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Roads serve as parking lots for pvt hospitals in the city
Body of 13-yr-old fished out of GNDTP
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State-level exhibition at Nawanshahr from May 29-31
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Weatherman predicts hotter days ahead
Daduwal ‘not allowed’ to watch ‘Sadda Haq’
Illegal construction on 100-ft road stopped after MCB officials intervene
Circus artistes to take a final bow in city today
Dhobi Maha Sabha seeks spl status
Anti-narcotics cell nabs two with poppy husk
SBOP branch inaugurated, to remain open on Sunday
Hosts take on Kapurthala in cricket tourney
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Roads serve as parking lots for pvt hospitals in the city
Bathinda, May 19 Apart from the Civil Hospital, the Max Hospital, Dr Mela Ram Hospital and the Adesh Hospital, no other hospital or clinic has adequate parking facility. Resultantly, the roads outside the premises of these hospitals and clinics have turned into parking lots. When the owners of the hospitals were asked about it, none of them was ready to speak on the issue. As per the rules of the Building By-laws 2004, medical facilities should have dedicated private parking lots. If the hospitals are connected with public parking, the hospital authorities have to pave an alley leading to the parking. Interestingly, some of the medical facilities working from their own buildings have shown parking space in the civil drawings submitted to the MCB but physically, such spaces are absent. Many hospitals or clinics are not registered as a medical facility with the MCB and most of them are being run from buildings in residential areas or some commercial building other than hospital or clinic. Hospitals and clinics being run from rented accommodations shift the onus of maintaining a parking space to the owner of the building. With more and more people becoming health conscious, a number of private clinics, speciality, super-speciality and multi-speciality hospitals are coming up in the city. "In such a scenario, the need to address parking woes at early stage arises. The government should start sensitising owners of these medical set-ups to the need for dedicated parking lots. There is a need to maintain separate parking for ambulances and adequate space for vehicles of staff members as well," said Tarsem Kumar, a resident of Veer Colony. Meanwhile, municipal commissioner Uma Shankar Gupta agreed that the city hospitals indeed did not have adequate parking arrangements. "By the beginning of June, we will conduct a survey to identify all such hospitals and issue them notices. Our emphasis will be on asking them to create enough parking lots so that patients as well as commuters are not put to risk," he added. Fact file
Official Speak By the beginning of June, we will conduct a survey to identify all such hospitals and issue them notices. Our emphasis will be on asking them to create enough parking lots so that patients as well as commuters are not put to
risk.
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Body of 13-yr-old fished out of GNDTP lake
Bathinda, May 19 Volunteers of the Noujawan Welfare Society found the body floating in the lake this morning, fished it out and took it to the Civil Hospital here for a post-mortem examination. In the meantime, the police checked with the police stations around the district whether any complaint of a missing teenager was lodged with them. The Sangat police station reported that a family of Gehri Buttar village had lodged a complaint about a 13-year-old boy who went missing on May 16. The SHO of the Thermal police station, Kabal Singh, said a couple from Sangat came to the Civil Hospital and identified the body of their son Arashdeep Singh. "The family has ruled out any foul play. They said that Arashdeep was mentally unstable and has been missing from home since May 16," said Kabal Singh. It is being believed that Arashdeep might have tried to take a dip in the thermal lake to escape the searing heat and lost balance. — TNS Fact file
Volunteers of the Noujawan Welfare Society found the body floating in the lake on Sunday, fished it out and took it to the Civil Hospital here for a post-mortem examination. The deceased has been identified as Arashdeep Singh of Gehri Buttar village who was mentally unstable and missing since May 16. |
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State-level exhibition at Nawanshahr from May 29-31
Bathinda, May 19 In a letter issued by the Director General of School Education (DGSE), the district science supervisors have been briefed that the exhibition will be held from May 29-31. The letter also stated that while 7.5 per cent of the total number of models and projects displayed at the district-level INSPIRE award exhibition were chosen to be displayed at the state-level exhibition, only five per cent of the total number of projects and models displayed at the state-level exhibition will be chosen for the national-level exhibition. The science supervisors have been instructed to submit details of the projects and the students, who have been chosen from their respective districts to showcase their creations at the state-level exhibition. The DGSE Kahan Singh Pannu will inaugurate the exhibition on May 29. The closing ceremony will be held on May 31 wherein Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka will be the chief guest. He will give away the prizes to winners. The district science supervisors have also been directed to make sure that students compile the details of the functioning and future use of the models that they will exhibit. Only one student and one guide or teacher (per model) have been invited to attend the exhibition. In Bathinda, the district-level exhibition for the middle school students was held from May 2-4 and from May 6-8 for the high school students. As many as eight students from various middle schools of the district were chosen for the state-level INSPIRE award exhibition. A total of 109 students had displayed their models and projects. As far as high schools of the district were concerned, a total of 128 models and projects were put on display at the district-level exhibition. Out of these, as many as 10 students were chosen for the state-level exhibition.
