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Patwa inaugurates employment project CM’s frustration
evident: Bhaur
PUDA nodal agency for Sangrur Hoshiarpur boy tops 10+2 exams Preacher gets threat
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Energy team
to visit Bhakra
Telecom union flays govt move Milkmen hold protest rally Junior engineers
serve notice Faryadi’s forte oil paintings Shooting of serial ends PSEB Chairman’s
effigy burnt Pay panel report soon: Ajnala
Sangrur prepares to combat floods
Minor girl recovered
Teachers not
paid for 3 months
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Patwa inaugurates employment project KALJHARANI (Bathinda), June 14 — The Union Rural Development Minister Mr Sunder Lal Patwa, who was the chief guest at a function organised in connection with the Kaljharani employment project, the river waters dispute, transfer of Chandigarh and other Punjabi speaking areas’ dispute pending between Punjab and Haryana would be resolved shortly by the central government. When asked how much time was required by the central government to solve inter-state disputes between Punjab and Haryana, Mr Patwa said this matter would be resolved shortly. Meanwhile, the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, said he had submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee to implement the earlier formula evolved for distribution of road cess which had been imposed on petrol and diesel. Mr Badal urged Mr Patwa to save Punjab from all sorts of injustice meted out to it in the past. He pointed out that under the earlier
formula the amount of road cess collected in a particular state was to be used by the same state for the development of roads but this formula was being changed now. He added that under the new formula the central government had proposed that funds from road cess would be given
only for development of new link roads which was detrimental to the interests of Punjab as it had already a wide network of link roads. “Punjab is being punished for its development work. The new formula will fetch nothing for the state,” he added. Mr Badal said he had talked to the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission and he was hopeful that the earlier formula of distribution of road cess would be implemented. Mr Badal pointed out that even though Punjab shared its border with Pakistan the central government had given the status of border road to a stretch of 58 km only. In Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir the status of border had been
given to 2000 km of road. He said Punjab had been discriminated against by successive governments in the past in respect of border roads. Mr Badal said every Punjabi farmer was under debt and the central government must help them by giving them remunerative prices of foodgrains. He said a committee constituted by the Government of India had already authenticated this fact. He alleged that former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao had signed the death warrant of the country’s agriculture, dairy farming and industry by signing the GATT agreement. He said projects like the Kaljharani employment project should be started in every village of the country. Earlier, the Union Minister and the Chief Minister took a round of the Kaljharani employment project complex. Mr Badal said he had given a formal letter to Mr Vajpayee urging the return of rare literature and manuscripts which were taken away by the Army from the Golden Temple after Operation Bluestar. He said the loan liability of Punjab had been waived as the Finance Commission had agreed in this regard with the state government. Mr Patwa said while imposing import duty and dumping duty agriculture, industry and dairy farming of the country would be protected from the threats posed by the GATT agreement. He added that the BJP-led coalition government at the Centre would ensure the defeat of multinational companies on Indian land. He announced a grant of Rs 5 crore for setting up about 60 handloom units in the state. He also announced Rs 2.5 crore for a land reclamation project in Bathinda district. Mr Balwinder Bhunder, MP, Mr N.S. Kahlon, Mr Charanjit Lal Garg, Mr Gurdev Badal, Mr Sikander Singh, Mr Sujan Singh (all ministers) Mr Makhan Singh, Mr Manpreet and Mr Balbir Singh(all MLAs) and former Union Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal were present on the occasion. CM’s frustration
