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Teachers frown as MCB plans multi-level parking at school
Two get lifer for killing former minister’s son
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Bathinda district takes the lead
Rail fare rollback not fair: Employees
Checking mishaps: Civil Defence to sensitise commuters to road safety
Plea to set up Milk price commission
Seminars mark World Water Day
SBoP employees hold cultural show
Awareness programme on TB, first aid held for truckers
Eight injured as mishaps continue on city roads
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Teachers frown as MCB plans multi-level parking at school
Bathinda, March 22 Acting against the proposal, members of various teachers' bodies handed over a memorandum to the block primary officer Darshan Singh Jeeda. A delegation comprising members of the Democratic Teachers' Front, the BEd Teachers' Union, the ETT Teachers' Union, the SSA/ RMSA Teachers' Union, the Unemployed BEd Teachers' Front, the 7654 Union and others met the block primary officer today. The memorandum states that while on the one hand, the government has introduced provisions like the Right to Education (RTE) to ensure that every child gets primary education, on the other hand, it was 'hell bent' on disposing of land meant for schools. "In 2005, the Congress government led by Captain Amarinder Singh had also tried to sell off schools to the private corporate, which did not succeed due to united struggle put up by teachers," the teachers said. They called upon the teaching community to join hands so that poor and underprivileged class of society is not bereft of education. It is pertinent to mention here that in 2005, before the Municipal Committee here was upgraded to Municipal Corporation, a proposal was mooted to erect a multi-level parking on the land of fire brigade office. The local bodies had even constituted a sub-committee that drafted the proposal and a private agency was roped in for the work. "The private agency, however, wanted to utilise some portion of land for commercial purposes, which the local bodies had objected to. The deal never materialised and the entire proposal was kept on hold," said sources in the MCB. While the corporation objected to the commercial use of its own land, it has now readily taken over the project of dismantling one of the oldest educational institutes in the heart of the city allegedly to mint money. Meanwhile, Mayor Baljit Singh Beerbehman said the corporation planned to take over the primary wing of the school and convert it into a multi-level parking facility to solve the parking woes in the area. “On Monday, the corporation would be sending a representation to the Punjab Government for taking over the land on lease basis. The parking would be given on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis,” he said.
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Two get lifer for killing former minister’s son
Bathinda, March 22 The court awarded life sentence to labourer Raj Kumar alias Raju of village Chahla Wala in Mansa district and agriculturist from the same village Sikandar Singh alias Shailly. On August 2, Sandeep was found shot dead in his red Tavera vehicle parked in the middle of the road along the Bathinda branch of Sirhind canal. In her statement to the police, Sandeep's wife Jasleen Kaur, a resident of Civil Lines area, had alleged that Sandeep left with two men on the fateful day at around 9:30 am to visit a piece of land that Sandeep owned in Janta Nagar area near the canal. The two youth wanted to take the land on lease. Within half an hour of leaving, she got a call informing about Sandeep being killed by a gun shot near the Sirhind canal. It was alleged that the murderers also took away a gold bangle, a gold ring, a wrist watch, a mobile phone and `5,000 in cash. Witnesses Tara Singh of Doolowal village (Mansa), family friend Chhinder Singh and Paramjit Singh of Ghuman Kalan (Bathinda) deposed before the court recounting the instances wherein the accused interacted with the victim. On these statements, accused Raj Kumar, Sikandar Singh, Pargat Singh from village Kheewa Khurd and tailor master Karan Kumar (native of Bihar) were nominated. Pargat Singh, Karan Kumar and Raj Kumar were arrested on August 7, 2009, near canal minor of village Kartar Singh Wala. Raj Kumar pleaded leniency before the court stating that he was among three siblings and was the only one to look after parents. Similarly, convict Sikandar Singh pleaded that there was no one else to look after his old parents in his absence. However, the court observed that the convicts perished a very valuable life at the prime of its age and awarded life sentence to Raj Kumar and Sikandar Singh. Raj Kumar was also sentenced to three years along with a fine of `3,000 under Section 25 of Arms Act.
