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Rains lash Mansa, Bathinda dists
Kotli Sabo mourns death of its blue-eyed boy
Eco-rickshaw service launched in city
Deputy Commissioner Kamal Kishore Yadav launches the eco-rickshaw service in Bathinda on Thursday. |
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‘Erroneous policies’ of SAD (B) opposed
Cong workers urged to put up united face to end Badals’era
If elected, Roop Singh wants to cleanse SGPC functioning
Moga admn seeks extra force for Dharamkot
Four killed, 8 hurt in mishap
Self-styled saint found murdered
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Rains lash Mansa, Bathinda dists
Mansa/Bathinda, September 15 Heavy rains were witnessed this morning at Mansa and continued intermittently till late in the evening. Showers hit the Bathinda district in the afternoon and continued till the evening. Residents of Mansa said they witnessed such a heavy rainfall after a long time. It started all of sudden at 7 am and many low-lying areas got inundated within an hour. People were surprised to see flood-like situation even near the elevated houses, shops and roads in the city. Many students of private and government schools were told to return to their homes by the teachers without taking exams as water entered the premises of schools. Condition of the Civil Hospital, railway station and government offices was no better. A recently-constructed under-bridge, which is an important link between two sides of the city, is also lying unused for the past many days due to water-logging. Rainwater had not yet drained out or dried up in the low-lying areas where mosquitoes and other insects have started breeding and the showers lashed the region once again. The worst-affected areas were Bir Nagar Mohalla, Arorvansh Mohalla, Bus Stand, Court Road, Jawaharke Road, Chugli Ghar, Hospital Road, Railway Station, Old Vegetable Market and Bhatta Basti. Rains also hit Budhlada and Bareta areas where water entered in many houses. People were seen cursing the authorities while struggling to drain out the accumulated water. Residents said that water entered their houses due to poor sewerage system and lack of proactive approach on the part of the district administration and the Punjab Government. “While water is yet to be drained out, more rains have wreaked havoc as now people enter in heated arguments and fight with each other over draining out the accumulating rainwater,” said Tarsem Singh of Chhoti Mansa. Mansa Deputy Commissioner Ravinder Singh could not be contacted despite repeated attempts. Chief Agriculture Officer Jarnail Singh, when contacted, said he had no idea about the rainfall recorded today. “After assessing the damage, we will release the figures of the damage caused to various crops tomorrow,” he said. |
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Kotli Sabo mourns death of its blue-eyed boy
Bathinda, September 15 The deceased Varinder Singh (18), a student of Class XII in the DAV College, was returning from the college when the overloaded mini-bus he was travelling in overturned following a tyre burst. While villagers protest against the bus owner and the district administration for allowing overloaded buses with worn out tyres to ply, the police said no action had been initiated for want of a formal complaint. Investigating officer in the case ASI Darshan Singh at Sangat police station said though many people received serious injuries in the accident and a young boy got killed, the police cannot initiate any action. “We do not have any formal complaint, as the family members have considered the incident as ‘rabb da bhana’ (god’s verdict),” the officer said. “Varinder was a blue-eyed boy of the villagers as he was charming and brilliant. He was the only child of his parents. Being tall, he had to bend while standing in a bus and always preferred to get a seat,” said Sukhmandar Singh, Sarpanch of Kotli Sabo village. He failed to get a seat on that day and the bus conductor shouted at him to move ahead as one of the rear tyres of the bus was punctured, Sukhmandar added. “While a tyre was already punctured others were worn out and the mishap was bound to take place,” the Sarpanch said. Meanwhile, Harman Sidhu, president of the Arrive Safe, a Chandigarh-based NGO educating people on road safety in Punjab and other states, said there was no requirement of a formal complaint to get a case registered in this regard. Stringent action must be initiated for putting lives of passengers to risk by driving a vehicle with worn-out and punctured tyre, he said. District Transport Officer (DTO) Bhupinder Singh said action needs to be initiated by the police even if there was no formal complaint. “Though we keep on issuing challans to transporters for plying damaged and overloaded buses, it needs to be stepped up to curb the menace,” he said. |
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Eco-rickshaw service launched in city
Bathinda, September 15 With the assistance of the district administration, five rickshaw pullers were provided with eco-rickshaws. The loan for purchasing the eco-rickshaws has been provided by the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) at the interest rate of four per cent. The rickshaw pullers have to repay the loan in three years. Besides the DC, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Abhinav Trikha, assistant general manager of the OBC SK Dhall, bank manager VK Kansal and assistant project officer of the District Rural Development Agency, Bathinda, Sadhu Ram Kusla were also present on the occasion. Yadav said at least 100 such rickshaw pullers, who run rickshaws on hire basis, would be identified in the district with the help of NGOs for providing loans to purchase eco-rickshaws. Kusla said the office of the ADC (Development) first identified five rickshaw pullers with the help of an NGO, the Dost Welfare Society, Bathinda, and then received applications from them. Later, their applications were processed and sent to the bank for sanctioning of loans. |
