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New dist sans adequate offices
Traffic police lack basic facilities in Mansa
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Mansa effect
Renewal of yellow cards sought
Three killed as truck hits car
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New dist sans adequate offices
Fazilka, August 1 Deputy Commissioner Dr Basant Garg, while assuming the charge, occupied the SDM’s office in the Mini-secretariat. As a result, SDM Charandev Singh Mann shifted his office to the Kisan Rest House in the Market Committee office complex. Likewise, SSP Rajinder Kumar Sharda was initially supposed to take the newly constructed Police Suvidha Kendra office in the city police station complex. Notably, the Suvidha Kendra office has been silently operational without any formal inauguration for the past few months. However, it was learnt that the newly-built hostel of the Government Girls Senior Secondary School was occupied for the SSP's office late in the afternoon today. The SP (H) designate Balbir Singh too has assumed charge but he is in search of an office to begin work. Some other junior officials in the police department have also been posted in the newly created Fazilka district. They appear to be in a dilemma regarding office space. Fazilka MLA and Cabinet minister Surjit Kumar Jyani, when confronted with the problem, said it would take two years to meet the essential requirements. Charandev Singh Mann, SDM, Fazilka, who had been transferred to Fazilka a few days before the elevation of Fazilka as district, has been given the additional charge of Additional Deputy Commissioner (General and Development). Since his transfer, he has been living in the PWD rest-house. The DC is temporarily staying at the canal rest- house while the SSP is residing at the Border Security Force (BSF) rest-house. On the other hand, elated with the newly-acquired status, the residents of the town are eagerly awaiting postings of other district-level officials at Fazilka so that their official work gets carried out here. Deputy Commissioner Dr Basant Garg has already said that the process of building up of the required infrastructure has been initiated and efforts would be made to put things in place at the earliest. |
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Traffic police lack basic facilities in Mansa
Mansa, August 1 An accident that took place on Saturday night near Bhainibagha village left the commuters fuming as the cops on duty failed to install reflectors or use torch-lights to alert fast moving vehicles on the Bathinda-Mansa road. A motorbike and truck collided on the road wherein two youngsters lost their lives. The two boys, identified as Chamkaur Singh and Gurpreet Singh were from Burj Dhillwan village of Mansa and were on way to their village after shopping in a market at Mansa. Their bike collided with an oil tanker and both lost their lives in the accident. The bodies of the youth remained lying on the road for more than an hour due to lack of cranes to remove vehicles meeting with accidents. Many drivers nearly rammed their vehicles into the stranded vehicles as there was no adequate arrangement for lighting at the accident site. “I failed to spot vehicles involved in the accident as it was pitch dark on the road and people had kept bushes and tree branches around the bodies and the vehicles involved,” said a software engineer Bhupinder Singh. “My car was about to hit the bushes when I applied brakes abruptly,” Bhupinder said. He was driving towards Bathinda from Chandigarh along with his family members. He alleged that the cops standing nearby rebuked him for not applying brakes in time. “They shouted at me and even abused me despite the fact that there were no reflectors, torches or flood-lights near accident site,” he alleged. A few other commuters passing through the stretch too expressed similar views and said there should have been adequate lighting and reflectors. At least vehicles should have been signalled using the torch-lights so that they could reduce their speed. In-charge of highway patrolling, Mansa, ASI Surjit Raj admitted problems faced by the commuters during the time of accidents, especially at night. “We only ferry the injured to the nearby hospital but we are not provided with cranes or reflectors,” he said. Mansa SSP Parmar when contacted said he would look into the matter and take action against those who insulted or abused the commuters. Rising cases of mishaps in dist
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NCC R&V squadron may function from Sept
