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BJP asks SAD to expel rebels
Heatwave claims one more life
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 Farmers seek 16-hr power supply
Amritsar, June 5 Activists of 17 farmer associations held a protest outside the DC office here today. The farmers demanded that the government should provide 16 hours of power throughout the year to make crop diversification possible. Members of farmer organisations stage a protest at the DC office in Amritsar on Tuesday. Photo: Vishal Kumar
crime against women
Man robbed of Rs 9.5 lakh
world environment day
Students speak on conserving ecology
4,000 cops for MC polls
WARD WATCH: ward no 58
ward no 41
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BJP asks SAD to expel rebels
Amritsar, June 5 Addressing a press conference, the state BJP president Ashwani Kumar said, “I have talked to the SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal about the issue. We are hoping that the SAD will respond positively.” He said relations between the alliance partners are congenial. Kumar said local SAD leaders; Nirbhey Singh Fauji from Ward number 1, Jaskeerat Singh from Ward number 34, Navpreet Singh from Ward number 41, Manmohan Singh Teetu from Ward number 42 and Amarjeet Singh Bhatia from Ward number 43 are contesting against candidates of the BJP. As per information SAD rebels from Ward number 1, 42 and 43 have already been dismissed. “The SAD should send a strong signal by removing the rebels. The alliance did not face any problem in Ludhiana, Patiala or Jalandhar. We are sure that here too the problem will be solved,” he said. As per the seat sharing arrangement between the two parties, the BJP is contesting from 39 seats and the SAD from 28 seats. Both the parties have also fielded their candidates from Ward number 14 and 53 as a consensus could not be arrived at in time. Ashwani Kumar said, “The alliance is quite comfortable with the situation. There is no rift but only confusion.” He said the mayor will be chosen only after the house is formed. Ashwani Kumar was accompanied by MP Navjot Singh Sidhu and district BJP chief Anand Sharma.
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Heatwave claims one more life
Amritsar, June 5 The police said the deceased is yet to be identified. With this, the death toll due to the heat wave has increased to eight. Earlier, seven persons had died due to blistering hot conditions in the city for last 15-days. Investigating officer Arjun Singh said the deceased was wearing worn out and torn clothes. Till now no one has come forward to claim the body, he said.
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Farmers seek 16-hr power supply
Amritsar, June 5 Kirti Kisan Union’s senior vice-president Datar Singh said the government had promised to restore connections of farmers who had failed to pay bills by May 15, but it was not done. He said to make crop diversification a success, the government should provide 16 hours of power throughout the year. The farmers said the government should allow production of all crop varieties developed by PAU, HAU and ICAR, including HR 127 and HR 47. The farmers also demanded separate MSP for Basmati 1121.
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One booked for rape
Teenager abducted, raped on the pretext of marriage Tribune News Service
Amritsar, June 5 The police has registered a case under Section 363, 366 and 376 IPC in this regard. No arrest has been made so far. In her statement to the police the victim, who is a student of Class XI at a government school in Kammoke village, alleged that on May 17 when she was coming back from school, Harjinder met her at Butala bus stand. She said he asked her to accompany him to Amritsar. She said as he was known to the family and a cousin of her sister-in-law, she decided to go with him. She alleged during the journey he accused tried to lure her and promised to marry her and take her along to Italy. She alleged he raped her at a hotel where they stayed for two days. She said for 15-days, the accused kept her in various hotels before leaving her at Butala bus stand on June 2. She said she told about the incident to her family and they decided to lodge a complaint against him. Harinder Singh, in-charge of Butala police chowki an investigating officer said investigations were on. He said no arrest has been made as the accused is absconding. He said raids are on to arrest him. Fact file
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Man robbed of Rs 9.5 lakh
Amritsar, June 5 In his statement to the Cantonment police, he said when they reached near Cantonment Park, Harpreet Singh turned towards Sadar cantonment bazaar. It was exactly then that three unidentified motorcycle-borne miscreants came from behind and snatched his bag containing the money. He said he suspects the involvement of Harpreet and Jaswinder. A case under Section 392, 342, 120 B and 34 IPC has been registered in this regard.
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NGOs wake city up to environment cause
Neha Saini Tribune News Service
Amritsar, June 5 “We have launched various awareness campaigns to mark the day that will deal with the problem at the ground level. The programme aims to educate women about eco-friendly energy sources and their use in daily life. The campaign focuses on water and waste management, renewable sources of energy and green homes,” said Dipak Babbar, director, Mission Aghaaz, an NGO that works for the cause of the environment. They are already working to encourage fuel free transport through cycling and e-bikes. Another such endeavour in city has been taken by Akal Purakh Ki Fauj, another NGO that is credited with introducing green transportation to the holy city by using Battery Operated Vehicles for transportation around the periphery of the Golden Temple. “We want to emphasise the fact that energy efficient public transport not only reduces congestion on the roads but also reduces pollution and the use of fossil fuels. Moreover, bicycling, walking is included to promote healthy and economical living,” said advocate Jaswinder Singh, the director of the NGO. Another attempt to join the Green Economy brigade is being made by HK Clarks Inn. Commemorating the day by planting saplings, the hospitality chain has adopted some energy efficient measures to show their concern towards the environment. “The hotel uses solar power for its energy needs, it has LED and CFL lights installed all over to keep it Halogen free and have disposal system that saves water. We are planning to adopt more such energy efficient ideas in future to significantly reduce our dependence on the non-renewable sources of energy,” said Rahul Rohit, general manager of the hotel. Though WED is one day in the entire year that forces us to think and sensitise us towards the environment, the situation asks for more. “Every day should be environment day. By just planting a few saplings on a June afternoon will not end our responsibility. Instead we should work towards preserving the existing resources,” said Dr Prodipta Sen, executive director & head of Retail, Alpha G:Corp, which supports environment causes through its initiative, Be the Change Club. They announced their latest campaign, ‘Let’s make Amritsar Sparkling’ on the day joining hands with the NGO ‘Voice of Amritsar’ to carry out awareness activities and call for public participation. “It is our responsibility to help create awareness about sustainable and healthy living in Amritsar with the goal to make it a model city in terms of cleanliness and energy efficient consumption,” he said.
