NEIGHBOURHOOD

5 villages get dirty water supply
Tribune News Service

Ropar, June 21
Residents of five villages are getting polluted water supply for the past many days due to leakage in a pipeline. Villagers of Avankot, Majri, Gujran, Aaspur and Kotbala said the pipelines providing water to these villages leaked from many places.

They said when the main water supply was cut off, leaked water re-entered the pipes. When the supply was switched on, polluted water reached the households.

At many places, water had accumulated into puddles near heaps of garbage. They said that the issue was also raised with district planning board chairperson Madan Mohan Mittal. Mittal had also called up officials concerned on phone and directed them to solve the problem. He had assured the villagers that leaking pipes would be changed as soon as possible.

Area residents Hardeep Singh, Raghubir Singh, Darshan Singh and many others demanded that the leakage should be fixed immediately or else people would suffer from various water-borne diseases.

Ropar, June 21
Eleven persons were challaned during the anti-child labour week. Deputy Commissioner GK Singh said Assistant Commissioner, Labour, had conducted surprise raids and detected 11 cases where children below the age of 14 years were employed.

He added that awareness was needed in society to safeguard the rights of labour community. Hiring children below 14 years of age for work is illegal. A person could be charged Rs 10,000 fine and one-year imprisonment for violating the law. He added that child labour should be discouraged in society.

Assistant Commissioner, Labor, SS Randhawa said raids were conducted at Ajay Tea Stall, Deepak Trading Company, Shivalik Tyre, vegetable vendors, Daljit Garments, Jassi tea stall, Blaggan Sweet Shop and Shive Sweet Shop at Ropar, Morinda, Chamkaur Sahib and Anandpur Sahib.

Six of these children were working under regulated conditions, while five children were found working in hazardous conditions. Action is being taken against eleven of these set-ups. Randhawa said if someone wanted to give information pertaining to child labour, he could contact at 7873874765. — TNS

Dera Bassi, June 21
A resident of Dera Bassi, who went missing more than a month back, was found near Matka Chowk in Chandigarh today. She was admitted to the Dera Bassi Civil Hospital in an unconscious condition.

The police had earlier booked five persons, including her husband and father-in-law, when she went missing. The case was registered on the complaint of the parents of the missing woman in which they alleged that her in-laws harassed her and demanded dowry. The police said that action would be taken after recording the statement of the woman.

Fatehgarh Sahib, June 21
Employees from various government departments today started a 24-hour hunger strike under a joint action committee for their pending demands.

A total of 33 employees sat on the hunger strike on the day one of the agitation.

District convener Avtar Singh Cheema said the government cheated with employees regarding their pending demands. Though government had assured them that their demands would be fulfilled, still it fixed new standards and employees failed to get anything. The government has set such norms that

About 90 per cent of temporary employees couldn’t become permanent employees. The employees demanded lifting of ban on regular enrolment, end of contract system and monthly income of daily wagers should be at least Rs 10,000. Balvir Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, senior vice-president Shiv Datt, Amar Singh, Prithvi Raj, Kesar Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Najar Singh and Gurdev Singh were present. — TNS

Ambala: The CIA staff of the Ambala Police arrested two chain snatchers here today.

They were identified as Jagan Nath and Sidhu, both residents of Gunyani village, in Muzaffar Nagar (UP).

A police team, with the help of the UP Police, raided at their native place and arrested both the persons involved in many snatching and theft cases.

They were produced before the Duty Magistrate and remanded in the police custody for two days. During preliminary investigation, both the accused admitted their involvement in a recent case of chain snatching at Mahesh Nagar, Ambala Cantt. The police said several snatching cases reported in the town were likely to be solved with the arrest of these two accused.

Suicide bid

Lalit (40), a resident of Ambala Cantonment, attempted suicide by consuming acid at his residence.

His neighbours took him to a Civil Hospital after seeing his deteriorating condition. Doctors referred him to the Trauma Centre, Ambala, for treatment. Dr Rajinder Rai, Regional Medical officer (RMO), said the patient was kept in the ICU for observation.

The doctors referred him to the PGI, Chandigarh, for further treatment. According to the sources, Lalit had been suffering from mental disturbance due to family clash and financial crisis from the past few months.

Four injured in scuffle

Kalka: Four persons, including two women, were injured in a scuffle between two groups in a village of Pinjore. According to information, the incident took place after two groups exchanged heated arguments at Paranwala village over cultivating fields. Those injured were identified as Allah Bakhsh, Bakhshi, Guffar Mohammed and Saria as wooden sticks, axe and other sharp weapons were used in the quarrel.

The injured alleged that Babu, Bhura and Ramjan assaulted them. A case has been registered.

Chandigarh, June 21
The UT Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum has directed Mumbai-based broker Kantilal Chagganlal Securities (KCS) to pay Rs 85,000 to a city resident for unauthorised transaction in her Demat account. The broker was also directed to pay Rs 25,000 as compensation and Rs 5,000 as the cost of litigation to the complainant.

In her complaint, Preeti Jain stated that officials of the KCS approached her for opening of Demat and trading account. She issued three cheques for Rs 10,000 each for depositing in her new account and subsequently got shares transferred from her account to the Demat account.

One of the executives sold her NTPC shares on her request but did not credit the sales proceed in her saving account for more than a fortnight. Later, she came to know that the executive had executed the transactions in her trading account without her consent owing to which she suffered a loss of Rs 85,000.