Ghudda (Bathinda), August 1 It would prepare cadets for the national and international competitions thereby giving an impetus to the NCC activities in Punjab. While the Central Government would provide staff for the army and administrative services, the Punjab government will employ civilian staff. Talking to TNS today, NCC Ludhiana group commander Col GPS Sawhney said that an officer of the rank of either a Major or Lieutenant Colonel will spearhead the academy. "The procedure of recruiting people has started. Similarly, the Punjab government too has started recruiting the required staff," he said. Col Sawhney added that the Army officers will include an officer, a JCO and 11 other staff members. Of these, seven would be deputed to look after the horses. Similarly, nine people would be recruited as part of the civilian staff of which two (saddler and farrier) would be deputed for horse care. The Ministry of Defence would be sending a batch of 12 or 13 horses that would be used to train the NCC cadets. Earlier, the academy was to be commissioned by August 15 — a deadline that is now expected to be pushed to the first week of September. "As there is no Army formation nearby, we have come up with residential quarters for all the 13 Army personnel. The civilian staff would be hired from Bathinda and nearby areas," Sawhney added. R&V squadron is a part of the larger project coming up in the state to train NCC cadets. Also, with the clearance of the Ministry of Defence, NCC academies are under construction for boys at Ropar and for girls at Malout. aiming right
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Jet suction machines to clear choked sewerage system
Bathinda, August 1 Going through the harrowing experiences of the past and taking action after a number of protests lodged by city residents in this regard, the BMC has woken from deep slumber and finally taken this extreme step that would cost about Rs 50 lakhs. Resolving the problem of water accumulation is the biggest challenge before the BMC, as after every spell of rain, the city witnesses a flood-like situation and most of the roads remain waterlogged. With these machines beginning to function, the Bathinda Municipal Corporation authorities claimed that though the jet-suction machines would take some time to make the sewerage system fully functional, yet the years-old problem was expected to be resolved. The BMC has taken up the project as their main agenda for the monsoon season as waterlogging in the city had reportedly started irking the ruling Badal family, as they were receiving a number of complaints in this regard. Uma Shankar Gupta, BMC Commissioner, said, "We are committed to provide better services to the residents. To make the drainage system run at its full capacity during the rainy season, the officials of the Sewerage Department were already put on the job of de-silting the sewerage and now the jet-suction machines will improve the situation." "Three jet-suction machines, which have been hired from a Delhi-based company will clear the choked sewerage system at an estimated cost of Rs 50 lakh. In the initial phase, one-and-a-half-km of the main sewerage line will be cleared," he said. "The payment will be made only after the sewerage system becomes functional and the company officials give us the video CD of the totally clean barrel," said Gupta. |
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Mansa effect
Bathinda, August 1 Sources said that now, jail officials are forced to refuse more prisoners which are being sent to the jails of other districts of the state. Farmers of Gobindpura village near Mansa are opposing setting up of thermal plant for which the state government is trying to acquire farmers’ land. The Bathinda jail has a capacity of 846 inmates. However, the number has exceeded to around 1675 inmates. The capacity of inmates in the jails of Ferozepur and Sangrur too has exceeded from 550 to 1000 and 1236 to 2027 respectively. There are 140 agitating farmers jailed in Bathinda, 133 in Sangrur jail and around 40 agitating farmers are jailed in Ferozepur. There were 40 new inmates brought at Bathinda jail but only 35 of them were accepted and the rest were refused after informing senior police functionaries and were shifted somewhere else. Jail officials at Sangrur, Ferozepur and Bathinda admitted that now they have refused to accept more inmates which would be accommodated in the jails of Patiala and other districts where prisoners could be accommodated. Fresh instructions have been passed to the jail authorities to vacate more prison cells. An elderly person feeling suffocated has been released from the Sangrur jail. The inmates are undergoing hunger strike against their arrest and acquirement of their agricultural fertile land. Sources in police said that they are told to conduct more raids at possible hideouts of farmer leaders in the wake of tomorrow's agitation of various farmer organisation in
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Capt Navpal Singh Stadium
