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Kalia gets mid-day meal checked
Mayor in line of fire for Lok Sabha seat debacle
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BJP flays Bhatia
Sikandarpur murder case
KVM to launch awareness campaign on GM crops
school notes
Functions to mark Komagata Maru incident
Farmer dies after consuming poison
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Kalia gets mid-day meal checked
Jalandhar, May 31 The school staff had convened a meeting today which was attended by BJP councillor Manjinder Singh Chatha. Chatha said he checked the mid-day meal and found the rice and dal a bit stinking. The children had already had their meal by then. At this, he gave a call to Jalandhar (Central) MLA and former minister Manoranjan Kalia. Kalia came rushing with his staff, who sent across messages to the health team as well. Civil Surgeon Dr RL Bassan, District Health Officer Dr Balwinder Singh and Dr Harjot Singh came to check the food and took samples for laboratory test. The MLA also sent across message to the Deputy Commissioner office. Since Varun Roojam has left the charge and the new DC KK Yadav is yet to take over, the message was passed onto ADC Pritam Singh, who was then in a meeting with Commissioner (Jalandhar Division) R Venkatratnam. Knowing about the problem, both officials came to the spot. In the meantime, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, and SE (O&M) PS Jaggi also came over. The district mid-day meal manager Amarjit Singh was also called in to
do a check. Kalia said the problem was with the fact that the food for as many as 197 schools in the district was being prepared at one centre at Khurla Kingra village, run by an NGO. He said since the food was being made in huge quantities at one place and then supplied further, there could have been a problem at the source or in the supply chain which needed to be checked. The DHO said prima facie, he did not find a problem in the food, but it would be checked in laboratory for its quality. "Since the food was coming in huge containers which are packed air-tight, there could have been a problem on the way. After all, the temperature is so high these days. We have been asking the school staff to distribute the food as soon as it comes and not wait for the lunch time. Our staff has been visiting the mid-day meal kitchen every alternate day," he said. Logistics and weather
Kalia said the problem was with the fact that the food for as many as 197 schools in the district was being prepared at one centre at Khurla Kingra village. He said since the food was being made in huge quantities at one place and then supplied further, there could have been a problem at the source or in the supply chain which needed to be checked. The DHO said the temperature was so high these days. We have been asking the school staff to distribute the food as soon as it comes and not wait for the lunch time. Our staff has been visiting the mid-day meal kitchen every alternate day, he said. |
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Mayor in line of fire for Lok Sabha seat debacle
Leaders have blamed him for not managing proper recovery, not getting any pending works started and, above all, for the extremely bad condition of city roads. Jyoti, however, has been saying that there were many factors, including lack of funds, owing to which THE pace of development had slowed down and that he alone was not responsible for it. There have been open differences cropping between him and Senior Deputy Mayor Kamaljit Bhatia since Jyoti’s 20-month tenure on the post. Bhatia, who had stopped playing an active role, has started coming to the office post Lok Sabha polls. Bhatia, Deputy Mayor Arvinder Kaur Oberoi and SAD councillor Parminder Pannu have entered into a direct confrontation with the Mayor by levelling charges of unchecked corruption prevailing in the MC office, especially in the Rs 14-crore patchwork expenses for which they have decided to get the Vigilance probe ordered against the officials. Two days ago, Bhatia had openly confronted the Mayor in his office saying, “There is no point in going ahead with another