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Dy CM tells DGP to mark probe
MP tells officials to expedite development projects
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Auto-rickshaw stir hits parents, wards
RBI guidelines on currency garlands being violated
Protest by Apni Mandi vendors
Bandh in Kapurthala
Land dispute: Cross cases registered
CT Institute creates book bank to help the needy
Ayurveda has its own method of diagnosis: Dr Thelma
SDC’s serai to come up soon
Numberdar union plans stir
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Dy CM tells DGP to mark probe
Jalandhar, July 29 The new building has come up a year after 23 young labourers had died and three had got crippled for life in the factory collapse incident. Sukhbir has also directed the government functionaries to put up the files with the present status of the inquiries being conducted by different government departments in the aftermath of the factory collapse. It is pertinent to mention here that a few months ago, when the new building was coming up in the alleged violation of the prescribed norms, The Tribune had highlighted the matter in these columns. However, no tangible action was initiated to stop the construction work. Meanwhile, Sukhbir, who was in the city to attend a function, while speaking to TNS at the PAP headquarters, said he would mobilise the various departments concerned, including Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation (PSIEC), Labour Department and Directorate Factories on the issue of violations of building norms in view of the safety of the labourers working on the premises. While terming the matter of great concern, the Deputy CM assured the gathering that suitable action would be initiated once the inquiry report was submitted by the Police Commissioner. "The state government would not allow anyone to violate the law. I would personally monitor the matter and would ensure that appropriate action was taken in case any irregularities surfaced in the inquiry report", he said, adding that he would also talk to the top brass of the Department of Local Government, Punjab, directing them to check whether the new building under question had approval from the Department. Sukhbir also said that he would study the safety audit report of factories across the state which was got done last year after the tragic incident of Shital Fibres collapse on April 14 night. So far, there has been no policy from the government on action to be taken against rampant violations found in the factories.
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MP tells officials to expedite development projects
Jalandhar, July 29 The Congress MP came across all sorts of excuses from the officials concerned as he discussed with them the status of various projects started by him from his discretionary grants, at the vigilance monitoring committee meeting here today. The most common reply to his queries was the delay in making estimates and approval for the same. Kaypee got much annoyed when he was told that the work regarding the construction of a two-room dispensary at Mehatpur cleared by him a year ago was still stuck up owing to delay in making estimates. He pulled up the officials concerned and asked them to do the needful at the earliest. The MP diverted Rs 2-crore projects earlier marked to the MC towards the PWD, including those for roads in Basti Sheikh and the Buta Mandi area. The MP also asked the heads of all departments to ensure that the work on various projects got expedited and that they produced the utilisation certificates at the earliest. Congress leader Manoj Arora raised the issue of the extremely bad condition of a mid-day meal kitchen at government school Abadpura.
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Auto-rickshaw stir hits parents, wards
Jalandhar, July 29 Parents were seen dropping and picking their children from outside various private and government schools, thereby causing a massive traffic chaos on various roads for long hours. The parents alleged that the ongoing tussle between the traffic wing of the city police and members of the School Auto Rickshaw Tempo travel Mini Van Union had been causing them and their wards a great inconvenience. Sunidhi Sharma, a Model Town resident who had been to St Joseph School, to pick her son, lamented that despite paying transport fees, their wards were been denied the facility. The parents have demanded a permanent solution to the problem so that they do not face any problem in future.
