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Parking blues for public, courtesy taxi drivers
Special trainers to protest outside Maluka’s residence
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Mid-day meal data to go online
Gold for ace shooter Avneet Sidhu
Nagar kirtan held on Gurpurb eve
Kabaddi cup: Cine star Akshay Kumar to perform at inaugural ceremony
Genesis of pollution traced
Man arrested with illegal arms
Legal Day observed at Bathinda Central Jail to educate inmates
NFL presents dividend cheque of `37 crore to GOI
Dist-level cattle fair begins tomorrow
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Parking blues for public, courtesy taxi drivers
Bathinda, November 27 Despite repeated requests by the local municipal corporation (MCB) officials, the taxis continue to occupy the prime parking space in the heart of the city. "There is no place to park vehicles, especially during the festive season. Though the Gole Diggi area has been marked as a parking lot, there is no space. The site for parking allocated in the sports market and the opposite area is too small to accommodate the vehicles of people visiting the Dhobi Bazar and other markets," said Gurnam Singh, a Jujhar Nagar resident. With the traffic police acting strict against haphazard parking, people have no option but to park their vehicles on the roadside. Cars are often found lined up on the Mall Road near the Government Elementary School during holidays and the festive season. Afraid of the traffic police towing their vehicles away, people try to squeeze in their vehicles within the yellow line leading to chaos outside the shops where the vehicles are parked. "The police has prohibited parking beyond the yellow line, but no place has been allocated where we could safely park our vehicles," said Jatinder Pal Singh, a resident of Gopal Nagar. The issue had cropped up recently at a meeting of the MCB sub-committee constituted to engage a consultant for raising multi-level parking on the fire brigade site near Gole Diggi. Senior deputy mayor Tarsem Goyal had pointed out that in the absence of adequate parking areas, people were facing a lot of problems. He suggested that the parking lot opposite the Gole Diggi be vacated from the taxi drivers and the space be made available to the visitors to the markets around. Assistant municipal commissioner Kamal Kant Goyal had replied that the parking lot has been given on contract. "During the festive season, we requested the contractor to make space available for private vehicles. We even issued him a letter in this context, but to no avail," he said. Goyal had suggested that the contractors' contract be cancelled. But the suggestion failed to evoke any positive response from other members of the sub-committee. Meanwhile, Mayor Baljit Singh Birbehman said he would take up the matter and ensure that the space was made available for other vehicles too. Two multi-level parking lots on the cards
The sites at Government Elementary School on the Mall Road as well as the existing fire brigade have been earmarked for the purpose. While the MCB would build a parking lot at the site where fire brigade is situated, the Bathinda Development Authority (BDA) would develop one at the government elementary school site under the Optimum Use of Vacant Government Land (OUVGL) scheme of the Punjab Government. The MCB has given the green signal for appointing a consultant who will study the feasibility and other factors of the project. At the same time, the Punjab Government has given nod to the BDA project for which modalities are being laid. |
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Special trainers to protest outside Maluka’s residence
Bathinda, November 27 The special trainers have been sitting on a dharna against the state government for the past 32 days. The state president of the union, Davinder Singh Muktsar, said the government had only been trying to buy time and had repeatedly given them fake assurances. "We are now fed up with the government's fake assurances," he said. Davinder Singh warned that the government would be responsible if any untoward incident took place. Meanwhile, the SSA and RMSA Teachers' Union have also decided to stage a massive dharna at Rampura Phul on December 8. The union plans a state-level rally in Bathinda on December 16. A spokesperson of the union, Rattanjot Sharma, said all other states in the country had framed regular policies for teachers working under the SSA and RMSA, but the Punjab Government had not taken any step in this direction. He added that to save funds, the government was not implementing the pay-scale that the Central Government had approved. A set of teachers have not been paid salaries for the last 10 months and neither have they been shifted to the Education Department. The administration had planned to withdraw the cases registered against 59 teachers, but nothing had been done so far, Sharma said. The union also demanded maternity leave for female teachers.
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Mid-day meal data to go online
Bathinda, November 27 The Director General of School Education (DGSE) has directed that the information be put online through the Punjab State Mid-day Meals Society. The data feeding work for the website has already begun at block level. All the government schools have been given mid-day meal data capture forms, which are to be filled and duly submitted in the offices of the block primary education officers. While some schools have filled the forms and submitted them, others are yet to act. The high and senior secondary schools, which have middle schools attached with them, have to send information of the middle schools also. The data capture forms cover details of schools, social category of students, kitchens, school bank account, cooks and helpers, school health programme, infrastructure, kitchen utensils as well as geographical location of the school. The lists of schools of Mandi Phul (east block) and Bathinda have been released. As many as 19 schools of the Mandi Phul have been directed to send across their data soon.
