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SLR snatchers turn out to be ‘granthis’
Bajwa’s visit: Chaos prevails at rly station, road outside
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Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s carelessness costs cow its forelegs
Amritsar, March 16 Carelessness and apathy of officials of the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board allegedly cost a milch cow its forelegs.
Ghulam Ali visits Pingalwara charitable society
Health officials worried over use of heroin injections
Rs 1 cr grant for sewerage project
Doctors’ association threatens agitation
Free medical camp today
Students excel in university examination
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SLR snatchers turn out to be ‘granthis’
Amritsar, March 16 They were identified as Nishan Singh of Vinjarpal village, Mehta Road, and Harjap Singh of Akalgarh Dhapaiya village. By profession they are "granthis" and had met at the Langar Hall of the Golden Temple while performing sewa, said DIG, Border Range, Paramraj Singh Umranangal addressing the media here today. He, however, denied any terrorist connection in the incident, while adding that the investigations were under progress. "Though they don't have any past record of any association with terrorist activities, but we are investigating whether they have any links with militant groups at present or not," said the DIG. Umranangal said the two accused along with their couple of accomplices, identified as Paramjit Singh and Puran Singh, had formed a gang for committing robberies. They had snatched a Toyata Qualis from one Baljit Singh of Bal Saran village from Beas on March 5 at gunpoint. The police has recovered the SLR and 12 cartridges used in the crime, said DIG. He said they were caught from Ghanshampura village, located on Mehta Road.
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Bajwa’s visit: Chaos prevails at rly station, road outside
Amritsar, March 16 At the railway station, the crowd of workers was seen all around. This first visit by Bajwa after his elevation as the Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee president also affected the flow of traffic on city roads. Long queues of vehicles were seen moving at a snail's pace, as enthusiastic workers had occupied the entire stretch of road as Bajwa moved towards the Golden Temple. The annoyed drivers said the administration should have chalked out a diversion route plan to save residents from harassment. Even policemen deployed outside the railway station were seen helpless as they had to frequently request political workers to park their vehicles outside the premises to avoid traffic congestion. However vehicles were seen parked on all roads leading to the railway station, which resulted in narrowing of space for normal flow of traffic. Bhupinder Singh, a driver said, "The police was required to make arrangements so that normal flow of traffic continued. Now we are stranded at the place for more than an hour and half." Bajwa's programme to reach the Golden Temple on foot further increased the problems for the general public as he stopped frequently to greet his supporters. The passengers at the railway station too said they faced problem carrying and transporting their luggage because of the heavy rush of people. A passenger, Sunita Mahajan, said, "The security guards should not have allowed so many people to enter the place. It was dangerous as they were pushing each other to be near to their boss." She said a common resident could not enter the premises without buying a platform ticket, but political workers were allowed inside throwing all norms to the winds.
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Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s carelessness costs cow its forelegs
Amritsar, March 16 A team of veterinary doctors, led by Dr JS Nagpal of the Animal Husbandry Department, today amputated its two legs after an operation, which lasted for over an hour. The operation was conducted on the premises of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). The cow was rescued from a nearly 20-ft deep pit dug up to lay sewerage at Fatahpur village, on the city outskirts, last evening. SPCA Inspector Ashok Joshi said the cow was taken out from the pit following a rescue operation which lasted for over three hours. The village has been included into the limits of the Municipal Corporation (MC) and work for providing civic amenities in the area is going on a war footing. Residents of the area said the government agency did not take proper care to prevent people and animals from falling in the deep and long pits. They said the negligence of the agency could prove even more dangerous. The callousness of the officials can be gauged from the fact that the cow, writhing in pain, was brought out from the pit after the passage of many hours. Joshi said the cow might have fallen on the intervening night of March 14 and 15. The attending doctor said both forelegs of the cow were to be amputated as these had received compound fractures, which meant bones had come out of the skin. He added that bones of lower portion of both legs were also crushed. He said it was in immense pain and amputation was necessary as the animal tend to stand, which caused more pain. He said painkillers and antibiotics were given to the animal. When contacted, Superintendent Engineer Jaswinder Singh of the MC said the project of laying sewerage at Fatahpur was being executed by the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board. He added that the area fell at the tail end and bigger pipes were needed to be laid for which earth had to be dug up 20 feet and even more deep. Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board Superintendent Engineer Gurmit Singh claimed that there was no negligence on the part of the board as proper barricading and preventive steps were taken to avoid any human or animal loss. He said the board being a professional agency took preventive step on top priority. He said the animal might have fallen into the pit in the darkness of night.
