryana]Haryana Govt On Bikes To Assembly
Chief Minister Khattar And party MLAs ride bicycles to Assembly
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar along with his cabinet ministers and party MLAs today cycled to the Legislative Assembly in a bid to encourage people to opt for eco-friendly transportation.
62-year-old M L Khattar and many others rode bicycles to cover the short distance of over one km from the chief minister’s residence to the Assembly, some of the women MLAs travelled by e-rickshaws.
The chief minister later told reporters that they wanted to give a message to people to make more use of environment-friendly mode of transports.
He said though their gesture was “symbolic”, but they want a message should go out that using bicycles is not only good for health, but also environment-friendly.
Notably, on the opening day of the monsoon session of Haryana Assembly on Friday, BJP MLA Pawan Kumar Saini had pedalled around 110 km from his constituency in Kurukshetra district to reach the Assembly in Chandigarh.
Ambassadors Of Slovak+Mali+Armenia,Invited Haryanavi Entrepreneurs
[Chandigarh,Haryana]3 Ambassadors Appreciates Progress Of Food Processing Industries In Haryana
Three Indian Ambassadors to different countries today met Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and invited the entrepreneurs of the state to set up ventures in these countries.
The Ambassador to Slovak Republic, Param Jit Mann,
Ambassador-designate to Republic of Armenia, Yogeshwar Sangwan, and
Ambassador to Republic of Mali, Ajay Kumar Sharma,
met CM Khattar,
Khattar assured cooperation of his government to the three countries and directed senior officers of the state government to remain in touch with the three ambassadors.
The diplomats appreciated the development made by Haryana and were all praise for the
auto hub of Gurgaon,
textiles units of Panipat and
the food processing industry
of the state,
Khattar Govt Exempts Film ‘Pagdi’from Entertainment Tax
[Chandigarh,Haryana] Khattar Govt Exempts Film ‘Pagdi” from entertainment tax This Film Is Based On Honour Killing
BJP Led Haryana Government has decided to exempt movie “Pagdi: The Honour,’ which focuses on social awareness against honour killing, from entertainment duty.
A proposal to this effect has been approved by Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar,
Film Produced By Rajiv Bhatia, has bagged national and international awards.
Film has been extensively shot in villages around Hisar city.
As per sources “It reflects Haryanvi traditions and customs. It focuses on social awareness and eradication of social evils such as honour killing,”
The film would be released on April 22 in some states of the country.
Haryana All Set To Go kerosene Free :CM Khattar
[Chandigarh,Haryana]Haryana All Set To Go kerosene Free From Next Year:CM Khattar. Chandigah has Already been declared Kerosene Free
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today announced that the state will be made kerosene free next year.
“For this, gas (LPG) cylinders will be given to every household and families using kerosene for cooking will be given gas chullahs so that they do not have to cook amid smoke from wood or kerosene,” he said while addressing a ‘Mewat Vikas Maharally’ at Chandraka village in Mewat.
Khattar also accused the previous Congress regime of not being serious about the development of Mewat.
He said “During Congress rule, not even a single meeting of Mewat Development Authority (MDA) was held which shows their callous attitude towards the development of the area. On the other hand, after BJP took over, two meetings of MDA have already been held,”
In the rally, the Chief Minister made a number of announcements for development of the district including renovation of Kotla lake,
opening of a college,
setting up of a driving school with the help of Maruti Suzuki India ltd,
construction of park in village Sakras,
upgradation of 50 schools besides opening 19 new primary schools.
On the demand of linking Mewat with Railway line, the Chief Minister assured that efforts were being made in this direction. He also said a survey was being carried out for four laning of National Highway from Nuh to Rajasthan border.
Referring to the demand of filling up the vacant posts of teachers in Mewat, Khattar said recruitment of 10,000 teachers was underway.
He said a transfer policy has been prepared by the education department which will be soon implemented in the state.
This policy has already been implemented in Mewat district. At the same time, in order to overcome the shortage, the teachers who opt to serve in Mewat and Morni would be paid 10 per cent extra salary, he added.
Punjab Dispatched Rs191.75Cr Of SYL Funds to Haryana:Legal Battle Returns
[Chandigarh,Punjab] SAD+BJP Led Punjab Govt Returns all SYL Funds to Haryana
Punjab Cabinet has taken a decision to return all funds received by the state from Haryana for the Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal,
The Punjab government today despatched a cheque of Rs 191.75 crore to Haryana government.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in a DO letter to his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar this evening apprised him about the Council of Minister s decision to return the entire fund received by Punjab from Haryana for the SYL Canal,
“I am, therefore enclosing herewith a cheque bearing No’ 997640 for an amount of Rs 191.75 crore”, said the letter written by Badal to Haryana Chief Minister.
The decades-long legal dispute between Punjab and Haryana on the sharing of river waters is back in the spotlight.
This week, the Supreme Court resumed hearings on the validity of the Punjab Termination of Agreements Act of 2004.
The Punjab Cabinet had yesterday approved to return the entire money which it had received from Haryana in respect of SYL.
The Cabinet had also reiterated the SAD-BJP alliance government s firm commitment not to allow even a single drop of its rightful river waters to Haryana.
The Punjab government on Monday had passed a bill in the State Assembly seeking to re-vest property rights to the owners of nearly 4000 acres of land from whom it was acquired to construct the main Satluj Yamuna Link canal, with generous provisions for returning the compensation.
Haryana had paid compensation to the owners of the land at the time of acquisition of the land in Punjab.
Congress’s Five ex- MLAs Booked in Land Scam In Haryana
[Chandigarh,Haryana]Five Congress,s ex- MLAs Booked in Land [CLU] Scam
The Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has booked five former MLAs from the state in connection with the alleged cash-for-change of land use (CLU) scam.
The Congressmen have been booked for alleged misuse of their official powers and for graft under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act,
Among those booked yesterday are
[1]former Minister Rao Narender Singh,
[2]former Chief Parliamentary Secretary Vinod Bhayana,
[3]besides ex-legislators Naresh Selwal,
[4]Jarnail Singh and
[5]Ram Niwas Ghorela.
While a case against Rao Narender was registered at Gurgaon, the cases against the remaining were registered at Hisar, ADGP, VB, B K Sinha said.
The case dates back to 2013 when opposition INLD released some CDs purportedly showing the Congress MLAs allegedly seeking illegal gratification in lieu of getting permissions for change in land use.
Ghorela was alleged to have sought bribe in lieu of securing funds from the government for an NGO for opening schools under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan.
Recently, Haryana Lokayukta, Justice (retd) Pritam Pal had recommended registration of an FIR against the five accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act and completion of probe within three months.
Earlier in October 2014, he had directed the police to investigate the alleged scam after holding that it was a fit case for investigation under the Prevention of Corruption Act, even though the accused maintained that the allegations were “false”
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