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Woman succumbs to burn injuries
Hoshiarpur, July 7
Tarsem Kaur, wife of Harwinder, son of Joingder Ram of Todarpur village, succumbed to burn injuries at a hospital in Jalandhar today. Following her death, the Mehtiana police has booked her husband and mother-in-law Kamla under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC.

1 dies of gastroenteritis in Hoshiarpur village
Hoshiarpur, July 7
One person died of gastroenteritis on Thursday and more than 24 persons were suffering from this infection in the Garhshankar subdivision. Dr Narinder Kumar, senior medical officer of Civil Hospital, Possi, said Jatinder Kumar, alias Pamma, son of Balbir Singh of Alipur, died of gastroenteritis.

Check flow of dirty water: HC to Faridkot admn
Chandigarh, July 7
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the local authorities in Faridkot to ensure dirty water does not find its way into the streets during the rainy season. The directions came on a petition filed by Bhola Singh Bhatti and other petitioners against the State of Punjab.

Woman succumbs to burn injuries

Hoshiarpur, July 7
Tarsem Kaur, wife of Harwinder, son of Joingder Ram of Todarpur village, succumbed to burn injuries at a hospital in Jalandhar today. Following her death, the Mehtiana police has booked her husband and mother-in-law Kamla under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC.

According to police sources, the deceased was married to Harwinder Singh about 8 years ago and had three daughters and two sons.

Harwinder was a habitual drunkard and used to beat Tarsem when she opposed his drinking habit.

On the intervening night of July 5 and July 6, 2012, Harwinder, who was under the influence of liquor, and Kamla set Tarsem on fire due to which she was badly burnt. She was immediately shifted to a hospital where she breathed her last.

A deputation of the village led by Asha Rani, mother of the deceased, met the SSP, Hoshiarpur, and demanded registration of a case and immediate arrest of Harwinder and his mother. — OC 

1 dies of gastroenteritis in Hoshiarpur village
24 others suffer from the infection
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, July 7
One person died of gastroenteritis on Thursday and more than 24 persons were suffering from this infection in the Garhshankar subdivision. Dr Narinder Kumar, senior medical officer of Civil Hospital, Possi, said Jatinder Kumar, alias Pamma, son of Balbir Singh of Alipur, died of gastroenteritis.

Dr Narinder said as per a survey conducted by the health employees, more than 24 persons of Alipur village were suffering from gastroenteritis. Four persons suffering from the infectionhad been admitted to Civil Hospital, Nawanshahar, and the remaining were being given treatment at their houses. Chlorine tablets and ORS powder had been distributed among villagers and water samples had been seized from the water supply sources of Golewal village from where the supply was being done to Alipur village. The samples had been sent to Government Laboratory, Chandigarh, for testing.

Dr Narinder appealed to the people to drink boiled water.

Check flow of dirty water: HC to Faridkot admn
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 7
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the local authorities in Faridkot to ensure dirty water does not find its way into the streets during the rainy season. The directions came on a petition filed by Bhola Singh Bhatti and other petitioners against the State of Punjab. In the petition placed before the Bench of Acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, the petitioners had sought directions to the respondents to rebuild the drainage system initially constructed by Nagar Council.

The drainage system was meant for carrying dirty water of the colonies “in a manner that the dirty water does not come out from the underground drains”.

After notice of motion was issued, the Director of Local Bodies in Ferozepur was asked to file a status report on the functioning of the drainage system. He was asked to specify whether the drainage system was working satisfactorily, or improvement by repair or installation of new drainage system was required.

In response, a report was filed stating that level of the drain, at one point was defective. As a result, dirty water was spilling from the drainage system into the streets.

Subsequently, an affidavit was filed by Director of Local Government AK Sinha. He informed the court that “as per communication received from the Municipal Council, Faridkot, the drainage system has been cleaned.

“All the obstacles made by farmers for using water for irrigation purposes have been removed and at present the flow of dirty water is proper.”

The High Court was also told that repair work has also been carried out to ensure the flow of dirty water. Disposing of the petition, the Bench directed the Executive Officer of the Faridkot Improvement Trust and the Municipal Commissioner “to ensure that the dirty water does not come out into the streets during the rainy season and thereafter”.