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Dirty domestic linen washed at Khulla Darbar
Municipal Corporation encroached upon my plot, alleges retired SDO
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Brahman Samaj factions clash over presidentship
Declare eco emergency in Malwa: KVM
Material stolen from garment shop in Goniana Mandi
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Dirty domestic linen washed at Khulla Darbar
Bathinda, May 20 Eight panels of experts counselled 80 couples and their family members and motivated them not to annul their marriages and reach at an amicable solutions. Thirty-eight cases out of 64 were settled with mutual understanding, while complainants and opposite parties of the 24 cases which could not be settled by the panel have been asked to appear again. “This was perhaps one of the toughest jobs we have undertaken. We currently have 120 cases pending with the women cell, 80 of which were brought to the Khulla Darbar. The basic idea is to act as a mediator and settle disputes as well as decrease the pendency of cases. The cases taken up here are not settled for once and all, but would be followed up keeping track of the couples,” said SSP, Dr Sukhchain Singh Gill. Gill said it was the brainchild of the Member of Parliament, Harsimrat Kaur Badal who motivated the police to help in settling the pending cases of the women cell. He said most of the times, the lower middle class or poor people opted for the women cell to sort out their marital discords. The elite or upper middle class strata never comes out openly with its problems or end up committing suicides or getting divorced, he added. At the women cell level, lower police officials deal with the cases, who lack the sensitivity to resolve the matters amicably. Hence, panels of experts were formulated to deal with the cases and counsel the couples without getting intimidated or getting carried away emotionally. Each panel comprised of one senior gazetted police officer, a social worker, a legal expert, house officer of the area station concerned and one female teacher. In many cases, the disputing parties lost their temper and started hurling abuses at each other. Cops had a tough time not only toning down the volatile situation but offering an advice and making sure that the matters were resolves. Panelists pointed out that in most of the cases, interference of women’s parents created problems for the couple. Easy accessibility of mobile phone, lack of patience and perseverance and lack of trust in each other drove couples to opt for separation. In one of the cases, the woman laid certain conditions before her husband before settling the dispute. In presence of the panel members, she told her husband to do all household chores and ask his family members not to visit their home. While she was listing out her conditions, a cop standing nearly lost
his temper. He was mellowed down by his fellow panelists. In another case, a man objected to his wife’s illicit relations with other men and asked for a divorce. The counselors counselled the wife to refrain from such activities and asked the man to give her some more time. “The couple has an 18-month-old son. We are trying to keep them together so that the child’s future is secure,” said one of the members on the panel. Not all the complainants and the opposite party at the darbar were pleased with the judgments of the panel. One of such persons, Rajesh Kumar, whose niece had a marital discord, said after visiting the Women Cell for nine months, the panel failed to arrive at any solution to their problem. Satpal Singh, father of the wailing girl said he had marrie his daughter to an unemployed boy of Bathinda and now his parents were not giving a share of their property to his daughter. The boy’s father alleged that there was a lot of interference of the girl’s family members who kept instigating their daughter to speak against his son. “We got my son’s medical examination conducted and no trace of any kind of drugs was found,” he said. The only problem is that my son is an unemployed which the girl’s family members should have considered earlier,” said the boy’s father. |
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Municipal Corporation encroached upon my plot, alleges retired SDO
Bathinda, May 20 For the last six years, Sandhu has been running from pillar to post to save his 270 sq yards of plot of which the municipal body is forcibly trying to take over 10 feet area. “When I bought this piece of land under Scheme 9, Part 1 of the Town Planning Department in the year 2001, the MC promised me a 20 feet wide road. Even the map provided to me shows the same. But around six years ago, the MC constructed the boundary wall of its park, which squeezed the road in the front portion of my plot to a mere 10 feet,” said Sandhu. Later, when the maps of other plots in his neighborhood were passed, they too were shown 20 feet wide road, which started from the boundary wall of the park constructed. When Sandhu took up the matter with the Municipal Corporation authorities, he was told that the 10 feet of the front portion of his plot was actually a part of the road. “My map was passed first and maps of all other plots were passed later on. If the MC has to acquire 10 feet of my plot, it should pay me as per the market rate and not resort to confiscatory methods,” an angry Sandhu said. For the last six years, Sandhu has taken up the matter with various corporation authorities for a number of times. He has been frequenting the offices of the Municipal Commissioner and the Assistant Commissioner but has failed to get any respite. He has now written to the Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal, seeking justice. “A fraud has been done either by the Minicipal Corporation officials who prepared the first map, or by those officials who prepared the maps after mine was passed,” Sandhu said. He has demanded that action be taken against the erring officials and responsibility be fixed. Meanwhile, corporation officials were not available for comments.
