Lucknow : January 20, 2009

A 5-member Committee, headed by the Chief
Secretary, has been set up by the Uttar Pradesh
Government to look into the various problems and
demands of the officers/employees’ associations. This
committee would look into the problems/demands
made by employees’ associations of various cadres of
the State.

The committee includes Principal Secretary
Personnel, Principal Secretary Finance and Principal
Secretary/Secretary of the concerning departments as
members, while Secretary Finance has been nominated
as Member-Secretary.

The committee would hold meetings from time to
time to consider the demands of the employees’
unions. The representatives of the unions would also be
invited at the meetings. The committee after
considering the demands/problems would forward its
recommendations to the Government.

It may be recalled that the Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Ms. Mayawati had ordered constitution of Rizvi
Committee for the implementation of the
recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission for the
State employees. U.P. is the first State, which took lead
in implementing recommendations of the Sixth Pay
Commission.

The Rizvi Committee had forwarded its
recommendations for the Urban Local Bodies, Zila
Panchayats, Development Authorities, Autonomous
Institutions and Junior Doctors. Besides, the committee
had also submitted its recommendations for the
Government and aided college teachers.

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Large number of people come to
greet C.M. on New Year

Lucknow: January 01, 2009

A large number of prominent citizens, belonging to
different sections of the society, arrived at the official residence
of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Ms. Mayawati to greet her
on the occasion of New Year.
Those who came to greet the Chief Minister included
Chairman of the State Advisory Council Mr. Satish Chandra
Mishra, several members of the State Council of Ministers
including Mr. Nasimuddin Siddiqqi, Swami Prasad Maurya,
Indra Jeet Saroj, etc. Besides, several MPs, legislators and
Cabinet Secretary Mr. Shashank Shekhar Singh, Chief
Secretary Mr. Atul Kumar Gupta, Additional Cabinet Secretary
Mr. Vijay Shankar Pandey, Principal Secretaries to C.M. Mr. J.N.
Chamber and Mr. Shailesh Krishna, Principal Secretary Home
Mr. Kunwar Fateh Bahadur, Secretaries to C.M. Mr. Navneet
Sehgal and Mr. Vijay Singh and other senior officers of
Government and Administration and DGP Mr. Vikaram Singh
also came to greet the C.M.

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Ensure employment for 10 lakh families under employment oriented schemes of Rural Development by the end of financial year—Chief Minister

121 remote villages having more than 1,000 population
should be connected with metalled roads Chairman State Advisory Council reviews progress and works of Rural Development Department

Lucknow : January 01, 2009
On the directives of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati, the
Chairman State Advisory Council Mr. Satish Chandra Mishra, here today reviewed
the works and progress of the Rural Development Department at his Annexe
auditorium and apprised the Chief Minister of the important decisions taken at the
meeting. Thereafter, the Chief Minister, in a high-level meeting, directed the officers
to ensure 100 days of employment for at least 10 lakh families under employment
oriented schemes of the Rural Development by the end of the current financial year.
The Chief Minister said that 121 remote villages having more than 1,000
population, which could not be connected with the metalled roads because
construction of bridges etc. was needed, should be connected with the metalled
roads in next three years by preparing an action plan. She said that all the schemes
of the Rural Development Department were important. Therefore, the rural people
and people’s representatives should be properly informed about these schemes, so
that proper implementation of these schemes could be ensured and rural areas could
become prosperous.
Ms. Mayawati said that a work plan should be chalked out for giving training to
rural people, so that they can evolve into efficient craftsmen and in this way they
could get employment at the village and block level. This would stop their migration
towards urban areas and they would not be required to run from pillar to post in
search of employment, she pointed out.
The Chief Minister said that the funds required by the Gram Panchayats should
be directly provided to them by Rural Development Department at the district level.
She said that electronic money transfer should be strictly enforced. She said that the
roads of the rural areas, which could be constructed under PMGSY, should not be
constructed under any other scheme.
Ms. Mayawati directed the officers to ensure filling of the large number of
vacancies of the Rural Development Department as it was hampering the progress of
development works. Besides, special efforts should be made to get the amount
released for the Centrally Aided Schemes. She also directed the officers to quickly
implement other schemes of rural development.
The Chief Secretary Mr. Atul Kumar Gupta, Additional Cabinet Secretary Mr.
Vijay Shanker Pandey, Principal Secretary Finance Mr. Anoop Mishra, Principal
Secretary to CM Mr. Shailesh Krishna, Principal Secretary Planning Mr. Manjeet
Singh, Principal Secretary Rural Development Mr. Rohit Nandan, Secretary State
Advisory Council Mr. R.P. Singh, Secretary to C.M. Mr. Navneet Sehgal and other
related officers were present at the meeting.

