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Green cover for Talwandi villages
Canal water supply to Lambi
Protester loses weight but protest still on
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SAD MP trains guns at Cong
Field day for VIPs, crime-free day for cops
World Cup Kabaddi semis
FCI storehouse
Abohar road mishap
Mother, son killed in mishap
Shifting of 46 villages
PSEB unbundling
Power grid inaugurated
Dhanak community meet on May 9
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Green cover for Talwandi villages
Bathinda, April 6 According to the plan, the department will raise tall plants of 13 species, namely Neem, Shisham, Putranjeeva, Arjun, Drek, Ber, Khair, Maulsri, Pipal, Dhak, Jand, Imli and Phalai, and supply the same to each village free of cost during the planting season. Apprehending the plant sustainability to be 50 per cent, the department has been targeting 10,000 plants to be planted in each of the 90 villages. The total cost of the project is being estimated at about Rs 54 lakh at the rate of Rs 6 per plant. The plants would be handed over to panchayats and it will have to plant the same on its own. However, in the details of the project, the forest department is silent about the allurement/allowance for the job. About the availability of infrastructure for raising a huge number of plants, officials disclosed that the divisional office of the forest department had about 12 nurseries with a capacity of 1.5 lakh plants. Moreover, the plantation drive would be conducted in a phase-wise manner, thus meeting the demand and supply would not pose any problem to the department. Confirming the details, Bathinda divisional forest officer SP Anandh Kumar said, “After completing all formalities, we have submitted the documents to the departments concerned. As soon as the project gets clearance, we will begin the process.” The department has opted for this sub-division in particular due to its historical and religious importance as the location of the fifth Takht of Sikhs, Sri Damdama Sahib. |
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Canal water supply to Lambi
Abohar, April 6 Earlier, the farmers held a rally at the lawns of the canal rest house. Speaking on the occasion, Kulwant Singh Sandhu, spokesman for the Rajasthan unit of Shiromani Akali Dal, who owns land in village Jandwala Hanwanta of this sub-division, warned that farmers of the tail-end villages would launch “do or die” agitation, if the cross regulator is constructed. “I would not mind if the SAD high command resolves to remove me as spokesman but would not hesitate in spearheading the agitation to safeguard the interests of farming community. I had congratulated the Congress MLA Sunil Jakhar for raising voice against discrimination in Punjab Vidhan Sabha and again for opposing the cross-regulator project,” he said. The farmers submitted a memorandum to the SE PS Bhogal recalling that the canal system in this region had been developed in 1772 but none had ever conspired to get cross-regulator constructed. Now it was being done to divert 6.40 cusecs of water to village Gurusar Jodha that falls in CM Parkash Singh Badal’s home turf Lambi. Another memorandum was submitted by Balbir Singh Danewalia, president of the Khuyiansarwar Block Congress Committee, who led a strong deputation of farmers. While concluding the discussions that lasted for two hours, SE Bhogal denied that the cross-regulator project was politically motivated. “Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had never prompted any discrimination in water supply. The project had originally been planned in 1998 we have dropped it respecting sentiments of the farmers of this region. We had not received NREGA funds for desilting of canals earlier and seek cooperation of the farming community in redesigning the faulty water outlets with full transparency,” he said. He assured fair distribution of water in accordance with its availability. |
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Protester loses weight but protest still on
Bathinda, April 6 The residents, including displaced persons, of both the localities are demanding adequate compensation and allotment of 100-yard plots in lieu of the land acquired. On the one hand, the indefinite hunger strike of about 34-year-old Malkiat Kaur entered its seventh day today while on the other, the dharna by protesters entered its ninth day. The protest has, so far, not drawn any sympathy or a serious concern from the administration. Malkiat Kaur, a resident of Mehna Basti, appeared to be physically weak today. Talking to the TNS at the dharna site today, Sadha Singh, who is Malkiat’s huband and a daily wager, said a doctor from local Civil Hospital visited her daily to check blood pressure and collect a blood sample. The previous day, her wife’s urine sample was taken, perhaps to check if she was really observing hunger strike. He said his wife’s weight had reduced to 52 and a half kg from 58 during the past seven days. He said while he and his wife were in the Ambedkar Park for the past seven days, their children were being looked after by their neighbours. General Samaj Party founder Suresh Kumar Goyal, who is leading the agitation, alleged that an official had asked them to “encroach upon” any vacant government land and put up there. He said he had told the official that the displaced residents wanted a permanent solution to the problem and the administration should fulfill its promise regarding allotment of 100-yard plots to the affected families. |
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SAD MP trains guns at Cong
Bathinda, April 6 Making a scathing attack on the Sonia Gandhi-led Congress, Harsimrat said, “Everybody knows that the Congress leaders had asked the CBI to make every effort to save Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, the main accused in the anti-Sikh riots. So their gesture of paying tributes to the victims of deliberate firing at the Jallianwala Bagh will not amount to less than polluting its sacred soil by shedding crocodile’s tears at the martyr’s Mecca.” “By creating a drama through paying tributes to the martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh firing incident, the Congress can not befool Punjabis as they have seen their real face,” Harsimrat said. Addressing Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler as ‘General Dyers’ of independent India and architects of the carnage of thousands of innocent Sikhs in the 1984 anti-Sikh massacre, Harsimrat said, “While sacrificing at Jallianwala Bagh, the freedom fighters would have never imagined that their next generation would also face massacre in an independent India. Moreover, those protecting the so-called ‘General Dyers’ of independent India want to create drama over their blood after denying justice to them for more than 25 years.” “Sonia can justify her gesture of paying tribute at Jallianwala Bagh only after she ensures exemplary punishment for the killers of innocents Sikhs including Sajjan and Tytler,” she concluded. Harsimrat was here on a tour of villages, where she held various Sangat Darshan programmes. Meanwhile, she also attended the cremation of SGPC member Balwant Singh Sidhu and expressed grief over his death and conveyed her condolence to his son Baljeet Singh Birbehman, the Mayor of the Bathinda Municipal Corporation. |
