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6 passengers die in bus accident near Moga
HIV Spreading
Tentacles — II
Seeking
cure: Patients at Rajindra Hospital’s antiretroviral therapy centre in Patiala. Tribune photo: Rajesh Sachar |
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Dismissal of judicial officer on probation upheld
Auction of sand mines rigged, allege bidders
Review Satguru’s security, says Namdhari Darbar
Congress leaders put up unity show in Batala
No Sangat Darshan at this village in Chief Minister’s home
district
Residents of Bhuttiwala village in Muktsar point towards the overflowing village pond, a source of unbearable stench. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
Oppn can’t stop Badal’s Sangat Darshan: Sukhbir
SAD complains to EC on Samra’s allegation
Activists protest outside Patiala MP’s house
Now, police party attacked in
Tarn Taran village
Six yrs on, Barnala sans district-level offices
Eco-friendly machine to build Rs 600 crore road
Youth drowns as Sutlej sweeps away bridge
Flood water enters fields at Muthianwali village along the India-Pakistan border in Ferozepur on Monday. Tribune photo
Govt to streamline working of coop banks
28,000 acres under water in Mand
Central team to probe illegal sand
mining in Punjab: Tewari
Health Minister inaugurates 50-bed hospital in Moonak
Medical admissions: Row over quota for terror victims’ wards
Security beefed up for Samjhauta Express
Woman stabs one-yr-old son to death, held
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HIV Spreading
Tentacles — II While various government agencies have been working towards curbing the spread of HIV, hardly any efforts have been made to rehabilitate the infected persons, particularly the sex workers who are considered one of the main carriers of the deadly virus Patiala, August 12 This despite the fact that NGOs (non-government organisations) active in the field have for long been advocating rehabilitation to contain the further spread of the virus. Records available with the Department of Aids Control (DAC), Government of India, show that the annual plan (2013-14) for Punjab to counter HIV totals around Rs 30.19 crore. But, the funds are only meant for prevention and treatment; no amount has been earmarked for rehabilitation. Thirtyfour-year-old Neena (name changed) is a sex worker and has been operating in various parts of Punjab for the past decade. She is HIV-positive but that has not deterred her from unprotected sex with her clients as the illegal activity is her only source of income. She says if a rehabilitation plan ever comes her way, she will "happily accept it". Neena says she went to a government AIDS clinic one, but all she got, after waiting for hours in a queue, was some medicines and an advice to avoid unprotected sex. “My husband deserted me soon after he got to know I am positive. I have a family to look after…How do I make ends meet?,” she avers. Other HIV-positive sex workers have almost a similar tale of “livelihood crisis” to narrate. An NGO, The Nabha Foundation, in its recent project, has identified around 1,000 sex workers operating in Patiala and Nabha alone. “Some of them are HIV positive but we cannot do much other than educating them against continuing in this profession as they may spread the virus to healthy persons,” says NGO’s programme manager Namrata. “Sex workers usually have no alternate source of income... those registered with us are being slowly shifted to self-help ventures,” she says. Sources in the police say there are around 15,000 sex workers operating in Punjab. Interestingly, the Punjab Government has no funds to spare for HIV, thus depending totally on DAC grants; its officers only take care of the project’s implementation part. Major Singh, president of Punjab State Network Positive, which is fighting for the rights HIV patients in the state, says: "The state government is spending crores on cancer treatment but there is complete lack of will to tackle AIDS, which spreads from a person to person and is equally fatal… Even getting a bus pass made for a HIV patient, who is entitled to free transportation is a Herculean task." Dr Usha Bansal, Additional Director, Punjab State Aids Control Society (PSACS), however, contends that Punjab’s is not the solitary case as most of the states have been banking on central funding under DAC and National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) for HIV. “It is wrong to blame the Punjab Government,” she quips. On lack of rehabilitation options for drug addicts and sex workers, she says a proposal will soon be submitted to the state government. The PSACS officials claim the HIV-positive rate is declining. But, their figures are totally based on the number of patients registered with them. “There is a lack of effort when it comes to tackling those who still are avoiding treatment and continue to spread the virus. We can only help those willing to get treated,” says Dr Bansal. Vini Mahajan, Secretary (Health and Family Welfare), Punjab, claims the “situation is not as alarming as shown in the figures”. “The department will ensure proper implementation of government policies prepared to tackle the spread of the virus,” she says. Hussan Lal, Punjab Health Systems Corporation Managing Director, says the state government is doing its bit by running Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres in various districts. "We plan to open 120 more centres in a year to tackle HIV," he says. On HIV carriers (mainly sex workers, truck drivers and drug addicts), he says while tackling sex workers is not easy as they operate illegally, de-addiction centres have been focusing on drug addicts. (To be concluded)
