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Row Over Investment
Fake date of birth certificate leaves GND University employee dismissed
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Year on, harassed farmer yet to get compensation
Absent in meeting: DC for action against DEOs
General waiting hall at railway station faces neglect
Challaned for not wearing ‘turban’
Fancy numbers fetch Rs 4.45 lakh
Newborn dies; mother asks police to arrest her assaulters
VLCC to offer vocational education to underprivileged
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Row Over Investment
Amritsar, June 24 The AIT would give over Rs 6 crore to the AMC. Of these, the AIT would complete civic amenities and development projects worth Rs four crore in some localities on its own and the remaining nearly Rs two crore would offer to the corporation in cash. The AIT is supposed to hand over these projects to the AMC. However, the AMC refused to accept the projects citing pending development works worth crores. These projects included Ranjit Avenue’s C, D and E blocks, Anand Avenue, and smaller schemes, including, Transport Nagar, Yaseen road, Lohgarh, City Centre and others. Some of these projects belonged to the Punjab Damaged Area Act 1956 category. The AIT’s 97-acre Ranjit Avenue scheme has so far seen only its A and B blocks going under control of the AMC. AIT Chairman Sanjeev Khanna said his department would install sewerage disposal channel at Rs 1.5 crore in Ranjit Avenue and roads at Rs 2.5 crore in these localities. He added that the trust did not shy away from its responsibility and had already offered the corporation to adjust the liability of Rs six crore in over Rs 19 crore loan pending towards it. The trust had extended a loan to the corporation some years back which had accumulated over Rs 19 crore this year. AMC commissioner DPS Kharbanda welcomed the move and said the corporation staff was committed to maintain and upkeep these areas. As per under Section 55 of the Punjab Towns Improvement Act 1922, the AIT is to hand over the projects after their completion to the AMC for maintenance. The AIT is supposed to develop and provide residential and commercial space to inhabitants of the city and then handover to the corporation. In its 61-year old history, the trust allotted approximately 23,000 residential plots, 6,900 commercial units and 125 institutional sites falling in various schemes. About 160 projects small and large were handed over to the AMC.
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Fake date of birth certificate leaves GND University employee dismissed
Amritsar, June 24 Nevertheless, Narinder Kaur was expected to appear before the Syndicate to give her version in the matter but instead of attending it in personal, she chose to send her representation in writing only. After not being satisfied with her reply, the House unanimously decided to relieve her from her services. According to information, the university had sacked her some months ago, after getting it confirmed that she had submitted a false matriculation certificate mentioning her year of birth as 1962, whereas her correct year of birth was found to be 1957. She challenged the decision in the court, which directed the university to hear her side within three months’ span. This deadline would expire on June 29. Confirming this, Inderjit Singh, Registrar, said the university did an inquiry only after a complaint in this regard was submitted by one of her close relative only. Meanwhile, informing the House that the university stood at the eighth place in the field of scientific research in the country, the Vice-Chancellor also said 17 students had qualified the UGC-NET examination, held in December, 2010, from the School of Punjabi Studies of the university. Out of which 11 students selected for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). “The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India has sanctioned Rs 9 crore as a grant under PURSE Programme for the year 2011-14 to promote and encourage research work and purchase essential infrastructure,” he said. He said that during May, 2011, various companies selected 19 students of various classes in campus placements. He said till date 683 students of various batches had been selected by many MNCs through campus placements. In other decisions taken during the meeting, Dr Sumanjit Kaur, Dr Sukhprit Singh and Dr Manjot Kumar, all Readers, were promoted as Professors in the Chemistry Department under the UGC Career Advancement Scheme. Under open selections, Dr Gurpreet Kaur was appointed Professor in the Music Department. Dr Balwant Singh Dhillon and Dr Darshan Singh Chahil were appointed Professors in the Centre on Studies in Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Dr Jyoteesh Malhotra was selected as Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Regional Campus, Jalandhar, and Dr Prabhpreet Singh (considered in absentia) was selected for one year as an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department for the university campus, but had to appear before the selection committee within one year for confirmation. Dr Navjot Kaur was appointed Assistant Professor of chemistry (Bebe Nanaki University College, Mithra) and Dr Jatinder Singh Aulakh, Assistant Professor of chemistry, Chung College of Arts, Science and Commerce. Gurpreet Singh and Rupendeep Kaur were appointed Assistant Professors, electronics technology, for university campus at Amritsar. Similarly, Jaipreet Kaur, Sukhdeep Kaur and Manjit Sandhu were selected as Assistant Professors in the electronics and communication engineering at University Regional Campus, Sathiala. Dr Amarjit Singh Sethi of the Punjab School of Economics of the university was appointed had been executive member in the Indian Association for Research in National Economic and Wealth for a period of two years. Dr Partap Kumar Pati, Head of the Biotechnology Department of the university was awarded the Fulbright Nehru Senior Research Fellowship by the Foreign Fellowship Fulbright Scholarship Board, Washington, USA. Seema Verma, international archer of the university, stood third in the second stage in the World Cup Archery Competition, which was organised at Antalya (Turkey) this month.
