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Rise in mishaps: Residents for more traffic cops
Wheat-lifting lifts farmers’ spirits
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Residents irked over diesel hike
Tourism information centre project may see light of the day in district
Minor girl’s rape: Protest enters seventh day
RPF assistance booth lies defunct
Crime briefs
5,000 students take part in painting competition
Net Vibes Technologies win by 39 runs
Punjabi writer honoured Unemployed teachers hold
protest
Members of the Unemployed PTI Teachers’ Union protest in Bathinda on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
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Rise in mishaps: Residents for more traffic cops
Bathinda, June 1 Admitting the problem, traffic in charge, Paramjit Singh, said the situation is likely to improve from tomorrow. Residents accusing a dharm kanda (weighbridge) on Barnala Road alleged that truck drives on the wrong lane to reach for weighing their vehicle which has increased road accidents. Also, the unchecked haphazard parking of heavy vehicles towards the Rose Garden Chowk, unchecked jumping of traffic-lights had added to the woes. Apart from the rising cattle menace that has damaged numerous vehicles of the people at Barnala Road, the driving of trucks on wrong lane give sleepless nights to those commuting on the road. “The heavy vehicles were not only driven in the wrong lanes but it also blows the dust off roads leading to a situation like dust storm for the entire day. Situation worsens during the evening hours when there is nobody to stop the drivers of loaded heavy vehicles,” said Gurjant Sidhu, a resident of Hazura Kapura Colony. Sidhu lamented that although the Chief Minister has sent secretary of the local bodies to know city residents views on the property tax but the money collected from such taxes goes is never revealed by the government. The visit of the secretary also made the entire Municipal Corporation without work on that day. When the government already knew about people's reaction over the property tax, the visit should have been instead organised for the problems due to which people are losing precious lives. Remembering the death of a young biker on the road last year due to a rashly driven truck at one of the traffic light points at Barnala Road, he added that serious road injuries are now being reported every third day. “Though the government claims to give basic facilities and streamline the city traffic by introducing tow vehicles, nothing has been done to reduce the number of road accidents,” said another Jangir Singh, a retired Powercom official residing in same locality. City residents accused the state government of minting money by introducing the tow-vehicles which do not leave a single opportunity to lift a wrongly parked car or two-wheeler. “But hardly any action is taken against those trucks which continue to take precious lives or injuries to commuters,” said Gurjeewan Singh of Mata Jivi Nagar. City traffic in charge Paramjit Singh admitting problem due to the weighbridge advised the city residents to bring problem into the notice of the Deputy Commissioner. “We try our best to urge truckers, not to take wrong lanes and also issue challan slips, but to no avail. The problems reach an alarming proportion during the evening hours when it becomes a Herculean task to stand amidst the dust emanating from the movement of the trucks on the stretch,” he said. |
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Wheat-lifting lifts farmers’ spirits
Bathinda, June 1 As per official record, while last year, a total of 7,86,044 metric ton
wheat had been lifted by the procurement agencies from the markets of Bathinda district, this year, till now 8,59,787 metric ton wheat has been lifted by a total of 178
big and small procurement agencies. Early lifting and procurement has also ridden them of their impending financial crunch as the procurement agencies have also made the payment of Rs 1,171 crore to the farmers. It is pertinent to mention here that although the farmers were scheduled to bring the wheat to the markets starting April 1, they could do the same only after 15 days because of the inclement weather just before the harvesting of wheat crop. While at some of the fields, heavy rainfall flattened the standing wheat crop; at others it increased the moisture content in the crop which delayed the harvesting and subsequently the arrival of wheat into the mandis. Of the six government procurement agencies, Pangrain has procured 1,52,311 metric ton wheat, Markfed has procured 1,86,682 metric ton wheat, Punsup has procured 1,70,565 metric ton, Warehouse Punjab has procured 98,311 metric tons, Punjab Agro procured 78,644 metric tons and Food Corporation of India (FCI) has procured 16,464 metric tons of wheat till May 31. Allaying all the fears of the farmers, who had been keeping their fingers crossed wishing that the skies didn’t open up on their harvest, the procurement agencies have lifted almost 100 per cent of the harvest. It has been after long that the Lok Sabha elections coincided with the procurement season. While the Mandi Board Staff was not put on rigorous duty by the
