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World Health Day 35 water samples fail test Anshu Seth Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, April 7 Out of 201, water samples collected from different parts of the city 35 have failed the test and 166 were found potable. With the latest data on the samples, the slogan for the World Health Day 2010-1,000 cities 1,000 lives, Urban Health Matters-stands defeated. The department of health and family welfare had collected water samples in Ludhiana district in March. Contrary to the call given by WHO for “urbanisation and health” the district administration, the municipal corporation and the department of health and family welfare have failed to take prescribed measures. Every year outbreaks of many water-borne diseases are reported in the city but it seems no lessons have been learnt from the past. Not only the water but the campaign calls upon cities to close off portions of streets to motorised traffic and open them up for health activities for a day from April 7 to April 11 but every nook and cranny of the city was in its usual situation of “deadly gridlocks”. The respective department heads were not even aware of the “World Health Day” and were oblivious to the details that included holding town hall meetings with the mayor, clean up-campaign, and promoting social solidarity by encouraging citizens to visit neighbours, orphanages, patients in hospitals, and underprivileged communities on this specific day. Whereas, the city does not even have proper means of garbage disposal and the patients going to government hospitals and dispensaries suffer on account on missing amenities and medicine. However, the department of the health and family welfare made an effort to take out an awareness rally in the industrial training institute followed by a rally in the civil hospital to create awareness among people on health and hygiene. But a senior physician pointed that the role of the private health sector is equally important when it comes to urban health as one civil hospital and a couple of dispensaries can not cater to 40 lakh people. The treatment of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) followed by water/ vector borne diseases should be free. Dr Rajinder Gulati, medical officer (pediatrics), civil hospital, Raikot, referred to the survey conducted by World Health Organization wherein it is stated that in 2007, the world’s population living in cities surpassed 50 per cent and by 2030, six out of every 10 persons will be city dwellers, rising to seven out of every 10 persons by 2050. “But by ignoring the rising air, water, soil pollution we are exposing the future generation to increased health hazards. Non-communicable diseases and their risk factors like tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol as well as the risks associated with disease outbreaks needs to be checked at every level,” Dr Gulati added.
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MC yet to learn from past experiences
Ludhiana, April 7 In the absence of potable water supplied to city residents by the corporation, outbreak of diseases becomes common during summers. Tall claims of the corporation of providing “clean” water to residents fall flat as a random survey of a few tube wells in the city by The Tribune reveals that authorities cared a damn about the health of residents. At most of the tube wells in areas at Haibowal, Kitchlu Nagar, near the gate No. 3 of the PAU, near the City Kotwali, in the corporation building (Mata Rani Chowk) itself, the water was not being chlorinated through the dozers. In the absence of any caretaker, the dozers were in miserable condition. One of the dozer near tube well was empty while another filled with chlorine was not even attached to the tube well. The outbreak of diseases in the recent years has become so common and contaminated water remains the major cause for an outbreak of an epidemic in the city. The corporation has given the contracts for chlorination of the water in the city. The contract for Zones B and C has expired while of the Zone D will expire in May. One of the officials with O and M cell of the corporation told The Tribune that the problems aggravates during the rainy season and acute summers. “We agree that a lot has to be done for the safety of residents. We are in the process of buying new dozers soon so that residents get pure, clean water”, said the official adding that contractors also did not take their work seriously. “Even the caretakers at the tube wells have not been given training about the ratio of chlorine to be released with regular supply of the water. Sujan Singh, a resident of Haibowal area, complained that during summers, the residents of various localities often got contaminated water. “Last year also, residents had complained about the taps supplying the light yellowish water. If timely action is taken, many of our problems will be solved. Rather than providing potable water to residents, both corporation and the health department start blaming each other during this time,” he rued. |
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Underage youths getting driver’s licence
Ludhiana, April 7 The violation was noticed by Aditya Road Safety Society, an NGO, when it came across a licence for LMV issued to a youth of Samrala, who would be 20 on August 8 this year. Despite printing his date of birth on the license that says 8-8-1990, the authorities issued him a learner’s licence for an LMV on January 22. “It is a clear violation of Section 4(2) of the Indian Motor Vehicle Act and Rule 11 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, which say that no person under the age of 20 years shall drive a transport vehicle in any public place,” the chairman of the NGO said. In a letter to the DC, he said it was a common practice at the Suvidha Centre in the city to issue licences for LMVs to underage youths. “That is why the city is witnessing road accidents every now and then. If underage drivers are officially allowed to drive on roads, accidents are bound to happen. This is a matter of concern that the rules are going for a toss,” he said, adding that action should be taken against the authorities responsible for the lapse. “Action has to be taken otherwise I do not think they would stop doing this,” he wrote in the letter to the Deputy Commissioner. |