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Dismissal of judicial officer on probation upheld
Chandigarh, August 12 Taking up the matter, the Division Bench of Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Fateh Deep Singh referred to a written statement to say the report for year 1996-97 was “satisfactory-B”. But, “needs improvement” remark was inserted in his annual confidential report for year 1997-98 against the query: Are his judgments and orders well written and clearly expressed? The Bench also took note of the fact that the Administrative Judge also recorded an inspection note. “Such remarks led to dispensation of service of petitioner during the probation period,” the Bench observed. The Bench added the disposal of cases was “mostly below the minimum prescribed norms”. In May 1998, he pronounced an order without dictating it, even when the Bar had struck work. The Bench added the tests for dispensing the services of a judicial officer during probation period have come for consideration in a recent judgement reported as Rajesh Kohli versus High Court of J&K. The court, among other things, held: “During the period of probation an employee remains under watch and his service and his conduct is under scrutiny…. The services rendered by a judicial officer during probation are assessed not solely on the basis of judicial performance, but also on the probity as to how one has conducted oneself….” Before parting with the order, the Bench added: “The remarks recorded have been rightly made basis for dispensation of his service. We do not find any error in the action taken against the petitioner. Civil writ petition stands dismissed”.
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Auction of sand mines rigged, allege bidders
Chandigarh, August 12 They alleged that minutes before the e-auction was to end and after they put in their bid, their competitors were allowed to make another bid. Thereafter, the server refused to accept their bids, thus allowing the final bids in favour of the latter. These allegations were levelled for bidding involving four quarries -Plaasi and Aelagran in Ropar and Kakrali and Sundaran in SAS Nagar. The government has, however, refuted the allegations, claiming that there was no intention to block bids or make the process uncompetitive. Industries Minister Anil Joshi told The Tribune that following complaints alleging that the bidding process was rigged, he had sought a report from the Mining Director and Punjab Infotech to ascertain if the server was down and if it had stalled some bidders from making bids at the last minute. "If some discrepancy is found, we will go for a re-auction," he assured. Rajesh Garg and Guriqbal Singh, both bidders for quarries in Mohali and Ropar, respectively, alleged: “This is unfair trade practice. We have complained to the Principal Secretary, Industries, and Mining Director." Karan Avtar Singh, Principal Secretary, Industries, said he had received the complaint. "In case, their bids were not accepted due to a fault in the server, we will take necessary action to redress their (bidders') grievance". Officials said to ensure that there was no collusive bidding, they had designed an auto-lock system to cut off the time for auction if one of the bidders stopped making a bid for some time. "If there was a fault in our server, we will go for a re-auction," said a senior official in the Mining Department. The government has conducted e-auction of 20 quarries - 11 in Pathankot, six in Rupnagar, two in SAS Nagar and one in Patiala. The total bids received were worth Rs 28.68 crore. The government did not receive any bid for three quarries, Karoli, Jandroi and Ghoh, all in Pathankot. The highest bid of Rs 2.26 crore was received for Aelagran quarry in Rupnagar. Central team to look into illegal mining Ludhiana:
Union Environmental Ministry officials will soon visit Punjab to look into the reports of illegal sand mining in the state. This was disclosed by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister and Ludhiana MP Manish Tewari after meeting Union Environment Minister Jayanti Natarajan in New Delhi on Monday. Tewari said he had submitted a memorandum to the Union Minister apprising her of “rampant loot” of sand in Punjab due “patronage” of the ruling dispensation to the mining mafia. “Although the state claims to be allowing limited mining and that too after environmental clearance, the ground situation is different as quarrying is rampant at all sites,” he alleged.