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Brahman Samaj factions clash over presidentship
Bathinda, May 20 As soon as Singla left the venue, the supporters of the Bathinda district president, Somjit, declared him the president
of the body for the next five years. At this, the supporters of another leader, Kulwant Rai, objected. Rai’s supporters said there was one year to go before the elections for the body were held. Somjit has already served four years out of his five-year term. Both the factions started raising slogans against each other. The heated arguments turned into unruly scenes with both the factions hurling chairs and stones at each other. Two persons were taken to Maur government hospital and were referred to the Bathinda Civil Hospital from there. |
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Declare eco emergency in Malwa: KVM
Bathinda, May 20 The region has been identified as facing the most severe environmental health crisis. KVM demanded that the entire area be treated as a toxic hot spot. To focus on its efforts, the government must declare and impose immediately a state of ecological and environmental health emergency in the entire belt. For this, specially drawn plans are needed with a specific focus on natural and organic farming, with adequately allocated funds for the targeted problem. In an open letter to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Health Minister Madan Mohan Mittal, KVM has demanded that environmental emergency be declared in Punjab and epidemiological mapping process be initiated immediately. The KVM letter states that for last few decades, the health of the people of Punjab has worsened drastically. The total disease scenario has changed in the last 50 years. There is an epidemic of chronic incurable diseases in Punjab. Despite all this, in Punjab, no epidemiological investigations are being undertaken to know the extent, magnitude and seriousness of toxicity in soil, water, food chain and the tissues of humans and cattle. KVM stated that the government does not have the statistics about chronic, debilitating and incurable disorders. Punjab is already facing grave degradation of the environment, which has landed Punjabis into a serious health crisis. "We have enough indications and evidences to raise the questions. We have to work hard on all the five levels to find answers to our problems," said the executive director, KVM, Umendra Dutt. Dutt stated that Punjab needs sound epidemiological knowledge for a strong environmental movement. Epidemiological mapping of environmental health, including population-based cancer registry, is a pre-requisite for a strong environmental movement and sustainable development. The cancers, particularly, toxicity based cancers, are increasing in Punjab. Punjab needs to know the exact statistics about the types of cancers. "We must also know the root causes of these cancers so that we are able to take corrective steps. In the absence of a sound understanding of causes of various cancers, the governments seem to be groping in the dark," Dutt added. KVM has formed a team of physicians and activists to work out the details of a proposed movement to convince the Punjab government to implement the population based cancer registry with immediate effect. KVM has also decided to celebrate World Environment Day on June 5 as a demand day for the immediate implementation of population-based cancer registry in Punjab.
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Material stolen from garment shop in Goniana Mandi
Bathinda, May 20 Five booked for beating Five persons have been booked by the police for beating up a resident of Kothi Chhapriwale village. In his complaint to the police, Guraditta Singh said he was beaten up by Bittu Singh and Bohar Singh, both residents of Surkhpir road and two other unidentified persons. A case under sections 324, 323 and 34 of the IPC has been registered against the accused at the Civil Lines police station. One arrested with poppy husk A resident of Amarpura Basti has been arrested by the police with five kilograms of poppy husk. The accused has been identified as Inder Singh. He was found carrying the contraband on Naruana road. A case under sections 15, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against him at the Canal Colony police station.Two arrested with drugs Two persons have been arrested by the police with habit-forming drugs. The accused were carrying the drugs without any valid bills or licence for possessing the drugs. The accused, Shiv Parshad of Thermal Colony and Rakesh Kumar of Balmik Mohalla, have been booked under sections 22, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act at the Sadar police station. They were later released on bail. Two booked for beating Two persons have been booked by the police for beating up a resident of Lehra Mohabbat village. The complainant in the case, Gursewak Singh, said he had filed a case against Saibar Singh and Harjeet Singh. Upset over the case, they attacked and injured him. The complainant was taken to the hospital where he was treated for the injuries inflicted by the accused. A case has been registered against the accused under sections 341, 506 and 34 of the IPC at the Nathana police station.Two booked for consuming liquor in open Two persons have been booked by the police for consuming liquor at a public place near Khalsa School parade ground. The accused, Shamsher Singh of Guru Nanakpura and Shoki Chopra Awa Basti, were found creating nuisance after consuming liquor in the open area. A case under sections 61, 1, 14 of the Excise Act has been registered in this connection against the accused at the Kotwali police station. The accused were later released on bail. In a similar incident, a resident of Parasram Nagar was booked by the police under sections 61, 1, 14 of the Excise Act at the Canal Colony police station. The accused, Ishwar, had been selling edibles at a roadside vend where he also allowed his customers to consume liquor in the open. Ishwar was later released on bail.
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75-year-old TS Sandhu, a retired sub-divisional officer (SDO), PSEB, has accused the Municipal Corporation Bathinda (MCB) of encroaching upon his plot in Azad Nagar, located between Barnala bypass and GT Road.
