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Nakodar still lacks proper garbage dumping sites
Nakodar, October 21
Instead of making garbage dumping sites at proper places on the directions of National Green Tribunal (NGT), Municipal Council, Nakodar has built some of them near educational institutions, civil hospital and religious places while most of garbage is still being dumped in the open.

Police remembers its martyrs
Nawanshahr, October 21
Rich tributes were paid to the police martyrs at the "Police Commemoration Day" organised at the ITI grounds by the District Police to mark the occasion on Monday. Deputy Commissioner Anandita Mitra, SSP Dhanpreet Kaur, Chairman, District Planning Committee, Dr SK Sukhi, former MLA Chaudhary Mohan Singh, SDM, Banga, Arvinder Kumar, SP (HQ) Satpal Singh Bhangu, SP (D) Gagan Ajit Singh accompanied by police officials and family members of the martyrs paid floral tributes to the members of the police and para military forces. A contingent of the police, led by DSP (D), Hardeep Kumar, gave salute to the martyrs. Officials and dignitaries present on the occasion observed two minutes' silence to pay tributes to the martyrs.

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	Nakodar still lacks proper garbage dumping sites Dharmendra Joshi Tribune News Service Nakodar, October 21 Instead of making garbage dumping sites at proper places on the directions of National Green Tribunal (NGT), Municipal Council, Nakodar has built some of them near educational institutions, civil hospital and religious places while most of garbage is still being dumped in the open. Levelling allegation against Nakodar Municipal Council (MC), social activist Gaurav Jain, who filed an application before New Delhi-based NGT a few months ago, said the MC made brick-walled enclosures for dumping garbage near DAV Girls College, Civil Hospital, Arya Samaj Mandir and New Janata Model Senior Secondary School. Gaurav said the MC was supposed to set up dumping places at proper sites with minimum inconvenience to general public. Besides 70 per cent of the garbage is still thrown in the open as neither any enclosure nor any container has been placed there, he added. When contacted, Nakodar MC Executive Officer (EO) Rajiv Oberoi said, “The brick-walled enclosures have been made at those places where the garbage had already been dumped for the past several years. Janata School at Gaunsh Mohalla has been built without any proper approval whereas the dump was already situated there.” To a query that if a wrong thing has been done, should not that be changed, the EO said, “There is no option but to dump garbage of the town at various places located in the city before lifting it to take at other place.” In reply to another question, he said, “Containers will be placed by Monday at the places where garbage is still dumped in the open. The containers have been sent for repair and we will get them back soon.” A five-member principal Bench of Delhi-based NG Tribunal, headed by its chairman Justice Swatanter Kumar, directed the Jalandhar DC in its interim order on September 3 to prepare a comprehensive and fully scientifically developed plan for collection and disposal of the MSW before setting up a proposed MSW disposal plant in Jalandhar.
	Police remembers its martyrs Our Correspondent Nawanshahr, October 21 Rich tributes were paid to the police martyrs at the "Police Commemoration Day" organised at the ITI grounds by the District Police to mark the occasion on Monday. Deputy Commissioner Anandita Mitra, SSP Dhanpreet Kaur, Chairman, District Planning Committee, Dr SK Sukhi, former MLA Chaudhary Mohan Singh, SDM, Banga, Arvinder Kumar, SP (HQ) Satpal Singh Bhangu, SP (D) Gagan Ajit Singh accompanied by police officials and family members of the martyrs paid floral tributes to the members of the police and para military forces. A contingent of the police, led by DSP (D), Hardeep Kumar, gave salute to the martyrs. Officials and dignitaries present on the occasion observed two minutes' silence to pay tributes to the martyrs. Dhanpreet Kaur, while narrating the historical importance of the Shaheedi Divas Parade ( Police Commemoration Day Parade), said the Day was observed by the police not only to salute the bravery of the martyrs belonging to the police as well as para military forces, who had sacrificed their lives for maintaining the unity and integrity of the country every year but also to re-assure the dependants of the martyrs that the police department as well as the society would not only remain indebted to the sacrifices made by the cops but would also stand by them always. As many as 26 police jawans and officials had laid down their lives while fighting against militancy and contributed towards restoring peace, harmony, law and order in the state. The SSP also heard the grievances of the dependants of the police martyrs and asked the officials concerned to solve their problems on priority basis. The families of the police martyrs Inspector Harjit Singh, SI Prem Chand, ASI Parkash Chand, ASI Ram Sarup, ASI Avtar, ASI Hardyal Singh, ASI Gian Chand, C-2 Husan Lal, Sepoy Jagdish Singh, Sepoy Kewal Singh, Sepoy Baldev Singh, Sepoy Roshan Lal, Sepoy Ramji Dass, Sepoy Jaspal, Sepoy Parveen, Sepoy Parmjit Singh, Sepoy Gurdawar Ram, Sepoy Kewal Krishan, Sepoy Karam Chand, Sepoy Sada Ram, Sepoy Jasvir Ram, Punjab Home Guard Jawans Ajit Singh, Sushil Kumar, Avtar Singh, Dhyan Singh, were honoured on the occasion.
	Students, staff contribute for repair of rooms Phagwara, October 21 After getting disappointment from the state government, which did not show any interest to repair the 18 out of total 25 classrooms of Government Senior Secondary Girls School, Phagwara, students and teachers of the school have taken it upon themselves to collect funds for the renovation of their school building. The building had been declared unsafe by the Public Works Department several months ago. As many as 993 students are studying in this school. In a significant move, students of the school, who collected and contributed Rs 1.80 Lakh for the repair works, today laid foundation stone to reconstruct the collapsed room. School principal Nirmal Singh, who himself donated Rs 51,000/- told this correspondent that school staff contributed Rs 2.50 Lakh while two UK-based NRI brothers Satnam Singh and Lehmber Singh donated Rs five Lakh. He said though state government had sanctioned only Rs 10 lakh, Congress MP Santosh Chaudhary herself, too, donated the same amount, but more than Rs one crore are required to reconstruct the 18 unsafe classrooms. It may be mentioned here that despite the issue was highlighted in these columns twice and even one classroom was collapsed and the parapet of another had crumbled last month. The principal gave representation to the government and several influential political leaders, including Phagwara MLA and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Som Parkash, for early repair of the rooms to prevent any mishap, but to no avail. — OC
	2 booked for misleading court Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, October 21 Mukhtar Singh, a resident of Makhi Kalan village and Major Singh, member panchyat of the same village have been booked for giving a wrong information local court. Mukhtar Singh had produced a fake certificate regarding the date of birth of his son Gursewak Singh showing him to be a minor. He had made this attempt to save his son facing a rape case registered by the Bhikhiwind police six months ago. In the birth certificate issued by Adarash Public Secondary School, Bhikhwind, date of birth of Gursewak Singh has been mentioned as April 15, 1997.
	59th State School Games inaugurated Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, October 21 Narinder Singh, Deputy Circle Education Officer (CEO), Jalandhar inaugurated the 59th State School Games in a colourful function organised here today. Ms DK Mahia, Principal Government In-Service Training Centre, Amritsar presided over the function. Paramjit Singh, District Education Officer (Secondary) in his address on the occasion said the education department had made separate boarding and lodging arrangements for the boy and girl players who had come here from different parts of the state.