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A perfect picture of MC apathy
Drunk driver hits 7, crashes vehicle into electricity pole
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Police still clueless
Varsity professors write to CM
Complicated surgery performed at PIMS
Treasure hunt held on Mothers’ Day
Elderly woman evicted from ‘common’ land
Police initiates action against woman for implicating govt officials in false case
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A perfect picture of MC apathy
Jalandhar, May 11 The little work that could see the light of the day was due to agitations against the Municipal Corporation. So much so that the councillor once stepped on the table of Mayor Rakesh Rathour during a House meeting to protest against the MC’s failure in releasing grants. Not only the councillor, the residents maintain the ward had to face problems in starting major development works like constructing new roads, streets, installing streetlights, laying sewerage lines and drinking water. Nirmal Singh had contested as an independent candidate and soon after his victory joined the SAD-BJP. Things remained fine until he joined the Congress in 2009. “The moment I joined the Congress, the MC authorities stopped grants for my ward. I resorted to pressure tactics and managed to get a majority of the works done during this period,” said the councillor. Residents of Niwa Upkar Nagar said it had been years since the road in the colony was constructed. “It is difficult to commute on this stretch, especially during night. Though we approached the area councillor, but he too expressed his helplessness in dealing with the issue,” said a resident of Niwa Upkar Nagar. The councillor maintained that the work orders for the construction of roads in Niwa Upkar Nagar and Jaimal Nagar were passed recently. “The work will start soon,” he added. The councillor said following his protest against the MC authorities, he was able to get four tubewells installed in his ward. “The tubewells were installed at Lamma Pind Government School, near Christian graveyard, Arjun Nagar, Baba Ji mandir in Lamma Pind and at Niwa Upkar Nagar,” he added. Prospective candidates As the ward has been declared reserved for women, Nirmal is planning to field his wife, Balwinder Kaur, this time. On the other hand, the SAD is yet to officially announce its candidate. Amount spent The councillor claimed that Rs 1.5 crore were spent on development works in the ward. Around Rs 15 lakh was used for the sewerage system and Rs 11 lakh for installing streetlights. A project of Rs 1.2 crore for the construction of roads is still pending with the MC, he said. The work orders of another Rs 60 lakh have been passed while Rs 18 lakh has been given from the MPLAD fund by MP Mohinder Singh Kaypee. Areas of the ward Lamma Pind, Jaimal Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, Arjun Nagar, Ajit Nagar, Muslim Colony, Baldev Nagar, Christian Colony, Vivek Nagar, Upkar Nagar, Uchha Upkar Nagar, Niwa Upkar Nagar and Chandigarh colony. |
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Drunk driver hits 7, crashes vehicle into electricity pole
Jalandhar, May 11 The driver has been identified as Suresh Kumar, a resident of Leather Complex. A case under Sections 279, 337, 338 and 427 of IPC has been registered against him. The police has also impounded the vehicle he was driving. The incident took place around 10.30 pm on Thursday. The vehicle hit a ‘rehriwala’, three pedestrians and a cyclist. The vehicle then rammed into stationary auto-rickshaw and injured three people, including the driver of the auto, identified as Harpreet Singh. After rendering seven people injured, including one with serious injuries, the driver rammed his vehicle into an electricity pole. The person who sustained serious injuries was identified as Abesh and was still undergoing a treatment at the Civil Hospital. The police reached the spot and took the driver in custody. Interestingly, the police was not able to record the statement of the driver last night as he was drunk.
