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MC chargesheets three ATPs
Gurkirat murder: Probe handed over to ACP Gaurav Garg
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Building collapses at Gali Sita Ram in walled city
Rush makes patients arrange their own beds at Bebe Nanki centre
Newlywed commits suicide
GNDH escape route for jail inmates
Varsity pays tributes to Sufi singer Reshma
Spiritual treat for music lovers
FROM COLLEGES
Spurt in number of patients with asthmatic problems
Four-day national judo championship begins
AAI to hold cricket tourney in city
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MC chargesheets three ATPs
Amritsar, November 6 The MC has issued separate charge-sheets to three of its Municipal Town Planning Wing officials. They are Assistant Town Planners Suresh Kumar, Banke Bihari (at present posted at Ludhiana) and Ramesh Chhabra (now at Jaladhar), during whose tenure such commercial establishments prospered. Meanwhile, in another development the MC has also deputed a new Municipal Town Planner Raj Kumar in place of Des Raj, who was recently suspended on the insistence of Local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi. Des Raj faced graft charges allegedly for issuing no objection certificates (NOCs) for sanctioning building plans. Commissioner, MC, DPS Kharbanda, while confirming the development, said the officials, whose role had come under scanner, had received the chargesheets. “They have been charged for not performing their duties in proper manner. It was during their tenure that such lapses occurred, which led to the mushrooming of illegal hotels, inns and guest houses. They would be given a chance to explain their position for why didn’t they take cognisance of such serious lapses,” he said. Senior Town Planner Hemant Batra said the charge-sheet had been served to them as they didn’t publish the mandatory notification regarding "not to use the premises as hotel or guest house or inn" within stipulated time frame, as per the directions of the Punjab and Haryana high Court. Taking notice of the writ petition filed by an Amritsar resident, Sarbjit Singh Verka, in 2010, the authorities were summoned by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. In May 2012, the then Deputy Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal had "categorically" admitted that 21 multi-storey hotels/inns/restaurants did not comply with the laid norms under the MC Building Bylaws and were issued notices. These hotels, some even raised to six storeys on just 50-60 sq yard "residential" plots, never obtained the mandatory no-objection certificates (NOCs) either from the Municipal Corporation or the Fire Department. With no alternate fire escape route, there were only "narrow stairs" leading to upper floors. “Barring 2 per cent of them, none of these hotels/inns/restaurants have the mandatory provision of parking lots,” said Kharbanda. Nonetheless, the MC has initiated a survey to check NOCs, licences under the Serai Act and other permissions secured by hotels situated in the walled city. The high court has summoned MC Commissioner DPS Kharbanda and STP Hemant Batra on November 25 to gauge the action taken by the authorities against the illegal construction. “We had constituted three teams, consisting of nine officials, who would prepare a report on the basis of survey, so that we would be able to present the actual picture before the HC Bench”, said STP Batra.
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Gurkirat murder: Probe handed over to ACP Gaurav Garg
Amritsar, November 6
Though the newly appointed Police Commissioner handed over the probe to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gaurav Garg, the family sees no hope from the Police Department, which they alleged had taken the case very lightly at the initial stages itself and later their unprofessional attitude gave ample chance to the murderers to destroy the evidence and evade the police net. Jatinder Singh Aulakh, Police Commissioner, who along with other senior police officials visited Gurkirat’s residence and met his family members besides visiting the site where his body was found dumped, however, insisted that the department was not "reinvestigating" the case and current investigations were just the continuation of the previous probe. Assistant Commissioner of Police Gaurav Garg today visited the family and the spot where Gurkirat’s body was found. It is pertinent to mention here that perturbed over the inability of the Police Department in cracking the sensational murder case, the Punjab Human Rights Organisation (PHRO) filed a writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court demanding a CBI inquiry into the case. However, the high court asked the city police to submit its status report by November 15. “I have no hope from the Police Department. For the past one year they never bothered to investigate the case properly. They never visited us in past 11 months and now all of a sudden they came to us and started investigations. All through the year they have only given as false assurances,” said Angrej Singh, father of the deceased. It may be recalled that Gurkirat had mysteriously gone missing on November 7, 2012, while playing just close to his residence. The police filed a missing report and on November 10 they registered a kidnapping case after the family members and area residents held a demonstration and blocked the Amritsar-Batala highway. On November 16, his body was found dumped in a secluded building located just a few metres away from his residence. A number of police officials and personnel remained on their toes for finding any clue to the sensational murder and even after elapsing of a year they have made no breakthrough into the case. All the tip-offs it received during investigation proved futile.
