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HelpAge plans volunteer support to take care of abandoned
Hailstorm caused damage to standing crops in 850 villages
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Voter lists row: SDM told to inquire
ETT teachers hold march, block traffic
Former KCF militant held with pistol
2 jail wardens suspended for negligence
Six killed in mishaps
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HelpAge plans volunteer support to take care of abandoned
Jalandhar, October 25 The society has plans to involve 250 young trained volunteers, who would register such members, visit them at least thrice a day, take care of their various daily needs, sit and spend some time with them and ensure that they have their meals and medicines properly in time. The proposal would also take into account the factor that when these elderly people have to visit any of their relatives out of station and stay there overnight, these volunteers would instead sleep at their homes ensuring security of their belongings. “Most parents of the NRI children do not leave their homes for the same reasons or even if they have to go somewhere urgently, they feel insecure. They have a reason to think that way for there have been a number of cases where such houses have been made targets”, said Surinder Saini, who represents the Jalandhar Welfare Society. He pointed out that such parents were not short of money. “Their only concern is that there’s no one to feed them medicines and look after them”, he pointed out. He said the 250 volunteers include girls in large numbers who had been helping old people in urban slums. Such people had their own peculiar problems, including want of money, shelter and early death of the sons due to drug addiction. Bhavneshwar Sharma, regional head of HelpAge India, Chandigarh, said the issue needed immediate concern. The organisation is yet to get a detailed proposal and formulate any suitable strategy thereof. The representatives of the social body had got together at the Jalandhar Press Club on the occasion of the Global Community Day. On the day, they organised a visit and interaction of 15 elderly members from an associated NGO, Baba Sain Bhagat Welfare Society Khanna, with the media over the lunch. Pradeep Thapliyan of Citi Financial Consumer Finance today offered a financial aid of Rs 500 to each of the visiting elderlies. The ordeals of these persons were videographed by HelpAge to be shown to school and college children and arousing concern on the matter. While one of the visiting elderly said he had taken shelter in a gurdwara, there was yet another man who said he had been putting up at a cremation ground. |
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Hailstorm caused damage to standing crops in 850 villages
Hoshiarpur, October 25 The standing peas, green fodder and sugarcane crops were too hit by the hailstorm. The affected farmers of peas and potatoes crops had decided to sow wheat in the ensuring Rabi season whereas the green fodder growers would repeat its sowing for the animals in near future. Deputy Commissioner Dharam Dutt Ternach said he had already instructed SDMs of Hoshiarpur, Dasuya and Mukerian to assess the losses of standing crops by recent hailstorm. In case the loss is more than 25 per cent of the total sowing, order for special girdawari would be made. Hailstorm had also hit the ongoing arrival and procurement work of paddy in the markets. As much as 1,64,458 MT paddy had arrived in 61 procurement centres in the district up to last evening of which 1,61,785 MT had been procured as against 1,70,005 MT during the corresponding period last year. More than 80 per cent procured paddy had been lifted from the mandies. Out of the total cost of Rs 163.75 crore of the procured paddy, payment of 159.80 crore has been made to the farmers. MP visits hit villages
Hoshiarpur MP Santosh Chaudhary along with former MLA Ram Lubhaya visited the hailstorm-hit villages and interacted with the farmers to ascertain their losses. In a press release issue here, Chaudhary said she personally inspected the damaged potatoes, peas, kinnow fruit and green fodder crops in the fields. The villages included Bhikowal, Chack Smana, Kulia, Khunda, Noor Talai, Mithewal, Bagpur, Bassi Maroof, Bassi Kaso, Bhagowal, Hussianpur, Dolewal, Kailon and Chack Gujran The affected farmers said they had obtained loans for sowing the above said crops. With this damage they would face huge losses and come under debts. She demanded compensation to all the affected farmers. |
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Won’t join politics: Harbhajan Mann
Jalandhar, October 25 Responding to various queries during a function at the Press Club to honour him for his contribution to uplift mother tongue Punjabi, Mann clarified he had accompanied Lok Bhalai Party (LBP) president Balwant Singh Ramoowalia in several functions in the past as he was his wife’s paternal uncle. At the same time, Mann said he might keep on singing for various
political parties for monetary reasons. Speaking on the occasion, he said he always tried to sing decent songs, though he had to sing light songs. At the same time, he said he had always it a point to avoid nudity in his songs and films. Informing briefly about his initial struggle period, Harbhajan said Punjabi films earned more revenue in various foreign countries where Punjabis had settled as compared to India. Punjabi films were very popular in England,
