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10 arrested with poppy husk worth Rs 36 lakh
Jalandhar, October 25 Superintendent of Police (Detective) Gurmit Singh said Inspector Angrej Singh of Adampur accompanied with a police party conducted raids at five locations in one day which resulted in the arrests. Inspector Angrej Singh, who was on patrol duty near Pandori Nijjran village, said the police intercepted a truck (HR 37 C 2991) and seized 19 bags of poppy husk worth Rs 10 lakh. The police also arrested Gurcharan Singh alias Bittu of Seecha Taana village near Sultanpur Lodhi and Baljinder Singh alias Billa of Nagoke village in Tarn Taran, Singh said. He claimed that the accused had been declared Proclaimed Offenders (PO) under the NDPS Act, when 50 bags of poppy husk had been seized from their possession last year. In another incident, the police intercepted a tempo (PB01 4805) and seized 14 bags of poppy husk worth Rs 7 lakh. The police also arrested two persons identified as Satnam Singh, a resident of Malian Kalan village in Nakodar and Tirath Singh, a resident of Saidowal village in Goraya. The accused have a criminal past, police said. Similarly, during patrolling near Padhyana village, the police inspected the vehicle (Tempo Travel PB01 9980) and seized 14 bags of poppy husk worth Rs 7 lakh and arrested Balkar Singh, Lakhanpal and Satnam Singh all residents of Vaada Jagir village in Lohian. In yet another raid, 13 bags of poppy husk were seized by Adampur police at a checkpoint at Lasediwal village from a Qualis (HR 03 C 6482). The seizure is said to be worth Rs 6.75 lakh from Balvir Singh of Latian village in Sultanpur Lodhi and Jagir Singh of Malian Kalan village in Nakodar. In another case, 10 bags of poppy husk worth Rs 5 lakh were seized from an SUV by a police party during patrolling duty near Mansoorpur Wadala village in Adampur. Anup Singh of Malewal village in Makhu and Manjeet Singh of Malian Kalan village in Nakodar were arrested in the case. The accused said they had received this consignment from Rajasthan to be supplied to the nearby areas of Jalandhar.
Kulwant Singh of Talwandi Bootian, Shahkot, Baljinder Singh and Mangal Singh of Latianwal village Kapurthala, Baljinder Singh of Vaada Kali Nou village, Makhu, Manga of Denvind village, Kapurthala, Sukhchain Singh of Dholewala, Kotli Sekhan, Tirth Pandit of Nurmahal and Makhan of Dholewal village. The day’s catch
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Fire department on its toes
Jalandhar, October 25 The fire tender is also equipped with high pressure water pumping mechanism to tackle with any untoward incident in narrow lanes of the old city market including Atari Bazaar, Peer Bodla Bazaar and Sheikhan Bazaar. All the 14 fire extinguishers would be strategically located at various parts of the city to attend to any fire incident tomorrow on the Diwali night. The department has a well-laid out plan for the same. Apart from vehicles at headquarters on jail road, sub-offices at Dada Colony near Sodal Temple and near Bus Stand at Police Lines, there will be extinguishers stationed at various locations including Rama Mandi for outer city areas, Babrik Chowk for Basti areas, Model Town, Guru Nanak Mission Chowk and Pathankot Chowk. Besides, there are two extinguishers stationed at Burlton Park, the site where 100-plus cracker stalls have been put up, since Dusehra. One smaller vehicle will also been stationed at Sudan Chowk near Atari Bazaar from today onwards. They said the biggest problem they face was encroachments by shopkeepers till the middle of the road. “Even the public does not park the vehicles properly leading to chaos. For us, time is too precious. But people do not realise it often,” they lamented. |
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No Diwali leave for Civil Hospital staff
Jalandhar, October 25 But anticipating a flow of what could be many burn injury patients on Diwali night (as is the case every year), it has been made sure that adequate staff is deputed and equipment kept in a state of readiness at the hospital so that the rush of patients on Diwali night can be handled. The Civil Hospital got 35 burn and injury patients on Diwali night last year. This year the number is expected to be higher. Though there have been no pre-Diwali fireworks-injuries so far, yet on Diwali-eve the emergency was mostly filled with patients injured in conflicts and clashes. Jalandhar Civil Surgeon HK Singla said, “None of the staff members will get a holiday this year. While we agree that the staff strength is less, the staff that we have will be on duty to deal with the Diwali inflow. It has been sure that the equipment and machinery as well as ambulances are all adequate and in prefect working order to deal with the Diwali patients.” Medical Superintendent Avtar Chand said, “While in the emergency services there are usually three staff nurses and one doctor on duty, on Diwali, there will be at least five staff nurses and four to five doctors on duty.” As the MS admitted, the Civil Hospital has half its staff strength of sanctioned posts. A team of about 76 nurses and 22 other support staff would be working on Diwali. As many as 50 doctors would be on call. As far as the paramedical staff is concerned, 10 pharmacists, 11 lab technicians and eight other support staff would be on the job. Docs on call
