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Thalassaemic children abandoned by parents
Civil Hospital shuts down Trauma Centre following stir
Lawyers observe ‘no work day’
Better Jalandhar Under-age driving
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Degrees conferred on 406 students
Indo-Pak Trade Expo from March 6
Bus stand a convenience or inconvenience?
Congress councillors hold protest over state of roads
Auto drivers condemn city bus service project
Three held on land grab charge
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MC defies its own advt bylaws
Jalandhar, March 3 As per the new Punjab Outdoor Advertisement Policy, 2012, notified by the Department of Local Government, the MC had earmarked 15 specific sites for the publicity of social and religious messages and government programme promotion, those, too, on advance booking and at a payment of Rs 100 at the MC's Suwidha Centre. It is not just the MC, even the Traffic Police, the Commissionerate Police and the Deputy Commissioner's office have been unabashedly flouting the orders. Traffic cops have been using streetlight poles for hanging comic messages and information pertaining to traffic rules. The Commissioner Police has covered electricity poles all across the city to put up the contact number of beat constables and senior cops in all areas. If that was not enough, the Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Electoral Officer has also got election-related hoardings put up on electricity poles. The hoardings mostly have displayed messages on not succumbing to lure by politicians. The hoardings sponsored by a bank mention beneath that these have been put on the orders of the DC. While the MC officials have been removing illegal posters and hoardings of private companies from the non-designated sites, the superintendents of advertisement branch have perhaps overseen all such illegal hoardings. MC Commissioner Manpreet Chattwal when asked as to why the MC was not acting as a role model said it must have been contractor who would have put them at wrong places. "I will look into the matter and get them put up at proper places," he said. |
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Thalassaemic children abandoned by parents
Jalandhar, March
3 “My father abandoned me and my mother when I was around 10 years old. My mother got married to another man about six to seven years ago. While they kept me with them for some time, my mother had to bow to my patriarchal stepfather’s command that he could not keep a diseased kid,” said Raju. Since then, he is on his own but keeps meeting his mother who loves him a lot and cares for him. Earlier, Raju was working in some company, but was thrown out from the job after his employer came to know about his disease. “Since they knew that I could die any moment, they chucked me out of the job as they did not want to get into any legal issues,” said Raju. He said the Thalassaemic Society later helped him get another job and the employers had been informed about his condition before hand. Presently, he is getting Rs 3,000 as salary, out of which he pays around Rs 1,000 as rent. “The rest is spent on buying medicines and to conduct various medical examinations, as most of these are not available at the Civil Hospital,” said Raju. Nine-year-old Roshni’s case is more moving than Raju’s. She was abandoned at the time of her birth at the Missionaries of Charity situated in Model Town. “We are not aware whether her parents were aware of her disease, but we found her wrapped in a piece of cloth outside our campus. Since then, we are taking care of her. A few years ago, she was diagnosed with thalassaemia and since then, she is undergoing treatment with the support of the Thalassaemic Society of Jalandhar,” said Sister Alice of the Missionaries of Charity. She said Roshni was a very friendly and cooperative child. “She seemed to have found a new family amongst all of us,” said sister Alice. With their parents abandoning them, the Thalaessemic Society of Jalandhar came to their rescue and after taking them under its fold, is providing treatment free of cost to them. Around 112 such children are presently getting treated at the Civil Hospital with the support of the society which itself is now struggling for its existence due to the heavy rush of such children and no government support. “The government supports only those children suffering from thalassaemia who are either studying in government schools or government-recognised schools. Here, only seven to eight such cases are there with us. The rest are children aged less than 3 or above 16. Since most of them are poor, the government should change the policy and support all of them without laying any such condition,” said TS Bhatia, secretary, Thalessaemic Society of Jalandhar. He also said that in case the government failed to provide some financial support in near future, the society might have to stop taking more thalessaemic children under its fold.
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Civil Hospital shuts down Trauma Centre following stir
Jalandhar, March 3 “We saw the trauma centre locked once we came back from the state-level rally held in Pathankot. Earlier, they deputed some doctors and staff nurses from the hospital itself to cater to trauma patients, but from Sunday, they started referring the trauma cases to various private hospitals outside,” said Kuldeep Kaur, president of the Trauma Centre Contractual Employees Union. Vini Mahajan, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Punjab, slammed Punjab System Health Corporation (PSHC) for shutting down an essential health service in the state. “This is highly unfortunate. Nobody has got the right to shut down the essential services for the general public. We need to intervene in this matter immediately,” said Mahajan. Hussan Lal, Managing Director, Punjab Health System Corporation (PHSC), also expressed his shock at the closure of the trauma centre by the Civil Hospital. “I am shocked. How can they do this? I have not been informed about its closure. The trauma services will be resumed shortly,” said Hussan Lal. The centre was inaugurated on November 27, 2009, after the new building was constructed with a funding of about Rs 4.5 crore from the Central Government. After its completion, the centre was handed over to the state government to run it efficiently.
