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JDA toughens stance
Day 5 of drive: Three child labourers rescued
Club Mahindra asked to pay up
Studio, house burgled
Snatcher surrenders in court
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Avneet of Punjab Police shoots gold
Garbage dump at Plaza Chowk an eyesore
NCC cadets of PCM SD College visit Pinglaghar
Paramjit Pinta elected junior
vice-president
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JDA toughens stance
Jalandhar, November 27 While earlier in many cases inquiry had been kept pending, the officials are now seeking reply from the police officials concerned on the status of each case so as to proceed with them further and to ensure that those indulging in unauthorised development are taken to task. The JDA officials in majority of the cases have found that the police officials concerned had not even bothered to correspond with the department to get any further information and have just been sitting over such cases for long. Reminders for lodging cases are being sent through the Police Commissioner in all such cases. The JDA officials have even taken up a daunting task of filing appeals in the Punjab and Haryana High Court and Supreme Court over judgements not coming in its favour. At least five such appeals have been filed in the recent past, said Additional Chief Administrator Sarojini Gautam Sharda, adding that she was also drawing up a list of lawyers who had not been able to represent their side properly. The Additional Chief Administrator said she had got 13 FIRs lodged against unauthorised colonisers in the past three months. Three of these pertained to illegal colonies at Wadala and Pholariwal villages in Jalandhar, four in Bhullarai, Naurang and Khalwara villages of Phagwara, two each in Mukerian and Garhshankar, one in Ladhewal village of Kapurthala and another in Sultanpur Lodhi. |
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Day 5 of drive: Three child labourers rescued
Jalandhar, November 27 In as many as 81 inspections across the district, three child labourers were rescued. While one of them was found pursuing a hazardous occupation, the remaining two were pursuing non-hazardous occupations. While the Deputy Director, Factories, too, joined one of the teams to raid some factories regarding which some tip-offs had been received, ironically, no children were found in any of these factories. The factories included some big business houses of the city. Yesterday, as many as 150 drives were carried out across the city, but only four child labourers were rescued. Among the children rescued yesterday, two children were found pursuing hazardous occupations, while the other two were found pursuing non-hazardous occupations. The Labour Department claims that since the children had their parents in the city, they were handed over to them.
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Club Mahindra asked to pay up
Jalandhar, November 27 "Believing them, we applied for the membership. We were asked to deposit a sum of Rs 25,426 each as an initial payment and the remaining amount of Rs 3,41,220 was to be paid by each one in 60 EMIs of Rs 5,687 each month starting from November 7, 2009, to October 7, 2014," they wrote in the complaint. Thereafter, the complainants received a confirmation of membership from Ajay Nambiar, Head Member Relations Officer, and thereafter, received certificate of membership dated October 28, 2009. All the complainants made a booking for a Goa resort from November 23, 2009, to November 27, 2009, along with their families, which was duly confirmed. At the time of making a booking with the executives of the opposite party, the complainants said they were fully assured that they would be provided accommodation with five-star luxuries worth Rs 7,000 per day in a Club Mabindra Resort and also provided with 14 food vouchers worth Rs 500 each. The complainants were assured that there would be pick-up facility available from the airport and they would be dropped at the resort. The complainants were told that they would be boarded in Club Mahindra Resort in Goa. They said they were shocked to know that three of the families received a holiday confirmation voucher from Goa Jasmine Resort and one member got the booking in Club Mahindra Resort. They said they were in for another shock when they reached the Goa airport and found that nobody from the resort had come to pick them up for taking them to the hotel. A complainant said he had also made a call from his cell phone to the office of the opposite party, but no proper reply came after which they hired four taxies for Rs 1,000 each and somehow managed to reach the resort. As and when they reached the Jasmine Resort, they were shocked to see that it was not even having proper three-star facilities.