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Police still clueless
Jalandhar, May 11 Talking to The Tribune, Assistant Commissioner of Police (West) RPS Sandhu said the accused were hardcore criminals. The main accused, Daljit Singh, alias Bhana, a resident of Mithu Basti, is a proclaimed offender in a case of attempt to murder registered against him in 2009, the ACP added. Raids are being conducted at their suspected hideouts and clues are being collected to trace them. The ACP revealed that the accused used two country-made pistols (.32 bore and .315 bore) and fired indiscriminately at Prince and his friends standing outside his shop in the Raj Nagar market. Sources said the police has detained relatives of the accused and was accompanying them to their suspected hideouts. The police has also laid a trap to locate them by putting their mobile phones on surveillance. Prince, owner of a mobile phone shop in Raj Nagar, was shot dead by a gang of armed miscreants on Monday night. The shooters had also left three others, including a passer-by, injured before fleeing. The accused were identified as Daljit Singh, alias Bhana, a resident of Mithu Basti, Inderjit Singh, alias Lucky Ghuman of Wariana, Ranveer Sandhu of Gobind Nagar and Yudhveer Singh of Raj Nagar. Meanwhile, a group Prince's friend today visited The Tribune office and revealed that the accused had threatened Prince with dire consequences a week ago following which he had not opened his business establishment. Prince had opened his shop to collect some importance documents on May 7 night, but the accused targeted him, they added. |
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Varsity professors write to CM
Jalandhar, May 11 History lecturers have sent a representation to CM, Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal and Education minister Sikander Singh for their immediate intervention in the issue. The lecturers said scrapping PHC subject would be a loss of the university and would be a major gain for the private universities in the state. Finance secretary of Punjab Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU), Dr Vinay Sophat, said GNDU is paving the way for flourishing private universities as non-Punjabi students would be forced to join these universities. “The private varsities would start the subject, hence leading to the loss of GNDU,” he added. “We have asked the CM to manage time for us and discuss the matter. This is a serious matter and a timely intervention is a must, else scores of non-Punjabi students, the faculty of history department and the status of the university would suffer,” he said. He said such a move would wean the children of the armed personnel, para-military forces and the central government employees from studying in the university. “The university authorities have claimed that PHC does not carry any content on the entire history of Punjab rather provides superficial information only,” he said. “If the university feels so, it should set up a committee to review the subject and add some more topics, books and content in it. But instead of making some value addition, the university has gone ahead by scrapping the subject,” Dr Sophat added. The PHC has been taught in the colleges of all the three universities of Punjab- GNDU, Amritsar, Panjab University, Chandigarh and Punjabi University, Patiala, for the last many years. However, GNDU has scrapped the subject from the current academic session in its colleges situated in Amritsar, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Tarn Taran, Nawashahr and Gurdaspur. “This unethical and unjustified decision was taken without measuring the consequences, which is not a good trend,” he said. |
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Complicated surgery performed at PIMS
Jalandhar, May 11 The surgeons through arthroscopy surgery of the knee tried to give new life to the patient. The surgery lasted for almost one-and-a- half-hour, said sources. A team from orthopaedic department, led by Dr SM Bhatnagar, performed the keyhole surgery and restored the patient’s ability to stand and walk. SM Bhatnagar said, “Doctors at PIMS are operating even the most complicated surgeries. We are performing keyhole disc surgeries, spine surgery, complex joint replacement, hip and knee replacement among others.” Medical Superintendent Dr SK Bansal said, “Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences has a team of dedicated doctors working round the clock for patients.”
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Treasure hunt held on Mothers’ Day
Jalandhar, May 11 Scores of mothers and children reached the spot and participated in different events organised there. Adding a special touch to the celebration, McDonald’s also felicitated women who have been inspiring mothers.
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Elderly woman evicted from ‘common’ land
Jalandhar, May 11 Accompanied by a heavy police force, the MC’s team reached the spot and erected a signboard indicating it to be a common land. MLA KD Bhandari had laid foundation the stone for developing a park on the said land. The ‘disputed’ land measuring 39 marla is in a prime location and was under the possession of Pritam Kaur, a resident of the locality. As the news spread, hundreds of residents assembled at the site and shouted slogans against the MC authorities and area councillor Gurdip Singh Nagar. Eyewitnesses revealed that nearly 75 police personnel led by the Additional Police Commissioner reached the spot catching the area residents and the elderly woman unaware. Talking to The Tribune, Pritam Kaur said she had been living here for the past over 40 years and a case regarding its ownership was pending in a court. She alleged that the MC authorities at the behest of an SAD councillor and his three associates had evicted her from the land. Meanwhile, ADCP (City-I) RK Sharma, revealed that the woman, actually owing 2 marlas at the disputed site, was occupying the entire land illegally. Taking preventive measures, the police detained some persons for instigating the woman against the government move, Sharma said.
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Police initiates action against woman for implicating govt officials in false case
Jalandhar, May 11 Though the medical reports from the Civil Hospital is still awaited, the police has found that Jasvir Kaur, alias Jassi, of Basti Peerdad, has made a false complaint against government officials as some of them were not present in the city on that particular day. Talking to The Tribune, Assistance Commissioner of Police (West) RPS Sandhu revealed that Jassi would be booked for misleading the and falsely implicating government officials in a case of attempt to murder. "The case will be expedited accordingly on the arrival of the medical report," he added. The complaint seems frivolous as Jassi, who was arrested by the police in a case of liquor smuggling in April and was released after a local court granted her bail, wanted to take revenge from the police personnel and officials of the excise department, the ACP apprehended.
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Switching loyalties from the ruling SAD-BJP combine to the rival Congress by the sitting councillor took a toll on the development works in Ward Number 8.
The little work that could see the light of the day was due to agitations against the Municipal Corporation.
Seven persons were injured after being hit by a speeding vehicle on the Basti Bawa Khel-Kapurthala road late last night. The injured were rushed to the Jalandhar Civil Hospital.
Jalandhar, May 11
Tension prevailed in Maqsudan when a team of the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation forcibly evicted an elderly woman from a land where she had been living for the past over four decades.
The councillor said around Rs 1.5 crore was spent on development works in the ward. Still, many roads in the area in a deplorable state and streetlights are non-functional. There is acute shortage of drinking water in the ward, added the councillor. 