Canada, Australia, Italy and Canada etc and Punjabi actors were as popular as Bollywood stars like Shahrukh and Salman Khan. On this occasion, Harbhajan said the Punjab Government should also keep on providing relaxations to Punjabi films. His song “Mein Teri Maa Boli Aan” of his new album “Vari Vari” was also shown on this occasion. |
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Dimpa seeks probe into killing of Bhilowal
Amritsar, October 25 Kang in a press conference at Chandigarh reported to have claimed of killing Nishan, which made the family members of Nishan to demand registration of a criminal case against Kang. The SAD MLA, however, had refuted the charges saying that it was in fact his father who had killed Nishan during an assault and kidnap attempt on him in 1992. Dimpa in a press conference today urged the government to give a compensation of Rs 1 crore to the bereaved family, which had been facing tremendous hardships after loosing their sole bread earner. He also urged the government to initiate a high-level probe by the CBI or an officer of ADGP level into the killing of an Akali worker during the assembly elections in 2007. |
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Voter lists row: SDM told to inquire
Hoshiarpur, October 25 He instructed the SDM to immediately submit his report so that the lists
could be re-prepared as per the definition of Sikh as per the Gurdwara Election Commission. A deputation of voters, led by Chairman of the Managing Committee of Dashmesh Girl Senior Secondary School Ravinder Singh, Circle President of SAD unit of Kolpur Charanjit Singh and member Zila Parishad Asa Singh, met the DC here today and alleged that many of the villages of Mukerian sub-division had been left out where votes had not been prepared. They demanded to prepared votes of all those villages which had been left. |
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ETT teachers hold march, block traffic
Tarn Taran, October 25 Ignoring all barricades, hundreds of ETT teachers not only took out a march in 40 villages, but also blocked traffic at Vain Poin village, 15 km from here, for more than four hours for the acceptance of their long-pending demands. The ETT Teachers Union said the demands of the organisation included returning of the administration of schools from Zila Parishads and Nagar Parishads to the Education Department, besides the reinstatement of the services of their 45 colleagues.
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Former KCF militant held with pistol
Tarn Taran, October 25 Preetpal Singh Virk, SSP, told mediapersons here today that former KCF activist Sukhwinder Singh, alias Sukhdev Singh, resident of Kallha village was arrested with a .315-bore pistol and four cartridges by the Goindwal Sahib police. A case under Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act was registered against Sukhwinder. Sukhwinder had been declared a proclaimed offender (PO) by the local Sadar and Samana police in two different cases of looting, whereas he was facing trial in other five cases of heinous crime. The SSP said the police had succeeded in arresting three of the five members of two gangs of looters. The arrested looters were identified as Harpal Singh of Amritsar, Ranjit Singh of Sarhali and Balwinder Singh of Billianwala (near Sarhali). Two of their accomplices, who were yet to be arrested, were Raju and Bikramjit Singh of Amritsar. The SSP said the looters were snatching gold chains, purses, etc, from women and old persons not only in the Tarn Taran area, but also in the Amritsar and Batala areas. The SSP said the gang members had been using a Pulsar motorcycle for committing crimes. Cases had already been registered against the accused at different police stations. |
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2 jail wardens suspended for negligence
Pathankot, October 25 He said jail wardens Rashpal Singh and Manjit Singh were suspended for negligence while performing their duty. He added further investigations were on and the role of jail superintendent also be considered.
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Six killed in mishaps
Phagwara, October 25
The injured was admitted to the Phagwara Civil Hospital. The police has registered a case and arrested the truck driver. Udag Ram, a migrant from Bihar, was crushed to death by a speeding vehicle on the national highway near bus stand in Phillaur today. The police has registered a case. In another mishap, an unidentified middle-aged man was killed after being run over by a train at Goraya Railway Station. The GRP has sent the body of the deceased to Phillaur Civil Hospital. Another unidentified person also came under the wheels of a train between Phagwara and Chiherru yesterday. The GRP has registered a case. The GRP said two and half-year-old child Anmol was crushed to death under the wheels of a train near Mauli between Phagwara and Goraya today. In another mishap, an unidentified person was run over by Shatabdi Express running between Delhi and Amritsar near the Phagwara Railway Station last night. The GRP has sent the bodies to the local civil hospital for the post-mortem examination. |
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