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DEO orders closure of 14 city schools
Amritsar, June 2 The District Education Office has ordered closure of 14 schools in the city today. The schools were open despite the instructions of the office to close for the summer vacations from June 1. The directions were issued following directions of the state government.
CH to have 50-bed mother and child
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WARD WATCH: ward no 6
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Discrepancies in EPICs to be ignored
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DSP’s wife commits suicide
Amritsar, June 2 The incident came to light when Walia took her to a private hospital where she was declared dead, it is learnt. A domestic help and one and a half year old daughter were at home at the time of the incident. Walia was away for some work when the incident took place. Walia was earlier posted as DSP Attari in Amritsar rural police district and was recently transferred to Sangrur. Senior officials of the city police, headed by Police Commissioner RP Mittal were holding a meeting at the conference hall a few metres away from the spot. Mittal said he got the message during the meeting and immediately dispatched a police team headed by SHO Civil Line police station to the DSP's house. He said action will be taken as per the statements of the family members and the post mortem examination reports. Sukhwinder Singh Randhawa, SHO Civil Line police station said the girl's family, who arrived from Ludhiana, had sought no action in the case so far. He said the family of the deceased has not filed any complaint against anyone. He said action will be initiated under Section 174 CrPC. He said the post-mortem examination will be conducted tomorrow. The incident sent shock waves in the area. No one was allowed to enter the residence of the DSP. Policemen were also deputed inside the hospital premises.
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Women candidates ride on clout of their mighty husbands
Manmeet Singh Gill Tribune News Service
Amritsar, June 2 There are 125 women candidates out of a total of 369 in the fray for the MC polls. These include a majority of independents. The remaining are mere faces to help realise the political ambitions of their husbands or families. A 33 per cent reservation for women may be in place but it is yet to initiate women on an independent political path. Geetinder Kaur, the wife of sitting SAD MLA Inderbir Singh Bolaria from ward number 36 and Meenu Sehgal, the wife of BJP leader Deepak Sehgal from ward number 52. Apart from the major political parties CPI has dared to field two women candidates; Manpreet Kaur and Parveen Kaur from general wards; 56 and 57, against male contestants. Among the independents, at least 10 women have filed their nominations from the non-reserved constituencies where they will be contesting against male candidates. In comparison to the Congress, which has fielded 22 candidates to fulfil the obligation to give 33 per cent quota for women, the SAD- BJP combine has allotted tickets to 25 women candidates. In most of the constituencies, many political bigwigs could not contest this time as their earlier wards were reserved for women. They have all fielded their wives. Prominent among them being Seema Khanna, the wife of Improvement trust chairman Sanjeev Khanna and Sandhya Sikka, the wife of the BJP councillor Anuj Sikka. Preeti Taneja, the wife of the BJP Yuva Morcha leader Manav Taneja. Sitting councillor and the Congress candidate from Ward number 2, Mamta Dutta said, “It is true that most women bank on their husbands, but things are changing fast. Women are getting exposure in the political arena and hopefully more of us will carve a niche for ourselves, independently.”
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DEO orders closure of 14 city schools
Amritsar, June 2 Even Deputy Commissioner Rajat Aggarwal today directed the education department to ensure closure of all schools, whether government, aided, private, recognized etc for the summer vacations in view of the intense heat wave. The state government had directed that all schools be closed for summer vacations between June 1 and July 1 to protect the students from the blistering heat. District Education Officer (Elementary) Sunita Kiran visited 14 schools today and ordered their immediate closure. The schools are Jagat Jyoti Senior Secondary School, CLH High School, Amrit Senior Secondary School, Ideal Model School, Arya Girls Senior Secondary School, Tagore Modern School, Saraswati Senior Secondary School, Bhartiya Shiksha Senior Secondary School, GS Model School, Amar Jyoti Senior Secondary School, Adarsh Model School, Nalanda Public School and all branches of DAV schools. Earlier, DAV institutes, which was to close for the summer vacations on June 11, announced vacation today itself. Sunita issued instructions to the heads of all 17 blocks in the district to ensure that all schools are immediately closed for the summer vacations. Early break from heat wave
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CH to have 50-bed mother and child
care centre
Amritsar, June 2 Senior Medical Officer Dr Balbir Singh Dhillon said, “The director has asked us to get a lay out plan of the centre building prepared. We have been informed that the department has already got funds sanctioned for the project.” The health officials also complained about the staff crunch at the hospital such as no orthopaedic expert at the hospital as two were transferred out recently. The director also announced to send five emergency medical officers (EMOs) and three paediatricians to the hospital soon, he added. The director also reviewed the progress reports of various projects going under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scheme. Dr Dhillon said as proposed the new centre will have state-of-the-art medical facilities for mother and child care.
