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Kabaddi cup dues of hoteliers cleared
Now, 108 mobile medical van to drop women home after delivery
Frustration behind youth aggression?
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Red Ribbon Clubs to come up soon
119 units collected at PTU GZS blood donation camp
Competitions, cultural events mark Science Day celebrations
Injured man found in passenger train
Meritorious students honoured
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kabaddi cup dues of hoteliers cleared
Bathinda, February 29 The state government ha instructed the hotel owners in the city to accommodate the players of different countries, their coaches, managers and some VIPs and had assured that the payments would be made after the completion of the event. Now, after getting the payments, the hoteliers in the city have decided not to rent out their rooms the next time without getting 50 per cent payment in advance. The payment of 15 hotels in the city including, Krishna Continental (Rs 26.07 lakhs), Bahia Fort (Rs 11.35 lakh), Bahia Resort (Rs 13.47 lakh), Comfort Inn (Rs 22.46 lakh), Hotel Sepal (Rs 17.64 lakh), Handi (Rs 85,570), Pizzano (Rs 21,830), Suncity Classic (Rs 7.47 lakh), Rekhi (Rs 42,760), Emmson Pride (Rs 50,109), Kamal (Rs 97,840), Celebration (Rs 42,760) , Highway Inn (Rs 1 lakh), Icy Spicy (Rs 50,950), Hotel Embassy (Rs 10,925), was pending for over three months. "The members of the hotel association have now decided not to rent out the rooms and other services without getting 50 per cent amount of the expenses in advance. We have to run from pillar to post to get back our pending dues," said the hotel and restaurant association president of Bathinda, Satish Arora. He said the payments got delayed due to the election process in the state and the lackadaisical attitude of a section of the bureaucrats and politicians in the state. "Though the role of the district administration was laudable, that of the other officials at the helm of affairs was pitiable," said Arora. He claimed the hoteliers have been paying all the taxes and other government dues on time and they tried their best to make the much-hyped World Cup Kabaddi a success. "We did not bother while spending money from our own pockets during the event as it was the dream of Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to make the event successful," Arora added. He pointed out that nobody bothered to refuse the instructions passed on to the lower-rung officials from the higher-ups during the event. He also claimed the hoteliers had offered the best of service to the players and VIPs during the event. Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, renowned Punjabi singers and dignitaries from the neighbouring countries were invited by the Punjab government for the gala opening ceremony held at the multipurpose sports stadium in Bathinda.
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Now, 108 mobile medical van to drop women home after delivery
Bathinda, February 29 Earlier, the '108' emergency mobile medical van service was used only to shift her from her house to the hospital or the health institution during the pregnancy for childbirth. To implement the new provision, instructions have been issued by the district health authorities to the senior medical officers (SMOs) of the hospitals and in-charges of the health centres and 24x7 centres. The service is provided to the woman if she asks the health staff for it or makes a phone call on the number '108' directly. The state health authorities have also reportedly issued instructions in this regard to the '108' service providers. Talking to this reporter here, the District Family Welfare Officer Dr Kundan Kumar Paul said in case the pregnant woman availed of the facility of the '108' emergency mobile medical van for coming to the hospital and going back to her home, then the referral money of Rs 200, given as transport money under the Janani Suraksha Scheme, will not be paid to her. He said the district authorities had written to the managing director of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to guide them whether a pregnant woman should be paid the referral money or not if she avails of the facility of the '108' ambulance just for one side. When contacted, the head of the Bathinda cluster of '108' facility, Raman Garg, told this reporter that after the starting of new facility some days ago, the '108' mobile medical vans had started dropping the women (after delivery) at their homes. He said they had dropped women (post delivery) in Bathinda, Bhucho and Raman Mandi areas of the district so far. It may be mentioned here that at present, 12 numbers of the '108' mobile vans have been providing emergency services in the district to people from different areas, namely, Bathinda, Maur, Sangat, Rampura Phul, Nathana, Bhagta, Raman, Talwandi Sabo, Goniana, Bhucho, Kotshameer and Balluana. The108 is a toll-free phone number to get the emergency medical services by any one in cases of accident and pregnancy. |
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Frustration behind youth aggression?