district administration, the Lok Sabha elections did cast its shadow on the
mandis. |
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Residents irked over diesel hike
Bathinda, June 1 Sanjiv Kumar, a vegetable vendor, said the prices of vegetables are likely rise the with hike in diesel price. As with the increase in diesel prices, the transporting cost will also increase, so indirectly the consumer will bear the inflation. Shikhar Goyal, a trader, said with this hike, the Modi government has broken a faith with which people voted him to power believing that he will bring in control the inflation, but with this decision, it seems there is no difference in governance as now the BJP is only continuing the UPA’s policies of hike in diesel prices every month. Raman Watts, president of the Bathinda Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), said hike in diesel always put extra burden on industry, as already there is recession going on in the market, so with the hike we have to increase the prices of the products or have to bear the loss. Balram, a resident, said that last month on May 13 only the UPA govt in its end has hiked the price of diesel and now the new government has hiked the diesel prices. Astha, a house wife, said the hike will put her monthly budget out of order, as the prices of grocery items and other stuff is likely to go up. Diesel Price |
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Tourism information centre project may see light of the day in district
Bathinda, June 1 Although the department officials are yet to zero in on the location for the centre, the department may have its eyes set on the land located near the three thermal lakes in the city. Over the past two years, the thermal lakes have turned into a major tourist destination with scores of people visiting the lakes to enjoy boating and adventure sports carnival. District Tourism Officer Pawandeep Sodhi stated that the state tourism department had begun the process of setting up the information centre in the city. He added that once the place for the centre is finalised, the process of construction of the centre will be expedited for the benefit of the tourism industry in the city. During his visit to the city last year, the then Tourism Minister Swaran Singh Phillaur had promised that information centres would be set up in the city which would disseminate information about the tourist locations in the district. The project, however, lost steam over the months. Another project which didn’t see light of the day was the publication and distribution of literature carrying details about places of importance in the district and were to be distributed through the information centres. Department officials added that the publication of the brochures was also in the pipeline and would be taken up soon. Members of the Bathinda District Hotels, Restaurants and Resorts Association stated that they were waiting for the government to take the steps requisite to propel the failing tourism industry in the district despite the fact that the district as home to places like Takht Damdama Saheb, Myserkhana Temple, Quila Mubarak and several other
places of historical and religious importance. The hotel industry insiders credit the dwindling hospitality industry in the district to the utter neglect with which the state tourism department treats the district. Despite the district being the home to several tourist locations, the promises made by the department to develop the district as a tourism hub have proved to be hollow, till now. |
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Minor girl’s rape: Protest enters seventh day
Bathinda, June 1 Meanwhile, th eMuktsar police has initiated a process to attach the property of the third accused Gurlal Singh who is at large. Muktsar SSP Kuldip Chahal said they have started legal process to attach the property of the accused and some of the relatives of the accused have been taken into police custody. The police raids and search to nab the accused are on, he added. The protestors said the police are not arresting the third accused due to political pressure and that their protest will continue and will take sharp turn in the coming days if the police did not listen to their demands soon. They alleged that the police were detaining them everyday for the fault that they were coming out and demanding justice in the minor girl’s rape case. It is worth mentioning that the BKU Ekta Ugrahan leaders had given a call that each day their group of worker will protest outside the IGP office and give arrest. Accordingly, they were protesting everyday .However, they are detained and afterwards released in the evening. It is pertinent to mention that that three accused had gang raped a minor girl in Muktsar district on January 24. The police had earlier arrested two accused and but the third accused Gurlal Singh is still absconding.
