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Heat wave claims 2 more lives
Paddy transplantation in full swing in region
1.25 lakh blue card holders await ration
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‘Rail Neer’ in short supply
Govt sanctions Rs 17 lakh for AC repairs in hospital
2,676 traffic challans issued in May
India faces severe blood shortage, say experts
Traffic awareness week begins
Cricket tourney
Two Bathinda boys make the city proud, top MS, JEE exams
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Heat wave claims 2 more lives
Bathinda, June 20 The other victim, a 65-year-old homeless man, was also found dead on the Mall Godaam Road near the Bathinda Municipal Corporation office. As per information, he had earlier been treated for diarrhea. With the two deaths, the number of homeless people, who fell prey to the harsh weather, has increased to 13. In an unfortunate incident on Thursday, two young boys died while taking a dip in Sirhind Canal to beat the heat. The victims were declared brought dead by the doctors at the Civil Hospital. Relief in sight
As per the Agri-met Department of Punjab Agricultural University Regional Centre, Bathinda, the residents of the region may expect a brief respite from the hot and humid weather. As per the latest forecast released by the centre on Friday, the region is expected to experience thunderstorm and receive light showers over the weekend. Meanwhile, on Friday, the high humidity levels made the residents sweat. While the maximum temperature was recorded at 44 degree Celsius, the minimum temperature was recorded at 30.4 degree Celsius. As per the forecast released by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) for the next six days, the region is scheduled to get out of the grip of the intense heat wave. As per the forecast, the region is predicted to experience partly cloudy sky with possibility of rain or thundershowers. Water woes
Shortage of water added to the woes of the residents of Model Town Phase II. A resident of the area, Pushpa Rani, said, “For the past few days, the area is reeling under acute shortage of water. The waterworks supply is so minimal that the water motors can’t fill the overhead tanks. We are having a tough time managing without water in this harsh weather.” Another resident, Balwinder Kaur, stated that despite having a water-purifier at home, they were dependent on the community RO plants for getting potable water for the household as the filling on the overhead tanks was subject to the waterworks supply which was proving to be too little for the area. |
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Paddy transplantation in full swing in region
Bathinda, June 20 Earlier, when paddy season had started, there were reports that migrant labourers were not coming to Punjab this season for paddy transplantation, but no now, there has been no such problem. Ram Singh, a migrant labourer, said “We are not needed for wheat any more. So we fixed up with the farmers over the phone and came in time for the paddy transplantation as per deal and requirement. After sowing paddy here, we will be moving to some other states for the same work and after the season will be over then we will return back to our native state. Jaswant Singh, a farmer, said: Earlier, we would start sowing in May and the labourers had all of June to complete the task. But now, in just 20 days, all the farmers in this region need to get their paddy transplanted so it’s tough to arrange for labour. So, nowadays, we contact them on their phone only and set the deal there only. He also said, “We have been promised eight hours of power, but we get anything from 4 to 8 hours and at no fixed time. As of now, paddy transplantation is going on in its full swings and it will further speed up in 2-3 days. Chief Agriculture Officer (CAO) Dr Rajinder Singh while talking to the Bathinda Tribune said last year, the area under paddy was nearly about 1 lakh hectare. This season also, their estimate is the same. Till now, more than 50,000 hectare of land under paddy has been covered while area under Basmati has been estimated at nearly 25,000 hectare and its sowing will start next month. |
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1.25 lakh blue card holders await ration
Amritsar, June 20 During the past six months, these beneficiaries received supply of wheat only in April. A blue card holder
from the Majitha road area rued the non-release of the subsidised ration. He said he had
been procuring wheat flour at Rs 20 per kg from the open market to meet his family needs, which stretched his kitchen budget. He added that cereal and pulses were rarely given to them. Another, blue card holder from inside the walled city lamented that subsidised ration was a relief to families like him in the high inflationary time. He added that his family was finding it tough to cope with expenditures with his meagre income. Before the General Elections, Punjab was the first non-Congress state to implement the National Food Security Act after merging it with its own version of the Atta-Dal Scheme. Officials were all set to distribute wheat and dal on six-month basis for the lot pertaining to December (2013) to May (2014), when the Election Commission of India directed the state government to distribute the food stock on a monthly basis. This disrupted the normal supply as the ration had come in big sacks and created a backlog. District Food and Supplies Controller (DFSC), Amritsar, Tarwinder Singh Chopra, said the distribution of subsidised ration would be initiated shortly. On the delay in its distribution, he said the entire staff was pre-occupied in procurement of the wheat harvest, which started late on April 30 this year. He added that holders of new blue cards, which were made before the General Elections, would also get ration for the first time. |
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‘Rail Neer’ in short supply
Bathinda, June 20 Sources claim that the consumption of the water bottles has gone up these days due to the souring mercury. As the production capacity of three respective plants, supplying water bottles, is the same, the IRCTC has failed to meet the requied demand. The railway authorities have directed the vendors at Bathinda railway station to sell water bottles of other private companies. All the stalls at the railway station in the city have been selling the water bottles of other brands. A vendor while talking to Bathinda Tribune said, “There is shortage of ‘Rail Neer’ bottles, as from the past 15 days we were not getting the supply of ‘Rail Neer’. We have been authorised to sell water bottles of other brands.” Railway officials said keeping in view the convenience of passengers, the contractors had been told to sell water bottles of other brands. Fact file
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Govt sanctions Rs 17 lakh for AC repairs in hospital
Amritsar, June 20 Doctors were facing a lot of problems or compelled to perform surgeries while sweating profusely, which increased a chance of passing on infection to the patient.The air conditioning plant at the hospital has been lying defunct for the past one-and-half year. The operation theatre at the Government Medical College is located on the top floor of the building. There is no cross-ventilation facility in the operation theatre to avoid infections from outside. It makes the temperature inside the operation theatre unbearable along with a lot of humidity. The hot weather, during the day time, becomes uncomfortable for the doctors, especially when they are wearing special suits while performing surgeries. A couple of doctors and nurses fell semiconscious recently, due to excessive sweating and dehydration in the middle of the surgery. Officials of the Government Medical College have been writing to the authorities concerned, but to no avail. Air-conditioners in the mortuary of the Anatomy Department have also not been functioning for the past several months due to which bodies kept for educational purpose have to be disposed off. Dr Santokh Singh, Principal of the GMC, said the government had sanctioned Rs 17 lakh for the repairs at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Bebe Nanki Mother and Child Health Care Centre, the Anatomy Dept, besides other departments.