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Posters poke fun at traffic police
Ludhiana, April 7 The posters, printed on a plain white piece of paper, read: “Hello Ludhiana… The Ludhiana Traffic Police promises you that from today we will give full attention on free flow of traffic and will not accept bribe. We hope other departments also follow our way and will do their work honestly.” Such posters are seen on the boards installed at Bharat Nagar Chowk and Bhai Bala Chowk. Top police officials expressed ignorance about the incident. But taking a serious note of the incident, Police Commissioner Ishwar Singh said: “We will take stern action against the miscreants for defaming the traffic police like this. We will identify people who have done this.” Traffic cops posted at the spot said they had
no idea who had pasted the posters. “When we came in the morning these posters were there. We passed these papers off as some advertisement. It is now that we have come to know what is written on these,” one of them said. None of the cops, however, bothered to remove the posters. Passersby were amused after reading the posters throughout
the day. Meanwhile, the information boards have a glaring spelling mistake — “beggers” has been spelled
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Watchman murdered
Ludhiana, April 7 “There were strangulation marks on the neck and injury marks on the face, which seemed to have been inflicted by a sharp-edged weapon,” said a police official. He added that Durga Prasad’s mobile phone and some belongings were also missing. “It seems like the assailant’s primary motive was theft,” he added. Durga Prasad belonged to Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh and had been living alone in the city for the past few months. A case under Section 302 of the IPC was registered. The body was send for post-mortem examination. The family of the deceased was informed. |
A life dedicated to girls’ education
Doraha, April 7 She joined the college as lecturer in 1980, only to find that girls, especially from villages, were kept away as the psyche of parents disapproved of girls going out. Having been a victim of the social wrath of her parents and relatives, she took the responsibility of spreading education among village girls, starting from her village
Gidri. After a turbulent period of reluctance and resistance from all quarters, success slowly came her way as she was able to win the confidence of parents, who began to trust her and send their daughters to the college. “It was a long ordeal as the opposition I met initially was sometimes intolerable. But I continued with my mission of counselling parents and their girls from door to door. A time came when 16 girls from my village took admission to the college. After that, there was no looking back. I covered more villages each day, including
Buani, Bilaspur, Landa, Lapran and Rara Sahib, and convinced more and more parents,” she said. After that, she covered the Sahnewal belt. “Here too, there was widespread opposition. But I continued and a time came when 35 girls in a van got admitted to the college. At villages such as
Ghaoti, Lapran, Jassar, Khanpur, Paddi, Dharaour, Tibba, Sahni and
Rajgarh, the case was no different. Once the lamp of knowledge and awareness was ignited among villagers, everything began to run smoothly,” she said. “Another major problem which the girls faced was penury, which had already made their parents debt-ridden. It was at this time that the college took their responsibility and provided education to them almost free of cost. As I brought up and discussed the problems with the authorities, they readily came forward to the aid of such underprivileged girls,” she said. Quoting the example of a girl of a nearby village, she said, “The father of the girl was a drug addict and the suppressed mother did not have a single penny, but with personal efforts and financial support, she girl not only took admission, but won laurels in education as well as co-curricular activities. There are a number of such girls, who not only obtained a degree, despite their families’ financial and social constraints, but were professionally settled, either in India or abroad.”
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‘Maharaja Ranjit Singh could have turned tables on British’
Ludhiana, April 7 During an interactive session, moderated by journalist Kanwar Sandhu and interjections by Swarn Singh
Boparai, a retired bureaucrat and former Punjabi University Vice-Chancellor, the author focussed on governance, military skills, administration and leadership qualities of Maharaja Ranjit Singh with research-based comments on strengths and weaknesses. “With his strategic battle plans and a motivated army, Maharaja Ranjit Singh had turned the tables on the mighty British forces, and but for betrayal of his family and a few of his army commanders, the history of India would have been different,” Capt Amarinder Singh said. According to the author, more than a decade of hard work (when he was not busy with politics) and research at various sources like libraries, private collectors, museums and archives, spread across continents, had gone into the book. “I have collecting material and information from the Queens Library in the UK, the British Museum, museums and private collections in Lahore and elsewhere in Pakistan, the Punjab Police Academy at Phillaur and many other places in India for the last many years for the book,” he said.
