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New initiative by cops on R-Day
Offenders warned as helpline for women starts ringing
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Tourist couple killed in road mishap
Border farmers battle wild boars, want fencing relocated
Convention flays FDI in retail, rise in crime against women
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New initiative by cops on R-Day
Faridkot, January 27 Seeking public cooperation to deal with the drug problem, the police today started a campaign to inculcate anti-drug spirit among the students and educate the youth and the elderly about the direct link between drugs and crime, citing examples from the area. "We want every village, every mohalla in the district to have a group of neutral and intelligent persons that will take a look at the drug problem. These groups will work in tandem with the police and NGOs, thus developing community policing. Everyone shares the responsibility of making community policing work. Community policing works better when the community is united," said GS Toor, SSP, Faridkot. For youngsters in rural and urban areas, the police have plans to give a boost to sports and literary activities. These activities will also bridge the hiatus between the young generation and the police, said Toor, while announcing the new project "Jive Jawani" in Faridkot. Besides checking the inclination of the youth towards drugs, the police have decided to revive all de-addiction centres in the district for the rehabilitation of the addicts. "After putting in a lot of efforts, an addict can be weaned off drugs but his rehabilitation is not possible without public cooperation. So, in the next one year, we will run a campaign, telling people that the rehabilitation of a drug addict is possible with family and public support," said Toor. Barnala: Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) Avinash Chander hoisted the Tri-colour at the Baba Kala Mehar Stadium here on Republic Day. He inspected the parade and took salute from the contingents of Punjab Police, Home Guards and NCC cadets. The CPS, while paying tributes to the martyrs, who had sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the country, asked the gathering to fight against social evils like female foeticide and drugs. He said such evils should be eradicated to build a healthy society. The CPS also honoured freedom fighters from Barnala district and their family members. He also distributed tricycles among the disabled and sewing machines among the needy women. The children from various schools presented a PT show and cultural programme, based on patriotic songs. Various government departments also took out tableaux depicting the development of the state. Fazilka: Chief Parliamentary Secretary Parkash Chand Garg paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the 1971 Indo-Pak war at Asafwala War Memorial, 7 kilometers from here on Independence Day. Garg was here to hoist the national flag at an official programme held at MR Government College stadium. Garg, accompanied by Fazilka Deputy Commissioner Dr Basant Garg, SSP Amar Singh Chahal and ADC Charandev Singh Maan, laid wreaths at the memorial. "It is the supreme sacrifices of the martyrs that we are enjoying freedom today," Garg observed. "Our efforts are on to get a national status for Asafwala War Memorial," said DC Dr Basant Garg. Parkash Chand Garg also handed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakhs to Sandeep Gilhotra, president of Shaheedon Ki Samadhi Committee, which is looking after the privately managed war memorial. Meanwhile, officiating DIG of the BSF, Ram Sewak, unfurled the national flag at the last point on the Sadiqi JCP in the presence of Commandant, 199 Battalion, BSF, Deepak Kandpal. Ram Sewak offered sweets to the Pakistan Rangers on Republic Day as a goodwill gesture. Hundreds of people from Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and other parts of the country visited Sadiqi JCP on Republic Day to watch the retreat ceremony. |
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Offenders warned as helpline for women starts ringing
Faridkot, January 27 In most complaints received by the helpline, the women have informed of receiving lewd text message and objectionable phone calls. However, most offenders have got away with just a rap on the knuckle. All that the police did was to counsel them and warn them against repeating the call. In case, the offender repeats the mistake, legal action would be taken against him, said Kashmir Kaur, DSP (D), Faridkot, who is in-charge of the police helpline. The police helpline, launched on December 25, also received complaints of domestic strife and dowry related issues. All such issues are handled separately. The main concern of the helpline is to check eve-teasing and sexual harassment, said the DSP. After the helpline receives a call, a woman police official gathers details about the caller or the place where the incident took place. All efforts to put the complainant at ease are made. Thereafter, the police personnel try to find out about the calls or messages received without being intrusive about the details. The offender is warned of strict action in case the act is repeated, said the DSP. Besides helping the women in distress on this helpline, the Faridkot police have also set up complaint boxes in many senior secondary schools where the girls can drop their complaints. These boxes are under the supervision of the head or the principal of the school. "The complaint boxes are opened every third day by the police men and the complaint, if any, is sorted out," said the DSP Kashmir Kaur. However, the police helpline to assist the women notwithstanding, there are instances when the crowd gives a severe thrashing to the eve-teasers and hands them over to the police. In one such incident in Faridkot today, when some youths were harassing girl students in front of the house of the local MLA, the passersby beat up the trouble-makers and handed them over to the police. |
