Kajheri residents meet Jain

The Tribune
CHANDIGARH, March 29 - A delegation of Kajheri residents today met Mr Satya Pal Jain, local MP, and urged him to regularise the houses built outside the lal dora.
Mr Dev Dutt Sharma, president of the Gram Vikas Society, said all basic civic amenities should be given to them on a par with other regularised colonies in the city. They also demanded regularisation of all houses which were constructed by people on their own land.
Mr Jain assured them that no demolitions would take place and the government would provide power and water connections to such houses in a phased manner.

Exhibition centre to boost trade: Chhibber

The Tribune
CHANDIGARH, March 26 - The UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen B.K.N. Chhibber (retd), here today laid the foundation stone of the prestigious exhibition-cum-convention centre in Sector 31.
Speaking on the occasion, General Chhibber said the centre would play an important role in the promotion of trade and commerce in the region. He informed that an independent autonomous body would be set up to run the centre in a professional manner .
The local MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, hoped that the centre while catering to the needs of consumers and producers would give a boost to the industrial development of region.
He said that the Centre had okayed the construction of 5000 dwelling units for the weaker sections of society, which he hoped would solve the problem of housing in the city to a large extent.
The local Doordarshan Kendra was likely to be functional by July this year, he added. ...

No move to demolish houses: Jain

The Tribune
CHANDIGARH, March 25 - Mr Satya Pal Jain, MP, today said that there was no proposal to demolish houses constructed outside the 'Lal Dora' in the villages of the union territory.
He said the Adviser to the Administrator had assured him that there was no proposal in this context. He said a scheme to provide water and power connections to such houses was under way. The notices issued to the villagers were in compliance with the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
However, he appealed to the people not to construct houses without the approval of the authorities. ...

Stress on improving Indo-Pak ties laid

The Tribune
CHANDIGARH, March 19 - In order to improve relations between India and Pakistan, the governments of both countries will have to concentrate on the economic priorities of their peoples. This was stated here today by Mr Hari Jaisingh, Editor of the Tribune group of newspapers, while inaugurating a seminar on strengthening India-Pakistan relations new initiative, here today.
The seminar was organised by the Directorate of Field Publicity (NW Region), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Chandigarh. ...
... Mr Sat Pal Jain, local MP said that all political parties in India had hailed the visit of the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, to Lahore. He said that the problems being faced by both countries were similar such as the economic situation, population growth and price rise. During his recent visit to Pakistan he felt that the new generation in Pakistan was keen to improve the relations.

Panel to appoint PGI doctors set up

The Tribune

CHANDIGARH, March 19 — After a delay of almost an year and a half, a selection committee empowered to interview and appoint doctors at the PGI has been formed.

Four others committees and the governing body of the PGI have also been formed, according to sources.

The committees were formed by the Union Health Minister, Mr Dalit Ehzilmalai, and finalised on March 16, although an official copy of the lists is yet to be made available. ...

... Among others on the Standing Finance Committee are the local MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain and Mr Zora Singh, MP, Ferozepore.

Apart from this the formation of the committees will also open the gates for promotions of Assistant Professors and Associate Professors that have been held since 1997. ...

Kajheri residents meet Advani

The Tribune
NEW DELHI, March 17 - A delegation of the residents of Kajheri village in Chandigarh, whose houses were demolished by the city administration earlier this month, met the Home Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, today and demanded action against officials.
The delegation which met Mr Advani complained that certain officials, who were in the demolition squad had misbehaved with women and children and hit a mentally retarted child, according to Mr Satya Pal Jain, MP from Chandigarh who was present during the meeting.
The delegation said the local administration gave no time to the residents to remove their belongings and pulled down their houses.
They said the houses were constructed on plots purchased after proper documentation and registered with the Estate Office of the Chandigarh Administration.
Mr Advani assured the delegation members that he would take appropriate action after getting a detailed report and instructed his ministry to submit a report at the earliest, Mr Jain said.

Sub-station for Chandigarh cleared

Tribune News Service

NEW DELHI, Mar 16 — The Centre has approved the setting up of a 220 KV sub-station for Chandigarh along with 220KV transmission line from 400 KV sub-station at Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh and also an outgoing 66KV line at a cost of Rs 49.50 crore.

The Union Power and Non-Conventional Energy Sources Minister, Mr P.R. Kumaramangalam, in a letter to Mr Satya Pal Jain, MP from Chandigarh, said that sanction for the project had been granted.

Mr Kumaramangalam also said that the Centre had decided to set up a 100 MV CCPP liquid fuel-based power plant at Chandigarh. For this, the local administration has requested the NTPC to provide consultancy, prepare feasibility report for it.

