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HOME MINISTRY POWER CRISIS CRICKET SCAM Infant’s sample DEBATES TONING Arunachal CONTINUES TO DOWN ORDER ON ROCK J&K HOUSE sent to polio lab, had warned HT Correspondent CREATING NCTC ■ [email protected] result in 3 weeks

HT Correspondent JAMMU: The multi-crore Jammu ■ [email protected] NHPC on and Kashmir Cricket HT Correspondent MONDAY’S CASE IS Association (JKCA) scam dis- ■ [email protected] NEW DELHI: With the opposition rupted proceedings in the AMONG 8,156 KIDS WITH to the National Counter assembly for the third day on KOLKATA: A day after Sumi SYMPTOMS OF FLACCID Terrorism Centre's powers to dam project Tuesday, as ruling National Naskar developed symptoms of search and arrest echoing in Conference MLAs batted for paralysis in Baruipur in the PARALY SIS WHO ARE Parliament, the home ministry party chief and union minister South 24 Parganas district in BEING PROBED BY WHO has started internal discussions Farooq Abdullah. West Bengal, her stool samples to consider toning down its con- FLIP-FLOP 2005 stance is in stark NC members demanded were sent to Baruipur sub-divi- troversial order creating the contrast with current stand of state govt ■ Seven dams have been planned on the Parshuram Kund, a pilgrim expunging of comments against sional hospital from Indrapara To track polio across the anti-terror superstructure and spot on the in of . Abdullah — who is not a mem- village for lab investigation. country, all children younger provide for greater involvement backing construction of 168 dams NIVEDITA KHANDEKAR / HT PHOTO ber of the House — by opposi- The 18-month-old girl, who than 15 who suddenly develop of the states. tion People’s Democratic Party was admitted to a state-run hos- floppiness, weakness or paraly- The home ministry discus- Sanjib Kr Baruah MLAs from the proceedings. pital in Kolkata with paralysis sis in any part of the body are sions come a day after the meet- ■ [email protected] DAM-NING FACTORS The PDP has targeted on Monday, is among 8,156 chil- tested for polio. These cases are ing with police chiefs and chief Hydel projects Abdullah, president of the dren with symptoms of flaccid called Acute Flaccid Paralysis secretaries where the state rep- NEW DELHI: In an ironic twist to ■ Sources say that the dam net- JKCA, for misappropriation of paralysis who were investigat- (AFP) cases. resentatives — irrespective of the controversial 2,000-MW work, aimed at generating more funds received from the Board ed for polio this year by the Naskar’s tests will be done at the political party in power — Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric than 63,300 MW of power, of Control for Cricket in National Polio Surveillance the Centre’s WHO-approved does not take environmental threaten tribes expressed reservations at the Project issue, it has now come through bogus accounts. Project (NPSP) in collaboration national polio lab in Kyd Street. NCTC's powers to independ- to light that about seven years and safety norms into account PDP puts the scam figure at with the World Health “It is not a positive case of ently carry out operations. ago, the Arunachal Pradesh ■ In the seismic terms, R50 crore. The JKCA, Organisation (WHO). polio. Despite that the district In Parliament, the Opposition government had warned the Arunachal Pradesh lies in the CM Dorjee Khandu, asked, however, pegs the “shortfall” at All the children tested nega- administration has been alerted and key UPA ally, the Trinamool National Hydroelectric Power ‘Very high damage risk zone’, “What is the need for so many R25 crore. tive for polio virus in 2012. to keep watch in Indrapara vil- Congress, kept up the pressure Corporation (NHPC) — the having seen as many as 87 eyeon projects? God knows, what dis- After a 25-minute slanging Naskar’s laboratory investiga- lage. All necessary measures on the government to amend its builders of the dam — against major as well as minor quakes in northeast eases these thousands of labour- match between NC and PDP tion results will come in two to relating to polio immunization controversial order. undertaking further construc- 67 years (1929-1993) ers will bring in?” members, speaker Mohammad three weeks. programme and surveillance Kalyan Banerjee of the tion on at least two occasions. ■ The Lower Subansiri project Nivedita Khandekar Suraj Tayang, general secre- Akbar Lone directed the sec- “Polio is one of the many have been beefed up,” said Dr Trinamool moved an amend- This is in stark contrast with itself lies on a major fault zone. ■ [email protected] tary, Lohit Valley Dam Affected retariat to expunge comments causes of flaccid paralysis and Ama Das Basu, additional direc- ment to the President's address the current stand of the Citizens' Forum said the officials against Abdullah. certainly not the only cause. Any tor of health services (ADHS) in- ■ Construction of the dam is raising an “objection” to a para- Arunachal government, which /HAYULIANG (ARUNACHAL of Demwe Athena company have Later, PDP leader Muzaffar child that develops paralysis is charge of mother and child care. also likely to cause border graph that refers to the NCTC. has become a vocal supporter PRADESH): As many as 13 hydel claimed 3,000 labourers will be Beig said, “Farooq Abdullah is tested as a part of routine polio “The samples will be sent to “We are completely against this for construction of mega dams issues between and projects proposed on the basin brought in only in the third year- being treated as a holy cow by surveillance. In 2011, 60,782 chil- the global referral lab Entero NCTC. Our CM is against his. along rivers in the state. Arunachal Pradesh. of Lohit river — snaking through - the peak year for construction. the central government… When dren from