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ASI, who ‘failed’ to save burn victim, suspended
Reeling under debt, former sarpanch shoots himself dead
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16 committed suicides in June
Monsoon preparedness:
Flood control room set up
50 MC employees will be on the round-the-clock duty to handle complaints relating to sewage clogging and water stagnation.
Ward left neglected, councillor takes a potshot at MC
City remembers its brave son
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ASI, who ‘failed’ to save burn victim, suspended
Jalandhar, June 30 However, three newly recruited constables have been spared from any departmental action. ASI Ramesh Kumar of Police Division No 3, who was suspended, was present near the accident spot along with the three newly recruited constables. They had laid a naka beneath the Domoria Railway Overbridge and were a few yards away from the fire spot where a Tata Ace accidentally caught fire. Despite of the repeated requests by residents present on the spot, the ASI did not pay heed and instead remained busy in challaning violators. Eyewitnesses, in a statement to the police, alleged that the ASI instead of initiating a rescue operation, preferred to keep himself busy in challaning the violators. He reportedly asked the people to call at toll-free number of the fire station. Sources said Police Commissioner Gaurav Yadav has ordered a departmental inquiry and has asked Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Jasbir Rai to conduct an inquiry into the case. Deputy Commissioner of Police Sarabjit Singh said till the completion of the departmental inquiry, the cop would remain under suspension. He added that strict action would be taken against the cop if departmental inquiry holds him guilty. Asked why other constables along with the ASI were spared from action, he said they were recruited recently as trainees. The ultimate responsibility lied with the ASI as he was the commanding officer, he added. Tension prevails
Tension still prevailed in the area near the city railway station where Vijay Pal was burnt alive on Friday. As precautionary measures, police personnel have also been deployed near the Domoria ROB. Yesterday, the irate mob had resorted to vandalism. They had injured two firemen, rickshaw pullers, and also pelted vehicles with stones. Fatal lapse
ASI Ramesh Kumar, who was suspended, was present near the accident spot
along with the three newly recruited constables. The ASI did not pay heed to the repeated requests of residents present on the spot and remained busy in challaning violators |
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Reeling under debt, former sarpanch shoots himself dead
Shahkot, June 30 The deceased, identified as Sukhwant Singh alias Sukha, used his licensed .12 bore gun to kill himself. He was in a business of re-selling old cars at Lohia Khas near here. Deceased’s son Gurdial Singh alleged that his father was tense as he had taken loans from money lenders, but could not repay the same. Deceased’s kin said Sukhwant Singh was alone in his room on Friday when they heard a gunshot. The moment they went inside the room, they saw Sukhwant lying in a pool of blood. Assistant-Sub Inspector, Balwinder Singh said the deceased had shot himself dead. He said the police also recovered a suicide note near the body in which the deceased wrote, “I have a huge burden of debts, hence is ending my life at my own wish. Nobody is responsible for my death”. Inquest proceedings under Section 174 of CrPC have been initiated. The police has also confiscated the gun. A preliminary investigation revealed that victim had committed suicide, still the police said it would inquire into his death.
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16 committed suicides in June
Jalandhar, June 30 Major reasons for these suicides were depression, family tension, failure in exams, mental impairment and conniption. Beside these 16 suicides, there were other cases in which people attempted to end their lives, but were survived. Dr Himanshu Sareen, psychiatrist at PIMS Hospital, said suicides are of two types ---impulsive and pre-meditated. Impulsive suicides are those which cannot be prevented and in these cases, victim takes the extreme step without giving second thought to his/her life. Mental illness, chronic stress, job stress, education stress etc are some of the causes in premeditated suicides. But these can be prevented by proper counselling. A Class XII student, Rohit of Ramnagar village, committed suicide on June 8 by consuming poison. He reportedly took the extreme step because he had failed in the exam. On June 5, Jarnail Singh from Khambra colony, hanged himself to death after he had a quarrel with his nephew.