The complainants said feeling aggrieved, they had been left with no other option but to move to a five-star hotel namely Nano Resort and had spent a huge amount of Rs 60,616 each (Rs 40,616 as hotel charges along with Rs 20,000 as food charges). Thereafter they had sent a number of requests by way of mails for the cancellation of membership and the opposite party cancelled
the membership of the complainants, but have not returned the money to them. Upon notice, the opposite party appeared denying that any allurement was made to give membership on the basis of wrong commitments. The representatives of the club said they had two resorts at Goa - Club Mahindra Jasmine Resort Goa and Club Mahindra Barca Resort. "It is clearly stated in various documents that booking is subject to availability. As such, the members were provided accommodation in Club Mahindra Jasmine Resort and one in Club Mahindra Barca Resort. This fact was known by the complainants in advance," they replied. They denied that the complainants were promised that they would be provided a pick-and-drop facility from the airport. "Such facility is available on a special request of the member and is chargeable and the same cannot be provided free of cost," they contended, adding that "the complainants have also concealed the fact that all of them had availed themselves of the free ticket vouchers worth Rs 24, 000 each and Rs 96,000 in total and one member Samir Choudhray availed himself of a four-night free stay at Club Mahindra Barca Resort." The forum members wrote in the judgement, "The matter would have been different if the complainants were not members of the opposite parties and they were not granted free travel facility and stay at Goa. The complainants have not placed on record any document or other material to show that the opposite parties ever promised to provide five-star facilities during their stay as alleged by them. When the opposite parties were giving air travel facility and free stay at Goa, they were expected to provide pick-up and drop facility at the airport. Admittedly, this facility was not provided and constituted deficiency in service. The complaint is partly accepted and the opposite parties are directed to pay Rs 10,000 in lump sum to the complainants in equal shares on account of compensation and litigation expenses within one month from the date of receipt of copy of this order. |
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Studio, house burgled
Jalandhar, November 27 In the first incident, burglars struck at Mini Studio near DAV College. Mini Studio owner Satpal said miscreants decamped with three digital cameras and some other electronic equipment. He said thieves had entered the shop by making a large hole in the rear wall of the shop. The thieves also made off with a hard disk, in which photographs of scores of marriage functions were saved. The second incident occurred at Kalia Colony, where thieves struck at a house and decamped with two LPG cylinders and bicycles. Sources said thieves had also attempted to break the lock of a room but they couldn't succeed. |
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Jalandhar, November 27 The accused has been identified as Chetan Verma, resident of Tel Wali Gali. Manmohan Singh, Station House Officer (SHO), said two cases of loot were recently registered against Chetan at his police station and the police was already searching for him. During preliminary investigation, it came to the fore that Chetan was wanted in over dozen snatching and looting incidents and cases in this regard were registered at various police stations of the city. Sources said in 2011, the Urban Wing of the CIA staff had busted a gang of robbers, but Chetan was escaping arrest. The SHO said Chetan had been remanded in a three-day police custody by the court. — OC
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Avneet of Punjab Police shoots gold
Jalandhar, November 27 Avneet bagged the gold by scoring 399 marks in the 02.177 air rifle 10 m (women) individual event. She was followed by R.Saritha of Andhra Pradesh, who won the silver medal with a score of 394 marks. Sonia Dodwal of the BSF won the bronze medal by scoring 386 marks. In the team event, Andhra Pradesh shooters clinched the gold medal by scoring 1,153 marks. The BSF team bagged the silver medal by scoring 1,131 marks, while the CRPF won the bronze medal. Only three women teams - Andhra Pradesh, BSF and CRPF - participated in the team event competitions. Meanwhile, Inspector Kuheli Ganguli of the CISF shot gold, Sharda Thapa of Uttrakhand silver and SK Rishi of the CRPF bronze in the 04 .22 free /std rifle prone 50 m (women) event held on late Monday evening. Shooters of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and the BSF were adjudged first, second and third in the mean events by scoring 1710, 1699 and 1695 marks, respectively. Teams of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, BSF, CRPF, Uttrakhand, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and CISF participated in the competitions. Ruby Tomar of Punjab won gold, while Bishaya Singa of Assam silver and Rachna Devi of the CRPF bronze medal by getting 380, 376 and 375 marks, respectively, in the 12.77 air pistol 10 m (women) category. Women shooters from Haryana opened their account by wining gold a in team event. Haryana shooters clinched the title by scoring 1,116 marks and were followed by the CRPF and Punjab shooters scoring 1112 and 1097 marks, respectively.