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RPF assistance booth lies defunct
Bathinda, June 1 No RPF personnel is present near the booth while thieves and snatchers are having a free run at the railway station. Meanwhile, RPF officials said there was no need to keep police personnel at one place and there was a shortage of staff. "However, there is no need to worry as RPF personnel are keeping a close eye on the movement of people at the railway station," RPF officials said. It's worth mentioning that in November 2012, Northern Railway GM VK Gupta had to visit Bathinda before the DGM, Ambala Division, Anil Kumar Kathpal, personally visited Bathinda and checked the facilities at the railway station. During the inspection, DGM Kathpal had asked the RPF to explain the reason why the booth was lying defunct and warned that it should not happen again. He had told the RPF officials to change no tobacco signboard with the signboard of the RPF assistance booth. The signboard was changed but the booth is still locked.
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Crime briefs
Bathinda, June 1 The police have registered a case against Jagmeet Singh, his mother Sukhdev Kaur, father Sadhu Singh, brother Balraj Singh and his sister-in-law Manjit Kaur under Sections 498A of the Indian Penal Code. Mobile battery recovered from jail inmate
A mobile phone battery was recovered from a jail inmate at the Bathinda Central Jail on May 30. The jail inmate from whom the mobile was recovered has been identified as Gurlal Singh, a resident of Sidhana Phul in Bathinda. The Civil Lines police have registered a case on the complaint of the jail superintendent. Four booked for thrashing women
The police have booked Balvir Singh, Kashmir Singh, Mito Kaur and Paramjit Kaur for allegedly beating up a woman. In a complaint to the Baliawali police station, Karamjit Kaur, alleged that she was thrashed by the accused. The police have registered a case under Sections 452, 323, 34 of the Indian Penal Code. |
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5,000 students take part in painting competition
Bathinda, June 1 Around 5,000 students took part in the competition. Top ten paintings from each school were selected for the exhibition. Cartoonist Devender
Ojha, who was the chief guest and judge for the exhibition, evaluated the top five drawings and distributed prizes among the winners. Speaking at the occasion, Haresh Dahyalal
Trivedi, GM (operations), MSSH, Bathinda said according to global adult tobacco survey, nearly 24 lakh youngsters (15 years or above) consume tobacco in some or other form. "In the past few years, we have seen a sudden surge in tobacco consumption among youngsters. The youth are the future of the country and it is important that they do not get into wrong habits. To address this concern, we held the painting competition. We are delighted to see the response we got," he said.
Jashanpreet Kaur, a student of Delhi Public School, Bathinda, won the first prize in the competition. Arjun from Silver Oaks School, Bathinda, and Priyasha got second and third positions, respectively. The competition remained an extravaganza for little painters. |
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Net Vibes Technologies win by 39 runs
Bathinda, June 1 After winning the toss, Tornado elected to bowl first. Mahesh and Parminder starred in Net Vibes's batting. While Mahesh made 58 runs in 35 balls, Parminder added 52 runs to the tally in 33 balls. The team managed to score 163 runs at the loss of five wickets in 20 overs. Tornado struggled to brave the attack of Net Vibes Technologies bowlers and was all out at the score of 134 in 20 overs. Manjit scored 52 runs in 39 balls and Govind scored 21 runs in 21 balls. Pawan led the bowling attack of Net Vibes and took four wickets. Net Vibes Technologies win by 39 runs. Mahesh was declared man of the match. Manjit and Parminder were also honoured for scoring fifties in the match. |
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Bathinda, June 1
protest rally into a dharna at Teachers' Home today. They said during a meeting with Chief Minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal in Talwandi Sabo, they were assured by the CM that their issues would be taken up during the next Cabinet meeting.
The teachers said the CM had promised them that the Cabinet would soon recruit 646 PTI teacher. The teachers threatened to intensify their stir if the state government failed to fulfil its promise.
TNS
