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LOK SABHA ___ SYNOPSIS OF DEBATES (Proceedings other than Questions & Answers) ______ Thursday, July 31, 2014 / Shravana 9, 1936 (Saka) ______ REFERENCE BY SPEAKER HON. SPEAKER: Hon. Members, several persons are reportedly dead and several injured seriously while several others are trapped in debris caused by landslide due to massive rains in a village about 80 km north to Pune on 30th July, 2014. I am sure the House joins me to convey our condolences to the bereaved families and wish for speedy recovery of injured. The Members then stood in silence for a short while. Re: Relinquishment of Office by Secretary General (Shri P. Sreedharan) and his appointment as Honorary Officer of the House and Appointment of new Secretary-General, Lok Sabha HON. SPEAKER: Hon. Members, I have to inform the House that Shri P. Sreedharan has relinquished the office as Secretary-General of Lok Sabha yesterday. Shri Sreedharan, who was appointed as Secretary General of the Lok Sabha on 1st May, 2014, with his thorough knowledge of Constitutional and Procedural Matters has helped the presiding officer and the panel of Chairmen in smooth conduct of the proceedings of the House. He relentlessly worked for the welfare of officers and staff of the Secretariat. In recognition of his services, I have great pleasure in announcing that Shri Sreedharan has been appointed as Honorary Officer of the House. I am confident that Hon'ble Members will join me in wishing him good health and success in the years ahead. Hon. Members, Shri P.K. Grover, Secretary in the Lok Sabha Secretariat is officiating as Secretary General, Lok Sabha from today i.e. 31-07-2014. SUBMISSION BY MEMBERS Re: Reported lathi-charge on candidates in Delhi for protesting against removal of Hindi and other regional languages in UPSC examinations. MINISTER OF URABAN DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI M. VENKAIAH NAIDU) responding to the issues raised by several hon'ble Members said: This issue has already been raised in the House by Hon'ble Members. Our efforts should be to find a solution. I also feel sorry for the students who are agitating. They are supposed to enter administrative services. Keeping their future also in mind the government has taken this up seriously. The Prime Minister himself has taken interest in this and a committee has been formed to study this and then take a final decision at the earliest. I can only assure you that I will again convey to the Hon'ble Prime Minister the feelings of the Members of the House. It is not a Hindi or Non-Hindi issue. It is an issue of regional languages also. Keeping that in mind, a balanced, mutually acceptable solution would be found. MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 (i) Need to set up a Museum as well as a Mega Tourist Circuit at the birth place of Gautham Buddha namely Piparahawa(Kapilvastu), Siddharth Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL: Lakhs of Buddhists visit Kapilvastu (Siddharth Nagar), Uttar Pradesh – the birth place of Lord Gautham Buddha every year from within the country and abroad. Coins, utensils, clothes and other articles found out after excavation from the palace of Kapilvastu have been kept in the National Museum, Kolkata. Those who visit the birth place of the Buddha get disappointed not to find the articles of that era in the local Museum. I would like to demand from the Central Government to construct a Museum at Piparahawa (Kapilvastu), Siddharth Nagar, Uttar Pradesh along with creating a mega tourist circuit over there. (ii) Need for expediting the proposal for inclusion of 38 languages including Rajasthani in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY: There is a pending proposal with the Central Government to include 38 other language in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. Rajasthani Language is one of them which is spoken by about 10 crore people in the country and abroad. The proposal to include the Rajasthani language in the Eighth Schedule was forwarded to the Parliament with concurrence of the State Assembly after the resolution in this regard was passed by Rajasthan Assembly in 2003. Thereafter, during the discussion in the House the then Home Minister had, on 17th December 2006 given an assurance to introduce a Bill in this regard for giving recognition to the Rajasthani language. Therefore, I would like to request to the Government to ensure that alongwith the Rajasthani Language, all other proposed languages are included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution by way of a Constitution Amendment. (iii) Need to provide adequate assistance to revive HMT institute at Pinjore in Panchkula District of Haryana. SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA: Employees of HMT, Pinjore have not got salaries for years, as result they are facing problems in supporting their families. There is shortage of fund to take care of the tools and machines of this institute resulting into its poor condition. I would like to the Government to take all possible measures