GJM leaders meet Mamata over doctor's arrest in AMRI case
TH, Kolkata: Senior leaders of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on Monday met Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the arrest of Managing Director of the AMRI hospital Moni Chhetri, a nonagenarian doctor, once considered a luminary in his field.
They said his arrest in connection with the fire at the AMRI hospital had hurt the sentiments of the hill people since they considered him one of their own. Senior GJM leader Harkabahadur Chhetri told journalists after the meeting that he was apprehensive that the incident might spark unrest in the hills as some organisations were planning to take out a procession on this issue.
This was conveyed to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a meeting that Mr. Harkabahadur Chhetri and another GJM leader Tilok Dewan had. They also met Home Secretary G.D. Gautama.
Mr. Harkabahadur Chhetri said Dr. Moni Chhetri was a revered person in the hills and the State government was requested to handle his case with care and caution, with due respect to his advanced age and his contribution to the field of medicine.
“I urged her to arrange for his bail or fast-track the case,” the GJM leader said Referring to the Chief Minister's statement made before him that Dr. Chhetri was not arrested as a doctor, but as the managing director of the AMRI hospital, the GJM legislator said the Chief Minister said law would take its course but Dr. Chhetri was free to stay in any hospital or nursing home of his choice as per his health requirements.
Last Friday, the police arrested 92-year-old Dr. Chhetri and Dr. Pronab Dasgupta. They were remanded in police custody till February 2.
The arrests of the two eminent doctors on the board of directors of the AMRI Hospitals, Dhakuria, in the devastating hospital fire last month has sparked a strong reaction from the medical community also.
Members of the medical fraternity said a doctor on the board of directors of any hospital was concerned about medical administration and not about no-objection certificates of the Fire department or municipal corporations.
Doctors claimed that the arrested doctors were not involved in the hospital's day-to-day functioning and if they were put behind bars, then the government representatives on the board should also be taken into custody.
ABAVP brings back rebel leader
SNS, SILIGURI, 30 January 2012: In order to teach local rebel leaders a lesson, the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad (ABAVP) state leadership reinstated another rebel leader of the outfit in the Dooars, Mr Rajesh Lakra, who had resigned a year ago.
ABAVP state president Birsa Tirkey formed a two member ad hoc committee appointing Mr Rajesh Lakra as its secretary. Mr Tirkey was prevented by local rebellion, allegedly under the leadership of Mr John Barla, former regional president, from organising a meeting at Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri yesterday. Mr Tirkey said that he had appointed Mr Babulal Kujur as president and Mr Lakra as secretary of the ad hoc committee for the Dooars. The term of the ad hoc committee is six months and the committee would bring in other members to run organisational activities.
“A few members of the existing committee were inactive when the Mr Barla was terminated. I did not want to form the ad hoc committee but I had to take the decision in consultation with my colleagues to resolve the present crisis in the Dooars,” Mr Tirkey said.
The ABAVP state leadership had terminated Mr Barla and suspended other leaders including, Mr Sukra Munda, who was the chairman of the ABAVP-backed Progressive Tea Workers’ Union (PTWU), on charges of singing a pact with the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM).
They had agreed to form the Gorkha and Adivasi Territorial Administration (GATA) and offered additional lands from the Terai and the Dooars to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) allegedly without prior approval of the state leadership.
Mr Barla lodged a complaint with the party’s central leadership against the state president’s unilateral decision to form ad hoc committee without dissolving the existing committee.
Relatives of murder victim demand compensationSNS, DARJEELING, 30 January 2012: Relatives of the murdered employee of Hotel Meghma alleged that waiter Mohammad Mustaffa had been victimised as he had refused to hand over the keys of the bank to the convict.
Assistant manager Sandip Rai was allegedly killed for witnessing the murder. The relatives have demanded compensation from Canara Bank.
Sources said a major reason behind the murder was lack of security on the bank premises. The bank, which is located at Gandhi road, does not have any armed guard or CCTV. They were also nonchalant enough for having left the keys with an outsider.
