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Wonderland becomes more fascinating
Audience throng shrine on concluding day
NDA block at District Sainik Board to start from September
Vigilance wing to probe into fake robbery case
Phagwara govt schools get Rs 82-lakh grant
8 school buses impounded for rules violation
Farmers, labourers to launch anti-govt drive on September 1
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WARD 4
Jalandhar, July 21 While the majority of the colonies of this ward seek immediate attention in terms of providing civic amenities, the rest are suffering in the absence of any timely repair works. From the busy Gujjapeer road to Govind Nagar, New Govind Nagar and Basti Pure Khan all that meet the eyes are damaged roads, non-functional streetlights, stagnant water and piles of garbage. Residents of the Gujjapeer road area, situated on the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway, are the worst affected as huge potholes, scattered garbage on the either sides of the road and overflowing sewage have been creating problems for them. And this despite the fact that a foundation stone at the entrance of the Gujjapeer road was laid by Mayor Rakesh Rathore in 2008 for the reconstruction of the road. “It is a hell of an experience commuting on this road. The sewage keeps on flowing every now and then leading to stink and the potholes just add to our woes. During rains this entire stretch leading to our houses fills with knee-deep water, but surprisingly the councillor never bothered to reconstruct this road,”said Chaman Lal, a shopkeeper on this road. At Basti Pure Khan, Kusth Ashram and the Gujjapeer road most of the streetlights are non-functional and the roads are poorly maintained. “Owing to the non-functional streetlights, it is very difficult to commute through these areas during night.
Even the councillor is not available to listen to our problems. Rather it is her husband who works on her behalf,” a resident said. The residents, too, remain in a dilemma as whom should they approach for their problems - the councillor or her husband. The councillor of the ward, Rimpi Prabhakar, remains missing, while her husband Bhagwant Prabhakar is the one who works on her behalf. Even when contacted by this correspondent, Rimpi Prabhakar was not available. Her husband Bhagwant Prabhakar spoke on her behalf. When asked about the councillor, her husband said, “You can talk to me for any information about the development works.” However, when asked about the development works, Bhagwant Prabhakar, said, “We have spent Rs 6 crore on development works in our ward. Some of the works are underway and they will be completed soon. We are about to start the patch work and laying of tiles on the Gujjapeer road next week.” |
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Freedom fighter’s statue awaits unveiling
Jalandhar, July 21 Even as scores of dignitaries keep visiting the roundabout daily since it happens to be in front of the Circuit House, no one has bothered to look into the matter. The statue of the man, who had spent 13 long years in prison fighting for the nation’s freedom, has been covered with polythene sheets ever since. The statue was shifted to the new location as the family of the freedom fighter had claimed that the Rainak Bazaar site was not suitable for the statue as visitors to the market area litter all around, which caused disgrace to the statue. The statue of the Babbar Akali Movement activist was erected in the market in April, 2005. Sources in the MC revealed that there were plans to get the statue unveiled by former Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia but ever since he was divested of the powers, they changed their plans. The officials are now awaiting a nod from Chief Parliamentary Secretary K.D. Bhandari or Deputy Speaker, Vidhan Sabha, Bhagat Chunni Lal to perform the ceremony. A PPCC member, Manoj Arora, commented on the issue, saying, “The delay in unveiling amounts to an insult to the freedom fighter and his family. Such an activity hardly takes time and should have been done on priority.” Maninder Quami, grandson of the freedom fighter, said, “I have been constantly pursuing the MC officials for the inauguration of the statue. Now I have been told that they were busy with the visit of the Deputy Chief Minister tomorrow and would finalise the programme thereafter.” Viney Bublani, MC Commissioner, said, “We are planning to get the statue unveiled in a week’s time. The family had met the Mayor in this connection recently.” |
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Wonderland becomes more fascinating
The entire arrangement of rides in the children pool has changed. A new unit of four slides has come up in this two-feet deep pool section. All four slides are of the height that anyone of the age six years to an adult can enjoy without the use of any inflated tubes and any help. While one of the slides takes turns and the user falls slowly in a controlled way, the other one is round like a straight, blind tube. The third gives the visitors a bumping ride. The fourth one, which is nearly 10-feet wide, is where the youth and children enjoy the most. The family members or a friend group can sit together in a row at the starting point and enjoy the thrill of a downhill race. In fact, children enjoy making various poses as they slip down the slope. The rain dance room, equipped with DJ, wooden floor and dim, jazzy lights, too, is quite enjoyable. There are separate entry timings in the room for families or boys so as to check any untoward incident. The Haunted House, which was already a part of the dry