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Lawyers observe ‘no work day’
Jalandhar, March 3 Piyush Gupta of the Nakodar Bar Association said, “ The High Court has recently passed directions that all types of cases, including civil and criminal, which have been lying pending with the courts for the past over 10 years, must be disposed of before March 31 this year. After the decision, courts are holding day-to-day hearings in all the cases to clear the backlog,” Gupta added. The DBA members said the lawyers would also observe "no work day" tomorrow as well. They demanded that the High Court should consider the demands of the lawyers and reconsider its decision of disposing of all 10- year-old cases before March. "As per the directions of the High Court, now local courts have told lawyers to speed up case proceedings and present evidence in a few days. Now, we are scanning all the old cases in a haste to present true facts before courts," lawyer Gupta said, adding that judges have also been holding day-to-day hearings in all those cases which had been lying pending for past over 10 years. If such a situation remains, many cases would never be decided on merit, a lawyer said, alleging that the High Court's decision had now suddenly overburdened the lawyers to put up all pending cases before courts. Another lawyer said it would be tough for the lawyers to finish all 10-year-old cases before March 31. Only a
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Better Jalandhar Under-age driving
-ii Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service The traffic enforcement agency has challaned as many as 1,936 under-age drivers in last four years but residents are of the view that such an abysmally low number of challans indicates non-seriousness of the traffic police. Jalandhar Tribune delves into the problem and its causes Jalandhar, March 3 A solution to the problem lies not with one person. In fact, society at large needs to play an important role to stop teenagers from putting their own as well as the lives of other commuters in peril. Collective efforts of parents, school management and the traffic police only can lead to permanent solutions. Although the traffic enforcement agency has challaned as many as 1,936 under-age drivers in the last four years, residents are of the view that such an abysmally low number of challans indicates the non-seriousness of the traffic police. City residents demand that the traffic police, instead of concentrating on other traffic violations being committed by the mature drivers, pay more heed to the violations being committed by the under-age drivers. Parents should discourage under-age driving
"I think parents have the foremost role to play in discouraging driving habits of their children. It is the parents who encourage driving by their children by gifting them expensive bikes. Parents should understand that if they continue with the approach of providing comforts to their school going children, they may have to repent one day. I feel one can repurchase the lost vehicles but not lives. One must understand that life is precious and once lost cannot be reclaimed," said Paramjit Bains, a businessman. Subscribe to school buses
"I feel parents, instead of allowing their children to commute to schools in personal vehicles, should subscribe to buses engaged by the school management. It will not only minimise the risk of road mishaps but will also save the energy of children who otherwise have to drive several kilometers daily on bikes. The school management can also play an important role in this by making it compulsory for the school students to commute in school buses. Schools should also impose a complete ban on the entry of under-age students on bikes. If parents do not want to subscribe to school buses, then they should themselves drop their children to school and pick them up as well," said Kasturi Bangar, a computer
designer. Traffic police must be strict on under-age driving
"I think solution to the problem of under-age driving lies with the traffic police. If the traffic enforcement agency becomes strict on the issue, under-age driving will vanished from the city roads in only a few days. The traffic police, instead of concentrating on other traffic violations, must pay more heed to the violations made by under-age drivers. The traffic police should put up permanent nakas outside schools during school hours to nab the offenders. For the initial few days, warnings can be issued to the students and later, challans be issued to the rule flouters," said Jaspreet Kaur, a teacher. Regular education campaigns required
"To curtail the menace of under-age driving, the traffic police in coordination with the school management should hold regular awareness campaigns at schools to make the students aware of the ill-effects of under-age driving. Under this campaign, under-age students must be told to take a pledge not to drive vehicles. After organising these campaigns, proper follow up should also be done to inquire if students are following the traffic rules or not," said Prabhjit Singh, a businessman. Special classes on
traffic rules
"To discourage the habit of under-age driving, city schools should organise special classes to make students aware of traffic rules. Initially, these classes can be held on trial basis and later, the same can be made a permanent affair. To seek active participation of the students, the city schools can also form permanent committees in which under-age students can be made its members," said Tarsem Singh Sahota, a shopkeeper. Lessons on traffic rules in school syllabus
"If a subject entirely dedicated to traffic rules is incorporated in school curriculum, the students might follow the traffic norms religiously. The Education Department must take the initiative to add a chapter on traffic rules in the school curriculum. It will surely help in minimising road mishaps and routine violations being committed by the students on roads. To make this subject more interesting for the students, senior traffic police officials can also be invited for delivering special seminars on traffic norms," said Manjit
Singh Sondh, a chartered accountant.
