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Women beat empty tins to demand cheap atta, dal

Jalandhar, June 7 The cheap “atta-dal” issue resurfaced at least in Jalandhar city today as female workers of the CPI, Punjab, beat tin canisters to “wake up” the SAD-BJP government from its slumber on this front. CPI activists protest in front of SDM office in Jalandhar on Thursday. — Photo by S.S. Chopra

Punjab to study Gujarat growth
Jalandhar, June 7
In their bid to assess whether the city development model of Gujarat can be adopted in case the major cities of Punjab or not, a high-level delegation led by Punjab minister for local bodies Manoranjan Kalia is heading on a two-day sojourn to Gujarat from June 9.

Govt to probe into sale of tourist resorts 
Jalandhar, June 7
The Punjab government will look into the sale of as many as 14 properties - most of the tourist places of the Punjab Tourism Development Corporation - during the previous Congress government. This was stated by tourism and jail minister Hira Singh Gabria while talking to media persons here today. 

Judge escapes attack
Phagwara, June 7
Priya Sood, Civil Judge, Nawanshahar and her husband Munish Sood escaped an attempt on their life by some unidentified armed miscreants at Chahal Nagar last night.

Jalandhar doc to give joints a fine tuning

Jalandhar, June 7 Jalandhar now has a specialist surgeon in elbow, shoulder, wrist and small joint replacement in Dr Shubhang Aggarwal. He returned with a degree in Magister au Chirurgige (M.Ch.) Orthopaedics, from the University of Dundee, United Kingdom, a week back. He has been working as an orthopaedic and joint replacement surgeon at Satyam Hospital on the Kapurthala road here for the past three years.                                                     Dr Shubhang Aggarwal

Youth drowned
Phillaur, June 7
Rajiv Kumar Sayal, a youth from Ludhiana, was drowned in the Sutlej river near Phillaur while taking a dip in the deep water on Wednesday evening.

Women beat empty tins to demand cheap atta, dal
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 7
The cheap “atta-dal” issue resurfaced at least in Jalandhar city today as female workers of the CPI, Punjab, beat tin canisters to “wake up” the SAD-BJP government from its slumber on this front.

The workers also held a rally and dharna to protest against the non-fulfilment of the much-publicised poll promise by the SAD-BJP combine that atta and dal would be provided to the people at Rs 4 and Rs 20 a kg, respectively.

As the rally reached the SDM’s office, a group of women started beating tin canisters. They also displayed placards with slogans like “chaar ruppiya kilo dal scheme turant chaalu karo” and “vidya da mufat parbandh karo”. Agitated workers alleged that the SAD-BJP combine had run away from its promise within three months of the formation of its government in Punjab.

“On the one hand, the price hike has tormented poor people in an unprecedented manner and, on the other, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is stating that he has no objection to mega projects inititated by the previous Congress government. This is an indication for the common man that his or her lot is not going to witness any change with the change of government,” said party leader Kulwant Singh Sandhu.

Party state committee member Baldev Singh Nurpuri demanded that essential goods should be supplied to poor people through the PDS and that the farm loans of poor farmers waived.

CPI leaders, including Sampuran Singh Khambra, Harimuni Singh said the Punjab Government should do something to provide employment to unemployed youths.

Punjab to study Gujarat growth
Varinder Singh
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 7
In their bid to assess whether the city development model of Gujarat can be adopted in case the major cities of Punjab or not, a high-level delegation led by Punjab minister for local bodies Manoranjan Kalia is heading on a two-day sojourn to Gujarat from June 9.

The delegation comprises BJP MP from Amritsar Navjot Sidhu and principal secretary of local bodies D.S. Bains.

The members of the delegation will not only see the development model in respect of cities of Gujarat but would also be participating in the ongoing celebrations in connection with the long term of Narendra Modi as the Chief Minister.

Punjab BJP chief Rajinder Bhandari has also been invited to take part in the four-day celebrations from June 7.

“We are going to study the master plans of cities like Ahmedabad and to see whether their development could be adopted here for planned development of major cities of Punjab.

