SPECIAL MENTIONS The following matters of Public Importance were raised/laid on the Table with the permission of the Chair during the Session: — Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. *1. 06- Dr. Gyan Prakash Concern over 03- Pilania alarming scenario of 2007 anaemic infants and pregnant mothers. 2. -do- Shrimati Supriya Urgent need to Sule address power crisis in Maharashtra. 3. -do- Shri Sharad Demand to allow Anantrao Joshi farmers to sell wheat in open market. 4. -do- Shri Santosh Concern over crisis 0-02 Bagrodia in Nursery admissions. 5. -do- Shri Janardhana Demand for an all Poojary party meeting on final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. 6. -do- Shri B.K. Hariprasad Need to undertake urgent repair of Bangalore- Mangalore highway. 7. -do- Shri Motilal Vora Concern over presence of arsenic Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. in ground water in some districts of Chhattisgarh. 8. 06- Shri Shreegopal Demand to appoint a 03- Vyas Committee to save 2007 the structure of Ram Sethu. 9. -do- Shrimati N.P. Durga Need for strict adherence of Supreme Court’s guidelines by school buses ferrying school children. 10. -do- Shri Saman Pathak Demand to check the exploitation of minor girls. 11. -do- Shri Moinul Hassan Concern over proposed change in funding pattern of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. 12. -do- Shrimati Sushma Demand for debate 0-02 Swaraj on introduction of sex education in school. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. 13. -do- Prof. Ram Deo Concern over Bhandary propagation of supernatural healing powers by quacks and Ojhas in the country. 14. -do- Shri Ali Anwar Concern over problems of Bidi workers. 15. -do- Shri Abu Asim Azmi Concern over crackdown over Islamic literature. 16. -do- Shrimati Prema Demand for Cariappa adequate national fund for the development of Bangalore International Airport. 17. 08- Ms. Pramila Bohidar Demand for revision 03- of rates of royalty on 2007 Coal. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. 18. -do- Shri Harendra Singh Concern over Malik depletion in ground water in Western Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. 19. -do- Shri R. Concern over Shunmugasundaram injustice to Tamil Nadu by Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal. 20. -do- Shri Su. Concern over attack Thirunavukkarasar on the Tamil fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy. 21. -do- Shri B.S. Concern over Gnanadesikan publication of photographs of bank defaulters. 22. -do- Shri Keshubhai S. Concern over 0-03 Patel atrocities on women. 23. -do- Shri Rahul Bajaj Concern over pressure on India at WTO negotiations. 24. -do- Shri K.P.K. Kumaran Demand for food security in the country. 25. -do- Shri Vijay J. Darda Concern over tardy progress in creating infrastructure facilities for Common Wealth Games, 2010. 26. -do- Shri Rudra Narayan Demand for setting Pany up an IIT in Orissa. 27. 08- Shri Datta Meghe Concern over 0-01 Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. 03- suicides by farmers 2007 in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. 28. 09- Shri Shantaram Demand to amend 03- Laxman Naik the Anti Defection 2007 Law. 29. -do- Shri Karnendu Demand for Bhattacharjee legislation for social security and employment guarantee for the workers of unorganized sector. 30. -do- Shri Jayantilal Barot Need to restore the 0-03 allocated quota of power to Gujarat. 31. -do- Shri Ravula Chandra Concern over plight Sekar Reddy of Beedi workers in the country. 32. -do- Shri Jai Parkash Concern over the Aggarwal Chinese capability to destroy satellite by a ground based ballistic missile. 33. -do- Shri Nandi Yellaiah Demand for immediate implementation of special rehabilitation package for farmers Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. in the country. 34. 12- Dr. Gyan Prakash Demand for 0-01 03- Pilania empowerment of 2007 women. 35. -do- Shri B.K. Hariprasad Demand for 0-01 reclamation of water bodies in Karnataka. 36. 12- Shri Shreegopal Demand to protect 03- Vyas Jan Kalyan 2007 Pratisthan patronized by migrated Indians in Nepal. 37. -do- Shrimati Sushma Demand to start Swaraj Science Channel by Prasar Bharati. 38. -do- Shri Jayantilal Barot Demand for construction of missing rail link between Patan and Bhiladi. 39. -do- Shri Surendra Demand to reduce Motilal Patel excise duty on drugs. 40. -do- Shrimati Viplove Demand for 0-02 Thakur construction of new Bathu bridge in Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. 41. -do- Shri Jai Parkash Demand for Aggarwal enactment of Commonwealth Games Management Act for early completion of projects in Delhi. 42. -do- Shri Kalraj Mishra Concern over illegal means employed by Banks and Finance Companies to recover loans. 