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Juyal heads study group
Ludhiana, April 7 Dr SS Chaudhary of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar, has been made co-chairman, as per Dr Louis Touratier, ad hoc secretary of the Office International des Epizooties (World Organisation for Animal Health), Paris. Dr Touratier attended the 20th annual congress of veterinary parasitologists on ‘Parasitology Today- Ecology to Molecular Biology’ at the CCSHAU on February 19. The main aim of the group would be to research, report and collect data on epidemiology, diagnosis, chemotherapy and control.
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Senior LIT official under scanner for fraud
Ludhiana, April 7 According to information, the executive officer (EO) of the LIT, Jatinder Singh, had approved the registration of a sale deed of the plot at Rajguru Nagar in the name of Jagjit Kaur, wife of the original allottee, Avtar Singh (now deceased), and the sale deed was registered by the sub-registrar on March 29, 2010. Interestingly, LIT chairman Ashok Juneja, who holds the authority to approve the registration of sale deeds, had issued instructions to keep the file pending till legal opinion about an application made to the court about the legal heirs of the deceased allottee could be obtained. Some trust officials, including the EO and staff members of the sale branch, connived with the owners to rush the sale deed through as the chairman was reluctant to give a nod without seeking legal opinion in the case. Reports that a senior functionary of the BJP and certain mediapersons had shown “undue” interest in the matter are also doing the rounds of the LIT office. Immediately after the sale deed of the plot was registered, the original file, which should have gone back to the record room of the LIT, has been missing in a mysterious manner and the EO has been playing hard to get. Ashok Juneja said he could not talk to the EO until now. “He was on leave yesterday. Today, he came to the office late and even after I sent him a message to meet me, he disposed of some official work and went away for lunch,” he claimed. Juneja maintained that even if the sale deed had been executed in the favour of the wife of the original allottee, who might be the genuine claimant to the property, the manner in which the rules had been circumvented and authority had been bypassed, raised doubts. “Such gross irregularities will not be permitted and the matter will be taken to its logical conclusion,” he added. In the meantime, the LIT has asked revenue officials not to entertain any request for mutation of the said sale deed and procedure has been set in motion to seek the cancellation of the registration of the deed. The EO, Jatinder Singh, was not available for comments and his mobile phone remained switched off all through the day.
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Phagwara youth among 18 in Sharjah jail
Ashok Kaura
Phagwara, April 7 Harjinder Singh, son of Late Sital Singh, a resident of Shivpuri Mohalla, here, went to the UAE for earning more money in 2003. He found a carpenter’s job there. Surinder Kaur, mother of victim Harjinder (28), told The Tribune yesterday evening that she had three children (two sons and one daughter). Her son, Harjinder, went to the UAE, remained in touch with the family and was sending money on regular basis to them since 2007. But, Harjinder’s whereabouts could not be known after that and the entire family was in perturbed over his mysterious disappearance. She said a family friend called from the UAE a few days ago that he had seen Harjinder in a police station of Sharjah. She in deep shock said they were trying to contact their relatives, when they received a phone call from Harjinder, who could only disclose that he was in trouble and lodged in the Surinder Kaur in the presence of her brother-in-law said she was in deep shock after hearing the news of her son, who could be sentenced to death at any time. Satnam Singh, uncle of the victim, said the family would soon knock at the doors of the Union and Punjab governments for saving the life of the innocent Harjinder.
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Liquor vend pulled down
Ludhiana, April 7 “He lost the case on March 30 and we removed it today. Bottles of liquor and other material were kept safe outside. No commercial activity is allowed in green belts,” he said.
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Sarabjot best speaker
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 7 According to Dr SK Batish, convener of the event, at least 30 students participated in debate on “1000 cities, 1000 lives” and declamation contest on “equal rights for men and women”. Sarabjot Kaur (B.Sc. II), Charankamal Kaur (GNM III) and Rajvir Kaur (B.Sc. IV) bagged first three position in their category and Gurdeep Kaur (GNM III), Prabhjeet Kaur (GNM I) and Arvind Kaur (GNM IIIrd) were adjudged winners in their segment.
