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Govt. plans to check illegal cutting of trees

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Strict legal action against offenders Forest officers would be provided all facilities for protecting forest wealth. They would also be equipped with modern weapons and fully empowered to take action against the mafia engaged in the illegal felling of trees.

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government has decided to formulate even more stringent laws for checking illegal cutting of woods in the forests of the State.

According to the Forest Minister, Venod Sharma, the responsibility of the officers of the Forest Department relating to the illegal cutting of woods would also be fixed.

Mr.Sharma said here on Sunday that the Bhupinder Singh Hooda Government was committed to the strict implementation of the laws to check the illegal cutting of trees. Strict legal action would be taken against those officers who did not adhere to the laws relating to conservation of forests.

He further said that the officers would be provided all facilities for protecting the wealth of forests. They would also be equipped with modern weapons and fully empowered to take action against the mafia engaged in the illegal felling of trees in the forests.

Measures to boost solar energy use

The Haryana Government on Sunday announced several measures for the conservation and efficient use of energy in the State.

The Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Renewal Energy, S.C.Choudhary, said that the use of solar water heating systems had been made mandatory in the buildings and industries where hot water was required for processing, hospitals ,nursing homes, including government hospitals, hotels motels, banquet halls, jail barracks, canteens, housing complexes set up by group housing societies or housing boards, all residential building built on a plot of size of 500 sq. yards and above falling within the limits of municipal committees, corporations and Haryana Urban Development Authority sectors.

These were also mandatory for all government buildings ,residential schools, colleges, hostels, technical and vocational educational institutes , tourism complexes and the universities.

It had also been decided to amend the existing building bye- laws immediately for making use of solar water heating systems mandatory in the listed buildings. The Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency had been declared as the approved source for supply and installation of solar water heating systems.

The Government had also decided to ban the use of incandescent lamps in all new government and government- aided buildings to promote the use of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLS), which are energy efficient and save about 80 percent of the electricity as compared to incandescent lamps.

Quality education

The Haryana Government has decided to appoint one teacher for a class of 40 students to promote quality education in the State, according to the Excise and Taxation Minister, Venod Sharma.

Addressing the students at the annual prize distribution function of the DAV High School, Kansapur in Yamunanagar district on Sunday, Mr.Sharma said that the Hooda Government would set up an education city on the lines of the Oxford University and a Law Institute would also be started at village Mirpur in Rewari district.

Mr. Sharma said that the standard of education should be in accordance with the current trends which would later on help the students in getting employment.

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