Shimla, June 19
The shameful incident of rape of a British girl in Palampur has raised serious concerns about the safety and security of tourists, particularly foreigners, in the hill state which has been a place of peace and tranquillity.
The "Dev Bhoomi" has indeed been desecrated by the heinous act and the stray occurrence may give a setback to the efforts of the state to project Himachal Pradesh as a favoured destination for foreign tourists. Over the past five years, tourism industry has witnessed phenomenal growth with total number of tourists visiting the state shooting up from 47 lakh in 2000 to 97.49 lakh last year. More importantly, the number of foreigners went up three-fold from 1.11 lakh to 3.77 lakh over the period. But there is no effective mechanism in place to guide the visitors who often fall prey to lust of anti-social elements.
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With aspirants for BJP ticket for the by-elections to the Rohru and Jwali assembly segments staking their claim openly, the BJP has issued dictates to all block BJP units not to hold any meetings to extend support or oppose any leader.
Buoyant after the party's victory in three of the four Lok Sabha seats, claimants for the party ticket from Rohru and even Jwali are openly staking claim as they feel the BJP has a fair chance of winning. This has resulted in bickering in the party with the party unit at the mandal level also throwing in its weight behind such leaders.
Solan, June 19
Investors in the state's industrial hub of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) and Parwanoo continued to face power crisis with the state electricity board imposing daylong power cut for the second day today.
Peeved at the non-availability of power in the peak summer season residents of Nalagarh gheraoed the local office of the state electricity board after facing power cuts in their residential areas late last night. The irate residents gathered around the Nalagarh office of the board around 11 pm and shouted slogans against the department till 12:30 am. They expressed resentment against imposition of power cuts in the residential areas though the board had assured them of uninterrupted power supply.
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Food Poisoning
Incident exposes poor hygiene at schools
Hamirpur, June 19
While five children out of 32 admitted to regional hospital, Hamirpur, yesterday after eating "poisonous" mid-day meal in Government Primary School, Tikkar Khatriyan, are still undergoing treatment, the incident has exposed the state of drinking water and mid-day meal cooking in government schools.
Since it was reported that students of the school had suffered from food poisoning after eating food made from water contaminated by a dead snake found in the water tank, the incident speaks volumes about the condition of drinking water arrangements in the schools.
By : News Team
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