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Traffic police nets Rs 2.2 crore
Open manhole belies MC claims
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1 held with heroin worth Rs 1.5 crore
Woman accused of killing her kids gets 1-day police remand
Thin visitor turnout at Suvidha Kendra
NIT faculty holds stir on campus
from colleges
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Traffic police nets Rs 2.2 crore
Jalandhar December 1
The fine collection was Rs 25 lakh, Rs 19.50 lakh, Rs 19.36 lakh and Rs 19 lakh in May, January, June and March, respectively. In these months, the traffic police had challaned 9,438, 1,694, 9,056 and 10,857 traffic offenders, respectively. Traffic police sources reveal that in November, fine collections are likely to be over Rs 10 lakh. The highest number of offences include helmet-less driving with the police challaning 46,884 offenders. The highest number of such offences were recorded in July (8,586), followed by 7,470 in May. A total of 11,699 drivers were found without driving licence. The highest number of such offenders were fined in July (2,939), followed by 2,012 in May. The traffic police issued 2,596 challans for violating pollution norms. The highest number of such offences were recorded in May (633). As many as 2,134 traffic offences were related to those who were found without registration certificates (RC) of the vehicles in the past 10 months. The traffic cops challaned 1,354 persons for using pressure horns in their vehicles, hence adding to the noise pollution. Records reveal that the police challaned 463 underage drivers. 973 vehicles impounded
The city traffic police has impounded 973 vehicles in the past 10 months. The highest number of vehicles were impounded in May (250) followed by 125, 116 and 106 in September, July and June, respectively. Traffic officials reveal that since the launch of the Commissionerate system, the traffic police has been strictly dealing with traffic offenders. |
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Open manhole belies MC claims
Jalandhar, December 1 Even today, a manhole was found open alongside the busy Garha Road that leads to the bus stand. A heavy cement slab to cover it had been kept aside leaving the sewer open and posing a serious risk for the passers-by. The site is almost 200 metres away from BMC Chowk on the rear of Hotel Kings. The manhole was found without a cover even as the civic authorities had claimed that not even a single manhole had been left uncovered and patrolling had been done in the entire city by its teams of JEs and SDOs. The officials have even been claiming that instantaneous action was being taken on this front. Mahesh, an employer at a shop on the Garha Road, said the uncovered manhole could act as a death trap, especially during the dark. “The road remains busy round the clock. Councillor Anup Kaur of ward 34 said she was not aware of the open manhole. “I will check the site and call up the officials concerned. The cover will be placed by tomorrow morning. The problem of missing manholes has of late become too common as some addicts steal it in the night. There were
similar complaints from Mota Singh Nagar and Civil Lines as well,” she pointed out. |
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1 held with heroin worth Rs 1.5 crore
Jalandhar, December 1 Hardyal Singh Maan, Senior Superintendent of Police, Jalandhar (Rural), told newsmen that inspector Inderjit Singh, in charge, special detective staff, Jalandhar, along with assistant sub-inspectors Arjan Singh and Harjit Singh had set up a naka near Pattar Kalan village on Kartarpur-Jalandhar road for regular checking of vehicles. During checking, the police intercepted a Swift car (PB-08-AS-4027) and signalled the driver to pull over. During checking, 300 grams of heroin was recovered from his possession. The SSP said the accused had been identified as Amardeep Singh, a resident of Uccha Boardwala village near Sultanpur Lodhi of Kapurthala district. During preliminary investigation, the accused revealed that he was on the way to supply the contraband to one of his clients in Kartarpur. He also revealed that he had been supplying the contraband at Shahkot, Malsian, Nakodar and Noormahal. A case under Section 21-61-85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused, the SSP said. |
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Woman accused of killing her kids gets 1-day police remand
Jalandhar, December 1 She had allegedly strangled her two kids - eight-year-old Swayam and six-year-old Muskan - to death. The accused, who was recapitulating at Johal Hospital for the past few days, got discharged from the hospital and the police took her into custody and presented her in a local court which remanded her in one-day police custody. The woman had confessed in front of a few newsmen that she had killed her two kids. “On November 25, I woke up at around 3.30 am as I my head was aching and I took a painkiller. I felt that my husband Rajiv Arora, who died four months, was calling me,” said Pooja. “My husband was requesting me and my kids to come to him as he was feeling alone. Then I took a piece of paper and wrote that it was not possible for me to live without my husband so we are going to him,” said Pooja. Pooja added that she called her mother and told her that she and her kids were going to meet Rajiv. “First I strangled my kids to death and then I consumed a poisonous substance,” she said. The police had already registered a case under Section 302 of IPC against the accused. SHO Barjinder Singh said investigations were on. |
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Thin visitor turnout at Suvidha Kendra