It is a government rule that every bank has to install a security system. Mustaffa was handed the bank’s back-door keys for using water from the bank as he was also a sweeper at the bank.
The victim's relatives today gheraoed the bank demanding compensation. Branch manager Debashish Dey said the compensation will be paid but before that certain official formalities would have to be completed at the head office in Kolkata. “I have written to the head office and we are waiting for their reply. However, the amount that will be provided to the victim's familiy has not been specified.”
Mr Dey added “We have urged our management to provide security and an arrangment with made soon. It is just two months that the bank has been functioning in Darjeeling and some of the works are still underconstruction.”
The two convicts involved in the murder ~ Shakti Mondol (21) and Sanju Rai (22) ~ are residents of Kawakhali in Siliguri. They were arrested yesterday by the Darjeeling police.
One of the convict had previously worked as a carpenter at the bank and knew that Mustaffa had the keys of the bank. Their plan was to rob the bank and kill Mustaffa and Sandip. However, their mission failed and they had to leave empty-handed as the bank never kept the cash inside the branch.
Hospital counter ransacked
TH, Kolkata: Senior leaders of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha on Monday met Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the arrest of Managing Director of the AMRI hospital Moni Chhetri, a nonagenarian doctor, once considered a luminary in his field.
They said his arrest in connection with the fire at the AMRI hospital had hurt the sentiments of the hill people since they considered him one of their own. Senior GJM leader Harkabahadur Chhetri told journalists after the meeting that he was apprehensive that the incident might spark unrest in the hills as some organisations were planning to take out a procession on this issue.
This was conveyed to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a meeting that Mr. Harkabahadur Chhetri and another GJM leader Tilok Dewan had. They also met Home Secretary G.D. Gautama.
Mr. Harkabahadur Chhetri said Dr. Moni Chhetri was a revered person in the hills and the State government was requested to handle his case with care and caution, with due respect to his advanced age and his contribution to the field of medicine.
“I urged her to arrange for his bail or fast-track the case,” the GJM leader said Referring to the Chief Minister's statement made before him that Dr. Chhetri was not arrested as a doctor, but as the managing director of the AMRI hospital, the GJM legislator said the Chief Minister said law would take its course but Dr. Chhetri was free to stay in any hospital or nursing home of his choice as per his health requirements.
Last Friday, the police arrested 92-year-old Dr. Chhetri and Dr. Pronab Dasgupta. They were remanded in police custody till February 2.
The arrests of the two eminent doctors on the board of directors of the AMRI Hospitals, Dhakuria, in the devastating hospital fire last month has sparked a strong reaction from the medical community also.
Members of the medical fraternity said a doctor on the board of directors of any hospital was concerned about medical administration and not about no-objection certificates of the Fire department or municipal corporations.
Doctors claimed that the arrested doctors were not involved in the hospital's day-to-day functioning and if they were put behind bars, then the government representatives on the board should also be taken into custody.
ABAVP brings back rebel leader
SNS, SILIGURI, 30 January 2012: In order to teach local rebel leaders a lesson, the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad (ABAVP) state leadership reinstated another rebel leader of the outfit in the Dooars, Mr Rajesh Lakra, who had resigned a year ago.
ABAVP state president Birsa Tirkey formed a two member ad hoc committee appointing Mr Rajesh Lakra as its secretary. Mr Tirkey was prevented by local rebellion, allegedly under the leadership of Mr John Barla, former regional president, from organising a meeting at Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri yesterday. Mr Tirkey said that he had appointed Mr Babulal Kujur as president and Mr Lakra as secretary of the ad hoc committee for the Dooars. The term of the ad hoc committee is six months and the committee would bring in other members to run organisational activities.
“A few members of the existing committee were inactive when the Mr Barla was terminated. I did not want to form the ad hoc committee but I had to take the decision in consultation with my colleagues to resolve the present crisis in the Dooars,” Mr Tirkey said.