Bathinda, February 29 February 17, Amritsar: Two groups of class XI and XII students open fire at each other on school premises, leaving three injured. February 27, Hisar: An engineering student shoots his classmate dead allegedly over a dispute involving a girl. Reports also suggest the victim paid with his life for being a topper, despite being from a poor family. For youngsters, it's no longer about minor scuffles and street fights. With a hot head above their shoulders and a knife/gun in their hands, they opt for murder from the menu. What is it that is making youngsters have a short fuse and a low tolerance level? Is it wise to blame them for their behaviour or we, as a society, are responsible? Dr Sumail Singh Sidhu, who has taught at the SGTB Khalsa College in Delhi University and is currently fighting against censorship in academia, avers that it is necessary to contextualise the behaviour of youngsters of today. "Rather than simply criticising them for their behaviour and moralising, we should place it in context and see what is giving rise to it. Although, apparently the youth has an explosion of choices today but these choices are strictly regimented and regulated. The market economies paint a picture of a world that seems so near but is yet so far," he says. "The youngsters aspire to be a part of this world and they wish to remove anything or anyone who proves to be an obstruction in their journey to this world. Youngsters feel alienated from this world if they don't have enough money, if they don't have a girlfriend/boyfriend or don't have the type of body/face which is considered to be desirable. This market-driven phenomenon, that the society has created, teaches the youngster to be a thorough consumer and if he fails to be so, he gets frustrated and takes recourse to such drastic measures. There is a lack of serious questioning and discussion with youngsters. More than being the villains, they are the victims of the market and its economies," he further explains. Other experts claim that it is the easy accessibility to everything that youngsters want which is making the youngsters have low tolerance levels. Seema Gupta from the Department of Psychology of the Government Rajindra College says, "In psychology, we have a Frustration Aggression Hypothesis according to which frustration stems from the wide gap between the imaginative world that they aspire to be part of and the real world that they are living in. This frustration gives rise to aggression and soon they look for outlets to vent their aggression. “They wish to have a life like the heroes that they watch in films and solve their problems the way their cult figures do. Another reason contributing to this unchecked behaviour is the breakdown of communication between the parents and children." The lack of conversation with parents is something that also worries Dr Nidhi Gupta, psychiatrist at the Civil Hospital. "This kind of intolerant behaviour is seen more among youngsters whose parents are working. The parents have all the money to let their kids buy whatever they wish for but have no time to discuss their achievements and problems. “The youngsters have money at their disposal and want to have everything at a young age rather than grow up and earn it. “Since there is none to say 'no' to them at home, they expect the same elsewhere as well. The pressure of studies, peers causes stress and we may see manifestations of this stress in their violent behaviour," she says.
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Red Ribbon Clubs to come up soon
Bathinda, February 29 Talking to Tribune News Service here today the Consultant, Youth Affairs, Punjab State AIDS Control Society, Manish Mittal said the society had fixed a target to get 500 RRCs established during the current financial year (2011-12), of which 300 would be set up by the Pushpa Gujral Science City, Jalandhar. He was here today to participate in a district-level orientation-cum-sensitisation workshop, organised for the NSS coordinators by the Department of Youth Services at the local Circuit House in connection with setting up of Red Ribbon Clubs in 30 colleges of the Bathinda district. Mittal said the 10 districts, where 200 RRCs would be set up by Department of Youth Services in the colleges, are Bathinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Patiala, Barnala, Sangrur, Mansa, Mohali, Fazilka, Ferozepur and Muktsar. Addressing the NSS coordinators, the consultant said knowledge of HIV/AIDS was not enough to protect one from the disease and implementation of the same in life was a must. He said the aim of the Punjab State AIDS Control Society was not to create fear among the people about the HIV/AIDS, but to protect them from the deadly disease by creating awareness. Community AIDS educator, Narinder Kumar Bassi said despite being educated, most people had little knowledge about HIV/AIDS. He added that the NSS coordinators and the peer educators would play a vital role in spreading awareness about it. He also urged the authorities of the colleges not to change the RRC coordinators for at least three years to make sure implementation of the programme in a smooth manner. Bassi also said an AIDS infected couple could give birth to a non-HIV child with medical treatment during pregnancy and at the time of delivery of the baby. The blood transfusion officer (BTO) at the Blood Bank of Civil Hospital, Dr Inderdeep Singh Sra said in Bathinda district the voluntarily collection of blood units was about 80 per cent which they wanted to increase to 100 per cent. He urged the NSS coordinators to play a vital role in helping the Blood Bank achieve 100 per cent target by organising blood donation camps through the RRCs. Professor and head of Punjabi University Regional Centre, Bathinda, Jeet Singh Joshi said there was a dire need to educate the students about the deadly disease by telling them that being tested positive for HIV means death. He said this would create a fear among them and they would remain cautious in life. The first-aid trainer at the District Red Cross Society, Naresh Pathania spoke on the drug de-addiction activities. He told the NSS coordinators about the drug problem in the district and the facilities being provided to the under-treatment drug addicts at the drug de-addiction centres of the Red Cross Society in Bathinda. Assistant Director, Youth Services, Bathinda, Dr Kamaljit Singh Sidhu spoke about the aims and objectives of the workshop and formation of the RRCs. He said this was the first occasion when the Youth Services Department was going to set up RRCs in the colleges which would cover AIDS awareness, drug de-addiction and blood donation programmes. On the occasion, a movie relating to HIV/AIDS awareness, ‘Savdhan (Caution)’, produced by Border Security Force (BSF) and UNAIDS, was screened for the NSS coordinators. Literature, relating to HIV/AIDS, drug abuse and blood donation, along with a CD of the film, was also distributed among the coordinators.