43. -do- Shri Mahendra Demand to set up Mohan more old age homes for senior citizens. 44. 14- Shri Santosh Crime against 0-02 03- Bagrodia children. 2007 45. -do- Shri Datta Meghe Plight of children due 0-02 to malnutrition in the country. 46. 14- Shri Suresh Demand to ban the 0-02 03- Bhardwaj use of word ‘Kinnar’ 2007 in the context of eunuchs. 47. -do- Shri R. Demand for 0-02 Shunmugasundaram introduction of Tamil as court language in Madras High Court. 48. -do- Shri Pyarelal Discrimination 0-02 Khandelwal against Hindu community in Jammu and Kashmir. 49. -do- Shri Ravula Chandra Demand for 0-02 Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. Sekar Reddy upgradation of Airports at Tirupathi, Vijayawada and Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh. 50. -do- Shri Abu Asim Azmi Demand to handover 0-01 Mumbai train bomb blast probe to the CBI. 51. -do- Shri Lalit Kishore Demand for 0-02 Chaturvedi procurement of Mustard seeds at support price. 52. -do- Shri A. Demand for 0-03 Vijayaraghavan environmental clearance for Athirapally Hydro Electric Power Project. 53. -do- Shri Tarini Kanta Demand for 0-02 Roy declaring North Bengal as Tax Free Zone. 54. -do- Shri Shantaram Demand for 0-01 Laxman Naik expeditious framing of rules under the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. 55. 14- Dr. Prabha Thakur Demand for hassle 0-02 03- free medical 2007 assistance to the victims of road accidents. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. 56. -do- Shri M.V. Mysura Need to revise the 0-02 Reddy package for farmers and writing off bank loans taken by farmers in the country. 57. -do- Shrimati N.P. Durga Need for 0-02 comprehensive legislation on clinical trials in the country. 58. -do- Dr. Barun Demand to expedite 0-02 Mukherjee completion of Teesta Irrigation Project. 59. -do- Shri Rudra Narayan Demand for 0-03 Pany development of National Highways in Orissa. 60. -do- Shri Vijay J. Darda Demand for an 0-03 immediate relocation plan for existing habitation from Tiger Reserves. 61. -do- Shri Moinul Hassan Demand to continue 0-02 old EEE mode for all saving instruments. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. *62. 21- Shri Surendra Demand to expedite 03- Motilal Patel the President’s 2007 assent to the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Bill, 2003. 63. -do- Shri Jayantilal Barot Demand for shifting of office of the Development Commissioner (SEZ) from Kandla to Gandhinagar. 64. -do- Shri Abu Asim Azmi Concern over pathetic condition of victims of the Gujarat riots. 65. -do- Shri P.R. Rajan Demand for 0-01 additional allocation of food grains for Kerala. 66. -do- Shri Praveen Concern over delay Rashtrapal in Delhi-Ahmedabad and Mumbai- Ahmedabad bound flights. 67. -do- Shri B.K. Hariprasad Demand for Central assistance to Mega Tourism projects in Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. Karnataka. 68. -do- Ms. Pramila Bohidar Need for advanced preparedness for disaster management. 69. -do- Shri Pyarelal Demand for Khandelwal compensation to farmers for the loss of crops due to heavy rains and hail storms. 70. 21- Shrimati Prema Demand for grant of 03- Cariappa adequate fund for 2007 the Bidar-Gulbarga broad gauge railway line project and upgradation of Byndoor railway station. 71. -do- Shri P.G. Narayanan Demand to demerge and de-link the Salem Unit from the Burn Standard Company Ltd. (BSCL). 72. -do- Shri Mahendra Concern over Mohan bringing the Cooperative Banks in the tax net. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. 73. -do- Dr. K. Malaisamy Demand for correction of certain 0-01 distorted historical facts regarding first war of independence. 74. -do- Shri Jai Parkash Demand to take Aggarwal immediate steps to notify the approved SEZs and distribution of compensation to the farmers for their land. 75. -do- Ms. Anusuiya Uikey Demand for more rail wagons for orange growers of Chhindwada in Madhya Pradesh. 76. -do- Shri K.P.K. Kumaran Concern over inaccessibility of bank loans for under privileged students. 77. -do- Shri Moinul Hassan Demand to remove inconvenience and suffering of people of Sunderban, South 24 Pargana, West Bengal. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. 78. 21- Shri Ram Narayan Concern over entry 03- Sahu of MNCs in retail 2007 sector. 79. -do- Prof. Ram Deo Demand for Bhandary conversion of Parsa- Basvari halt into full- fledged rail station. 80. -do- Shri Lalit Kishore Demand for Chaturvedi environmental clearance for Kota bypass. 81. -do- Shri Shantaram Demand for central Laxman Naik assistance to set up educational and cultural institutions relating the languages contained in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.