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Rodents punch holes into Multania overBridge
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Ex-MLA’s driver booked for rash driving
33 cases of AFP reported in dist
Over 50 villagers booked for damaging power grid
TB awareness workshop held
SBoP MD meets traders to tone up bank’s functioning
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Rodents punch holes into Multania overBridge
Bathinda, July 21 All the buses and loaded trucks were navigated through the residential areas of Paras Ram Nagar and Thandi Sarak. PWD officials said rats had burrowed holes in the side walls of the structure, all the way to the bottom, thereby loosening the soil. After Friday’s downpour, rainwater gushed into these holes and down to the basement, damaging the structure. In a late night communiqué issued to the press, the PWD department declared that the movement of heavy traffic had been barred on the bridge. “Plying of heavy vehicles is not a threat for the structure. We have prohibited their movement as it would have interfered with the JCB machines working on the restoration and repair of the bridge,” said SDO, Mander Singh, who is heading the repair work on the bridge. As a temporary measure, the PWD officials today filled the gaps with heaps of mud. From tomorrow onwards, permanent repair work would be undertaken and the damaged portion would be re-constructed. An estimated `6-7 lakh would be spent on it. PWD officials said the overbridge was constructed using bricks, while the new bridges are constructed using reinforced cement concrete (RCC) which makes the structures stronger as compared to the older ones. Meanwhile, the entire traffic moving from the city towards Multania was navigated from Paras Ram Nagar railway overbridge to Paras Ram Nagar Chowk, Thandi Sarak and then towards Multania road. By the afternoon, two-wheelers and four-wheelers were allowed to ply on the bridge. Residents of the nearby areas said around a week back, the PWD officials had put up a notice stating that the bridge’s railings had grown weak and warned people against taking its support while standing. “The bridge should be repaired as per the rules,” said Congress councillor, Jagroop Singh Gill. How the damage was done
Civil engineer Dr Sanjiv Aggarwal, from Punjab Technical University Giani Zail Singh campus, said the ramps have soil fillings and at the time of engineering the structure, certain weep holes are left that allow water to trickle down the structure instead of letting it accumulate. The rodents might have entered from these weep holes and burrowed their way down causing the damage, he said. He added that preventive measures could have been taken to curb the entry of rodents. Fact file
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Slain soldier cremated with full state honours
Bathinda, July 21 Govind’s body, wrapped in the Tricolour, was brought in a coffin in an Army truck bedecked with flowers, from Jammu to his native village, Sivian, by road. Govind was serving in the Engineering Regiment of 47 Rashtriya Rifle Bihar and was presently attached with the infantry for the past one year in Jammu & Kashmir. His term in the disturbed area was about to end and he had already applied for leave. The Army jawans, who brought the body from Srinagar to Sivian, said Govind was among the soldiers who were returning after a combing operation against terrorists in a village near Kupwara. He, along with a soldier from Maharashtra, got injured in an attack by the terrorists on the Army convoy returning to its base. A bullet hit Govind in the stomach and he died after being treated at the military hospital for three days. His brother-in-law, also serving in the Indian Army, said Govind had joined the Army around eight years ago. He added that Govind used to bid adieu to his family and friends by saying he would soon return home in the Tricolour. Govind is survived by his expectant wife and two sons, aged three and two years. Govind had been the only breadwinner in his family after his two brothers died recently due to some ailment. His father, Bhajan Singh, now looks after the entire family which includes his wife, Govind’s wife and two sons and the two sons of Govind’s elder brother. Villagers said he kept the pot boiling by selling vegetables in the village. An Army contingent, comprising the artillery, EME, Rashtriya Rifles and others, paid homage to the slain soldier by observing silence. They reversed their arms and fired gunshots in the air. Govind’s father, Bhajan Singh, lit the pyre. SDM Rambir Singh, Naib Tehsildar Subhash Mittal, DSP Manjeet Singh, MLA Ajaib Singh Bhatti, Nehianwala SHO Gurpreet Singh and a large number of local residents besides the sarpanch of nearby village were among those present during the funeral.
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Bathinda resident drowns in Ukraine
Bathinda, July 21 The funeral was held at the cremation ground near the grain market in the city. Whisky had done his matriculation from Dasmesh Public School at Talwandi Sabo and higher secondary from Government School at Paras Ram Nagar. He later pursued his B.Tech and M.Tech at the Ukraine University and had been living there since. A large number of relatives and family friends gathered at his Model Town phase I residence to pay their last respects to Baldeep. MLA Sarup Chand Singla, SDM KPS Mahi, income tax officer KPS Brar, NGO Punjab Sath Lakhi Jungle’s leader Labh Singh Sandhu and others were also present at the cremation.