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Building collapses at Gali Sita Ram in walled city
Amritsar, November 6 Though no casualty was reported in the incident, but several household gadgets, like refrigerator, washing machines and two Activa scooters, were damaged by the falling debris. It was earlier alleged by the affected family that the basement in the adjoining house under renovation was being made in an illegal manner, which led to the accident, but later, in the evening both the parties reached a compromise. Ranjit Singh, a relative of the affected family, said though the house was quite old, but it was recently renovated. “We had got it repaired sometime ago, but the basement, which was dug in its adjoining plot proved disastrous. Talks are on with the other party for compensation,” he said. According to SHO, Kotwali police station, Surinder Mohan, no case has been registered as both the parties agreed to resolve the matter amicably. “We also didn’t intervene as there was no loss of life in the incident,” he said. According to information, the incident occurred between 12.30 am and 1 am when the foundation of this building could not bear the load, reportedly, due to 15-foot deep pit, which was being dug for making way for the basement in an adjoining plot.
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Rush makes patients arrange their own beds at Bebe Nanki centre
Amritsar, November 6 The centre has three gynaecology units of 30 beds each. However, the hospital authorities stated that the bed occupancy is around 180 per cent of the available infrastructure. The units were seen stuffed with around 50-55 beds each. During a visit to the centre it was seen that many patients were lying on personal beds brought by them. Patients said they had brought the beds on a rent of Rs 40 per day. The situation has resulted in mushrooming of a new kind of entrepreneurs who give these beds on rent to the needy people. The hospital authorities have also placed extra beds in the units to cater to the rush, but the measures are proving insufficient. “The number of patients has increased many times because of free child delivery service and free medicines. Even due to increase of awareness level among the public, the number of institutional deliveries has increased everywhere else also,” said Medical Superintendent of the hospital Dr KS Sidhu. Dr Sidhu said they try to provide medical service to every patient whosoever comes to the centre even if they have to make temporary arrangements for their stay. “We do not say no to anybody even if all the beds are occupied. Sometimes the patients themselves bring folding beds for their need,” said Dr Sidhu. Not only the Bebe Nanki centre, but also all the other institutions under Government Medical College, including Guru Nanak Dev Hospital and ENT Hospital, are facing the problem of huge rush of patients. The infrastructure available with medical college has a capacity to admit around 950 patients at the most. “The bed occupancy is always more than the available infrastructure. Presently, we have around 1,200 patients admitted to various wards,” said Sidhu. The centre was inaugurated in November last year. The nine-storey building provides medical facilities to mothers and children under one roof. However, the offices on the top floor of the building are yet to be furnished to be used by officials. Sources at the hospital said the Bebe Nanki centre was created to cater to the rush of patients as assessed at the time when design was being prepared. The design of the building did not have much scope for its extension. However, the authorities had apprised senior officials of medical education and research about the situation.
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Newlywed commits suicide
Amritsar, November 6 The police has initiated action under Section 174 of the CrPC and handed over the body to her family after postmortem. According to information, the deceased, identified as Sandeep Kaur, a resident of Bohru village, was married to Bau of Padhri Kalan village about a month ago. Her father stated to the police that she returned to her their house after some days. Yesterday, when he went to her room, he found that she had committed suicide by hanging herself. The police authorities said they had found no clue to the reason behind the incident. They said further investigations were under progress.