Emergency: Doctors: 4-5 Nurses: 5 Other CH staff: Docs: 50 Nurses: 76 Support staff: 22 Pharmacists: 10 Lab technicians: 11 Paramedics: 8 |
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2 minors found working at shop, owner goes scot free
Jalandhar, October 25 At central town, two boys, one 16-year-old and the other 12-year-old were found working at sweetmeat shop. Ashok Sethi, the shopkeeper whose establishment was raided, said, “The two boys were children of my relatives and were just helping out as family members.” Though when asked how they were related to him, he could not give any satisfactory answer. The children were both sent home and no action was taken against anyone. Balbir Singh, investigating officer, special branch, said so far no action has been taken regarding the issue. Rest will be done on further orders. In the Burlton Park raid, the shopkeepers selling firecrackers at the site started sloganeering against the police. Sources say labourers there managed to escape because of the commotion. Interestingly, though Balbir Singh said he had been issued orders by a labour inspector, in view of the Labour Week starting tomorrow, all three labour inspectors in the city denied having any knowledge about the incident. Assistant Commissioner of Labour Varinder Singh Jaiswal could not be contacted despite repeated attempts. |
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Labourer kills self
Jalandhar October 25 The police has also recovered a suicide note of the deceased in which he said he had borrowed few thousands rupees from one financer, named Anil, and he was regularly paying interest on the loan. But he wasn’t able to pay the entire amount from the last six years. Ram in a suicide note said despite paying regular interest, the alleged financer had multiplied the amount of debt and was forcing him to repay the amount and also threatened him of dire
consequences. — OC |
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keeping pace with times
Jalandhar, October 25 For crackers like rockets, sparklers, bombs and fancy fireworks, what greets the eye on the cracker boxes are pictures of Bollywood actors such as Bipasha Basu, Priety Zinta, Jiah Khan, Malaika Arora Khan, Amisha Patel, Manisha Koirala, Katrina Kaif and some actors and actresses from South India as well. The picture of ‘Dream Girl’ Hema Malini is the only Bollywood actress of yesteryear to figure on these packets. Hydro-foiled small bombs carry the picture of Hema Malini dressed as a happy-go-lucky girl looking pretty and glam. Apart from this, some crackers bear the pictures of singing sensation Shakira and British comedy king Mr Beans. Like the brand value of these actors, the prices of the crackers have also sky-rocketed this season. “A fancy work, which was earlier available at Rs 72 is now priced at over Rs 110. Similarly, the ranges of sky shots too begin from Rs 300 compared to Rs 200 last year. Harwinder Singh Gora, a wholesale cracker seller at the local Burlton Park, said crackers bearing the poster of Hema Malini are an exception. The change is also in the nomenclature for these crackers as come have been given bawdy names like ‘Hot Stuff’, ‘Lal Mirchi’ and ‘Hot Mirchi’ with pictures of semi-nude women on them. Ritu Bhambri, one of the attendants at a cracker shop in Burlton Park said, “Over past some years we have witnessed a major change in the names and posters of the crackers. It is not that all the Bollywood actors find place on these crackers but a few of them, probably who reflect some qualities like those of the crackers,” said Parveen Singh, a cracker seller. “As crackers are manufactured on a large scale in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, hence the actors from South find a place on the crackers,” said another cracker trader. Business losing spark
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Celebrating work
Jalandhar, October 25 There will be cops, firemen, doctors and even the Powercom linesmen who will have to sacrifice their desire to celebrate Diwali night with their families to answer the call of their duties. Firemen