The NTPC has asked the Chandigarh Administration to pay Rs 50 lakh consultancy charges, Mr Jain said in a statement.

In his letter during December, Mr Jain had requested the Centre to request the NTPC to provide consultancy to the Chandigarh Administration free of cost.

Mr Kumaramangalam informed Mr Jain that NTPC was a commercial enterprise and offering consultancy was a regular remunerative business of the corporation.

However, in view of Mr Jain’s request and as a special dispensation, the NTPC has been advised to provide free consultancy to the Chandigarh Administration, the Minister informed Mr Jain, adding that the necessary direction has already been issued to the NTPC in this regard.

Chandigarh-Kulu flight

Tribune News Service

NEW DELHI, March 11 — The Centre has decided to connect Chandigarh with Kulu and Shimla by air and soon have regular flights.

Union Civil Aviation Minister, Anant Kumar said in reply to an oral question by Mr Satya Pal Jain, MP from Chandigarh.

The minister said Indian Airlines would start a three-times-a week flight soon.

He also informed that at present flights were available between Chandigarh and Delhi twice a week and soon there would be more flights in addition to the ones operating now.

Satya Pal Jain’s ‘assurance’ to PGI union

Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, March 8 — The PGI Employees Union has claimed that the local MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, has assured it that he would negotiate for a peaceful solution to their problems.

In a press note issued here today, the union said a delegation of employees had met Mr Jain and conveyed its plan to start a jail bharo campaign or an indefinite strike from March 12.

First women cell in a college

Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, March 8 — The first women cell in a college was set up as part of the International Women’s Day celebrations by the NSS unit of the Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36, here today.

Cultural programme:

Students of Government College, Sector 46, celebrated the day with a variety programme comprising dances and a fashion show, here today. ...

Mrs Shashi Satya Pal Jain, the chief guest, appreciated the performances. The Principal, Major D.P. Singh said that though women were academically better placed than most men, most of them could use some career guidance.

'Parents' services can's be repaid

The Tribune
CHANDIGARH, March, 7 - Students of Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36 celebrated 'Mat Pita Santan Diwas' ( Parents Day) here today. The idea behind celebrating this day is to uphold Indian traditions and culture by expressing gratitude to- wards the parents.
The local MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, inaugurated the function, while Mr Vikas Dev, Secretary, Dev Samaj, presided over the function.
The chief guest lauded the efforts of Dev Samaj in organising such functions which strengthen the parent-child relations. He said the selfless services rendered by parents cannot be forgotten or repaid.
Mr Jain expressed regret at the degeneration of values due to the influence of the Western culture. ...

Jain visits Kajheri

The Tribune
CHANDIGARH, March 7 - The local MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, today visited Kajheri village, went around the demolished buildings and asked the aggrieved persons to submit their complaints against the authorities in writing so that the matter could be taken up at the highest levels. He also visited Raipur Khurd and Behlana villages later in the day.
While requesting the people not to construct houses outside the 'lal dora' of the villages without prior permission, he assured others that houses constructed earlier would not be demolished. ...

Mumbai-Kalka train

Tribune News Service
CHANDIGARH, March 4 — The Railways will start a direct express train between Kalka and Mumbai from April 11. The train will run on four days of the week from both the destinations.

Sources in the Railways said that the train was being started as a summer special. However, if coaching, berthing and washing facilities were available in Chandigarh by July the train would be a regular feature. Already, a Rs 7 crore project had been sanctioned to build these facilities at the Chandigarh station. ...

Meanwhile the local MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, in a statement issued tonight said that the Union Railway Ministry had decided to sanction a sum of Rs 7 crore to provide facilities at the Chandigarh railway station. Washing facilities were being provided at platform number 4. Besides this, a shelter was being provided at platform number 2 and 3.

Making women aware of their role

The Tribune
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 1 - The Chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board, Mrs Mridula Sinha today said that keeping in view an increase in the number of divorce cases, the board proposed to set up marriage counselling centres in all the universities of the country. She emphasised on the need to strengthen family as the primary unit of society.
... Mr Satya Pal Jain, MP, talked about the work done by the BJP government at the Centre with regard to the 33 per cent reservation for women in the legislature, free educational facilities and proposal of life imprisonment in cases of rape.

Panches to get I-cards

The Tribune
CHANDIGARH, February 28 - The Chandigarh Administration will issue identity cards to the sarpanches and panches of the city.
According to a statement by Mr Satya Pal Jain, MP, the Director, Panchayats, has been directed to issue the necessary documents as the elected representatives faced problems in various departments.