The ABAVP state leadership had terminated Mr Barla and suspended other leaders including, Mr Sukra Munda, who was the chairman of the ABAVP-backed Progressive Tea Workers’ Union (PTWU), on charges of singing a pact with the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM).
They had agreed to form the Gorkha and Adivasi Territorial Administration (GATA) and offered additional lands from the Terai and the Dooars to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) allegedly without prior approval of the state leadership.
Mr Barla lodged a complaint with the party’s central leadership against the state president’s unilateral decision to form ad hoc committee without dissolving the existing committee.
Relatives of murder victim demand compensationSNS, DARJEELING, 30 January 2012: Relatives of the murdered employee of Hotel Meghma alleged that waiter Mohammad Mustaffa had been victimised as he had refused to hand over the keys of the bank to the convict.
Assistant manager Sandip Rai was allegedly killed for witnessing the murder. The relatives have demanded compensation from Canara Bank.
Sources said a major reason behind the murder was lack of security on the bank premises. The bank, which is located at Gandhi road, does not have any armed guard or CCTV. They were also nonchalant enough for having left the keys with an outsider.
It is a government rule that every bank has to install a security system. Mustaffa was handed the bank’s back-door keys for using water from the bank as he was also a sweeper at the bank.
The victim's relatives today gheraoed the bank demanding compensation. Branch manager Debashish Dey said the compensation will be paid but before that certain official formalities would have to be completed at the head office in Kolkata. “I have written to the head office and we are waiting for their reply. However, the amount that will be provided to the victim's familiy has not been specified.”
Mr Dey added “We have urged our management to provide security and an arrangment with made soon. It is just two months that the bank has been functioning in Darjeeling and some of the works are still underconstruction.”
The two convicts involved in the murder ~ Shakti Mondol (21) and Sanju Rai (22) ~ are residents of Kawakhali in Siliguri. They were arrested yesterday by the Darjeeling police.
One of the convict had previously worked as a carpenter at the bank and knew that Mustaffa had the keys of the bank. Their plan was to rob the bank and kill Mustaffa and Sandip. However, their mission failed and they had to leave empty-handed as the bank never kept the cash inside the branch.
Hospital counter ransacked
TT, Siliguri, Jan. 30: The ticket counter of the OPD at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital was ransacked today after it failed to open at 9am.
Around 150 patients had been waiting in front of the counter since 9am to get their tickets renewed. But even after 10.30am, no one opened the counter. “When we asked the staff, they said they did not know why the counter had not opened. Some people got agitated and started arguing with the staff. They also broke the windowpanes of the OPD,” said Seema Das, a patient’s relative. Vijay Thapa, the deputy superintendent of NBMCH, said shortage of staff was the reason for delay. The counter finally opened at 11am.
Compensation
TT, Darjeeling: Residents of 3rd Mile have demanded compensation from the authorities of the bank housed in the building of Meghma Hotel alleging that the hotel’s assistant manager Sandip Rai’s murder took place because of their carelessness. Rai was a resident of 3rd Mile. “It is because of the carelessness of the bank authorities that two people (Rai and waiter Mohammed Mustafa) had to pay with their lives. We demand that Rai’s family be compensated,” said Sonam Paljor, the vice president of Janmukti Secondary Teachers’ Organisation, Darjeeling branch committee.
Fire FIR
TT, Balurghat: The fire department has filed an FIR against a laboratory technician of the district hospital here following the death of an officer who was trying to put out a blaze in a shop. Officer Manik Saha died when he fell in a canal of the Atreyee after he was allegedly pushed by a mob on Saturday. “Bablu Kundu was instigating the mob when our employees were fighting the flames,” said Balurghat fire officer Subal Chandra Mandal. Shop-owner Parimal Saha has been booked under the West Bengal Fire Service Act 1950.
Garden notice
TT, Siliguri: The Darjeeling district administration on Monday showcaused the management of the shut Panighhata tea estate after they failed to appear at two meetings called by the labour department to facilitate the reopening of the garden. The management has been told to reply within seven days why its lease should not be cancelled. The garden has been shut since December 27.