Sriganganagar, August 1 Teams from Malwa and Doaba region of Punjab too had participated in the annual sports meet. Girls’ teams from Muktsar had emerged as winners in hockey and kabaddi as well. Navpal’s father Colonel Agyapal Singh Sidhu (retd) said he along with Ghanshyam Harwani, vice-president of Shaheed Navpal Memorial Trust had met many dignitaries to remind them of the promises made during the annual Balidan Diwas and sports meet functions but funds were yet to be released. “Now, we have brought it to the notice of the district administration that former DC Subir Kumar last year announced Rs 5 lakh grant for the development of the stadium at Padampur but the money was yet to be released, Sidhu said. Scores of memorandums have been sent to the CM and other ministers during the past six years but to no avail. he added. Captain Navpal Singh Sidhu had sacrificed life in an anti-insurgency operation in Surankote area of Kashmir valley after killing three militants, two of them from Pakistan, on December 30, 2002. He was among 37 Army personnel who were awarded Shaurya Chakra during the Independence Day celebrations in 2003. A sum of Rs 30 lakh has been spent so far while the completion needs Rs 2 crore as per the layout. The UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has also been requested to take it up with the Sports and Youth Welfare
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Differently-abled honoured by CM at function
Abohar, August 1 The CM honoured him at the state-level function organised by the Punjab Social Welfare Board at Khuyiansarwar on Sunday. Badal was informed by the Board chairperson Vijay Laxmi Bhadoo that Raju had emerged as torch-bearer for the Polio Plus campaign in the area. He knocked at each door to tell the parents that their kin may also become physically handicap, if polio drops were not administered. Raju was instrumental in organising blood donation camp under the banner of the District Red Cross Society recently. He has so far donated blood 32 times. Badal lauded his efforts and extended good wishes for carrying such noble cause. |
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Issue sewerage connections by August 15: DC
Bathinda, August 1 He directed that the code of conduct implemented in view of the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections should not be violated. Directing officials pertaining to developmental works in rural areas, Yadav sought detailed report of all projects. He directed that certificates of funds utilized last year be submitted by August 20 and that of funds spent this year by August 31. Yadav was apprised that work on constructing 27 water works was on in full swing. He directed that the panchayats should get inteqal (land mutation) and girdawri in their own names. He also gathered information on work related to the unique identification number, Right to Service Act, Suvidha Kendra and computerization of records going on under the Punjab Land Record Society. During the meetings conducted today, Yadav took stock of work going on in Bathinda city, Rampura, Maur, Talwandi Sabo, Rama, Sangat, Goniana, Bhucho, Kotfatta and Nathana etc. ADC Bhupinder Singh Rai, municipal commissioner Uma Shankar, Bathinda tehsildar Avtar Singh, tehsildar elections Suresh Kumar, SDM Rampura Phul Sukhdev Singh, SDM Talwandi Sabo Gurmeet Singh and others were also present in the meeting. |
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Renewal of yellow cards sought
Bathinda, August 1 Gehri said this after submitting a representation of some Dalits from Balluana village, whose yellow cards were yet to be renewed, to the district administration here. He said the representation was submitted to the Tehsildar (under training) Darshan Kumar as the Deputy Commissioner was busy in some meeting. He said the Dalits of Balluana village had been facing problems in getting benefits and facilities as their yellow cards had not been renewed so far. Due to this, whenever they went to avail the facilites in the offices or hospitals, they were not accomodated, he added. |
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Three killed as truck hits car
Sriganganagar, August 1 As per the details, Prateek, grandson of Moti Lal Saraf, along with Babu Lal Sharma, Ajit Sharma, Subhash Sharma, Mudit Banthia and two others had left for a pilgrimage to Shirdi temple (Nasik). As they were on their way back, their car collided head-on with a truck while escaping collision with a tractor. Prateek, Babu Lal and Ajit died on the spot while others were hurt. Of them, Subhash Sharma has been admitted to the intensive care unit at a private hospital following deterioration in his condition. The deceased youth were cremated in the afternoon. In another incident, a person identified as Raj Kumar Sharma (32) of Makkasar village was run over by a passenger train near the railway crossing in Suratgarh today. |
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