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JDA On Job Deepkamal Kaur/TNS
Jalandhar, June 3 If the proposal becomes a reality, commuters to the leather complex or Kapurthala would be able to cross the entire narrow stretch within a few minutes. “The road generally remains choked with cyclists, vendors and local traffic,” he added. The next assignment being worked out by the JDA was construction of a concrete road on the back of the railway goods godown which would help commuters from Surya Enclave, Chogitti and Ladhewali to reach the railway station. The ACA said, “If the kutcha road along the railway road is developed it would ensure smooth commuting to the residents.” The third proposal was construction of a Ring Road from Chaheru to Amritsar road across the Bidhipur crossing. While the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB) has been working on its own plans, the JDA too had been preparing a proposal on the similar lines. The ACA said it would be a four-lane Ring Road that would connect Nakodar Chowk, Kapurthala Chowk and join Amritsar bypass. Since the cost of the project was coming out to be around Rs 1,500 crore, a public-private partnership was being proposed and the revenue could be collected through advertisements along the road. This includes the compensation amount to be given for acquiring land. The proposal would be soon sent to the panel, headed by CM, for approval.
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Staff crunch adds to power woes
Kusum Arora/ TNS
Jalandhar, June 3 According to the information available from the Jan Chetna Mandal (JCM), a committee working for the welfare of society, at present there are only 54 employees working at the office as against the sanctioned strength of 105 employees. “The subdivision electricity office gets as many as 30 complaints on a daily basis. But due to the shortage of employees the complaint centre situated on Railway Road is lying closed and the harried residents of nearby areas, including Ravidass Pura, Navi Abadi and Udham Singh Nagar, are left with no option but to approach the Shehari Mandal office for submitting complaints,” said mandal vice-president Ravi Kumar. The office has only nine linemen to work in two separate divisions of Nakodar as a result of which the residents face a lot of chaos. The residents maintained that the condition is so grim that at times they wait for hours and sometimes even days for the rectification of even minor faults at various places in and around Nakodar. “Whenever there is a power failure or a transformer sparks, the residents undergo a lot of problem. During the rainy season the department disconnects power supply in advance for the fear of any technical snag. This hampers the work in many factories,” said Ravi. Keeping this factor in mind, the JMC forwarded a letter to the Chief Minister and the PSEB chairman Y.S. Ratra. “The PSEB should take this issue seriously as it obstructs normal work,” he added. Meanwhile, an official from the Nakodar subdivision, on term of anonymity, maintained that as the PSEB stopped recruiting new employees, the department is facing an acute shortage of staff.
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Travelling discomforts
The last week’s untimely rainfall has sent a wave of tickling sensation to the nerves of all. At the same time, it has proved havoc for the already dilapidated conditions of roads. Bumpy roads, full of potholes, tell the tale of a sorry state of affairs in Jalandhar city. Despite spending crores of rupees on the maintenance of roads, the roads remain jerky, jolty, bumpy and potholed.
Travelling on the bumpy roads is really a nightmarish experience. Instead of adding pleasure to the travel, these roads offer thud and thump so often that it becomes really vexing experience for road users. Being natives of a prosperous state, Punjabis never lack in owning the novel models of luxury cars but later they realise that they’re just feeding a white elephant as a huge amount of money is spent on the wear and tear of their cars. Travelling has become a routine activity. A majority of the residents of Jalandhar are commuters. Localities travel a lot to serve their domestic and professional needs. So you can very easily estimate their loss of physical and mental energy while travelling on such miserable roads. This travelling discomforts worsen the already ramshackle condition of the health of commuters. This mars the efficiency of a person at home and workplace. Mere patchwork is done on the superficial level. The so-called repairs are just pulling the wool over one’s eyes. This is just like a make-up to hide the dirty looking scars of a face. Often the patch work gets damaged within no period of time. Even the national highways are no exception, what to talk about other roads leading from Jalandhar to Nakodar, Pathankot, Sultanpur, Kapurthala, etc. Besides the main roads and highways, the street roads of the city have their own tales of woe to tell. The roads constructed by foreign companies are far better than those built by Indian contractors. Can’t we follow the technology and skills used by foreign contractors? A comprehensive plastic surgery is needed rather than a layer of heavy make-up to bring about the desired effective results.