rides has been made all the more scary, with five moving fiery ghosts donning blood-stained clothes added into it. These ghosts have been erected in such a way that they try to pounce on visitors with their long-nailed stretched-out hands as one tries to move ahead. The best part, however, is the lush green, well-pruned lawns all around. Kulwant Singh Virk, owner of the theme park, said he was trying his best to bring in innovative ideas. He said the water used in the park was being constantly filtered to ensure maximum hygiene. A compulsory shower at the entrance and exit further ensured that the visitors were taking minimal germs inside the park. He said the treated used water was being discharged in the garden area to water the lawns and plants. “The water was not being drained out. It was instead also given out to villagers around for irrigating their fields,” he added. |
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Lal Badshah Fair
Nakodar, July 21 The first sound that met the ears of devotees entering the shrine, was the resounding tinkle of ghungroos fitted to the pestles of vendors grinding bhang in their mortars. Talking to The Tribune, Joginder Kaur, who has been selling bhang for the past five to seven years at different Punjab fairs along with her husband, said, “We have been selling bhang rotis and shardai at fairs for the past seven years. There have been times when the police drove us away, but this year, it was smooth sailing.” Kaur said, “The sale is good at the Lal Badshah fair but the drink has also got a lot many takers at the other fairs at Anandpur Sahib, Naina Devi and Gugamari in Rajasthan where it is a hit with the masses.” Baldev Singh, another Bhang vendor said, “I have been in the business for the past seven years. People have always been fond of Bhang and here too I find at least a 100 customers a day.” Talking about the issue, shrine chief, Hans Raj Hans said, “We just started working on the prohibition of drugs this year. It would take a bit of time to completely put an end to an age-old practice. But we did not get off to a bad start. I had issued strict instructions to my sevadaars to be polite with anyone using intoxicants and I believe they have had considerable success.” While talking to The Tribune, SHO Nakodar Surinder Pal Singh said, “We never heard of anyone selling bhang. Shardai is always sold, but there was no bhang stall at the fair.” |
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Audience throng shrine on concluding day
Jalandhar, July 21 While the concluding day of the fair saw fiery performances from artists like Kanth Kaler, Ranjit Mani, KS Makkhan, Balraj, Durga Rangeela and Satwinder Bugga yesterday, hordes of women sat fanning themselves with traditional Punjabi pakkhis in the sultry heat of the stuffed and inadequate pandal, listening to their favourite performers. The day was marked by maximum crowds at the fair, making shrine chief Hans Raj Hans remark, “We had no clue we would get so many people. We would arranged a bigger pandal if we had the slightest clue.” Previously, during the second day of the fair, the audience saw back to back performances by commercial singers like Nachattar Gill, Ranjit Rana, Sukhvir Rana, Sheera Jaswir, Ranjit Kaur, Harjit Harman, Kamal Khan and star kids of the Punjabi music industry – Lakhwinder Wadali and Jasdev Yamla, sons of Puran Chand Wadali and Yamla Jatt, who have grown up to enjoy immense popularity among the Punjabi masses, like their fathers. While Wadali’s voice has clearly matured over the ages, Jasdev Yamla, with his folk voice and tumbi, is also no less than a revelation. As people enjoyed rides and got a peek into their destinies from future-telling robots at the fair; on-stage, singers paid musical tributes to Bapu Lal Badshah amidst announcers clamouring for lost parents and children. In the evening, the shrine was thronged by qawwals. While the performances began with a Shehnai recital by Ali Abbas and his group, they were followed by a recital by Bhai Gulbhagh Singh, Bhai Davinder Singh and Bhai Iqbal Singh. Through the night on the second day, qawwalis were performed by Vaneet Sharafat, Naseeb, Neele Khan and Surmandeep along with their groups. Neele Khan’s Sufi wisdom was a major crowd puller. His diction and style wooed many as he sung tributes like is kudrati barat ke, Shahe mardane ali and aisa naksha pake sajna
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NDA block at District Sainik Board to start from September
The construction of the NDA Block is almost over and finishing work has begun. The Sainik Board authorities said the block would be handed over to them next month. The NDA Block has been constructed within one year. Deputy Director of District Sainik Board Lt-Col Manmohan Singh (retd) said, “We have already written to the Army chief and if things go as per plans he would surely come for the inauguration. Gen V.K. Singh had served in Jalandhar Cantonment many years back and since the NDA Block was one of our dream projects we will surely like to have a grand inauguration,” he said, adding that the visit of Gen V.K. Singh would give a boost to the aspirants of armed forces at the Sainik Board. The three-storey NDA Block would provide the training and coaching facilities to aspirants appearing for NDA, IMA, OTA and CDS exams. The Sainik Board is situated in 1.5 acre, while the NDA block is coming up in 2,100 sq feet area. The block consists of a library, hostel on the second floor, classrooms and computer labs. Col Manmohan Singh said earlier the NDA coaching classes were held in two separate rooms on the Sainik Board premises. “Raising funds for the block was a big issue and we are thankful to the state government to consider our project. The separate block would provide all kind of facilities to students under one roof,” he maintained. It is pertinent to mention here that former Punjab Minister for Finance Manpreet Singh Badal had handed over a grant of Rs 78 lakh to the District Sainik Board for the project. “Initially we were given Rs 78 lakh for the construction of the block. However, Manpreet Badal got it increased to Rs 1 crore. We have been pursuing this project for the past two years and finally it has come up,” Col Manmohan Singh added. |
