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BJP panel to meet today for deciding candidates
Cash, gold jewellery stolen
Woman ‘rescued’ from in-laws’ house
Peer Hazi Shah Qutab’s followers ask govt not to raze dargah
St Soldier students produce electricity using wind, solar energy
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Leaders flout traffic rules
Jalandhar, May 20 Interestingly, instead of challaning the wrongly parked vehicles as usually done for a common man, traffic police personnel just kept on issuing warning through a microphone installed in its Police Control Room (PCR) Gypsy (number 11) for removing the vehicles from Mahavir Marg as they were creating hindrance in the smooth flow of the traffic. Instead of paying any heed towards the repeated warnings issued by SI Balwinder Kaur, the BJP leaders remained busy in holding its closed-door meeting at KL Saigal Memorial Hall, opposite Jalandhar Doordarshan Kendra, for considering the names of 222 ticket seekers for the forthcoming MC elections. Surprisingly a number of local BJP workers were standing in the open area of the hall. In spite of making any attempt to get the vehicles parked properly, they just kept on laughing on the issuance of warning by the traffic police personnel. When asked, district BJP media in charge Bhagat Manohar Lal justified the wrongly parked vehicles of senior BJP leaders stating that the parking area of the hall was under construction and there was no space for parking the vehicles. When asked why the BJP leaders have been spared from pasting sticker challans on their vehicles, SI Balwinder Kaur claimed the vehicles would definitely be challaned after issuing more warnings. No vehicle was challaned. When contacted on phone at 7.45 pm, ACP (Traffic) Jasbir Singh Rai assured The Tribune that the wrongly parked vehicles of senior BJP leaders would be challaned within half an hour. When contacted after over an hour, the ACP (Traffic) told The Tribune that he had deputed some police personnel to challan the wrongly parked vehicles outside the hall, but did not take any feedback so far. Apart from Local Bodies Minister Bhagat Chunni Lal, state BJP president Ashwini Kumar, former Local Bodies Minister Manorajan Kalia, Chief Parliamentary Secretary KD Bhandari, Mayor Rakesh Rathour, BJP state general secretary Manjeet Rai and its district president Subash Sood were present in the meeting. Vehicles of most of these BJP leaders were parked wrongly on the busy Bhagwan Mahavir Marg. |
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MC POLLS Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 20
The most troublesome issues in the ward, however, can be counted on fingertips. Bad roads in Keerti Nagar (specially the road from Keerti Nagar to Chowgitti Chowk) and near the 40 railway quarters have been giving a hard time to commuters. The Guru Nanak Pura railway crossing (which cannot have a flyover built on it, due to a sewerage drain passing right underneath) and a huge garbage dump near the 40 railway quarters are two of the most troublesome spots of the ward. Councillor Kuljit Singh Babbi says that he spent Rs 20 lakh to widen the Guru Nanak Pura railway crossing where traffic chaos ruled, but admits the work still didn’t match his expectations.
The weekly mandi (vegetable market) on the Guru Nanak Pura (East) road ensures that a lot of garbage regularly gets dumped at the spot. The litter that results due to the mandi, though cleaned, sometimes causes problems, especially in the rains, when it lets out a bad stench. There are other garbage dumps which are especially unbearable during the summers and rains. The one near the 40 railway quarters also happens to be a bone of contention. While the dump itself falls in the neighbouring ward, the inconvenience is borne by Ward 14 residents.The councillor still says, “It is our men that pick up the waste and neighbouring ward residents do nothing.” This is one of the rare wards where sewerage has been laid in all the areas and it also doesn’t have a single unapproved colony falling in it. Areas in ward Arjun Nagar, 40 railway quarters, Guru Nanakpura (East), Avtar Nagar, Keerti Nagar, Sant Nagar, Preet Nagar, New Dashmesh Nagar, Sehgal Colony and Rajinder Nagar Prospective candidates A general ward, it has been reserved for women this year. Among others, Congress applicants include Kulwinder Kaur, who has been councillor from Ward 15, and Amrita, wife of Congress leader Raj Kumar Raju. From the BJP, 10 candidates have applied, but no name has been finalised yet. Former councillor Ashok Gandhi’s wife Nirmal Gandhi is also one of the BJP contenders. Amount spent
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BJP panel to meet today for deciding candidates
Dharmendra Joshi Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 20 While the BJP will field its candidates on 38 seats, its alliance partner SAD will contest 22 seats of the total 60 seats of the MC House. Stating this, Punjab BJP vice-president Vinod Sharma said both the alliance partners had agreed in the meeting of the coordination committee held here today that the alliance partners would contest on those seats where they had fielded their candidates during the previous Municipal Corporation elections. Meanwhile, BJP district election committee interviewed over 220 applicants for its 38 seats. Among others, state BJP general secretary Manjeet Rai, Local Bodies Minister Bhagat Chunni Lal, former Local Bodies Minister Manoranjan Kalia, Chief Parliamentary Secretary KD Bhandari, BJP district president Subash Sood and Mayor Rakesh Rathour were also present. Vinod Sharma said the list of BJP candidates for the 38 seats of the Municipal Corporation of Jalandhar would be released on May 22.