Jalandhar, December 1 While the information pertaining to the strike had been spreading, the learners licence counter at the Suvidha Centre had also been closed since November 18, leading to less rush. Even the staff at the Suvidha Kendra also maintained that there had been a considerable decline in the number of people visiting the Suvidha Kendra for their works. “One reason was the ministerial staff strike and the second probably was the Bharat band call given by the industrialists in the state,” they added. Rumours kept doing rounds that the Suvidha Kendra was supposed to remain closed today in support of the strike of the ministerial staff. Rumours were also rife that the strike was going to extend till December 15. “Yesterday, we had partially closed the kendra for half-an-hour on a call given by the ministerial staff union. There is every possibility that such rumours might have spread further, leading to less people at the kendra today,” one of the staff members at the Suvidha Centre said. The staff added that there was a decline in the number of people seeking information at the centre. “Besides their works, people have been enquiring about the strike as well. Moreover, we have provided the landline number of the Suvidha Kendra to assist them regarding the technical snag at the learners licence counter. So whenever there is a call, they do enquire about the strike,” said an employee at the Suvidha
centre. Touch screen functional
After remaining non-functional for a long time, the touch screen machine to facilitate applicants about the status of their works started on Thursday. The Suvidha Kendra staff said the machine was out of order as people, especially children who come along with applicants, usually fiddle with it. OFFICIAL SPEAK The ministerial staff strike has started taking its toll on the number of people visiting the Suvidha Kendra. By now, people have become aware of the week-long strike, hence there is less turnout. — Sandeep Sharma, Manager of Suvidha Kendra
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National Highway 703 in a shambles
Shahkot, December 1 Loads of traffic ply on the national highway from Jalandhar to Jind in Haryana, but government has been in deep slumber and did nothing to repair it in the last three years. Everyday loaded vehicles can be seen stuck into the potholes and many people were seen taking out their stuck vehicles with the help of tractor-trailers. Interestingly, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had also taken a strict notice of the condition of the highway and then instructed the Chief Engineer of National Highways to repair the road in a few days. The Chief Engineer later visited and took stock of the road, but till date, road is still not repaired. Officials of the Public Works Department, who are the authority to lay the metalled road, said it was not possible to lay a metalled road until the town’s sewage water stop flowing on the road. Sub-Divisional Magistrate TN Passey said they had engaged four pumps to pump out the standing water from the road and now the standing water has almost been drained out from the road. The sewerage board officials said they had been engaged in sewage-laying work, which was expected to complete in the coming few days. Residents rued that though the Revenue Minster of the state belonged to Shahkot, but he was still not doing anything for the repair of the road. Ajit Singh Kohar, Punjab Revenue Minister, a few days ago told mediapersons that he was doing his best to make the condition of road better. He said it was the responsibility of the Central Government to repair the road. Saanjha Morcha lays siege to highway
Hundreds of members of the Saanjha Morcha today blocked traffic on the National Highway No 703 here in protest against its deteriorating condition. The protesters raised slogans against the state and Centre Government for not repairing the one of the busiest highway which has been offering bumpy rides to the commuters from a long time. Navjot Singh Dahia, a leader of the Peoples Party of Punjab (PPP) and an aspirant for the party Assembly ticket from the Shahkot constituency, along with leaders of the CPI, CPM and Akali Dal (Longowal) first sat on a dharna on the premises of the new bus stand, where the Saanjha Morcha leaders criticised the state and Centre Government for ignoring the interests of public. After two hours of peaceful protest inside the bus stand, hundreds of members of the Saanjha Morcha blocked the national highway, because of which the traffic remained disrupted for a few minutes. The SHO, Shahkot police station, Lakhwinder Singh Mall, along with the naib tehsildar later intervened and get the blockade lifted. |
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NIT faculty holds stir on campus
Jalandhar, December 1 The faculty members held an agitation against the recommendations of the committee on the NIT premises and burnt an effigy of Prof Sarangi here today. Constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) on March 2, 2010, the Sarangi Committee was formulated to look into the subject of removal of anomalies in the implementation of the the Sixth Central Pay Commission (CPC) recommendations for the NIT faculties. Enraged by the committee’s recommendations, representatives from 19 other NITs across the country have also written to Sibal, asking for his intervention in the matter. The local NIT faculty members say instead of doing away with the anomalies, the committee has only added to them and in doing so it has bypassed the laws and standards already set by the UGC and the Sixth CPC. Sources said despite the fact that the NIT council had advised the MHRD to examine issues from an “administrative angle” (when the recommendations of the