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Post office in a shambles
Bassi Pathana, September 8 Various complaints have been pouring in from residents over the basic facilities in the office. The post office building was declared unsafe and collapsed a few years back and the office was shifted to a rented accommodation in a residential area. Earlier, the post office was in the main market and it was quite easy for area residents to approach, said an employee. “Post office was shifted to a residential area a few years back and its monthly rent is Rs 800. The office lacks basic amenities like drinking water, toilets and electricity,” said another employee of the post office. “As there is no electricity in the office, problem arises at the time of transactions,” said Gopal, an employee. Residents standing in long queues at the post office rued that they had to wait for hours under the scorching heat in order to post or receive letters. Former Municipal Councillor Vivek Kumar Verma said residents were harried due to delay in the delivery of letters. “An important letter dated back to August 27, reached at my place on September 4,” he added. Officials of the post office said a fee of Rs 71,768 had been deposited for the construction work. Efforts were being made by Sukhdev Singh Libra, Member of the Parliament from the Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha constituency, after a section of residents had approached him to complete long-pending work of the building. New building would be set up at the same place where post office was situated earlier, added officials. A visit to the previous building revealed that the post office had turned into a garbage dump.
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Man dies in roof collapse at Dera Bassi
Dera Bassi, September 8 According to the information, the incident took place at around 2.35 am, when the old couple was asleep at their house in Rohni mohalla. After hearing the noise, their tenants had come for their help and took them out of the debris. They were immediately rushed to the local civil hospital, where Sohan was declared brought dead by the doctors. His wife Shanti Devi was admitted for further treatment. The municipal committee officials said the reason behind the collapse of the roof had been ascertained as the breakage in the roof guard due to its being very old. The officials added that the department had had no record about the old housing buildings in the area and a survey would be conducted to check this kind |
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Midday meal samples fail test
Fatehgarh Sahib,
September 8 District health officer Dr Jagpal Singh said two samples of rice served under the midday meal scheme were taken from government schools of Bassi Pathana and Mullanpur Kalan village on July 17. The rice sample from Bassi Pathana school had live micro organisms up to 40 per cent, while those taken from Mullanpur Kalan school had fungus
in it. Dr Jagpal Singh said reports of failed samples had been forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner and the district education officer. He said 10 more samples had been sent for
lab tests. Meanwhile, the district education department has issued show-cause notices to these schools. They have been given two day’s time to file a reply. On the other hand, principals of these schools said the ration sent to them does not carry any quality report. Also, there is acute shortage of containers to store the grains, which get damage during rainy season, they said. |
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Cops of IRB Excise wing honoured
Kharar, September 8 Constables Satwant Singh and Suresh have been promoted as head constables. Satwant Singh was also awarded Rs 5,000 cash. Head constable Avtar Singh, who was also a part of the operation, too was awarded Rs 5,000 and a citation certificate for his services. Commandant Mandeep Singh Sidhu said DSP Gurchain Singh Dhanoa had also been handed over an appreciation letter for the commendable operation, wherein each truck was imposed penalty of more than Rs 1 lakh for trying to evade service tax.
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HC turns down plea for exemption from appearance
Chandigarh, September 8 Acting on a contempt petition by an insurance surveyor and loss assessor, KN Sethi, Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg said: “Former chairman & managing director of National Insurance Co S Ramaswami and United Insurance Co CMD N Sriniwasan were not granted any exemption from personal appearance before this court, yet they have chosen not to be present before this court”. Referring to the respondents’ two applications, Justice Garg said: “In both these applications it has not been shown the respondents could not be present because of their preoccupation somewhere else. In my view the ground taken by them in not appearing before this court that the orders passed by this court have been complied with is not sufficient to grant them exemption from appearance. Thus, the prayer for exemption is rejected…Let the respondents, along with the new CMD of National Insurance Co, since Ramaswami had retired, be present on the next date of hearing.” Sethi has been fighting the legal battle since 1996. Even though the high court had on December 19, 2007 directed the respondents to verify and settle the survey bills submitted by him within three months from receiving the order’s copy, the direction was allegedly not complied with. In his petition Sethi claimed he was granted a licence to act as a surveyor or loss assessor. However, he said some differences arose between him and senior functionaries. “An honest report I had prepared him didn’t suit their taste as they wanted to favour the insured by depicting higher amounts of losses than what had actually been suffered and assessed by me,” he alleged. Aggrieved, Sethi filed a petition for contempt of court proceedings. During a hearing, counsel for respondents New India Assurance Co and United Insurance Co presented and were ordered to be delivered to Sethi “without prejudice to his rights, subject to further consideration”.
