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Class XII results spread good cheer
City continues to reel under heat wave
Election observer arrives
Shreya emerges as best player
Doc returns from US, UK tour
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Massive fire breaks out at oil godown
Bathinda, May 28 According to the firemen, they received the first call at their city-based control room at about 3:45 am. Someone was seeking immediate help for a fire outbreak. Immediately after, all the six fire tenders belonging to the Municipal Corporation Bathinda (MCB), accompanied by almost all the fire brigade staff, rushed to the spot. However, the fire could not be controlled even after the laborious efforts of the entire team for the next four-five hours. Later, sensing the gravity of the situation, two fire tenders from the GNDTP and the National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) and one from Gidderbaha were also called in. Even a team of officials from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rendered assistance in the fire-fighting exercise. Besides water, special foam was also used to douse the flames. But the roof of the godown collapsed over the burning tins of refined oil. Then a JCB machine was used to make space for sprinkling water inside. Meanwhile, the refined oil started accumulating on the street which further aggravated the situation, as the godown was located close to another godown of pesticides. But the firemen continued their job and finally doused the flames at about 1:05 pm. Till that time, the entire refined oil of Fortune brand, manufactured by Adoni Wilmar company, had been destroyed. Fortunately, no one sustained any burn injuries in the entire fire- fighting exercise. However, till late this evening, the exact reason behind the fire could not be ascertained. Amandeep, an official of the company, said the godown was taken on rent by a local firm, namely, Mukant Lal Udey Chand, located near Dr Mela Ram Hospital, in Bathinda. The firm is a distributor of Adani Wilmar company. An owner of the adjoining godown appreciated the efforts of the firemen, saying, "It is all because of the firemen that a big mishap was averted. The flames at the godown were leaping high, almost touching the sky. But the firemen did a wonderful job. Earlier, panic struck the area, when the people saw huge flames." Though the company officials and distributor did not confirm, sources said the goods stored in the godown were insured. Jaswinder Singh, Sub Fire Officer (SFO), who was monitoring the whole operation, said, "The process lasted too long as it was an arduous task to douse flames erupting from the oil." "The rest of the roof collapsed, which further made the task difficult for us," added Jaswinder Singh. Catch-22 situation for fire brigade
It was a Catch-22 situation for the officials of the fire department. They were already busy in trying to control the flames with all the six fire tenders when suddenly they got a call from the Deputy Commissioner's office to send a fire tender to the Kaljharani helipad, as the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister had to reach there. Later, an alternate arrangement was made, after the local fire officials requested for arranging a fire tender from Malout to accompany the cavalcade of the VVIPs. — TNS Fact file
It took 25-30 rounds of all the nine fire tenders used in the nine-hour- long fire-fighting operation. The fire tenders got the water supply from
GNDTP. The fire brigade, which has to look after the entire Bathinda city, has been facing acute shortage of staff. As per the official records, eight Leading Fire Men (LFM), 25 Fire Men (FM) and 10 drivers more are required to do the
job. Besides, a foam tender is also required. The firemen have also pressed their demand for a turn table ladder of almost 180 feet height, so that if some mishap occurs in any shopping mall, they could control it timely. As of now, the department is has ladders with a height of 30-35
feet. The local fire department officials have also sought permission to establish two fire sub-stations in the city. The permission for setting up one sub- station near the ITI has been granted. But the approval for a second sub-station is still
pending.
