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Recruitment drive; admn fails to please Army
Brother, nephew kill former soldier over minor dispute
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smoke-free status
Material unloaded from ‘killer’ truck,
head constable shifted
New Police Commissioner all for responsible policing
Industries go into ‘power’ mode from today
Polluting diesel-run gensets, a cause of concern
Commuting blues for city residents
‘Govt has no policy for economic development’
Raids at school canteens
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Recruitment drive; admn fails to please Army
Amritsar, August 6 A similar stampede like situation occurred at Gate No 8, when several youths tried to jostle against each other. But the situation was soon brought under control. Colonel NA Seethi, Director, Recruitment, Amritsar, said a meeting with the local administration was held in which it was assured that all arrangements would be made but to no avail. “We had a meeting with the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Supreet Singh Gulati, as well as SSP (rural) Preet Pal Singh Virk and they had assured us for complete cooperation but in vain,” he said. “We arranged for drinking water and light refreshment from our resources but it was the responsibility of the district administration as has been done in the past. Earlier, at least five water-bowsers were arranged by the local administration but this time not even one was sent. Similarly, there is very thin deployment of the police force to control such a large crowd of candidates. A minor disturbance had occurred at Gate no 8 this morning but nothing unpleasant happened. But we have to be prepared to tackle any untoward situation when there is such a large turnout,” he said. He hoped that the administration would cooperate ahead. SSP Rural Preet Pal Singh Virk and ADC Supreet Singh Gulati could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.
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All in ONE day
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Brother, nephew kill former soldier over minor dispute
Amritsar, August 6 Balkar and his wife Harjit Kaur were going to lodge a complaint with the police against them at the time of the incident. Harjit Kaur told the police that Balkar was working at DSC ammunition at Jabalpur and had come home on leave for 15 days. She alleged her husband’s brother Jaswinder Singh started quarrelling with him over minor issues. Though, Balkar Singh tried to reach a settlement between the two families but the accused did not relent. On Sunday, she said they started quarrelling again. Fed up over all this, Balkar along with Harjit and son Gurjinder Singh were going to lodge a complaint with the police. She alleged that the accused Jaswinder Singh and his son Ravi followed them and slit the throat of Balkar with a small sharp-edged weapon and fled the spot. She said Balkar died on the spot. A case has been registered against the accused and raids are on to nab them. Stopped from going to the cops Balkar worked at DSC ammunition at Jabalpur and had come on leave for 15 days. His wife Harjit alleged her husband’s brother Jaswinder Singh quarrelled with him over minor issues. Balkar tried to reach a settlement between the two families but the accused did not relent. Balkar, Harjit and son Gurjinder were going to lodge a complaint with the police at the time of the murder.
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PGI team visits Verka, Ramdass blocks
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, August 6 Civil Surgeon, Amritsar, Dr Hardeep Singh Ghai said, “The team would continue to conduct inspections at various places for three more days. Though nothing has been communicated to us officially about what they have found, but we are hopeful of getting the smoke-free status for the city.” He said few discrepancies were pointed about the places the team visited and the department is working to get them resolved before the final report is out. The administration plans to announce the smoke-free status for city on August 15 provided the inspection team deems it fit for it. The health department had earlier asked all the institutions to display statuary warnings against smoking of tobacco in their premises. The violators of smoking at public places along with the institutions which had failed to abide by the instructions were fined. Keeping an eye
A team from the PGI, Chandigarh, comprising Dr Harvinder Kaur, Dr Umesh Chauhan, Dr Jagdeep Singh and Dr Kuldeep Sharma conducted inspections at various institutions in Verka and Ramdass block of the district. Official speak The team would continue to conduct inspections at various places for three more days. We are hopeful of getting the smoke-free status for the city. — Dr Hardeep Singh Ghai, civil surgeon, Amritsar
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Material unloaded from ‘killer’ truck,
head constable shifted
Amritsar, August 6 Nikku was run over by a speeding truck at Bhagtawala area here on August 3. He was on his way back home after buying milk from a dairy at the time of the mishap. The family members were protesting against the officials of Gate Hakima police station for allegedly allowing unloading of the material from the truck which was parked near the police station as case property. Nikku’s wife Satnam Kaur alleged that the police department was playing in the hands of the traders and owners of the truck which was responsible for the death of her husband. The incident came to light when a relative of Nikku saw several persons unloading material from the truck in a tractor trolley. He raised an alarm and called the family members. They raised slogans against the police and also blocked traffic. ACP, Central, Gurcharan Singh, pacified the agitators. He transferred the munshi of the police station to the Police Lines for negligence and on charges of sealing the truck.