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स्वतन्त्रता सेनानी शहीद दलबहादुर गिरी हराउँदैछ कालेबुङ को थाना डाँडामा नै
डी० के० वाइबा, कालिमन्यूज, कालेबुङ 30 जनवरी : " पहाडी गान्धी" नामले परिचित स्वतन्त्रता सेनानी शहीद दल बहादुर गिरी अहिले कालेबुंग शहर कै मुटु मानिने थाना डाँडामा उभिएर पनि अपिचिरित बन्दै गइरहेका छन् | शहीद दल बहादुर गिरी अंग्रेज शासनको विरुद्ध लड्ने स्वतन्त्रता सेनानी हुन् | तिनको जन्म ८ मार्च १८८७ मा दार्जीलिंगमा भएको थियो | आमा कृष्ण माया देवी अनि बाबा शिवलाल गिरीका माइला छोरा दल बहादुर गिरी ३६ वर्ष सम्म मात्र बाँचे | अल्प आयुमा तिनको मृत्यु भएतापनि तिनले देश स्वतन्त्रको आन्दोलनमा आफुलाई समर्पित गरे | तिनको जन्म दार्जीलिंगमा भएको भएतापनि संन् १९१६ मा तिनी कालेबुंग आए | यसै क्रममा तिनी राजनैतिक पार्टी कांग्रेसमा लागेर स्वतन्त्रता आन्दोलनमा होमिए | कांग्रेसको दिल्ली, बम्बे, नागपुर कन्फरेन्समा भाग लिए पछि संन् १९२० मा तिनले पेदोंगमा कांग्रेस पार्टी कार्यलय खोलेर पहाडमा कांग्रेस पार्टीको बिस्तार र स्वतन्त्रता आन्दोलनलाई अघि बढाउन थालेका थिए | त्यस पछि तिनी देश भरी चर्केको स्वतन्त्रता आन्दोलनमा तिनी सक्रिय भएर लागी परे |
अंग्रेज विरुद्ध चलेको आन्दोलनमा भारतका राष्ट्रपिता महात्मा गान्धी पक्रा परेपछि विरोध गर्दा सन् १९२१ , जून २७ तारिख तिनी पुलिसको हात परेर छुटे | त्यसपछि तिनलाई पुन: नोभेम्बर १९२१ मा पुलिसले पक्राउ गरेर हुगली जेल पठाईयो | हुगली जेलमा केहि दिन राखे पछि तिनलाई पुन: बहरमपुर् केन्द्रिय जेलमा पठाईयो | अंग्रेज शासनको विरोध गर्दै स्वतन्त्रता आन्दोलनमा आफैलाई समर्पित गर्ने पहाडी गान्धी दल बहादुर गिरीको ९ नोभेम्बर १९२४ को दिन मृत्यु भयो | स्वतन्त्रता सेनानी शहीद दल बहादुर गिरीको मृत्यु पछि महात्मा गान्धीले १३ नोभेम्बर १९२४ मा शोक समवेदना प्रकट गर्दै तिनका परिवारलाई पत्रचार गरेका थिए | तिनले शहीद दल बहादुर गिरी " बीर राष्ट्रिय सपुत थिए " भनी लेखेका छन् | तिनको मृत्यु पछि देश स्वतन्त्रताको निम्ति तिनले दिएको योगदानको कदर गर्दै कालेबुंगको थाना डाँडामा तिनको सालिग स्थापना गरिएको छ | लगभग एक लाख पचास हजार खर्चमा निर्माण गरिएको उक्त सालिग अहिले शहरको मुटुमा नै उभिएर पनि विस्मृतिको गर्भमा लुकेको छ | उक्त सालिग अनावरणको दिन अल इन्डिया फ्रिडम फाइटर फेडेरेसनका सचिव दलजित सेनले दल बहादुर गिरीको योगदान भगतसिंह र चन्द्र शेखर आजदको भन्दा कम छैन भनेका थिए | तर आज ती कहलाएका पहाडी गान्धी शहर कै मुटुमा भएर पनि नभएको बराबर छ |