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RBI guidelines on currency garlands being violated
Jalandhar, July 29 Several vendors near Jyoti Chowk and Panj Peer Chowk in the city have been allowed to do a brisk business by putting up kiosks along roadsides. Looking at the quick profit, more players are daily joining in the business. The use of currency garlands is an age-old practice, especially during religious functions and marriages. “I recently retired from the Municipal Corporation. Since these currency garlands are in huge demand, I recently started this business six months ago. The profit here is very quick. I sell around 20 to 25 garlands in a day and make around Rs 2,000 every day,” said Kishen Lal, a seller at Jyoti Chowk. He, however, showed complete ignorance about the RBI restrictions on using currency garlands. The reason why banks discourage such a practice is that the stapling and stitching of notes causes their defacement and shortens their lives. Dr Rajesh Yaduvanshi, circle head, Punjab National Bank, said, “Nowadays, maximum transactions are done through the ATM machines. This has increased the amount of soiled currency in our country. Like earlier, we could use oiled, soft or wrinkled notes for transactions. Now, these notes can’t be used in ATM machines as they get stuck inside. Since they are non-issuable, they have to be destroyed. So, we send them to the RBI for their disposal.” Sai Dass, manager, branch operations, SBI, Civil lines, “We have stopped taking stapled notes in all our branches on the directions of the RBI. If someone comes to us with such bundles, we advise them not to do it in future.” “It takes a lot of public money to print one single note, as the process is very expensive. Spoiling makes the notes non-usable and leads to their destruction. People indirectly burden themselves through taxes by spoiling the currency notes,” said Alpana Killawalla, chief manager of the Public Relations Division of RBI in Mumbai. Recently, the RBI had done an experiment to turn these little briquettes into stationery items."We have made items like paper weight, inside hard surface of the briefcase, trays and coasters etc. They were a huge success, but they were on a very small scale. Now, we have invited proposals from various companies to manufacture these innovative and eco-friendly products on a commercial scale,” she added. The RBI has also conducted trials on plastic and polymer-based notes in various states. What happens to soiled note after you deposit
it in bank
Small branches collect the notes and deposit these in chest branches of various banks. These banks further send them to the regional offices of the RBI (Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh send soiled notes to the RBI, Chandigarh). Since these notes are non-issuable, the RBI destroys them through an eco-friendly mechanical process. In this process, these notes are cut into very small shreds and humidification takes place by passing very little water through them. These shreds are further turned into brittle briquettes which are used for land filling. |
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Protest by Apni Mandi vendors
Jalandhar, July 29 To express their resentment, the vendors also blocked the road and raised slogans against the authorities. Leaders of the Apni Mandi , Subedar, Yesh Chopra and a number of other vendors lamented that the road was in a bad state and they had to face a lot of problems like water-logging, dust, slush, stink, absence of streetlights and proper sanitation for the past many years. The irate vendors warned the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation to provide them basic facilities, repair the road and the Mandi site by next week or face the music. They have also threatened to gherao the Mayor's house if their problems were not solved.
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Bandh in Kapurthala
Kapurthala, July 29 While the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and DGP Sumedh Singh Saini had been talking about various reforms introduced by them on policing during a function at PAP in Jalandhar, the protests against police inaction had been on at the same time in this satellite town. The residents had been protesting against the Saturday night shoot out of Manoj Chopra and no follow-up in the incidents of three murders in the district last week. The protestors took to street in the form of a rally which was joined by hundreds of residents. Naresh Pandit of Bajrang Dal led the protest.
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Land dispute: Cross cases registered
Jalandhar, July 29 He alleged that rather lodging an FIR against Jaswat Singh, police lodged an FIR under Sections 323, 324, 427,148 and 149 of the IPC against him and his family members. He added that Jaswant Singh and his associates were booked under Section 323 of the IPC. Dilbagh Singh met SSP Yurinder Singh Hayer who marked an inquiry to Adampur DSP Parminder Singh Heer. Patara SHO, Inspector Surinderpal said “Cross FIRs have been lodged as per statements of both the parties, nature of injuries and circumstantial evidence in this regard.” Denying any political pressure, he said “Dilbagh and Jaswant had a land dispute and the court decided in Jaswant’s favour. When Jaswant asked Dilbagh to vacate the land, Dilbagh with his associates attacked him. The wounds of Dilbagh’s wife Gurbaksh and son Gurpal were blunt whereas Jaswant’s injuries were sharp. Further 18 persons from Jaswant’s side were booked whereas FIR was lodged only against 12 persons from Dilbagh’s side.”“Now DSP is looking into the matter, we will act according to his inquiry report.” he added. On the other hand, Dilbagh Singh said “As far as land dispute is concerned, they had filed an appeal challenging the decision of lower court.” Meanwhile DSP Parminder Singh Heer said “Both the parties approached police for inquiry. I will hear both the parties tomorrow and submit an unbiased report. Meanwhile, BSP state general secretary Sukhwinder Kotli alleged Dilbagh Singh had been attacked by Jaswant Singh three days after panchayat elections as the former supported Amarjeet Kaur as sarpanch and she was elected whereas Jasbir Kaur, whom Jaswant supported, lost the elections. Kotli said “If the victims were not provided justice within ten days, they will stage dharna on Patara-Haripur road to lodge their protest against injustice.”