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Bathinda district takes the lead
Bathinda, March 22 Under the presidentship of chairperson of the Zila Parishad, Bathinda, the governing body of the society has been constituted while the Deputy Commissioner is the vice- chairman, the District Social Security Officer (DSSO) is the member secretary of the governing body. Besides, the DSSO has also been nominated as the District Child Protection Officer. The first meeting of the governing body was held here some days ago wherein a resolution was adopted to get the District Child Protection Society registered under the Societies Act 1860 to begin its functioning in a proper manner. Talking to this reporter here, DSSO Rajwinder Singh Gill said Bathinda was the first district in the state that had set up a district child protection society. He attributed the entire credit to the Deputy Commissioner Kamal Kishore Yadav for the early setting up of the society. Gill said the society would ensure protection of children, especially the neglected and orphaned ones. Besides, it would also take measures so that any child in the district could not turn criminal. It would also identify the children at the district level while such societies would also be formed at block and village levels to provide care and protection to the children. He said the society would also coordinate and supervise the implementation of the integrated child protection scheme and other child protection activities, including monitoring and supervision of all institutions, agencies, projects, programmes and the NGOs involved in the children welfare programmes. Besides, it would also work to support the proper functioning of the child welfare committee and the Juvenile Justice Board, he added. The protection officer of the society will also work to identify the families and the children at risk to prevent destitution of children. He will also arrange or provide necessary support services, education, vocational skills, counselling, access to healthcare etc. He will also ensure effective implementation of the child protection policies and programmes, relating to the children requiring care and protection. |
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Rail fare rollback not fair: Employees
Bathinda, March 22 Former railway minister Dinesh Trivedi in his Railway Budget tabled before Parliament on March 14 had proposed a fare hike across the board. His proposal cost him dear as he had to lose his chair, though commenting on the rail budget, the Prime Minister had termed the budget as ‘forward looking’. Several railways employees, while talking to Bathinda Tribune on Thursday, said on the condition of anonymity that such populist decision would cost not only the railways but also the country. Terming the proposal of Dinesh Trivedi as “judicious”, railway employees said the former railway minister was right as money was needed to carry out development work, to implement plans concerning passengers’ safety and amenities. “Railways is in dire need of money to carry out development work related to railways and passengers and welfare works for the staff.” Railway staff, pleading anonymity, added that the railways had been withholding several development measures for months due to lack of funds. It may be mentioned that railway unions had threatened to launch an agitation over the rollback issue. Secretary of the Northern Railways Mens’ Union (NRMU) Bathinda, Thakur Singh while expressing dissatisfaction over the rollback said that the union was assessing the proposal for a rollback and would soon take a decision accordingly. Giving the reasons for fund generation, Thakur Singh even routine repair works, like maintenance of railway’s quarters had been withheld due to the lack of funds. Secretary of NRMU’s Bathinda said there were 1,400 railway quarters for the employees at Railway Colony in Bathinda. “No repair and maintenance work, like white washing, had been carried out in these quarters for the last three years,” Thakur Singh said. Railway staff said money was needed to install even lights at platforms. In such condition, how could the railways carry out major work related to upgradation of amenities? “Passengers blame the railways and its staff for not providing better amenities but they should know that the railways wants to serve the countrymen in the best possible way. But we feel helpless in the absence of funds,” said railway employees. |
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Checking mishaps: Civil Defence to sensitise commuters to road safety Bathinda, March 22 The members would raise awareness by distributing fliers among commuters on March 26 at Hanuman Chowk here and would also urge them to spread the message. Local NGOs already working for the social cause would also be roped in to distribute the fliers among commuters. "Apart from these fliers, we will also put placards on display urging commuters to drive carefully and follow the traffic rules. It is aimed at capturing public attention so that the number of accidents could be reduced to some extent," said Narinder Bassi, deputy divisional warden of the Civil Defence Warden Service, Bathinda. He said 5,000 to 15,000 leaflets bearing different slogans and photographs would be distributed among the commuters in the next three months. "As many as 18 leaflets bearing different slogans related to road safety would be distributed among people," he added. Bassi said that many youngsters were among