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Pure pastry pleasure at Patisserie
Kusum Arora/TNS
Jalandhar, June 3 A name synonymous with the best bakery and confectionary products, “The Patisserie” derives its name from French. Situated in the Model Town locality, the shop offers an assortment of cakes and pastries with innovative recipes. Shop owner Tinni Ghumman says, “Patisserie is a French word for a pastry shop. I follow the European innovations, techniques, ingredients and styles in making cakes.” So at Patisserie one can find nominal cakes at prices ranging from Rs 450 to Rs 650 per kg and wedding cakes up to Rs 6,000. Whether it is a blue berry cake (with imported fruits from Belgium), dark chocolate and cherry cake, tiramisu (Italian flavour), butter scotch caramel, chocolate bourbon cake or Austrian coffee cake, the sumptuous flavours speak for themselves. But what actually makes her cakes so yummy is the flavour, icing and the ingredients. “I get the stuff for icing like food colours, edible sparks, small colourful flowers moulds, fancy cuts, etc., especially from England.” Always on the look out for innovations and experiments in her recipe, Tinni recently attended a workshop in Singapore and learnt how to make “Italian gelato” (a type of ice-cream) to further hone her skills in confectionery and baking. “I started making cakes at home in 1998 and then opened the shop three years back. And now I am looking forward to producing French ice-creams which are a rage in countries like New Zealand, America and other European countries,” she quipped.
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Go green steps: Golden Peacock award for RCF
Kapurthala, June 3 RCF general manager S.K. Suri received the award from Ola Ullsten, former Prime Minister of Sweden and chairman of the world council for corporate governance, UK, at the global convention of climate change held at Palampur in Himachal Pradesh from May 30 to June 1. About 230 organisations had filed their nominations for the Golden Peacock awards. The award jury was chaired by former Chief Justice of India and UN Human Rights Commission member Justice P.N. Bhagwati. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal inaugurated the three-day convention organised by the World Environment Foundation. A paper was presented by RCF on the environmental measures being taken to save the natural resources and conservation of energy to make RCF Colony a model township. To conserve energy, as many as 7,000 tubelights of 40 watts have been replaced with 28 watt energy saving fittings, while 5,800 lamps of 40/60/100 watts have been replaced with 5/11 watts CFLs. Similarly, old AC plants have been replaced with new ones operating with R-134a (chloro-floro carbon free) refrigerant. Solar energy is also being harnessed for certain applications. Besides, manual timers have been replaced with astro-based digital timers. RCF has constructed 13 bore wells for recharging groundwater. An effluent treatment plant is being used for treating 6,900 kl of water per day. Measures have also been taken to improve the design of RCF-built coaches by using control discharge toilets system to eliminate filth.
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‘ECP boon for coronary patients’ Jalandhar, June 3 This was said by Dr Sukhbindar Singh Sibia, a consultant physician at Sibia Medical Centre, Ludhiana, while deliver a talk on "ECP for Coronary Artery Disease” at a meeting of Medico Consultants Association, Jalandhar, here. He said that with increase in the number of patients undergoing angioplasty, stent and bypass surgery, the number of patients who have recurrence after these treatments has also gone up. For these patients, ECP is the best option at a fraction of the cost of another bypass. In the ECP, the patient wears a series of large size cuffs placed on the calves, thighs and buttocks. The newer ECP machines have an additional pair of cuffs for the arms to increase its efficiency. The cuffs compress in sequence, precisely timed with the ECG to force blood into the arteries that increases the oxygen supply to the myocardium by 20-40 percent, he pointed out. After 35 one-hour treatment sessions, most patients have less angina chest pain, can walk longer distance and faster and require less medication. Cardiovascular Cartography flow mapping and Stress Thallium show that collateral circulation has been restored after this procedure, he added. It is possible to have ECP treatment before going to work, during lunch hour or after office hours without missing a day at work while carrying on the normal day to day activities, he said. ECP has been used widely in China for over 50 years and has been certified by FDA (USA) and also is used by the National Health Service in UK. It is also an option for crores of Indians suffering from heart disease who are unable to undergo bypass surgery either because of the prohibitive cost, or risk involved in surgery due to diabetes, asthma, renal failure, etc. It is a boon for patients having recurrence after bypass. ECP along with Artery Clearance Therapy (ACT) is an ideal combination for treating patients unfit for bypass, with failed bypass and those who want to avoid surgery. Dr Raman Chawla, an eminent cardiologist said, “ECP helps increase the quality of life”.
