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7-hr cut a day to meet power needs of paddy farmers
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Abohar
property dealer murder case
Fazilka MC arranges fund to recover land
Dalit woman harassed
327 villages in Punjab get RO plants
Revenue officials’ strike enters Day 3
Dasmesh Girls College annual function
Fly ash menace
Help to kids affected by uranium
Anganwari workers’ fast-unto-death continue
SBoP staff stage protest
Teenaged girl abducted
Summer camp concludes
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7-hr cut a day to meet power needs of paddy farmers
Bathinda, June 25 According to spokesperson, PSEB, Bathinda, “We have not decided about the timings yet because power controller puts a cut according to the availability of power.” According to sources, the PSEB has 75, 293 consumers in Bathinda. The board recorded a power consumption of 324.48 lakh units in May in the city, which generated the revenue to the tune of Rs 12.96 crore. The decision to impose power cuts was taken to help the farmers facing power shortage during the paddy transplantation season. To help them out, the state government also ordered all government offices, corporations and boards against using air conditioners till June 30, starting from today. Deputy commissioner Rahul Tewari passed the orders in this regard to all government departments here today. The PSEB official said that power shortage was not limited to Punjab only, but states of Delhi and Haryana were also facing acute power crisis. Haryana was getting electricity only for five hours a day. Punjab was still better off, the official added. Before the general elections, the SAD government had declared Bathinda as a cut-free zone, which meant that the city would not face power cuts. It was also announced that a city that has a thermal plant would not suffer power cuts. But, a seven-hour cut has been imposed now. It is pertinent to note that residents of the Lehra Mohabbat thermal colony and the Bathinda thermal colony receive power supply round-the-clock. Village Badal is also cut free and it was very rare that this village faced a power cut, sources said. |
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Pre-mature leaf senescence in Bt cotton SP Sharma Tribune News Service
Bathinda, June 25 They have recommended basal application of 20 and 40 kg muriate of potash per acre along with foliar application of 2 per cent potassium nitrate. Soil application of 20 kg muriate of potash per acre on soils testing medium in available potassium has been found effective. With introduction of Bt cotton varieties in Punjab, cotton production in the state has been revived. However, an unusual problem of pre-mature leaf senescence at the time of peak boll load has recently been noticed in the field surveys done by the scientist of Punjab Agricultural University. According to the soil scientists, C B Singh, N K Sekhon and A S Sidhu, leaves of the cotton plant near the top of the canopy turn bronze or red during boll development, which then fall off. The symptoms move down the canopy, defoliating the crop and reducing lint yields. These leaves, on analysis, were found to have lower concentrations of potassium than normal leaves, indicating deficiency of potassium. The scientists have said that although cotton is grown on soils with medium to high levels of available potassium and is also supplied with basal K, but the capacity of soil to supply potassium or ability of plant to take up potassium is not enough to meet the large potassium demand caused by heavy boll load of Bt cotton crops. They have recommended foliar spray of potassium at this stage to check this problem. The scientists have recommended that Bt cotton hybrids should be supplied with 20 kg muriate of potash per acre as basal application on soils testing medium in available potassium. Four sprays of 2 percent potassium nitrate at weekly interval starting at flower initiation are necessary to prevent premature yellowing and burning of leaves even if the soil is supplied with potassium or high in available potassium.
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Abohar property dealer murder case Our Correspondent
Abohar, June 25 The accused Parminder Kaur and Sunil Kumar alias Gora have been arrested under section 302 of the IPC. The DSP Tarun Ratan Sharma said interrogation of daughter-in-law Parminder Kaur alias Preet by the special team comprising city police SHO Hardeep Singh and Darshan Singh in-charge of the CIA staff here helped in solving the murder mystery. Her husband Harish Kumar had told the police on Sunday morning that he had left the house to participate in a jagran on Saturday night consecutive for the second day and locked the main gate from outside so that the family is not disturbed on his return. But when he returned at mid-night, he found his father dead while wife Preet was lying in semi-conscious state. She later stated that three masked men managed to enter the house, looted her ornaments, pushed her to the side wall and hit father-in-law with hammer. The DSP claimed that investigation revealed that the victim originally belonged to village Chananakhera and settled in Abohar town to run property business. One Sunil Kumar alias Gora of the same village sought his help in starting a grocery shop. Narang not only rented a room but also extended financial help to Gora for the purpose. The room had passage to the lobby of the house. Sunil allegedly developed intimate relationship with Parminder who often complained of unpleasant behaviour of the father-in-law. Both conspired to eliminate him to enjoy freedom and wealth. As per the investigation, Sunil was sitting in the shop when Harish left for jagran. The accused entered the house when Narang had gone for sleep. He and Parminder hit Narang with hammer and stone killing him on the spot. She late inflicted injury on her head to mislead her husband and the police. The police claimed that the missing ornaments have been recovered from both accused.