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Important Cabinet Decisions

Lucknow : 31 December 2008

Following important decisions were taken at a
Cabinet meeting presided over by the U.P. Chief
Minister Ms. Mayawati here today :—
The State Cabinet has decided to implement one
time settlement scheme for the power consumers of
rural areas of the State. Giving big relief to the rural
power consumers, the Cabinet decided to implement
this scheme for the period ending on 30 September,
2008 for settling their power dues. This scheme would
benefit largely small farmers having energised private
tube-wells and rural domestic consumers. About 8 lakh
private tube-well owners and 43 lakh rural domestic
consumers would be benefited by this historical
decision of the State Government.
In another decision, it was decided to provide
Government guarantee against Rs. 139.60 crore loan
sanctioned by Hudco for Harduaganj and Parichha
Thermal Power Project Units. The State Cabinet
decided not to charge any guarantee fee in this
connection. The guarantee has been given for installing

new ESPs in the Unit No. 3,5 and 7 of the Harduaganj
Thermal Project and Unit No. 1 and 2 of the 110 M.W.
Units of the Parichha Thermal Project. This decision
would help in timely completion of these projects,
which in turn would give relief in power shortage.
The Cabinet also decided to extend the relaxation
in stamp fee being provided under the Jawahar Lal
Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Scheme
for the next six months.
The State Cabinet has approved the proposal of a
new scheme for the construction of hostels in the
premises of aided non-government degree colleges
run by voluntary organisations/ government degree
colleges and universities for the students belonging
to SC/ST category. A provision of Rs. 5.5 crore has
been made in the current fiscal 2008-09.
The Cabinet also approved the proposal to abolish
additional conditions put up by the State Government
under the Forest (Protection) Act-1980 for
widening of National Highways.
The Cabinet decided to make the payment of Rs.
2.17 crore belonging to the U.P. Bunkar Bahbudi
Fund and rested with the PICUP.
The State Cabinet further approved the RPF draft
of the Integrated Urban Rejuvenation Scheme for

getting the infrastructure related works done on public-
private-partnership (PPP) basis under this scheme.
The Cabinet has also accepted the suggestions
made by the committee headed by the State Chief
Secretary for dealing with the challenge of the
economic recession. The recommendations of the
committee would be applicable on the properties given
through bid and allotment and belonging to Industrial
Development Authorities (except Yamuna Express-way
Industrial Development Authority and U.P.
Expressways Industrial Development Authority) and
Housing Development Authority and Housing
Development Board.
The State Cabinet has decided to convert the 50
per cent of the D.A. of the personnel of U.P. State
Bridge Corporation in dearness pay with certain
conditions.
The Cabinet has also approved the proposal to
provide one daily newspaper to all the post holders
of the sanctioned posts of group ‘D’ on the
Government expenses.
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1.01 lakh houses being constructed under Manywar Shri Kanshiram Ji Shahari Garib Awas Yojana should be completed within stipulated time frame—Chief Minister

Payment of house tax, water tax and other dues should be made on-line for convenience of people