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Young World
Jalandhar, June 3 A poster-making competition on anti-drug awareness programme was held on the school campus for students of class IX. Summer camps
Rhythmic musketeers, a summer camp for tiny tots began at CT Public School on Tuesday. Principal Lakhwinder Kaur said the campers were being tuned in various rhymes and rhythms of fun, creativity and confidence. Children in the age group of three to six years would be doing a wide range of activities like swimming, dance and yoga. In the art and craft class, they would be taught to make decorative photo frames and mirrors, whereas in the cooking session they would learnt how to make rainbow sandwiches. On the last day of the summer camp which concluded at Sanskriti KMV School, an art and craft exhibition creative strokes was organised. The participants also presented a karate and skating show which left the audience spellbound. Besides, an English drama “The rat’s feast” and a dance on “Om Shanti Om” were also presented. CBSE toppers
Four students of Delhi Public School scored more than 90 per cent marks in the class X examination conducted by the CBSE. Harjyot Kaur Josan scored 93 per cent marks, while Sahil Singla got 91.8 per cent. Aseem Suri and Navkiran Sandhu shared the same rank with 90.6 per cent marks. Felicitation ceremony
Apeejay School felicitated its class X and XII CBSE toppers in a ceremony on Saturday. The toppers were honoured with certificates and trophies for bringing laurels to the school. Varsity high-flyers
The Apeejay College of Fine Arts student Aditi Mehta has topped the examination of bachelor of design conducted by Guru Nanak Dev University. She scored 91.7 per cent marks, while Seema Rani got fourth position by getting 90.3 per cent. Khushpreet Kaur and Kemby Dhanjal were adjudged fifth with 90.2 per cent marks. New principal
Dr Naresh Kumar Dhiman has been appointed principal of Doaba College. He had served as head of the Sanskrit department of the college for nearly 16 years.
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NRI’s house burgled
Phagwara, June 3 NRI Avtar Singh’s house is being looked after by Gurdev Kaur. When the caretaker lady went to the house as usual in the morning, she found its locks broken and valuables burgled. Though the exact loss was still being assessed, the preliminary information said that a DVD player, bottles of foreign whiskey and other articles were found burgled.
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Install CCTV cams, money changers told Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 3 Now the district police has asked money exchangers in the city to install CCTV cameras at their offices. They were asked to do so in a meeting with police officials at Police Lines here on Monday. SP (city I) S.K. Kalia also directed the exchangers to maintain record of the visitors. Earlier, the city police had given similar directions to the owners of cyber cafes, hotels and restaurants. The money exchangers were also told to inform the police if they find any suspicious person visiting their place. They were also asked to keep a record of the identification proof of the clients. In case of any emergency, the money changers can contact their SHOs concerned or dial 99157-16200.
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Letters I live in Preet Nagar locality of the city. Here regular power supply is a luxury these days of summer when the temperature is in the vicinity of 40 degrees Celsius. Hardly any day passes without a power cut - scheduled or unscheduled. And the power cuts are not of short durations. On certain days the cut is for hours together. The latest long cut was witnessed on June 1 - from 9 am to 4 pm. No doubt, people are aware that power cuts are unavoidable because of non-availability of the required amount of electricity. But the PSEB authorities should stagger the cuts and adopt a humane approach and make them short-duration cuts instead of making it six or seven-hour long at a stretch. — B.K Gupta, Jalandhar Readers, write in
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