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Monsoon preparedness:
Flood control room set up
Jalandhar, June 30 The authorities have deputed as many as 50 staff members for round-the-clock duty to handle all complaints related to sewage clogging and water stagnation in various colonies of the city. The staff would be available in the control room set up at tubewell no 25 near Shastri Chowk. Complete duty roaster with eight-hour duty of staff including SDOs, JEs, sewer men and sanitary inspectors was circulated today. The staff would be available on call at 0181-2457254. The MC is also planning to circulate mobile phone numbers of the zonal in charges for quicker action. The officers have also been asked to keep the drain plugging equipment and vehicles ready at all times to attend to calls at the earliest, said Assistant Commissioner Ved Vyas. SE (O&M) PS Jaggi said two additional pumping stations have been set up at the sewage treatment plant of the Punjab State Water Supply and Sewage Board at Pholariwal for quicker disposal of rainwater. “This will certainly reduce chances of any water logging”, he claimed. Certain low lying areas of the city where water logging is an annual problem have had storm water sewer system installed. The DC complex has storm water system laid along its gates. Public visiting the complex in monsoons have been finding it extremely difficult to enter the gate due to inundation in rainy season. Storm water sewer has also been recently installed around bus stand where too water logging in a common problem. A sewer line has also been installed from BMC Chowk to Milap Chowk. A rainwater harvesting system had also been recently installed in Rajinder Nagar, the working of which too would be put to test in the coming weeks. Jaggi said storm water sewage lines were being currently cleaned up for faster flushing of the rainwater. He said three new safai employees had been given for each ward to ensure cleaner and more hygienic environment for the residents. |
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Ward left neglected, councillor takes a potshot at MC
Jalandhar, June 30 Shortage of potable water and the poor condition of roads have been the major problems in the ward since many years. The Congress has the seat for the past four consecutive terms. Recently, residents of this ward had a tough time in getting their voice heard for availing clean drinking water. The potholed Kala Sanghian road has also created problems for the residents. Congress councillor Surinder Kaur said the re-construction of the Kala Sanghian road has been hanging fire for the past some time for want of funds. “The contractor claimed that he cannot start the work as around Rs 2-crore fund for the construction was not released by the MC authorities. Though, we took up the matter with the MC, but to no avail”, she said. “Even area MLA Bhagat Chunni Lal has adopted a pick and choose policy for the development works of this ward. My repeated requests to the MC officials have fallen on deaf ears. Every time, we have to resort to protests for getting various works done,” she added. She said the work was started in February, but it was held up for want of funds. “Not only this, last week various colonies including Green Avenue, New Geeta Colony, Ishwar Nagar, Geeta Colony and New Model House, faced acute water shortage. And the MC ended up as a mute spectator. We had to hold a protest to draw the attention of the MC authorities. Only then the residents were able to get clean drinking water,” she said. Even the supply of water tankers was minimal during the crisis, she maintained. “Once we held a protest, there was no shortage of water supply”, she quipped. Councillor speak
Even area MLA Bhagat Chunni Lal has adopted a pick and choose policy for the development works of this ward. My repeated requests to the MC officials have fallen on deaf ears. Every time, we have to resort to protests for getting various works
done. — Surinder Kaur Official speak The MC has a liability of around Rs 60 crore towards various contractors involved in development works in the wards. The pending amount will be released only after the MC is able to generate some funds. The MC is already short of funds and until this crisis is over, the payments would remain withheld. As far as the allocation of funds is concerned, the MC has never discriminated against any councillor. — Gurcharan Singh, XEN B&R
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City remembers its brave son
Jalandhar, June 30 The programme was organised by the Shaheed Capt Roopinder Singh Garcha Memorial Charitable Trust. On the occasion, Jalandhar Cantonment MLA Jagbir Brar laid a wreath and recalled the valour of the martyr who died fighting the enemies in Jammu and Kashmir.
He also appreciated the effort of Garcha’s family in running a trust for doing welfare activities for poor children and needy families. Lieut-Gen Surjit Singh also laid a wreath. He said as many as 14,000 Armymen, primarily of the 323 AD Regiment, had lost their lives during Partition of whom 1,300 men were from Punjab alone. Garcha too became a part of the same regiment, he said. A band team and soldiers from the same regiment were present at the function today. Lieut-Col Manmohan Singh, former District Sainik Welfare Officer, said as many as nine Army officers hailing from the district had passed away commanding various operations. Martyr’s father Lieut-Gen GS Garcha (retd), Major Sanjeev Trivedi of the 27 AD Regiment, and District Sainik Welfare Officer Col Amarbir Singh Chahal (retd) also attended the event.
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Jalandhar, June 30
