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Civic bodies blind to ammo depot issue
Ludhiana, June 16 Both have issued site plans and non-encumbrance certificates (NECs), respectively, to these residents after the notification of the restricted area. Between 300 and 350 residents of the Barewal area, who constructed houses much after the restriction was imposed following the notification of FAD in 1983, were issued site maps for their houses by the MC. Residents who sought loans from banks to construct houses were issued NECs. The disclosure came to light today, when affected residents lodged their objections with the Collector and held the MC and the revenue department responsible. “It is clearly the fault of the MC and the revenue department. Had they not issued us site maps and other documents, we would have never constructed our houses there. At least we would have known that this area was out of bounds,” said Vinod Bansal, a resident of Barewal and a bank official. “This is unfortunate. How can the common man come to know that there is such a restriction on construction? When I constructed my house in 1996, there was no warning sign about FAD. We are facing crores in losses. If the MC and the
Residents of other villages who were affected rued the way the administration was taking up the issue. “We have not been served notices properly. Is this the way? We have spent our savings on constructing houses. Why should we suffer,” said
Bansal, adding they had not appointed a Collector till 1999, even after the FAD was notified in 1983. “Are they not at fault,” he asked. Additional Deputy Commissioner SR
Kler, who had been made Collector in this case, said they did not know anything about the MC or the revenue department. “I just know that we have to provide land within 1,000 yards of the outer parapet of FAD to the Army authorities. I am doing my job,” he said. 179 objections received
The Additional Deputy Commissioner today received 179 objections from residents of different villages who were facing demolition. “We will study the objections, which are mostly pertaining to the price for acquisition,” he
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Free-for-all at SAD protest
Ludhiana, June 16 Jagjeet Singh, a sexagenarian resident of Sahnewal, accused Akali leader Sohan Singh Goga and his supporters of picking up a
Later, Jagjeet Singh along with his supporters went to a police station and filed a complaint. "We plan to go out on the streets if the police doesn’t take action against him," added Mandeep.
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Civil Surgeon’s office remains a shambles
Ludhiana, June 16 The street leading up to the office from Dandi Swami Road is in a state of disrepair and full of potholes. About two dozen junked ‘almirahs’ (steel cabinets) without locks, which contain old files, stand on the right side of the office. More files containing patients’ records are scattered under a bench. On the left a small office containing “important” records of the "medical board" reflect the pathetic state of affairs. The lone employee sits on a backless chair. The broken window is covered with a jute mat after the office is closed, making it easy for anyone to remove any file. Said Surinder Singh, a visitor who was sitting there, said: “Go to any place in this office, you’ll find things in a very bad shape.' The corridor at the rear of the office has become a dumping ground for old ‘almirahs’ full of records. On the left of the entrance to this corridor electrical wires hang out from a broken box, posing a risk to employees and visitors alike. Sukhjiwan Kumar, another visitor, said: “The wires should be properly covered to prevent accidents”. The ramshackle washrooms at the office are in a pathetic state with broken toilet seats. Said an employee: “We’re sick of the unbearable stink coming from the toilets and it’s only a matter of time before some of us fall sick with an infection. A few days ago there was a power outage and we couldn’t work during the first half of the day as the power inverter didn’t function”. New civil surgeon joins
Dr Harinder Pal Singh Bali took over as the new Ludhiana civil surgeon on Thursday. He was assigned here after being promoted as the senior medical officer in Sangrur.
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‘Begging racket’ busted
Ludhiana, June 16 Residents, who spotted two girls aged between seven and 13 years near the Sabzi Mandi last night, informed the police. Soon, a police party led by Station House Officer (SHO) Swapan Sharma reached the spot and kept the girls in safe custody. The matter came to light after Pawan Kumar, a social activist, claimed that the accused who was with the girls was running the gang that used children for begging. Pawan Kumar’s 12-year-old son Gaurav was kidnapped from outside his house in October 2007 and there is no trace of him yet. “I saw two girls sitting at the Sabzi Mandi Chowk and the man was holding them. People gathered around them and we informed the police. A police party reached the spot and rushed the girls to hospital. The suspect was detained and was taken to the police station for questioning. I feel that the man had kidnapped the girls to make them beg,” he said. Police sources confirmed that the girls had been drugged. Paramedics at the Civil Hospital said the girls were still under the influence of drugs and could not talk. The sources said the suspect had confessed to the police that he had abducted the girls from Bihar. The SHO said: “The case does not fall in our jurisdiction. We handed it over to the Daresi police station. They will be sent to the Nari Nikatan at Jalandhar.” The sources said the ADCP, Harsh Bansal, has taken serious note of the issue and had directed SHO Maninder Bedi to look into the
matter.