those who lost their lives in road accidents that took place in the city and its vicinity recently. Most of these accidents took place due to human error or negligence, engineering faults in road construction, drunk driving, use of cell phones while driving, lack of awareness about traffic rules and driving without wearing helmet and seat belt, he added. Kamal Dutt Sharma, deputy divisional warden, said Bathinda Deputy Commissioner KK Yadav was the controller of their organisation. He said it was a department of the Central Government and its members extended their services for various social works without any remuneration. He pointed out that there were 249 members associated with the organisation, which includes local businessmen, employees of various private and government firms and others. "Apart from using helmet and seat belts, stringent measures taken by senior police and district administration officials will help in reducing the number of accidents," said president of the Sahara Jan Sewa Vijay Goyal. He added that it was high time people were made aware of the problem.
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Plea to set up Milk price commission
Bathinda, March 22 The milkmen today gathered outside the Mini-secretariat here and discussed their problem. Later, they submitted a memorandum to the district administration, urging the government to initiate steps to protect their interests and save them from ruin. President of the Dodhi Union, Bathinda, Balwinder Kumar Pakka Kalan said the private milk companies had slashed the purchase rates to such an extent that they were unable to supply the milk to them at those rates. He said the private milk companies had fixed the rate as Rs 3 per fat while even the government milk plant's rate is Rs 4 per fat. He said even the private milk companies had not been taking milk (by imposing ceiling) from them due to which they were now facing great hardship in selling their product. He said their business was now passing tough times. Balwinder said on the one hand, the expenditure on producing milk, in the form of high prices of green fodder, medicines, feed and upkeep of cattle, had been increasing day by day and on the other, the companies had slashed the rate of milk. He said in these conditions, the milkmen and the dairy farm owners had been suffering a lot. In the memorandum, the Dodhi Union has urged the Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister, to set up a Milk Price Commission on the pattern of the Agriculture Price and Cost Commission. The union has also demanded inclusion of milk processing units in the category of small- scale industries. The government should make arrangements for purchasing milk at its own level. The Dairy Development Board should also play its role instead of becoming a mute spectator to the condition of the milkmen, the union said.
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Seminars mark World Water Day
Bathinda, March 22 BD Sharma, Deputy Director, Activities, while welcoming Manshahia, said," World Water Day is observed on March 22 since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared it as World Water Day. With the right policies and priorities, many countries with a dry climate, are managing water resources effectively." Speaking on the occasion, Manshahia said,"Many of us are familiar with the statistics: water-borne diseases cause the death of more than 1.5 million children each year, and nearly one billion people worldwide do not currently have access to safe drinking water. In fact 97 per cent of the water is salt water from the oceans and two per cent is ice caps. Of the remaining 1 per cent fresh water, only a small percentage is accessible. And from what is accessible, 98 per cent water is used for agriculture and industrial use." He also added that the most important reason, above all, is that water is required for life to occur. Water is also involved in many chemical reactions in our body, without which our body cannot function, he added. Managing Director of BFGI, Gurmeet Singh Dhaliwal appreciated the efforts made by the department of social welfare. Harpal Singh, Deputy Director, Facility Management, proposed the vote of thanks. The principals of various colleges, heads of different departments, staff members and students were also present. GRDIET says save water A seminar to save water was held at Guru Ram Dass Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lehra Bega, on World Water Day. Speaking at the seminar, the director of the institute, Prof Daljit Singh, said there are seven billion people to feed on the planet today. Statistics say each of us drink two to four litres of water every day. However, most of the water that we 'drink' is embedded in the food that we eat. For example, producing one kg of beef consumes 15,000 litres of water while one kg of wheat requires 1,500 litres. When a billion people in the world already live in chronic hunger and water resources are under pressure, we cannot pretend that the problem does not exist, he said. He said people can help by consuming a healthier, sustainable diet and consuming less water-intensive products and reducing the wastage of food. Thirty per cent of the food produced is never eaten and the water used to produce it is definitely lost, he added. Chairman of the institute, Prof Harabhajan Singh said water should be conserved to preserve life itself. Chinderpal Singh, Satpal Singh and Navjit Singh were also present on the occasion.