प्रत्येक वर्ष १५ अगस्तको दिन स्वतन्त्रता दिवस र २६ जनवरीको दिन गणतन्त्र दिवस देशभरी पालन गरेर स्वतन्त्रता सेनानीहरुको सम्झना गरिने गरिन्छ भने कालेबुंगको थाना डाँडामा उभिएको स्वतन्त्रता सेनानीको भने कुनै कदर नै छैन | भरखरै ५ दिन अघि मात्र देश भरी गणतन्त्र दिवस पालन गरियो | यसै क्रममा कालेबुंगको मेन रोडमा पनि गणतन्त्र दिवस पालन गरियो भने यसै शहीद दल बहादुर गिरी उभिएको सालीग भएर गणतन्त्र दिवसको परेड हिडेको थियो | तर उक्त सालीगमा न त फूल माला नै चडाईयो न त तिरंगा झण्डा नै लगाईएको थियो | कालेबुंगमा गणतन्त्र दिवस नयाँ तरिकाले गर्ने जोशमा महकुमा अधिकारीले समेत स्वतन्त्रता सेनानीको सम्झना गर्न बिर्से | फलत: अहिले स्वतन्त्रता सेनानी शहीद दल बहादुर गिरीको हातमा राष्ट्रिय झण्डा होइन तर क्षेत्रीय पार्टीको दलीय झण्डा फरफराईरहेको छ |विज्ञापनको होडमा कुदेका कम्पनीहरुले आफ्नो कम्पनीको विज्ञापन गरेर मानिसहरुलाई आकर्षित पार्न शहिद गिरीको सालीग नजिक निर्मित ट्राफिक पुलिस उभिने स्थानमा अग्लो होडिङ लगाउन ठाउँ बनाएको छ | जसको कारण अहिले स्वतन्त्रता सेनानीको उक्त अग्लो सालीग समेत हेर्नलाई चियाउने ठाउँ खोज्नपर्ने भएको छ | कालेबुंग शहरमा आउने प्रत्येक मानिसहरु उक्त सालीग भएर आउछन् अनि जाने गर्छन | सरकारी अधिकारी, जन प्रतिनिधि सबै उक्त स्थान भएरै दैनिक ओहोर दोहोर गर्छन | तर कसैलाई पनि स्वतन्त्रता सेनानी शहीदको सालीगबारे सोच्ने फुर्सद छैन | यदी हुँदो हो भने आज उक्त सालीगमा क्षेत्रीय राजनैतिक पार्टीको दलीय झण्डा निश्चय पनि हुने थिएन | अनि न त सालीग नै छोप्ने गरी विज्ञापनका होर्डिङ नै हुने थियो |
डी० के० वाइबा, कालिमन्यूज, कालेबुङ 30 जनवरी : दार्जीलिंग पहाडका कृषकहरुको एक टोलिले कृषि मन्त्री शरद पावरलाई भेट गरेर ज्ञापन चडाएका छन। टोलीलाई प्रतिनिधित्व गरेर गएका कालेबुङ कृषक महासंघका महासचिव विष्णु छेत्रीले कृषि भवनमा कृषि मन्त्री शरद पावरलाई एउटा ज्ञापन चढाए भने दार्जीलिङ जिल्लाका विभिन्न प्रान्तबाट गएका कृषकहरूको एक टोलीले दिल्लीमा भारतीय कृषि अनुसन्धान पर्षदका महानिदेशक डा. अयप्पनसित भेट गरेर दार्जीलिङ जिल्लालाई उत्तरपूर्वि क्षेत्रमा अन्तरभुक्त गर्नुपर्ने माग गरे।
दार्जीलिङ जिल्लाका कृषकहरूले पनि सिक्किमका कृषकहरूले झैं सुविधा पाइनुपर्ने सम्बन्धमा शरद पावरसित सङ्गठन टोलीले कुराकानी गरेको बिष्णु छेत्रीले जानकारी दिएका छन । दार्जीलिङ जिल्ला कृषि प्रधान क्षेत्र रहेको मात्र होइन, कृषिको निम्ति उत्तम वातावरण रहेको अनि यहॉंका कृषकहरूले सुविधा रसहुलियतहरू नपाएको कारण नै देशको मूलधारामा अन्तरभुक्त हुन नपाएको स्थिति पनि मन्त्रीलाई अवगत गराइएको तिनले जनकारी दिए। छेत्रीले भने, सिक्किमलाई भारतीय कृषि अनुसन्धान पर्षद उत्तरपूर्वि क्षेत्रभित्र लगाइएको छ, यद्धपि दार्जीलिङका कृषकहरू पनि सिक्किमका कृषकहरू झैं अवहेलित र सहुलियत बञ्चित छन्। यसकारण दार्जीलिङलाई पनि भारतीय कृषि अनुसन्धान पर्षद उत्तरपूर्वि क्षेत्रभित्र अन्तरभुक्त गरिनुपर्ने माग गरिएको हो।
