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Strong winds, hailstorm add to city’s power woes
Workers install a new high-tension meter worth Rs 35,000 at the Circuit House in Bathinda on Friday. The power to the Circuit House could be restored only after 8 pm. Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
Seeking rollback of petrol price hike, unions take to roads
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TB awareness programme held
MCB sets down deadline for making services available to residents
(L-R) Assistant Commissioner Kamal Kant, Senior Deputy Mayor Tarsem Goyal, Mayor Baljit Singh Beerbehman and MCB Commissioner Uma Shankar Gupta release the RTS booklet in Bathinda on Friday.
Tribune photo: Pawan Sharma
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Strong winds, hailstorm add to city’s power woes
Bathinda, June 1
Urban estate feeder hit the power-supply in Civil Lines and civil station area, while Aggarwal Colony feeder affected the power supply to the households situated on the Ganesha Basti side. Entire Pratap Nagar plunged into darkness as soon as strong winds started blowing at around 3 am. While the urban feeder was restored at around 8:30 am, the Aggarwal Colony feeder resumed functioning at 9:30 am and Pratap Nagar feeder was repaired by 10:15 am. Hotline power supply to the Circuit House could not be restored till 8 pm. XEN Hardeep Singh said the high-tension meter (with a load of more than 100 kw) had got damaged due to the inclement weather and the outgoing cable wires got burnt. “The damage was due to earthing or leakage of current,” the XEN added. The entire wiring was changed and a new high-tension meter, worth `35,000, was installed. Apart from this `35,000 loss, the department also suffered a revenue loss for the power not consumed in various households of the city. The power disruption gave a sleepless night to many residents of the city. Worst affected during the daytime were those living around the Circuit House. At Circuit House, the security guards of VIPs could be seen running for cover when hailstorm started at around 4:30 am. Apart from causing power failure, the showers also caused the sewerage in Sirki Bazar, near Gaushala market, to overflow. Unable to bear the rainwater load, the sewerage started overflowing and was cleared only by the afternoon.
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Seeking rollback of petrol price hike, unions take to roads
Bathinda, June 1
Protesting against the hike in petrol price, the members of these organisations took out a march, holding placards in their hands. The march started from the local Teachers’ Home and concluded at the Arya Samaj Chowk. During the protest march, the members of these organisation raised slogans asking the state government to roll back the price of petrol and also abolish the 30 per cent VAT levied on petrol. A number of police personnel, including female police personnel, accompanied the protesters. Addressing the gathering at the Arya Samaj Chowk, a leader of the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union, Master Sewak Singh, said although the SAD -BJP government had opposed the hike in petrol price the previous day and taken part in the Bharat Bandh, the state government was levying 30 per cent VAT on petrol in the state. Though the state government was flaying the Centre on the hike in petrol price, it was itself not abolishing 30 per cent VAT levied on petrol, which it could do, he added. He further added that not only the Congress-led UPA-government at the centre but all political parties were responsible for the hike in petrol price. He said the parties were raising a hue and cry on the issue just to gain political mileage. Earlier during the day, members of these organisations held a meeting at the Teachers’ Home. The meeting was addressed by Sumeet, a leader of Naujwan Bharat Sabha, and Jaswinder Singh, leader of the DTF. These organisations also demanded re-establishment of national oil pool, bringing of petrol price under the control of government, rationalisation of taxes and control over profits. Among others who took part in the protest included a leader of ETT Adhyapak Union Jagsir Singh Sahota, Jagmail Singh of Lok Morcha Punjab, Parminder Singh of 7654 Adhyapak Union, Gurmeet Singh of BKU-Ugrahan, Resham Singh of DTF and Nikka Ram of Technical Services Union. Voicing concern
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TB awareness programme held
Bathinda, June 1 The Communication Facilitator of the State Heath Society — RNTCP, Punjab Gagan Goyal, urged the gathering to get their sputum examined immediately, in case anyone noticed symptoms of the TB, like cough for more than two weeks, blood in sputum, loss of appetite, loss of weight, pain in chest etc. Goyal said the sputum examination was done free of cost in the government hospitals.
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MCB sets down deadline for making services available to residents
Bathinda, June 1 Launching the booklet, which shall be available at the Suvidha Center for `10, Mayor Baljit Singh Beerbehman said MCB was perhaps the first corporation in the state to launch these services and the booklet. Apart from Beerbehman, Senior Deputy Mayor Tarsem Goyal, MCB Commissioner Uma Shankar Gupta and Assistant Commissioner Kamal Kant were also present on the occasion. “The booklet is a kind of encyclopedia containing the minutest details of different services and relevant documents to be attached with applications while seeking these services. This is a first ever such attempt to document all requisite listings, which even officers are unaware of,” Gupta said. Citing the example of issuance of birth certificate, he said most of the applicants (and even officers) were unaware of the documents that are to be attached with birth certificate applications. “Consequently, an applicant ends up making several rounds of the MC office and gets harassed. This booklet would save the public from all such harassments by empowering them with the exact knowledge,” he said. To popularise these among the masses, hoardings would be put up at different places. The Mayor said this would also bring transparency in the system thereby elbowing out corrupt practices as well as the middlemen or agents who mint money at the expense of lack of knowledge among people. In the second phase of this project, the corporation plans to upload all these forms and details online on its website www.mcbathinda.com. The second phase may take more than a month to be implemented. The booklet also mentions the minimum charges for every service, which is subject to revision on the Punjab government orders. For every service, a flow chart has been designed that tracks the file from one official to another. “For instance, if an applicant does not get a drinking water connection within seven days of applying for it, official concerned shall be pulled up and taken to task. But at the same time, consumers should understand that their day of application filing begins when all requisite documents have been submitted,” Gupta added. |
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Strong winds on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday hit the power supply in the city plunging many of its areas into dark.
The feeders of urban area, Pratap Nagar and Aggarwal Colony went out of order, while high-tension meter at the government Circuit House got damaged.
Taking a step towards donning a public-friendly face, the Municipal Corporation Bathinda
(MCB) authorities today launched a comprehensive booklet on Right To Service (RTS) Act that entails details of all the services that the corporation provides along with the time period within which the services are to be sanctioned.