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Duping Case
Panchkula, September 8 “The case dates back to 2002, when the Sector 19 residents claimed that 57-year-old Rani Janra of the same sector had duped them of Rs 36 lakh. Later, she was arrested by the Panchkula police, which had booked her under Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC,” said public prosecutor NK Goyal. Earlier, the court of Anshu Shukla awarded her an imprisonment of two years, against which she had appealed in a higher court, he added. “It was upheld by the higher court today,” added
Goyal.
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CFA, Kolkata to fight for Challenge Cup
Chandigarh, September 8 In the first semifinal match, Chandigarh Football Academy trounced St Stephen’s Academy by the margin of 4-1. CFA dominated the proceedings right from the beginning. KC Lal scored the first goal for CFA in the 16th minute off a close range power full grounder, Rajinder scored the second goal for CFA in the 72nd minute off a cross sent by Sumit Passi from the right flank. It was again Rajinder, who scored his second and third goal in the 83rd. Uma Kant of St Stephen’s reduced the margin and scored lone goal for his team in 85th minute. Fourth goal for CFA was scored by Sumit Passi in the 88th minute of play. In the second match, IFA Kolkata blanked Football Academy Rurka Kalan by 2-0. Both the teams adopted cautious approach right from the word go. However, both raided each others defense line with couple of good moves. Both the teams were goal less at the breather. The rain turned the game in favour of Kolkata lads. Mithun scored two goals for IFA Kolkata in the 75th and 86th minute of play. Robat of Rurka Kalan was cautioned by the referee and shown yellow card for foul play.
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Sec-26 college lift TT title
Chandigarh, September 8 The results: Final: GGS College (W), Chandigarh beat GGD SD College, Chandigarh 3-2 Semifinals: GGS College (W), Chandigarh beat AS College (W), Khanna 3-0 GGD SD College, Chandigarh beat GN Khalsa College (W), Ludhiana 3-1 3rd and 4th places GN Khalsa College (W), Ludhiana beat AS College (W), Khanna 3-2.
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AICF emerge victorious, bag Friendship Cup
Chandigarh, September 8 Officials of the AICF welcomed members of the team. The series was marred by rain, forcing organisers to reduce it to a three-match series from a six-match affair. Congratulating them on their triumph, elated AICF president Amit Kishore Thakur and secretary Deepak Kumar said the team enjoyed their series and gave its best performance. “It was a good international exposure for the Indian budding players,” said Amit. The federation was planning to organise a coaching camp to prepare the Indian team for the forthcoming international assignments, added Amit. Nepal won the rain-ruined first match with a 2-0 ball out decision. Batting first AICF won the toss and scored 157. When Nepal came to bat, rain prevented their innings. The match could not resume the next day. Captains of both teams then decided for the ball out decision and Nepal won by 2-0. In the next fixture, AICF outplayed Nepal by 116 runs. Aveesh Kamboj was declared the man of the match with an unbeaten 74. In reply, Nepal XI were bundled out for 55. Krishna Anand was wrecker-in-chief of the Nepal innings by bagging four wickets for 10 runs. Mohit Garg got 2 for 4. In the third match, AICF scored a thrilling six-run win to annex the series. AICF batted first and scored 81. Nepal XI were dismissed for 75. All-rounder Deepanshu (9, 3 for 9) was presented the man of the match. |
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