शरद पावरले यस सम्बन्धमा शीघ्र नै कुनै पहल गरिने आश्वासन टोलीलाई दिएका छन्। यसै अवसरमा सङ्गठनले गरिने भनिएको कृषि मेलाको निम्ति कृषि मन्त्री शरद पावरलाई मुख्य अतिथिको निम्तो पनि गरिएको छ। यसैबीच टोलीले भारतीय कृषि अनुसन्धान पर्षदका महानिदेशक डा. अयप्पनसित भेट गर्दै यसै सम्बन्धमा ज्ञापन चढाएको छ। दार्जीलिङ जिल्लामा स्थापित राष्ट्रिय अर्किड रिसर्च सेन्टरमा केवल अहिलेसम्म शोध मात्र गरिएको तर अहिलेसम्म अर्किडलाई नगद फसलकोरुपमा स्थापित गर्न नसकिएको सम्बन्धमा टोलीले कुराकानी गर्योम। अर्किडलाई नगद फसलकोरुपमा स्थापित गर्न सकिने अनि 12 वर्षदेखि केवल एकैजना वैज्ञानिकले मात्र यस केन्द्रमा कार्य गरिरहेकाले कृषकहरूले यसबाट पर्याप्त लाभ पाउन नसकिरहेको सम्बन्धमा अयप्पनसित कुराकानी गरियो।
सङ्गठनले अर्किडलाई नगद फसलकोरुपमा स्थापित गर्नेको निम्ति मोडल योजनाहरू तयार पारिनुपर्ने माग पनि राख्यो। अयप्पनले यस मागलाई सकरात्मकरुपले लिँदै यस सम्बन्धमा शीघ्र नै पहल गरिने बताए। अयप्पनसित टोलीले कालेबुङमा रहेको भारतीय कृषि अनुसन्धान केन्द्रमा प्रिन्सिपल साइन्टिस्टको पदमा शीघ्र नै नियुक्त गर्नुपर्ने माग गरेको छ। अर्कोतिर डा. केबी पुनलाई यस कन्द्रमा नै पुनर्वहाली गर्नु पर्ने माग पनि राखेको छ। सङ्गठनका महासचिव विष्णु छेत्रीले बताए अनुसार यस केन्द्रमा चारवटा पद् रिक्त छन्। सबै पदमाशीघ्र नै नियुक्ति गरिनुपर्छ।
तिनले अयप्पनसित कुराकानी गर्दै नियुक्तिको माग गरेका छन् भने यसै सेन्टरबाट नै अदुवा, अलैंची, सुन्तलाको निम्ति कृषकहरूलाई प्रशिक्षण, निःशुल्क जैविक औषधी अनि बीऊ विरुवा प्रदान गरिनुपर्ने माग पनि गरेका छन्। डा. अय्यपनले यस सम्बन्धमा पहल गर्ने आश्वासन दिएको तिनले थप बताए। डा. अय्यपनले आफुलाई दार्जीलिंग बारे राम्रो जानकारी नभएको बताउँदै यसबारे चाँडै पहल गर्ने आश्वासन दिएको छेत्रीले थप बताए। केन्द्र सरकारले पहाडका कृषकहरुका निम्ति सिक्किम राज्यलाई जस्ता सहुलियतहरु प्रदान गरिरहेको छ त्यस्तै सहुलियतहरु प्रदान गरे कृषकहरुका आर्थिक सुधार हुने थियो भनि तिनले बताए। यस बारेमा सरकारबाट सकारत्मक पहल हुने कुरामा आशावादी रहेको तिनले बताएका छन।
A wrist device that shocks molesters
HT, New Delhi, January 31, 2012: A school student has come up with a device that may help ward off molesters and also take their pictures. A student of GD Goenka, Rohini, 16-year-old Manu Chopra has come up with this innovative gadget. "The device can be worn like a wrist watch and gives a shock to the
molester, providing the woman has enough time to run or call for help," said Chopra.