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Long wait ends, PAU gets new VC
Ludhiana, June 16 Dr Dhillon’s name was finalised after a tough competition among several internationally acclaimed agricultural scientists. The post had been lying vacant after the tenure of Dr MS Kang expired on April 30. More than two dozen persons had applied for the coveted post. The state government had constituted a three-member search committee to look for the “most eligible person” for the post. SK Aggarwal, Chief Secretary of Punjab, was the chairman of the committee, and NS Kang, Financial Commissioner (Development), and Dr GS Kalkat, former VC of PAU, members. Initially, Dr BS Dhillon, Dr Amrik Singh Sidhu, Dr SS Chahal, Dr SN Puri, Dr JS Samra and Dr VPS Arora In a meeting held today in Chandigarh, the board selected Dr Dhillon. Born in 1947, Dr Dhillon hails from Daburji village in Amritsar district. Earlier, he had served the PAU in various capacities. |
It’s never too late to learn nuances of computers
Ludhiana, June 16 District Education officer (Elementary), Ludhiana, said, “The department has made it mandatory for one and all to learn computers. From each district headquarter, five officials and employees of the District Education Office are being trained at two places i.e at Mohali and Naura in Nawanshahr district. I have just come back after attending a six-day training at Naura.” Harpal Kaur, who always worked manually in the office, said, “The course is useful, but only if we practise it everyday. Now, I have learnt as how to start a computer, how to type and how to operate Internet.” I will have to practise everyday for half an hour.” While Harbhajan Ram, DEO (Secondary), said, “I am enthusiastic to attend this training which will start from June 20. After learning computers we will be able to work independently, which means we will not have to seek the help of anyone else from our staff in operating the Internet as well as in communicating with the officials.” He firmly believes in the saying “practice makes a man perfect” and said, “My daughter, who has done BTech in IT, had asked me several times to learn computers, but I did not do it. Now, she is happy.”
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RIMT holds alumni meet
Mandi Gobindgarh, June 16 More than 60 former students participated in the event, which consisted of dinner, dance and speeches. Many of them were accompanied by their spouses. The former students were of engineering and management streams who had passed between 2001 and 2011. The event was full of youthful energy and people were seen as singing and reciting poems. The former students reiterated the oath to be RIMTians for life. They were thanked for sparing their time to attend the event.
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Six students get scholarship
Ludhiana, June 16 Prabhjit Kaur said, “I am feeling good and highly motivated.” Another student Aarti jain stated, “I attribute my success to my parents, family and faculty members.” Navdeep Kaur said the amount of scholarship was Rs 25,000 each. Total eight students of college had applied and six out of the eight had been awarded the scholarships, he added. The cheques were disbursed by Prof Gurbir Singh Sarna, general secretary, GNIMT.
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Residents of various localities complain of contaminated water supply
Ludhiana, June 16 Bhupinder Sidhu, “We have been urging residents to keep these areas clean and drink clean water, but it all becomes a futile exercise when the state government fails to supply clean water to residents”. Sidhu said, “Water samples were collected from Muslim Colony, Sherpur Kalan, Dholewal, Fateh Singh Nagar, Moti Nagar and Nalti Market. Out of the 10 samples, seven failed the potability test.”. We got this report from the department of microbiology at Punjab Agricultural University. Now, we will again hand over this report to A K Sinha, Commissioner, municipal corporation, Ludhiana, and Mayor Hakam Singh Gyaspura.” He said, “About two months ago residents had complained that they were getting contaminated water, but nothing had been done. The matter was brought to the notice of Mayor Hakam Singh and the then officiating Commissioner Kamalpreet Brar.” However, neither the Mayor nor the Commissioner could be contacted for their comments.
