Closure to hit Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan hard, claim NGOs

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Education for all movement) was started by the Government of India in partnership with the State governments. Its aim is to provide elementary education to all children in the age group 6-14 years by 2010.  Under the ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’(SSA) , Alternative Innovation centres were opened across the state to bring out-of-school children [...]

Haryana tests Hansi Bhutana canal with Ghaggar waters from Urlana minor

Haryana Irrigation department has tested Hansi Bhutana canal after flowing water in it. Sources said Wednesday that the Haryana Government however didn’t puncture the Narwana branch of Bakhra main canal but put water from the Urlana Minor of Ghaggar river.  The Supreme Court of India has already given stay to puncture Narwana branch of Bakhra [...]

AIDS awareness: Haryana to get blood component separation units

To check the spread of AIDS, the Haryana AIDS Control Society will establish two blood component separation units at Hisar and Faridabad during the current financial year. A spokesman of the society said the blood bank at PGIMS, Rohtak, would be upgraded as a model blood bank, besides establishing two blood banks at Jhajjar and [...]

Solar Table Lamps for students in Haryana villages

Students in Haryana villages would no longer have to suffer disruption in their studies because of frequent power outages. In the first initiative of its kind in the country, the state government has prepared an innovative scheme of providing Light Emitting Diode (LED)-based Solar Table Lamps called ‘Shikshadeep´to students in rural areas who are find [...]

India: Green Haryana vegetables to tickle taste buds of Europeans

Fresh from the fields to the dining tables in Europe, green vegetables from    Haryana are all set to tickle the taste buds of foreigners. Discussions have already been held to export fresh vegetables worth Rs 90 lakh to European countries, a move expected to give the state government’s  crop diversification plans a boost besides offering [...]

Work begins on Gurgaon’s first solid waste unit

The municipal corporations of Gurgaon and Faridabad and the National Building Constructions Corporation (NBCC) finally commenced work on Gurgaon’s very first solid waste management facility in Bandhwari village, just off the Gurgaon-Faridabad Road under heavy police presence. Fearing fierce opposition from locals, police fortified the site.The 30.5-acres site is land that belonged to the panchayat of [...]