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DC visits Civil Hospital, says cleanliness not up to the mark
District Planning Committee
Border area farmers demand ‘inconvenience allowance’
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Probe ordered into jail inmate’s death
Malwa College student bags gold
KL Makkar, recipient of Sahkarita Bandhu award, passes away
Construction of new bridge over Sutlej
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DC visits Civil Hospital, says cleanliness not up to the mark
Bathinda, February 21 The DC took a round of the various OPDs, emergency ward and the labour room and spoke to the doctors and the patients there. The DC's visit was kept a secret and even the Civil Surgeon, Dr Inder Dayal Goyal, came to know of it after the arrival of the DC. Later, the Civil Surgeon joined the DC and accompanied him during the raid. Sources said the DC examined the prescription slips of the patients in the OPDs. He asked the doctors not to prescribe costly medicines to the patients and even expressed his worry over the sanitation in the hospitals, saying he was not satisfied with the standards of cleanliness. He also asked the staff to become more patient-friendly and work for their welfare. The Civil Surgeon admitted that the DC was not satisfied with the state of cleanliness in the hospitals and he had said that it was 'not up to the mark'. He said the DC also advised the doctors to prescribe those medicines which were available in the stock of the hospitals and at the Red Cross Jan Aushadhi Store or at the Red Cross Medical Store, situated on the hospital premises. Dr S. Karuna Raju said that during the surprise checking, he had found that the authorities had not been paying proper attention towards the cleanliness in the hospitals. He said as there was a shortage of staff like drivers for the ambulances, so he had asked the Civil Surgeon to make arrangements by utilizing the funds of the Rogi Kalyan Samiti. The DC said he had also asked the Civil Surgeon to seek the active support of the District Red Cross Society for the welfare of the patients.
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District Planning Committee
Bathinda, February 21 Maluka said he had asked the Deputy Commissioner to write to the officials concerned to explain why they had not attended the meeting. He said in case their replies were found to be unsatisfactory, action would be initiated against them. Presiding over the meeting, Maluka asked the officials to implement the plans and schemes of the government on a priority basis in the district. He said in case any officer faced any problem in implementing them, he should take the help of the administration. In case of any negligence, the official concerned would be held responsible, Maluka added. The district has been allotted a budget of Rs 5.53 crore so far during this financial year for various projects, of which Rs 4.98 crore had already been spent. The executive engineer of the Water Supply and Sanitation Department informed the committee that the boundary wall of 99 reverse osmosis (RO) plants had already been completed in the district. Out of the 26 new RO plants, the boundary wall of 13 had also been completed while the boundary wall of the remaining 13 RO plants would be completed within a fortnight, he added. The meeting also emphasised on the removal of encroachments, done along the roads. Maluka also got progress reports about the ongoing sewerage works in the seven municipal councils in the district. He also asked the water suply and sewerage board authorities to complete the work on a priority basis within the stipulated period. Meanwhile, a meeting of the District Grievances Redressal Committee was also held under the presidentship of DC Dr S. Karuna Raju here today. Thirty complaints were redressed at the meeting.
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Border area farmers demand ‘inconvenience allowance’
Ferozepur, February 21 Many of the farmers’ 11-feet wide piece of land, situated alongside the cobra fencing, erected near the Indo-Pak border more than two decades ago to check infiltration, smuggling of narcotics and weapons from Pakistan, was acquired in 1947. They are also optimistic that the UPA government would do the needful for the payment of compensation to them in lieu of the land acquired from them. In 1989, when the fencing was erected alongside the 553 kilometres long Indo-Pak border falling in four districts, namely, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur and Gurdaspur, a committee headed by the then chief secretary SL Kapoor, recommended that the farmers, whose land was across the fencing, must be given compensation at the rate of Rs 2500 per acre. The compensation was paid to the farmers for nearly two years and its payment was stopped in 1997. Since then, the farmers have been making relentless efforts to get it but to no avail. “We have written letters to the Prime Minister, Defence Minister and the Finance Minister for earmarking adequate funds in the next budget so that the farmers concerned can get the border inconvenience allowance and compensation for the land, which had been acquired by the Central government in 1947,” disclosed Karan Singh Dhaliwal, secretary, Border Area Sangharsh Committee, Punjab. “The Sangharsh Committee also demanded that the amount paid by way of border inconvenience compensation must be increased to Rs 5,000 per acre and all the arrears must be paid to the farmers concerned immediately so that they can bring their economy back on track,” he added. A cross-section of the farmers also expressed their displeasure as the Border security Force (BSF) authorities had not increased the duration allowed to them to till their lands, situated across the fencing. Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, during his visit to the Hussainiwala joint check-post (JCP) in October 2010, had assured it would be done immediately The farmers also pointed out that at certain points, they had to cross the Sutlej river on their tractor-trailers and harvester combine to carry out agricultural operations. There were a number of instances when the tractor-trailers had fallen into the river in the absence of a pontoon bridge at many points. The farmers demanded that pontoon bridge must be set up at DT Mal and Gajniwala points. Dhaliwal said a delegation of the committee met Chidambaram in 2009 in connection with their demands. So far, the Central government has failed to address the problems of people residing in the border areas, he alleged. Dhariwal said the committee had also demanded special funds for developing roads, education, health, technical education and industrial infrastructure in the border belt. |
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Probe ordered into jail inmate’s death
Fazilka, February 21 He was lodged in the local sub-jail on December 25, 2010. Deputy Superintendent of Police (sub-jail Fazilka) Iqbal Singh Brar said Kashmir Singh suddenly fell ill at about 12.30 pm today. He was immediately rushed to the local Civil Hospital after his condition deteriorated. Emergency Medical Officer Dr MK Sethi said the pulse rate and the blood pressure of Kashmir Singh could not be recorded at the time of his arrival in the hospital. He subsequently died at 4 pm. Brar said the possibility of cardiac arrest could not be ruled out. Kashmir Singh’s family members refused to divulge any details. Ferozepur Deputy Commissioner Kamal Kishore Yadav has ordered a magisterial probe into the matter. Yadav said the tehsildar of Fazilka, Ravinder Walia, would conduct an inquiry under section 176 of the CrPC. DSP Brar said a panel of doctors would conduct the postmortem of Kashmir Singh on Tuesday. |
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Malwa College student bags gold
Bathinda, February 21 Principal of the college Prof. NK Gosain said that Suresh had also bagged a gold medal in the All India Inter University Athletic Competition held at Guntur in Andhra Pradesh in January this year. Gosain also mentioned that Kirpal Singh, another student of the college, had won a silver medal in discus throw at the National Games. He had also won a gold in the All India Inter University Athletic competitions. |
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KL Makkar, recipient of Sahkarita Bandhu award, passes away
Abohar, February 21 He was declared dead by a physician who attended on him. His body was brought to his native town Abohar for cremation. Former Co-operation Minister Sajjan Kumar Jakhar was joined by city Congress president BL Nagpal, Pradesh Congress representative Naresh Khurana and district vice-president Vimal Thathai in paying their last respects to the departed soul at the Shivpuri cremation ground. His body, wrapped in the party flag, was received by hundreds of citizens. Staff and members of the managing committee of the RSD Girls High School led by its president Brahm Parkash Bhusari and the staff of the Abohar Co-operative Marketing Society, founded by him long back, also attended his funeral. Born on August 31, 1931 in a farming family at Pakpattan in district Montgomery (Sahiwal) of West Punjab, Makkar did his matriculation from the Lahore-based Punjab University in 1947. He was first elected president of a cooperative society in 1957. Later, he served as a member of the board of directors of the Fazilka Central Co-op Bank, Abohar Cooperative Spinning Mills, Spinfed and Nafed and held the office of chairman of the Abohar Co-op Marketing Society for over 26 years. |
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Construction of new bridge over Sutlej
Ferozepur, February 21 A high-level team from the Ministry of Surface Transport (MoST), Government of India, along with a PWD team of the Punjab government, visited the site of the proposed bridge, recently. SK Marwaha, chief engineer, MoST, Ajmer Singh, regional officer, MoST and RP Singh, engineer-in-chief, PWD, Punjab, along with other senior functionaries inspected the site of the bridge, which would be another direct link between the Malwa and Majha regions of Punjab after the Harike bridge. Official sources said the 780- metre long bridge along with 12-kilometre long approach roads on both the sides, would reduce the distance between Ferozepur and Amritsar by 18 kilometres, between Ferozepur and Patti by 55 kilometres, Ferozepur-Khemkaran by 55 kilometres and Ferozepur-Khalra by 55 kilometres. Besides, the bridge, after being constructed, would open a new short route from the Kandla port of Gujarat to Amritsar and then to Jammu & Kashmir via Ferozepur and Patti towns. Sources said the Punjab government led by CM Parkash Singh Badal is completing the formalities to get the administrative approval for the project from the Central government in the current financial year. So far, the Harike bridge was the only direct link between the Malwa and Majha regions of Punjab. The Army had also been using it for the movement of its troops. The new bridge would provide an alternative route to the Army. The bridge would be the only major project to come up over the Sutlej, downstream of Harike bridge, after independence. A senior functionary of the Public Works Department said if the all goes well, the acquisition of land for the construction of the bridge over the Sutlej and for its approach roads would start soon.
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Abohar, February 21