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Students speak on conserving ecology
Amritsar, June 5 "The school has an eco club, which plans out and executes programmes on environmental conservation,” said principal Rajeev Sharma. Plant scientist presents paper in US
Dr JS Bal, head of the Department of Agriculture, Khalsa College, recently presented three research papers at the 10th international symposium on Plum and Prune Genetics, Breeding and Technology at the University of California, California, United States. Dr Bal has developed new varieties of plums with the help of scientists and students from the department . He presented papers on
'Varietal diversity, blooming productivity and quality characteristics of sub-tropical plum
germ-plasm in Northern plains of India.
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4,000 cops for MC polls
Amritsar, June 5 Police Commissioner RP Mittal said the police is geared up for the upcoming civic polls. He said over 4,000 cops have been deputed in various parts of the city to conduct the elections peacefully. “About 1,000 policemen will be taken from the police districts coming under the border range police, including Amritsar rural, Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur while the remaining will be mobilised from the various police stations and chowkis besides from the Police Lines,” he said. These police forces will arrive in the city before the elections. He said all the teams will report to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Sat Pal Joshi, besides I and four ADCPs will also be available for 24-hours. He said there are 65 patrolling parties which will man every ward during the polls to maintain the law and order situation. He said quick response teams will also be on alert. He said all the ACPs have been given an inspector rank official to work as a deputy supervisor. He said 30 nakas have been identified by the department where the police teams will be present round the clock. The ward numbers 1-6 and 61-65 will be looked after by ACP Harjit Singh while ACP Gurnam Singh will head police teams deputed in the ward number 7-18. ACP Baljit Singh will lead the police teams in ward numbers 18-30 and ACP Rajbir Singh will look after ward 31-40. ACP Gurcharan Singh will head police teams in ward 41-50 and ACP Narinder Singh will be responsible for the law and order situation in ward numbers 51-60.
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Apathy out in the open
Manmeet Singh Gill Tribune News Service
Amritsar, June 5 The residents rue that because of plastic waste being thrown into the drain it is choked and overflows during the monsoons. The residents also complain that if the sewerage gets choked in the area, people have to wait for months before it is cleared. The residents of Bangla Colony say the open drain also passes through their locality. They say the streets in the area are in a very bad shape. “We don’t remember if they were ever carpeted. We have raised the demand several times,” said Bal Ram, a resident. The residents say most of the streets are potholed and some are not even paved. The area on the outskirts of the city on Jhabal Road is a picture of neglect. Inhabited by poor people, there is serious scarcity of funds here. “Most people rely on water supplied by the Municipal Corporation as they cannot afford to install submersible pumps. We think more of these should be installed in the area,” said another resident. Councillor speak The biggest problem in the ward is the open drain. I had highlighted the issue at various forums but nothing was done. Besides being a councillor from the Congress, we are being ignored by the mayor belong to the SAD-BJP. I was not even invited to the inauguration of projects in my own area. — Neeru Chaudhary Residents speak The streets must be re-carpeted. The sewerage system of the area is poor as it gets choked often and we have to plead with the MC employees to get these cleared. But they don’t pay any heed. — Dileep Kumar The streets here are potholed and full of dust. This causes great inconvenience to commuters. The residents want that these should be repaired and the sewerage system must be upgraped. The open drain should also be covered. — Dharam Pal
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ward no 41 GS Paul Tribune News Service
Amritsar, June 5 The hotels have scant parking space and vehicles of the customer are parked on the road. Illegal extensions by the shopkeepers, besides rehriwalas who stand on the roadside and the entry of heavy vehicles go on unchecked. All these characteristics lead to massive traffic chaos in this area located near the Golden Temple. The burgeoning growth of hotels has further led to sanitation and sewerage problem in the area, besides creating pollution. With no regular lifting of garbage, it spills over into the open drains resulting in them getting chocked. Several dilapidated buildings more than a century-old which are on the verge of collapse worry residents. Stray dogs and rodents add to their woes. The areas in the ward include Kot Manna Singh, parts of Chowk Moni, Lakkar Mandi, Dholi Mohalla, Uttamgarh, Bibeksar Road, Ramsar Road, Baba Deep Singh Nagar, Chowk Baba Bhori, Atta Mandi and Chowk Lachhmansar. Residents speak
Councillor speaks There are over 200 illegal hotels running in my ward and I have raised this issue with the MC many times but their cases are awaiting decision of the court. I have carried out various developmental projects in the ward, including those of installing new tube wells. About dogs and rats, I have raised the issue in the house, but MC is helpless. The garbage lifting problem multiplies on Sundays when the MC staff is on leave. My wife Bhupinder Kaur is contesting from here and if voted to power we will provide the residents with safe drinking water, efficient sewerage system and hygienic environs. — Kanwalnain Singh Gullu
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The BJP has asked the SAD to dismiss its leaders who are contesting as Independents for Municipal Corporation elections from wards which as per seat sharing arrangements had fallen into their lap.
