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Sena burns minister’s effigy
70% PDS kerosene
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Sena burns minister’s effigy Amritsar, March 25 AIHSS president Surinder Kumar Billa said the model installed at the airport in 2001 had gone missing during the shifting of the terminal building. He demanded that it should be traced and re-installed by the authorities immediately. Earlier Billa had produced copies of the letter written by the airport director at the time of shifting the model. Billa said the letter pointed out that the model installed at the international arrival hall would have to be shifted to a new location. |
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70% PDS kerosene
sold in black Jalandhar, March 25 Only 30 per cent of kerosene goes to ration card holders. All this is happening because certain unscrupulous officials of the Punjab Food and Supply Department get commissions from the depot holders . These facts have been highlighted in a government survey on the working of the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the districts of Jalandhar and Kapurthala. A copy of the survey report is in possession of The Tribune. Jalandhar district has a quota of 3245 kilolitres while Kapurthala has a similar fixed quota of 3245 kilolitres of kerosene . The official rate for its sale among genuine ration card holders is Rs. 9.10 and Rs. 9 per litre in the two districts ,respectively. Whereas, kerosene sold in the black market is priced between Rs. 23 and Rs. 26 per bottle of 750 ML. It means that certain unscrupulous elements are earning a profit of more than 200 per cent. The supply rate of kerosene to depot holders is said to be around Rs. 8850 per kilolitre, which, costs Rs. 8.85 paise per litre, inclusive of the cost of transportation. One can judge the scale of malpractice from the fact depicted in the report that 70 per cent of 6490 kilolitres of kerosene received by the two districts allegedly gets sold in the black market. What is more interesting is that the income from this trade is shared by certain officials of the Food and Supply Department of the government and some unscrupulous ration depots on a fifty-fifty basis.
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Police war against drugs Amritsar, March 25 After holding a meeting of senior police officials of the border belt, including Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur and Batala, here today, new inspector-general of police (border) Rajpal Meena said that he had passed on the instructions of the Chief Minister and the DGP to his subordinates to ensure a drug-free region. He described the move as a war against drugs. To a question, Meena said the border SSPs had been asked to provide lists of drug-peddlers and smugglers so that appropriate action could be initiated against them. “It would be a mission,” he quipped. The IG (border) expressed his deep concern over the death of a number of bread earners in Maqboolpura, due to consumption of drugs. Meena said that he would shortly visit Maqboolpura to have the first-hand information about the plight of its residents. Enlisting his priorities, he said he would give more time to provide community policing in the border region. The addicts, more dead than alive, can be seen walking in Maqboolpura and Chheharta areas. While they openly inject drugs into their bodies the police turns a blind eye to the open sale of drugs in this colony. The addictive substance, starting from the border belt of Amritsar has found its way to various parts of the state. |
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