to revive this organization. (iv) Need to modernize the Dhanbad Railway Station in Jharkhand. SHRI PASHUPATI NATH SINGH: There is a need for beautification and renovation of Dhanbad Railway Station under my Constituency. Dhanbad is the Coal capital of our country. I would like to request to the Government to immediately issue necessary guidelines for renovation of Dhanbad Railway Station and also to bring it in a proper shape so that travelers visiting Dhanbad may get proper facilities over there. (v) Need to grant 'No Objection Certificate' to the WCL, Pathakhera and Gandhigram mines in Madhya Pradesh in order to start their operations. SHRIMATI JYOTI DHURVE: In order to create jobs, mines at Tava III WCL, Pathakhera and Gandhigram may be made operational and for this purpose a 'No Objection Certificates' may be issued as soon as possible. (vi) Need for construction of rope-way at the Rohtasgarh Fort and Maa Mundeshwari Dham in Sasaram Parliamentary Constituency. SHRI CHHEDI PASWAN: The Rohtasgarh fort under my Constituency Sasaram is a very famous tourist place and it is a monument of historical, cultural as well as heritage value. Mundeshwari Dham is a 6000 years old pilgrim centre. My request to the Government is that a rope way should be constructed there to facilitate the tourists and pilgrims to reach upto Rohtasgarh Fort and Maa Mundeshwari Dham. (vii) Need to start Air India service from Bhopal to Hyderabad, Raipur, Bangalore and Kolkata. SHRI ALOK SANJAR: Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh is also an important industrial city. The city is very well connected with road and railways. However, the air connectivity between Bhopal and other important cities is not satisfactory. I request to the Government to re-start Air India Services between Bhopal-Hyderabad and Bhopal-Raipur and to start Air India service between Bhopal-Bangalore and Bhopal-Kolkata. (viii) Need to formulate special notified zones at Bharat Diamond Bourse, Mumbai and Gems and Jewellery Park in Surat, Gujarat to streamline the import and trading process of rough diamond in the country. SHRIMATI DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH: Surat is the largest diamond manufacturing centre of the world but rough diamond mining companies of the world sell their goods through auctions and tenders held in cities such as Antwerp, Moscow, Johannesburg, Dubai, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, New York and such others. The apparent reason for not holding Rough diamond sales in India, are the existing laws, regulations and procedures for Rough diamond import and returning of unsold goods. In India, the buyer has to make full payment for import, and thereafter while returning unwanted goods, the buyer would again have to go through all export formalities including monetary transactions. 'Special Notified Zones' should be formed at Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) in Mumbai and Gems & Jewellery Park in Surat from where rough diamond suppliers can smoothly import Rough Diamonds for trading, and can take back unsold goods in a hassle free manner. (ix) Need for discontinuation of charging of octroi by the Jalandhar and Firozpur Cantonment Council in Punjab with immediate effect. SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA: The Cantonment Boards at Jalandhar and Firozpur of Punjab are charging toll from the public. The Government of Punjab has, however clearly requested the two Cantonment Boards not to charge any toll and it is said that the losses of revenue would be compensated under the provisions of Punjab Municipality Fund (Amendment) at 2008. I would request to the Government to that toll collections by Jalandhar and Firozpur Cantonment Boards should be stopped immediately. (x) Need for construction of a R.C.C. bridge over the Ghats of Garahiya, Ebrahimpur of Madhuban block in East Champaran district of Bihar. SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI: It would be a great help to about 40,000 population of Garahiya, Ebrahimpur of Madhuban block under my Constituency of East Champaran if a big R.C.C. bridge is constructed over there. The said bridge would directly connect the places like Garahiya, Ebrahimpur, Mehsi block to Sahabganj district of Muzaffarpur, Sheohar district, Sawaipatti, Tetaria and Nepal. I would therefore like to request the government to kindly get a R.C.C. bridge constructed at Garahiya, Ebrahimpur Ghat of Madhuban block. (xi) Need to ensure construction of feeder canal facilitating full water storage in Tandula Water Reservoir (Balod district) from Gangrel Water Reservoir (Dhamtari District) in Chhattisgarh. SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU: During the raining season the Gangrel Reservoir under Dhamtari District of Chhattisgarh is fully filled with water and thereafter enough water goes waste whereas the Tandula Reservoir in adjoining Balod District generally remains unfilled due to shortage of water. I would like to request that a scheme should be formulated to construct a feeder canal connecting Rangrel Reservoir to Tandula Reservoir.