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Bathinda votes 2014
Railway station a hub of criminal activities
Harsimrat takes a dig at Capt Amarinder
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Now, BDA draws ire of another property owner
Teachers sans salaries for 3 months
Parents protest against school fee hike
Doctors should stick to white coats, says civil surgeon
Guru Kashi University organises cross-country race
Feedback Over 142 patients
examined at Max gastro camp
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Polling booths to be monitored via web casting
Megha Mann Tribune News Service
Bathinda, March 29 Web casting was first used in the state in 2012 during the Vidhan Sabha elections. Bathinda has six constituencies and each constituency has 10 booths that will have the web casting facility. Under the system, the Election Commission will provide software and a laptop to the respective polling booth. To run this facility, the laptops would require an internet plan of 4 MBPS up to 20 GB. The BSNL has been asked to provide this facility. General Manager, BSNL, Amit Garg said, "Polling booths where infrastructure is already present, will be strengthened, whereas the booths where the internet is not available will also be provided this facility." The election office has already issued information notices to the principals of polytechnic college, DAV and SSD Girls College along with 26 government and private schools asking them to upgrade booths as per the requirement. The team from the office of the district election office will coordinate with the assistant returning officers and will conduct checking of each assigned booth The 26 government schools where web casting would be done includes, Government Primary School, Rampura Phul, Government High School, Aalike, Government High School, Bhai Rupa, Government Senior Secondary School, Maluka (boys), Government High School, Ganga, Government High School, Daan Singh Wala, Government High School, Aaklia Kalan, Government Senior Secondary School, Mehma Sarja, Government High School, Nehiawali, Government Senior Secondary School, Paras Ram Nagar, Government High School, Jai Singh Wala, Government Senior Secondary School, Naruana, Government Senior Secondary School, Kotshamir, Government Senior Secondary School, Kotfatta, Government Senior Secondary School, Gehri Buttar, Government Senior Secondary School (girls), Raman Mandi, Arya High School (boys), Raman Mandi, Government High School, Jajjal, Government Senior Secondary School, Talwandi Sabo, Government Senior Secondary School, Sekhpura, Government High School, Maur Khurd, Government High School, Sandoha, Government Senior Secondary School, Maiserkhana, Government Senior Secondary School (girls), Maur Mandi, and Government Senior Secondary School, Rampura.
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Railway station a hub of criminal activities
Bathinda, March 29 The woman was admitted in the emergency ward of the Civil Hospital by volunteers of NGO Sahara Jan Sewa along with the two elderly persons. While the woman was rescued after the midnight, the two elderly persons were found lying unconscious in the morning today. The condition of the woman got stable in the evening but one of the two elderly persons is critical. The woman said she was robbed and beaten up by unidentified persons and the elderly too said that they were looted of Rs 12,000. "The woman is yet to come out of the trauma. She is crying with pain in lower abdomen. The relatives of the patients undergoing treatment in the surgical ward of the Civil Hospital are taking care of her along with the staff on duty," said Vijay Goyal, president, NGO Sahara Jan Sewa. Goyal said their volunteers have offered food to the woman along with medical assistance, medicines and blanket. The woman fails to express anything clearly but murmurs her name and place from where she came. She identified herself as Sheela, a resident of Debriya area of Bihar. The doctors at the Civil Hospital did not confirm that the woman was raped. The medical staff revealed that the woman got aggressive as they tried to examine her and even refused to injections or blood transfusion. The doctors attending the woman said that she was not allowing them to conduct her internal examination. The woman was very aggressive and restored to using violence to deter the health staff from examining her. There were no visible external injury marks on her body. "Being found naked and bleeding does not mean that she has been sexually abused. She might be bleeding because of her menstrual cycle too. She is being taken care of," the doctors said. They added that within the frame of law they are not allowed to examine a victim forcefully unless and until the police or victim's relatives insist. The victim is also mentally unstable for which psychiatrist help would be required to ascertain whether she is mentally retarded or is unstable. Government Railway Police (GRP) SHO Bant Singh said that he is yet to look into the case of the two elderly drugged at the railway station. Bant said that he tried to record woman's statement but failed in view of her unclear declaration. "We are short of the security personnel in view of 45 home guard jawans shifted to Uttar Pradesh. Earlier we used to deploy six to seven personnel at one point of time which has now reduced to mere three personnel to keep a check at all the seven platforms and the Musafirkhana (waiting area for passengers)", Bant said. When asked if he sought intervention from his seniors about the sorry state of affairs about security, Bant replied that it is a matter which could be discussed only at the high level and his seniors are well aware of the ground situation. |
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Harsimrat takes a dig at Capt Amarinder
Bathinda, March 29 She said Capt Amarinder had publicly termed Manpreet as a summer storm which would die its natural death in the run up to the last assembly elections. "The statement issued now has proven thatCongress leader held fast to his earlier views on the PPP chief," she said while addressing series of campaign rallies held from Bhai Bakhtaur village in Maur area to the Maur
Mandi.
