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AMRITSAR BATHINDA BADAL CRITICISED: Mr Sant Singh Gill, president of the Dalit Jagriti Morcha, said on Wednesday that Parkash Singh Badal had done nothing for the welfare of Dalits.He said for getting the sympathy of people of the state, Mr Badal was now talking about the problems of the Dalits during his campaign against the Congress government. 2 WOMEN DEAD: A 70-year-old blind woman and a handicapped woman died at the railway station here on Wednesday. The deceased could not be identified. The bodies were handed over to Sahara Jan Sewa, an NGO, for cremation. DERA BASSI FAZILKA KOTKAPURA MANSA MOGA NAWANSHAHR PATHANKOT CASE REGISTERED: The police has booked two employees of the PSEB for producing fake transfer and other service records under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471, IPC. According to the police, Additional Superintendent Engineer, T.L.S.C. (Jalandhar Division), has complained to the police that Gurdeep Singh and Paramjit Singh, working as work charge at U.B.D.C. Malikpur, produced fake transfer orders and other record to get posting at the PSEB Sub-Division,
Shahpurkandi. PATIALA SEND-OFF: The PSEB Women's Welfare Association on Wednesday gave a warm send-off to association senior vice-president Harjit Kaur Walia on her retirement. Recalling Mrs Walia's 23 years of service, Mrs Surinder Pal Bains, lauded her contribution to the association as well as the board. Former Minister Harmel Singh Tohra's wife presented her with a memento and a troupe led by Jaswinder Kaur gave a cultural performance at the farewell party. ROPAR TARN TARAN MAN SHOT AT: Wassan Singh, a resident of Lauka village was shot at by his elder brother Sulakhan Singh, a retired sub inspector of the CRPF. The Patti police has registered a case.
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AMBALA MEETING: The Shivalik Development Board will spend Rs 7 crore on various development works in 2002-03. It was decided at a meeting held in Ambala city headed by Commissioner and Chairman of the board. Besides, the MLAs, Ms Veena
Chibber, Mr Balwant Singh and Mr Jasbir Malor, senior officers of Yamunanagar and Panchkula, were also present at the meeting. The Commissioner said the board had been constituted for the development of hilly areas of Ambala, Yamunanagar and Panchkula on priority basis. A sum of Rs 44.39 lakh had also been provided for the construction of the hostel of JBT School at Morni and for the construction of rooms in the Government College, Ambala Cantonment.
KARNAL KURUKSHETRA PADDY
ARRIVALS: The district is leading in paddy arrivals throughout the state. More than 4.42 lakh tonnes of paddy had arrived in various mandis in the district by Tuesday. Claming this here, on Wednesday , the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Abhilaksh Likhi, said out of the total arrival, 3.53 lakh tonnes of paddy had been purchased by various government agencies while 89,460 tonnes of paddy had been purchased by millers and dealers. |
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Historical village cries for care The very mention of the Kamagata Maru Nagar which had hosted the historical All-India Congress session in 1975 brings back fond memories of the bygone days. Among other Congress stalwarts, Mrs Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister, had attended the session. Mrs Gandhi had announced conversion of this historical village into a model gram — indeed a tribute to the martyr who fought tooth and nail against the tyranny of the Britishers. The dream that the residents of this village had fondly cherished remains unfulfilled till this day. What to speak of its conversion into a model gram, the historical village fell on bad days ever since this announcement was made. Kamagata Maru Nagar, best known as Mattaur comprising Sector 70 and part of 71 of Mohali, with a population of 10,000, has been bogged down by a plethora of problems. Upon entering the village, one could have a feel of the nauseating stench emanating from the garbage dumps dotting it. Driving down on the battered and bumpy roads here is indeed a nightmare, even for those deft at the wheel. Incredible as it may sound, the residents have to face a perennial scarcity of water. Irregular water supply is the order of the day which is once-a-fortnight-or a-week-phenomenon. The water, inform the residents, is unfit for human consumption. Ironically though, the village has just one government school to cater to the ever-burgeoning demand of the residents. Upgraded last year into a high school, the school has just three