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GNDH escape route for jail inmates
Amritsar, November 6 It has been evident from the past instances that firstly they win the confidence of policemen deputed to keep an eye on them, then they give the police a slip after taking advantage of leniency on the latter's part. Though disciplinary action is taken against the erring police personnel, such instances went on repeating. In a such incident, an HIV infected jail inmate, Krishan Kumar, was admitted to the medical ward No. 6 of GNDH a week ago. On Monday about 8pm, he dodged the three policemen on duty while taking an escape route by breaking open the iron mesh of the toilet. Deputy Superintendent, Jail, RK Sharma, admitted that the tendency of police personnel to become friendly with prisoners becomes advantage for the latter to flee. “Moreover, in most of the cases, they pretend to be severely ill and ask for hospital treatment outside the jail, whereas their actual motive would be to cook plan to escape,” he said. A doctor in the jail said Guru Nanak Dev Hospital sans proper provision for prisoner patients that were mandatory under the directives of the Health Ministry that advocates having separate wards for them. On August 25, an undertrial, Satnam Singh, alias Satta, a notorious drug peddler, had escaped after fooling policemen from the Swami Vivakanand De-addiction Centre located on the premises of Government Medical College here. He went to toilet after asking the police personnel deputed there and escaped from its window. On May 23, a notorious criminal, Jagtar Singh alias Sonu, who was arrested by the Kotwali police in March, slipped from the GNDH premises dodging the Kapurthala jail guards. Jagtar, who was involved in over 100 looting incidents and a rape case, got his handcuffs removed on the pretext of answering the nature's call. Taking advantage of the situation, he fled from the bathroom of a ward. On May 22, another jail inmate, Vicky Masih, was admitted to the hospital after he had fits while being lodged in the Gurdaspur jail. Doctors at the jail referred him to the GNDH. He was arrested by the Fatehgarh Churian police for possessing narcotics. Three days later, he got his handcuffs removed on the pretext of going to toilet and escaped from the hospital.
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Varsity pays tributes to Sufi singer Reshma
Amritsar, November 6 Dr Martin Claton, department of music, Durham University, England, faculty and students of the department were among those present. Dr Inderjit while paying tributes to the singer said Reshma, the India-born Pakistani folk singer, was the ambassador of peace and harmony between both countries. He said her voice built bridges of peace between India and Pakistan and it would be missed on both sides of the border. Dr Gurpreet said the void created due to her death could not be filled. She added that the song ‘Lambi judai’ sung by Reshma turned her into an icon across the world. She became equally popular among youngsters. The students and faculty members of the music department sang songs in her memory.
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Spiritual treat for music lovers
Amritsar, November 6 The singer, who is a Arya Samaj follower, attended as well as performed devotional songs at the event. “It was a way to connect spiritually. As musician, I always try to rejuvenate myself through deriving divinity and spiritual energy. The evening was also meant to help the needy,” says the singer. As a charity initiative, the money collected through the event would go to support needy students at Gurukul that is run by the NGO. “I am always open to help and support children, especially students. Swami Madurananda has been asking me to join her in efforts to provide education to poor children and this was my opportunity to do the same.” Vipul, along with a four-member group, performed devotional songs, and also paid tributes to late music legend Manna Dey, who passed away recently, through his iconic song, ‘Aiye Mere Pyare Watan’ from the film ‘Kabuliwala’. “The Indian music industry and the Hindi cinema have lost a great soul. As an aspiring singer, I grew up idolising Manna Dey and many other musical greats and my tribute to him through one of his most popular songs was just another way to remember him,” shares Vipul. Another legend he remembered on the occasion was Pakistani singer Reshma, who also died recently. “My father was a big fan of her and used to bring me her songs. I too was influenced by her singing and used to indulge in her singing style. Who can forget her classic song Lambi Judai,” he says. On his own career front, Vipul is busy in doing playback assignments on two projects, Subhash Ghai’s next and JP Dutta’s sequel to Border. “Both of them are great directors and known to give hit music in their films. I have also produced and composed a single called ‘Rubaru’, which I am planning to release on YouTube by the year-end,” he adds. Why social media platform, when he can launch it on a grand platform. “The reason for the same is that the social media has become the best way to reach out to the young audience. A one-on-one medium for independent musicians to get their music heard as youngsters are really attached to it,” he clears. Meanwhile, its live concerts with Salim-Sulieman and an upcoming performamce on the Coke Studio are keeping him busy. “It’s a different experience performing live on stage. With Coke Studio, one really gets to test their versatility and strength as a singer,” says Vipul.
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Student bags gold in national event
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, November 6 He won the honour In total, five students, including Amarbir Singh, Harmandeep Singh, Himmat Singh and Gagandeep Singh, participated in the games. He lauded the efforts of First Punjab Battalian officers Col RS Bath, Subedar Surjit Singh and College Associate NCC officer Jaswinder Singh for their hard work that led to the achievement. Students win laurels
BBK DAV College for Women Principal Neelam Kamra congratulated students of the college for completing the ATC camp held at Lawrence School, Amritsar, from October 11 to October 20, 2013. As many as 33 NCC cadets from the college attended the camp under the guidance of NCC caretaker Harsimran Kaur. The students won the overall first position in the camp by winning 38 medals during the camp. The college won the first position in drill, tug-of-war, group dance, group song and solo dance events and the first two positions in an essay writing competition.