Despite repeated visits and emails, the broker did not redress her grievance. The complainant alleged that the KCS had violated the norms of SEBI. She alleged that she was not provided any mail id. However, the KCS officials stated that they had provided the same. She stated that she had made a complaint to the Registrar, complainant cell, National Stock Exchange, New Delhi.

In its reply, the Registrar of the National Stock Exchange stated that the client had given a login to online portal viz Kaycee Intra at the time of opening her account from where she could access the ledger account, share holding contract note and margin requirement online and same user id and password were communicated through a welcome letter.

The forum comprising its president PD Goel stated that after close scrutiny of some documents, it was is clear that the complainant was not provided an email id. Therefore, it can legitimately be concluded that the complainant was not given login to online portal whereby she can access the ledger account, share holding, contract note and margin requirement online.

The forum stated that the KCS had failed to provide e-mail id to the complainant as claimed by the National Stock Exchange. Therefore, it can be concluded without hesitation that the trading transactions in the demat account of the complainant were made without her prior consent. So, the complainant is entitled for Rs 85,000, which was transacted from her demat account without her consent. 

Chandigarh, June 21
She knows what injection pricks are. But has no idea who gave her the pricks.

Semi-conscious, injured and with injection pricks on her body, a young housewife from Dera Bassi was found near the Matka Chowk on Monday, a day before the Punjab and Haryana High Court was to hear a petition filed by her father Pala Ram.

Pala Ram alleged that his daughter Mona had gone missing on May 6 and could not be traced despite best efforts. Pala Ram had also pointed a finger of suspicion at her in-laws.

As the petition filed by her father for directions to the state and authorities concerned to track her down came up for hearing this morning, the vacation Bench of Justice Rajesh Bindal was told that Mona has no idea where she was during the past month-and-a-half.

Justice Bindal was also informed that Mona knew nothing about the injection pricks or the injuries.

Taking up the petition, Justice Bindal directed the station house officer of the Dera Bassi police station to get Mona medically examined.

Before parting with the case, Justice Bindal also called for a reply to the petition by Mona’s in-laws. The case will now come up for further hearing on July 11.

Panchkula, June 21
A 26-year-old youth was found dead in a gutter near Azad Colony, near Sector 3, in mysterious circumstances here today.

The victim had been identified as Pushpal, a resident of Budhanpur colony. The police took the body in its custody and sent it to the General Hospital, Sector 6, for the postmortem. The body was later handed over to the family members.

According to the police, the incident came to light when some children playing in the area saw a pair of slippers in the gutter and suspecting some foul play they informed their parents immediately.

Some residents gathered near the site and informed the police which reached their immediately. The policemen fished out the body from the gutter and sent it to the General Hospital for the postmortem.

According to information, Pushpal was working as a painter and used to live with his brother and sister-in-law at Azad Colony. He had recently shifted to Budhanpur after taking a room on rent. The victim had come to the area last evening along with his friends to collect his identity proof from his brother.

However, his sister-in-law Premvati said the victim had left their place after collecting the identity proof around 6.30 pm. The family members alleged that Pushpal was murdered.

Chandigarh, June 21
It has come as a shock for sports lovers that the “hub” of soccer in Punjab- JCT Football Club (JCT FC), Phagwara, which served the region for about 40 years and produced several players of International standards, will now no more be associated with the sport.

There is no doubt that JCT FC was a popular platform for footballers of the region and pride of “Punjabis” in the All-India Football Federation (AIFF) backed clubs tournament.

Prior to JCT FC that came into being in 1977, it was “Leaders Club” that dominated soccer. The club provided identity to several players of the state.

According to sources, the performance of the club in the past five years, whether in I-League or any other tournament, was the main reason behind such a decision of the management. However, financial crisis in the JCT Mills added fuel to the fire, the sources added. 

Chandigarh, June 21
A fine bowling spell by Gurinder Singh helped Chandigarh team to bundle out Amritsar for 191 run during the first day of the ongoing Punjab Inter-District Cricket (U-22) Championship being held at the Amritsar Cricket Stadium here today.

Gurinder Singh took a five-wicket haul for 57 to bundle out the host team in 81overs. Earlier, Rohan Marwaha (34) and Sharad Lumban (34) contributed most runs to the team’s total. Chandigarh team made a total of 17 runs in 12 overs till the end of the day’s play.

Panchkula, June 21
Bebo Technologies defeated Care Fusion Club in the ongoing Corporate Cricket Tournament held at St Soldier’s School, Panchkula.

Bebo Technologies defeated Care Fusion by five wickets in the first Champions League match. Harpreet (45) and Rohit (37) helped the team to set a target of 135 runs in the allotted 20 overs. For Bebo Technologies, Sanoj took three for 29. In reply, Bebo Technologies achieved the target in the 15th over of the game. Jagjot (35) was the main contributor in the team’s total.

Chandigarh, June 20
Rajat Khaneja defeated Amit Verma in the ongoing 27th State Saurabh Khattar Memorial Billiards and Snooker Championship here today.

Rajat defeated Amit by 3-1 in the senior category. Rajat won the first frame at the break of 35. In second frame, Rajat’s opponent Amit played safely, but in the third frame Rajat won the game on the last black ball 65-59.

Rajat potted a difficult “pink” to win the match. Whereas top seed Sumit Talwar defeated Tarun Kumar in straight sets by 3-0 (59-42, 69-20 and 64-32) in the same category.

In another match of the senior group, Satnam Singh overcame Nipin Arora by 2-0 (100-28 and 100-36). Satnam will play Arif Akhtar in the quarterfinal match.

Arush defeated Tushar by 2-1(34-32, 43-32 and 53-42). Arush won on the black ball.