Harsimrat said Capt’s statement was also significant alleging that Manpreet was now dependent on Congress as entire erstwhile rank and file of Congress had deserted him. “He is now even contesting on Congress symbol which he promised at Khatkar
Kalan, the birthplace of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, that he would never do,” she said. |
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Now, BDA draws ire of another property owner
Bathinda, March 29 The case comes close on the heels of similar allegations that Dr Gajendra Shekhawat has levelled on BDA accusing it of selling property with encroachment around in the same area lying near Dhobiana Basti. Dr Rupinder Kaur Romana said that she had bought 500 sq yards of plot in the Model Town phase II on December 22, 2011 in the auction and paid 25 percent amount of Rs 25 lacs for the same. However, there were thousands of hutments in the BDA land lying at the backside of plot. "At the time of auction, we were shown that this area would be a well developed posh locality. Even after an year passed, neither the encroachments were removed more there was any other kind of development. I felt it was not safe to live here keeping in view the kind of neighborhood it had. So I moved an application requesting that I would surrender the plot," she said. She moved an application requesting to surrender the plot on February 14, 2013. Accordingly the BDA deducted 10 percent from the total money in consideration, which amounted to around Rs 11 lacs. "Instead of deducting from total amount, the BDA could have made deductions from the amount paid only," she suggested. Earlier, Dr Gajendra Shekhawat had bought site for a hospital in the same area at an auction held in June 2011 for Rs 8.66 cr. However, he too found that the area lies surrounded by slum of Dhobiana Basti. Dr Shekhawat then moved to Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking his payment back and alleging BDA of misleading him. In its directions passed on February 2, the court directed BDA to refund the money of Dr Shekhawat without any deduction and asked the latter to accept refund without any interest. For this, theBDA called Dr Shekhawat on February 13. However, both the parties could not reach any mutual agreement and now the matter has been enlisted for hearing on April 11. Chief Administrator Varinder Kumar Sharma said that the plot sold to Dr Romana was on as is where basis in auction is. "Though I am not aware of Dr Romana's case in particular and neither her plea is pending with me, but as per the Punjab Regional and Town Planning Development Act 1995, amount not exceeding ten percent of the total money on consideration is deducted when a plot is surrendered," he said. |
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Teachers sans salaries for 3 months
Bathinda, March 29 “I have a family of six members to support and I am the only breadwinner of the family. I am yet to get salaries for the past three months. Teachers of more than 150 schools in the district are yet to get the salaries for the past three months. For the rest of the schools, the pay has not been released for the month of February,” said Mahinderpal Singh, social studies teacher at the Government Senior Secondary School, Naruana. The teachers also stated that the demand for the reimbursement of medical bills of the teachers has also been shot down with the department releasing only about 10 per cent of the total funds demanded for clearance of the bills submitted by the teachers. State president of the Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF), Resham Singh, who teaches at the Government Primary School, Khialiwala, said, “Leaders of the ruling parties have been claiming that the state has progressed. The leaders are trying to garner votes by citing the growth rate in the state. If the government can’t pay its own employees, what hope can its people have? The government doesn’t have funds to pay for the medical bills of its employees but can afford to buy luxury cars and other pay for other facilities of its leaders.” He added that if the government failed in releasing the salaries of the teachers by April 2, DTF will stage a protest in Bathinda to bring it to the attention of the public that the government has not money to pay its own employees, Rajesh Monga, mathematics teacher at the Government High School, Bhagu, said, “When we delay payment of electricity bills or some other bills, the government levies a fine or a penalty charge for the delayed payment. The same rule should be applicable on the government when it delays payment of salaries of its employees. It should also pay us interest on the delayed salaries. The state is charging tax on salaries which it is yet to pay us.” Interestingly, the teachers who had been promoted to the posts of principals and lecturers and transferred to other schools are waiting to get salaries for the past seven-eight months since the budget of those schools didn’t include payment of the newly-promoted teachers. Official speak We had collected the budget allocation data from the schools and have submitted the same with the department. Release of funds for the payment of salaries of teachers is not in our hands since the funds are to be released by the treasury. The issue will be sorted out soon. In fact, many schools which were given more money during the last budget allocation are yet to return the excess funds to the department. The department had to force several schools to submit their budget demands. All these nuances delayed the salaries of the teachers.~ Harkanwaljeet Kaur, District Education Officer
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Parents protest against school fee hike
Bathinda, March 29 They also argued that this year, the school management had attributed the fee hike on computer classes and smart class. The parents who had reached the school this morning to enrol their children, got to know about the fee hike. They demanded that the District Education Officer and the district administration interfere in the matter and regulate the fee structure of the private schools. Defending the management’s decision to hike the fee, principal of the school, Saroj Chopra said while the school had increased the fee, it had also increased the facilities being provided to the students in the school. She added that all the schools, especially the convent schools in the city, had increased the fee. Parents Gurjant Singh and Bikker Singh argued that it had become a norm for the school to increase the fee by 50 per cent every year, but the school was not serious about offering basic facilities to the students. They added that the parents were dependent on private bus and van operators for sending their children to the school. Parminder Singh, Atma Singh and Sarabjeet Kaur added that the school had increased the price of the prospectus from Rs 100 to Rs 250. They further stated that the school had also increased the computer fee from Rs 500 to Rs 600 and fee of the smart classes from Rs 600 to Rs 1,000.