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Labour shortage hits paddy cultivation
Jagraon, June 16 One of the main reasons being given for this labour shortage is the implementation of the NREGA scheme, which has provided employment to a large number of labourers. The Bihar and Uttar Pradesh governments have started several development projects to generate employment. Now people are getting ample employment opportunities in their native states. A large number of migrant labourers have been coming to Punjab from other states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in this season. But for the past three or four years, a huge decline has been witnessed in the number of migrant labourers coming to Punjab. As a result, farmers are finding it hard to cultivate the crop in their fields on time. The labour shortage is also causing a delay in the growing of the paddy. Though big landlords have roped in local Dalit labourers by offering them higher labour cost in the absence of migrant labourers, small farmers are reluctant to hire local labourers as they charge more than migrant labourers. Small farmers are not in a position to afford local labourers. “Migrant labourers charge about Rs 1,200 per acre while local labourers have been charging more than Rs 1,800 per acre from farmers, which a majority of small farmers cannot afford,” says Sukhwinder Singh, a farmer of Jandi village. Farmers feel that the output of local labourers is less compared to migrant labourers. Some farmers are offering liquor to attract local labourers to get paddy cultivated. Some farmers of adjoining villages are camping at the railway station for the past couple of days in the hope of hiring migrant labourers in advance so that they can start paddy cultivation on time. Surjit Johal of Janetpura village says, “I have been visiting to the railway station and the bus stand since past week, but have not able to hire anyone.” Farmers are becoming more and more apprehensive of incurring huge losses as the late sowing of paddy can lead to low yields. “It is almost impossible to cultivate the fields without migrant labourers. In case we do not get them, the season can be a disaster for us,” laments Amar Singh, a farmer of Kamalpura village.
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SAD-BJP leaders flay UPA govt for price rise
Ludhiana, June 16 Addressing the party workers, Gabria, who is also president of the district akali jatha, said after independence, either the Congress party alone, or along with its allies, ruled at the Centre for a long period. “During this period, as the prices of essential commodities soared, so did the corruption at all levels. Scams like 2-G spectrum, Adarsh Society, Bofors, Commonwealth Games and lakhs of crores of black money stashed in foreign banks under the Congress rule gave new dimensions to corruption, while the powerful lobby of hoarders, profiteers and big business houses held the people to ransom by increasing prices of essential items,” the minister commented. Health minister Gosain charged the UPA government with poor governance. “The common man is bearing the brunt of inefficiency of the government as the items of daily need have gone beyond the reach of the poor, the lower middle class and even the upper middle class.” Harish Rai Dhanda, SAD-BJP legislator and Chief Parliamentary Secretary, asserted that price rise and corruption were the main agenda of the Congress party, which had been exploiting the masses for several decades. Criticising the way the Centre handled Baba Ramdev, both Dhanda and Rajinder Bhandari, vice-chairman of Punjab State Planning Board, came down heavily upon the UPA government for the crackdown. President of the district akali jatha (rural) Santa Singh Umedpuri termed the Congress government highly corrupt which had let loose repression of the worst kind against the voices of dissent while also robbing the masses to fill their personal coffers. The protesting SAD-BJP workers submitted a memorandum to the President of India through the district authorities demanding dismissal of the UPA government for its acts of omission and commission. Among others present included political adviser to Prem Mittal, Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal, Jagdish Singh Garcha, Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, Gurcharan Singh Ghalib, ex-MP, Inderiqbal Singh Atwal, ex-MLA, Jagjit Singh Talwandi, Bhag Singh Malla, Amarjit Singh Bhatia, Baba Ajit Singh, city mayor Hakam Singh Giaspura, Gurcharan Singh Grewal, district president of BJP Rajiv Katna, Amarjit Singh Chawla, Vijay Danav and Naresh Dhingan.
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PAU Notes Entomology and microbiology experts at the PAU apprised farmers of the vital skills needed for mushroom and honey-bee management. Dr PK Khanna advised them to procure wheat straw and well decomposed farm yard manure (FYM) for cultivating white button mushroom during October/March. Emphasising that the cultivation of paddy straw mushroom be undertaken during June for which paddy straw bundles were spawned, Dr Khanna said watering of the paddy straw bed should be done twice a day and harvesting of mushrooms be done for a month. Giving useful tips to farmers, Dr Khanna said bags of milky mushroom, which were spawned during April-May, were to be cased with 1” layer of disinfected FYM. Dr PK Chhuneja, bee-keeping expert, said, “For protecting honey-bee colonies in hot weather, make suitable arrangement to place honey-bee colonies under thick shade of trees or make arrangements to provide some artificial shade.” Training
A group of four students from the College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology
(COAE&T), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), will attend a training programme at Moscow State Agro Engineering University