evident: Bhaur PHAGWARA, June 14 — In his party’s first comment on the expulsion of nine Akali MLAs from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Sukhdev Singh Bhaur, General Secretary, Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal, today said that the move revealed the CM’s frustration. Talking to reporters here, Mr Bhaur said those Akalis who championed the cause of the Panth would either themselves leave the Badal group or face expulsion. It may be mentioned that the Political Affairs Committee of the SAD expelled nine MLAs yesterday from the primary membership of the party for a period of six years for anti-party activities. As the party had earlier expelled four MLAs, the SAD’s strength in the Assembly had gone down from 75 to 62. Mr Bhaur, a former acting SGPC chief, hailed the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court for entrusting to the CBI the probe into the death of Harpreet Kaur, daughter of Bibi Jagir Kaur, SGPC President, and demanded that the latter should step down on moral grounds. |
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PUDA nodal agency for Sangrur CHANDIGARH, June 14 -- The Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) has been selected as the nodal agency for the integrated development of Sangrur. Decision in this regard was taken at a high- level meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, Punjab, Mr Parkash Singh Badal. Giving details, an official spokesman said that it was decided, in principle, to construct the second phase of the District Administrative Complex on the site adjacent to the present Mini Secretariat. It was also decided, in principle, that old Qila Complex should be developed as integrated commercial complex with adequate parking and open spaces. However, the site presently under occupation of Senior Secondary School for Girls and Primary School will not be touched till corresponding facilities are created by PUDA, out of the income generated by the commercial exploitation of the site. The spokesman revealed that this commercial complex shall be so designed as to emerge as the modern centre for the erstwhile princely town of Sangrur. The existing government
land of Baghi Khana and the Chief Medical Officer's office and the adjacent land would be taken up for construction of new building of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, presently run from the dilapidated Qila complex. Similarly, primary school, being run in the Qila building, would also be housed in the new buildings to be built nearly. All the Government lands including offices of District Education Officer on Magazine Street, Punj Ghar, Bombay Ghar and the office of Irrigation Department would ultimately be transferred to PUDA . It was also decided at the meeting that approximately 7 acres of vacant Zila Parishad land, presently lying unutilised, shall be transferred to the Revenue Department free of cost and the development thereof consigned to PUDA for undertaking a residential-cum-commercial scheme. The income accruing from the sale of this property should be used exclusively for undertaking development work in Sangrur city, including the second phase of the District Administrative Complex, Senior Secondary School for Girls, Primary Schools and the residential houses for government employees and other urban development works. Others who attended the meeting included Dr Upinderjit Kaur, Housing and Urban Development Minister, Mr Sewa Singh Sekhwan ,Revenue and Rehabilitation Minister, Mr Ranjit Singh Ballian - State Minister for Housing and Urban Development Department. |
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Hoshiarpur boy tops 10+2 exams SAS NAGAR, June 14 — Students of the science and commerce stream secured an average pass percentage of 48.89 per cent in the result of the senior secondary school level examination of the Punjab School Education Board which was declared today. The examination were held in March this year. The result of the arts stream will, however, be declared at the end of this month. No candidate appeared in the agriculture stream. The Controller of Examination, Ms Harcharan Jit Kaur, said the result of 34,962 candidates, both science and commerce stream had been declared. Of these 19,572 candidates were of science stream and 15,390 of commerce stream — these include both regular and private candidates. A student of GKSM Government College, Tanda Urmar, Hoshiarpur, Jitender Kumar of science stream ( medical) topped the list by securing 425 marks out of a total of 450 — which comes to 94.44 percent. The second and the third positions were secured by Shifali of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyala, Jalandhar and Amanpreet of GKSM Government College, Tanda Urmar, Hoshiarpur, who secured 416 and 412 marks, respectively. In the commerce stream the topper was Reetika Gupta of Arya Girls Senior Secondary School, Moga, who secured 379 marks out of 450. Ms Brar said the result of a total of 17,272 regular and 2300 private candidates in the science stream and 14,187 regular candidates and 1203 private candidate in commerce stream was declared today. The pass percentage of regular and private candidates in the science stream is 57.45 percent and the 52.26 per cent respectively. In the commerce stream the average pass percentage of the regular students was 50.39 per cent and that of private candidates is 35 per cent. Last year the average pass percentage of the students of the science and commerce stream was 50.34 per