— TNS ‘Unfair’ process
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Review Satguru’s security, says Namdhari Darbar
In a letter to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, president of the Namdhari Darbar HS Hanspal, a former president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, has said that the Satguru must be provided a security cover for the remaining period of his stay in the UK. He has also sought directions to the Ministry of Home Affairs to review the Satguru's security cover on his return to India. “His threat perception may be evaluated afresh as there have been threats to his life from certain sections in India,” Hanspal has written to the PM. The Namdharis have a large following in the UK and Thailand besides several other countries. This is the second attack in a year on an eminent Indian visiting the UK. Last year General Kuldip Singh Brar was injured in an attack in London. Sulakhan Singh Jandu, who heads the Namdhari Sikh Sangat in the UK, said the Indian Government should contact the British Government for extending appropriate security to Satguru Uday Singh whenever he was in the UK. He said the Leicester police was investigating the matter thoroughly. Jandu claimed a few members of the sect had received injuries while trying to protect the Satguru. Harvinder Singh Sian, president of the youth wing of the Namdhari Sikh Sangat, and Daljit Kaur Ryatt, general gecretary of Namdhari Sikh Sangat, UK, have urged Hanspal to take up the matter with the UPA Government in Delhi and use diplomatic channels to bring those responsible for the attack to book.
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Congress leaders put up unity show in Batala
Batala, August 12 “I am a born Congress man and will never leave the party. I stand solidly behind the PPCC president and in the coming General Election will ensure a comfortable lead for the party from my Vidhan Sabha constituency of Fatehgarh Churian," he announced at the meeting. The meeting, held at a local marriage palace, was well-attended despite the threat of rain throughout the day. The Pradesh Congress chief claimed that he had convinced Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to set up a rail coach factory (RCF) at Kalanaur, 25 km from Gurdaspur, on the lines of the one set up in Kapurthala. "The Railway Ministry had given its clearance after the then Railway Minister Pawan Bansal convinced the Prime Minister about the economic feasibility of such a venture at Kalanaur. It was to be a Rs 15,000 crore project and could have given employment to 14,000 persons of the Majha region. "However, the Chief Minister sat on the file for months. The project went into a limbo and was later shifted to Sonepat on the insistence of the Haryana Chief Minister," Bajwa claimed. "The Chief Minister does not want to bring any major project to Gurdaspur as I represent the Gurdaspur constituency in Parliament. I have statistics to prove that unemployment in Majha is more than it is in the Malwa and Doaba regions," Bajwa added.
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No Sangat Darshan at this village in Chief Minister’s home
district
Bhuttiwala
(Muktsar) August 12 While the district administration denies any ‘hidden’ agenda in ignoring the village, the residents allege they are being ignored for voting against the SAD in the assembly as well as the panchayat elections. They have been told to pledge support to the Akalis in future elections if they want to see development works in their village, the residents allege. “We voted for Congress' Raja Warring as MLA and then rebel Akali candidate Sukhpal Singh as
sarpanch. The latter won by a huge margin of nearly 1,200 votes,” said Jagdev Singh, a village elder. He said the villagers wanted to complain to the CM about the incomplete drainage system, the problem of water-logging, the poor quality of portable water and the increasing cases of cancer. Muktsar Deputy Commissioner Paramjit Singh said he had asked the Sub-Divisional Magistrate
(SDM) of Gidderbaha to look into these problems. The SDM said he had already begun work on some projects. But sceptical Bhuttiwala residents claimed that they had been given similar assurances in the past, but to no avail.
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Oppn can’t stop Badal’s Sangat Darshan: Sukhbir
Nihalsinghwala (Moga), August 12 He was addressing a public gathering at Nihalsinghwala organised by former MLA Ajit Singh Shant who recently joined the SAD. Sukhbir scoffed at PPCC president Partap Singh Bajwa and other Congress leaders, saying they could not match the stamina of his octogenarian father. “The luxury-loving Congress leadership cannot compete with the CM who is committed to the welfare of the people,” Sukhbir said. Claiming that the SAD-BJP Government did not believe in negative politics, he said the development projects initiated by the SAD-BJP Government had started showing results, which may be causing frustration in the Congress rank and file. Senior Akali leader Tota Singh called on the party workers to work together to strengthen the ruling party and win the Lok Sabha elections. There are rumours that the SAD-BJP alliance may field Shant from the Faridkot (reserve) parliamentary constituency, replacing Paramjit Kaur Gulshan. The latter was conspicuous by her absence. Moga MLA Joginder Pal Jain too was not seen at the function.