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Cong’s morale ‘down’
GS Paul Tribune News Service
Moreover, after the withdrawal of two Congress candidates from the race in favour of SAD candidates and over a dozen other staunch Congressmen switching sides, the morale in the Congress camp has been affected. The campaigning too has been going slow. Even as the ruling alliance has declared its campaigning strategy well in advance and revealed the names of their state-level political brigade, the Congress is yet to disclose its strategy. Interestingly, both the local Congress MLAs --- Om Parkash Soni and Dr Raj Kumar --- are nowhere in the picture. On the other hand, the whole battery of ruling alliance leaders, including MP Navjot Singh Sidhu and Cabinet Minister Anil Joshi, are campaigning for their candidates. A major jolt
The Congress got a major jolt when its candidate from Ward 39, Navjeet Singh Babbu, withdrew from the race in favour of SAD on May 31. Another Congress contender from Ward 37, Deepak Kumar Deepu, too followed suite. Though the district Congress president Jugal Kishore had said they would support Independent candidates in Ward 37, a final decision has not been taken. Earlier, four seats of nagar panchayat at Rajasansi too went in the favour of the ruling alliance unopposed. Hit by dissidence
The party higher-ups have not taken steps to control the resentment brewing among staunch aspirants who were denied ticket this time. Rebel Congress leaders have said they might support the ruling alliance to see the defeat of Congress' official candidates. Congress response
Jugal Kishore said the poll strategy would be declared soon. "We will disclose our election programme tomorrow. PPCC president Capt Amrinder Singh would be here on June 5 to hold a meeting with the workers. Besides this, hoards of other state-level Congress leaders too will visit the city in the days to come," he said. "We are united and all negative propaganda is being spread by the ruling alliance," he added. Mood not right
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Lawlessness, lack of basic amenities major issues
GS Paul Tribune News Service
Amritsar, June 2 Broken roads, Congress grass, garbage dumped on the roadsides points to the alleged apathy. If the posh area are devoid of these fundamentals, the dilapidated condition of housing slums of Faizpura, Navi Abadi and the Housing Board Colony, are anybody’s guess. Fiazpura, which came up on the land belonging to the Improvement Trust, as a slum colony, is now under the Municipal Corporation. There are 3,000-4,000 houses in this slum area. Although the corporation has laid sewerage pipes, congested kutcha lanes and the non-availability of proper drinking water is a major problem. He said they had to contribute for laying of the sewerage pipes in their areas. He said during rains life becomes hell for the residents besides there is also the threat of the spread of water-borne diseases in the area due to stagnant water at many places. The rising number of snatchings and theft in the absence of streetlights is a major area of concern here. Residents say condition of roads is no better and they need to be repaired urgently. The green spaces, neglected by the Improvement Trust, are full of wild growth causing various skin ailments, they say. The residents say there is an acute shortage of water supply and no arrangements have been made for urinal facility in the markets. Residents speak
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Twin railway crossings spell trouble for residents
Neeraj Bagga Tribune News Service
Amritsar, June 2 Locally known as ‘Joda phatak’, it is a place where busy Amritsar-Delhi railway line and Amritsar-Jammu railway line start in the city. High number of trains especially on Amritsar-Delhi railway line route keeps it closed for longer period. It led to severe traffic jams for hours. The construction of a flyover is a long-pending demand of its residents, which is holding back development of the entire area. Besides, it is a cause of many accidents as people pass through a cramped mud road under a railway line. The roads passing through the railway barriers lead to Vallah, a wholesale vegetable and fruit mandi, besides residential areas of Judge Nagar, Dashmesh Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Sundar Nagar, etc. The most important landmark of the area is Chalih Khuh (forty wells) complex, which was constructed during colonial rule to recharge groundwater. A huge green belt acted as lungs for the area, also known as Leisure Valley. Worn out roads and water supply are the other areas of concern for the areas of Abadi Krishna Nagar, Amarkot, Old Judge Nagar, Dharampura and parts of Dashmesh Nagar. Councillor Profile Belonging to the CPI, Parvesh Rani is the councillor representing the ward. Now, his husband Raj Kumar will contest from this ward. The couple has been associated with the Left for the past nearly 40 years. Parvesh Rani contested her first election in 1997 and won. In the 2002 civic polls, she lost but won again in 2007. She said she had filed a writ petition in 2008 in which the Ministry of Railways, Punjab Government and Municipal Corporation had agreed to construct a flyover at an estimated cost of Rs 20 crore. Residents speak