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Printers’ panel to strike work on April 10
Ludhiana, April 7 “With this hike it may not be possible for us to supply the boxes at the earlier agreed rates. We are facing this situation for the past three months,” said association’s secretary Sanjay Gandhi. He further added that the paper mills without any reason were hiking the rates of the paper. Parveen Aggarwal, association’s president, said the paper-packaging industries are already suffering due to the non-availability of skilled and semi-skilled workforce. “The business has also suffered due to recession and now power cuts have added more sufferings for this trade. He said there was an acute shortage of paper and paperboard; mills were not taking any fresh order for the paper and paperboard. We don’t understand if this shortage was actual or fabricated by the paper mills. If the prices of the paper and paperboard were not controlled we may have to down the shutters, he added.
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Air-India team inspects Sahnewal airport
Ludhiana, April 7 The team was led by Scindia Junilia, Commercial Manager, Alliance Air. Other members of the team were Yashpal, manager, RP Singh, assistant manager, securities, and Vineet Bhalla, deputy manager, went around the airport and took stock of lights, runways and other arrangements made by the authorities. The officials, however, refused to comment on anything. The officials said they would soon submit a report to the authorities concerned. Sources, however, said every possibility was being explored to start the flight within a month or two. The visit of the team has rekindled the hope of residents, who are looking forward to a domestic flight from Ludhiana to Delhi. Earlier, Kingfisher Airlines had announced a New Delhi-Ludhiana and return flight from March 28, but due to some last-minute changes, the plane could not take off from here. The authorities had then said the flight could be introduced anytime. ‘‘We will soon get a good news. It’s clear that the flights would start within a month or so, ’’ said an airport official. The Ludhiana airport, it seems, has always been jinxed. Announcements have been made in the past also, but till date the airport could not function. It was in 2004, during Capt Amarinder Singh’s government that a proposal was mooted to set up the Greenfield International Airport at Ladowal, near Ludhiana. Amarinder Singh met the Civil Aviation Minister and requested for deputing a team of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to visit the site. A delegation of the Airport Authority of India visited Chandigarh and Ludhiana and found the site good for the airport. The AAI team was of the view that an area of 6 kilometers X 2.5 kilometers with two runways, along with facilities and infrastructure of world-class standards, was essential. However, the project could be started with one runway of 3,500m. Everything seemed to be in place when the state government announced that the airport site had been shifted to Halwara, near the existing IAF station. The state government had almost succeeded in getting the airport sanctioned. The date of starting the flights was also announced. But the defence ministry did not grant clearance on the pretext of security reasons.
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Chamber recommends steps for industrial growth
Ludhiana, April 7 Avtar Singh, general secretary, Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings, said the city being the industrial capital of Punjab was known worldwide as the hub of industries. “Despite withdrawal of stimulus package from neighboring states by the Central government, there are remote chances that new industries will be attracted to Punjab especially Ludhiana due the power crisis and non-availability of land. Upkar Singh, joint secretary, said Rajasthan, which was lagging behind in the industrial development was now becoming number one state in northern India in respect of growth and development of the industrial sector due to offering of liberal incentives for setting up new units and laying special emphasis on development of industrial infrastructure by the state government for the past two-three year. He urged the Punjab government to adopt industry specific solutions and chalk out collaborative strategies for attracting new industries in Punjab especially Ludhiana. He said the new industrial areas should be developed through the government body or private partnership to make land available to industrial estates adjoining states of Rajasthan and Haryana, where off the shelve land was readily available. Separate parks must be setup for auto, hand tool, bicycle, garment and hosiery. Further he added that existing small-scale industrial units in mix land use areas should be allowed to operate without any time limitation and permission should be granted to enhance electricity connections as per requirement. “Labor laws should be simplified, especially those applicable to industrial enterprises since the transaction costs for compiling with these laws is disproportionately high for these units and cluster approach should be promoted for growth and prosperity of industry specific sectors,” added Upkar Singh. Industrial Estates and Focal Points, which are currently in a state of neglect, should be infused with fresh capital and upgraded to industrial townships. This will permit effective municipal administration and a single shop mechanism for provision of the municipal services. Gobindgarh to Phagwara should be treated as the industrial zone for boosting the industrial development, he added.