Finance and Contracts Committee meeting when the works cleared in the last meeting had not been accomplished. We first need to seek a report on officials of the previous works before sanctioning more projects.” He had also pointed out that the poll result had given a clear indication regarding an urgent need to take up reforms for more recovery and putting an end to “under-the-table income made by some people”. Bhatia, who has already faced problems from safai karamcharis, advocated an immediate need to start work in the execution of the solid waste management project. “How is it that we have 2,200 safai employees and still dumps of filth in all corners of the city? Why is it that residents do not receive water bills for two years and then one fine day, a poor man is told that his outstanding bill has come to Rs 40,000.” He said that there was an urgent need to solve
the problems. Mayor’s take
On the issue of yesterday’s meeting, the Mayor said he wondered if Bhatia and Oberoi had especially come for meeting, they should have come to his meeting hall instead of quietly moving to their rooms. Regarding no invite for the minister’s meet, he said the messages were sent across by the Commissioner to the MLAs and the district president. “I was not involved,” he said. On the Lok Sabha seat loss, he said the councillors had a collective responsibility. SAD, BJP take
Gurcharan Singh Channi, who had earlier helped sort out equations between Bhatia and Jyoti, said he would bring the matter to the notice of his party leaders who would take a decision in the matter. BJP president Subhash Sud, too, said that he would involve senior party leaders to handle the situation. Fixing responsibility
Leaders blame Mayor Sunil Jyoti for not managing proper recovery, getting pending works started and, above all, for the extremely bad condition of city roads |
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BJP flays Bhatia
Jalandhar, May 31 “Unnecessary criticism of the Mayor and desperate attempts to bring the functioning of the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation under a scanner by Bhatia is uncalled for and extremely unfortunate,” stated Sood. Advising Bhatia not to issue media statements, the BJP president said, “If at all Bhatia has any issue, he should take it up with SAD district president Gurcharan Singh Channi instead of becoming the whole-sole caretaker of the Akali Dal himself.” Sood blamed Bhatia for not cooperating with the Mayor for the past two years. “Bhatia keeps issuing baseless statements, because of which the smooth functioning of the corporation is affected adversely. The Mayor is finding extreme difficulty in running the civic body just because of the non-cooperative attitude of Bhatia and frivolous issued raised by him every now and then,” he said. He also accused Bhatia of not treating any of the BJP councillor with respect. Sood said that in the wake of the fact that Bhatia’s statements were causing immense damage to the the SAD-BJP coalition, he has spoken to Channi in this regard. |
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Police fail to make headway
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 31 Failing to take timely action after the incident, a policeman of the Adampur police station Gurmeet Singh and ASI, Alawalpur police post, Raguvir Singh, had faced suspension. It was the second attempt to shoot Nikka Baba, but his sister-in-law Zareena got killed. The Baba had only sustained minor injuries in the attack. Kamal, alias Nikka Baba, was attacked by two miscreants on April 4 at his house in Sikandpur village. Prior to this attack, the Baba was also attacked by some unidentified miscreants in January this year. He had then also complained to the Adampur police, but the police had not investigated his complaint seriously. Interestingly, after the first attack on Nikka Baba on January 18 this year, ASP, Adampur, Vivek Soni, had said the attack on the Baba was doubtful because he had not sustained any bullet injuries. Meanwhile, he was also not ready to reveal the identity of the assailants. Adampur police officials said no arrest had been made so far in the case.
