Haryana Diary: Hisar airport wall decorated with ‘warli’ painting

Hisar: A group of city residents comprising school and college students, and elderly persons, Hamara Pyaar Hisar, is embarked on a mission to beautify walls and open spaces of the town. As part of its weekly campaign, the group painted the walls of Maharaja Agrasen International Airport. Airport director Wing Commander SS Badhwar appreciated the effort of the group, led by artist Harish Chandra, for painting beautiful pictures on a boundary wall of the airport with ‘warli’ paintings. It took three hours for the group to complete the painting.

Abhay in bypoll contest for third time

Hisar: Abhay is known as the winner of by-elections as he has won two bypolls in the past. He registered his first win in the Assembly polls in the 2000 Rori Assembly (Sirsa) by-election when the INLD was in power. He again contested the by-election from Ellenabad in 2010 after the seat was vacated by his father Om Prakash Chautala. Now, whether he would be lucky the third time or not, the results will tell.

Once-a-week car-free day drive ‘worries’ many

Faridabad: The recent announcement made by the district authorities here for observing car-free day once a week from October has left many in the district administration worried as they are clueless regarding the implementation of the idea. While describing the proposed drive a good initiative to help the environment, sources in the district administration said expecting officials and employees to follow the rule seems impractical. Arranging bicycles and using these to reach office is difficult in view of the distance some employees have to travel to reach the office. Unavailability of cycle tracks is another issue, the sources added. Moreover, majority of employees consider using bicycles to come to work below their social status.

Once bitten, twice shy

Jhajjar: Learning a lesson from the police-farmers’ clash in Karnal, the district administration worked smartly to pacify protesting farmers during the recent visit of Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala. Farmers wanted to wave black flags to protest against the farm laws but the administration stopped them from reaching the venue. When farmers tried to remove the barricades, it allowed only 15 members to reach near the venue. This pacified farmers and averted a possible clash.

Jute bags by self-help groups praised

Jhajjar: Jute bags made by self-help groups (SHGs) attracted public attention when Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala applauded these and directed the Deputy Commissioner to introduce a programme to ensure the use of jute bags in government offices. Dushyant, while visiting an exhibition organised by the SHGs at Nehru Government College, said jute bags would give a different identity to the district at the state and national level. The BJP MP from Sirsa, Sunita Duggal, too praised the efforts of the SHGs and encouraged them to continue their work to become atmanirbhar.

Contributed by: Deepender Deswal, Bijender Ahalwat, Ravinder Saini and Nitish Sharma