cent. The result of the 10+2 of the science and commerce stream can be logged on to www. punjabschool org and http://
results.egurucool.com The Controller said the detailed marks sheet ( DMC) of the private candidates were being dispatched and those of the regular candidates could be collected from the text book sales depot before June 17. In case of commerce students the DMC’s could be collected by June 20 from the depots concerned. She said the principals of the schools concerned had been asked to give an authority letter to the person who came to collect the result. The result gazette will be available at the book depots on June 15 from 8 a.m onwards. The result can also be seen on the Internet tomorrow from 2 p.m onwards after Education Minister, Tota Singh formally launches the site. The result of the first 50 candidates in the merit list are as follows: Jatinder Kumar (425), Shifali (416), Amanpreet Singh (412), Nishtha Saini (410), Anu Singla (408), Avikesh Gupta (407), Akanksha Sharma (407), Deepak Bansal (407), Indu Bharti (404), Poonam (403), Shukmeet Pal Singh (402), Ritaka Mittal (402), Amit Singla (401); Karan Rishi (401), Sarika (401), Monika (401), Simranjit Singh Doa (400), Saruti (400), Shaveta (400), Pankaj Bansal (400), Nitin Goyal (399), Mohit Bansal (398), Anil Kumar (398), Gagan Kumar Singla (397), Suresh Kumar Goel (397), Haramrit Pal Kaur (395), Vandna Ahuja (394), Arundeep Arora (393), Harpreet Kaur (393), Ginnya Kakkar (393), Rimpal Aggarwal (393), Harish Sharma (393), Monika Chugh (392), Sonal Gupta (391), Gaurav Gupta (391), Roohi Kansal (390), Saurav Mittal (390), Harveen Kaur (390), Gaurav Deep Upneja (390), Harpreet Singh (390), Rohini Thakur (390), Saveta Jain (390), Rimpy Gupta (389), Meena Gupta (389), Anand Bansal (388), Rohini Mahajan (388), Nidhi Sharma (388), Amanjeet Kaur (388), Antarpreet Kaur (388) and Shely Singla (387). |
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Preacher gets threat JALANDHAR, June 14 — Close on the heels of the murder of a young Christian preacher here, another Christian missionary has got an anonymous threatening call to his life. Meanwhile, a fact-finding committee has been set up by the Christian leaders to probe the recent murder of Christian preacher Ashish Mash. A member of the newly formed five-member committee, Father Sam George, said here today that an anonymous phone call was received yesterday by pastor Samual Hans. The unknown caller said “now it is your turn, get ready dear”. Father George said the caller spoke in Hindi and after threatening Father Samual he disconnected the call. Father George said the Christian leaders met the SSP, Mr Gaurav Yadav, last evening and informed him about the threatening call to Father Samual. Meanwhile, the Christian leaders here have formed a fact-finding committee under the leadership of Father Michale to probe the murder of preacher Ashish Masih. The other members of the committee are Father Sam George, Mr Frady Joseph, Mr Sitar Masih Bhatti and Mr Tarsem Peter. Meanwhile, the Punjab Christian Movement (PCM) sought immediate action into the murder of Ashish Masih from the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, at a meeting held here today. |
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When it comes to voyeurs’ delight, Patiala cinema halls take the cake PATIALA, June 14—For those wanting to know about Midnight Secrets or Eden of their fantasies, the cinema halls of Patiala have the answer i.e. sleazy movies in which sexual orgies are shown explicitly. Even more revolting is the manner in which posters depicting hardcore pornography are displayed in the waiting areas of the cinemas to encourage the viewers to watch the real stuff. Though such hardcore scenes do not appear in the movies, there is enough sleazy material to satisfy the voyeurs. The Capital cinema hall, which is showing Midnight Secrets, is doing brisk business as it has displayed posters depicting hardcore pornography which are touted to be stills from the film. The posters leave nothing to the imagination. A visit to the cinema saw people first seeing the posters and then buying tickets for the movie. The audience is completely male and includes youngsters of 18-20 age group, besides labourers, small businessmen and even government servants. The film, which stars an actress who is touted to be ''hotter than the summer'' in the posters, besides a horde of starlets, evolves around a loose story which sees a group of youngsters going on a bus trip. One of the men is so besotted by the actress that he won't let her go. The actress appeals to the bus driver who says she can make her escape after he brings the bus to a halt at an impromptu stop. The driver stops near a cottage whose lone woman owner is known to him and what follows is a string of sexual escapades involving all passengers. The movie, which does not have a very good