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2,676 traffic challans issued in May
Bathinda, June 20 Speaking to the Bathinda Tribune, Bathinda city traffic in-charge, Paramjit Singh, said, “Despite our best efforts, drivers still resort to rash driving and breaking traffic rules. As many as 70 traffic police personnel are on their toes at important traffic junctions in the city and yet the drivers don’t care about the traffic
rules.” “Two-wheelers whizzing past, cars bumping into each-other, drivers unabashedly jumping red lights and private buses halting to pick up passengers right in the middle of the intersection, the intersection outside the Bathinda bus stand is
one of the most notorious,” he said. Rubbishing the complaints that the traffic police personnel are nowhere to be seen at some of the most
important traffic signals across the city, Singh added that over the years the vehicular traffic had also increased due to a manifold increase in the number of vehicles
in the city. He further stated that the pedestrians and auto rickshaw drivers also added to
the traffic chaos by walking and driving according to their whim and fancy. |
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India faces severe blood shortage, say experts
Bathinda: June 20 Dr Aggarwal said some people believed that they could donate blood only once a year, while the reality was that one can donate after every 3 months. Repeated blood transfusions were required not just for major surgeries but also for cancer related procedures, pregnancy complications and in certain health disorders like sickle cell anemia, thalassemia and haemophilia. Every individual must donate blood as every single drop of blood donated, could save many lives.” Haresh Dahyalal Trivedi, GM (Operations), MSSH, Bathinda, said, “Despite the increase in the number of donors, blood supply remain in shortage during emergencies, mainly attributed to the lack of information and accessibility. By organising such regular blood donation camps, we hope to overcome the challenges in blood donation by effectively connecting the blood donors with the blood recipients.” |
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Traffic awareness week begins
Bathinda, June 20 Managaing Director of BFGI, Gurmeet Singh Dhaliwal, welcomed the guests and stated that the number of accidents were escalating every day. He said BFGI had began the campaign to make the people aware about the traffic rules. “ BFGI has started a forum on a social networking site for conducting discussion about traffic mishappenings, reasons and solutions,” said Gurmeet Singh. “From June 20 to 26, the residents will be made aware about the traffic rules through literature, radio talks and social media,” added Gurmeet. SSP appreciated the campaign and promised to offer any kind of contribution from the department. He said awareness about traffic rules is must for everyone to prevent road accidents. He also released a flex board pertaining to the campaign. Sukhraj Singh, traffic education in-charge, Punjab Traffic Police Bathinda, gave information regarding importance and use of road signs. He explained about the causes of accidents.
— TNS
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Net Vibes Technologies sail into semis
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, June 20 After winning the toss, MK Garg elected to bat. Dalbir scored 31 runs. The team managed to score 144 runs in 17.1 overs. Amanjit of Net Vibes Technologies pocketed three wickets. Net Vibes Technologies easily managed to chase the target and scored 145 runs for the loss of one wicket in 17.5 overs. Parminder Walia remained not out at 87 runs. While Harmanpreet scored 41 runs. During the felicitation ceremony, Parminder Walia was given the man of the match prize, while the catch of the match went to Gagan of Net Vibes.
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Two Bathinda boys make the city proud, top MS, JEE exams
Bathinda, June 20 Dr Sanjiv Jindal, was pursuing his MS in orthopaedic sciences from the Government Medical College, Amritsar, a constituent college of the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences. Sanjiv did MBBS from Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, and shared that he was eager to work on joint replacement. Meanwhile, Abhishek Jindal, brought laurels to his alma-mater Police Public School, his coaching institute IITians classes.
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Paddy sowing appears to be picking up momentum in the region, after the temperature went down last week in Bathinda and its adjoining areas.
In May alone, the traffic police personnel issued 2,676 challans to the drivers in Bathinda city. The highest number of challans, 433, were issued to two-wheelers riders for riding without wearing a helmet. This was followed by 396 challans issued for jumping red lights and 392 challans issued for driving without wearing a
seatbelt.