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Doctors should stick to white coats, says civil surgeon
Bathinda, March 29 Dr Sahni has passed instructions to the senior medical officers (SMOs) asking them to tell all the doctors to wear white coast, especially while working in the emergency ward. Also the health administration has decided to install a hooter in the emergency ward, which could be used in cases of lawlessness to seek police help. “A hooter is being installed in the emergency ward which will have switch in doctor’s room in ward. In case of any emergency of lawlessness, the doctors can push button seeking help of police. It will not only alert people nearby but also the police that will now onwards be deployed outside the civil hospital at PCR point,” he said. Earlier on March 28 in meeting with the doctors, DSP city Gurjit Singh Romana too had raised point of doctors adhering to their dress code. The Punjab Civil Medical Service Association president Dr Beant Singh Maan said that wearing white coast did not provide fool proof security from anti-social elements. “When people come with an intention to harm a doctor, wearing white coat will not serve any purpose. We want the security to be strengthened. However, we will ask our colleagues to wear white coats,” he said. Meanwhile, one of the doctors pointed out that wearing coat became difficult in extreme weather such as extreme cold or extreme hot. “We do not have fully air conditioned facility and hence wearing white coats for the whole day is not feasible always,” he said. Slapgate incident Wearing a white coat did not provide foolproof security from anti-social elements. When people come with an intention to harm a doctor, wearing a white coat will not serve any purpose. We want the security to be strengthened. However, we will ask our colleagues to wear white coats. — Dr Beant Singh Maan, president, PCMS Association
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Guru Kashi University organises cross-country race
Bathinda, March 29 Dr Ravinder Sumal, head of the Department of Physical Education, said the event was organised as a part of the morning sports activity. He further added that students passed through the surrounding villages during the event. Sukhraj Singh Sidhu, managing director of the college, appreciated the activity. Dr NS Malhi lauded the efforts of the college and motivated the students to participate in such sports events. On this occasion, Prof Satpal Singh, Prof Arun Kumar, Prof Sukhdeep Rani, Prof Gurdeep Singh, Prof Surinder Kaur Mahi and Prof KPS Mahi were also present to guide
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No development in city
Bathinda has become a high profile city due to its political importance. It is known as the political capital of Punjab. Politicians spoke a lot about development of the city during the last seven years, but nothing has been done so far. With a small downpour, the city roads and streets are inundated. The bus stand is in shambles. Three-wheelers continue to emit poison, block the exit of railway station and bus stand. City residents are compelled to bear with these problems. There is no proper parking place for vehicles. Shopkeepers continue to encroach upon footpaths and roads, creating a lot of problems for the city people. Model Town by-pass has not been opened to public. Heavy vehicles continue to kill innocents on the roads. People should get awaken and contribute for the improvement of their life. Several hotels, schools and business establishments are without proper parking. They are the constant source of disturbance. Rakesh Narula, Bathinda Roads cry for repair
The national highway 64-A, running between the Rose Garden Chowk and Dabwali bypass, is full of potholes.
Similarily, many roads in the town are in a poor condition. A large number of accidents take place due to the bad condition of the national highway. The local administration is not giving proper attention to the problems. The condition of other link roads in the town is somehow, not different. Poor drainage system and rain water accumulated on the roads, damage them . As the code of conduct is in force due to the Lok Sabha elections, the Bathinda Municipal Corporation should start making plans to give better civic amenities to the residents of the
city. Prabhjot Singh, Bathinda
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SAD candidate from Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal today took a dig at Punjab Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh's statement that the Peoples Party of Punjab (PPP) was a spent force in the state.
"In a statement issued from Amritsar, Capt Amarinder has indicated the way the Congress, to which Manpreet has hitched his horse to fight me, thinks of him," she said.
