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City observes near complete shutdown
Six killed in road accidents
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Guv to open 50-bed hospital at ghudda
Canteen, joyrides at Rose Garden lose out to malls
Edu dept holds surprise checking at schools
Curbing femicide: People ought to remain vigilant, says Yadav
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City observes near complete shutdown
Bathinda, September 20 Immediately after the trader, Goldy, the owner of Gupta Sons, was "slapped" by the BJP activists, a number of businessmen of Kikar Bazaar and Dhobi Bazaar gathered on the road and took out a march towards the Kotwali police station. They demanded action against the BJP workers, including Tarsem Goyal. They first gheraoed the police station and later blocked the road leading to the police station for a few minutes.
However, seeing no positive response from the police, they decided to block the GT Road and marched towards Dhobi Bazaar. Meantime, local MLA and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sarup Chand Singla met the protesters at Dhobi Bazaar. He assured the enraged traders that action would be taken. With folded hands, he even appealed to the traders to relent. "I assure you that no one will be spared. If any BJP leader has slapped a trader, he would have to pay the price for it," said Singla. After his assurance, the traders dispersed. Meanwhile, Senior Deputy Mayor Tarsem Goyal reportedly apologized for the act by some BJP supporters. Talking over the phone in the evening, the trader, Goldy, said, "Tarsem Goyal has apologised for the fault of his supporters. So, we did not file any formal complaint against him with the police." Meanwhile, all roads wore a deserted look. The bus stand and the railway station also wore a deserted look. Most of the shops, business establishments and some schools remained closed for the day. Later, in the evening, some shopkeepers opened their establishments. Interestingly, the liquor shops remained open and no one even objected to it. Youthful enthusiasm When the traders of Kikar Bazaar were lodging protest, some youngsters accompanying them were seen making the most of it. "We'll upload the pictures of protest on social networking sites to invite comments from friends,” they said. Singla assures action "The bandh proved to be successful. All the traders kept their shops shut throughout the day. I thank all those who supported the bandh call given by the SAD-BJP alliance. If someone has taken the law into his hand during the bandh, legal action would be taken against him," said Bathinda (Urban) MLA Sarup Chand Singla. Cong flays bandh call "At a time when the SAD-BJP government in Punjab is increasing taxes, they have no right to force others to observe a shutdown on price hike. Moreover, the bandh caused inconvenience to the commoners. It brought out the real face of the SAD-BJP leaders, who slapped a trader forcing him to shut his business establishment," said former Congress MLA from Bathinda, Harminder Singh Jassi. Congress leader Chiranji Lal Garg has also condemned the incident today in which a trader was allegedly beaten up by BJP workers in Kikar Bazaar while enforcing the bandh.
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Six killed in road accidents
Bathinda, September 20 In a tragic road mishap, which took place at about 7:45 am today, two students were killed while two others were injured when the motorcycle they were riding, collided head-on with a private bus on Multania road. There were four students riding the bike when it met with an accident. Baljeet Singh (16), a resident of Bir Talab Basti-II, who was a student of Class XII at the Government Senior Secondary School, Multania, died on the spot. His friend, Amrik Singh (20), a resident of Bir Talab Basti-III, and a student of BA III at the Malwa College, succumbed to his head injury at the Civil Hospital. The condition of their two other friends, who were also riding the same bike, was stated to be critical. They were receiving treatment at the Max Hospital when last reports came in. The injured were identified as Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Bir Talab Basti-III, who is a student of Class XII at the Government Senior Secondary School, Multania, and Sumit, also a resident of Bir Talab Basti-III, who studies in Class X at the Government Senior Secondary School, Multania. The school administration announced leave for today after learning of the tragic incident. Karnail Singh, the uncle of the deceased Baljeet Singh said, "Baljeet was riding the motorcycle which belonged to his friend Amar Singh, who was not among the victims. Due to the strike by the transporters, Baljeet and his three friends were going on a motorcycle to their educational institutes when their vehicle collided head-on with a bus." "Some teachers found the students lying in a pool of blood and took them to the hospital, where the doctors declared Baljeet as brought dead. Later, Amrik also succumbed to his head injury, while the two others were referred to Max Hospital." Meanwhile, the police registered a case against the bus driver Mithu Singh under sections 304-A, 279 and 478 of the IPC. The bus has also been seized. The bereaved families were waiting to receive the bodies of their kin at the Civil Hospital at the time of filing this news, as the doctors were busy completing the legal formalities. Thread mill staff killed
In another road mishap, three employees of a private thread mill at Maur were killed after an overloaded Tempo, in which they were travelling, collided with a pick-up vehicle and fell into a drain on the Mansa road near Kotfatta at around midnight. There were 19 passengers in the vehicle, when it fell into the drain. The activists of the NGO Sahara Jan Sewa, who were coming in a car on that road, immediately shifted the injured to the Civil Hospital, where Rehana (16), daughter of Bittu, a local resident and Mandeep Singh (17), a resident of Mehna Basti, were declared as brought dead. Meanwhile, the driver of the ill-fated vehicle, Gursewak Singh, a resident of Chand Sir Basti, also succumbed to his injuries. Pyara Singh, the uncle of the deceased Mandeep Singh said his nephew was working part-time in the factory and had started working only some time ago. Meanwhile, the Kotfatta police registered a case against the driver of the pick-up vehicle. However, no case was registered for overloading of passengers. Ludhiana resident killed in mishap on Barnala road