Lucknow : December 31, 2008
On the directives of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati, the
Chairman State Advisory Council Mr. Satish Chandra Mishra, here today reviewed
the works and progress of the Urban Development Department at his Annexe
auditorium and apprised the Chief Minister of the important decisions taken at the
meeting. Thereafter, the Chief Minister, in a high-level meeting, directed the officers
to make the payment of house tax, water tax and other dues on-line for convenience
of the people, so that they could get the information regarding their tax dues easily
and make payments timely. All the 12 Nagar Nigams should complete this work by
31 March 2009 and other local bodies should complete it by 31 December 2009
compulsorily.
The Chief Minister said that 1.01 lakh houses being constructed under
Manywar Shri Kanshiram Ji Shahari Garib Awas Yojana in 71 districts at a cost of Rs.
2270 crore should be completed within stipulated time frame. She said that the
quality of the construction should be maintained at all costs. The selection of the
beneficiaries under this scheme should be completed by 31 January 2009.
Ms. Mayawati directed the officers to ensure implementation of schemes
related to drinking water supply, sewer, solid waste management and drainage in a
time bound and qualitative manner and keeping an eye on the requirements of the
next 30 years. These schemes would be implemented in 7 cities of Kanpur, Lucknow,
Agra, Varanasi, Meerut, Allahabad and Mathura at a cost of Rs. 2949.51 crore under
the Urban Infrastructure and Governance Scheme for the development and
improvement of urban infrastructure.
Besides, the C.M. said that the implementation of schemes related to drinking
water supply, sewer, solid waste management and drainage should be ensured in a
time bound and qualitative manner in the selected cities keeping an eye on the
requirements of the next 30 years. These schemes would be implemented at a cost
of Rs. 983.30 crore under the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small
and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT) on priority basis.
Regarding various announcements of the Chief Minister, it was informed at the
meeting that the work was under progress. Besides, she also gave directions
regarding the cleaning of Gomti river, Lucknow Drinking Water Supply Scheme, to
stop the backflow of Sarkata Nullah, construction of 345 MLD STP in Lucknow,
expansion in the capacity of Daulatganj STP, construction of STP in Jaunpur,
Sultanpur and Sitapur.
The Chief Secretary Mr. Atul Kumar Gupta, Additional Cabinet Secretary Mr.
Vijay Shanker Pandey, Principal Secretary to CM Mr. Shailesh Krishna, Principal
Secretary Finance Mr. Anoop Mishra, Principal Secretary Planning Mr. Manjeet Singh,
Principal Secretary Urban Development Mr. Alok Ranjan, Secretary to C.M. Mr.
Navneet Sehgal, Secretary State Advisory Council Mr. R.P. Singh and other related
officers were present at the meeting.
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Aganbadi Centres should be run from primary school premises to enusre their effective functioning—Chief Minister

Children, adolescent girls and pregnant women should be provided nutritious diet in fixed quantity Chairman State Advisory Council reviews works of Women Welfare and Child Development Department

Lucknow : December 30, 2008

On the directives of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati, the
Chairman State Advisory Council Mr. Satish Chandra Mishra, here today
reviewed the works and progress of the Women Welfare and Child Development
Department at his Annexe auditorium and apprised the Chief Minister of the
important decisions taken at the meeting. Thereafter, the Chief Minister, in a
high-level meeting, directed the officers to set up Aganbadi Centres in the
premises of primary schools for their proper and effective functioning. Besides,
the children, adolescent girls and pregnant women should be provided
nutritious diet in fixed quantity.
The Chief Minister said that effective implementation of Kishori Shakti
Yojana should be ensured with an objective of making girls aware about the
problems related to reproduction and health and also to provide them technical
training to make them self-sufficient. Besides, better implementation of the
scheme for providing foodgrains to malnourished adolescent girls belonging to
Mirzapur and Sonebhadra districts should be undertaken on pilot basis.
Moreover, better implementation of Balika Shri Yojana should be made to
ensure all-round development of girls and to make them financially
independent.
Regarding various annonucements of the Chief Minister, it was informed
at the meeting that arrangement of training at the development block level was
being made to provide employment related training to women. Mahila Ashrams
were being set up at division level in Varanasi, Kanpur and Allahabad divisions
for poor destitute women. Besides, posts were being created for the State
Women Commission as per its requirement. Action would be taken in next 15
days.
The Chief Secretary Mr. Atul Kumar Gupta, Additional Cabinet Secretary
Mr. Vijay Shanker Pandey, Principal Secretary Finanace Mr. Anoop Mishra,
Social Welfare Commissioner Mr. R.K. Mittal, Principal Secretary Health Ms.
Neeta Chaudari, Principal Secretary to CM Mr. Shailesh Krishna, Principal
Secretary Planning Mr. Manjeet Singh, Secretary State Advisory Council Mr.
R.P. Singh, Secretary Women Welfare and Child Development Mr. R.S.Verma
and other related officers were present at the meeting.
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Centre should reduce petrol and diesel prices by Rs. 10 per litre to bring them at par with year-2004 level : Chief Minister