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Spurt in number of patients with asthmatic problems
Amritsar, November 6 The numbers of such patients at the hospital have seen a five-time increase over the summer months, said Naresh Chawla, District TB officer. He said fog and frost in winters could cause respiratory problems and even respiratory failure in some cases. Dr Chawla said at least 70 per cent of the patients visiting the OPD were suffering from asthmatic problems. He said: “In summers, there were only 15 to 20 per cent such patients.” With the fall in temperature, the patients feel heaviness in the chest area and breathing exercise becomes difficult. As the fog and frost increases, the smoke and dust pollute the air which causes problems for asthmatic patients, he said. “In winters, the asthmatic patients are on a high risk as the immune system is somewhat depressed whereas hypersensitivity of the airways is witnessed among patients, Dr Chawla said. He advised the patients to try to remain indoors till the fog clears. “The patients should refrain from going for morning walks and doing exercise in the foggy weather. It can increase the chances of an asthmatic attack,” he said. He added that food items eggs, fish, walnuts and broccoli could be of extreme help during the winter months for such patients.
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Four-day national judo championship begins
Amritsar, November 6 In another match of the same category, Deepanshu of DAV Public School, New Delhi, stood second. In U-12 (30-kg weight) category, Rahul Punia of DAV Public, New Delhi, got the first position by defeating Aryan of Banfa International School, New Delhi. In U-14 (40 kg) category, Abhishek of PSM Senior Secondary School, Sonepat, got the first position while Mohit of Ganga International School, New Delhi, stood second. The host school had to satisfy with the third position in this category as its Rakshit and Shrey lost to their opponents for the second place. In the U-14 (40 kg) girls’ category, Akanksha of Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Hanumangarh, got the first position and Aditi Sharma from Jammu bagged the second spot. In U-12 (30 kg) category, Kashish of ASN Mayur Vihar Delhi got the first position while Kritika Jain of Sri Ram Swarup Memorial Public School, Lucknow, bagged the second position. About 500 judokas from the east, west, north 1, 2 and south zones across the country are participating in the event. The tournament was inaugurated by Pushkar Vohra, Joint Director, Sports, CBSE, and Bakshi Ram Arora, Mayor.
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AAI to hold cricket tourney in city
Amritsar, November 6 Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport Director Suneel Dutt, while thanking the AAI for selecting the Amritsar Airport to host the event, said all arrangements had been completed to successfully conduct the game. In all, six teams consisting players drawn from all airports of the country would participate in the same. Delhi (northern zone), Chennai (southern), Mumbai (western), Kolkata (eastern), Guwahati (north eastern) and Corporate Headquarters - New Delhi, are the participating six zones. Two matches will be played daily. The first match will be played from 9am to 12 noon and the second from 1pm to 4pm. There will be a man of the match trophy for each match. Dutt said the previous tournament was played in December 2010 at Kolkata, which was won by the north zone. The eastern zone was the runner-up in the event. The national team of the AAI will be selected from these players.In the current fiscal, the cricket tournament is being organised in Amritsar while athletics at Ranchi, football at Kolkata, and badminton at Allahabad would also be held. — TNS
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Following the reprimand of the Punjab and Haryana High Court about unregulated growth of hotels, inns and guest houses around the Golden Temple, the Municipal Corporation (MC) has initiated the process of tightening the noose around its officials.
It has been a year now. The city police is still clueless in the brutal murder case of 10-year-old Gurkirat Singh, a resident of Verka. The killers are still out of reach of the police.
Panic gripped the residents of Gali Sita Ram located in the walled city area when a portion of an old three- storey house collapsed in the wee hours today following the digging of a basement in the adjoining plot under
construction for raising a building.
Bebe Nanki Mother and Child Care Centre is facing a problem of huge rush of patients in its gynaecology unit as a result of which the patients have to arrange beds of their own to get the medical services.
Sachin of host Bhawans SL Public School bagged the first position in the U-12 (25 kg weight) category on the opening day of the four-day CBSE National Judo Championship that was started with a function here today.
