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Fund Crunch: dist Disability rehab centre may face closure
A view of the District Disability Rehabilitation Centre in Bathinda. Tribune Photo: Pawan Sharma
Protesting teachers to defer dharna
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Inter-district cricket tournament
In-laws, husband booked for woman’s death
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Fund Crunch: dist Disability rehab centre may face closure
Bathinda, June 9 The last time the Centre had received grants was in the year 2009 when it was provided
Rs 8 lakh by the Ministry. Since then the centre has been waiting to receive grants from the Ministry. Sources said the centre authorities had earlier sent cases for the release of grants worth `15 lakh each for the financial years 2010-11 and 2011-12, but to no avail. The centre’s expenditure, including the salary of the staff, are being met till now with the grant that had been provided in November 2009. A senior physiotherapist at the centre has been performing his duties at a meagre salary of `8,000 while the prosthetic and orthotic technician, data entry operator and accountant are getting `5,800 each. The peon is working at a salary of `3,700 only. The staff, complaining that the salaries are not sufficient to meet the rising prices, are demanding a hike. Under the Scheme of Assistance to Disabled Persons of the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, the District Disability Rehabilitation Centre, Bathinda had sought `1 crore in the beginning of the year 2011, but it got only `3 lakh only for providing wheelchairs, tri-cycles, hearing aids, walking sticks, brail plates and crutches to the needy persons, with which it could accommodate about 40 persons only. The centre has been proving a boon for the patients, suffering from orthopaedic and neurological disabilities, for the past more than four years. When contacted, the senior physiotherapist, Manas Ranjan Sethi, said 20 to 25 patients, suffering from orthopaedic and neurological disabilities like paralysis, Hemiplegia, cerebral palsy, cervical, back pain, joint stiffness and post management of fracture visited the centre daily for physiotherapy. He said the patients were given physiotherapy treatment free of cost while the patients bought medicines from the market. The centre has several machines for conducting the physiotherapy exercises, including SWD machine for the relief of joint pain of any type, traction machine, muscle stimulator, tilting table, static cycle, treadmill, shoulder wheel and pulley. |
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Protesting teachers to defer dharna
Bathinda, June 9 State general secretary of the union, Raghubir Singh Bhawanigarh, said they would wait for the outcome of the talks with the minister before deciding their future plan of action. “An ADC from Bathinda came to us today and offered fixing a meeting with Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka,” he said. He added that they would further intensify agitation if the government again failed to come up with a solution after the meeting. “We have a secret plan this time which would be revealed only after the meeting with the Education Minister,” he said. The unemployed teachers are demanding their letters of appointment and have occupied the water tank of Dhoorkut village since Sunday afternoon. Commuters had a tough time passing through the Bathinda-Barnala road and police is trying its best to divert the traffic through the village. |
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Inter-district cricket tournament
Bathinda, June 9 Bathinda is hosting the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament (U-22) for Plate group. The Bathinda District Cricket Association (BDCA) is organising the event under the banner of the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA). In the first match played between Bathinda and Sangrur, Bathinda defeated Sangrur on the basis of first-inning lead. Bathinda scored 305 runs. Harpreet Singh scored 81 runs while Manil Bajaj, Kamaljeet and Gurjant Singh scored 58, 46 and 30 runs, respectively. For Sangrur, Makhan Singh took 3 wickets by giving 64 in 12 overs while Harinder Singh and M. Zuhaib picked up two wickets each. In reply, Sangrur managed to score only 190 runs. M. Zohaib with 84 runs was the highest scorer for Sangrur while Rohit and Suraj Singh scored 19 and 16 runs, respectively. For the host, Sukhmander sent six batsmen to pavilion by giving 54 runs in 17 overs while Amrinder took two wickets. Honorary secretary of the BDCA and convener of the tournament, OD Sharma said Bathinda will now play against Mansa on June 11-12 and would take on Barnala on June 14-15 at the Police Public School here. Ravi Kohli and Satya Bhushan, the official coaches of the BDCA, have been assigned to prepare the district team for the tournament. The PCA deputed Arun Wadhawan, chairman, Selection Committee of the PCA, to observe all matches and to spot the promising players for the Punjab State Team.
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In-laws, husband booked for woman’s death
Bathinda, June 9 In a complaint, Malkit Singh, a resident of Sardul Shehar in Rajasthan said his daughter was married to Gurlal. Singh added that a few days back, his daughter called him to say she was being harassed by her in-laws. When the family members went to enquire about her well-being, she was found dead. A case under sections 304-B and 120-B of the IPC has been registered in this connection against Gurlal and his parents.
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The District Disability Rehabilitation Centre, situated near the Civil Hospital, may reportedly face closure in two-three months if the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment does not release the grants pending to it soon.