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Degrees conferred on 406 students
Jalandhar: The Chand Markanda SD College for Women on Monday organised the 39th annual convocation, in which chief guest Dr RK Kohli, Vice-Chancellor, DAV University, conferred postgraduate and graduate degrees on 406 students. Principal Dr Kiran Arora welcomed the chief guest and congratulated the students on the occasion. IT workshop
The Innocent Hearts Group of Institutions, Loharan, organised a one-day workshop for IT students on February 26 on ethical hacking and cyber security which was conducted by the CTG-Security Solutions, an Amritsar-based IT Company. Ajay Anand, director, CTG Solutions, and his co-worker Yasir had come with the motive of spreading awareness about the information security and safeguarding the upcoming future of India from digital frauds. During the workshop, the experts made presentations relating to cyber crime investigation. It was an interactive and an educative session. Various knowledge domains, including information security and ethical hacking, network security training and mobile ethical hacking and security training were presented. Ajay Anand also distributed certificates of participation to the students. Dr Anup Bowry, secretary, Bowry Memorial Educational and Medical Trust, said such workshops provide students an opportunity to interact with professionals that help them take decisions regarding their career and education. He also assured that similar workshops would be organised in future. AIDS rally
The Red Ribbon Club of Government Arts and Sports College on Monday organised an AIDS awareness rally. All the staff members and students participated in the rally. Students were holding banners that displayed slogans related to AIDS awareness. College principal Dr Paramjit Kaur flagged off the rally. Students bring laurels
The choreography team of St Soldier Polytechnic College clinched the third position in the Inter-Polytechnic Youth Festival for Girls. Ritu, Chandresh, Kalampreet, Priya, Vaishali and Gaganpreet, all students, were honoured by director of the college SPS Matiana for the achievement. Matiana said students presented choreography on Indo-Pak terrorism and delivered their message very
effectively. — TNS |
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Indo-Pak Trade Expo from March 6
Jalandhar, March 3 "Avenues and events like Indo-Pak International Trade Expo need to be created which give the people of both the countries a chance to come together, participate and take back the first-hand impressions of the people's perceptions on either side," said Bali. He said there has been a significant increase in cross-border business in the recent past. "Growing trade and economic linkages between the two countries, besides contributing to economic progress and well-being of the people, will also enhance mutual trust and further usher peace between India and Pakistan," said Bali. With India and Pakistan agreeing for 24x7 trade from across the Attari (India) and Wagah (Pakistan) border, traders are upbeat about the opening of the integrated check post round-the-clock. The trade between the two countries would reach new heights, said Dalip Sharma, Director, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. "We also anticipate that trade will witness a multi-fold increase in the coming years with the proactive efforts of both the governments," he said. "If the rail and road routes work at full capacity, trade could even cross 200 per cent mark shortly," Sharma said. |
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Bus stand a convenience or inconvenience?
Jalandhar, March 3 "The eatables available here are of poor quality. The condition of toilets is awful, as no hand wash is available and it looks poorly sanitised. Tea cups are scattered recklessly at several places. The condition at most bus stands across the state is the same," said Meyank, a daily
commuter. A Mumbai-based company 'Welspun' is responsible for maintaining cleanliness at the bus stand. Manager of Welspun VK Sharma said he has around 45 employees working to maintain the cleanliness at the bus stand. "We spend Rs 3 lakh monthly on the salary of the staff responsible for cleanliness," he said. There are plenty of shops and dhabas at the bus stand, which can be seen displaying eatables uncovered. VK Sharma, however, said the eatables were being checked every now and then by a medical team under the supervision of the Chief Medical Officer. Cheif Medical Officer Dr RL Bassan said, "The food samples are being collected on a regular basis from the shops and many shopkeepers have been warned about the unhygienic food." |
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Congress councillors hold protest over state of roads
Jalandhar, March 3 Congress leader Sudesh Vij said, "Seven years ago, shopkeepers used to feel proud in putting up messages like 'Smile please, you are in Jalandhar' but no longer. All highways, including those from
Hoshiarpur, Nakodar, Kartarpur, Kapurthala and Ludhiana, are lying broken. The Railway Road leading outsiders to the city is in a dilapidated condition and the overflowing sewage makes it worse. What impression would an outsider take along?" Leader of the Opposition Jagdish Raja and District Congress Committee president Rajinder Beri said more protests would be held in future. |
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Violating all guidelines of the trauma services, set down by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ministry of Road Safety and Surface Transport, the Civil Hospital authorities, in a shocking move, shut down the Trauma Centre of the Civil Hospital by locking the centre this evening following the ongoing strike by its contractual employees for the last five days.
The traffic enforcement agency has challaned as many as 1,936 under-age drivers in last four years but residents are of the view that such an abysmally low number of challans indicates
non-seriousness of the traffic police. Jalandhar Tribune delves into the problem and its causes
Jalandhar: The Chand Markanda SD College for Women on Monday organised the 39th annual convocation, in which chief guest Dr RK
Kohli, Vice-Chancellor, DAV University, conferred postgraduate and graduate degrees on 406 students. Principal Dr Kiran Arora welcomed the chief guest and congratulated the students on the occasion. 
In continuation with a series of protests that began over the issue of damaged roads, Congress councillors and shopkeepers of the Railway Road market today held a protest against the Municipal Corporation.
The councillors displayed banners depicting satirical remarks against the authorities.
