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‘Better’ system delays salary of govt staff
Nawanshahr, December 13
The Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) introduced by the state government for streamlining as well as bringing in qualitative improvement in the functioning of the district treasuries, has been causing inconvenience to the employees of different departments for getting their salary and other bills cleared from the treasury here.

Official ‘manhandled’, MC staff strike work
Hoshiarpur, December 13
Employees of the Municipal Council (MC), including its executive officer and municipal engineer, today observed strike in protest against the alleged manhandling of sectional officer of the MC Sukhdev Singh by Om Parkash and his brother Kamaljit of local New Model Town while he was on duty and damaging the Maruti Gypsy of the MC, yesterday.

Cop among two killed in accident
Tarn Taran, December 13
Sub-Inspector Baj Singh and his relative Ranjit Singh, residents of Chabba village, were killed and another relative Manjit Singh was seriously injured in a road accident near Harike late last evening. The car in which the victims were travelling was hit by a Bolero vehicle.

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‘Better’ system delays salary of govt staff
Parmod Bharti

Nawanshahr, December 13
The Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) introduced by the state government for streamlining as well as bringing in qualitative improvement in the functioning of the district treasuries, has been causing inconvenience to the employees of different departments for getting their salary and other bills cleared from the treasury here.

The procedure of clearance of bills from the treasury has become cumbersome due to the slow speed as well as frequent snags in the on-line IFMS here in the district treasury. This is causing inordinate delay in the clearance of payments. As a result, salary bills are piling up in the district treasury.

Employees of the district treasury here have also been facing a lot of mental harassment. “On the one side, the state government has introduced Right to Service Act for ensuring time bound delivery of public utility services and has made provisions to impose penalty to the errant employees, but here we are unable to deliver the services for want of proper implementation of the on-line system," rued the employees of the district treasury.

The affected employees have urged the government either to take immediate steps to set the IFMS right or let the district treasuries clear their bills manually.

Official ‘manhandled’, MC staff strike work
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, December 13
Employees of the Municipal Council (MC), including its executive officer and municipal engineer, today observed strike in protest against the alleged manhandling of sectional officer of the MC Sukhdev Singh by Om Parkash and his brother Kamaljit of local New Model Town while he was on duty and damaging the Maruti Gypsy of the MC, yesterday.

They demanded immediate arrests of Om Parkash and his brother Kamaljit.

Police sources said Sukhdev Singh had gone to the construction site of the new building of Om Parkash and Kamaljit. He instructed both the brothers to show him the sanctioned building map from the MC. Instead of showing the map, they manhandled him and damaged the Maruti Gyspy of the MC.

The Model Town police has booked both the brothers under Sections 323, 353, 186, 332, 427, 506 and 34 of the IPC. No arrest has been made so far.

Cop among two killed in accident
Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, December 13
Sub-Inspector Baj Singh and his relative Ranjit Singh, residents of Chabba village, were killed and another relative Manjit Singh was seriously injured in a road accident near Harike late last evening. The car in which the victims were travelling was hit by a Bolero vehicle.

Baj Singh lost control over the car after it was hit by a Bolero. The car struck a tree on the road side. They were brought to the nearby Community Health Centre, Sarhali where the doctors referred them to Amandeep Hospital, Amritsar.

Doctors declared Ranjit Singh brought dead when Baj Singh succumbed to his injuries few minutes later. Manjit Singh was fighting between life and death in the hospital.A case under Sections 304A, 279, 338, 337 and 427 of the IPC at Harike police station. The police sources said the driver of the Bolero escaped after the accident.