(MSAU) from June 17 to 29. Divulging details, Dr PPS Lubana, Dean, COAE&T, said the visit had been planned under the students exchange programme as per the memorandum of understanding signed between PAU and MSAU for candidates pursuing agricultural engineering at the farm varsity. He said more than 50 students had already been exchanged between the two countries in the past six years for professional as well as cultural cooperation between PAU and Russian university. — TNS
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Ludhiana Scan
All smiles Children at a fancy-dress competition organised by Arsee Ladies Club in Ludhiana on Thursday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan Meeting
A meeting of the Danga Peerit Action Committee has charged the state government backed mafia with usurping rehabilitation grant provided by the Centre for victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Presiding over the meeting, Sukhwant Singh Baria alleged that the Akali government had betrayed the riot victims while certain self-styled leaders of riot victims had grabbed government properties and further sold the possession to riot-affected families at hefty premium. The members demanded a CBI probe into the fraudulent activities of mafia leaders. Ailing youth
needs help
Puneet (26), a city resident, has been regularly undergoing bi-weekly dialysis at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH). According to doctors, Puneet is suffering from renal kidney failure and has been on dialysis for the past four years. His father Ishwar Chander is also bed-ridden with chronic arthritis. The family has exhausted all financial resources for the dialysis treatment of Puneet. On behalf of the family, the hospital authorities have made a fervent appeal to philanthropists for monetary help by sending cheque/draft in favour of “Dayanand Medical College & Hospital” with “Treatment for Puneet” along with CR no 89816, written at rear side of the cheque or draft. For more information, kindly contact PR office, DMCH, at 4687514, 4687510. Workshop
VLCC Health Care today organised a makeup workshop which showcased contemporary and traditional bridal make-up styles and some creative make-up through "air brush" technique. The session was conducted by Apoorva, senior make-up artist at the VLCC. The aim was to provide the brides-to-be the best option in bridal make-up. The VLCC expert said, “Air brush make-up is sprayed onto the skin using an air brush instead of being applied with sponges, brushes, fingers, or other methods. Once airbrushed, you are good to go for up to 10 or 20 hours, with an average of around 16 hours. It will not rub off on anything or disappear into the pores. Former state president of the BJP and vice-chairman of the Punjab State Planning Board Rajinder Bhandari said the dual face of UPA government on corruption stood exposed and it had been proved that the party was by and large dominated by corrupt elements. Charging the Congress-led UPA government with shielding the corrupt elements, he said, “The government is scared of any legislation against corruption and it is the main reason for abrupt change in its stand with respect to social reformers like Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev in a matter of couple of days. Meeting
A national committee meeting on post-harvest technology and value addition was held in Delhi. Experts from institutes like CIAE, Bhopal, IIHR, Bangalore, CISH, Lucknow, IIVR, Varanasi, CPRI, Shimla, CPCRI, Kasagrod, CTCRI, Sreekariyam, and CIRCOT attended the meeting. The meeting was conducted to assess the current scenario on post-harvest technology of agricultural commodities, existing labs, manpower and other infrastructural facilities of the commodity based institutes. Dr RT Patil, director, CIPHET, said without the expansion of research in post-harvest sector, the real prosperity in agriculture sector could not be achieved in the country. “CIPHET is a multi-disciplinary and multi-commodity research institute in the country, where all research facilities are available under one roof,” he added. Dr MM Pandey, deputy director-general, lauded the role of CIPHET and hoped that meeting would provide a common platform to strengthen post-harvest research in the country. The meeting was attended by dignitaries from the ICAR, including ADG (PE) KK Singh, project coordinator (PHT), Dr SK Nanda, head, Transfer of Technology Division, CIPHET, Dr DR Rai and other heads of departments from CIPHET. Major collaborative projects finalised between CIPHET and other ICAR institutes included development and fabrication of tools/equipment related to exudate gums, development of formulations and shelf-life extension of fruits, vegetables, spices and fish, development of low calorie sweeteners from potato starch and development of extruded products from potato flour. — Tribune Reporters
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Youth killed in accident, another critical
Jagraon, June 16 The deceased was identified as Jagjit Singh, alias Sonu (22), a resident of Jagraon. The injured youth was identified as Kuljit Singh (26) of Kothe Aath village, near here. Jagjit and Kuljit were coming from the Moga side on a Bajaj Chetak scooter (PB10U-0968). When they neared Kothe Baggu village, a truck hit the scooter while trying to overtake it. The youths fell on the road and were crushed under the rear tyres of the truck. Jagjit died on the spot while Kuljit was rushed to Medicity Hospital. The condition of Kuljit was stated to be critical. He received serious injuries in the spinal cord and other parts of the body. The police handed over the body of Jagjit to his relatives after the post-mortem examination was conducted at the Civil Hospital here. The police registered a case of negligent driving against the unidentified truck driver on the statement of Jagraon municipal councillor Kulwinder Kala and began investigations.
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Couple held for murder
Ludhiana, June 16 According to the police, Makhan Singh and his wife Pinky were partners in the crime and they, along with two others, thrashed the teenager. The victim was thrashed and stabbed by Goverdhan and Ashwani, sons of the couple. SHO Jaswinder Singh said a hunt was on to nab the other two accused.