print, continues in bits and pieces. The interval takes place after 40 minutes. Following the interval there is another 15 minutes of viewing time before the movie comes to an end. Coming out of the theatre one sees a group of college boys and other men eyeing the posters before making up their mind to enter the hall. Another English movie Eden is currently being screened in the Malwa theatre. Stills from the film depicted in the posters inside the theatre show a completely nude actress. The theatre, however, does not depict pornographic scenes in the posters. Sources said due to the recession in the film industry and uncertainty about the success of a majority of films, theatre owners felt English movies depicting explicit sexual scenes were good for business. An industry source said such films could be purchased for a week for Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 only and were able to give good returns. He said on the other hand theatre owners had to pay lakhs for Bollywood pictures, a good many of which bombed at the box office. The sources said while sometimes sex scenes were originally there in the movie, on many occasions such movies were heavily censored. To circumvent this difficulty, theatre owners ran pornographic clips in between the other film to "satisfy" the viewers. The sources informed sometimes viewers even did not realise that another clip had been inserted in the movie being screened due to their poor understanding of the English language. Deputy Commissioner Jasbir Singh Bir, when contacted, said he had already issued notice for the suspension of licences of the cinema halls who were putting up sleazy posters in public places. He said all such posters had been removed and the theatre owners had given a written undertaking that such posters would not be put up in public places again. He said it was the duty of the police stations concerned to ensure uncensored movies were not shown in the theatres. He said he would direct the police authorities to conduct surprise raids in this regard. |
Energy team
to visit Bhakra ROPAR, June 14 — Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Energy will visit Bhakra on June 16, as a part of its programme to visit hydel units in the country. This was stated by Mr Santosh Mohan Deb, Chairman of the committee, who was here to oversee the arrangements. Mr Deb said this all-party parliamentary committee had been formed to give suggestions to the government for the formulation of the new energy policy. The members of the committee had been divided into teams and would visit hydroelectric projects in different parts of the country. Then, they would submit a joint report to the government. He further added that as per the earlier energy policy, a target was fixed to maintain a ratio of 60:40, between the thermal and hydel energy. However, till date only 25 per cent of the total energy was generated through hydel resources. This committee would also look into the reasons as to why the targets fixed for the hydro energy had not been achieved and give suggestions to rectify these drawbacks, Mr Deb said. He also said the committee would request the government for a speedy clearance of various proposals for private investment in the hydropower generation in the hill areas of Himachal and the North-East. At present there were 52 such proposals with the government, out of which 10 were in the pipeline, he added. He hoped that the committee would submit its report within six months to the government.  |
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PCMSA warns govt on transfers PATIALA, June 14 — The Punjab PCMS Association yesterday cautioned the Punjab Government against indulging in internal groupism of the PCMS doctors in the postings and transfers of the doctors. The association had brought this into the notice of Mr P.K. Verma, Principal Secretary, Health, when it met him recently in connection with the large-scale transfers of the PCMS doctors. In a press release issued here, the general secretary of the association, Dr D.C. Sharma, demanded that the so-called review of the transfers should be done solely on the criteria of length of service-cum-seniority, the lengths of stay in a particular hospital and the
specialty concerned. All those cases of transfers done to adjust senior doctors at better stations/posts of their choice or where senior specialists had been given specialists’ posts, should be implemented even if it has resulted in displacement of some association leaders, or some other influential persons. They reiterated that the entire exercise of the large-scale transfers, then stay orders and now the exercise of review were meant to divert the attention of the doctors from the burning issues like the granting of time-scales and implementation of other recommendations of the Fourth Punjab Pay Commission regarding doctors. They cautioned the government against ordering any new transfer during the process of review of transfers. |