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BJP celebrates its 31st foundation day
Jagraon, April 7 He said the BJP’s rose from the Jan Sangh to the Janta Party and finally to the BJP. The party with 31-year background had borne the fruits of hardwork and was one of the largest political parties. He said incidentally the BJP had beaten the Congress but the in fighting had made it weak. Terming it to be a common man’s party, he said the BJP was only party in the country that had made a grassroots worker like Atal Bihari Vajpayee India’s Prime Minister. Commenting on the bitterness between the SAD-BJP over the distribution of seats in the state government, he denied having any differences with the Akalis. Instead, he said, their alliance with Akali started in 1967 and would last for centuries together.
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Auto workshops a nuisance for motorists
Ludhiana, April 7 To make the matters worse, the roadsides have been blocked by heaps of garbage removed from the Ganda Nullah by workers of the municipal corporation around a year ago. Auto-rickshaws add to the chaos, as these remain stationed outside the workshops for repairs. Anil Jain, a nearby resident, complained that people often indulged in argumentation resulting from the chaos. “We request visitors to park their vehicles systematically so that passersby are not harassed but the appeals often go unheard,” said Jain, ruing that a major part of the road remained blocked by heaps of garbage. “Municipal workers had removed the garbage from the nullah over a a year ago but forgot to lift it from the road,” said Jain. Tejinder Singh, another resident, complained that during evening hours, mechanics at the workshops repaired vehicles on the road itself. “A mechanic almost came under my vehicle the other day. But, we cannot help it. If something happens to them, we will be blamed. They block the road and create nuisance. At times, there is so much chaos that we take alternative routes to reach our destination,” added Singh.
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Rallies, camps mark World Health Day
Ludhiana, April 7 The hospital staff and girl students at the ITI were briefed about the importance of healthy environment. To highlight health challenges associated with urbanisation, the College of Nursing, DMCH, organised an awareness walk followed by screening for obesity, hypertension and diabetes at Rose Garden. Chief guest Mohinder Pal Gupta, joint commissioner, municipal corporation, inaugurated the screening clinic and stressed the need for participation of individuals to keep themselves and environment healthy. Dr Daljit Singh, principal, DMCH, Dr Rajoo Singh Chinna, dean (academics), DMCH, Dr Jasbir Kaur, principal, College of Nursing, were also present. The day is being observed on the theme “Urbanisation and health” in recognition of the effect urbanisation had on collective health globally. The celebration was part of global goal for participation of 1,000 cities in the health campaign. A mini marathon and free wellness evaluation camp was also organised. The marathon started from PAU’s gate No. 2 and it passed through parts of BRS Nagar, Sarabha Nagar, Kochar Market before culminating at south Model Gram. Chief parliamentary secretary Harish Rai Dhanda flagged off the marathon organised to spread the message of good health, food habits and awareness of health. A health camp “Walk for Wellness” was organised jointly by SPS Apollo Hospitals and the municipal corporation to mark the day and encourage people towards better health and lifestyle. Those attending the camp were offered apples to start their day on a healthy note. Similarly, SPS Apollo Hospital focussing on the prevention of lifestyle diseases organised a wellness awareness walk. According to Dr Gautam Aggarwal, consultant internal medicine, non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, cancer, stroke and chronic lung diseases, had emerged as a major public health problem. Dr RP Singh, senior consultant cardiologist, said a survey in the country had revealed that around 10 per cent adults suffered from hypertension. The number of deaths due to heart diseases in India was projected to have increased from 1.2 million in 1990 to two million by 2010.
