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Kabaddi players struggle to overcome trauma
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PSEB engineers go on strike
EVM machines have been tested for defects. A Tribune photo
Short stay home planned for cancer patients in city
The site near the Civil Hospital where the Short Stay Home for cancer patients will come up.
Dengue fever
Technical presentation
Man kidnapped
Vitamin C, garlic avert environmental pollution: Expert
Polytechnic College alumni visits alma mater
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Kabaddi players struggle to overcome trauma
Bathinda, November 17 The kabaddi girls, bereft of their entire belongings including their mobile phones, were seen sitting outside the emergency ward of a private hospital on the Barnala road. "I was asleep while the others were chatting and singing in the bus when the luxury vehicle came to a standstill after a sudden jerk. Smoke engulfed the entire bus and everybody tried to come out," said a wailing Jasmine Kaur, a sub-inspector with the Punjab Police. Jasmine received fractures and was being taken for the x-ray. "I tried to take out the driver from his seat but the low-lying seat was fixed in a manner that the driver failed to come out," she said. Jasmine was sitting beside the door of the luxury bus in which the Indian women kabaddi team was sitting. ASI Bhupinder Kaur said the kabaddi teams of both India and Uzbekistan left a hotel on the Pakhowal road in Ludhiana at 2 pm in two different buses. The accident occurred at around 4 pm. "While we instructed our bus driver to drive slowly, the bus in which the Indian team was travelling was nowhere near to us as it was traveling at a very high speed," said the ASI. Head constable Harjeet Singh, the driver of the pilot Gypsy and Sharma, the bus driver, was killed in the accident. ASI Kuldeep Singh, in-charge of the pilot vehicle, was said to be in a serious condition and is undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) of a private hospital on the Barnala road. Police officials said that 12 players and three coaches were undergoing treatment at the hospital with fractures, injuries, burns and minor bruises. The others headed to the Badal village to have dinner with other sportspersons. A long queue of vehicles was seen up to the Bibi Wala Chowk and the traffic could not be streamlined till late in the evening. Volunteers of the Sahara Jan Sewa and the Naujawan Welfare Society were seen struggling to rush the accident victims to the hospital. They deployed their men and vehicles to ferry the injured to the hospital and rush relief. Deputy Commissioner KK Yadav, local politicians took stock of the situation and enquired into the well- being of the injured players and the policemen.
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Bathinda, November 17 Visibly shaken after the accident and the subsequent fire, the players were not able to talk even with each other. They were rushed to a private hospital at Bhucho where they were given treatment for external injuries. All the belongings of the players including their mobile phones and clothes got charred in the accident. In the evening, the entire team's essentials were bought from the local market. The coach accompanying the team said the sporting skills of team members came in handy who jumped out of the windows amidst the fire and mayhem. The team members of the Plus two classes lost their certificates in the fire. "The certificates will have to be reissued. But those are no more a priority. All of us are thankful that we survived the accident, but at the same time, we grieve the death of the driver of our bus," added one of the team members. "Though girls are still in a state of shock, it would be courageous of them to show their prowess in the field tomorrow. We hope that they soon recover emotionally too,” said the organizers.
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Bus accident unfortunate:
Sukhbir
Bathinda, November 17 He told the TNS from his residence in the Badal village that the tomorrow's semi-final match here would be held as scheduled. He said that preliminary reports indicate that head constable Harjit Singh, the driver of the jeep piloting the bus from Ludhiana and also the driver of the bus, were killed in the mishap. Sukhbir, who is the guiding spirit behind the World Kabaddi Tournament, said that four players received minor injuries and they have been discharged from the hospital after first aid. He said that an inquiry has been ordered into the mishap.
