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Encroachers attempt to grab land, attack BOP
Paddy straw no more a worry but an asset
Burning of paddy straw banned by Moga admn
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Hospital staff observe strike, seek action
Pen-down strike by ministerial staff
Planning committee seeks funds utilisation certificates
Roko Cancer team visits affected village
Murder accused done to death
Firing at bus passenger
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Encroachers attempt to grab land, attack BOP
Fazilka, October 4 Information gathered by the TNS revealed that unscrupulous elements travelling on tractors also attacked Prem Narain, Havaldar, BSF, who was on duty, when they tried to encroach upon that piece of land. Information revealed that yesterday, a group of about two dozen people led by Harwinder Singh and Devinder Singh (both brothers) descended on the Shatirwala BOP and tried to grab the land belonging to it in an illegal way. When Prem Narain tried to resist the attempts made by the accused, he was attacked by them with the intention to kill. Prem, who suffered multiple injuries, had been admitted to the local civil hospital. His condition was stated to be normal. One member of the group of the accused, who also suffered injuries, had also been getting treatment in the same hospital. Kulwant Kumar, Commandant, 199 Battalion of the BSF, when contacted, said Harwinder Singh and others tried to cultivate the land belonging to the Shatirwala BOP, forcibly. He said when the BSF jawans, who were deployed on the BOP, tried to stop Harwinder Singh and others, they were attacked by the accused. When a message was received in connection with the attack on the BOP, a section of the BSF jawans along with senior officials including deputy commandant Ram Lal, rushed to the spot. After seeing the BSF party approaching the venue, Harwinder Singh and others fled away from the spot leaving their tractors behind. The strength of jawans on Shatirwala, which was in occupation of the BSF since 1965, had been increased after this incident. Police sources said a case in this connection had been registered against Harwinder, Devinder, Nihal Singh and Dalwinder Singh and 20 unidentified accused at the Sadar police station, Fazilka, under sections 307, 186, 332, 353, 447, 511, 427, 323, 148 and 149 of the IPC. No arrest had been made in this connection so far, sources added. |
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Paddy straw no more a worry but an asset
Moga, October 4 The farmers had been setting the paddy and straw afire after harvesting the crop for the past few years despite the ban imposed on it by the respective district magistrates at their own level by exercising powers vested in them under section 144 of the CrPC. However, since two bio-mass power projects set up in this belt, have started using paddy straw as an input for power production, and are paying the farmers for supplying the raw material, there is a ray of hope for the residents of the Malwa belt. One of these plants has been set up near Abohar in the border district of Ferozepur by the Dee Development Engineering Private Ltd while its sister concern, the Malwa Power Private Ltd, has set up a 7.5 MW power generation plant near Muktsar in the heart of the Malwa belt. These plants have already started using paddy straw as one of the inputs for power generation, which is supplied to the power corporation. According to a senior official of the agriculture department, paddy was sown in about 70 lakh acres of land in the state and one acre generally generates 25-30 quintals of crop residue almost equivalent to the production of paddy in per acre of land. In view of this grim situation, the Moga district has decided to take a lead by setting up a few nodal centres for the purchase of paddy straw for sending the same for consumption in these bio-mass power plants. The agriculture development official of Moga, Dr Jaswinder Singh Brar, a state award winning scientist, told The Tribune that if the farmers directly transport the straw to these plants, the company gives Rs 125 per quintal to them but if they want to sell it near their villages at the department’s nodal centres, they would be paid Rs 75 per quintal. He said the scheme would be on an experimental basis this year. However, if it succeeds it could be adopted in all the districts. |
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Burning of paddy straw banned by Moga admn
Moga, October 4 Meanwhile, the agriculture department has launched an awareness campaign in this district by sending teams to various locations. Dr Jaswinder Singh
Brar, agriculture development officer, said the complaint of farmers that the straw residue cannot be ploughed is a myth. “We have started demonstrating sowing of wheat by ‘Happy Seeder’ to the farmers, an experiment that was successfully carried out last year in some selected areas,” he added. — TNS
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Hospital staff observe strike, seek action
Ferozepur, October 4 Baldev Arora, SMO, civil hospital, said outpatient door (OPD) and operation theatre services were started around noon only. He said the staff also met the district police chief, Kaustab Sharma urging him to take a proper action against the accused assistant sub-inspector (ASI), Gurjant Singh. Sharma assured them that he would look into the matter. Vanita Bhullar was allegedly abused by Gurjant Singh in the presence of her subordinates in the hospital premises on August 30,this year, without her fault. The criminal case was registered against Gurjant Singh only after the staff met Deputy Commissioner KK Yadav and held out a threat that they would go on strike, if justice was denied to Bhullar. Kanwarjit Singh Kakkar, civil surgeon, said he had written a demi-official letter to Yadav in this connection .Yadav had assured him that matter would be solved on October 6. Bhullar said if police failed to take proper action against Gurjant Singh, the medical and para medical staff members would start an indefinite strike from Tuesday. On the other hand, Gurjant Singh had already denied the allegation levelled against him. |
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Pen-down strike by ministerial staff
