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Upcoming thermal plant brings prosperity
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Nutrition Scheme
Ray of hope for abandoned infant
Laila Majnu Mazaars
Drug inspector’s graft case
SHO suspended
Patwari held on graft charge
Prof invited at intl conference
BSNL staff stage dharna
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Upcoming thermal plant brings prosperity
Banawali (Mansa), June 16 Work on the 1980 MWs thermal project being set up by a private company has yet to be accelerated, but construction activity across the road is in full swing where residents of nearby villages who have acquired land on short-term lease are building a number of shops and residential units for the work force that would be employed by the company. Residents of the neighbouring villages would not venture here a few months ago, but now they are vying to acquire land in this village where the financial prospects are bright. Everyone here seems to be focusing the large work force that would be deployed once work on the project shifts in top gear. Retired soldier Sukhwinder Singh of the nearby Behaniwal village is busy building two shops and a couple of tenements for renting out to workers of the company. He has acquired a piece of one kanal of land on the roadside on annual lease of Rs.18,000 for this purpose. He hopes that each shop would fetch him a monthly rent of at least Rs 2,500, while he might earn about Rs 3,000 per month out of each of the ten residential rooms in the backyard. He recalls that from his childhood he saw the entire tract of land of the village lying barren and after rains shepherds used to bring their sheep and goats for grazing on the shrubs. Sukhwinder Singh says that earlier there was no buyer of land here, but now you won't trace even a single seller. Resham Singh, who is running a roadside tea stall, says that he has managed to acquire one small under-construction shop on annual rent of Rs 45,000. He would shift in the shop once its construction is complete. His daily earning out of tea and pakoras is around Rs 1,000. He too has come here from a village near Talwandi Sabo and says that no one would earlier pay a lease of even Rs 5,000 for an acre of land here for agriculture, but now that much of land was not available even on annual rent of Rs 3 lakhs. Shaminder Singh of the Sandoha village in Bathinda district a month ago started grocery business in a shop that he has acquired on annual rent of Rs 10,000 and his daily sale goes beyond Rs 1,000. Rows of shops and dwelling units are coming up in the vicinity of the project site and the owners are expecting high rentals. A liquor vend has sprung up with stock of country liquor and IMFL and also offers chilled beer. The owner was reluctant to divulge the volume of his daily sales. Ranjit Singh, who runs a dhaba, says that he has taken the shop on a monthly rent of Rs 3,000. He says that earlier there was not a single shop even at the bus stop on the highway that always remained deserted, but now there was lot of hustle and bustle as more than 100 shops were being built there. |
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Preservation of historical monuments in Ferozepur
Ferozepur, June 16 Taking special interest into preservation of almost all the monuments in this district, most of which are connected with the Anglo Sikh war, Chief Minister, Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal, has sanctioned Rs 4.07 crores and work on all the memorials was expected to be completed by the end of September 2010. Talking to the media, Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepur, KK Yadav said preservation work of monuments including Hussainiwala railway station, Saragarhi Gurudwara, Anglo-Sikh War Memorial and more was being done by the Punjab Tourism and Heritage Development Board. Yadav also visited various sites where the preservation works had been started today. He said Ferozepur, which was dotted with various hold shrines, historical places and memorials, was being developed as a major tourist centre by the Punjab government with the aim that people visiting Golden temple at Amritsar to pay obeisance could come to Ferozepur to have a look at its monuments. He said for the preservation and face lifting of the Anglo-Sikh War Memorial, situated at Ferozeshah, 16 kilometres from this town and memorial comprising pillar with a flame atop erected in memory of battle between Sikhs and British forces at the same place, about Rs 128. 14 lakh would be spent. The memorial at Mishriwala, memorial at Mudki and memorial at Fathegarh Subraon, which were mostly connected with the Anglo-Sikh wars, would be given strength and face lift at the cost of Rs 23. 68 lakh, 30. 86 lakh and Rs 31. 60 lakh respectively. The national martyr memorial at Hussainiwala would be developed in such a manner to make it a big tourist attraction. The old railway station at Hussainiwala would be strengthened and given original look. The Hussainiwala memorial would be equipped with multi-purpose theatre and visitor gallery. The Rest house of the irrigation department at Hussainiwala would also be preserved and its landscaping would be done at the cost of Rs 193 lakh. He said Multani gate in the city would be given its original look by carrying out its necessary repair. He disclosed that canons of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s times, which were lying at the Anglo-Sikh War Memorial, would be repaired immediately. |
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Nutrition Scheme
Bathinda, June 16 According to information, an amount of Rs 125 crore has been kept for the purpose for the financial year 2010-11, of which only 12.5 per cent amount has been released for the first quarter of the current financial year so far. As per the allotment of the budget to the anganwari centres, an amount of Rs 168.68 lakh has been released for 2,878 anganwari centres of the Gurdaspur district, Rs 140.80 lakh for 2401 centres of the Ludhiana district, Rs 126.54 lakh for 2159 centres of Ferozepur district, Rs 111.77 lakh for 1907 centres of the Sangrur district, Rs 110.06 lakh for 1878 centres of the Hoshiarpur district. However, the Bathinda district's 1385 anganwari centres have been provided Rs 81 lakh for providing nutrition to the
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Water scarcity
Jaga Ram Tirath (Bathinda), June 16 They accused the officials of the public health department and the Sarpanch of the village, for the problem, saying, “The water works is under the Panchayat and at the time of elections, the Sarpanch had promised us of free water supply. But after passing three years, now, he asked the Public health officials to suspend the water supply, citing an invalid excuse of standing huge dues under our names.” While Sarpanch Major Singh said, “I have never promised of free water supply. Villagers were not paying the water bills from past three years and the Panchayat came under the burden of about Rs 2.5 lakh.” The protestors lifted the dharna following intervention by the SHO Talwandi Sabo, Nazar Singh. Later, the villagers informed over phone that after the intervention of the executive magistrate, Talwandi Sabo, water supply was restored for the time being and the matter would be discussed with senior officials of
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Ray of hope for abandoned infant
Bathinda, June 16 The child was handed over to the chairperson of the Bal Niketan, Kushal Garg and other office bearers by the secretary of the District Red Cross Society, Bathinda J.R. Goyal and an official in the District Social Security Office here Aashu Monga. It may be recalled that someone had left the one-day-old baby boy in the “Panghura” on May 22. As the baby was ill so he was admitted to the local Civil Hospital on the same day, but the hospital authorities referred him to Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala on May 23 for further treatment.
