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Incomplete bridge inconveniences commuters, PUDA blamed Polling for vacant seats of panches, sarpanches on Jan 29 Punjab Kisan Sabha Conference from Jan 15 |
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Incomplete bridge inconveniences Sultanpur Lodhi (Kapurthala), January 13 The delay in the project that began way back in the year 2001 is causing much inconvenience to thousands of commuters who have to daily come from Sultanpur Lodhi to Urban Estate, Baupur and Machhijoa villages. Though the span of the bridge has been ready for the past nearly six months, the approach roads meant for its connectivity on either side of the road are yet to be constructed. This has forced the residents to pass through another bridge on the Talwandi Chaudharian Road for which they have to follow a longer route. Mr Balwant Singh, a resident of Sultanpur, said that he had to go to Macchijoa village daily to cultivate his land on a tractor and he was forced to travel extra miles via the Talwandi Chaudharian Road to reach the place. “Had this bridge been completed, I would have saved a lot on fuel,” he rued. The residents of the village said the bridge would have been fully non-functional had Baba Seechewal, known for his voluntary services in areas on the banks of the Kali Bein, not engaged his followers in the construction of a kutcha path in place of the approach roads on either side of the bridge. This kutcha path was being used by bicycle riders and other drivers of light vehicles. The foundation stone of the new bridge was laid by Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal while he served as the Minister of State for Industries in the NDA government. The sitting MLA, Ms Opinderjit Kaur, alleged that it was for this reason that the ruling Congress government was unwilling to spend even a penny on the project that had been started by the previous Akali government. She said that she had written to the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, for taking up the project of the holy city on priority basis. The MLA said she had even sent a proposal to the Tourism Ministry to develop the town in the manner other holy cities such as Kurukshetra, Vaishno Devi and Banaras had been developed. She said she had proposed that the beautification of the town be done by setting up a tourist bungalow, waterfall and plantations in the adjoining Urban Estate area across the bridge. She lamented that street lights that had been installed at a cost of 4.5 lakh during the Akali regime had also stopped functioning due to which the town turned pitch dark at night. Mr Vikas Garg, Additional Chief Administrator, PUDA, claimed that the work on the bridge was pending due to the land acquisition problem. When asked why the process could not be completed in four years’ time, he said there were many problems in it. |
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Polling for vacant seats of panches, Jalandhar, January 13 The candidates for election to these posts would be required to file their nomination papers by January 19. A formal notification about the poll was expected to be released by the Punjab State Election Commission on January 16. In a statement issued here yesterday, Mr Ashok Gupta, the Deputy Commissioner, said candidates could file their nomination papers daily between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. with the Block Development and Panchayat Officer concerned and the Returning Officer. The nomination papers could be filed till January 19. Those not desirous of contesting the poll could withdraw their papers till January 21. “After the completion of the process of filing of the papers by candidates, poll symbols would be allotted to them,” he said. The polling would be held on January 29, said the DC. The results would be declared on the same day, he added.
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Punjab Kisan Sabha Conference from Jan 15 Phagwara, January 13 Talking to this correspondent here today, the sabha’s general secretary, Mr Lehmbher Singh Taggar, said the CPM’s former general secretary and party’s Politburo member, Mr Harkishen Singh Surjeet, the sabha’s All-India general secretary, Mr K Wardhrajan, and its Rajasthan state president, Mr Shopat Singh, among others were likely to address the three-day conference. While 500 delegates were expected to attend the deliberations, the opening session of the conference would be attended by around 50,000 farmers and party workers, he added. The conference is dedicated to the centenary celebration of the Pagri Sambhal Jatta Movement launched by Ajit Singh in 1905. |
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