The anti-molestation device is activated when it records a significant rise in nerve speed and pulse rate of the victim. It then asks for an activation command and once it comes in contact with the attacker's skin, it delivers a shock of 0.1 ampere, a small potency.
The device also has an inbuilt camera to record the image of the attacker and takes pictures non-stop once activated.
Chopra said that he wanted to "use science to provide safety to women on the street".
Delhi, for the record, witnessed 568 rape cases last year.
According to Chopra, the idea to work on the device came to him when he read about an all-India innovation competition, organised by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF).
The foundation, set up by the government, gives out awards annually to children for their innovation and creativity. This year, they got close to 5,000 entries, out of which 20 were awarded.
Chopra took about six days to make the device.
"The NIF is looking at all aspects of the device now and is working on its viability. Once this is done, it will contact commercial partners to market the product. According to Chopra, the device should cost anything between R200 and Rs 300 in the market.
दार्जीलिङ जिल्लाका कृषकहरूले पनि सिक्किमका कृषकहरूले झैं सुविधा पाइनुपर्ने सम्बन्धमा शरद पावरसित सङ्गठन टोलीले कुराकानी गरेको बिष्णु छेत्रीले जानकारी दिएका छन । दार्जीलिङ जिल्ला कृषि प्रधान क्षेत्र रहेको मात्र होइन, कृषिको निम्ति उत्तम वातावरण रहेको अनि यहॉंका कृषकहरूले सुविधा रसहुलियतहरू नपाएको कारण नै देशको मूलधारामा अन्तरभुक्त हुन नपाएको स्थिति पनि मन्त्रीलाई अवगत गराइएको तिनले जनकारी दिए। छेत्रीले भने, सिक्किमलाई भारतीय कृषि अनुसन्धान पर्षद उत्तरपूर्वि क्षेत्रभित्र लगाइएको छ, यद्धपि दार्जीलिङका कृषकहरू पनि सिक्किमका कृषकहरू झैं अवहेलित र सहुलियत बञ्चित छन्। यसकारण दार्जीलिङलाई पनि भारतीय कृषि अनुसन्धान पर्षद उत्तरपूर्वि क्षेत्रभित्र अन्तरभुक्त गरिनुपर्ने माग गरिएको हो।
शरद पावरले यस सम्बन्धमा शीघ्र नै कुनै पहल गरिने आश्वासन टोलीलाई दिएका छन्। यसै अवसरमा सङ्गठनले गरिने भनिएको कृषि मेलाको निम्ति कृषि मन्त्री शरद पावरलाई मुख्य अतिथिको निम्तो पनि गरिएको छ। यसैबीच टोलीले भारतीय कृषि अनुसन्धान पर्षदका महानिदेशक डा. अयप्पनसित भेट गर्दै यसै सम्बन्धमा ज्ञापन चढाएको छ। दार्जीलिङ जिल्लामा स्थापित राष्ट्रिय अर्किड रिसर्च सेन्टरमा केवल अहिलेसम्म शोध मात्र गरिएको तर अहिलेसम्म अर्किडलाई नगद फसलकोरुपमा स्थापित गर्न नसकिएको सम्बन्धमा टोलीले कुराकानी गर्योम। अर्किडलाई नगद फसलकोरुपमा स्थापित गर्न सकिने अनि 12 वर्षदेखि केवल एकैजना वैज्ञानिकले मात्र यस केन्द्रमा कार्य गरिरहेकाले कृषकहरूले यसबाट पर्याप्त लाभ पाउन नसकिरहेको सम्बन्धमा अयप्पनसित कुराकानी गरियो।