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Ghulam Ali visits Pingalwara charitable society
Amritsar, March 16 Calling his brief visit a social pilgrimage, Ghulam Ali interacted with the staff and officials at the charitable society and made the most of his short time there. “Every time I was in Amritsar, I wanted to come here and see for myself the selfless work done by the trust for the needy. I am glad to come in association with Pingalwara and would try to keep myself available for them when required,” he said. In his brief interaction, the singer also picked up a few tips to keep his melodious voice safe from Dr Jagdeepak Singh, vice-president of the Pingalwara society. Accompanied by Padam Shree Hazoori ragi Bhai Nirmal Singh, with whom Ghulam Ali is entering into a musical partnership, the duo also shared some notes on their upcoming album of shabad and kirtan. “I have made a few compositions and will definitely discuss them with Ali before deciding on the final cut. This will be the first-time collaboration for both of us,” said Bhai Nirmal Singh.
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Health officials worried over use of heroin injections
Amritsar, March 16 “If 50 per cent of the patients that come for treatment are heroin users, 10 per cent of them use to inject the drug directly into their veins,” said Dr P D Garg, head of the Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Amritsar. The heroin is usually sniffed or smoked but the trend of the taking the drug through injections has seen a rise in the recent years. “This is really baffling and has become a serious problem,” Dr Garg said. He said addicts take the drug through injections for instant kick or were unaware of the fact that it might prove to be fatal for them. He said the expensive drug slow down the functioning of the heart and decreases the respiratory rate, which could result in sudden death. Dr Garg said the sharing of needles also carried the risk of deadly infections such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV (AIDS). Besides, they could also suffer from various skin diseases, blocked veins, blood infection and arthritis, the doctor added. "Though the state government has taken several steps to check the drug peddling and rehabilitation of drug addicts, more steps are required to curb the menace," he said. Quoting a report of the United Nations, Dr Garg said there were about one million registered heroin users in the country while in reality the number was many times higher. Dr Garg said the situation was grim and the government should initiate urgent steps to eradicate the menace.
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Rs 1 cr grant for sewerage project
Amritsar, March 16 Joshi said Rs 1 crore would be spent on the project. Joshi said a special attention would be given to the needs of the area as it was felt that the area had seen less development than other areas. He said the roads in the area would be paved.
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Doctors’ association threatens agitation Amritsar, March 16 The association said there was a shortage of faculty in medical colleges in the state as all the seats were being filled through direct recruitment since 2009. Raising another issue, association president Dr Khushbinder Singh said even after repeated requests and representations, employees’ time-bound 4-9-14 year higher scale cases were still pending, which should be cleared at the earliest. The association warned that if the government failed to fulfil their demands, they would organise a state-level protest from April. General secretary Dr Sandeep Aggarwal, Dr Neeraj Malhotra were also present at the meeting. — TNS
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Amritsar, March 16 Free medicines will also be provided to the needy persons. —TNS
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Students excel in university examination Amritsar, March 16 Principal Dr KN Kaul congratulated the meritorious students. The principal exhorted other students to emulate the standards of education set by their classmates and to attain excellence in studies. — TNS
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The two persons, who had snatched an SLR from a policeman, have turned out to be "granthis", who were trying to form a gang for committing robberies. This has come to light during their interrogation.
Total chaos prevailed at the railway station and road outside it as a large number of Congress workers had arrived to greet their newly appointed state chief Partap Singh Bajwa.
Renowned ghazal singer Ghulam Ali kept his date with the holy city by visiting the All-India Pingalwara Charitable Society. He was accompanied by Hazoori ragi Bhai Nirmal Singh, who was hosting him on his personal visit to
Amritsar.