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Bad roads, missing streetlights haunt residents
PK Jaiswar Tribune News Service
Amritsar, June 2 The newly constructed railway overbridge, which gave problems to residents of the Islamabad area due to the delay in its construction, made matters worse for residents. The road beneath the bridge was left in poor condition and the crossing gates were demolished following which the residents were forced to take risk while crossing the tracks and go through a bumpy ride everyday. Residents of New Shiv Nagar Colony rued that after the completion of the bridge the authorities did not repair the road between the two gates. “We are made to use a kutcha lane alongside the railway track to reach the colony. If we want to bring a four wheeler in the locality, we have to cover extra miles to reach the colony. And this all happened due to the careless attitude of the authorities concerned,” they said. The law and order situation in railway B-Block, which also falls in this ward, is a cause of concern for the residents. A number of looting incidents have been reported in the area. Insufficient streetlights and secluded roads give criminals a free hand. Recently, a road that was being constructed alongside the Army area located in the Gobindgarh Fort was halted after the army authorities raised objections claiming that the area falls in their vicinity. “Had the road been constructed, it would have provided respite from the traffic woes. The road which was being constructed would have connected a number of areas with Islamabad and could have become a vital link road,” Ashwani Gupta, a resident pointed out. Encroachments near the railway over bridge, known as Rigo bridge, is also a problem. People have constructed jhuggis just on the sides of the over bridge. Earlier, political interference prevented the attempts of the authorities to remove these jhuggis.
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Discrepancies in EPICs to be ignored
Amritsar: The State Election Commission has decided that for the purpose of establishing voter’s identity, a procedure similar to the one adopted in the Assembly elections would be adopted for the Municipal Corporation elections. Rajat Aggarwal, District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner, said as per the guidelines issued by the State Election Commission, all voters who have been issued electoral photo identity cards (EPICs), would have to produce these cards at polling stations to exercise their franchise.
Agarwal asked presiding officers to ignore minor discrepancies in the entries relating to voter’s name, father’s name/mother’s name/husband’s name, sex, age or address in the EPIC. He said any discrepancy in the serial number of the card as mentioned in the electoral roll shall also be ignored. He said if the voter produces an EPIC which has been issued by the Electoral Registration Officer of another polling booth, such card shall also be taken into account provided that the name of the voter finds place in the electoral roll pertaining to the polling station where the voter has turned up for voting. — TNS Residents speak
Councillor speaks I spent about Rs 2.5 crore for various development works, including construction of concrete streets and improving the sewerage system. About the railway crossing, I will take up the issue on a priority. I will also look into the demand on construction of a road alongside the railway track for an easy approach to New Shiv Nagar colony. -- Avinash Jolly
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In a shocking incident, Amarjit Kaur (28), the wife of Deputy Superintendent of Police Jagjit Singh Walia allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in the Police Lines area here in the evening today.
Amritsar, June 2
Ward number 6 has all posh areas but does not have even the basic amenities. Many blame the lack of development of infrastructure here to its sitting councillor Gursharan Singh switching over to the Congress from the
BJP. Many feel this has taken a toll on the development work in the area.
Bad condition of roads, missing streetlights, encroachments and traffic snarls make Ward 53 an inconvenient place for residents.
The newly constructed railway overbridge, which gave problems to residents of the Islamabad area due to the delay in its construction, made matters worse for residents.
Amritsar, June 2