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PSEB engineers go on strike
Bathinda, November 17 The power generation at the Lehra Mohabbat plant was hampered. Generation at the Lehra thermal plant which was 231 lakh units on November 13 has reduced and the PSPCL is suffering generation loss worth Rs 49 lakh daily. The engineers at the Bathinda plant said that the strike did not hamper the work at the Bathinda plant. The agitating engineers have followed the call of the PSEB Engineers' Association. At Bathinda, over 150 engineers of the GNDTP and the west zone assembled in front of the office of the chief engineer, west zone, while 95 engineers of the GHTP at Lehra Mohabbat assembled in front of the office of chief engineer to protest against the approach of the management in implementing decisions and assurances given to the association at a meeting held under the chairmanship of the chief minister on October 22. The engineers are agitated at the decision of the PSPCL management to give a meagre hike of generation incentive to the employees and engineers ignoring the recommendations of committee constituted by the PSPCL for the purpose. "Although as per the policy of the Punjab Government, all allowances have been doubled, the committee, recommended on an average a nominal increase of about 30-35 per cent in generation incentive. Despite this, the PSPCL management decided to allow an increase of just 15 per cent playing a joke on us," said the president of association H S Bedi. The engineers said that in case their issues are not resolved, the engineers would stage a state-level dharna at Patiala on November 22 and will also proceed on a one-day mass casual leave on November 30. The association appealed to the Chief Minister to intervene and direct the PSPCL management to fulfill its assurances given to the association to maintain industrial peace in the companies. |
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Bathinda gets in poll mode as testing of EVM machines over
Bathinda, November 17 ADC Bhupinder Singh said that these machines would either be repaired or changed. Besides these 40 machines, around five machines had jammed switches that were put in order on the spot. First level technical checking of the machines started on November 1 and concluded with mock polling of half of the machines. The entire procedure was videographed The Punjab State Election Commission (PSEC) had sent a batch of 1170 machines. As per the directions of the election commission, 130 of these machines (approx 10 percent) were tested. For every machine, 1000 mock polls were cast. He added that EVMs manufactured after year 2006 have been sent. There are
two kinds of unit in EVMs including ballot units and control units. All the ballot units were checked today. The Government of India has entrusted job of manufacturing EVM machines to two Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) companies, which include Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). The engineers of ECIL today checked these machines. The staff members and students of the local Industrial Training Institute (ITI) were summoned to conduct this mock polling. Around 13 teachers and seventy students of the institute from various trades were given demonstration of using the machines. Students were taught intrinsic aspects of machine, its functioning and ways to operate it. Besides the representatives of political parties too were present. Officials at the district election office said that political representatives are roped in to show them the way EVM machines work. The machines are tamper-proof and come with an electronic chip ingrained into its system. To tamper with the chip, machine would have to be damaged first. "This is done to allay fears of use of remote controls or use of some other chips in tampering this machine," the election officials said.
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Short stay home planned for cancer patients in city
Bathinda, November 17 The decision has been taken in the light of a large number of cancer patients of the Malwa belt visiting Bathinda, Faridkot and Bikaner in adjoining Rajasthan for treatment. The need to construct a Short Stay Home has been necessitated as at present, the patients and their attendants have been facing great difficulties in finding a proper space to stay in the city. The patients, , from various villages of Bathinda and its adjoining districts, along with their attendants, visit the Medical College, Faridkot, or board the train late in the evening for Bikaner to get themselves diagnosed and treated. Besides, they also visit Bathinda from various villages for treatment at the hospitals here. The proposed Home will be constructed for the stay of about 100 patients and their attendants, for which drawings have already been prepared by the Bathinda Development Authority (BDA). Drawings have been received from the Senior Architect, Punjab, in this regard. According to information available, the Home will have 27 rooms with attached bathrooms and 14 dormitories. The proposed Home will be constructed and prepared at an estimated cost of Rs 3.15 crore, of which Rs 2.93 crore will be spent on the construction. Besides, Rs 22 lakh would be spent on the construction of a boundary wall, parking lots, parks and a green belt. The decision of the District Red Cross Society (DRCS) regarding the construction of the Home was given final touches at a meeting of the DRCS, held under the presidentship of the Deputy Commissioner-cum-president of the DRCS Kamal Kishore Yadav here recently. When contacted, the secretary of the DRCS, JR Goyal said the BDA would initiate proceedings to get the requisite funds from the Punjab Government for the construction of the Home. He also said that the BDA would construct the Home in consultation with the District Town Planner. He said as and when the BDA gets financial approval from the Punjab Government, it would start the construction work within two months thereafter. He said the DRCS had initiated the project as providing care to the cancer patients was one of the main objectives of the society. It is also learnt that after the construction of the Short Stay Home, the Bathinda Development Authority would hand over the building to the DRCS. However, the DRCS will manage and control the affairs at its own level after that. |
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Dengue fever