Instead of providing relief from price rise and recession to the public, Central Government favouring capitalists : Mayawati

Lucknow : December 27, 2008
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati in a strongly worded
letter to the Central Government has demanded that the price of Petrol and
Diesel be reduced by bringing their prices to the year-2004 level so as to
ensure a minimum 10 Rs. per litre reduction in their costs.
While giving this information to media representatives at Lucknow
today, the C.M. said that the Central Government was not making any special
effort to lessen the burden of the middle class, poor families and farmers from
rising prices.
Ms. Mayawati said that due to global recession a crisis of employment
has emerged for the educated youth and middle class families. Simultaneously
plummeting stock market because of exit of capital coupled with heavy profit
by the foreign financial institutions resulted in a loss of thousands crore of
rupees of small investors. She said that instead of providing relief to the
middle class and poor farmers by formulating policies in the interests of these
classes the Central Government is making policies favouring the capitalists.
The Chief Minister while providing comparative detail of oil prices in
international and domestic markets in support of her statement, said that
when the present Central Government came to power, in June, 2004 the price
of crude oil in international market was 34.22 dollars per barrel, and in the
domestic market petrol was available at Rs. 35.71 per litre while diesel was
available at cost of Rs. 22.74 per litre. She said that on various occasions the
Central Government from time to time hiked the price of petrol and diesel on
the pretext of increasing international oil prices and in the latest increase
during June, 2008 the price of petrol was raised to Rs. 50.56 per litre and that
of diesel to Rs. 34.80 per litre.
Ms. Mayawati said that the Central Government was putting extra
burden on the citizens on the false excuse of rising oil prices in the
international market and now when the crude oil prices in the international
market have nearly reached the year-2004 level, the move of the Central
Government of reducing petrol prices by Rs. 5 and that of diesel by Rs. 2 was
merely a sham. She said that prior to this decision of the Central Government;
the public had already suffered from the woe of recession because of which its
sufferings had doubled.
The Chief Minister said that because of this, her Government has asked
the Central Government to bring the domestic oil prices to that of year 2004
level and to minimally reduce petrol and diesel prices by Rs. 10 per litre for
both.
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CM lays foundation of 49
schemes worth Rs. 948.98 crore

for all round development
of Varanasi and Kannauj

Foundation of schemes more
than

Rs. 800 crore for Varanasi and Rs. 148
crore for Kannauj laid

Heritage Plan of Varanasi to be completed
in next 6 months

Lucknow : 20 December 2008

        The
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati, while laying the foundation of
schemes worth Rs. 948.98 crore for the all-round development of Varanasi and Kannauj,
said that urban regeneration was the top priority of her Government. She said
that during one and a half year long tenure of her Government several important
steps had been taken in this direction. These steps included schemes for the
all-round development of Vrindavan, which is an important tourist place and
laying the foundation of schemes worth Rs. 250 crore on the 6^th
August last for providing basic facilities to the poor sections of the society.
She expressed the hope that along with the common people the tourists would
also be benefited by these schemes. She laid foundation of 28 schemes costing more
than Rs. 800 crore for Varanasi
and 21 schemes costing more than Rs. 148 crore for Kannauj.