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119 units collected at PTU GZS blood donation camp
Bathinda, February 29 A team of the Blood Bank, Bathinda, led Dr Sra said at the camp, as many as 119 students, including girls, donated blood. He said a blood donation camp had also been organised in the campus on January 20 by the NSS unit. 78 students had donated blood during that camp. Dr Sra said they were planning to organise more such blood donation camps in the colleges across the district as youngsters were coming forward in large numbers to donate blood voluntarily. He also said in February the Blood Bank had collected 1,035 blood units. He said about 80 per cent blood units had been donated by the people voluntarily.
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Competitions, cultural events mark Science Day celebrations
Bathinda, February 29 The theme of the celebration was ‘Clear Energy Options & Nuclear Safety’. The college organised various inter-college competitions like paper presentations, quiz contest, collage making, debugging and extempore as part of the celebrations. Manish Goyal, officiating principal of BFCET welcomed the chief guest, Pawan Kumar Garg, assistant commissioner, Excise & Taxtation and guest of honour Rajesh Bansal, District Manager, PEDA (Bathinda & Barnala). More than 20 teams from various colleges participated in different events and won prizes. Ajay Sidana, head of the Mechanical Department presented a slide show on the theme. Gurmeet Singh Dhaliwal, managing director, BFGI also shared his views on the National Science Day. He said today’s generation had the biggest responsibility on its shoulders to free the society from the evils of superstitions and blind faith. Pawan Garg and Rajesh Bansal gave away the prizes to the winners and congratulated them. They also honoured the students of ECE 6th semester for achieving the first position in Robotics Competition held at Desh Bhagat Institute of Engineering and Management, Moga. Some cultural performances were also presented by the students which received a great round of applause from the audience.
A city-based NGO organised a programme at the Government Senior Secondary School, Maiserkhana, to mark the Science Day. The students were made aware that the Science Day on February 28 each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on 28 February 1928. For his discovery, Raman was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in the year 1933. In her address, principal of the school, Varinder Pal Kaur spoke to students, faculty and parents about the importance of science in making the world a better place and how science is an indispensable part of everyone’s life. On the occasion, chart-making, painting and quiz competitions were also organised. While Jeevan Jeet Kaur won the painting competition, Sukhpreet Kaur won the quiz competition and Harmanjeet Kaur was adjudged the winner of the essay writing competition.
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Injured man found in passenger train
Bathinda, February 29 The identity of the man could not be ascertained. Volunteers of the Sahara Jan Sewa helped in shifting the injured to the civil hospital. The condition of the unidentified man is still critical. The volunteers said the matter had been brought to the notice of the police and efforts were on to identify him. It seemed that the injured had received head injuries. 45-year-old consumes poisonous substance A 45-year-old man was found lying in an unconscious state near the Community Centre in Model Town-Phase-III. Some passerby brought the matter into the notice of Sahara Jan Sewa whose volunteers rushed the man to the local civil hospital. The man was identified as Bharpur Singh. The matter has been brought to the notice of the police who are investigating the matter. Material stolen from closed flour mill Material worth `23,000 was stolen from a flour mill which had been lying closed for the past few months. In his complaint to the police, Krishan Kumar of Rama Mandi said some persons broke the locks of his mill and decamped with clothes, utensils, electric goods and other material. A case under sections 457 and 380 of the IPC has been registered in this connection against Lakhi Singh of Rama village, Mandar Singh, Tej Kaur and Manpreet Kaur at Rama Police Station. No arrests have been made so far. Driver booked for rash driving Driver of a Tata Indigo has been booked by the police for rash driving which lead to an accident and death of two people. In his complaint to the police, Durga Ram of Bhucho Mandi said Gopi Ram and Rakesh Kumar were going to Talwandi Sabo in a taxi which was hit by another car. Both the occupants died in the accident. The accident took place near Lehra Dhurkot.
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Bathinda, February 29 Dr Gill honoured 150 meritorious students of the college who had excelled in the filed of academics, sports, youth activities, NCC etc. In his address, he exhorted the students to choose their career keeping in mind the challenges ahead. He said the present generation was the future of India and it should equip itself to work for the welfare of the nation and the humanity at large. — TNS
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It was celebration time for the hotel owners in the city as they finally got pending payments to the tune of over Rs 1.20 crores for their services rendered during the second World Cup Kabaddi organised by the SAD-BJP government.
To create awareness regarding HIV/AIDS/drug abuse among the masses, under the banner of Punjab State AIDS Control Society, as many as 200 Red Ribbon Clubs
(RRCs) will be established in the colleges in 10 districts of the state by the Department of Youth Services, Punjab, by the end of March this year.