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Tourist couple killed in road mishap
Abohar, January 27 As per the information, the couple was returning after paying obeisance at the ancient temple of Karni Mata near Deshnok when their Indigo car (DL 01Y 0871) reportedly collided with Jodhpur0bound Rajasthan Roadway bus (RJ 07 PA 4841) on the national highway. The car was further hit by a Ford car (RJ 07 CA 9883) that was following. Ellis along with Caesar and driver Vinod Kumar were injured seriously. The couple died on way to the hospital while the condition of the driver was reported to be serious. The police said that the bus has been seized but the driver and his assistant had fled. In another incident, Iliyas (21) and his pillion riding friend Nanu (19) were killed as a pick-up van hit the motorcycle that they were riding on the Sriganganagar-Bikaner section of the national highway. — OC |
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Border farmers battle wild boars, want fencing relocated
Fazilka, January 27 The wild boars which stray inside the Indian territory, have been damaging crops across the fencing as the area has to be left unattended by the farmers after dusk. The farmers are not allowed to go across the fencing due to security reasons. "We incur financial losses as wild animals, particularly boars, play havoc with the crops across the fencing as there is no one to guard the crops," said Avtar Singh, a farmer whose land falls across the fencing. The problem is acute as the boars, which hide in "sarkandas" on the Pakistan side cross over to India and return after damaging the standing crops since they can not enter beyond the barbed wire fencing. It is pertinent to mention that in most areas, the Indian farmers carry out cultivation even till the last inch near the Zero Line. "The government should expedite the proposal to shift the fencing near the Radcliff Line so that their part of the land across the fencing merges with the main land to help them get rid them of the problem," demanded a farmer Karnail Singh, whose five acres of land is across the fencing in the Sadiqi joint check-post area. Notably, the distance between the barbed wire fencing and Zero Line varies from 50 to 200 meters depending upon the terrain. The affected farmers have been demanding relocation of fencing for more than a decade. Another major problem being faced by the farmers in the border area is that they do not fall in the mobile range of BSNL and other companies in an area of about three kilometers adjoining the border. The BSNL had curtailed its range in the border areas on the directions of the higher authorities, probably due to security reasons and enhanced smuggling of narcotics. The smugglers from the Pakistan side had adopted the modus operandi of dumping the contraband at a previously determined place and later informed their contacts on this side over the mobile phone. Significantly, the BSNL has installed its towers in the border belt. "In the absence of mobile range, the residents of the border belt have to face the problems of communication in case of any emergency," said Inqlab, president of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Youth Club, in the border village of Pakka Chisti. Farmers raised these issues at a meeting with the Border Security Force (BSF) officials recently. "We have suggested to the farmers to raise some barricades at their own level where they feel the threat of wild boars exists near the border," said the commandant, 199 Battalion, BSF, Deepak Kandpal. Kandpal said in the recent past, the BSF has organized medical camps, provided education and other material to the poor and needy villagers as a goodwill gesture. A member of the Telephone Advisory Committee, Liladhar Sharma, who also attended the meeting, said the mobile range has been lowered due to instructions from the higher authorities. |
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Convention flays FDI in retail, rise in crime against women
Barnala, January 27 An economist from Ludhiana, Dr Sukhpal Singh, while talking about the FDI in retail sector, said the policies of Dr Manmohan Singh, prepared by him in 1992-93, had now paved the way for the entry of big companies like Walmart, in the retail sector. He said on the one hand, the Indian government was curtailing the subsidy on diesel and LPG and on the other it was granting concessions to big companies. President of Lok Morcha Punjab Gurdial Bhangal expressed concern over the rise in crime against women. General secretary, Lok Sangram Manch, Balwant Makhu said it was good that people from this region were raising their voice against crime against women. — TNS |
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