more than 35,000 Virus Research Center in In the meeting of the officials The warnings were made Lohit and Anjaw districts of “What we plan to do is to keep (Suresh) Kalmadi could be centres across the country were Mumbai for further confirma- also, the state government has through two letters — dated Arunachal Pradesh — have ruf- track of the permits issued and booked on charges of corrup- investigated. Of them, only one tion, if the test report at Kyd said this and in the House also,” January 30, 2005, and March socio-economic and cultural fled more than a few feathers. ensure that labourers go back tion, why not Farooq Abdullah?” tested positive for polio in Street lab show confusing results. Banerjee said. 16, 2005 — written by the concerns. Seven projects are planned after the work is over.” Protests and walkouts over Howrah district of West Bengal It will take at least three weeks Leader of the Opposition in Arunachal Pradesh power sec- They have been protesting on the main Lohit river in run- Incidentally, Nimkeh (abode the scam have rocked the in January 2011,” said the WHO to get the test report from Kyd the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj retary to the chairman and against a planned network of of-the-river cascade arrange- of Gods in Mishmi) — a sacred assembly since March 10. in a statement. Street lab,” WHO official said. complained about reported managing director, NHPC. over 168 dams, mostly major ment and six others on the trib- place for Mishmis will be sub- remarks of home secretary RK The letters from the projects, along rivers in utaries in the Lohit basin with merged during the Lower Singh at the police chiefs meet- Arunachal government had Arunachal Pradesh. combined generation potential Demwe project — is not men- ing, asking state officials not to pointed out “serious procedur- Stating that the order to of more than 7,000 MW. Only tioned in the Environmental Suicide note blames seniors act as stenographers for their al lapses”, stating that its implement the project was the first project, Lower Demwe Impact Accessment report. chief ministers and referred to approval had not been acquired passed on the natural consent has so far got clearance. According to AGM (Civil) Sharma’s father SK Sharma, said senior Congress MLA opposition of 10 states to for the project. of the NHPC and the Union min- Environmental issues have Demwe Athena Power Ltd RK officer however, sought a CBI inquiry Dharamjeet Singh. NCTC's powers that encroach They further held that dam istry of environment and forests, already been discussed, but the Singh, the company is aware of suicide into the death of his son, who Chief minister Raman Singh, upon the rights of the states. construction activities “may without Arunachal being rep- possible threat to the vulnera- its significance and has located had earlier served as the SP of however, criticised the opposi- Chidambaram, however, aggravate the prevailing bound- resented or heard, the letters ble demography of the Mishmi, the site away from it. Maoist-hit Dantewada district tion for playing politics over the strongly defended the NCTC, ary dispute between the people noted that displacement of peo- the dominant community inhab- Dr KH Paliwal, principal sec- Ejaz Kaiser for two years. incident. insisting that the NCTC did not of Arunachal Pradesh and ple and providing for their relief iting the two districts, has not retary, power and coordination, ■ [email protected] The opposition Congress, too, Bilaspur zone inspector gen- violate the federal structure. Assam…the boundary issue is and rehabilitation are “very dif- been debated. Arunachal Pradesh, rubbished demanded a CBI probe in an eral of police GP Singh read out The home minister also said a very sensitive and important ficult issues”. The community with a pop- claims of change in demogra- BILASPUR: A day after Bilaspur uproarious Chhattisgarh assem- the contents of the one-and-a- Singh had denied asking the and, therefore, cannot be The letters had also alluded ulation of about 25,000 — the phy. "Once operational, labour- SP Rahul Sharma allegedly bly that was adjourned twice half-page suicide note written state civil servants not to behave delinked as suggested by you to a Supreme Court judgment: 2001 census put it at 22,944 — ers will go back and minimum committed suicide, the police during the day. in English, at a press conference as stenographers of their chief (the NHPC)”. “The implementation of the feels the influx of labourers will staff needed for operations will recovered a suicide note on “The state government has on Tuesday. ministers. “I am clear that The Lower Subansiri dam is project is also in violation of the threaten their land. In the past remain at the site," he said. Tuesday from the police offi- ordered merely a magisterial Addressed to Sharma’s wife, NCTC is an absolute necessi- the focal point of an ongoing agi- order dated 19/4/2004 passed migrant labourer, who had come For now, the Mishmis are cers’ mess where Sharma was inquiry into the IPS officer's father and brother, the note did ty... Those who oppose certain tation by the people of Assam by the Supreme Court… would for road construction, married keeping their fingers crossed. staying. According to the note, death, which shows its callous not name anyone but referred aspects of it also agree on the and Arunachal Pradesh, based therefore tantamount to con- local girls and settled here. (As part of Inclusive Media Fello- Sharma blamed a senior officer attitude and that it wishes to to an “interfering boss and a idea,” Chidambaram said. on environmental, seismic, tempt of the SC order.” Abray Manyu, advisor to late wship by www.im4change.com) and a judge for his death. cover up the shocking incident,” haughty HC judge”.