Monday, December 10, 2007

Exemption of Toll Tax

Dear Friends,

Most of you are aware that Ex-Servicemen, on production of ex-servicemen identity card, are exempted from paying Toll Tax on roads and bridges of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).
(It does not apply to bridges built by private agencies like the DND bridge between New Delhi and Noida).

However, at most of the places along the highways, the staff manning the Toll booths, do not allow this concession due to ignorance of orders. NHAI has again sent instructions to all concerned. It appears the instructions have reached most of the places this time.

We suggest that while travelling on highways, you should carry your ex-servicemen identity card and few copies of the attached letter. It would be better if you take print in colour so that the purple colour stamp will appear more convincing to the staff at Toll booth.

Regards
Chander Kamboj

Reference
National Highways Authority of India(Ministry of Road Transport and Highways) GM(CM) Office letter No NHAI/CMU/GMA Off/EXEMP/Toll Tax d 1166 dated November 17, 2006.
Kindly take print outs of the letter which has been emailed to you by Brig CS Kamboj, VSM vide "Report My Signal" as an attachment.

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Kajal Dhawan receiving the National Award from The President of India


Brief Life Sketch of Kajal Dhawan daughter of Maj Gen SK Dhawan

Kajal Dhawan, charming, dynamic and energetic young girl with immense courage, is a born hearing impaired, but her Physical Challenge has never held her back from facing any challenges in life. She has always been a winner in whatever she has chosen to do. No doubt that Almighty God is the best leveler, and He has blessed her with proficiency in concentration and amazing grasping power. With her determination and guidance from parents, she passed her Senior Secondary in Textile Designing with normal children from Kalka Public School.

She represented the District Teams in Badminton, Table Tennis and won many medals. She is proficient in Horse Riding also. Kajal graduated from Jesus & Mary College competing with other girls. She was Ace Softball player during her college days. She was team captain of Delhi University Softball Team for Inter College Championship 2000-2001. She won Delhi University Best Sports Women Award for 1999-2000 and 2000-2001.

She completed her Fashion Designing course from School of Art & Fashion Designing and also Beauty Therapy and Hair Dressing from Shehnaz World International Institute. She was runners up in Beauty Contest held at Hotel Le'Meriden. She is an active member of Delhi Foundation of Deaf Women and has worked as English Instructor for hearing impaired children. Kajal was member of the Indian Team for 1st Asia Pacific Deaf Badminton Championship held in Kaula Lumpur in Dec 2002 and won Silver and Bronze medals. She won two Gold, one Silver and one Bronze medal in The Second National Badminton Championship For The Deaf. She also won Two Gold, Two Silver and One Bronze medal at The First National Sports Championship For Deaf Women. Her Achievements are countless. She won Silver Medal at The Sixth Asia Pacific Games for Deaf held in Taiwan.

She has always proved her excellence in every field. Its both Play and Work for Kajal. With Business Data Processing as one of her graduation subjects and a Diploma from National Institute of Information Technology, she is currently an Executive with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Her Willpower, Self-confidence and Determination have been the Corner Stones for her success in life. She can easily get along with people and always makes her a very likable member of a team. She is capable of achieving National and International standards in her sphere of interest.

She is indeed a true hero and a Role Model for others to emulate. Kajal has proved that if one is determined then sky is the limit.

We salute her and wish her more accolades in the future.

Nostalgia: A Quiz Contest for Sparrows

People, Technologies, Equipments, Organizations fade away from memory with passage of time. Let us try and tickle our memories to see if we remember some of these.

Which Equipment is F&F associated with?
What does BBFU stand for and what general facilities the equipment provided?
Is it possible to provide telephone and telegraph communications with only one wire?
What is the system known as? Let us have some anecdotes based on this system.
With which system/equipment is SWAB associated with?
What is the difference in D3 and D8 Cables?
What is Tingaphone??
What does OTP stand for?
We had Valve Testers in the days of Valves based equipment. What was the easiest way to check if a particular valve was working?
Who was ACI?
Who visualized satellite communications and roughly when. In which country was he/ she then? Which Senior Signal Officer was associated with the start of Amateur Radio and Work Study in India?
Which Senior Signal Officer was associated with the start of Computer Society of India?
What were Punched Cards used for and had how many Columns?
The famous Wireless Set 19, the Work Horse of World War 2 and post War years, comprised of how many Radio Sets?
What does “da did da did” stand for in Morse code?
How is “Saragarhi” associated with signal communications.
Who started The Signalman Magazine?
In case a lady wants to do make up, which old signal equipment she could have gainfully used? How are words SINGING and HOWLING associated with communications?
Any one used pigeon message service? Please tell us about it.

A surprise New Year gift awaits one with all right/ best answers. The results of best answers will be published on 30 Dec 2007.

Blog Team

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