Bathinda, October 4 People in the state have been facing inconvenience in getting their works done since September 29, the day when the ministerial staff throughout the state went on pen-down strike. State president of the PSMSU Darshan Singh Bajaj here today apologised to the people on behalf of the union for the inconvenience they had been going through since September 29. At the same time, he held the state government responsible for it. He said the government compelled them to take such an extreme step. The ministerial staff first observed the pen-down strike for three days (September 29 to October 1). October 2 and 3 (Saturday and Sunday) were holidays. Now, the ministerial staff has gone on the pen-down strike for another three days (October 4 to 6). It will also observe hunger strike on these days. Next, on the call given by the PSMSU, the ministerial staff will reportedly avail of mass casual leave on October 7 to participate in a rally at Chandigarh. From October 8 to 10, the government offices will remain closed due to holidays. Thus, the ministerial staff will be available in offices from October 11 and that too, if the union does not extend its agitation further. Meanwhile, due to the pen-down strike, over 15,000 officers and employees of various departments in this district were awaiting their salaries for September. State general secretary of the Treasury Employees Association, Ashok Chopra, who works as a senior assistant in the District Treasury Office here, said that from top functionary of the district to class IV employee, no one received the salary for September, as the treasury office neither received the salary bill nor did it issue a cheque in this regard. He said it was expected that the employees would not get their salaries till October 11or even later, if the government remained adamant against accepting their demands. The ministerial staff here today observed the pen-down strike while a group of 21 members observed hunger strike outside the Mini-secretariat here. They also held a rally and raised slogans in support of their demands, including payment of arrears of 43 months of the revised pay-scales from January 2006, pay-scale of a B.Ed teacher to clerk, computer training to clerks at district headquarters instead of passing a typing test. |
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Planning committee seeks funds utilisation certificates
Bathinda, October 4 Despite repeated attempts, the planning committee could receive the certificates for only Rs 1.45 crore and that too, during the previous financial year. Taking a serious note of the delay, the chairman of the district planning committee, Bathinda, Sikander Singh Maluka today warned the officials concerned of strict action if they did not comply with the orders. Maluka told mediapersons that he received a number of corruption related complaints against various officials. Naming a senior health official of the district, he said besides corruption charges, people accused him of misbehaviour and poor performance. “I have warned him to mend his ways or strict action will be taken against him,” Maluka said. Meanwhile, he gave detail of funds received and disbursed along with the works under process. However, when asked about the status of a number of projects, which could not start even after laying foundation stones, Maluka parried the query saying, “The chief minister and the deputy chief minister can reply better on the issue.”
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Ongoing agitation to get dist status for Fazilka
Fazilka, October 4 The residents of this town have been fighting for the cause under the banner of Sanjha Manch. The hunger strike being observed daily by the residents has completed 50 days today. The Bar Association started seven-day long strike today to press the government to accord the district status to Fazilka. In the first phase of agitation, the residents were promised by the ruling politicians to consider their demand. Hence, they were made to call off their agitation. A fresh agitation was started about 50 days ago with the pledge that it would continue till their was fulfilled, pointed out a cross section of residents. Shushil Gumber, convener, Sanjha Manch, said though the state government had been offering certain things to Fazilka to raise its status, they would not accept anything which would be less than district-level status. He said on October 10, a big rally would be held in this town. |
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Roko Cancer team visits affected village
Danngar Khera (Ferozepur), October 4 Information revealed that the members of Roko Cancer team, who were accompanied by prominent villagers, suspected that conditions prevailing in the village might be a cause for spread of cancer among them. DP Godara, assistant civil surgeon, said about 75 women were examined today and about 25 suspected cases of cancer were detected. He added that mammography of all the suspected patients had been done today and the report would be available to them next week. He said already special teams of doctors had visited this village and had given symptomatic treatment to the suspected patients. Another team would be sent next month to organise a camp in this village.
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Murder accused done to death
Ferozepur, October 4 Buta Singh was one of the eight accused, who were allegedly involved in the murder of Kaka Singh, who was done to death in broad daylight in a similar way. Kaka Singh was murdered in front of his wife and son by a group of eight people led by Niranjan Singh of the same village. Police sources said nine accused, against whom a case under sections 302, 148 and 149 was registered at the Sadar police station (Ferozepur) included Veer Singh, Pala Singh and Pakko Bai, son, elder brother and wife respectively of Kaka Singh. The motive behind the murder of Buta Singh was stated to be to take revenge of Kaka Singh’s murder. Police sources said after the crime, the accused fled from the spot. An FIR was registered in this case on the basis of statement given by the kin of Buta Singh. Information gathered by the TNS revealed that Veer Singh and others were harbouring animosity against Buta Singh as he had been trying to get his name cleared from the case registered against him and others in connection with the murder of Kaka Singh. Information revealed that police had rounded up Veer Singh and Pala Singh so far
but they were yet to be formally arrested. Other accused identified as Tara Singh, Joginder Singh, Lakhwinder Singh, Bachan Singh, Dharam Singh and Pritam Singh are yet to be arrested by the police. SHO, Sadar police station Jaswant Singh said investigation is on in the case. |
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Firing at bus passenger
Bathinda, October 4 Acting upon the statements of bus passengers, the police lodged a case under section 307 of the IPC along with some sections of the Arms Act against unidentified persons. Probing the case, the cops today identified the main accused as Gurmeet Singh, the chairman of Market Committee, Bhagta. He allegedly fired at the passenger. Meanwhile, two more persons in another car were identified as Gurdev Singh and Bhagwant Singh of Salabatpura. Though the Bhagta police booked the three accused, all were at large till the filing of the news.
— TNS |
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