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Hike in school fee annoys parents
Ludhiana, April 7 While there has been a hike of 30-60 per cent in the school fee since the last academic session; transportation charges, too, have gone up by about 20-30 per cent. All this at a time when inflation is burning holes in the pocket. Parents rue that they have to shell out close to Rs 50,000 per annum in the name of school fee. “That, too, for primary classes,” remarked Parul Sharma, a parent. She said if the child was studying in a higher class “then be ready to set aside anything between Rs 60,000-80,000 per annum if you want to send your child to the best school in the city”. Not only big schools, even smaller ones are now hiking the fee. Some have even doubled the fee, making it difficult for middle-class parents to send their children to private schools. Unfortunately, the regulatory authorities have just been a mute spectator. Dr RT Talwar, another parent, said: “In 2009-10, we paid Rs 27,000 per annum as the school fee of my son studying in Class III. Now, we are being asked to pay over Rs 38,000. This hike is unjustified.” He alleged that no additional facilities were being provided to the children in spite of the high fee collected in the name of miscellaneous and annual charges. Several parents’ associations have, time and again, demanded regulation of the indiscriminate fee hike, but in vain. “Law says a school should be run as a community service and not as a business. If found flouting rules, the respective board should cancel the affiliation of the school. But unfortunately, none of the education boards have done it so far even though numerous city schools continue to fleece parents,” Vikrant, father of a Class XI student, said. He said the parents should be given a minimum of 50 per cent representation in the school management and a committee on the lines of the SC Bansal Committee to study the issue of fee hike in private schools of Haryana. “This will bring transparency in the working of the schools,” he remarked. Private schools, on the other hand, take the plea that they have to hike the fee, keeping in mind the state-of-the-art facilities they provide to the students which, they say, “do not come cheap. Moreover, teachers’ salaries are also to be paid,” a school head stated.
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Wheat procurement gets under way
Mullanpur Dakha, April 7 Ludhiana zila parishad chairman Manpreet Singh Ayali along with other officials started the purchase of wheat for the season. Inspectors Pungrain and Punjab Agro, market committee secretary Dakha Jaswinder Singh and
commission agents were present. Markfed and Warehousing has yet to open their purchase as wheat has not arrived at the shops allotted to them. Out of the 55 registered shops of commission agent, 14 have been allotted to Pungrain, 15 to Punjab Agro and 13 each to Markfed and Warehousing. The procured wheat was stated to be of fair average quality (FAQ), meeting the food grade standards set by Indian government.
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2 commission agents booked for fraud
Raikot, April 7 The farmer had sold his produce through these commission agents. The complainant had accused the commission agents of delaying the payment on one pretext or another. The accused had even agreed to transfer their plots of equivalent amounts in the name of the complainant but later refused to do so, he added. Jagraon SSP Harinder SIngh Chahal entrusted the then Raikot SHO Gurdial Singh to conduct an inquiry into the matter. Gurdial Singh found the allegations to be true and sent his report to the SSP, who after consulting the DA legal recommended the registration of a case against the two. The police has booked the accused under Sections 406, 34 and 120-B, IPC. No arrest has been made so far.
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Consumer Courts Our Legal Correspondent
Ludhiana, April 7 Pronouncing the order, forum president TN Vaidya and member Priti Malhotra held: “As the amount is lying un-disbursed without any fault of the complainant, he is entitled to interest at the rate of 5 per cent on maturity amount till the payment is made.” The orders came on a complaint moved by Deepak Gupta of Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, Ludhiana. The complainant had submitted before the forum that on September 9, 1999 he had opened a post office recurring account with Miller Ganj branch of the postal department for five years. After completion of five years, he opted for extension of the scheme for a further period of five years with fresh deposits, which was permissible under the postal rules. He deposited 118 installments continuously but failed to deposit the last two installments for July and August, 2009. On September 9, 2009 the complainant went to the post office to the take the maturity value of the account. He was told that the maturity amount was Rs 2,24,100 but it stood reduced to Rs 2,05,283 on account of non-deposit of two installments. He made the offer of depositing the remaining installments, amounting to Rs 2,000 with interest. However, the officials were not ready to accept his plea. He approached higher officials but his grievance was not redressed. Justifying their action, the postal department said there was no rule to deposit an amount after the expiry of extended period. They alleged that they had offered the amount to the complaint as per table 29 rule 10 and they had rightly calculated the amount payable to the complainant. However, after appreciating the evidence on record, the forum observed that the stand taken by the postal department was incorrect, as per their own rules and regulations. It observed that the Recurring Deposit Rules, 1981 were very much clear in this regard. The rules state that if there were more than four defaults, the account should be treated as discontinued but revival of the account should be permitted only within a period of two months from the month of fifth default with interest.