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SAD complains to EC on Samra’s allegation
Chandiagrh, August 12 In a complaint to the ECI, SAD secretary and spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema said Samra, who had contested from Nakodar in the state assembly elections in 2012, had admitted in public that he (Samra) and Capt Amarinder Singh had paid Rs 2 crore to Congress party rebel candidate Atwal to buy his support in the election. He said in the light of these revelations, the EC should verify the source of funding for the payment.
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Now, police party attacked in
Tarn Taran village
Tarn Taran, August 12 Sixteen of the accused, including a woman identified as Rani, have been arrested. The police is conducting raids to nab the remaining accused who have gone underground. A police party headed by Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Sahib Singh had gone to the village during routine patrolling when it was confronted by 50-60 armed persons. As the ASI tried to reason out with them, the residents, who were armed with swords and lathis, started damaging the police vehicle (PB-02 AT 9620). Village residents accuse the police of being hand in glove with the "Kale kachhian wala" gang. Khalra Station House officer (SHO) Nirmal Singh alleged that his vehicle was also attacked as he arrived in the village to save his colleagues. He said ASI Sahib Singh had to fire in the air to save himself as he had been gheraoed by a threatening mob. This is the third such instance in a month. Earlier, police teams were attacked in Kathunangal and Bal Khurd villages of Amritsar district.
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Six yrs on, Barnala sans district-level offices
Barnala, August 12 Sources said at the time when Barnala district was set up, the then government had promised that the new district would get all
the offices. But since the work of 12 district offices was linked to the offices in Sangrur district, these departments in Barnala were run from offices in Sangrur. The 12 offices that are yet to be set up in Barnala district are: District Social Security Office (DSSO), District Language Office (DLO), District Industries Centre (DIC), District Horticulture Office, Office of the Assistant Labour Commissioner, District Town Planning Office, District Sainik Welfare Office, Office of the Deputy Director (Fisheries), District Soil Conservation Office, Office of the Deputy Registrar (Cooperative),
Office of the Executive Engineer (Drainage) and the Office of the Executive Engineer of Pollution Control Board. In the absence of such a large number of district-level offices, residents often have to go to Sangrur to get their work done. The residents of the district have been demanding that these district-level offices should be set up here at the earliest so that they do not have to travel to Sangrur. Barnala Deputy Commissioner Dr Indu Malhotra said there was a urgent need to set up these offices in Barnala. She said she had also sent a reminder to the state government to set up these 12 offices in Barnala. Her predecessors had also written to the government in this regard, she added.
Offices yet to be set up in district Social Security Office , Language Office, Industries Centre, Horticulture Office, Office of the Assistant Labour Commissioner, Town Planning Office, Sainik Welfare Office, Office of the Deputy Director (Fisheries), Soil Conservation Office, Offices of the Deputy Registrar (Cooperative), Office of the Executive Engineer (Drainage) and Office of the Executive Engineer of Pollution Control Board
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Eco-friendly machine to build Rs 600 crore road
Bathinda, August 12 The machine, worth nearly Rs 12 crore, takes about one-fourth of the time taken to lay a road while using the conventional method. The machine is being used for the first time in Punjab and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal is expected to have an on-road demonstration in
Bhikhi, Mansa. The PWD officials said a Gujarat-based contractor, Patel Infrastructure, was given the contract of the road for 10 years, which included maintenance of the entire stretch. The contractor will undertake construction activities that will be assigned to him at different times. The road manager of Patel Infrastructure, Mukesh Kumar, said the machine does away with the transportation cost of construction material besides saving fuel and
labour. So far, the machine has constructed a 5-km stretch on Dhanaula-Bhikhi road where it has removed cracks and structural inadequacy of the road. In the first year of the contract, the machine would be used to construct 20-km road from Mansa chowk to
Kotshamir, 10 km stretch from Bhawanigarh to Mehlan chowk and 25 km stretch from Dhanaula to
Bhikhi. The 106-km stretch from Bhawanigarh to Kotshamir will be widened from seven metres to 10 metres and the road from Mansa to Talwandi Sabo will be widened from 5 metres to 10
metres. The road from Mansa chowk to Mansa city will be four-laned in the next year and the rest of
the stretches will be constructed later.