        Addressing
a function organised at her 5-Kalidas Marg official residence here today for
laying the foundation of these schemes, she said that financial arrangements
had been made for these schemes. She said that the previous governments made
only announcements, but never issued financial sanctions in time, that was the
reason why most of the schemes were confined to paper only. She said that her
Government always honoured its words. She directed the Chief Secretary, Cabinet
Secretary and Additional Cabinet Secretary to monitor these schemes besides
monitoring schemes announced for Mathura-Vrindavan, so that these schemes could
be completed within stipulated time. She said that the Chairman of the State
Advisory Council Mr. Satish Chandra Mishra would review the progress of these
schemes from time to time and apprise her of their progress. She said that
time-bound implementation of development schemes was the top priority of the
Government and any laxity in it would invite tough action against the guilty.
She said that the State Government, despite its limited resources, wanted to
carry out all round development of important cities of the State. She said that
the Government had demanded Rs. 80,000 crore package from the Centre for the
all round development of the State, but the Centre had not provided even a
single penny so far.

        Ms. Mayawati said that the State
Government had decided to develop Varanasi
as an international tourist spot. It has also decided to develop the Buddhist
Circuit. Besides, the State Government also intends to provide high quality
infrastructure and community services to the people of Varanasi. With

this objective, the foundation of flyovers,
construction/repair/widening/ strengthening/beautification of roads, drinking
water supply, sewerage, drainage system, solid waste management, improvement in
the power supply of the historical places etc. costing Rs. 800.68 crore had
been laid. She said that on the February 21 last, on the occasion of Sant
Ravidas Jayanti, she had announced several developmental works for the Varanasi district,
besides completion of works announced by previous governments had also been
ordered in a time-bound and qualitative manner. She said that all these
projects were going on full swing.

        Elaborating
upon the important decisions taken for the development of Varanasi,
the C.M. said that action had been initiated on the Heritage Plan of Varanasi
so that it could be developed as an International Heritage and Tourist City and also to keep its mythological
character intact. The Heritage Plan would be completed in the next six months. The
State Government, with a view to preserving the world famous zari work, had decided to place zari craftsmen along side the weavers
for power dues. She further said that directives had been issued to invite
financial bids for the construction of multi-level underground car parking
projects at Beniabagh, Shaheed Udhyan and Maidagin on
public-private-partnership (PPP) basis costing Rs. 142 crore so that the
traffic system of Varanasi could be improved.

        Ms.
Mayawati said that she had laid foundation of various schemes costing more than
Rs. 148 crore for the development of Kannauj so that the lost glory of this
place could be restored. She reminded that Kannauj was made a district on 18
September 1997 during her second tenure. She had formulated various schemes for
the all round development of Kannauj at that time, but she didn’t get much time
to translate them into reality. She said that now those development schemes
were being launched again and after their completion the people of Kannauj
would get a lot of facilities. She said that the M.P. elected from Kannauj had
also ignored his constituency.

        It may
be recalled that during 2008-09 the Government launched development schemes on
a large scale for the all-round development of the State. Under it, Rs. 396
crore schemes for Agra, Rs. 250 crore schemes
for Vrindavan-Mathura, Rs. 170 crore schemes for Lucknow have been included. Besides, the
Chief Minister inaugurated/laid foundation/announced 48 schemes worth Rs. 8,500
crore on May 13 last on the completion of one year of the present Government. The
State Government has set a target of construction of 1,01,000 houses under the
Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji Shahari Garib Awas Yojana to provide two room houses
to the urban poor living below the poverty line for the current financial year.
An amount of Rs. 1800 crore had been sanctioned for the purpose.

        The
Chief Secretary Mr. Atul Kumar Gupta thanked the Chief Minister and the guests.

        Several
members of the U.P. Council of Ministers, Chairman U.P. State Advisory Council
Mr. Satish Chandra Mishra, Cabinet Secretary Mr. Shashank Shekhar Singh and a
large number of senior officers were present on the occasion.

