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Work on medical
college to be completed by June
Hospitals along
highways to become trauma centres
Polluted water will
not enter Kali Bein: DC
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Claims for grant
invited from 1984 riot victims
Jalandhar to have
electric crematorium
Private bus operators
want taxes slashed
Duped potter turns
into drug peddler
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Work on medical
college to be completed by June
Jalandhar, February 12 The Rs 150-crore medical college project, initiated by the Akali government, had gone into rough weather after construction giant Larsen and Toubro threatened to discontinue the construction of the mammoth building till all its payments were cleared by the Punjab government. The state government, waking up to the urgency of the situation, has now decided to complete the remaining construction work of the building. At the meeting headed by the new Director-cum-Principal of the medical college, Mr Kahn Singh Pannu, an IAS, it was decided that the remaining work on the building, 90 per cent of which had already been completed by Larsen and Toubro, would be finished soon. Confirming
the decision, Mr Pannu said, “There is no problem of funding the
project and the remaining work on the building will be completed by the
end of June.” Spread over an area of 1000 acres, the proposed hospital would have a capacity of 500 beds. The tenders for the construction of the hostels in the medical college would be finalised soon, sources said. The construction work is being done by the Larsen and Toubro, while the job of fitting air conditioners in the building is being carried out by Blue Star. Ninety per cent of the air conditioning work has been completed. The project began in October 2000. Larsen and Toubro had finished the stipulated construction work of the building by 2004. However, the delay in allotting a tender for the Heat Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) fitting had resulted in the late assignment of the work to Blue Star at a cost of Rs 20 crore. Blue Star is now finishing the duct fitting work for the centrally-controlled air conditioning system. |
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Hospitals along
highways to become trauma centres
Phagwara, February 12 There are 10 national highways passing through the state. According to sources, seven persons die and nine are hurt in road accidents on the state highways every day. The worst-affected areas are Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Patiala. In 2003, hospitals handled 36,850 roadside trauma cases, which reduced a little to 36,214 in 2004. Talking
to The Tribune, Mr R.L. Goyal, Director, Health Services, said, “Increased
traffic on the highways and negligent driving has resulted in an
increased number of fatal accidents. The lack of first aid facilities
and the poor communications and transport facilities along the highways
remain the most significant causes of mortality.” “Therefore, we
want to upgrade all the hospitals along the highways and have sent the
proposal to the Government of India for the final nod,” he added. The
National Health Policy-2002 specifically foresees trauma as a
significant public health problem and it specifies that “rising
vehicle density in large urban agglomeration has led to an increased
number of serious accidents requiring treatment in well-equipped trauma
centres”. He further said that all secondary-level health institutions in the state had been upgraded to modern health care centres. For further strengthening trauma care in hospitals, only additional dedicated staff, equipment and supplies were required, he said. Hoshiarpur and Bathinda would get CT scan machines while Jalandhar and Patiala would have both CT scanners and MRI machines. Around 182 emergency medical officers along with an equal number of nurses would be posted at these centres. |
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Polluted water will
not enter Kali Bein: DC
Kapurthala, February 12 Baba Seechewal, at a press
conference in Jalandhar on Saturday, had threatened to approach
President A.P.J Abdul Kalam if the Sultanpur Lodhi administration
continued to allow the release of the township’s sewage into the
rivulet. The Deputy Commissioner also disclosed a plan to keep the Bein pollution-free, saying that the administration had decided to complete the remaining work of the sewerage systems in some parts of Sultanpur Lodhi with a cost of Rs 1.5 crore at the earliest. In addition to this, Rs 20 lakh would be spent upon extending the pipeline up to four kilometers to carry the treated water to the fields for irrigation purpose from the sewerage treatment plant. “An
additional drain also needed to be dug that might carry the surplus
treated water from the plant to the fields,” Mr Kumar said, adding
that for the purpose, a survey had already been ordered to the Drainage
and Irrigation Department. Meanwhile, Baba Seechewal said that the administration had asked him to wait for at least 45 days and allow them to make alternate arrangements. “Instead,
we solved the problem of overflowing of drain by putting up a suction
pump to throw the sewerage water into a drain in the other direction,”
Baba added. |
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Claims for grant
invited from 1984 riot victims
Kapurthala, February 12 The grant would be given to the people who had migrated to Punjab from other riot-affected states and are still living in Punjab. The claimants have been asked to submit a copy of the red card issued to them by the state government along with the proof of the fact that they are still living in the state. All claims are to be lodged with the Deputy Commissioner concerned on or before February 22. Approximately 22,000 families of riot victims, who migrated to Punjab from other riot-affected states, are still living in the state. All the 1984 riot-affected families would be paid the rehabilitation grant funded by the Centre. |
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Jalandhar to have
electric crematorium
Jalandhar, February 12 Meanwhile, the
trust has already made an addition of a green belt in the locality,
which was inaugurated by the Punjab Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Mr
Avtaar Henry, on Friday. The Minister also inaugurated 85 shops in the
Transport Nagar area. The shops would be “alloted” to the mechanics
who intend to set up their workshops. The trust, according to its
Chairman Tejinder Bittu, was in the process of extending the facility of
an electric crematorium to the residents of the Surya Enclave locality.
“We will complete the construction and open it for the public within
three months,” he said. Mr Henry, who was accompanied by Mr Bittu and the Jalandhar Mayor, Mr Surinder Mahey, also inaugurated the construction work for the re-laying of roads in the Transport Nagar area. |
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Private bus operators
want taxes slashed
Phagwara, February 12 As per a release by the Punjab Motor Union, leaders of the union, Mr R.S. Bajwa and Mr Ujagar Singh said that despite several memorandums to the Chief Minister and others, the government had not bothered to address their issues. Low occupancy, increase in the number of services due to liberal issuance of permits and increase in trips had made the business a losing proposition, they said. The
union wants a reduction in the special road tax and wanted the exemption
period for paying up the increased tax extended to four days. — TNS |
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Duped potter turns
into drug peddler
Kapurthala, February 12 The resident of Gidder village under the Nakodar police station was held near Sandhu Chatha village and 10 kg of poppy husk were recovered from his possession. During interrogation, Sucha Singh said he started peddling poppy husk to repay the loan he had taken for going abroad. |
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