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Youth drowns as Sutlej sweeps away bridge
Ferozepur, August 12 Several villages, including Bandala, Muthianwai and Kamalewala, besides those
falling under Gatti cluster situated along the left flank of the river, have
been affected following the release of excess water in the Sutlej from Harike
headworks in the last few days. Drainage officials said due to a rise in the water level in the Sutlej and the
Beas, the water downstream Harike went up to 81,406 cusecs today whereas upstream it was recorded at 1,03,590 cusecs. The water upstream Hussaniwala was recorded at around 60,000 cusecs, which was much more than the normal flow. At Bandala and Basti Ram Lal villages, standing crop on hundreds of acres has been flooded. At several places, the roads have also come under water. Deputy Commissioner Manjit Singh Narang along with the Irrigation, Revenue and Drainage Department officials visited the affected areas and instructed the officials concerned to further strengthen the ‘dhussi
bundh’. He announced an ex gratia of Rs 1 lakh to the family of the deceased youth. Reports of agricultural fields being flooded were received from Fazilka too.
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Govt to streamline working of coop banks
Chandigarh, August 12 Professionals will also be appointed to top executive posts to run these banks. To amend the relevant rules to appoint these professionals, an ordinance will be issued soon. As of now, these banks are managed by elected members who come from the political pool. Sources said the professionals would be taken on deputation from commercial banks and also from among the staff working in these banks. The Reserve Bank of India and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), which provide a major part of funds for these banks, have directed the state government to appoint professionals at the higher level to run these banks efficiently. The RBI has also directed the government to improve the capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of these banks or else their licence would be suspended. In view of these instructions, the government has provided Rs 30 crore to the Mansa Central Cooperative Bank and the Faridkot Central Cooperative Bank. However, Rs 100 crore more would be required to further improve the CAR of these banks. Registrar of Cooperative Societies AS Miglani said professionals would be appointed after vacancies were created at the end of the tenure of the incumbent managing- directors. Miglani said after a long time, these banks had shown profit during the fiscal 2012-13. The non-performing assets (NPAs) of these banks, that give loans to farmers in cash as well as in kind, had also come down, he said.
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28,000 acres under water in Mand
Tarn Taran, August 12 Talking to The Tribune, Baljeet Singh, a marginal farmer from Mundapind village, said, “I had sown paddy on four acres of land and all of it has been completely destroyed.” Another farmer, Salvinder Singh, who lost his crop on three acres, demanded that the state government should announce compensation for them. “Our agricultural land is the sole source of our livelihood, but now with the river water ruining it all, we are left with nothing to manage two square meals for our families,” said Jang Singh, another villager. Incidentally, the farmers too are to be blamed for the situation to some extent. Sources said the government had in the past allotted the fields adjoining the riverbed to those farmers who used to cultivate them at nominal rates. However, some farmers had further encroached upon the government land in low-lying areas and consequently they suffer huge losses whenever water level goes up in the river. A section of farmers also claimed that the river had changed its course over time, taking their land into its fold and leading to losses whenever there was an increase in its level. The Tribune team came across some farmers who had made such land cultivable at Mohammedabad village, though it was not owned by them.