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Young World
Jalandhar, July 21 New course
Kamla Nehru College for Women, Phagwara, has started MSc (Fashion Designing) from this academic session. Principal Dr Kusum Verma said the college was already running postgraduate diploma in fashion designing for last couple of years. The course affiliated to Guru Nanak Dev University would prove beneficial for students from Phagwara and adjoining rural areas. Solo song contest
A solo song competition was held at the CT Public School in which as many as 60 students from Class I, II and III participated. Students sung religious, patriotic, pop, Bollywood and folk songs. Tanush, Harsimran Kaur, Namisha, Gurkirat Kaur were adjudged winners in the competition. Cooking contest
Mayor World School organised the Inter-House Cooking Without Fire Competition. On the first day, the competition was for Class III to V. The students of each house made a sweet and salty dish. The second day competition was held for Class VI to VIII. They prepared different kinds of salads, sandwiches and mocktails. Keats House stood first in both the groups. Basketball champs
The girls’ team of Apeejay School, Rama Mandi, Jalandhar, won the zone I basketball championship. The matches were held at Doaba Khalsa Public School, Jalandhar. Programme
CJS Public School organised a personality development programme for its senior students. The programme was highly informative and interesting as tips on personality development were presented through audio-visual aids and live orations. Topper Zone
Students of the DAV College bagged top positions in various exams of Guru Nanak Dev University. Shivani of BSc-I (biotechnology) stood first in the university by scoring 523 out of 625 marks. Jyoti Rani and Nisha, students of MA-II (Sanskrit), stood first and second, respectively, in the university. Prashant Sahni and Anjali, students of Bachelor of Food Science and Technology-II stood first and second in the university. Kanya Maha Vidyalaya (KMV) students of BSc (fashion designing) (I and II year) also brought good results. in the second year, Anjali stood second in the varsity, Gurpreet Kaur was fourth and Sharanjit seventh. In BSc (fashion designing)-I, Navjot Kaur bagged eighth position in the university and Archana Gautam secured 9th position. Ishwinder, a student of Prem Chand Markanda SD College for Women, stood fourth in MA (Punjabi)-II examination of university. |
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Vigilance wing to probe into fake robbery case
Jalandhar, July 21 “The file pertaining to the case has been transferred to the Vigilance authorities concerned. We would also send the case to the office of Director Vigilance, as per the standing instructions in such cases,” said Ashish Chowdhary, SSP, Jalandhar (Rural). In the inquiry conducted by the top cops of Jalandhar (Rural) Police, the SHO was found guilty of registering a false case against one Gurtej Singh of Kalyanpur village, near here in 2010. The case was slapped on the basis of false case lodged by the four persons, who were booked along with the SHO. The case was re-inquired after Jatinder Kaur, wife of Gurtej Singh, moved request in this regard to the SSP. “As, besides other sections, the officer was also charged under the various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the case was mandatory to be shifted to the Vigilance Wing. The file has been moved to the higher authorities for the formal sanction for further proceedings,” confirmed a senior police officer. Meanwhile, Gulshan Kumar, SHO, PS Lambra, said all the accused were still at large. |
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Phagwara govt schools get Rs 82-lakh grant
Phagwara, July 21 In an official press release issued here on Wednesday, it was stated that a grant of Rs 7.75 lakh has been provided to Government High School, Chack Prema; Rs 1.5 lakh to Government High School, Hadiabad; Rs 13.10 lakh to Government School, Harbanspura; Rs 14.60 lakh to Government High School, Miherru; Rs 8.5 lakh to Government High School, Mehtan and Pandori, Rs 8.5 lakh to Government School Sahni; Rs 6.10 lakh to Government School, Jagatpur Jattan; Rs 1.5 lakh to Government School, Lakhpur and Rs 4 lakh to Government School, Ranipur. |
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8 school buses impounded for rules violation
Phagwara, July 21 A school principal, on the condition of anonymity, claimed that the DTO impounded the bus even though the documents of the school bus were complete. DTO Daljit Kaur could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.
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Farmers, labourers to launch anti-govt drive on September 1
Nakodar, July 21 He said their demands included waiving of electricity bills of labourers, full-year employment for poor labourers with Rs 200 wage per day, Rs 5 lakh compensation to farmer’s family who commit suicide along with government job to one member of the family, residential plots to landless labourers, continuation of subsidies to poor people under the atta-dal scheme, etc. |
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Jalandhar, July 21
Jalandhar, July 21