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Notable success achieved by

police in drive launched against criminals

Ten notorious criminals killed last week,

8 out of them carrying reward on their heads

91 award carrying criminals killed

this year and 1646 criminals captured

Lucknow: December  22 2008

The Uttar
Pradesh police has achieved notable success last week in the drive launched
against criminals on the directives of the Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati.
Notorious criminal Kalu alias Narendra, carrying Rs. 20,000 reward on his head
and wanted in ruthless killing of traders in Baghpat district, was killed in a
police encounter in Gautam Buddh Nagar district and his accomplice Sonu was
arrested from Baghpat. He is carrying a reward of Rs. 10,000 reward on his
head. It may be recalled that the Chief Minister has accorded top priority to
establish rule of law by the law and had issued detailed instructions to the
police officers from time to time.

The Chief
Minister, on coming to power, had assured of the people of the State that the
criminals would be put behind the bars. The State police has achieved
remarkable success against criminals by launching an extensive drive against
them during the last one year. Ten notorious criminals were killed last week in
police encounters and 8 out of them were carrying reward on their heads. Lavkush
Kewat and Mool Chandra Kewat carrying a reward of Rs. 10,000 each on their
heads were killed in Lucknow, while Neeraj alias
Titu Gupta and Pawan alias Goldi were killed in Ghaziabad district. Besides, four criminals
in Gorakhpur,
which included Raja Pandey, Dhram Pal Dadhi, Pradeep and Virendra Yadav and
Shokha Yadav, were gunned down by police. Out of these criminals, the first two
were carrying a reward of Rs. 5,000 each on their heads. In Meerut district Upendra alias Chiku carrying
a reward of Rs. 5,000 was killed during this period.

The police
successfully recovered fake currency worth Rs. 3.23 lakh from Maharajganj
district in its drive against counterfeit currency during the last year. Important
success was achieved in action against terrorist and anti-national elements
Abdul Jabbar alias Sikandar, an ISI agent of Pakistan, was arrested by ATS
during this week. Besides, a Hawala accused Mohd. Shoaib alias Sameer was
arrested by ATS in the month of September and Rs. 15 lakh were recovered from
him.

As
many as 91 criminals carrying rewards on their heads were killed and 1646
reward carrying criminals were arrested between January 01 and November 30 this
year. Rs. 5 lakh reward carrying dreaded brigand Thokia

alias Ambika
Patel was gunned down in a police encounter during this period. It may be
recalled that the police was successful in eliminating notorious dacoit Dadua
earlier. Police also eliminated criminals coming from other states and Musafir
Yadav of Bihar, carrying a reward of Rs. 2
lakh on his head, was killed in Kushinagar district in a police encounter. Four
notorious criminals carrying a reward of Rs. 50,000 each on their heads were
killed in police encounters. These criminals included Naresha (Shahjahanpur),
Natthu alias Chela (Chitrakoot), Umar Kewath (Fatehpur) and Mohd. Shah Alam of
Haryana (killed in Ghazipur district). Besides, police was also successful in
eliminating 7 criminals carrying a reward of Rs. 20,000 each on their heads.

The State
police took effective action against terrorists and anti-social elements this
year. Arif alias Abdul Kadeer, an accused of 2007 Lucknow Court Campus bomb blasts and
also an accused of Ahemdabad blasts, was arrested by ATS from Azamgarh in
September last. Earlier, a Pakistani national Imran Ahamad was arrested from Allahabad in the month of
August. In the same month Abul Bashar of Azamgarh, suspect of Ahemdabad blasts,
was arrested from Azamgarh by ATS and Gujarat
police.

Police was
successful in recovering fake currency about worth Rs. 1.56 crore this year.
The STF also unearthed a nexus between fake currency distributors and laid bare
the involvement of a bank cashier of 
Dumariaganj, Siddharthnagar in fake currency racket. The police came to
know about his involvement in this activity through an arrest made in July. The
officers of the Reserve Bank recovered fake currency worth Rs. 4.2 crore from
the currency chest during their raid on bank premises. Besides, the Reserve
Bank authorities also recovered fake Indian currency from other banks.