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‘Erroneous policies’ of SAD (B) opposed
Ferozepur, September 15 Addressing the gathering, the leaders alleged that there is a total anarchic rule in the state at present. Fateh Jung Singh Bajwa was the coordinator for the rally. He pointed out that people are fed up with the autocratic functioning of Badals, adding that the government has brought the state on the verge of ruins. “Industries related to transport, cable TV, sand and hospitality industry besides others were lagging behind in the state,” he alleged. Anoop Singh, president, DCC, Pandit Balmukand Sharma, ex-minister, Naresh Kataria, MLA, Parminder Singh, ex-general secretary, PPCC, Anumeet Singh Sodhi, vice-president, PYC, Bhajan Singh Syal, Sunil Vij besides scores of other Congress leaders and hundreds of workers were present at the rally. Addressing a press conference at the residence of former minister, Bajwa said the only silver lining in the present government was introduction of ‘Right to Service’ Act, which would streamline functioning of various government offices. |
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Cong workers urged to put up united face to end Badals’era
Bathinda, September 15 Jassi said this while addressing a dharna organised by the district Congress committees (Urban and Rural) outside the Mini-secretariat here, today. The participants also raised slogans against the Punjab Government. Though it was widely publicised that Raninder Singh, son of Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh, would address the dharna, he did not turn up. President of the district Congress committee (Rural) Narinder Singh Bhaleria informed the gathering that Raninder could not come as he had to go to attend a bhog ceremony of a relative. Other who addressed the gathering on the occasion included district Congress president (Urban) Ashok Kumar, a delegate of Punjab Congress KK Aggarwal, district Mahila Congress president Mohinder Kaur Rani, Rupinder Singh Bindra, Inder Singh Sahni and Darshan Singh Jeeda. |
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If elected, Roop Singh wants to cleanse SGPC functioning
Dodha (Gidderbaha), September 15 Roop Singh, who is receiving support of the People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) and certain other parties, says he was earlier an activist of the ruling SAD but had now jumped in the fray as an independent with the agenda to cleanse the functioning of the SGPC. Hestresses: I promise that I will not go to Canada if elected as a member of the SGPC. He said his younger son was settled in Canada and the elder one was the sarpanch of the Gurisanghar village. Roop Singh challenges that no one can accuse him of having ever indulged in corruption. He says he remained a loyal worker of the SAD for 50 years and had gone to jail 14 times during agitations launched by the party. He feared that the election might be rigged to defeat him as the seat has become prestigious for the Badal family. Roop Singh is contesting the election for the first time and says that his motto was honesty. |
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SGPc Poll
Moga, September 15 Talking to The Tribune, Ashok Singla, District Magistrate-cum-District Election Officer revealed that the rebel SAD candidate in Dharamkot, Sukhjeet Singh Kaka had demanded deployment of paramilitary forces in his area. “I have written to the Gurudwara Election Commission and also apprised the state government about the shortage of police force in the district and it is now up to the commission and the government whether to deploy the Central force or not,” he said. In reply to a question, the DM said he had received a complaint that the names of 4700 people had been deleted from the voters’ list in the Dharamkot constituency. “I have gone through the complaint and found that no proper procedure and guidelines were followed before deleting the votes,” he said. Adding that he had sent the complaint along with his comments to the Gurudwara Election Commission for its perusal, Singla said he is waiting for a reply for necessary action in this regard. Senior SAD leader Jathedar Tota Singh had also alleged that no proper procedure was adopted while deleting these voters. Therefore, the commission should review the list of voters and allow all those people to exercise their vote whose names had been deleted from the list. Naib Tehsildar-cum-Election Officer of Dharamkot JS Brar clarified that he was given a pro forma of guidelines by the former District Magistrate VN Zade according to which the names of those voters were deleted who had not attained the age of 21 years, which is mandatory to enroll as a voter. Meanwhile, campaigning for the SGPC elections came to an end this evening, 48 hours ahead of the polls, scheduled for Sunday. |
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Four killed, 8 hurt in mishap
Muktsar, September 15 All the victims belonged to Rai Singh Nagar in Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan. The victims were returning home from today after paying obeisance at Chintpurni in Himachal Pradesh (HP). The accident took place near Aulakh village on the Muktsar-Malout road at 7 am. |
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Self-styled saint found murdered
Moga, September 15 The police suspect illicit relations to be the cause of murder. Four youth have been taken into custody for interrogation. Postmortem was conducted at the district hospital here today. — TNS
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Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kamal Kishore Yadav today launched an eco-rickshaw service in the city.
Dodha (Gidderbaha), September 15