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Telecom union flays govt move PATIALA, June 14 — The Punjab Circle All-India Telecom Employees Union yesterday said that the Union Minister for Communication had only encouraged low-paid workers in order to face the challenge posed by the private telecom operators by deciding to issue them rent-free telephone connections. Union Circle Secretary M.L. Sharma contested that expenditure on rent-free connections could not be Rs 1200 crore as projected. Moreover, more than 50 per cent of the Group C employees had already installed their personal connections and the issue of installation charges did not arise in their case. He said the union was at a loss to understand why those who had been opposing the incentive had kept mum when license fee worth Rs 4,000 crore was waived off despite opposition from the then Union Communication minister Jagmohan. He said the system was converted to revenue sharing, which put the loss to the state exchequer to Rs 50,000 crore for the next 15 years. The union president said there was also the question of conversion of corporatising the sector. He said it was astonishing that the government had taken a decision in this regard unilaterally without convincing the union leadership and common masses. He said there was a genuine apprehension among the employees that after corporatisation, the government would privatise the sector through the process of disinvestment. He said both the Department of Telecom (DOT ) and the
Department of Telecom Services (DTS) should not be corporatised and the services should be improved by inculcating better work culture. |
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Milkmen hold protest rally PATIALA, June 14 — Milkmen from all over the district held a massive rally here yesterday, protesting against the government’s policy of importing milk. The milkmen had come in large numbers from all parts of the district on a call given by the district unit of the Punjab Dhodhi Union. They took out a big procession protesting against the “discrimination” against them by the government by allowing the import of pouched milk and other milk products. Mr Ranjit Singh Swajpur, a member of the union, alleged that the government was adopting double standards which was proving detrimental to the interests of milkmen. He said this policy of the
government was anti-people, adding that the import of milk and milk products could be stopped if people connected with dairy business cooperated with milkmen, thereby putting pressure on the government. |
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Junior engineers
serve notice PATIALA, June 14 — The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) Council of Junior Engineers yesterday served a notice to the board authorities concerning a 24-hour chain fast agitation in front of the board headquarter here from June 22 to June 30. Stating this here, council general secretary P.K. Alipuria said for more than two years the board had been deliberately ignoring the settlement of legitimate problems of Junior Engineers in spite of constant perusal through various meetings, written representations and protests. He said the
counsel had postponed its agitation in March 1998 following an agreement with the PSEB management. Mr Alipuria said the apex body also expressed its concern at the issuance of certain clarification by the board which was aimed at denying them financial benefits already given to them in pay fixation. He said the main demands of the JEs included allowances keeping in view their multifarious activities, induction post benefit, restoration of inter-cadre parity in basic scale and issuance of no dues certificate according to a set pattern. |
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Faryadi’s forte oil paintings PATIALA, June 14 — From painting buses to making an attempt to emulate the art of legendary Sobha Singh, Punjab Roadways Transport Corporation (PRTC ) employee Baljit Faryadi has traversed a long path. Today he has matured into a painter in his own right and managed to hold the first exhibition of his paintings in the Banasar Art Gallery of the North Zone Cultural Centre ( NZCC ) which was inaugurated by PRTC Managing Director Vikas Pratap. Influenced by Sobha Singh, Fariyadi has tried to follow in the former’s footsteps by concentrating on portraits. Faryadi, whose exhibition opened today concentrates of portraits from Guru Gobind Singh, Bhagat Singh to Tansen and even Heer Ranjha. His series of paintings on the freedom movement are impressive . Faryadi says painting is a passion for him and that he did not go into it thinking he would hold any exhibition or put them up for sale. He says though the exhibition has works done by him during a 20 year period, he had gifted many of his paintings to his friends. His forte is oil paintings. Faryadi regards Sobha Singh as his guru. He said he was inspired to continue to attempt excellence in painting after meeting Sobha Singh. He says he had been following Sobha Singh ‘s work since childhood. |