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New Police Commissioner all for responsible policing
Amritsar, August 6 Ram Singh was given the guard of honour by the police jawans in the presence of senior police officials when he took over the charge. Ram Singh was promoted as IG three months ago. Earlier, he was working as the DIG, Border range. Immediately, after joining as commissioner, he held a meeting with police officials. He said maintaining law and order in the city besides nailing drug peddlers would be on top of his list of priorities. “I would stress on responsible and people-friendly policing in the city. I want to change the face of the police department through responsible policing,” said Ram Singh. “I have been holding meetings with my colleagues and a strategy would be chalked out to stem the problem of rising instances of snatchings and petty crimes in the city,” he said. “It has been seen that drug addiction is the major cause behind the rising incidents of snatchings and petty crimes, therefore my priority would be to nail the drug peddlers and break the nexus of drug peddlers and suppliers,” he said. He also appealed to the people of the holy city to help and cooperate to maintain law and order in the city. “People can contact me any time on my mobile number or send me a SMS if I am unavailable for some reasons they could send me SMS. Their grievances would be resolved amicably,” said Ram Singh. About the unsolved cases, he said he would review all the cases in the future and try to solve them. Solving traffic problems and welfare of police employees would also be on my priority list, he added. The outgoing Police Commissioner RP Mittal thanked the people of the city and his colleagues for their help and cooperation. He said his term as the Police Commissioner was challenging as Assembly polls, MC polls and the SGPC elections were conducted during his tenure.
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Industries go into ‘power’ mode from today
Amritsar, August 6 The PSPCL took due care of the industry's concerns as it feared that migrant labourers might leave for their home states due to reduced working days on account of no power supply for four days a week. Entrepreneurs Kamal Dalmia and Darshan Singh said the decisions have come as a relief to the industry. Darshan said besides industries, these decisions would benefit labourers, who have been sitting without work and were unable to put up with their reduced income. With the production coming down to half, the industries in the city have suffered huge losses owing to power cuts.
Sundeep Khosla, who runs a plastic industry at the Bal Kalan Industrial area, said the announcement has given some relief to the industry. Raman Gupta, running an export-oriented pharmaceutical unit, said 11.5 hour power supply would be a reprieve for the industry. He said 90 per cent of the city-based industries at New Focal Point, Mehta Road and Bal Kala, Tarn Taran road and Chheharta are going through a tough time. PL Seth, running a shawl industry, said the entire textile industry was in tatters. He said this was the time to intensify production. He said the textile industry started receiving orders from the states like Odissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and even southern parts of the country from late August. He said dip in the production at this juncture would mean that they would not be able to deliver the order on time, which would give advantage to their counterparts in Ludhiana, Panipat and other parts of the country. Sudeep Singh Sandhu, Chief Engineer (border range), Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd, said the new decisions on power supply taken by the corporation would come into effect from Tuesday.
