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Polio campaign to cover 2.98 lakh children
Medicos resort to new ways of protest
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Community policing scheme for Phagwara
Over 24 booked for attack on farmhouse
Members of LBP in Minorities Commission
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Polio campaign to cover 2.98 lakh children
Jalandhar, May 16 Mobile transit teams have also been constituted to cover railway stations and bus stands. Thirteen cold storage points for safekeeping the polio vaccine have also been identified. After the completion of the first phase of the vaccination campaign, the mobile and transit teams would conduct door-to-door visits in rural and urban areas of the district on May 22 and 23. Giving directions to the departments concerned, the Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anuraag Verma, today said there were a total of 2.98 lakh children below age of five years in the district. Of this, over 1,30,000 children were in urban areas, while the rest were residing in rural areas, the DC added. He also presided over the monthly meeting of various departments to take stock of the situation. “To administer polio drops to all the children, 420 boots are being set up in the city and 913 booths in the remaining areas of the district,” Mr Verma said. He added that 29 check posts were also being set up at bus stands and railway stations. “Nearly 5,261 workers from the health, other departments and NGOs would be deployed to ensure a smooth completion of the campaign,” he added. He said the two dozen mobile teams would also cover children residing in slums, brick kilns, huts, hamlets, industrial areas and jhuggis on the highways. Keeping in view the ongoing heat conditions, Mr Verma also directed the Punjab State Electricity Board authorities to ensure uninterrupted power supply to all points where vaccine was to be stored. According to Dr Avtaar Singh, the Civil Surgeon, the city has been divided into 55 sectors, and 29 supervisors would be overseeing the polio campaign in these areas. Among others who attended the meeting included Mr Mohinder Singh Kainth, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr S.S. Johl, Commissioner, Jalandhar Municipal Corporation, Mr Bhupinder Singh, Mr Mohinder Pal, Mr S.M. Sharma, Mr G.S. Khaira, Mr Bakhtawar Singh, all SDMs, Ms Sarojini Gautam Sharda, Deputy Director, Local Government and Dr Jaimal Singh, District Immunisation Officer. |
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Medicos resort to new ways of protest
Jalandhar, May 16 While some of the students rode a cycle-rickshaw, others cleaned cars that were passing by the college. The students also started a signature campaign against the OBC quota for admissions to medical colleges. For this, they are using a white cloth on which signatures are being sought from delegates. The students said a 30-metre cloth had been covered with signatures and they would be elongating the length by stitching more cloth. The students said that from tomorrow onwards, they would be moving to various colleges in the city to get the support of other students and faculty. The protesting students said they rode cycle-rickshaw and washed cars, as these, they claimed, would be the only options left for the applicants to general category when majority of the seats would get reserved. The students also rallied across the city raising the slogan, “Value merit not casteism”. They claimed caste considerations would lead to mediocracy, inefficiency, apathy and corruption while also resulting in brain drain and chaos. The protesters alleged that the government was trying to garner votes through the reservation policy. They said that while the Constitution had called for equality, irrespective of colour, caste, creed and sex, the government’s effort to legalise fixed quota for backward classes was an example of caste discrimination. Meanwhile, members of the General Categories Welfare Federation held a press conference here where they hailed the decision of the students and doctors to oppose reservations in admission. Mr Shyam Lal Sharma, chief organiser of the union, demanded immediate resignation of Mr Arjun Singh, the Union HRD Minister, from the Cabinet for his decision on the quotas, blaming him for creating a caste divide and unrest in the medical fraternity. |
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Community policing scheme for Phagwara
Phagwara, May 16 The Kapurthala SSP, Mr Rajiv Ahir, talking to mediapersons here today, said the scheme, which was introduced by the Khanna police last year, had been effective in lowering the crime rate. He added that cases of eve-teasing, burglary and strolling by hooligans during the night had reduced considerably in the districts where the scheme was launched. Giving details of the scheme, the SSP said, “One Community Policing Officer (CPO) will be deputed for every 100 units in the locality. A single commercial establishment or a house would be counted as one unit. The owner has to pay Re 1 for the services every day to protect his property.” He added that every CPO would be entitled to draw Rs 2,100 per month out of Rs 3,000 collected from the 100 units of the area. “The remaining amount will be spent on meeting expenses of Supervisors, Senior Supervisors and on other exigencies,” he said. The SSP added that the residents could pay more if they wished. “The CPOs will be recruited and trained under the supervision of the district police and would be deputed on the locations in such a way that every CPO can see the CPO next to him. A Supervisor on 10 CPOs and one Senior Supervisor on 10 Supervisors would be deputed,” the SSP said. The scheme, the SSP said, would help in giving the employment to the youth. “In Phagwara, 400 CPOs will be deputed,” he added. The SSP said Mohali, Patiala, Sangrur, Tarn Taran, Jagraon, Fatehgarh Sahib and Mansa were in the process to adopting the community policing scheme. |
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Over 24 booked for attack on farmhouse
Phagwara, May, 16 According to sources, more than 100 miscreants, carrying sharp-edged weapons and firearms, entered the farmhouse of one Surinder Singh near the Khilwara Gate locality. They also reportedly fired in the air before dismantling the boundary wall and gate of the farmhouse in an alleged effort to grab the land of the farmhouse. In his complaint to the police, one Palwinder Singh, a resident of nearby Ghurka village and the cousin of Surinder Singh, claimed that he had been tilling the land of the farmhouse for the last 25 years on a contract basis and had the power of attorney over the land. He added that the miscreants had fired in the air to frighten him and wanted to grab the land of the farmhouse by coercive tactics. Sources in the police said that teams had been dispatched to nab the miscreants. |
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Members of LBP in Minorities Commission
Jalandhar, May 16 The LBP President, Mr Balwant Singh Raamoowalia, is a member of the Commission. The commission was constituted in 2004 with the objective to solve problems of minorities in the field of education. The new coordinators would locate problems in education in the districts. |
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