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Central team to probe illegal sand
mining in Punjab: Tewari
Ludhiana, August 12 Tewari said he had submitted a detailed memorandum to the Union Minister, highlighting the rampant loot of sand in Punjab. He said illegal mining was damaging the ecology of the state. Tewari told Jayanti Natarajan that the ruling party in the state backed the sand mafia. “The state government claims that if the miners get environmental clearance then they are allowed work at limited number of sites but in reality illegal mining is
rampant in the state,” he disclosed in the memorandum. The minister said, “So much so, the spans of some key road and railway bridges on these rivers have been damaged as sand is extracted using heavy machinery such as huge excavators and earth diggers.” Since everything was illegal nobody bothered to observe any norms, he remarked. Tewari told Natarajan that the Punjab Government in 2006 during the Congress regime had made it mandatory for miners to get environmental clearance before they began mining. Tewari alleged when the regime changed in 2007, these norms were thrown to the winds.
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Health Minister inaugurates 50-bed hospital in Moonak
Sangrur, August 12 The health minister said the state government was now setting up operation theatres with improved technology that automatically sanitised the theatre. He also said that the number of deliveries had increased five times in government hospitals. Mittal said the government would continue recruiting para-medical staff and had recently appointed 500 staff nurses. He said the government had also appointed 600 doctors in the last year. Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa said in its budget the government had increased funding for health and education by 25 per cent while funding for other sectors had been increased by 10 per cent.
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Medical admissions: Row over quota for terror victims’ wards
Chandigarh, August 12 The issue gains importance since in all earlier government orders, the benefit of terrorism victim was provided to a family member. A Principal Secretary said: “The aim is to give preference to the families affected by terrorism. The family includes children, parents and grandparents”. Dr SS Gill, Vice Chancellor, BFUHS, said: “The admission document clearly said reservation was to be provided to the wards of terror victims, who were the sole earning members of their families. This clearly meant the father unless there was an exception”. The university is likely to decide on the matter within this week. There are four cases where parents have demanded reservation for their wards as terrorist victims. All these aspirants belong to families who had lost their elders in terror attacks, but not the sole earning member.
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Security beefed up for Samjhauta Express
Amritsar, August 12 The police force can be seen maintaining extra vigil at the time of arrival and departure of the train running between India and Pakistan. The number of members in the inspection team of the railway police has been doubled. The police is not only carrying out a thorough check of the compartments but also patrolling the railway tracks. Meanwhile, passengers at the Attari railway station today felt saddened by the recent development, but opined that the two countries should continue to work for peace. Sabiha from Lahore said India and Pakistan must join hands to defeat the forces which were out to sabotage the peace process.
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Woman stabs one-yr-old son to death, held
Abohar, August 12 It is yet to be ascertained as to what provoked the mother to commit the crime. Sources said Savita along with her husband Bunty and son Rohit came to the house of Bunty’s parents in Panjpeer Nagar last night as the child was suffering from fever. In the afternoon, the victim’s sister Aarti saw Savita attacking Rohit with a knife. Aarti snatched the knife and raised an alarm. The child succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital. A large crowd assembled at the house after the incident. The police later recovered the blood-stained bedsheet and the knife allegedly used by the accused.
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While various government agencies have been working towards curbing the spread of HIV, hardly any efforts have been made to rehabilitate the infected persons, particularly the sex workers who are considered one of the main carriers of the deadly virus.
At the mass contact programme here today, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Partap Singh Bajwa and Fatehgarh Churian Congress MLA Tripit Rajinder Singh Bajwa were seen together on the dais.
The two leaders had been at loggerheads for some time. Owing to the bitterness between them, there were rumours of Tripit Rajinder Singh Bajwa shifting loyalties to the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
“I am a born Congress man and will never leave the party. I stand solidly behind the PPCC president and in the coming General Election will ensure a comfortable lead for the party from my Vidhan Sabha constituency of Fatehgarh Churian," he announced at the meeting.
This village, that voted for a rebel Akali candidate, who was supported by the Congress, as its
sarpanch, was left out from the Chief Minister's three-day Sangat Darshan programme recently.
The Chief Minister camped at Khirkianwala, Asha Bhutter, Harike Kalan, Swaag, Kaunai and Surewala villages, but chose not to lend his ear to the grievances of the residents of
Bhuttiwala.
Patiala, August 12
Ferozepur, August 12
Ludhiana,
August 12
He had joined the judiciary as Civil Judge (Junior Division) in February, 1996. Since the probation period was not considered to be satisfactory, his services were dispensed with by the State Government.
Chandigarh, August 12