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Cash, gold jewellery stolen
Jalandhar, May 20
“This afternoon when we returned home, we saw the locks broken. The miscreants had ransacked the whole house,” Satinder said. The burglars after entering the room, broke the locks of the main safe in which cash and gold were kept, he said. The miscreants took away Rs 48,000, two gold sets worth Rs 3.5 lakh and some important documents related to some court cases. Police official reached the spot and recorded the statement of the victim.
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Woman ‘rescued’ from in-laws’ house
Jalandhar, May 20 The victim girl, Bhanu, alleged that she along with her eight-month-old girl had also been held captive for the last few days in a room and was not even served food. Last night she was rescued from the house with the help of the police and was taken to her parents’ house in Ludhiana. Relatives of the girl said they would file a written complaint at the women police station. The police, however, said no case had been registered yet as matter was being investigated.
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Peer Hazi Shah Qutab’s followers ask govt not to raze dargah
Jalandhar, May 20 Dera head (gadi nashin) Raj Kumar, alias, Ashiq Hussain, along with other followers told mediapersons that the dargah was 250 years’ old and by razing it, the authorities would hurt their religious feelings. “Earlier my father Sai Karam Shah was a sewadar in the dargah and after his death, I have been made its head,” he said. He urged the authorities to look for some other alternative and not raze the structure of the dargah. Asked whether they would choose the way of protest if the structure was razed, he said there was every possibility of launching a protest in such case. It may be mentioned here that the construction work of a flyover at Rama Mandi Chowk, a part of six-laning project of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), has been hanging fire for the past several months. The reason was the encroachments and existence of certain religious structures at the chowk. The work has been getting delayed due to these hurdles. This reason was cited by the construction company before the district administration. Acting on the company’s plea, a few days ago the district administration had razed one religious structure situated opposite to the dargah.
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St Soldier students produce electricity using wind, solar energy
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, May 20
The team has used only two objects for the project - a 28-feet-long barrel and a commercial ventilator. The ventilator is fitted at the top of the barrel. This electricity-producing instrument, mounted on a stand two feet above the ground, allows wind to pass through the barrel and the ventilator to rotate. The rotation then produces electricity using the principle of electromagnetic induction. Prof Manhar Arora, Managing Director, said, “We have tested this instrument and we are using it on our campus for night light at the moment. Its variant can be used at homes for alternate energy.” The instrument, which is currently being used by institute students, is generating 6 V electricity with the help of an inverter. Converting AC to DC, the propeller uses wind energy to generate electricity. Talking to The Tribune, Head of the Mechanical Department of the institute said, “Two 28-foot-tall barrels bring in wind energy, which cause a ventilator to rotate. Since the surface of the barrels have been coloured black, they absorb heat and a mirror fitted at the bottom of the barrels reflect the sun’s rays. The wind inside the barrel, thus heated, moves up and causes the barrel to rotate. A coil and magnet system works on top of the barrel.” Students of the institute said in the future the technique could even be used to generate electricity to support an entire house if the barrel size was increased. Members of the team said after some more innovations in size and the coil mechanism, they would also get the model patented. Meanwhile, the institute management has announced the Master Raj Kanwar Chopra Scholarships for the students who made the project.
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