“The plan would be implemented in respect of as many as 26 cities and towns of Punjab with a specific futuristic provision that it should be chalked out in such a manner that it should be perfect for at least 25 years from now,” said local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia while talking to The Tribune.

He said the project to develop 26 cities and towns of Punjab was a huge development project and its total cost was being worked out.

“Our technical experts are on the job to hammer out more details, including cost,” he informed.

“The mega project will change the face of Punjab as it envisages ultra-modern civic amenities for residents of these cities,” added the minister.

Govt to probe into sale of tourist resorts 

Jalandhar, June 7
The Punjab government will look into the sale of as many as 14 properties - most of the tourist places of the Punjab Tourism Development Corporation - during the previous Congress government. This was stated by tourism and jail minister Hira Singh Gabria while talking to media persons here today. Gabira said that allegations of selling these properties at throwaway prizes with the connivance of some Congress leaders would be inquired into and appropriate action taken in this regard.

The minister said that new jails in Kapurthala and Faridkot would be constructed soon. Kapurthala jail with the capacity of 3,000 inmates would be built at Theh Kanjla village in Subhanpur on the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway. Convicted and undertrial prisoners from Jalandhar and Kapurthala would be kept in the newly built jail at Theh Kanjla village.

He said as many as 80 Pakistani prisoners were lodged in Punjab jails. Most of them had completed their sentence but Pakistan refused to take them back as it denies their Pak identity, he added.

Judge escapes attack

Phagwara, June 7
Priya Sood, Civil Judge, Nawanshahar and her husband Munish Sood escaped an attempt on their life by some unidentified armed miscreants at Chahal Nagar last night.

Munish Sood, in his complaint to the police, said he and his wife were on their way back home from Ludhiana after having dinner there when suddenly some unidentified miscreants attacked them with some sharp-edged weapons near the Chahal Nagar traffic lights on the National Highway.

As the car’s door glass was closed they escaped unhurt, Munish said. He said the miscreants chased their car for some distance but fled on seeing a PCR vehicle near Saprod village. Police has registered a case in this connection. — TNS

Jalandhar doc to give joints a fine tuning
Dharmendra Joshi
Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 7
Jalandhar now has a specialist surgeon in elbow, shoulder, wrist and small joint replacement in Dr Shubhang Aggarwal. He returned with a degree in Magister au Chirurgige (M.Ch.) Orthopaedics, from the University of Dundee, United Kingdom, a week back. He has been working as an orthopaedic and joint replacement surgeon at Satyam Hospital on the Kapurthala road here for the past three years.

Dr Shubhang has been into replacing damaged hips and knees since he joined Satyam Hospital. Now equipped with super-speciality degree, Dr Aggarwal can replace faulty shoulder, elbow, ankle, finger joints and foot joints after arming himself with the M Ch degree. Soon after his return to the city, he said he had not replaced any small joint so far but he would do so as soon as he got an opportunity.

With only one university in the world where this super speciality degree is available, he claims he is the first such surgeon to have acquired the specialised knowledge in the entire Doaba region of Punjab. About the cost of surgery for replacement of small joints, he said it would be finalised after getting a quotation for such implant.

Dr Shubhang also equipped himself by training in hip resurfacing with top surgeons of the UK. These include D. McMinn, the surgeon who designed the first modern implant for resurfacing of hip at Birmingham.

Dr Shubhang also did short training in computer-assisted uni-condylar knee replacement with Prof D Barrett in Southampton. He was awarded the Ian Kelly award for excellence in scientific communication by the external examiners. He runs a free polio corrective surgery project with the help of the Rotary Club Jalandhar South and Satyam Hospital and has done over 30 successful surgeries on polio-affected patients.

Youth drowned
Our Correspondent

Phillaur, June 7
Rajiv Kumar Sayal, a youth from Ludhiana, was drowned in the Sutlej river near Phillaur while taking a dip in the deep water on Wednesday evening.

The police has sent the body to the civil hospital for a post-mortem examination.

Meanwhile, thieves took away some silver ornaments, including “kangans” and snake, and about Rs 1,000 from the Shiva Mandir at nearby Zandiala Manjki village in Phillaur subdivision on Wednesday night.