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Man held with country-made pistol
Ludhiana, June 16 It laid a trap and nabbed the accused. The accused has confessed to have committed a number of snatchings. Investigating officer Sukhvir Singh said the police was probing links of the accused.
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Farmer steals urea from godown, booked
Ludhiana, June 16 Such cases have gone unnoticed earlier, but this time, the police and residents of the village have taken stern action and the suspect has been booked for theft. The suspect, identified as Harinder Singh of Bilga village, near Sahnewal, broke the locks of a godown and fled with six sacks of urea the previous evening. Villagers came to know about the incident when they saw the locks broken. An eyewitness told panchayat members that Harinder broke the locks and fled with sacks. The theft irked panchayat members, who reported the matter to the police and got a case registered. Quick to react, the police registered a case and started investigations.
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Handball trainees help team finish third
Ludhiana, June 16 These trainees, seven in number enabled Punjab to overcome Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Assam, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to secure a berth in the
last stage. Punjab boys fought valiantly before going down 15-23 against Delhi in the semifinal and had to content with a bronze medal. Delhi emerged champions at Sunder Nagar. The names of SAI trainees are Jarmanjeet Singh, Hardev Singh, Arun Sharma, Prabal Gautam, Amninder Singh, Amandeep Singh and Dinesh Kumar. Harbans Singh, in charge of the SAI training centre, Ludhiana, and Teja Singh Dhaliwal, general secretary, Punjab Basketball Association, appreciated the boys’ performance and congratulated their coach Harinder Sharma.
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Amritsar gain narrow first-innings lead
Ludhiana, June 16 Amritsar won the toss and invited Ludhiana to bat. The visitors decision to put Ludhiana into bat appeared to be a wise one as the
hosts found themselves struggling. They were three down with only 20 runs on the board. Ludhiana continued to lose wickets at regular intervals (50 for 5, 90 for 6 and then 110 for 7) before Sandeep and Nikhil added useful 59 runs. Sandeep made 49 runs, while Nikhil contributed 42 runs. Ravi Kumar and Baltej Singh stitched a 53-run partnership. Both these partnerships steered Ludhiana to a total of 231 runs in 80.3 overs. The main scorers were Geetansh Khera (59), Sandeep Singh (49), Ravi Kumar (37), Nikhil Chowdhary (22), Baltej Singh (14), Akhil Aggarwal (16) and Ashsih Kumar (10). For Amritsar, bowling honours were shared between Kamal Passi and Rahul, who scalped five and four wickets after conceding 89 and 38 runs, respectively. Shubham chipped in with one wicket for 54 runs. Amritsar began their first essay on a cautious note with the openers Rohan and Shivluv choosing the right ball to play. However, Ludhiana bowlers managed to make the visitors fight for each run and eventually they sneaked past Ludhiana score. Their innings folded at 235 runs in 78.5 overs. Aman top scored with 84 runs, followed by Arush (45), Shivluv (23) and Pankaj Chowdhary (19). For Ludhiana, Nikhil Chowhdary claimed three wickets for 25 runs, while Ravi Kumar grabbed three wickets for 45 runs. Deepak Bansal and Baltej Singh captured two wickets
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Ex-basketball player given warm send-off
Ludhiana, June 16 Aman had been in the city for the past more than one month and imparted free coaching to upcoming hoopsters of the Ludhiana Basketball Academy which is run by the Punjab Basketball Association (PBA) . She was given mementos by office-bearers of the PBA. Appreciating Aman's gesture to train boys and girls here, Teja Singh Dhaliwal, secretary, PBA, said Aman Mangat was highly dedicated and had devoted enough time to teach the basics of basketball game.” he said. Aman, with her personal interest, coached the players voluntarily, as she wanted to share her knowledge and experience with the young basketball players of Punjab which was appreciable, add-ed Dhaliwal. Sumesh Chadda, Vijay Chopra, Satpal Singh and Dr S Subramanian, director, and chief coach, Ludhiana Basketball Academy, were present on the occasion.runs, respectively.
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A week-long summer camp, jointly organised by Sri Gian Sthal Mandir and Lala Jagat Narain Nishkam Sewa Samiti, was inaugurated by Jagdish Bajaj, president of the mandir managing committee. Participants will be imparted training in candle making, glass craft, paper craft, silk painting, decorative printing, fabric craft, waste material management, glass etching, all surface acrylic colours moulding craft and ceramic painting.