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Shooting of serial ends LUDHIANA, June 14 — The shooting of Ghuggi Express, a stand-in comedy talk show on air at Alpha Punjabi, concluded at Malhotra Palace here today. Sukhwant Dhadda, the director of the serial, has also made popular television serials like Kanyadaan, Itihaas, Swabhiman. Sukhwant said the concept of the talk show was to bring the interviews of the celebrities in a different
way. The host of the show Gurpreet cracks jokes in between the show and gives it a funny appearance. Sukhwant Dhadda, born and brought up in a village near Jalandhar, feels emotionally attached to the soil of Punjab. He has also made many good films like Ek Chadar Maili Si, Antim Nyay and Siyasat. Lori and Ghuggi Express are the two serials of Sukhwant which are on air on Alpha Punjabi. Preet Mangat, Project Co-ordinator, said, “We do not only stick to film celebrities but take people from different fields like literary, sports, journalism, acting and others. We have interviewed a whole lot of celebrities like Surjit Bindra, Jassi, Hans Raj Hans, Ranjit Kaur, Paramjit Sidhu, Manmohan Warris, Sardool Sikandar, Amar Noori and many others. He also informed that they intended to interview prominent personalities like Sunil Dutt, Gurdas Mann and Amrita Pritam. |
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PSEB Chairman’s
effigy burnt SANGRUR, June 14 — The effigy of the Chairman of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), Mr G.S. Sohal, was today burnt at the local Pheruman chowk near the district courts by the local unit of the PSEB Employees Struggle Committee. Before burning the effigy, the employees performed, siapa’. The employees were protesting against the privatisation and transfer policies of the PSEB. Mr Avinash Sharma, patron of the PSEB Employees Federation (AITUC) of Sangrur division, and Mr Charn Singh, president of the Technical Services Union of Sangrur division of the PSEB while addressing the employees criticised the policies of the board management and called upon the employees to take part in the proposed strike of June 21. PHAGWARA (FOC): An effigy of the Punjab State Electricity Board Chairman was burnt in protest against the anti-employee policies. The protesters took out a procession in the town and held a rally as part of the “asthi phook aandolan”. |
Pay panel report soon: Ajnala TARN TARAN, June 14 — The pay revision committee formed for the revision of pay scales of Punjab State Electricity Board employees will release its report soon and the other demands of the powermen will be discussed in bilateral talks, with the government. This was announced by Dr Rattan Singh Ajnala, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Minister, Punjab, while addressing a circle-level rally of powermen organised yesterday here by the Employees Federation of the PSEB. Mr Gurdev Singh Pannu, senior vice-president of the federation, Mr Paramjit Singh, Mr Harjinder Singh Chauhan and other leaders of the organisation brought the other demands of the powermen to the notice of Dr Ajnala. Other Akali leaders, including Mr Avtar Singh Boparai, AISSF President, also spoke. |
Sangrur prepares to combat floods SANGRUR, June 14 — The district administration has geared up its official machinery to face the challenge of a flood-like possible situation during the ensuing monsoon in the district. It has taken various flood-control measures to protect the people, especially in Moonak and Khanauri, the most flood-prone areas of the district. The administration has identified 26 flood-prone villages in subdivision of the district, including Moonak, Surjan Bhaini, Bhunder Bhaini, Salemgarh, Kabirpur, Wazidpur, Karrial, Hamirgarh, Bushera, Rampur Gujjran, Handa Kudni, Fulad, Ghamur Ghat, Ganauta, Chandu, Shahpur Therri, Andana, Baupur, Banarsi, Khanauri Kalan, Makroar Sahib, Banga, Nawan Gauon, Hotipur and Mandvi. Out of these 26 villages, seven villages — Handa, Makror Sahib, Nawan Gauon, Hotipur, Khanauri, Bushera and Kudni — have been identified as most flood-prone villages. As part of flood-control measures, the administration has decided to set up a district flood control room here and five flood control rooms at tehsil headquarters namely Moonak, Sunam, Dhuri, Malerkotla and Barnala. All flood control rooms will start functioning from July 1. The district flood control room will function under the supervision of the District Revenue Officer, who is also the District Flood Control Officer while tehsildars of the respective tehsils will look after the flood control rooms at the tehsil level. Talking to TNS, Mr Rajbir Singh, District Flood Control Officer, said the administration had ordered all district officers not to leave their respective headquarters during the flood season (July 1 to