सङ्गठनले अर्किडलाई नगद फसलकोरुपमा स्थापित गर्नेको निम्ति मोडल योजनाहरू तयार पारिनुपर्ने माग पनि राख्यो। अयप्पनले यस मागलाई सकरात्मकरुपले लिँदै यस सम्बन्धमा शीघ्र नै पहल गरिने बताए। अयप्पनसित टोलीले कालेबुङमा रहेको भारतीय कृषि अनुसन्धान केन्द्रमा प्रिन्सिपल साइन्टिस्टको पदमा शीघ्र नै नियुक्त गर्नुपर्ने माग गरेको छ। अर्कोतिर डा. केबी पुनलाई यस कन्द्रमा नै पुनर्वहाली गर्नु पर्ने माग पनि राखेको छ। सङ्गठनका महासचिव विष्णु छेत्रीले बताए अनुसार यस केन्द्रमा चारवटा पद् रिक्त छन्। सबै पदमाशीघ्र नै नियुक्ति गरिनुपर्छ।
तिनले अयप्पनसित कुराकानी गर्दै नियुक्तिको माग गरेका छन् भने यसै सेन्टरबाट नै अदुवा, अलैंची, सुन्तलाको निम्ति कृषकहरूलाई प्रशिक्षण, निःशुल्क जैविक औषधी अनि बीऊ विरुवा प्रदान गरिनुपर्ने माग पनि गरेका छन्। डा. अय्यपनले यस सम्बन्धमा पहल गर्ने आश्वासन दिएको तिनले थप बताए। डा. अय्यपनले आफुलाई दार्जीलिंग बारे राम्रो जानकारी नभएको बताउँदै यसबारे चाँडै पहल गर्ने आश्वासन दिएको छेत्रीले थप बताए। केन्द्र सरकारले पहाडका कृषकहरुका निम्ति सिक्किम राज्यलाई जस्ता सहुलियतहरु प्रदान गरिरहेको छ त्यस्तै सहुलियतहरु प्रदान गरे कृषकहरुका आर्थिक सुधार हुने थियो भनि तिनले बताए। यस बारेमा सरकारबाट सकारत्मक पहल हुने कुरामा आशावादी रहेको तिनले बताएका छन।
A wrist device that shocks molesters
HT, New Delhi, January 31, 2012: A school student has come up with a device that may help ward off molesters and also take their pictures. A student of GD Goenka, Rohini, 16-year-old Manu Chopra has come up with this innovative gadget. "The device can be worn like a wrist watch and gives a shock to the
molester, providing the woman has enough time to run or call for help," said Chopra.
The anti-molestation device is activated when it records a significant rise in nerve speed and pulse rate of the victim. It then asks for an activation command and once it comes in contact with the attacker's skin, it delivers a shock of 0.1 ampere, a small potency.
The device also has an inbuilt camera to record the image of the attacker and takes pictures non-stop once activated.
Chopra said that he wanted to "use science to provide safety to women on the street".
Delhi, for the record, witnessed 568 rape cases last year.
According to Chopra, the idea to work on the device came to him when he read about an all-India innovation competition, organised by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF).
The foundation, set up by the government, gives out awards annually to children for their innovation and creativity. This year, they got close to 5,000 entries, out of which 20 were awarded.
Chopra took about six days to make the device.
"The NIF is looking at all aspects of the device now and is working on its viability. Once this is done, it will contact commercial partners to market the product. According to Chopra, the device should cost anything between R200 and Rs 300 in the market.
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