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Ex-MLA’s driver booked for rash driving
Bathinda, July 21 The complainant, Charanjit Singh, said he was driving his Maruti Swift car from Amrik Singh Road to Hanuman Chowk when a Volkswagon Polo car, coming from the wrong side of Namdev Marg to Goniana road, hit his car and badly damaged its front portion. “Despite being at fault, the driver of the car started arguing with me and boasted that the car belonged to the former Congress MLA, Makhan Singh,” Charanjit said. Some shopkeepers, on hearing the commotion, too came out and accused the driver of taking a wrong turn, Charanjit added. Later, the former MLA came out of the car and joined in. Supporting his driver’s version, he asked the traffic policemen to let him leave as he had some important work to attend to. Charanjit said instead of taking action against the erring driver, the traffic cops asked him to leave, without taking any action against him. “I told the traffic policemen that the traffic rules were the same for all. The cops seemed to be in no mood to take action against the former MLA’s driver,” Charanjit said, adding that when he took out his mobile phone to contact the SSP, the Congress leader also said he would call up the Bathinda SSP. A head constable from the Civil Lines police station reached the scene and the driver was handed out a challan. Both the parties were asked to reach the police station for further action. Investigating Officer (IO) in the case, Jagdev Singh, said the driver did not turn up at the police station, despite being called on his cell phone a number of times. A case has been registered against him, he added. “Earlier, the MLA had said he had to attend an important programme in a nearby village and he would soon return to the city but failed to turn up,” the IO said. Jagdev Singh added that the complainant claimed that `8,000-9,000 would be spent on the repair of his car. The complainant was not willing to get a case registered against the former MLA’s driver but since they did not turn up, a case was registered against the driver Buta Singh under sections 279 of the IPC (for driving rashly in wrong lane) and 427 (for damaging another vehicle) of the IPC at the Civil Lines police station. Makhan Singh, said his driver was at fault, and so was the owner of the other car. “He turned his car in a wrong direction. My car was hit in the centre by the complainant’s car,” Makhan said. He added that he even offered a compensation of `8,000 but the complainant refused to accept the same and went on to lodge a complaint with the police. “I repeatedly urged him not to create a ruckus and accept the compensation but he refused to listen,” Makhan claimed.
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Residential areas choke on sewer water
Bathinda, July 21 In National Colony, people raised slogans against the government saying they were paying a high price for voting in favour of the Congress municipal councillor. Till the filing of this report, the area was still inundated with rainwater. “Most of the inhabitants of the colony are employees of the thermal plant. We have neither got proper roads nor a proper sewer system,” rued the president of the area’s residents’ welfare association, Prakash Singh, as well as other residents, Major Singh Daddu, Nihal Singh and Gurdeep Singh. Water entered the low-lying areas of Guru Nanakpura as well as the Sadar police station. Despite the tall claims made by successive governments, the areas are yet to be relieved of the problem of water accumulation during the monsoon. Till Saturday evening, the Sadar police station had two-feet-deep water. “We have become accustomed to water entering the police station and hence, always ensure that none of the records suffer any damage due to rains,” said a cop. The sewer remained blocked in parts of Mall Road, Ajit road, Aggarwal Colony, Bhatti Road, Sirki Bazaar, Power House road and other areas. While water ebbed out from the main roads, it got accumulated in the adjoining areas. In areas such as street number 1 of Agagrwal Colony, the sewer has started overflowing. “This should be the cleanest area in the city as the Bathinda MLA resides here. But it seems the municipal authorities care the least for their own leader. If the situation of overflowing sewer persists, we will have water-borne diseases knocking at our doors,” said a local resident, Prem Lata.