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Weatherman predicts hotter days ahead
Bathinda, May 19 As per the agri-met department of the PAU regional station, Bathinda, the maximum temperature was recorded at 46 degree Celsius on Sunday while the minimum was 24 degree Celsius. On Saturday, the maximum temperature was recorded at 45.6 degree Celsius and the minimum at 22.2 degree Celsius.
The sandstorm, which hit the city late on Wednesday night, brought with it false hopes of a wet Thursday morning. The agri-met department, however, attributed the storm to Western Disturbances (WD). As per the weather forecast released by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) for the next four days, the temperature is expected to rise by close to three degree Celsius to hover around the 47 degree Celsius mark. The department also predicted a rise in the night temperature over the next four days. According to the IMD, the minimum temperature may rise to touch the 29 degree Celsius mark on Tuesday and is expected to fall to 26 degree Celsius on Thursday. Furthermore, the department predicted that the maximum and minimum relative humidity may remain around 12 per cent and four per cent, respectively.
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Daduwal ‘not allowed’ to watch ‘Sadda Haq’
Bathinda, May 19 Speaking to Bathinda Tribune, Kuljinder Sidhu, the writer-producer and an actor of the film, stated that Daduwal had shown interest in watching the movie and the film crew arranged tickets for 25 persons for an evening show in a city theatre. “However, he called me up in the evening and told me that while he was on his way, the police stopped him. Daduwal was constantly in touch with me during the ban on the film and was critical of it. He had assured me of extending all support to the movie,” he said, adding: “He is planning to watch the film tomorrow. He said the police cannot perturb him everyday.” The Station House Officer of the Thermal police station, Kabal Singh, told Bathinda Tribune that it was a routine check in view of the polls. “Two cars were moving together, so we stopped them and checked the licensed arms that Daduwal was carrying with him for self-protection. He was not asked to surrender them. We didn't stop them for very long.”
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Illegal construction on 100-ft road stopped after MCB officials intervene
Bathinda, May 19 Taking advantage of the district administration and the police officials being busy in zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections, the owner of a plot near the Harbhajan Group of Institutes started constructing a boundary wall. Around four-foot-high boundary wall had already been constructed. Today, work was on to raise the level of the wall. SDO Sandeep Kumar Aggarwal from the MCB reached the spot and ordered for stopping the construction. “The building map of the structure was not passed. When we asked the owner of the building to show us a copy of the approved building plan, he failed to do so,” the SDO said. The MCB official ordered for razing the wall following which a JCB machine was pressed into service. Madal Lal, the owner of the place, however, asserted that he would take the requisite permission from the MCB. Fact file
Taking advantage of the district administration and the police officials being busy in zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections, Madan Lal, the owner of a plot near the Harbhajan Group of Institutes on the 100-feet road started constructing a boundary wall. Around four-foot-high wall had already been constructed. On Sunday, work was on to raise the level of the wall. |
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Circus artistes to take a final bow in city today
Bathinda, May 19 With as many as 60-70 performers, more than 50 animals and 20 birds, the Great Bombay Circus, which had come to Bathinda after more than 50 years, failed to evoke a great response in the city. While speaking to Bathinda Tribune, Dilipnath Nair, the owner of the circus, attributed the empty shows to the heat, harvesting season and Chinese infiltration on India's soil. "I chose to come and camp in Bathinda since the city has an Army Cantonment. I was hoping that even if the Army personnel were given tickets at discounted prices, it would help me break even. We proposed but God disposed. The Army was preoccupied with the Chinese infiltration and they didn't come to watch the shows," he said. The harvesting season also remained one of the causes for the lukewarm response that the circus received. "Harvesting season kept more than half the population of the city and its neighbouring areas busy. Even the children were engaged in agricultural activities and didn't come to watch the shows," Dilipnath added. The increasingly hot and humid weather also took a toll on the business. "We've learnt our lessons the hard way. Although the weekend shows had fairly good occupancy, due to the extremely hot weather conditions, most of the daytime shows on weekdays got a lukewarm response. The stay of the circus in Bathinda was also marred by the inspection review submitted by the officials of the forest department. The officials, who had visited the circus to check how the animals and birds were being treated and kept by the circus management, pointed out a few irregularities. The owner, however, denied that any rules were being violated. "A section of the media chose not to take my view and printed wrong details of the inspection done by the forest and zoo officials. There was some mistake in the calculations that they made which pointed to irregularities. They later accepted their mistake," said the owner. "I have conducted shows in metropolitan cities and had there been a violation of any rule, I would not have been able to get away with it. We take utmost care when it comes to handling animals and birds," he added. After Kaithal, the circus may move to Bhiwani, Jaipur and Delhi to entertain people there.
