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School van mows down 4-yr-old
Health department kicks off mosquito control exercise
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Congress councillors to protest against SAD-BJP’s ‘discriminatory’ ways
Teachers demand regularisation
Shop destroyed in fire
The shop which was gutted in a fire at Pink Plaza market in Amritsar on Saturday. photo: Vishal Kumar
3 held with stolen motorcycles
Two of the accused in police custody in Amritsar on Saturday. photo: Vishal Kumar Power cuts
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School van mows down 4-yr-old
Amritsar, May 12 The Kamboh police station has booked the driver of the school van on the statement of deceased’s mother Kulwinder Kaur. It is learnt that when people gathered at spot and gheraoed the van driver, identified as Raghubir Singh of Gumtala, he took Kulwinder and Sukhchain on the pretext of taking them to the hospital. However, on his way when he learnt that the boy had died, he hired an auto-rickshaw and sent Kulwinder and her son to their home and fled from the scene. The police authorities said Kulwinder had gone to her parents’ home at Chhota Meera Kot on Thursday. At the time of incident, she was waiting for a bus to go to Mallunangal village to meet her relatives. The police officials said the bus driver of the school van was absconding and efforts are afoot to nab him. A case under Section 304-A of the IPC has been registered against him. The boy, Sukhchain Singh of Teja Behla village near Fatehgarh Churian, died on the spot after being hit by the school van. The boy along with her mother was waiting for a bus at Meerakot Khurd village bus stand When people gathered at spot and gheraoed the van driver, identified as Raghubir Singh of Gumtala, he took Kulwinder and Sukhchain on the pretext of taking them to the hospital. However, on his way when he learnt that the boy had died, he hired an auto-rickshaw and sent Kulwinder and her son to their home and fled from the scene
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Health department kicks off mosquito control exercise
Amritsar, May 12 District epidemiologist Dr Charanjit Singh, said the department has started spraying medicines in various areas for killing mosquitoes. He said they had constructed 15 teams for keeping a watch over the situation. He said people have also been asked to take precautions to check breeding of mosquitoes. The department has also called a meeting of the senior officials of various departments on May 16 to seek their cooperation in preventing diseases caused by mosquitoes. The meeting would be attended by officials of Education Department, Public health, Municipal Corporation. Dr Charanjit Singh said the department has planned to run awareness programmes at schools and localities to educate people on the causes and symptoms of diseases. He said the teams are alternatively spraying medicines in all the wards of the city. The district epidemiologist said the department has sent its demand for more medicines used for the spray. He said they have sufficient stock of medicines. The teams are also visiting homes to collect samples regularly. In 2011, the city had witnessed more than 100 cases of dengue, though no deaths were reported. Dr Charanjit Singh said with department taking measures, the number of dengue cases would be much less than the previous year. District epidemiologist Dr Charanjit Singh says the department has planned to run awareness programmes at schools and localities to educate people on the causes and symptoms of diseases
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MC ready to tackle water crisis
Amritsar, May 12 The MC officials said duties have been assigned for assessing the need of water and measures to fulfill the demand. The corporation officials said generators have been set up at various tubewells to meet the water demand during power failures. The corporation has around 30 large-sized tanks built in various areas of the city, which it hopes to put to good use during the summer months, when the water demand is relatively high. Even as the MC is worried about the quantity of drinking water, residents in few areas are complaining about the quality of water. Residents said the water supplied at their houses is highly unfit for drinking. In a recent incident, residents of Nehru colony had complained of sewer mixed drinking water. Jaswinder Singh, Superintending Engineer, Water Supply, said they have made all arrangements to cope up with the demand. He said generators at tubewells are being installed for a regular supply of water. He said they have proactively made all arrangements so that residents do not face problems.
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Congress councillors to protest against SAD-BJP’s ‘discriminatory’ ways
Amritsar, May 12 Majority of our wards faced constant discrimination from the SAD-BJP government during all these five years and now when the MC elections are approaching, the government has started registering false cases against the Congress leaders to pressurise them, they alleged. Agarwal alleged the police has registered a kidnapping case against former Congress councillor Mahesh Khanna. At present his wife is a councillor from the ward. He said this has been done to pressurise them so that they could not fight the elections. “Though we have not decided the date of launching the protests, these would start soon,” he said while addressing mediapersons. While criticising Mayor Shawet Malik, he said all the development projects currently underway in the city, including the construction of the elevated road, started during the Congress regime. And the SAD-BJP combine has been taking the credit of all these projects. “In fact the much-touted city bus service and solid waste management projects announced by the present government could not see the light to the day,” he said. He said the MC does not have much funds to give salaries to its employees. But the Mayor is wasting money in advertisements for taking credit of central schemes, he alleged. He alleged the drinking water facility in large number of areas is still faulty. A number of localities do not have proper sewerage system, he said.
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Teachers demand regularisation
Amritsar, May 12 Union’s district president Gurpreet Singh Verka said around 7,654 teachers, who were appointed two years back on a contractual basis, are given a salary of just Rs 3,100 to Rs 6,400. Gurpreet Singh Verka said the government had promised to regularise the services of teachers after two years of service.
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Shop destroyed in fire
Amritsar, May 12 Deepak said all the material in the shop had been reduced to ashes. He suspected that the fire started due to short circuit from the main power lines passing through the front of the shop. “My cousin Rajiv Kapoor who owns a shop near his two storey building informed him about the smoke and flames coming out of the shop,” said Deepak. Three fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames. It took more than five hours to extinguish the fire, he said. He said all the material including cosmetics and undergarments worth Rs 30 lakhs were gutted in the incident.
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3 held with stolen motorcycles
Amritsar, May 12 The CIA staff arrested Harjit Singh, a resident of Lohka village in Tarn Taran, for allegedly stealing vehicles. Acting on a tip-off, the police nabbed him near the Gujjarpura area. The police recovered 150 grams of narcotic powder from his possession. He was coming on a stolen motorcycle having registration number PB-17-B-2598. “On the tip off provided by him during interrogation, the police managed to seize three more stolen motorcycles. He confessed that he had lifted two motorcycles from outside Celebration Mall, one from near Company Bagh and one from Tarn Taran,” said Vikram Sharma, in charge, CIA staff. A case under Sections 379 and 411 of the IPC and Sections 22, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against them at A-division police station. Meanwhile, the Jhander police arrested two persons Gurtej Singh and Khushbir Singh of Pathan Nangal and recovered two stolen motorcycles from their possession. While Gurtej was nabbed from near Kandowali village, Khushbir was arrested from near Sangatpura canal. Two separate cases under Sections 379 and 411 have been registered against them, said the police authorities.
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Amritsar, May 12
A shop dealing in cosmetic items located in Pink Plaza market just opposite Hall Gate was gutted in fire here today. The incident came to light when the adjoining shop owners observed smoke coming out of the shop in the morning. They immediately raised an alarm and call shop owner Deepak Kumar.
The police has nabbed three persons who were allegedly involved in several cases of stealing and sale of stolen vehicles.
The CIA staff arrested Harjit Singh, a resident of Lohka village in Tarn Taran, for allegedly stealing vehicles. Acting on a tip-off, the police nabbed him near the Gujjarpura area. The police recovered 150 grams of narcotic powder from his possession. He was coming on a stolen motorcycle having registration number PB-17-B-2598.