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Lok Adalat settles 208 cases
Jalandhar, May 31 The Lok Adalat was organised under the directions of the Punjab Legal Services Authority and was presided over by the District and Sessions Judge-cum-Chairman of District Legal Services Authority, RS Attari. Attari said the main motive of the Lok Adalat was to settle the disputes between the parties amicably and award them compensation as per the merit of the case. The cases before the benches included civil suits, execution, Guardian Act, traffic challans, motor accidents, matrimonial disputes, domestic violence, cheque bounce cases, civil miscellaneous, Section 125 of the CrPc and untraced/cancellation cases. Attari said the decisions given in the Lok Adalat were final and no party could file any appeal against its decision. |
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KVM to launch awareness campaign on GM crops
Jalandhar, May 31 The decision was taken at a meeting held at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall yesterday to decide the future course of actions to deal with GM crop seeds. Speaking to Jalandhar Tribune, KVM representative, Umendra Dutt said without making a proper lobby, the target cannot be achieved. Therefore, KVM is going to take up the matter with various NGOs, farmer’s bodies and religious groups in the Doaba region. He said apart from distributing literature containing messages and consequences of GM crop seeds, seminars and screening of documentary films will also be organised in villages. “If the state government gives a green signal to the GM crop seeds, they will be facing severe consequences, as it would cause numerous health, environmental and economic issues”, he added. Umendra said the arrival of the GM seeds in the state will abolish the farmer’s right to seed. By giving green signal to companies like Monsanto for GM seeds, the state government is putting the farmer’s right to have seeds at stake. The farmers will have to depend on such companies, which cause severe economic damage. Quoting an example of BT cotton, the only GM crop in the state so far, Umendra said before arrival of the BT cotton in 2004, the cotton production was 470 kg per hectare. The production started going up few years after with the use of BT cotton seeds. Meanwhile it has come down to 481 kg per hectare. “Just to get 11 kg per hectare more production,the state government has put health, environmental and economic condition of the farmers at stake”, he added. |
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Souvenir released
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 31 Principal Jagroop Singh informed that the souvenir includes the detail of students, including their achievements, specialisation,interests and other features related to their placements. Punam Suri congratulated the staff and students of the polytechnic for completing 60 years. Mayor World school results
Mayor World students have excelled in Class XII examinations. Highest percentage in the commerce stream (96 per cent) was secured by Vedant Mayor. Satvik Khanna secured 92.8 per cent, whereas Tanuujbir got 92 per cent. Damanpreet and Dishant Arora secured 90.5 per cent and 90.3 per cent respectively. Highest percentage in the science stream (89.5 per cent) was secured by Jashanreet Jammu, 87.5 per cent obtained by Anahat Chugh, whereas Nishtha Chawla and Karan Bajwa got 87.2 per cent marks. Principal J S Hundal praised the students and the staff. |
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Functions to mark Komagata Maru incident
Jalandhar, May 31 Dr Raghubir
Kaur, general secretary of the committee, said on June 27, 28 and 29 camps will be organised in the various parts of the state. Public will be made aware of the social issues and challenges in the present-day scenario, through street plays, songs, and theatre plays. |
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Farmer dies after consuming poison
Jalandhar, May 31 Today, the victim, instead of taking genuine medicine, consumed some poisonous substance. After his health started deteriorating, he was taken to the Civil Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. The police have initiated the inquest proceedings under Section 174 of
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Jalandhar Tribune invites feedback from its readers on issues of public concern relating to Jalandhar, Phagwara, Kapurthala and the nearby areas. Readers can email their views to They can also send their views to: Feedback, Jalandhar Tribune, Sector 29, Chandigarh - 160029. Letters sent by post must mention 'Feedback for Jalandhar Tribune' on the envelope and it should be signed and must contain the address and telephone number of the sender. It should not be more than 150 words. “Go Green” slogan decisive plan need of the hour
Development of the infrastructure and widening of the National Highways have cost the environment dearly. Axing of trees for the expention of roads on the National Highway has threatened the ecological imbalance. The Phagwara-Jalandhar-Bidipur Railway crossing-Kartarpur, Jalandhar-Bhogpur-Tanda Road needs immediate attention for plantation of new saplings. Will the Ministry of National Highways and Surface Transport, Ministry of Forest, chalk out the plantation schemes under MANREGA? The Centre and the state governments should come forward with a decisive plan for the implementation of “Go Green” slogan. Rajat Kumar Mohindru Jalandhar City
The news item carried out in Jalandhar Tribune on May 20 regarding numerous number of suicides on railway tracks, I appreciate the initiative taken by your esteemed newspaper. The Railways have failed to take preventive measures to curb the mishaps. No higher official had visited the railway station so far. The broadcasting system of the railway station can be utilised to aware people to avoid the acts promoting accidents on the railways. There is a communication gap between the Railways and the GRP staff. They are still going through the process of communication through Memo for the information regarding any death on the railway track or station. This system should be improvised in this High Tech era. Pooja Verma Jalandhar |
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