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33 cases of AFP reported in dist
Bathinda, July 21 As per the information received by the district health authorities here, as many as 15 cases were reported by the government and private doctors from the Bathinda city while five cases each were reported from Bhagta and Talwandi Sabo blocks, three cases each from Nathana and Goniana blocks and one case from Sangat block. The doctors inform the district health authorities of an AFP case when they find weakness in any organ of the body of a child up to the age of 15 years. The symptoms can include neck floppy, foot and wrist drop, muscle weakness of the eye, facial palsy, hemi paresis and limp. Talking to this reporter here, District Immunisation Officer (DIO), Bathinda, Dr Manpreet Kaur Rupal said no injection in the gluteal region of a child should be administered as the sciatic nerve might get injured, leading to limp. She appealed to the people to bring the AFP cases (weakness in any organ) to the notice of the doctors at an early stage. She said in suspected AFP cases, the health authorities sent two samples of stool of the child to the Central Research Institute, Kasauli, to ascertain whether it is a case of polio or not. She said even after the country gets polio-free certificate from the World Health Organisation (WHO), a watch has to be kept over the AFP cases. The last case of polio had been detected in West Bengal on January 13, 2011 in the country. If no case is reported from any part of the country till January 2014, then India would get the certificate of being a polio-free country from the WHO, she added. A child specialist at the local Women and Children Hospital, Dr Satish Jindal said the AFP did not mean that the child was suffering from poliomyelitis as it just indicated weakness in any part of the body. Dr Mehtab Singh, state surveillance medical officer (WHO-National Polio Surveillance Project), visited the health authorities here yesterday. He met the DIO, Bathinda, and later visited the houses of the AFP patients to examine them and learn about their history, follow up and case status. Fact file
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Over 50 villagers booked for damaging power grid
Bathinda, July 21 The villagers were irate after a villager received electric shocks. They went to the grid where they beat up a Powercom employee, Sandeep Singh, who was present on duty at the grid. Sandeep Singh alleged that the villagers abused him and ransacked the entire grid. They broke the window panes, electrical appliances and other costly gadgets in the grid. Police have booked Kuldeep Singh, Tari Singh, Amritpal Singh, Meeta Singh, Jagga Studiowala, Mithu Singh Ratheka and around 50 to 55 unidentified villagers. They all were booked under sections 427, 353, 186, 148 and 149 of the IPC at the Phul police station. No arrests have been made so far. Five booked for intimidating student
Police have booked five persons including the students of a college for intimidating another student. A complaint was lodged by Lovepreet Singh of Amargarh village in which he stated that he was on way to Baba Farid College in a bus when some youths stopped the bus and threatened him with dire consequences. He accused Radjeet Singh, Iqbal Singh, Manpreet Singh and Sukhpreet Singh of Amargarh village of trying to intimidate him over a trivial issue. A case under sections 341, 506, 148 and 149 of the IPC has been registered against the accused at the Nehianwala police station. No arrests have been made so far. One booked for assault
Police have booked a resident of Kotshamir village for beating up a farmer over the issue of watering the agricultural fields. The complainant, Buta Singh, said he was beaten up by Sukhu Singh with an agricultural tool. He said Sukhu tried to prevent him from watering his agricultural fields as he said it was his turn to water the fields. A case under sections 324 and 323 of the IPC has been registered against Sukhu at the Kotfatta police station. No arrests have been made by the police so far. Driver, conductor booked for beating bus passenger
Police have booked a bus driver, conductor and three others for beating up a passenger over the issue of purchasing ticket. Beant Singh of Tarkhanwala village has lodged a complaint with the police wherein he stated that the accused, including the bus driver Bhola Singh, conductor Kinda Singh and three others, Goldy, Romi and Iqbal Singh, beat him up over the issue of buying the bus ticket. The injured passenger was taken to the hospital by his fellow passengers and the matter was brought to the notice of the police. A case under sections 325, 323, 148 and 149 of the IPC has been registered against the accused at the Sangat police station. No arrests have been made so far. Ten booked for assault, firing gunshots
Police have booked ten persons, including some women, for firing indiscriminately and beating up a woman from Dhipali village. Those booked by the police include a panchayat member and a former sarpanch. Chhinderpal Kaur lodged a complaint with the police stating that some villagers attacked her with sharp-edged weapons and fired gunshots over a trivial issue. Police have booked Buta Singh, Biri Kaur, Lakhvir Singh, Golo Kaur, Chhindi, Tara Singh, former sarpanch Buta Singh, Sarghi Kaur and panch Bhajan Singh, all residents of Dhipali village. Police have booked them under sections 427, 353, 186, 148 and 149 of the IPC at the Phul police station. No arrests have been made by the police so far. |
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TB awareness workshop held
Bathinda, July 21 The students and staff of the school were provided knowledge about the symptoms, precautions and treatment of the disease at this awareness workshop. They were also told that under the revised national TB control programme (RNTCP), the treatment of TB was free of cost. Communication facilitator of the State Health Society (RNTCP), Punjab, Gagan Goyal asked the people to get the sputum of the suspected TB cases examined immediately to prevent the disease from spreading further. Goyal said if one experiences symptoms of the disease, like cough for more than two weeks or blood in sputum, then one should immediately approach the doctor. He said even the sputum of the suspected TB cases was done free of cost at government hospitals. He also urged the patients to complete the course of the treatment for TB to avoid further complications and get rid of the disease forever. Under the directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) system, the medicine is given free of cost in the government hospitals and by the DOTS providers. In the end, a question-answer session was held in which the students took part actively.
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SBoP MD meets traders to tone up bank’s functioning
Bathinda, July 21 Gupta also discussed the problems being faced by the traders and bankers and took steps to settle these on the spot. Among others present at the meeting were Saroop Chand Single, chief parliamentary secretary, Baljeet Singh Birbehman, the Mayor of Bathinda, BK Kochhar, DGM and local industrialists. — TNS
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Holes, punched by rodents, damaged the footpaths of the Multania overbridge — Bathinda’s first — forcing the authorities to suspend the movement of heavy traffic.