September 30), to protect life and property in the district. Mr Rajbir Singh said the administration had arranged 50,000 sand bags to control the flood waters. He said the administration had also kept 15 boats ready for the Moonak and Khanauri areas while two boats would be available at the district headquarters. As many as 15 boatmen, 30 oars, four motor boats, 108 tents, 50 tarpaulins and 75 life-jackets had also been arranged by the administration. The District Flood Control Officer added that a bundh which had been damaged due to floods last year in Makror Sahib village was being repaired. He stated that the Khanauri and the Balian drains were being cleaned to facilitate smooth flow of the rainy water. However, official sources say that the state government has not provided any funds to clean the Barnala-Malerkotla drain and the Dhanaula drain passing through the district. The General Managers of the Barnala and Sangrur depots of the PRTC have been directed to keep buses ready to take the people from the flood-affected areas to safer places during a flood-like situation. The Executive Officers of the Moonak and Khanauri nagar councils have been directed to make arrangements to ensure the availability of drinking water in the flood-affected villages. The Superintending Engineer, PSEB, has been directed to ensure undisrupted power supply in the district, especially in the flood-prone areas. The DFSC, the DM, Markfed and the DM, PUNSUP have been directed to store essential goods to meet the flood situation. The district health authorities and Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry, have formed teams of doctors for flood-prone areas. |
Minor girl recovered AMRITSAR, June 14 — The Majitha police claims to have succeeded in recovering a minor girl who went missing on June 9. The girl Paramjit Kaur, a resident of Khatrai Kalan, aged about 14 years, was allegedly misled by Shankar, a resident of Murian village in Bihar, who was working as a servant in the house of Master Bir Singh, a resident of the same village. Shankar allegedly professed his love to Paramjit Kaur. On June 9, she is said to have joined Shankar and both boarded a bus to Delhi, according to the police. On the directions of Mr Lok Nath Agnra, SSP, Majitha, a team was constituted which after elaborate efforts traced the boy and the girl in Delhi. The girl has been handed over to her parents. Action has been initiated against Shankar. Meanwhile, in another incident, a team from Delhi of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 10 kg of heroin yesterday valued at over Rs 10 crore in the international market from the GT road near Mandi Gobindgarh. The Maruti car involved in the incident was moving towards the Ambala-Delhi highway when it was stopped after receiving an intelligence tip-off. The drug was being transported to
Delhi. Three occupants of the car were apprehended. Among those arrested are a father-son duo, Inder Singh Sareen (52) and his son Harpreet Singh (22). Their employee Pradeep Kumar, who allegedly used to assist the father-son team to carry contraband to overseas markets, was also arrested. All three are residents of Delhi. Investigations of the contraband show that the drug originated from Pakistan.
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Teachers not paid
for 3 months FAZILKA, June 14 — As many as 1,353 teachers working in various middle schools in Punjab and appointed under the Upper Primary Operation Blacboard Scheme, have not received salaries for the past three months. The reason for the non-payment is that the budget allocated for these posts has not been released by the Finance Department. Mr Raj Kishore Kalara, spokesperson of the Government Secretary Teachers Union, Punjab, yesterday urged the government to release the salaries of the affected teachers immediately. 2 die of poisonous
gas in well SAMANA, June 14 — Avtar Singh and Boota Singh, two brothers belonging to the Bazigar community, reportedly died in a well at Mavi Sappan village 12 km from here, yesterday. Avtar Singh (18) a student of matric, and Boota Singh (20) had got letters to join the Army a day earlier. They were working in their fields when both went near a well and found foul small emanating from it. They saw many dead rats in the well. One of them descended in the well but did not come out. After some time, the other one also descended in the well to find his brother but died along with his brother due to poisonous gas inside, it was learnt. Members of their family later retrieved the bodies from the well. Remand for kids’
killers JALANDHAR, June 14 — The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr G.C. Garg, has remanded Gagan Kanaujia and Rajinder Kumar in police custody till June 21 for murdering two school-going kids Hena (9) and Abhishek (5) of Makhdoompura locality here last week. They were arrested by the police yesterday. |
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