On the
directives of the Chief Minister, an extensive drive to check the activities of
police personnel, was carried out. It also aimed to discipline the erring
policemen, so that the entire police set up could be made responsible and
clean. As many as 188 policemen were expelled from the services this year and
3895 policemen were suspended. Owing to strict control, the number of incidents
of accused fleeing from the police custody has come down this year. The police
has also been vigilant towards the cases of human rights and owing to it the
complaints being received from National Human Rights Commission had come down
notably. The number of custodial deaths had also come down as only 3 such
deaths were reported till November 15 this year, while 11 such deaths were
reported in 2007 and 6 incidents were reported 2006.

Notable
success was also achieved in the recovery of drugs/narcotics this year as 83
kg. of heroine, 14 kg. morphine, 9 quintals of charas, 28 quintals of Nepali
charas, 1 quintal opium, 21 kg. smack, 3 kg. brown sugar, 20 quintals of opium
peel/doda, 18 bags of doda opium and 22 quintals of ganja was confiscated.

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Orders given to take
punitive action against those

responsible for killing
of Executive Engineer under Dibiyapur Thana

Nobody will be allowed
to disturb law and order of the State

— Government Spokesman

Rs. 5 lakh financial
assistance for family of deceased,

orders also given to
provide government job to his wife

          Lucknow:
December 24, 2008

          A
Government spokesman, while terming the killing of Executive Engineer of P.W.D.
Mr. Manoj Gupta under the Dibiyapur police station in Auraiyya district today
as unfortunate, said that orders had been given to take punitive action against
all the guilty persons immediately. He said that all the persons named in this
incident, including the local MLA, would be arrested immediately and brought to
book.

        The spokesman said that the Chief
Minister had given explicit order that nobody was above law even if one
belonged to the ruling party. Therefore, the police officers had been given
clear cut orders that the guilty should be arrested immediately and put behind
the bars. He said that nobody would be allowed to disturb the law and order of
the State and if any one tries to disturb it then he would be booked immediately.
He said that the criminals did not belong to any particular caste or religion.

        The spokesman said that the F.I.R.
against the guilty had been registered under Section 342, 323, 457, 364, 302 of
I.P.C. and Section-7 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. The crime number is
299/08. Punitive action had been initiated against all the guilty persons. The
I.G. Zone, Commissioner Kanpur, D.I.G.
Range and other senior
officers were present on the spot to maintain peace. Besides, additional police
force has also been deployed.

        The spokesman said that the Chief
Minister has ordered to provide Rs. 5 lakh assistance to the family members of
the deceased and a government job to the wife of the deceased.

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Shanmuga Sundaram dead

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: President of Bangalore Tamil Sangam and truck operator
A.P. Shanmuga Sundaram, who played a key role in the release of
thespian Dr. Rajkumar from forest brigand Veerappan, died here on
Tuesday. He had been unwell for the past three months.

Mr. Sundaram was the owner of Shanmugha Roadways. He was
founder-secretary and later became president of the Bangalore City
Lorry Transporters’ and Agents’ Association.

He served as president of Karnataka Goods Transporters’ Association
and one of the directors of the D. Devaraj Urs Truck Terminal at
Yeshwantapur.

The Federation of Karnataka State Lorry Owners’ and Agents’
Association said the services of Mr. Sundaram for the transport
industry would be remembered for ever.

Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said the death of Mr. Sundaram was a loss to the Tamil community.

Janata Dal (United) president M.
Nadagoud, former Janata Dal
(United) president B. Somashekar and former MLA Michael Fernandes
BAMCEF Karnataka State in-charge Chengappa, CV Raman Nagar in-charge
Ethiraj, Karnataka BSP Secretaries, Gopinath, Mahesh, Mohan Raj, BBMP
Secretary Jagatheesan Chandrasekharan mourned Mr. Sundaram’s death.

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