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Chronic exposure to smoke, dust leading to ocular surface disorders in city: Expert
Deputation offer for Edu Dept staff
Inspection at railway station following threat
Homoeopathy can treat, prevent dengue, says consultant
Sahara workers hospitalise child
School advisory council members hold meeting
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Underbridge project on
Bathinda, October 13 In their appeal to the court, eight people from village Jassi Pau Wali had approached the court stating that the railway underbridge was being constructed on their land. The land under dispute is represented by khasra number 1114/ 3 min (8-04), situated in village Jassi Pau Wali as per the jamabandi (land mutation) for 2005-06. Public prosecutor Vijay Pal Goyal said that during the pendency of the appeal, the state government submitted a demarcation report of the disputed land. The reports revealed that the underbridge is not being constructed on the disputed land. People apprehended that their land would be utilized for the construction of a bridge without granting any compensation. In the larger interest of the public, the court observed that the state government has already constructed a lot of area of the bridge beneath the railway line to connect the main road leading to Talwandi Sabo and Mansa with Bathinda. The court has allowed the completion of construction as per the original plan but with a rider. The court has directed that an official of the district administration, not below the rank of a collector, shall furnish an affidavit that if any part of the suit land comes under the area of the bridge or its ramp, the state will pay compensation to the land owners. Officials have been directed that the affidavit should be filed within a week and after that, the state government can continue with the construction. Also the District Collector, Bathinda, has been directed to conduct a fresh survey to find out if any part of the suit land comes under the project or its ramp within 15 days of filing an affidavit in the court. If any part of the suit land comes under the project or its ramp, those affected would be paid compensation within two months from the date of finding the disputed area under the project. Fact file
official speak Soon, the requisite affidavit will be filed and work would resume in another week. While work on the bridge towards Talwandi Sabo has been going on, the project area facing the Mansa side remains stalled. Manjeet Singh, XEN, PWD
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Farad Kendra employees do a Sholay at Rose Garden water tank
Bathinda, October 13 Todat again, more than 24 striking employees, including two women, of the Farad Kendras from various parts of the state, climbed the overhead water tank, near the Rose Garden, in the afternoon, at about 3.30 pm. The protesters were seeking a meeting with the Chief Minister regarding their demand of regularisation of service. The protesters were still atop the water tank at the time of filing the news. After they climbed the water tank, about 200 of their colleagues started raising slogans against the state government. Their protest continued for over three hours near the water tank. Then, they proceeded towards the main road and blocked traffic near the main gate of the Rose Garden. The SDM, Sandip Rishi and Tehsildar, Avtar Singh Makkar, reached the blockade site and spoke to the protesters. However, the police succeeded in lifting the blockade and the protesters sat on the roadside. Both the officials tried to convince the protesters to climb down the water tank and lift the dharna, but when they did not succeed, the police arrested more than 125 protesters, including the girls, and took them to the Civil Lines police station where they were formally arrested under Sections 107 and 151 of the CrPC. Gurpreet Singh, media advisor of the Computerised Land Records Employees Welfare Association, Punjab, said over the phone this evening that about 150 protesters, including 30 girls, had been arrested by the police. Besides him, those arrested included the state president of the association Harpreet Singh, vice-president Gagandeep Singh, general secretary Devinderpal Singh and a member of the core committee, Naresh Kumar. He said the police had been telling them that they would be arrested for damaging public property. The Bathinda SSP, Sukhchain Singh Gill said around 100 protesters had been arrested. After producing them before the magistrate, they would be sent to the jail tonight, he added. Tehsildar Makkar said the protesters were adamant on seeking time from the Chief Minister on the spot, which was not possible. He said they again they tried to block the road and breach the peace. It was then that the police came into action and arrested them. The Tehsildar, before whom the police produced the arrested protesters, said 20 protesters had been remanded in judicial custody till October 24, while in the case of others, the proceedings were still in progress. |
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Another inmate dies in Central jail
Bathinda, October 13 He complained of severe headache and vomiting yesterday and was admitted to the local Civil Hospital where he died within a few hours. A case was registered against him at the Maur police station and was sent to the jail a week ago. The family members of the deceased alleged negligence by the jail authorities following false registration of a case in this regard. The jail officials refuted the allegations. They said the inmate was already suffering from some ailment and he could have died of some
ailment. Gurdev Kaur, the wife of the deceased, alleged that her husband was not well as he sustained arm and head injuries. “Despite the injury, he was lodged in the jail where the authorities failed to take proper care of him,” she said. She demanded an inquiry into the death of her husband. She also alleged that her nephews had been trying to encroach upon their land and had got a false case registered against him after inflecting injuries. This is the third incident in the last 15 days wherein two inmates died and another one tried to commit suicide. Earlier, 90-year-old Bikkar Singh, undergoing life imprisonment at Bathinda jail, died on October 9 reportedly due to some ailment. Another inmate Major Singh tried to commit suicide on September 28 due to his monotonous life. Major Singh was shifted from the Hoshiarpur jail where some of his close relatives are also lodged in jail. Jail officials said presently, there are 1,700 inmates lodged in the Bathinda Jail, which also includes 104 females. The jail is built to lodge only 1,146 prisoners, people are continuously being sent to the jail. Besides, rise in the number of brawls, the health of the jail inmates is deteriorating due to being overcrowded. Despite the deployment of over 150 employees to handle 1,700 jail inmates, it becomes difficult to handle the prisoners. |
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Chronic exposure to smoke, dust leading to ocular surface disorders in city: Expert