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Fazilka MC arranges fund to recover land
Fazilka, June 25 The land had been auctioned by the Oriental Bank of Commerce as the civic body had failed to relinquish the loan secured by it for the Canal Based Drinking Water Project in 2001. The prime land was allegedly auctioned at a throw away price of Rs 2.51 crores against the reserved price of Rs 2.5 crore about two months back. It had generated considerable heat in political circles with opposition accusing the civic body of failing to protect its prime land. However, Fazilka MLA Surjit Kumar Jyani and the MC president Anil Sethi took the matter seriously and launched efforts to recover the land. The MC also filed a writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the decision of Debt Recovery Tribunal, who had ordered to auction the land. The case is lying pending in the court. Thereafter, the MC made all-out efforts to arrange funds for making the payment. The council was very hopeful of getting payment of about Rs 11 crores from PUDA on account of the value of land, on which the PUDA had raised Mini-Secretriat complex. However, as the issue of the payment of about Rs 11 crores remained pending, MLA Surjit Kumar Jyani and the MC president Anil Sethi made alternative efforts. They approached the Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia and requested him to intervene. Kalia in turn got the amount of Rs 2.5 crores arranged from the Municipal Council Nangal as a loan for the time being to MC, Fazilka. The MC has got the draft of this amount today. According to Anil Sethi, the payment of Rs 2.51 crores will be deposited to the bank for getting the 53 acres of land released.
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Victim diagnosed of hepatitis-C
Kulwinder Sandhu Tribune News Service
Moga, June 25 Earlier, she was also diagnosed of acute anaemia. A senior doctor posted at the medical college revealed to The Tribune that they would not be able to do skin grafting and plastic surgery because her case was complicated due to hepatitis-C and acute anaemia. However, she was yet to be shifted to Chandigarh when the news report was last filed, said the doctor. Meanwhile, Dalip Singh Pandhi member of the Scheduled Castes Commission visited her in the hospital and inquired about her health condition from the doctors. “I will talk to the senior authorities of the PGI and then initiate the process of shifting her to Chandigarh,” he said. Meanwhile, the Moga Red Cross society has released a cheque of Rs 10,000 as the first installment for skin grafting and plastic surgery on the directions of the SC Commission.
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327 villages in Punjab get RO plants
Bathinda, June 25 In a press release issued by the Water Supply and Sanitation Department here today, all the schemes based on canal water, tubewell, percolation well and hand pumps were also being rejuvenated to improve the efficiency of filtration and the quality of treated water. The department has also fabricated a mobile water-testing laboratory to help in the effective surveillance of drinking water quality. These works are being carrying out under the NREGA. Around 70 per cent of the work has been completed. The state government also achieved another record by covering 1,805 villages during the year 2008-09 under 1,280 Water Supply Schemes (WSS), which included 576 new water works schemes in 916 villages, augmentation of 247 existing water works in 432 villages and 457 schemes in the same number of villages by installing India Mark-II hand pumps. Each village has also been provided with a kit capable of testing 100 water samples for 8 to 12 parameters, including alkalinity, hardness, chloride, fluoride, iron, ammonia, nitrate, phosphate and residual chlorine. In addition to the field test kits, nearly a lakh H2S kits have also been distributed to different villages for testing water from different sources for bacteriological contamination. |
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Revenue officials’ strike enters Day 3
Bathinda, June 25 The protesters resolved to continue their stir till the acceptance of their demands, which included suspension of the deputy commissioner and the SSP for remaining mute spectators. They reiterated that it was a dereliction of duty on the part of these officials. Sham Lal Grover, chairman, District Revenue Officers’ Association, demanded that the inquiry into the stamp paper scam unearthed by Benipal should be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). “All accused should immediately be arrested if the government wants that we return to offices. We want justice for Benipal and security for us,” he added. Meanwhile, the agitation paralysed the work in the revenue offices for the third consecutive day causing not only a great inconvenience to the public but also a heavy loss to the state exchequer. Former SAD (B) minister Charanji Lal Garg today expressed concern over the public woes due to the indefinite strike by revenue officers. In a press release, Garg said, “A number of people apprised me about the inconvenience caused as they could not get required certificates issued by revenue officers. I will go to any extent to help out anybody who approaches me for the required certificates.” |
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Dasmesh Girls College annual function Tribune News Service
Bathinda, June 25 Principal Dr SS Sangha welcomed the chief guest, other dignitaries and parents of the students. The function was accompanied by a small cultural programme including folk song, folk dance Luddi, Geet, choreography and Gidha. The students of choreography presented the theme of female foeticide and moved the audience with their touching performance. The chief guest Dr Upinderjit Kaur gave away the prizes to the winners of cultural activities, academic and sports activities. Shveta and Kulpreet got the best academic award. Amanjot Kaur, Anita Midha and Ramandeep won the best award for their achievements in cultural activities throughout the year. Kanwaljit, Manpreet and Mandeep got the award for sports activities. Nimrat and Sumandeep were given the best student award. Rajpreet, Navpreet, Anita Midha and Sukhvir were given prizes for their achievements in skill-in-teaching competitions. In the end, Dr Upinderjit Kaur congratulated the students for their achievements and praised the principal Dr SS Sangha for being the guiding force behind all these achievements of the college. She also applauded the staff and students for their sincere efforts to make this program a success.