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SBoP employees hold cultural show
Bathinda, March 22 Office-bearers of the zonal cultural council, including secretary Narinder Bansal, vice-president LR Goyal and president Vinod Kochher inaugurated the zonal cultural show. The show began with a “bhajan” presented by Geeta Bansal. Various items, like choreography by kids, based on jungle theme, comedy skit, songs, bhangra marked the occasion. Women staff members presented Malwai Gidha. Surprise items like the youngest kid, women who had put on the maximum number of bangles, a person having Rs 10 coin and a couple having two or more daughters were also feted. Addressing the participants, Vinod Kochher said curricular activities were must for the bank employees to refresh themselves. LR Goyal thanked the audience. RO system donated To mark the World Water Day, the State Bank of India (SBI), main branch, Kikkar Bazar, Bathinda, donated a reverse osmosis (RO) system to Shri Narayan Bal Vidya Mandir School, Janta Nagar, to provide clean water to students of the school. The function was chaired by RM Madan, chief manager of the branch. Manager of the bank, MR Jindal, was also present on the occasion. Office-bearers of the school, including Pawan Garg, Brij Mohan Sharma, Naresh Garg, Ramneek Walia and SS Azad were also present.
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Awareness programme on TB, first aid held for truckers
Bathinda, March 22 The programme was held under the supervision of PK Srivastava, Manager (OPS)-in-charge and Deputy Manager Varinder Singh of
BPCL.
As many as 150 truck drivers and workers of the depot attended the programme. Dr Ashok Monga. District TB Officer from the local Civil Hospital, delivered a lecture to the truckers on the symptoms of TB and its prevention. He appealed to the gathering that those suffering from cough for more than two weeks should go to the nearest TB centre for the examination of sputum so that the disease can be controlled on time. Dr Monga said that under the revised national TB control programme (RNTCP), medicine was given free of cost to the patients at all hospitals. First aid trainer Naresh Pathania from the local St. John Ambulance Association delivered a lecture on the importance of first aid in cases of trauma. He said it was the civil, religious, humanitarian and social duty of each person to help the sick and the injured to save human lives. He also stated that during road accidents, proper first aid service can preserve lives. Pathania said a sound principle, when assessing a situation in which an accident has taken place, is to try and stay calm, reassure the injured and give appropriate on-the-spot first aid to the victims immediately. Krishan Kumar Singhal from TB Hospital, deputy managers JK Khairwar, LC Rajora and Benudar Behra, assistant manager Mohammed Ibran and the staff members of BPCL actively participated in the programme.