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Field day for VIPs, crime-free day for cops
Bathinda, April 6 Such a day was witnessed in the district also in the past. On February 24, 2009 – the Shivratari day – no crime incident was registered at any police station in the district. Besides the district headquarter of police, there are 18 police stations and five police posts here, where about 1860 cops have been posted. The district has been witnessing – as per records - around nine-ten cases including of thefts, snatchings, assaults, dowry and property related disputes, every day. But Monday was a different day for cops as most of them were deployed in VIP duty because the deputy CM Sukhbir Badal and his wife MP Bathinda, Harsimrat Kaur, were in the district and were visiting places. The “development” came to light, when this correspondent visited the Police Control Room (PCR) today and asked for the crime-report for Monday (April 5). The staff posted there denied having the report. Replying to a query, one of them quipped, “Jad Sukhbir Harsimrat doven Bathinda vich hon taan police kol enna time kithe hunda ke VIP duty chhad ke oh loka diya reportan darj karan?” Speaking to The Tribune, SSP Sukhchain Singh Gill, cheerfully said, “It was good that the day remained crime-free.” In the same way, he maintained that it was not the dereliction of duty on the part of the cops as no cognizable offence had come to their notice. |
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World Cup Kabaddi semis
Bathinda, April 6 The preparations are in full swing, said district sports officer SS Buttar on Tuesday. He claimed that the arrangements would be in place on April 8, two days before the matches. Buttar said altogether 21 committees like ground committee, reception committee and others, headed by the Bathinda deputy commissioner had been working to ensure success of the tourney. Buttar said the ADC (D) was heading the ground committee while retd principal BD Sharma, who is also the secretary of the District Kabbadi Association, has been made the chairman of the committee. The other members of the team included Jaspal Singh, Surjeet Singh, Kuldeep Singh and Harjinder Singh, said Buttar. |
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FCI storehouse
Moga, April 6 The police has registered a criminal case against the family members and certain employees of a rice mill and detained the owner Jalaur Singh Dhaliwal along with two of his employees. The police had also recovered a gun from them, which was allegedly used by them to threaten their rivals over space allotment. The clash took place late in a storehouse of the Central Warehousing Corporation rented out to the FCI during the current season for storage of milled rice. The Tribune tried to contact DK Jain, District Manager (DM) of the FCI but he did not receive the phone call. No official of the FCI reportedly came to inquire into the incident. Just before he was detained by the police, the said rice miller went inside the storehouse along with his goons and forcibly tried to unload his trucks but the employees (munshi) union of the mills stopped him from doing so and called the police. |
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Abohar road mishap
Abohar, April 6 Notably, two college students Raman Kumar and Jitender Kumar died as the motorcycle by which they were travelling was allegedly hit by a private bus
yesterday near the Gobindgarh link on the Abohar-Malout road. The police had registered a case against the driver of the bus. |
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Mother, son killed in mishap
Fazilka, April 6 The bike collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction resulting in the death of Lajwanti and Raman Rishi on the spot. The driver of the truck fled away from the accident site immediately. The police have registered a case under sections 304A, 279, 427 of IPC against unidentified truck driver. The postmortem was conducted at the civil hospital.
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Shifting of 46 villages
Fazilka, April 6 The Bar Association members boycotted the courts consecutively for the second day today as a mark of protest against the government decision. President of the Bar Association Sushil Gumber, former president and Fazilka Zila Banao Sangharash Samiti president Rajesh Angi demanded that the government decision be immediately withdrawn and the old arrangement be restored. |
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PSEB unbundling
Abohar, April 6 The coordination committee of employees unions separately held rally at the Nehru Park here today and criticised the privatisation move of the government. |
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Power grid inaugurated
Sangrur, April 6 S. Gurbachan Singh Bachi, administrative member, highlighted the consistent efforts of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB)to reduce losses. He appealed to the consumers not to indulge in theft of electricity.
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Dhanak community meet on May 9
Bathinda, April 6 The meeting also passed a resolution to celebrate the Kabir Jayanti at the state level in June, for which a delegation of the Samaj will meet Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on April 20. The meeting also urged the members of the Dhanak community to get their names registered as ‘Dhanak’ in the 2011 Census, in place of Kabir Panthi or weaver. |
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Mayor bereaved
Bathinda, April 6 Family members said Balwant Singh had remained the sarpanch of the village for about 30 years. He had represented people at the Block Samiti level and also served as a member, market committee, Bathinda. He is survived by three sons. Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Congress MLA Makhan Singh, DIG Nirmal Singh Dhillon, DC Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, SSP Sukhchain Singh Gill, BMC Commissioner Ravi Bhagat, ex-minister Gurdev Badal and various municipal councillors visited the village and were present at the cremation. — TNS |
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Malkiat Kaur’s hunger strike enters seventh day in support of Mehna Basti residents