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City residents to launch stir
Sudhanshu Verma Tribune News Service
Bathinda, June 25 Residents of Panchwati Nagar, Vishal Nagar, Green Avenue, Tagore Nagar and other colonies while expressing concern over the menace during the Joint Action Committee (JAC) held on Wednesday evening decided to give a memorandum in this regard to the chief of thermal plant and also to Bathinda deputy commissioner on June 28. Convener of the committee, MM Behal said that a nine-member ‘Rakh Roko’ Committee had been constituted to carry out their fight. Dr RK Garga, Rajinder Jain, Raj Joshi, Sonu Oberai, Janak Raj Garg, Janak Nath Singla, Raj Mehra, Anil Gargi and Jagpal Singh Pali have been selected as office-bearers of the committee, he said. “JAC has decided to launch their agitation against the menace afresh,” the convener said, adding that they may also approach to high court in this regard. Behal said that their patient had broken down as the fly ash had been causing several diseases, including eye, skin and lungs, to the residents. “Residents have also expressed deep concern over the indifferent attitude of the health and the pollution department towards their problem,” he said.
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Help to kids affected by uranium Anjali Singh Deswal Tribune News Service
Bathinda, June 25 Preet Pal Singh, the centre in-charge, while talking to TNS on phone from Delhi said that he had left for Delhi on Tuesday night when he got informed about the arrival of the supplements. He was told today that 40 per cent taxes would be levied on the supplements sent by Vitamins Lab, USA. “I would be able to take the delivery of these supplements only after Monday. The supplements would be sent to the public health officer for examination tomorrow and the custom department at Delhi does not work on Saturdays and Sundays. So, we would get the delivery after Monday and would have to pay around Rs 30, 000. There are 20 cartons sent my Mercout Company that weigh 115 kg,” Preet Pal added.
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Anganwari workers’ fast-unto-death continue
Fazilka, June 25 The Anganwari workers, who started their stir yesterday, included general secretary of the Union Rajwant Kaur, Asha, Harbans Kaur, Mamta Rani and Asha Rani. The Anganwari workers have resorted to the ‘drastic’ measure of agitation to protest against the non-acceptance of their long pending demand. They demanded payment of honorarium of about Rs 7 lakhs to Anganwari workers for the past few years. The Anganwari workers have been on war path since long and have staged protest dharnas several times earlier as well. Now, they have been sitting on dharna for the last nine days and have resorted to fast-unto-death to protest against the adamant attitude of the Child Development Project Officer Taro Bai. According to Reshma Rani, block Fazilka president of the union, they brought the matter into the notice of the SDM Fazilka, who assured them to meet their demands. However, she said their agitation would continue until payment of honorarium is released to them. Meanwhile, the administration has so far not got the medical examination of the women Anganwari workers done. |
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SBoP staff stage protest
Bathinda, June 25 In a press release issued here, Ashok Sharma, assistant general secretary of the federation, stated that the management of the bank was doing so at the instance of the management of the SBI with a view to compel the federation for a merger with the
SBI. In a move against the merger of associate banks with the SBI, the All India Bank Employees Association
(AIBEA) has already given a call for a day’s strike on July 6. |
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Teenaged girl abducted
Hanumangarh/Abohar, June 25 Her mother cried for help but the
culprits sped away the vehicle. The police swung into action and recovered the
vehicle but the culprits and the victim were untraceable so far. — OC |
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Summer camp concludes
Sriganganagar, June 25 Shashi and others initiated the proceedings with Saraswati Vandana. Simple and group gave a strong and effective message against smoking during their heart throbbing presentation. Rajinder Soni, secretary of the NGO, informed that scores of students had been trained during the camp that had started on May 17. Dr Dharminder Singh associate professor in the Krishi Vigyan Kendra was the chief guest of the function that was presided over by Ram Dass Harsh. Krishan Kumar Ashu conducted the programme.
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In a measure against power crisis being faced by the paddy farmers in the state, the Punjab State Electricity Board has decided to impose a seven-hour power cut a day in Bathinda from today. The cut will not be at a stretch but in different time slots.