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Year on, harassed farmer yet to get compensation
Tarn Taran, June 24 The sabha through a memorandum served a warning that in case justice was not given to the farmer, the organization would go on an agitation path. Daljit Singh Dialpur, leader of the organisation, claimed the farmer sold a tree at Rs 28,000 to a contractor but the Forest Department took the wood in its custody saying that the land on which the tree was grown belonged to the department. Dialpur said the Forest Department in its letter (No 11619; dated 01-2-2010) to the Revenue Department asked for confirmation of the ownership of the land concerned. In reply, the Revenue Department in a letter (No 403; dated 05-03-2010) confirmed that the land belonged to Pal Singh of Margindpur village. The leader alleged the wood got damaged after it was taken into custody by the Forest Department. Hence, Dailpur added, the farmer be compensated. The farmer organisation also demanded action against the ‘erring’ officials of the Forest Department. The DC office confirmed receiving the letter. |
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Easing traffic flow: Ramps on elevated road to be opened
Amritsar, June 24 Apart from the 0.9-km stretch starting from Burj Baba Phulla Singh to Chowk Phuwara, which would be open to the public by September providing a hassle-free ride to the Golden Temple, the work on other three expansion ramps connected to this elevated road is in full swing. These ramps would not only facilitate traffic coming from Jalandhar towards Maqboolpura Chowk, but would also connect the commuters with on-way destinations falling on either side of the GT Road. This would benefit the commuters from at least 10 destinations - Rani Bazaar, Hussainpura, Sharifpura, Tehsilpura, bus stand, Ram Talai, Golden Avenue, Mall Mandi, Chawrang Road to Maqboolpura, Focal Point, Vallah Mandi, Pratap Nagar and New Pratap Nagar. Presently, in the absence of ramp route, the commuters hailing from the above mentioned areas, have to cross over the whole elevated road to reach their destinations on the GT Road. This, indeed, amounted to excess fuel consumption, besides wastage of time. Amritsar Municipal Corporation (AMC) Commissioner DPS Kharbanda said, “Our priority is to open the part of the elevated road which leads to the Golden Temple at the earliest. We have targeted to complete the job within about two and a half months’ span. This part of the elevated road would lead the commuters directly to the second floor of the Saragarhi parking lot, located few yards away from the Golden Temple”, he said. The elevated road project on singe pier of 3 metre width with 17.2 metre wide segments, is being done with the help of Government of India under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Started amid much fanfare in 2006, the much-hyped elevated road project had two main stretches-one from Maqboolpura Chowk to Bhandari Bridge (3.5 kms) which was made open in May last year but five years down the line, the other most important part (from Ram Talai Chowk to Golden Temple parking) could not see the light of the day. Mayor Shwait Malik said he would seek constant progress report of the project to avoid any further delay in the project. “Actually, because of old set up here and the streets being quite narrow, the whole project is being done manually. Also, we had to work hard on plans to make alternate routes of the sewerage, electricity and water supply lines because we could not afford to disrupt these essential services even for a day. It was a time consuming exercise which resulted in some delay in the project, but I assure, that it would be ready by mid of September”, he said. Kharbanda said, “Actually, the narrow lanes and old set up of the city pose some hindrance in executing the job. Similarly, the sewerage, electricity and water supply lines too had to be diverted but we did not disrupt these essential services even for a day and the work is carried on.”
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Absent in meeting: DC for action against DEOs
Tarn Taran, June 24 The Deputy Commissioner said he would write a letter to the Education Secretary in this regard for action against the officials. The Deputy Commissioner said a grant of Rs 7.57 crore has been provided to the district administration for constructing 269 classrooms in primary and upper primary schools of the district. He said work for 136 rooms has been completed with a cost of Rs 5.13 crore. Paramjit Singh, Deputy District Education Officer (S), along with other officials was present in the meeting. Schemes like Mid Day Meal and Paro Punjab were discussed at the meeting. |
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General waiting hall at railway station faces neglect
Amritsar, June 24 Chairman, Railway Board, Vivek Sahai on his visit to the railway station on Monday had noticed the lapse, reprimanded the officials concerned and directed them to clean the place. The passengers waiting for their trains have no alternative but to sit and lie on the floor of the waiting hall. Officials of the Ferozepur division of the Northern Railway Zone recently constructed the waiting hall. Floor of the waiting hall was re-laid with tiles about two years ago. Now, it is simply cemented. As per the plan, a sophisticated hall with amenities was to be built. A vendor Kartar Singh said previous general waiting hall was better. He said the height of roof was better which saved passengers from sunlight. He recalled that adequate number of chairs was also installed. At present the waiting hall has only ceiling fans in the name of facility. Passengers have to sit and lie on floor for comfort. Besides, passengers have coloured the lower portion of walls with spit from beetel leaves. Passengers also throw garbage inside the hall itself. When contacted, officials of the Engineering wing of the Northern Railways said cushion chairs and steel benches would be installed at the waiting hall. They said ample number of ceiling fans were swiftly installed keeping in view the hot condition. They informed that marble with kota stone would be laid on the floor. They said regular cleaning was done to dust off the area. They said that the citizens must avoid spitting on walls to keep the hall clean.