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Garbage dump at Plaza Chowk an eyesore
Jalandhar, November 27 Notably, the dump has been existed near the chowk for the past several months. Interestingly, every time, during elections, MC councillors often promise to shift the dump to some other place, but it remains there. While venting their ire against the area councillor, resident alleged that during elections he made scores of promises to streamline the garbage collection system, but had done nothing. Ravi Kumar, an elderly person, said the foul smell emanating from the dump spoilt their mornings and evenings. Amit Sharma, a vendor in the area said holding the MC responsible for the dump was not right. Until and unless nearby shopkeepers, households and others would not avoid dumping waste near the chowk, situation would remain the same. Ram Mohan, a rehriwala near the chowk, alleged that he had often seen residents throwing household waste at the site. He had also noticed MC safai karamcharis dumping garbage there, he added.
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NCC cadets of PCM SD College visit Pinglaghar
Jalandhar, November 27 Principal Dr Kiran Arora and Col RMS Sandhu, Commanding Officer of 2 Punjab Girls Batallion, inspired the effort. Declamation contest
Jasvir Chand, student of the Ramgarhia College of Education, won the first prize in a declamation contest at Legal Literacy Youth Festival organised by the Legal Services Authority, Punjab, which was held at Punjabi Bhawan, Ludhiana. Students from all over Punjab participated in it. Prizes were declared on the same day. The prize distribution function was organised on the next day in which the first prize winners performed in front of chief guest Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar of the Supreme Court and received awards in the form of trophies. Bharpur Singh Bhogal, chairman-cum-president of the Ramgarhia Educational Council, congratulated the student and staff. Nagar kirtan
On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, MGN Public School, Adarsh Nagar, held a nagar kirtan. Students of the school were taught about religion and ceremonies to make them aware of the importance of the day. There was gatka presentation by school students. The nagar kirtan took the route from school campus to Adarsh Nagar Market and back to the campus. Jarnail Singh Pasricha, secretary of the MGN Educational Trust, was also present. Educational trip
Students from different schools of Kupwara, Srinagar, visited Army Public School, Jalandhar Cantonment, as part of the educational trip named "Sadbhawana". Major SK Tokas of 47 RR along with his team members, three teachers and 31 students of classes VIII-XI visited the school campus. The aim of the trip was to foster mutual trust and a sense of oneness. Members of the Interact Club of Army Public School led students through the science park, different laboratories, library and also shared their school experiences. A token of remembrance was also given to the visiting students. Tae kwon do championship
Students of Shiv Jyoti Public School participated in the 13th Open Punjab State Tae kwon do Championship held at Bathinda. Students brought laurels to the school by bringing four gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal. School students Abhishek Kapoor, Dikshant Kalia and Shubham Tiwari have been selected for the international level of the championship to be held at Thailand. Tributes paid
Students of the St Soldier Group of Institutions paid tributes to the martyrs of Mumbai attacks. Students lit candles and wrote messages like "We want peace", "Tribute to martyrs of 26/11" on posters. |
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Paramjit Pinta elected junior
vice-president
Jalandhar, November 27 The SDM-I-cum-returning officer for elections, Iqbal Singh Sandhu, said the other two candidates Hardeep Oberoi and Dheeraj Seth had withdrawn their candidature for the post of junior vice-president. After withdrawal now there were two candidates each for the post of joint secretary, secretary and treasurer, whereas 15 candidates were contesting for the post of executive member of the club. The club will remain closed on November 30, December 1 and 2, However, the sports activities would be allowed on the first two days, Sandhu said. Sandhu said those electors/members whose photo was missing on the Jullundur Gymkhana Club's directory must bring their parallel ID to cast their vote or else they would not be allowed to cast vote. |
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In connection with NCC Day celebrations, cadets, along with in charge Prof (Lt) Priya Mahajan of the PCM SD College for Women visited
Pinglaghar.
In charge of Pinglaghar Col (retd) Balbir Singh Multani explained to NCC cadets in detail about the functioning and management of the
Pinglaghar.
