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A court complex sans facilities
DORAHA COLLECTION: A market fee of Rs 275 crore, along with the rural development fund, would be collected till March, 2001, which would be an example in itself”. These views were expressed by Mr Mall Singh Ghumaan, Chairman Mandi Board, Punjab. He further said,” the market fee collected till March, 2000 was Rs 231 crore. The present government has achieved success in checking theft of market fee and it is expected that the situation would improve further.” The Chairman ensured that the construction of market roads would be undertaken soon. Mr Ghumaan was talking to newspersons after attending the religious function organised by GTB College on the occasion of the birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji. SHELTER: The foundation stone of the much-needed gaushala was laid on New Year Eve at Payal, nearly 10 km from Doraha. Mr Mohan Lal Jhanji, renowned advocate, laid the foundation stone of the shed for the gaushala and donated Rs 51,000 for the purpose. Regarding it as a sacred mission to be
accomplished, the devotees of gaumata raised slogans in her praise. A religious programme was initiated by Sewadar Hansraj Sachdeva and Pandit Vasudev Sharma, in which Satya Devi recited the holy shlokas and hymns in praise of gaumata. TOURNAMENT: The annual hockey tournament organised in the memory of Sant Kishan Singh, Rara Sahib, was inaugurated by Sant Teja Singh Ji here today and would last for three days. The prize-winners of Kabbadi tournament, held today, would be honoured by Mr Gurcharan Singh Galib, Member Parliament and the function would be presided over by Mr Harnek Singh Mangewal, former Minister and Mr Gurkirat Singh Kotli, vice-president, Punjab Youth Congress. The winners of hockey tournament, to be played on January 4 would be honoured by Raja Narinder Singh, Health Minister, Punjab. This information was released by Mr Rajinder Kumar, president, Sports Club, Rara Sahib. LUDHIANA MALERKOTLA ID FUNCTION: A function was organised by the youth club of Qila Rehmatgarh here on Tuesday on the occasion of Id. Mr Nusrat Ali Khan, Sports Minister, Punjab, was the chief guest and Mr Gurlavleen Singh Sidhu, local SDM, presided over the function. The minister announced a grant of Rs 21,000 for the club. MOGA LANGAR SERVED: Langar, including sweets, was served by policemen at a function held on the premises of the Baghapurana police station in the district on Wednesday. It was organised to celebrate New Year and the birthday of Guru Gobind Singh. DONATION: Navin Kala Mandir has donated two truckloads of food stuff including wheat flour, rice and other eatables, for the residents of Jammu and Kashmir affected by terrorist violence during last month. This was announced by chairman of the mandir Romesh Kuckoo while talking to mediapersons here on Wednesday. NAWANSHAHR PHAGWARA
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CHAMBA DEMONSTRATION: The District Congress Committee would protest against enhanced electricity charges and deteriorating law and order situation by holding demonstration and dharna on January 10. Mr O.P. Kalra, vice-president of the unit, said here on Wednesday that a meeting of party activists had been convened regarding this Tilak Bhavan on Saturday. DHARAMSALA JAWALAMUKHI POWER FAILURE: Parts of the city remained without electricity on the second day on Wednesday. Areas of
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A court complex sans facilities PATHANKOT’S judicial court complex was constructed around 1973 with a small shed for litigants. At present three courts are functioning here and about 7000 cases pertaining to civil, criminal and revenue matters are pending. About 1, 500 to 2000 people visit the court complex daily to consult lawyers or attend courts. The SDM’s court adjoins this complex. With the passage of time, the number of advocates as well as litigants has sky-rocketed and there is no shed where litigants can sit and wait for their case to be called (See photo). Besides there is no provision for drinking water. The area at the back of the judicial complex has been occupied by the jail authorities for growing vegetables. This area can be converted into a shed and a toilet for litigants or public use. Priority should be given to litigants as the court is primarily for them. The courtrooms are small resulting in overcrowding. Even with two stenographers for each court there is little room for them. The “ahalmads” for civil and criminal cases work in one small room. There is no space provided for lawyers to sit and inspect files. The office of the SDM who is also the licensing authority, has no space for placing records pertaining to registration and licensing. The licensing clerk has just one small room for carrying out the increased load of Pathankot subdivision. Almost a hundred lawyers come to the courts daily but they do not have any place to park their vehicles. The Bar Association had passed a number of resolutions asking the government to provide security in the court complex, but the authorities are yet to be shaken out of their slumber. First Haryanavi to win SIA scholarship Pranav Yadav, a class XI student of DPS, Faridabad, is perhaps the first Haryanavi student selected by Singapore Airlines for the SIA Youth Scholarship-2001. The airline selects a few students from India annually through a written test and interview from amongst those students who score 90 per cent or more marks in Class X. Those selected are mostly scholarship holders of the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) conducted by the NCERT and are sent to Singapore for higher studies. Pranav, son of Dr P.S. Yadav, a senior orthopaedic surgeon at Faridabad, belongs to a village in Rewari district. Singapore Airlines offered a scholarship allowance of $ 2400 (Singapore) per annum with hostel accommodation to pursue a two-year PUC course in a junior college there commencing from January 2. The scholarship exempts holders from fees for school coaching and the GCE “A” level examination, which every scholarship winner is required to appear for at the end of the second year. In addition, air passage will be provided for travel to and from Singapore. There is no bond attached to the scholarship. However, the student is required to execute a scholarship deed with SIA to complete the course, failing which the student will be liable to refund the allowances that had been paid to him with 10 per cent compound interest. Road pileups, strays mess up traffic Almost all roads in the temple town of Jawalamukhi are in a pathetic condition littered with garbage, construction material, and waste from drains on the roadsides (See photo). Not only does this accumulation cause frequent jams, but also poses a death-trap for pedestrians. Unchecked parking leads to blockades thus restricting free movement. There have been many cases of the elderly and kids being injured or losing their lives in road accidents, but the police authorities have still not woken up. Coupled with this is the nuisance of stray animals, which move on the roads in the absence of checks by the Nagar Panchayat. There have been
numerous cases where pedestrians have been attacked by stray animals and been injured. Though the authorities have laid down certain rules to manage traffic, the decision remains on paper. For example, while the entry of vehicles to Mandir Road and the main market is restricted during the day, some vehicles still manage to enter through streets where there are no restrictions. Besides, there is a lot of reckless driving which often leads to fatal accidents but the traffic police has hitherto shown a blind eye. When contacted, Dehra SDM Gopal Sharma said he would direct the Nagar Panchayat to size up the situation and take remedial steps. He was aware that certain petty traders had encroached on roads and set up units to manufacture furniture. Though they had been challaned, but a maximum fine of Rs 50 was no deterrent. The only alternative was to forcibly evict them by seizure, their goods, but police assistance was required for seizure which was not available every time, he added.
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