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CT Institute creates book bank to help the needy
Jalandhar, July 29 All the faculty/staff/students of the institution can willfully donate their used books to the book bank by putting the books in the big see through cabinet kept at the entrance of the administrative block of the institute. The needy students will now have a direct access to the books of various subjects such as engineering, management, pharmacy, humanities, polytechnic, computer science, hotel management etc. Sharing his views, chairman of the CT Group of Institutions Charanjit Singh Channi, said, “At CT, we intend to provide the deprived everything we can. Earlier, we had started the project ASHA and made a great success wherein our CT family (students, staff, faculty and management) joined hands for the noble cause of humanity and we provided the help under the project ASHA to those who needed it." Channi further stated that now, under the book bank project, their main focus will be to help the underprivileged students, who need the books to study but due to scarcity of funds, they cannot afford to buy the books. "In future, CT Group of Institutions will strive hard to make concerted efforts in the service of humanity, so that we may bring a smile on everybody’s face”, added Channi. Free dental check-up
at DIPS
DIPS organized a "free dental check-up camp" for the students. Students were given important information regarding dental care. They were given tips about cavities and also appraised how to keep their teeth clean. This dental check-up proved to be useful for the students, as they were informed about various dental problems. Principal Meenakashi Mehta told the students to take good care of their teeth so that they remain healthy. Shooting training camp held for girls Girl cadets of Doaba region, from 27 seven schools and colleges of Jalandhar, got training of firing at the short range of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya. The annual training camp of 2Pb(G) BN NCC Mithapen, Jalandhar was held under the guidance of Commanding Officer Colonel R. Yadav of 2Pb(G) BN NCC at Jalandhar Cantt. Thal Sena Camp volunteers were also attached to the camp. Innocent Hearts boys won gold and silver medal
The students of Innocent Hearts School won gold medal U-19 in Sahodaya Independent table tennis competition defeating Cambridge school. Semi Final U-16 was won by Jasman, Hemant, Vishnu and Uttkarsh after winning from MGN, Bronze medal was won by girls U-12 Sameeksha and Shreya after they defeated C.J.S. School. The school management congratulated the students and their parents for the success of
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Ayurveda has its own method of diagnosis: Dr Thelma
Amritsar, July 29 This was said by Prof BK Thelma of Delhi University who is also on the advisory panel of the Prime Minister of India. She was here to deliver lecture on genetics of complex traits during the refresher course in health and life sciences (food technology, nutrition, home sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, sports medicine, physiotherapy, bio-sciences and physical education). The refresher course was organised by Academic Staff College (ASC) of Guru Nanak Dev University. Dr Jaspal Singh Sandhu, director, Academic Staff College, welcomed the chief guest and introduced the teacher participants. Dr AJS Bhanwer, course coordinator and professor of the Department of Human Genetics spoke in details about the ongoing course. Prof Thelma said the concept of personalised medicine was available in “Charka Samhita” in 1500 BC. She said it was a holistic Indian traditional system of medicine which emphasised on treatment of cause rather than symptoms. She said contemporary lifestyle was the rootcause for diseases. Talking about the advances in medical genetics and how they are relevant to translational medicine, she said everyone was talking about advances in the field of technology people hardly spoke how it would benefit the masses. Dr Thelma discussed her recent work done on rheumatoid arthritis on the basis of ayurveda and SNP analysis. The lifestyle changes need to be balanced to treat all morbidities, she concluded. In another lecture, eminent scientist Dr Parthap P Majumder, director, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kolkata, said the burden of oral cancer in India was because of a heavy consumption of tobacco, alcohol and caffeine. He also talked about the genes which play a pivotal role in oral cancer pathology. He along with his team has discovered five new genes involved in cancer susceptibility. He said with the invention of impact vaccine in 20th and 21st centuries, various epidemic infectious diseases had been eradicated. These are small pox, diphtheria, polio among others. He said the need of hour was to start awareness campaigns by NGOs to educate the people, especially those living in slum areas and to teach them about their personal hygiene.