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Class XII results spread good cheer
Bathinda, May 28 As soon as the results were declared on the CBSE's official website, a majority of the students were seen visiting the St Xavier's School, where Anish Jindal, son of a local doctor, stood first in the medical stream after securing 97 per cent marks. The boy has earlier made the city proud, as he topped in the PMT results, declared recently. In the non-medical stream, reportedly, Sonam stood first after getting 96.3 per cent marks while Tarun Kumar Bansal stood first in the commerce stream after getting 95.8 per cent marks. As many as 181 students had appeared for class XII exam in St Xavier's School. At St. Kabir Convent School, Ashima got 93.6 per cent marks in the medical stream. In the non-medical, Archit Garg got 93 per cent marks. As many as 202 students had appeared in the exams. At Delhi Public School, Abhijit Singh stood overall first after getting 93.5 per cent marks in the science stream. Vidhi Garg stood first in the commerce stream after getting 92 per cent marks and Irveen Kaur stood first after getting 82 per cent marks in humanities. At SSD Krishna Vatika School, Sakshi clinched the first position after getting 92 per cent marks. Amrit Pal Kaur stood first in commerce with 72 per cent marks. At Police Public School, Vipanpreet Kaur Bhullar got the first position with 91.2 per cent marks in medical stream. Ramandeep Singh Gill stood first in non-medical with 90.8 per cent marks and in the humanities section, Isha got the first position with 84.4 per cent marks. At the Harbhajan Institute of Competition, Himanshu stood first with 93.8 per cent marks in the medical stream. Fact file
Though the CBSE had declared the results of Class X on May 24 with a delay of almost three hours, yet it declared the Class XII results on Monday almost one-and-half hours early than the expected
time. The results were expected to come at around 11 am but it appeared at 9:30 am, giving a big surprise to the students.
Later, in the evening, a number of students were seen celebrating their success at shopping malls, restaurants, lakes and other city hotels. |
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City continues to reel under heat wave
Bathinda, May 28 The maximum temperature recorded today was 44 degrees Celsius, as per the agri-met department of the Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) regional station, Bathinda. The temperature recorded at 7.30 am was 24.2 degrees Celsius. The temperature had slightly dipped on Sunday with mercury recording 41.2 degrees Celsius. Though the region has been witnessing fluctuation in temperature during the past several days, it has not been enough to give much-needed respite from the heat wave conditions to the residents of the region as mercury has not been dipping below the 40 degrees Celsius mark. Moreover, the much-needed respite from the heat is also not in sight as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted an increase in the maximum and minimum temperature in the next two to three days in the region. According to the IMD, the maximum temperature may go up to 48 degrees Celsius in the next few days in Bathinda and its adjoining areas. The minimum temperature is also likely to increase up to 33 degrees Celsius during the period. There is little possibility of rain in the region while the isolated parts here may experience dust storms in the next few days, the IMD indicated.
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Election observer arrives
Bathinda, May 28 Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer KK Yadav said that those having some complaint regarding the elections may contact the observer on his cell phone number 9780551000. He would be staying at the Field Hostel, Thermal Colony, in Bathinda. Fact file
MD of the Punjab State Industry Export Corporation, MP Arora, has been appointed as an election observer for polls and by-elections of the civic bodies. |
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Shreya emerges as best player
Bathinda, May 28 Ravneet Kaur got top slot in U-14 (G) while Shreya Rawl won the title in U-16 (G) and Sharya Mann Singh clinched the U-16 (B) title. In the U-18 group, Harjit Singh got the top slot in boys group while Amrit Pal Kaur clinched the title in the group for girls. As many as 28 players took part in the two-day tournament in which single matches were played. The tourney was organised under the guidance of Senior Superintendent of Police, Bathinda, Sukhchain Singh Gill, who is the president of Cops Club, Bathinda, that organised the championship. On the occasion of concluding ceremony, guest of honour Avtar Singh Samadh Bhai, handed over prizes to the winners. Avtar Singh Samadh Bhai congratulated the players and also the organising secretary KPS Barar for successfully holding the first-ever lawn tennis tourney in Bathinda.
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Bathinda, May 28 He was at San Francisco, California from May 18 to 23 and in London between May 24 and May 25 to take part in the conference held there. He returned with the latest knowledge about techniques, care of critically ill, new machines and diagnostic procedures which will benefit the people, especially those in Malwa belt. — TNS
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The city-based schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) today had a gala time as most of their students cleared the class XII exams with good
marks.
In the past two years, a number of such fire incidents in the city have been reported, when the fire-fighters had to make long efforts in controlling the situation. Once a massive fire broke out at a pesticides godown on Malout road. Before this, a similar fire incident was reported at a godown in the local grain market. A cotton factory located on Mansa road was also gutted in
fire.