tiny rooms. This leaves no option with the school authorities but to hold classes in the open (see picture). The residents have no option but to send their wards to other local privately-managed schools or in Chandigarh where they are made to pay through their nose. “Our long-pending demand to raise the boundary wall remains to be seen to date. We have been going the whole hog to convince the PUDA authorities to erect the wall but to no avail. Scores of our meetings with PUDA bigwigs have yielded no tangible outcome. We feel cheated,” says Mr Amrik Singh, a former sarpanch. The Municipal Council took the reigns of the village in 1995. “But, no development worth the name, except for improving the drains here and there has taken place” rue the residents. On the health front too, no serious efforts have been made either by the council or by the politicians concerned. A government dispensary came into existence with the help of the local Ram Lila Club, which pooled funds to raise a room and other infrastructure for the purpose. “We shall raise more funds for the construction of an additional room for the school’’, asserts Harpal Singh, president of the club. Since there is no Junjghar, the residents have to make do with the old, dilapidated serais, etc. The village has no bus service and public park. The Gram Sudhar Committee, headed by Mr Amrik Singh, is going whole hog to put pressure on the authorities concerned to concede some of its long standing demands, including the erection of a boundary wall, improving water supply, the quality of water, sanitary conditions, recarpeting of roads, and provision of adequate educational avenues for children and medicare to Mattaur residents. Laproscopic surgery Laproscopic and endoscopic surgery has made a tremendous change in the field of surgery. After its beginning in France in 1989, it is now prevalent in each and every town of the world. The surgeons in the developing countries like India took up this procedure very cautiously in the beginning but now have produced excellent results and even better results in some fields in laproscopic surgery. Dr Kuldip Singh who is one of the pioneer surgeons in the country and is a representative of India in the Asia Laproscopic Association delivered his lecture at the fifth Endoscopic and Laproscopic Surgeons of Asia in Tokyo (Japan) on September 21. In the symposium on present scenario of acute gall bladder stone disease and its complications he gave an account of the results beginning from 1989 till 2002. He said in the beginning the laproscopic gall bladder surgery used to have a lot of complications and a high conversion rate to open surgery because of lack of training expertise and equipment but now in this era, the surgeon who has experience can perform this surgery safely in almost all difficult cases except in cases where we suspect cancer of the gall bladder. He said complications do occur in all surgical procedures and they are part of the surgical system but we must do everything possible to minimise it, recognise it and treat them efficiently. Dr Kuldip Singh said we should not wait for the gall bladder to cool down by medicine treatment and should be operated within 72 hours. But once the patient comes after 72 hours this surgery becomes difficult and dangerous which can lead to complications. First woman SHO Born a sleepy village in Una district of Himachal Pradesh, Bavita spent many a sleepless night to realise her dream of “doing something different.” It was by virtue of her determination that she became the first woman SHO of the state. An M.Sc and M.Phil in Zoology, Ms Bavita Rana Pal was selected for the post of Sub-Inspector in 1995. While on probation, she was posted at the sensitive Kihar police station. She took the opportunity as a challenge. She conducted several raids and search operations, during which she seized arms and ammunition and destroyed a hide-out of ultras. At present posted as SHO (Sadar), Solan, Ms Pal always had an inclination towards social service. She got ample opportunity to pursue this vocation while she was posted as in charge of the police women’s cell at Dharamsala. During her tenure there, she solved a number of cases through sustained counselling without the registration of FIRs. Apart from settling cases wherein women complained of harassment she solved several interesting cases of men alleging torture by their wives. In many cases, in which couples were on the verge of divorce, she settled their disputes amicably. Contributed by Ramesh K. Dhiman, A.S. Prashar and Sunit Dhawan
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