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Eight injured as mishaps continue on city roads
Bathinda, March 22 Volunteers of an NGO, Sahara Jan Sewa, rushed the injured to the Civil Hospital. The volunteers said the accident took place due to the congested road. A 14-year--old child received serious injuries on the GT road when a speeding motorcyclist hit him. The injured child has been identified as Karan, son of Mahinder Prajapat. The child was rushed to the Civil Hospital by volunteers of the Sahara Jan Sewa. The child is undergoing treatment at the emergency ward of the hospital. An unidentified man received injuries after he was hit by a speeding car near the Malgodam road. He was admitted to a hospital by volunteers of the NGO Sahara. A woman, mentally ill, was hit by a speeding jeep on the Barnala road. She received serious injuries and was rushed to the hospital by Sahara volunteers. She was admitted to the emergency ward of the hospital where her condition is stated to be critical. A woman, Banti Rani, was hit by an oil tanker on the Santpura road. The woman, a resident of Janta Nagar, was rushed to the hospital. A scooterist, Sidharth Bhandari was injured when his scooter collided with a pedestrian, Rajesh, near the Post Office market. The injured were admitted to the hospital by Sahara volunteers. A 29-year-old resident of Maur Mandi received injuries near the Fauji Chowk. The injured has been identified as Upkar Singh. He was rushed to the hospital by Sahara volunteers. Engg college employee injured in accident
An employee of the Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering and Technology received injuries in an accident that took place near the Housefed Bridge. A case under sections 279, 337 and 427 of the IPC has been registered in this connection against the unidentified jeep driver at the Canal Colony police station. The complainant Devinder Singh said he was hit by a speeding jeep while he was descending from the bridge on the Dabwali road. Devinder Singh received multiple injuries and his Honda scooter too was badly damaged. The jeep driver fled after hitting the scooter. Motorcycle stolen
A motorcycle was stolen from Ganesha Basti. The complainant, Tarsem Kumar Goyal, the owner of a computer shop at Gol Diggi, said the bike, bearing the registration number of Bathinda, was parked outside his house and it was stolen by some unidentified element. A case under section 379 of the IPC has been registered in this connection at the Civil Line police station. Two arrested for posing as qualified doctors
Two residents of Mohalla Kikkar Das have been arrested by the police for posing as qualified doctors. Head constable Lachhman Das is the complainant and investigating officer in the case. Lachhman Das said the accused were arrested on the basis of a tip-off from near the Bir Talab chowk. They had been cheating the poor by selling them medicines for various ailments. The accused have been identified as Mohan Singh and Amar Singh, both residents of Mohalla Kikkar Das, Bathinda. A case under sections 420 of the IPC and 15 of the Indian Medical Act, 1956, has been registered against the accused. They were brought to the police station and were to be produced before the magistrate. Two booked for stealing harvesting machine
Two residents of Maluka village have been booked for stealing a harvesting machine from Kalian Sukha village. The complainant, Ranjeet Singh of Kalian Sukha village, said the two accused, identified as Raj Bhupinder Singh and Amritpal Singh, had stolen the machine which is worth Rs 40,000. A case under sections 379 and 34 of the IPC has been registered against the two accused at Nathana police station. No arrests have been made so far. Villager booked for cheating Rs 10 lakh
A resident of Jalal village has been booked by the police for cheating a resident of Talwandi Majhuki village near Tapa Mandi. The complainant Amarjeet Singh said the accused, Harbans Singh, fraudulently pocketed Rs 10 lakh extra from him during the deal for a piece of agricultural land. He said the accused falsely showed him a piece of land and misguided him by saying it belonged to him. The land, however, belonged to the Punjab government. A case under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the accused. No arrests have been made so far by the police. |
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The court of district and sessions judge SK Aggarwal today awarded life sentence to two of the four persons accused of murdering former minister of SAD Teja Singh's son Sandeep Singh alias Bobby on August 2, 2009.
Resentment prevails among the milkmen against the private companies for allegedly slashing the rate of the milk, purchased from them by these companies.
The milkmen today gathered outside the Mini-secretariat here and discussed their problem. Later, they submitted a memorandum to the district administration, urging the government to initiate steps to protect their interests and save them from ruin.
Bathinda, March 22
An awareness programme on the prevention of tuberculosis (TB) and the importance of first aid was organized at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Bathinda, Phoos
Mandi. The programme was held under the supervision of PK Srivastava, Manager (OPS)-in-charge and Deputy Manager Varinder Singh of
BPCL.
As many as 150 truck drivers and workers of the depot attended the
programme.