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Challaned for not wearing ‘turban’
Amritsar, June 24 Following this, Additional District Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satpal Joshi pulled up the traffic policemen concerned. Even as there is no such clause in the Motor Vehicle Act about the length of the turban for Sikh two-wheeler drivers, the traffic policemen on June 22 stopped him near Crystal Chowk and issued him a challan for the “offence” of not wearing a “turban”. “I was bewildered because I was wearing one. When I objected to this, they retorted in a very abusive manner,” he said. “One of the cops on duty asked me to remove the turban because he wanted to measure the length of the turban. After entering into an altercation with him and his colleague, I ultimately had to surrender and pay Rs 100 as a fine. But, I felt hurt and submitted a complaint to the Akal Takht Jathedar in this regard,” he added. Satpal Joshi said an inquiry had been marked in the incident. “I have marked an inquiry into the incident to the in charge of the Northern area and have passed clear-cut instructions to all the traffic cops not to hurt the sentiments of any person belonging to any religion and take action strictly according to the law only,” he said. Admitting that there was no such clause in the Motor Vehicle Act which specify the kind of turban to be worn while driving a two-wheeler, Deputy Commissioner of Police A.S. Chahal said the purpose of exempting the Sikhs from wearing a helmet was just because a helmet could not be worn over a turban and that turban itself was a sort of somewhat a protecting gear. “But driving a two-wheeler while supporting a “patka” or just a piece of cloth wrapped around the head is objectionable, because it would seldom protect any head injury in case of an accident. But at the end of the day, all norms have been framed keeping in mind the safety of the riders,” he said.
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Fancy numbers fetch Rs 4.45 lakh
Amritsar, June 24 BM 0005 fetched Rs 36000 to the department. Numbers 0006 and 0007 were auctioned at Rs 15,000 each. Number 0009 was sold at Rs 14,000 and 0010 Rs 5,000. However, auction of PB02 BM 0002, 0003 and 0004 was cancelled as single application was released for each number.
— TNS
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Newborn dies; mother asks police to arrest her assaulters
Amritsar, June 24 She was seven-month pregnant and gave birth pre-maturely to a baby girl who died after birth on June 21. Lakhwinder alleged that a dispute occurred between her husband and her neighbourers over a minor issue of bathing outside the house. She said that incident took place on June 13. She said the accused persons including one Rajinder Singh, Partap Singh and one Dr Sharma of same area attacked her house and beat her up due to which she sustained internal injury and felt a lot of pain. She was admitted to Jallianwala Bagh memorial Civil Hospital where she was forcibly discharged from the hospital, she alleged. On June 21, she again felt pain in her womb and admitted to hospital where the doctors suggested for pre-mature delivery. She delivered a baby girl who died few seconds after the birth. She alleged for last 13-days her family was running from pillar to post to register a case against the culprits who were being supported an associate of ruling party politician. Ashwani Kumar, SHO Sadar police station feigned ignorance about the case while adding that he would look into the issue. "I have just today joined at this police station. So I did not know about the case. But I will definitely look into the case," he added.
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VLCC to offer vocational education to underprivileged
Amritsar, June 24 These children would be absorbed under the ‘Swarn Jayanti Shehri Rozgar Yojna’, wherein the government will send short-listed candidates from the BPL category to VLCC Institutes. In the initial phase these training sessions will be launched at eight districts of Punjab, namely Amritsar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Rajpura, Sunam and Khanna. The trainings will be for a period of two months (120 hours). On the successful completion of the course, the students will be provided a joint certificate by VLCC in association with the Punjab Government. The institute will also assist the students in securing placements as well as guiding the students for starting their own venture. Confirming the development, Vandana Luthra, founder and mentor, VLCC Group, said the VLCC institute would offer skill-based beauty vocational education to encourage employability, self-reliance and entrepreneurship. vandan said, “Beauty and nutrition is a segment which attracts a lot of women force as resources. Vocational education in this category would make them financially independent and also helps them support their family, thus contribute to the economic growth of the country. The Punjab Government has already sent an order to VLCC to train around 500 students at VLCC institutes located in various pockets of the state.” Narinder Kumar, Business Head - Education and Group CFO said this was the third tie-up in a row after a successful venture with Delhi and UP governments.
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With the government’s intervention, the Amritsar Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Amritsar Improvement Trust (AIT) have resolved their differences.