At the forefront will be firemen, the unsung heroes, attending to calls and reaching out to affected areas to douse the fire. Davinder Singh, an employee whose primary job is to attend to the phone calls, said, “It has been years that I have been away from home on Diwali night. It really does not matter to me now. Work comes first and then the family. Six years back, I was with the octroi department, where too night duties were common.” Kashmir Singh, Assistant Director, Fire Services, said, “All the 60 employees in the fire department will be on duty on Diwali night. We have to ensure that our vehicles are strategically located in various parts of the city with drivers and firemen ready to attend to any fire episode.” Also on stringent duty are the cops. Since the past few days, they have been laying traps against traffic rule violators all around the city, managing traffic congestion in busy market areas and ensuring safety of residents. Sub-Inspector Balwinder Kaur, Zone-I in charge, said, “It has been just eight days since my son got wedded. It will be their first Diwali post-marriage. My son who is working abroad will also be leaving shortly. But, I will not be in a position to be with them during the festivities. It has been quite a few days that I have been working overtime. I start from home at around 9 am and reach back around 11 pm.” She added, “Just a few days ago, my daughter-in-law had kept her first Karwa Chauth. The moon appeared at 8 pm but I could not get back before 10 pm. So she did not have her dinner and kept on waiting for me till then. All of us have our family issues, but the public service comes first.” Almost similar has been the case with Gurmeet Singh, head constable, Traffic Police. “It is never before midnight that we join our families on Diwali. Mostly by that time, my daughter and son are through with crackers, dinner and are even off to sleep. But I cannot help it. Fortunately, my kids have a caring mother who ensures that all their needs and demands related to Diwali are fulfilled,” he added. Doctors
Away from home and attending to any emergency cases at the Civil Hospital on Diwali night will be Dr Rita Bala. Asked how she would celebrate Diwali, “I will be here on duty with all my colleagues as well as the patients admitted. My husband Dr Raj Kumar, who too works in the emergency here, will be at home on Diwali night with my two sons. He has his duty tonight and day after. So, only one of us will be at home with kids on these three days”. Dr Mukesh, an anesthetic at Civil Hospital, will be at on-call duty in the hospital tomorrow night. “I will have to be readily available. If there will be any surgeries or caesarian deliveries, I will have to rush back here to attend to the patients.” Ensuring that all houses are lit up on Diwali night, there will be at least two to three linesmen of Powercom on duty tomorrow at their respective zonal complaint offices. While the officials will be at peace enjoying the festivities, the linesmen will be on job. Karam Chand, a Powercom employee, said, “I will be on duty here from 2 pm to 10 pm taking calls and attending to technical problems. In case, there will be any major fault, we even have to stay back the night through. I have my wife and two sons at my place in New Beant Nagar who would have to enjoy by themselves.” The Municipal Corporation will extend the water supply to residents by one hour tomorrow night. This will be done to ensure that the people are able to stock sufficient water as they light up crackers. SE (O&M) AS Dhaliwal said this was done on Diwali each year. No fire stations here
There are no fire stations in any of the peripheral towns including Nakodar and Goraya. Both the towns fall at least 35 kms away from the fire stations in Jalandhar city. The Municipal Committees there have not paid a heed to the demand of the residents there. During any incident of fire in such towns, the fire extinguishers have to be pressed into service from here. Kartarpur, falling nearly 20 kms from here, however, has the fire tenders. Emergency Numbers:
Fire: 101, 2280344, 2280355, 5080501, 2402463 Police: 100, 99157-16100, 95929-18501/2/3 Traffic Police: 1073 Ambulance: 108, 7307475522 |
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Markets see huge rush on Diwali eve
Jalandhar October 25 Markets, including Rainak Bazaar, Meena Bazaar, Sheikha Bazaar, Jyoti chowk, Attari Bazaar, saw heavy inflow of shoppers. All shops were beautifully decorated with lights. The traffic policemen were also deployed outside busy markets. Traffic moved at snail’s pace at many places as street vendors, selling diyas, candles, figurines of deities and household decorations items, had installed their stalls. The situation was grim between Company Bagh and Jyoti Chowk.
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