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Polluting diesel-run gensets, a cause of concern
But this has led to an increase in air pollution. Doctors have revealed that incidences of respiratory diseases, tension, mental depression, deafness etc have been on the rise especially among people who stay or work near diesel-run generator sets, which operate several hours a day. Dr Naresh Chawla, District TB Officer, said diesel exhaust generated by generators is a complex mixture of thousands of gases and fine particles that contains more than 40 toxic air contaminants. These include many known or suspected cancer-causing substances, such as benzene, arsenic and formaldehyde. It also contains other harmful pollutants, including nitrogen oxides. "Diesel exhaust particles and gases remain suspended in the air. The exposure to diesel exhaust has immediate health effects such as irritation in the eyes, nose, throat and lungs. It can cause cough, headache, lightheadedness and nausea. It also causes inflammation in the lungs, which may aggravate chronic respiratory symptoms and increase the frequency or intensity of asthma attacks," said Dr Chawla. Diesel engine also produces nitrogen oxides which can damage lung tissue, lower the body's resistance to respiratory infection and worsen chronic lung diseases, such as asthma, said Dr Chawla. There is some evidence that exposure to diesel fumes over a period of about 20 years may increase the risk of lung cancer, he added. Doctors reveal that incidences of respiratory diseases, tension, mental depression, deafness etc have been on the rise especially among people who stay or work near diesel-run generator sets, which operate several hours a day Official speak }Diesel exhaust is a complex mixture of thousands of gases and fine particles that contains 40 toxic air contaminants. It also contains many known cancer-causing substances, such as benzene, arsenic. — Dr Naresh Chawla, District TB Officer
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Commuting blues for city residents
Amritsar, August 6 "Many new roads and elevated roads have been constructed recently, but majority of them are linked to the 1955 constructed multi-lane Bhandari bridge", he said. Harpinder said the authorities have focused more on Bhandari bridge instead of constructing new bridges to connect the two sides of the city separated by railway lines. Apart from Bhandari railway overbridge (ROB), there is bridge on Hukam Singh road and Rego bridge, but these bridges have their own limitations. A bridge on Hukum Singh road was constructed for limited traffic and is close to the bus stand. Rego bridge is situated away from the main part of the city. RITES Limited, which constructed the elevated road, has revealed that the Bhandari bridge witnesses a load of 1.64 lakh vehicles every day. The company has drafted a proposal to widen it by at least five metres from both sides. Moreover, roads leading to Bhandari, Rego and Hukam Singh road ROBs have been encroached upon by shopkeepers, rehris (carts) selling fruit and vegetables. Haphazard parking is also a major obstacle, said a concerned citizen Brij Mohan Goyal. An engineer associated with the company, which constructed the elevated road, on the condition of anonymity, said his team had brought the impending traffic problem to the notice of administration. He said merely widening of the bridge would not solve the problem. The need of the hour is to raise a new bridge possibly connecting the court road with Truck Wali road, behind Gole Bagh, he added.
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‘Govt has no policy for economic development’
Amritsar, August 6 In a press release issued, Chhina said due to power shortage in Punjab, both agriculture and industry have been hit hard. Further, investors are reluctant to invest in Punjab because of this problem, he added. He said, "In this current scenario, Punjab cannot deliver a sustainable growth and it will have to bear the economic consequences." "We can only attract foreign direct investment or industry in the state if we have constant and quality power supply in the state. Appropriate policies are required to fulfil the current and upcoming power consumption needs of the state", he said. "Because of inadequate power supply, rural and urban industry is facing heavy losses. Besides, contracted labour also have to suffer economic consequences due to power cuts, for most of labour is
working in manufacturing units on a contractual or performance basis and these power cuts reduce their daily income," he said.
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Health dept fails to do follow-up act
Manmeet Singh Gill Tribune News Service
Amritsar, August 6 Baltej Singh, a parent of a schoolchild, said, “In the absence of a follow-up, canteen owners go back to old ways.” He said these inspections should be made a regular feature considering the fact that the health of students is at stake. Civil Surgeon Dr Hardeep Singh Ghai said, “Inspections are being conducted to check the quality of food being served. When we had started the campaign, the motive was to issue warnings to canteen owners and to make them improve quality and hygiene.” “I will issue instructions to officials to take strict action if a canteen is found to be compromising with the quality or cleanliness for the second time,” said Ghai.
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Amritsar, August 6
Commuting between the walled city and new city areas, popularly known as the Civil Lines, has become an uphill task over a period of time. City residents undergo undue stress due to frequent traffic jams.
A social activist, Harpinder Singh said even after investment of crores of rupees in raising the elevated roads and widening the existing road network in the holy city, the traffic problem is the order of the day.
"Many new roads and elevated roads have been constructed recently, but majority of them are linked to the 1955 constructed multi-lane Bhandari bridge", he
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IRB jawans donate blood
Dejected over the couldn't-care-less attitude of the local authorities, the arrangements of drinking water and refreshments had to be made by the Army authorities for over 10,000 candidates for the post of Soldier (general duty) and Soldier (technical). Candidates from Tarn Taran district took part in the drive today.
Amritsar, August 6