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HTA-AITA Tennis Our Correspondent
Jagraon, April 7 Top seed Nitten Kirrtane of Maharashtra defeated Vishwesh Singh 6-1, 6-3. Ajay Yadav ousted third seed Yogesh Phogat 6-3, 6-1. Gurinder Singh defeated sixth seed Kamal Surana 6-1, 6-2. In the women’s section, Jenin Patel reached the quarterfinals, beating fifth seed Shruti Archita 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 7-5. Eetee Mehta ousted fourth seed Nehel Sahni 6-3, 6-0. Results: Men’s singles (first round): Yogesh Phogat (Har) b Aaditya Tewari (MP) 6-1, 6-4; Gurinder Singh b Sonam Phuntsok (HP) 6-4, 6-3; Bharat Bhardwaj (Har) b Hardeep Singh Sandhu 6-0, 6-2. Pre-quarterfinals: Nitten Kirrtane (Mah) b Vishwesh Sinha (Mah) 6-1, 6-3; Reynold Tomithy (Ker) b Gurvinder Singh Mann (Del) 6-3, 6-2; Ajay Yadav (Har) b Yogesh Phogat (Har) 6-3, 6-1; Kshitij Kamal (Del) b Maninder Singh (Har) 7-6 (7-0), 6-1; Arjun Singh (Del) b Manish Kumar (Del) 6-4,6-2; Sandeep Choudhary (Raj) b Vilasier Khate (NTA) 6-4, 2-6, 6-0; Gurinder Singh b Kamal Surana (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; Bharat Bhardwaj (Har) b Tushar Jaitly 6-3, 6-1. Women’s singles (first round): Ikktesh Chahal (Chd) b Sandeep Kaur Kotade (Guj) 6-0, 6-0; Abhilasha Ahuja (Har) b Shivani Dabas (Del) 6-4, 6-0. Pre-quarterfinals: Shweta Rana (Del) b Rimpledeep Kaur 1-6, 6-4, 6-0; Jeni Patel (Guj) b Shruti Archita (Mah) 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 7-5; Eetee Mehta (Guj) b Nehal Sahni (Del) 6-3, 6-0; Ikktesh Chahal (Chd) b Rajbir Kaur 6-4, 6-2; Supriya Mallaya (Mah) b Jaspreet Kaur 6-2, 6-2; Abhilasha Ahuja (Har) b Ruchita Ugalmugle (Mah) 6-4, 6-2; Ravnoor Kaur b Vaibhavi Trivedi (Guj) 6-0, 1-6, 7-5; Deepna Vazirani (Mah) b Kirandeep Kaur Kotade (Guj) 6-1, 6-2. Men’s doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Aaditya Tewari (MP) & Sidharth Rawat (UP) b Yogesh Phogat (Har) & Gurvinder Singh Mann (Del) 6-1, 7-6 (8-6); Vinod Gowda (Kar) & Sidharth Sivakumar (TN) b Sonam Phuntsok (HP) b Rishabh Dev 6-0, 6-3; B Sai Reddy (AP) & Manish Kumar (Del) b Ramesh Sharadh (TN) & Murtaza M Lohani (TN) 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (5-7), 10-8; Pradeep Deswal (AP) & Arvind Singh (Raj) b Kavit Mehta (Guj) & Vandan Mehta (Guj) 6-4, 4-6, 10-5; Vishwanath Savadi (Kar) & Kamal Surana (Kar) b Hardarshan Singh (Raj) & Janmeet Singh (2) 6-2, 6-3. Quarterfinals: Vinod Gowda (Kar) & Sidharth Sivakumar (TN) b Aaditya Tewari (MP) & Sidharth Rawat (UP) 6-2, 6-1; Nitten Kirrtane (Mah) & Sandeep Choudhary (Raj) b B Sai Reddy (AP) & Manish Kumar (Del) 6-4, 6-4; Pradeep Deswal (AP) & Arvind Singh (Raj) b Kavit Mehta (Guj) & Vandan Mehta (Guj) 6-4, 4-6, 10-5; Vishwanath Savadi (Kar) & Kamal Surana (Kar) b Hardarshan Singh (Raj) & Janmeet Singh (2) 6-2, 6-3. Women’s doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Madhuri Patare (Mah) & Supriya Mallaya (Mah) b Tejaswani Surya (AP) & Kavita Mishra (Mah) 6-0, 6-1; Asha Nandakumar (Kar) & Akshitha Basavaraju (Kar) b Kirandeep Kaur Kotade (Guj) & Sandeep Kaur Kotade (Guj) 6-0, 6-1; Abhilasha Ahuja (Har) & Rimpledeep Kaur b Eetee Mehta (Guj) & Vaibhavi Trivedi (Guj) 6-3, 6-3.
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