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Dhobi Maha Sabha seeks spl status
Bathinda, May 19 In a press statement issued here today, president Ashok Kumar stated that the need of the hour was to free dhobi ghats from private and government ownership. Ashok Kumar said the state government would be approached to provide interest-free loan to the washerman community. He also said that government colonies should be built for the community. The office-bearers of the Mahasabha demanded that the government should provide 500 units of power to the community as the main occupation of the people from this sect is to wash and iron clothes. They also demanded that on the lines of Bihar government, the community of the washerman should be accorded special backward class status.
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Anti-narcotics cell nabs two with poppy husk
Bathinda, May 19 In an earlier incident, Kotwali police arrested a woman and recovered 3.2 kg poppy husk from her possession. The woman Balwant Kaur, a resident of Sivian Road, was arrested from near Bathinda bus stand. Wheat bags stolen from Bhucho Mandi
Hundred kilograms of wheat was stolen from storehouse of the Punjab Agro Food Corporation in Bhucho Mandi. In his complaint to the police, Jagjit Singh from village Lehra Bega, who works at the storehouse, stated that on intervening night of May 15 and 16, the accused Gurpreet Singh and Gagandeep Singh from village Lehra Mohabbat, stole wheat bags weighing 50 kg each. Police has registered a case in this connection. Two thrashed over irrigating fields in Dhingar village
Two people were allegedly beaten up in village Dhingar over the issue of irrigating fields. In his complaint to the Phul police, Jaspreet Singh from village Dhingar, stated that the accused Jarnail Singh, Satnam Singh and Gurpreet Singh, who are also from the same village, had assaulted him and his brother over the issue of irrigating the fields on May 17. Police has registered a case in this regard. |
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SBOP branch inaugurated, to remain open on Sunday
Bathinda, May 19 Assistant general manager I(B) of SBoP, Lachhaman Singh said the Thermal branch was the first branch of the bank to remain open on Sundays. He added that the account holder will be able to do all kinds of banking transactions like cash withdrawal, cash deposit, issuance of bank draft etc on Sundays as well. AGM II Ashok Kamra, AGM III PC Singla, chief manager Sunil Manchanda, chief manager (Civil Lines branch) NK Sachdeva and many other senior officials of the bank were present on the occasion.
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Hosts take on Kapurthala in cricket tourney
Bathinda, May 19 On Day I of the match, Bathinda won the toss. Choosing to bat first, it managed to pile up 292 runs in 86 overs. While Karan Sharma of Bathinda scored 68 runs, Jashan Sidhu and Bhanu Pratap scored 46 and 33 runs, respectively. By the close of the match on Day One, Ropar scored 12 runs. On Day II, Bathinda bowlers struck and succeeded in bundling out Ropar for a just 165 runs in 68 overs. Kulbir and Lakshya scored 44 and 35 runs, respectively, for Ropar. Bathinda's Karamjit Singh remained the star bowler of the innings as he took four wickets and conceded only 28 runs in 20 overs. Bhanu Pratap also showed his mettle as he took three wickets while giving away 32 runs in 10 overs. Ajay Yadav took two wickets while conceding 35 runs in 11 overs. OD Sharma, honorary secretary of the Bathinda District Cricket Association, said this was Bathinda's third consecutive win. Earlier, the hosts had trounced Faridkot and Hoshiarpur. Bathinda will now play Kapurthala on Monday. fact file
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Bathinda, May 19
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