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Yoga meditation camp begins
Bathinda, June 16 The camp is being organised here by Maharishi Pitanjali Yog Sadhana Samiti, Bathinda in association with Punjab Police, Bathinda and the Yog Sewa Samiti, Bathinda. On the inaugural day, Swami Karamveer Ji conducted the yoga training programme which was attended by a large number of persons form various walks of the life. Swami Ji said that yoga was very helpful in treating many ailments. Among others who were present on the occasion included president of local Yog Sewa Samiti Radhey Sham Bansal, Prof N.K. Gosain (Retd), Rakesh Narula, Jagdish Rai and Ramji Dass.
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Laila Majnu Mazaars
Sriganganagar/Abohar, June 16 Predominantly a lovers’ affair with more than half of the congregation, married and unmarried couples, the fair also attracted tourists from the distant places of Punjab and Haryana. People believe that once a couple goes there and wishes for something wholeheartedly, the wish is fulfilled. Even as historians deny the existence of Laila-Majnu, terming them mythical, however, it is not enough to dampen the spirit of modern lovers. The Border Security Force men have named two of the BoPs as Laila and Majnu, to honour the lovers of yore. Notably, four Pak nationals were gunned down as they sneaked into the Indian territory near the Majnu BoP last year. There had been similar intrusion attempts from the neighbouring country in the past also, the local police confirmed. Wrestlers from distant towns and villages besides kabaddi teams enthralled the visitors. Elaborate arrangements were made by the district police to ensure an incident-free fair. |
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Drug inspector’s graft case
Moga, June 16 The ASI posted at Moga was booked under various sections of the IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1989, along with seven others for allegedly ‘manipulating’ the arrest of Balram Luthra, drug inspector of Moga, in a graft case on June 4, this year. Matwani through his counsel pleaded before the court that he has not been named in the FIR but feared that his department could ‘falsely’ implicate him. The court granted him anticipatory bail. The two chemist brothers Krishan Kumar and Pawan Kumar have been granted regular bail, while two of their employees have been given anticipatory bail and rest of the alleged persons have been denied bail. The main accused, Sukhdev Singh, who gave the bribe to the drug inspector and shadow witness, Jagmohan Singh, have also applied for anticipatory bails. |
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SHO suspended
Ferozepur, June 16 Parmar while talking to the TNS said that Narinder was placed under suspension after the DSP (headquarter) levelled about seven allegations including insubordination, disobedience, not following the instructions of
supervisory staff and non-professional work, against him. He said that the SHO Sadar police station had been given additional charge of the city police station. Narinder had been sent to the police lines. Departmental inquiry would be conducted by Surjeet Singh, SP (headquarter). |
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Patwari held on graft charge
Bathinda, June 16 The complainant accused the Patwari Jagraj Singh, posted at Kotbakhtu of demanding a sum of Rs 5,000 as bribe to approve the Intkal of land. A team headed by DSP (VB) Faridkot Bhupinder Singh laid the trap and nabbed the Patwari and his helper Mangat Ram of Talwandi Sabo red handed with the bribe amount worth Rs 2500. SSP VB, Bathinda range, Sukhdev Singh Chahal said, “The Patwari and his helper have been booked under 7, 13 (2) 88 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.”
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Prof invited at intl conference
Bathinda, June 16 He will present a paper on "Postmodernism: complicity or resistance" in the four days conference in which leading humanists from various countries are expected to participate. According to Director of the conference Dr. Bill Cope, the conference provides a space for dialogue and for the publication of new knowledge that builds on the past traditions of the humanities while setting a renewed agenda for the future.
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BSNL staff stage dharna
Bathinda, June 16 Tara Singh Brar, Manohar Lal, Hari Chand and others addressed the dharna.
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