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SDC’s serai to come up soon
Amritsar, July 29 The stretch of road near railway station adjacent to Gol Bagh has seen many hotels coming up on it. However, the serai would be the first place from a charitable religious society. SDC spokesperson Harish Taneja said the five-storey inn with a basement is likely to be finished at the end of this year. He said though no rent had been fixed so far but the charges would be nominal as the committee would intend to recover only charges levied on services, power and maintenance. Being constructed over a chunk of 150 square yards of land, a parking lot was in existence at the same site earlier. The Durgiana Mandir Committee in its Rs 11.45 crore annual budget for the current fiscal (2013-2014) had kept an estimated cost of Rs 1.45 crore for Shri Lakshami Narayan Yatri Niwas while Rs 26 lakh had already been spent on it. The Yatri Niwas would be the second inn under the management of the SDC as it was already running Dhanwant Kaur Dharamshala in the periphery of Shri Durgiana Temple. The dharamshala has been a symbol of communal harmony besides providing shelter to devotees at nominal rates. Mata Dhanwant Kaur, who belonged to Rai Bahadur family of Lahore, got the dharamshala built and had donated it to Shri Durgiana Temple in 1945. The dharamshala has a large hall and 40 rooms where 450 to 500 devotees can stay. There are five air-conditioned rooms and three rooms fitted with air coolers in the inn. Devotees can stay there for a maximum of three days and Rs 30 is charged per person per night. Bedding is also provided by paying extra while air-conditioned double bedroom comes for Rs 450, People who cannot afford high rates in the market for social functions like ring ceremonies can arrange such functions in the same inn by paying a sum of Rs 300 only and Rs 400 for holding marriages. The foundation stone of Durgiana Temple was laid by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya in 1925. Lakshmi Narayan Temple is the central place in the Durgiana complex. The interior of the Lakshmi Narayan Mandir and Darshani Deori is as per the Indian tradition of art and design. The mural paintings on the walls of the temple belong to the Kangra school of art. The temple has gold-plated domes and spires. |
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Numberdar union plans stir
Jalandhar, July 29 The union has decided to launch the rallies from August 15 to September 5. The union leaders said the government had enhanced the honorarium amount from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per month last year but was not paid from the same date of this
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Badal has instructed Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini to mark an inquiry to Jalandhar Police Commissioner Gaurav Yadav into the alleged violations in the newly raised Shital Fibres building at Focal Point Extension.
or red tape in offices, various projects of the MPLAD scheme, initiated by Jalandhar Member of Parliament Mahinder Singh Kaypee, are seemingly not getting any impetus from the officials concerned and have been held up at various stages.
Jalandhar, July 29
Dilbagh Singh of Khichipur village alleged that he, his wife and two sons had been falsely implicated in a case by Patara police. He said Jaswant Singh and his associates attacked his family at their home on July 6. His wife Gurbaksh Kaur and son Gurpal Singh were injured in the attack, he added.