Bathinda, October 13 Besides, the local residents have also been suffering from various eye ailments including cataract (about 20 per cent of the population), glaucoma (about half per cent of the population), refractive error (about 50 per cent of the population above the age of 40 years) and ocular allergies in the younger age group. This was revealed on the World Sight Day today by Dr Amrit Sethi, a local senior eye specialist and former president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Punjab. Dr Sethi further saidthat due to the presence of thermal plant, air pollution in the city is also leading to minor eye ailments and adversely affecting the eyes of the locals. He said the incidence of diabetes-related blindness in India was 10 per cent while those who had diabetes for over 15 years had chances of blindness due to bleeding in the eyes. He also talked about computer vision syndrome due to which people faced discomfort and difficulty in seeing properly. Dr Sethi said out of he total 45 million population of blind in the world, one third was in India. He also said that in 70 per cent cases, blindness was preventable that occurred due to ignorance and negligence. He said many age-related eye ailments leading to blindness, such as cataract, refractive error and glaucoma, could be treated or cured easily and cheaply. He said timely intervention could often delay or reduce their effects on vision. As the Diwali festival is approaching, Dr Sethi also emphasised on special care to prevent the injuries to eyes due to bursting of crackers. World sight Day Precautions for Diwali
Doctos’ message for kids to protect eyes
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Deputation offer for Edu Dept staff
Bathinda, October 13 In the orders issued today, it has been stated that posts of 12 district education panchayat officials and 77 block panchayat education officials have been carved by the Punjab Finance Department and a notification regarding it has been issued. The government has decided to fill in the vacancies by deploying Education Department employees under zila parishad on the deputation basis. The Education Department has invited applications from Punjab Education Service class- II officials and block panchayati education officials to join the services with the directorate being formed anew. The officials concerned have been asked to fill option forms and send it to the Headquarters Department at Chandigarh through respective district education officials or to Director Education Department (Elementary). This means that component and hierarchy of the new directorate would be similar to that of the Education Department comprising paraphernalia of education officials and circle officials. ADC (Development) Abhinav Trikha said the Rural Development and Panchayat office has not received any instruction from government in this context.
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Inspection at railway station following threat
Bathinda, October 13 The taxi stand area, trains, all the railway platforms, luggage of the passengers, goods trains and others would be scrutinised under the special operation. Railway police officials said a threat to the railways on the Ferozepur-Delhi rail line was suspected by the railways few days ago. It had put the security agencies on alert to perevnt any possible mishap. Railway officials said the checking is being done for the safety of the passengers. Though nothing incriminating was recovered during the checking that continued for over one-hour-and-a-half. Though the passengers were upset over the checking, they expressed their satisfaction over the security concerns and said everyone should cooperate with the inspecting police officials. “Everyone should cooperate with the checking authorities as it is being done for sthe afety of the passengers as well as thegovernment property,” said a daily passenger from Bathinda to Mansa, Sandeep Singla. Railway officials said they would continue the drive till receiving next orders. |
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Homoeopathy can treat, prevent dengue, says consultant
Bathinda, October 13 He also said there were 25 homoeopathic drugs which could treat the dengue fever. The drugs included aconite, arnica, arsenic-alb, eupatorium Perfoliatum, Gelsemium, Baptisia, Podophyllum. He said this here today while addressing a press conference, which was convened by Jagroop Singh Gill, a local Municipal Councillor. Dr Garg said the Civil Surgeon Dr Iqbal Singh had issued a statement that there was no medicine in Homoeopathy for the dengue treatment, which was untrue. He said in case the health authorities did not tender apology in a week, they would move the court. He also said under his supervision, the homoeopathic medicine to cure the dengue patients and prevent people from dengue fever had been given at a camp in the city a few days back. Jagroop Singh Gill said he had organised a homoeopathy camp on October 10 in the city to protect people from dengue fever and treat dengue patients. He asked the civil surgeon to tell people as to why he had not convened a joint meeting of the Ayurvedic, homoeopathic and allopathic doctors to discuss the issue for the welfare of people. Gill also said the civil surgeon had also said if anyone organised a camp for giving homoeopathy medicine for dengue, he would initiate action against him. He dared the civil surgeon to get an FIR registered against him but he would not stop organising more such camps. On the other hand, civil surgeon Dr Iqbal Singh said first of all if anyone organised a camp, he should first take permission for this from his office. If the organiser does not take permission, an action could be taken against him. He said besides medicine should be approved by the government. He said he would initiate action in consultation with the district administration and director, Health Services, Punjab. Meanwhile, the Punjab Human Rights Committee, Bathinda, today also sent letter to the civil surgeon for initiating action against the quacks, who have been treating the dengue fever patients in the city. Adviser of the Doctors’ Cell of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) Dr Satpal Bhathheja today also said dengue patients could be treated with homoeopathy system of medicine. He said at a camp, organised by the Rajiv Gandhi Lok Bhalai Manch here, hundreds of patients today got medicine for dengue fever. |
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Sahara workers hospitalise child
Bathinda, October 13 His mother told the volunteers of the NGO that Sonu was suffering from anaemia and needed immediate hospitalisation. She expressed helplessness in paying for her son’s treatment. The child is recuperating at the Civil Hospital. The volunteers also helped a 25-years-old drug addict Gabbar Singh, who does small odd jobs in the marriage palaces. His family has disowned him and he was found lying unconscious near the lottery market. He was too was hospitalised at the local Civil Hospital. |
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School advisory council members hold meeting
Bathinda, October 13 Regional manager Nitin Jindal talked about the activities being offered by the school as to how an environment-friendly school would bring a change in the city. |
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