A resident of Haibowal in Ludhiana, presently working at Bathinda, lost his life in a road mishap, after the Ford Fusion car he was driving, overturned on Barnala road after hitting a roundabout at about 3:15 am this morning. The accident reportedly occurred when stray cattle came in his way. The police said the deceased was identified as Sunil Kumar Verma (39), son of Manohar Lal Verma, an employee of a mobile handset company. He was coming from Muktsar, where he had gone to attend some business. Investigating Officer Surinder Singh said Sunil sustained multiple injuries and was taken to the Civil Hospital from where the doctors referred him to the Max Hospital, where he died. The postmortem was being conducted. Body found from lake
The activists of Naujawan Welfare Society today found a body from Thermal Lake-II on Malout road here. The deceased was identified as Sant Sharma (50), son of Madan Lal, a resident of Prajapat Colony. He was missing for some time. The body was taken to the Civil Hospital for post-mortem. |
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Guv to open 50-bed hospital at ghudda
Bathinda, September 20 Sources in the district health department stated that no requirement had been sent for opening a medical facility in the area, as a government hospital at nearby Sangat was sufficient. Health experts said the Sangat hospital would be left redundant with the new hospital at Ghudda. Health department officials said this has been done keeping in view the future health requirements of the area. With the government aiming at developing Ghudda as sports and education hubs, the hospital is meant to cater to the health requirements of the people working and living in these institutes as well as villages nearby. Ghudda has government sports school, NCC's Remount and Veterinary (R&V) unit, Panjab University's college and upcoming campus of the Central University of Punjab (CUP). A new building has been constructed for the hospital but instead of making new recruitments, staff has been squeezed out of government hospitals at Bathinda and Rampura and dermatologist has been deputed from the Sangat hospital. Seven doctors from the Civil Hospital at Bathinda, two from Rampura and one from Sangat have been transferred to Ghudda. The doctors who have been transferred from the Bathinda hospital include deputy medical commissioner Dr Vinod, specialist in medicine Dr KK Goyal, paediatrician Dr Anjali (leaving behind only one pediatrician at the women and child hospital), surgeon Dr Usha Goyal (leaving behind only one surgeon who is soon to be promoted as SMO), orthopaedist Dr Dheeraj, Dr Arun Bansal and gynaecologist Dr Monika Gupta. Similarly, eye specialist and anaesthetist from Rampura hospital have been transferred and dermatologist from Sangat has been transferred to Ghudda. All the doctors were transferred on Monday. The Punjab Health System Corporation (PHSC) has constructed the hospital building on two acres. The construction began in January 2011 and was completed around a month ago. |
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Canteen, joyrides at Rose Garden lose out to malls
Bathinda, September 20 Registering low business, the condition of the canteen is pitiable. The three-year contract for canteen will end in the next seven months and the present contractor does not seem to be in a mood to continue. The canteen was given on a contract for Rs 5.81 lakh for three years, but the contractor's workers swear by not taking the work again. “Who will come to this shabby canteen where there is no adequate place to sit and relax. In the days of mall culture and luxury, customers prefer AC rooms that are well-designed and maintained," said one of the workers. The canteen was constructed in 1978 and seems to have received little repairs and restoration. Customers have already dumped the hall meant for sitting indoors and opt for the chairs and tables outside the canteen. The canteen building has wide cracks and trees growing out of it. "We tried to spruce up the place by laying a tiled floor in the front portion but that too failed to do any wonder," said an employee at the canteen. The garden also does not have enough public conveniences such as toilets. The set of toilets near open air theatre was abandoned a long time ago. Even the Children's Park stands in an urgent need of overhaul. The joy rides and the park's boundary railings have got rusted. "The rides here are much cheaper than any kind of entertainment available for children at malls. A little maintenance can do wonders," said the employees of joy ride section. Meanwhile, the commissioner of the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda, Uma Shankar Gupta, said few months ago, tenders were floated for renovation of the Rose Garden but none responded to it. "We now plan to invite an expression of interest (EoI) for giving the canteen and joy ride section on build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis," he said, adding that the plan also includes opening shops selling products for children.
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Edu dept holds surprise checking at schools
Bathinda, September 20 The team members included assistant district science supervisor Mahinderpal Singh, Harcharan Singh from Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), coordinator of the Mid-day meal scheme (upper primary) Gurbachan Singh and Harpreet Singh. The team visited the school at Gobindpura first where it found that discipline was maintained and the mid-day meal had been prepared as per the menu for the day. School principal Kulwinder Kaur told the team about the efforts being made to increase enrollment at school. The team found cleanliness and mid-day meal preparation at the school in Gillpatti satisfactory. Assistant district science supervisor Mahinderpal Singh said such random checkings would continue. |
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Curbing femicide: People ought to remain vigilant, says Yadav
Bathinda, September 20 Yadav was presiding over a meeting of the PNDT Cell convened here today. Civil surgeon Dr Ajay Sahni, PNDT Cell project officer Sadhu Ram, IMA chief Dr Surinder Garg and others were present at the meeting. Yadav directed the health department to intensify its efforts in making people vigilant towards killing of female fetuses. He also and the kind of punishment this crime evokes. He directed that the PNDT Cell's toll free number 1091 should be popularised and that people should be made aware of the punishment that female foeticide entails. He called upon people to report any matter related to sex selective abortion or sex determination of unborn baby at the toll free number. — TNS
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Following the call for Bharat Bandh given by the NDA to protest against the hike in the price of diesel and FDI in retail sector, the city witnessed almost a complete bandh today.
Bathinda, September 20
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