Sarangi committee regarding the pay anomalies and CAS matters were first presented to the second NIT council meeting held on June 28, 2011), the final recommendations (the present draft proposal was presented and discussed in the NIT council meeting held on November 18, 2011) clearly proved that the council’s concerns were not paid any heed to. They said while the present draft report suggested PhD as the minimum qualification at the entry level (as Assistant Professor), with the NIT’s facing a faculty shortage as high as 40 per cent already (even with the existing MTech qualification), enhancing the minimum qualification further at the entry level will lead to further crisis in the filling of vacant posts. The faculty members also questioned the fact that the committee constituted to re-examine the recommendations (from an administrative angle) was headed by the same person (Prof Sarangi), who had made the recommendations in the first place. They also pointed out that the committee still functioned even when two of its members Dr Moin-ud-Din, former Director of the NlT, Jalandhar, and Dr GRC Reddy, former Director of the NlT, Calicut, ceased to be the Directors of the NlTs. They said in general by imposing higher standards for promotion, without proportional pay increase, was exploitative and this made the NIT faculty members to receive pay packages inferior to any other engineering college faculty member in the country. A member of the NIT faculty said, “While those serving in the pay scale of 12,000-18,300 for the past three years were supposed to be eligible for the designation of Associate Professor (and pay band four), the new recommendations have granted pay scale four to fresh recruits (recruited after 1/1/2006), creating imbalance.” |
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CME held at PIMS on World AIDS Day
Jalandhar, December 1 But when discussing the skydiving AIDS statistics formally provided by the government, most played safe, agreeing to the government statistics. Dr Kulbir Kaur, president of the Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immuno-Hematology (ISBTI) and Principal Director, PIMS, said in 2004 the AIDS figure in India was 5.2 million and in 2009 it was reduced to 2.4 million. She said though on the surface there had been no miracle, which would hint at the dramatic change, one of the reasons for the dramatic reduction in cases might be a lot of deaths going unreported. Dr SK Bansal, MS, said if doctors were less discriminatory towards patients a lot of problems could be solved and the AIDS problem could be addressed effectively. During the sessions, it was stressed that HIV/AIDS rate in Punjab has increased significantly and the reason for it is the use of intravenous drugs and contaminated needles. The NRI Director, Dr Ashok Gupta, Medical Superintendent, Dr SK Bansal, and Dr Kapil Gupta from the Punjab Medical Council were the guests of honour. The CME was organised by the Microbiology Department, focusing on AIDS awareness, anti-retroviral therapy treatment, post-exposure prophylaxis, mother to child transmission and related precautions. PIMS Director Jaspal Dhesi and Dalwinder Kaur Dhesi presided over as chief guests. Excerpts of a conversation with Dr Kulbir Kaur, president of the Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immuno-Hematology (ISBTI), on the sidelines of the CME: What is the cause of many cases going reported? It is a known fact that 25 per cent of the AIDS cases (patients) are either turned away or referred to another place by doctors. We need to stop discriminating with patients and also to stop treating sex as a taboo subject, which can’t be discussed. What is the immediate need of the hour in the AIDS campaign? There is an urgent need to control the number of AIDS patients as even an increase by one per cent in the patients could translate to millions of cases. Already, as many as 7,000 AIDS cases are being reported everyday across the world. Campaigns and awareness about the disease are of the foremost importance. There is talk of a decrease in patients. What do you say about it? There is no way that AIDS patients might have decreased. There is a large number of poor people. Many people who go to village quacks aren’t even detected. A large population doesn’t have access to proper medical facilities. All of them go unreported. But yes I would say the AIDS campaign is doing its bit. In 2004, the WHO had predicted that AIDS cases in the country would dramatically increase by 2010. If things would have blown out of proportion, it would have shown. |
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from colleges
Jalandhar, December 1 Lecture on hypertension
The Department of Science of the Kamla Nehru College for Women, Phagwara, organised an extension lecture on “Hypertension” in which Dr PP Sud, president of the ICMR Emirates Medical Scientists, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, was the chief guest. Dr Sud gave suggestions to the students on how to avoid hypertension, which could trigger other serious health hazards. Sports meet
Khushbu and Munish Kumar, both students of Government Arts and Sports College, Jalandhar, were declared the best athletes during the sports meet organised in the college. Students participated in different events like races, shot put, long jump, sack race and much more. Chief guest, District Sports officer, Rakesh Kaushal gave away prizes to the winners. Beauty parlour course
The 30-day-long free
beauty parlour course concluded at RUDSET institute today. Director of the institute VM Nayyar said the institute was all set to start free cookery and candle-making courses in December. |
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