Bathinda, November 17 However during the last season, the number of total dengue confirmed cases in the district was around 365. According to the information, as many as 629 dengue fever cases have been reported from the Bathinda city so far by the district health authorities this on-going season while during the last season around 320 dengue fever cases were reported from the city. It means this season, which is still going on, the number of dengue fever cases from the city may be around 700. It may be mentioned here that the number of 629 dengue positive cases from the city this season is the official figure, which has been declared by the health authorities on the basis of the Mac Elisa test, a confirmatory test. However, the unofficial number of dengue positive cases in the city might be double or more than double as the private doctors have reportedly diagnosed and treated a huge number of suspected dengue patients in their clinics on the basis of card tests. Even some doctors in the local Civil Hospital and the Women and Children Hospital here have also told this reporter that they had also diagnosed and treated a large number of dengue patients though Mac Elisa tests had not been conducted on their blood samples. They said they had treated the patients on the basis of dengue symptoms and the reports of card tests, which had clearly indicated dengue fever. Besides 629 cases from Bathinda city, remaining dengue positive cases have been reported from other blocks of the district, Talwandi Sabo (53 cases), Goniana (21), Sangat (13), Nathana (9), Bhagta (6) and Ballianwali (5). Of the 736 dengue confirmed cases in the district, the district health authorities have received the information from various health institutions, namely, Civil Hospital, Bathinda (542 cases), Civil Hospital, Ludhiana (167), DMC Hospital, Ludhiana (23), Apollo Hospital, Ludhiana (2) and Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala (2). During the year 2008, as many as 359 cases, including 305 cases from the Bathinda city, were reported from the Bathinda district while during the year 2009 only five dengue positive cases had been reported from the entire Bathinda district. Fact file
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Technical presentation
Bathinda, November 17 “Nickel is used in electroplating and battery manufacturing industry. It is a cancer causing substance and is non-biodegradable. Unfortunately, most of the industries act irresponsibly while releasing the waste produced from the industry. Many electroplating units in the city like Ludhiana are directly releasing the untreated water into the ground water thereby polluting the latter,” Bansal said. He added that huge investment, capitation, infrastructure and operational cost involved deter the industrialists from treating the waste water before releasing in another water body. His paper gave the practical solution to the problem wherein he stated that the agriculture waste such as rice husk can be used to dispose waste produced safely. For this, the rice husk is mixed with nickel as a solution and further treated. The husk absorbs all the harmful effects of nickel and further disposed. “In India, we have rice husk available in abundance and is treated as mere waste. The method of treating heavy metal nickel is not only environment friendly but also very cheap,” he added. A total of 410 delegates from 10 countries including the US, Germany, Italy, Japan and others participated in the conference held from November 9 - 11at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Centre for the Quality Management System, Jadavpur University, organised the conference with the International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water (ISWMAW) in collaboration with the Department of Municipal Affairs, Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal, KMDA, JNNURM and the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Prof. Sougata Ray, Minister of State for Urban Development, Government of India presented the award. Principal of the college Dr Jasbir Singh Hundal congratulated Dr Bansal for his achievement. Pollution diseases
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Man kidnapped
Bathinda, November 17 The Nathana police have registered a case against them under section 364 and 34 IPC. Investigation is in progress. Meanwhile, Charanjit Singh from Kamla Nehru colony complained police that his house was broken into and valuables worth Rs 1.25 lakhs were stolen from his house. Charanjit said that on November 12, he went to Barnala. When he returned on November 14, he found that his house was burgled and 20 grams of gold, one LCD television, one Sony DVD, 50 unstitched suits and Rs 25000 cash was missing from his house. Police have registered a case against unknown. In yet another case, Amardeep Singh, a resident of street number A 8 Guru Ki Nagri, complained to the police that on November 15, he was returning with his wife when some people attacked him. Amardeep had gone to get medicine for his ailing wife. When he was going back to his house, Guriqbal Singh and his father Gurjant Singh, Nonu from street number 8 Guru Ki Nagri, Vicky from Phoos Mandi, Raju from sabji mandi and two other unidentified people attacked him with the baseball bat. The accused had allegedly beat up Amardeep. The Kotwali police have booked all the accused under Sections 323, 325 and 324 of the IPC. |
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Vitamin C, garlic avert environmental pollution: Expert
Bathinda, November 17 Prof Kocher was delivering a lecture on the chemical quality of groundwater in the parts of the South West Punjab in relation to incidence of cancer at the Central University of Punjab (CUP). Expressing his views, he introduced the concept of medical geology and its importance in the environmental protection. He discussed various household measures such as use of vitamin C containing fruits and garlic to combat environmental pollution. Prof. Naresh Kocher stressed on the origin and formation of rocks and how this particular region of Punjab was constituted geologically. He also highlighted the role of soil texture and Delhi Ridge in the environmental problems of the Bathinda region. He emphasised higher content of heavier metals including uranium in water and soil, overuse of pesticides, phosphate fertilisers and mining in Rajasthan have contributed to the high incidence of cancer in this region of Punjab. In addition to this, he discussed his studies on the ground water quality of Punjab. |
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Polytechnic College alumni visits alma mater
Bathinda, November 17 Speaking on the occasion, principal of the college Yadvinder Singh said Kamaldeep had completed his diploma in 1992. After attaining higher education, he served at different posts in the PCL, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College of Engineering and Technology and the erstwhile Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB). Later, he appeared for the Indian Engineering Services examination and secured the 46th rank in the country and joined the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). At the BSNL, he served as deputy general manager at Mohali, Sangrur, Ferozepur and later joined as director, Telecom Department, New Delhi. Principal Yadvinder Singh said such ex-students of the college are the major source of inspiration for the students studying at the institute. The college principal as well as the staff members honoured Kamaldeep Singh. Talking to the students, Kamaldeep Singh shared his experiences. He said, “Nothing is impossible in life provided we have faith in ourselves.” Senior lecturer Manjit Singh Bhullar was the stage secretary at the event. Prominent among others included SP Rana, Sanjeev Goyal, Navdeep Singh and old student Rajinder Singh Naruana.
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Class IV employees go on chain hunger strike
Bathinda, November 17
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