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Gold for ace shooter Avneet Sidhu
Bathinda, November 27 Avneet is winner of the Arjuna Award. Disclosing this here today, Manmeet Sidhu, a member of the Punjab Target Shooters Association, said another shooter, Ruby Tomar, who is a sub-inspector in Punjab Police, also won gold in an air pistol shooting event. Both Avneet and Ruby are products of Dasmesh Girls College, Badal, in Muktsar. — TNS
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Nagar kirtan held on Gurpurb eve
Bathinda, November 27 Different religious organisations took part in the procession that started from Gurdwara Singh Sabha. Panj Piaras (five beloved) led a decorated palanquin carrying the holy Guru Granth Sahib. The 'nagar kirtan' was greeted with fruits, flowers and sweets at different places in the city as it passed through different markets, Qila Road, old police station, Sirki Bazaar, Sadbhavna Chowk, Post Officer Bazaar, Dhobi Bazaar, Mall Road, Wholesale Cloth Market, Hanuman Chowk, Fauji Chowk, bus stand court road and other places. People bowed in reverence to the holy Guru Granth Sahib as the procession passed through their areas. The procession saw performance of Gatka, a martial arts, and recitation of Shabad (religious hymns) by kirtan jathas. The procession culminated at Gurdwara Singh Sabha, its starting point. Meanwhile, Bathinda Senior Superintendent of Police Ravcharan Singh Brar, Mayor Baljit Singh Birbehman, SGPC member Sukhdev Singh Bahia, Deputy Superintendent of Police Gurmit Singh, Kotwali in-charge Jaspal Singh and others were felicitated on the occasion.
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Kabaddi cup: Cine star Akshay Kumar to perform at inaugural ceremony
Bathinda, November 27 Deputy Commissioner Kamal Kishore Yadav said besides Akshay Kumar, Punjabi singers too will perform at the star-studded event. He said arrangements had been made for the safety of Kabaddi lovers reaching the city to attend the mega event. Yadav said a battery of VVIPs and VIPs would be part of the inaugural ceremony. Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal and other cabinet ministers will be present on the occasion. The police will issue directions with regard to diversion of traffic routes on Wednesday. The area around the stadium would be cordoned off. A review meeting was held today, which was attended by SSP Ravcharan Singh Brar, ADC (D) Mohammad Tayyab, ADC Rajiv Prashar, SDM Ramvir, assistant municipal commissioner Kamal Kant Goyal and other officers. SHOs have reportedly been directed to book three to four rooms in their respective areas. Meeting with deputy director postponed
In view of the World Cup Kabaddi, a meeting of the director, Local Bodies, with the local Municipal Corporation officials and JITF Urban Waste Management officials, which was slated for today, has been postponed to November 29. "Since we will be occupied with the kabaddi cup, we have requested that the meeting be postponed to the first week of December," said the corporation officials. Work on arrangements started late
Due to delay on the part of the state government, the work on making arrangements for the World Cup Kabaddi has started late. So far, rooms have been booked only in the Sepal Hotel, Hotel Comfort Inn and Hotel Krishna Continental besides the government guest houses. "This year, the administration officials are keeping a low profile in comparison to the last year when enthusiasm was conspicuous. Perhaps, the officials want to avoid any unsavoury event in case payments to the service providers were delayed on the part of the government," said one of the hoteliers in the city. Like the previous year, this time too the caterer for the event has been roped in from Chandigarh. |
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Genesis of pollution traced
Bathinda, November 27 Discussing in detail the causes of water, air and land pollution, he traced the root of environmental degradation to industrialization, commercialisation, human activity and the excessive use of fertilizers. He highlighted the policies and initiatives undertaken by the PPCB to control and revive the environment in Punjab. He also talked about the hazardous waste treatment and disposal facility coming up on 22 acres of land in village Nimbua at Dera Bassi in Patiala. He said the problem of unethical disposal of biomedical wastes requires immediate attention. Dr Babu Ram also threw light on the problem of non-biodegradable wastes such as plastic products and discussed in detail the provisions of Punjab Plastic Carry Bags Control Ordinance 2005, which regulates the use and disposal of plastic. He also informed the audience about the existing legal provisions in Punjab to tackle pollution, recent amendments in pollution control laws, surveillance methods and enforcement mechanism of the board. The lecture was followed by an interactive session during which the faculty and the students raised some pertinent issues such as crop residue burning and particularly the problem of pollution in the Bathinda area. Vice-Chancellor Prof Jai Rup Singh asked Dr Babu Ram about the specific environmental problems of Malwa region. Dr Babu Ram said the Central University Punjab and the Punjab Pollution Control Board can make collaborative efforts in finding solutions to the environmental problems of the area. Prof AK Jain introduced the speaker and coordinated the interactive session. Prof P. Ramarao, Dean, Academic Affairs at the CUP, proposed the vote of thanks. Fact file
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Man arrested with illegal arms
Bathinda, November 27 A case has been registered against the accused under the Arms Act. Three held for assault
Ranjit Kaur, a resident of Kotguru alleged that she was beaten up by three people. In her complaint to the Sangat police, she alleged that on November 18, Khushdeep Singh, Jasdev Singh and Amarjit Kaur, all residents of Pathrala, beat her up. Police have registered a case under sections 323, 345 and 34 of the IPC. |
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Legal Day observed at Bathinda Central Jail to educate inmates
Bathinda, November 27 Jail superintendent Rajmahinder Singh Dhaliwal presided over the function. Surinder Sachdeva said that on November 29, 1949, the Indian Constituent Assembly adopted the Indian Constitution. After 30 years, the Supreme Court Bar Association adopted November 26 as the National Legal Day and it is observed every year ever since. The day is observed to honour 207 members of the assembly. He said under the District Legal Services Authority, free legal aid is given to the needy and the poor. The downtrodden are made aware of their rights. Inmates are also provided with free legal services when needed. Bansi Lal Sachdeva asked the inmates to take advantage of the legal aid clinic opened on the jail premises. He also informed the jail inmates about plea bargaining. earlier in August, a legal aid clinic was opened at the Bathinda Central Jail to facilitate the inmates there. The then District and Sessions Judge SK Aggarwal had inaugurated the clinic. The legal cell was to extend free services to the convicts as well as the undertrials.
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NFL presents dividend cheque of `37 crore to GOI
Bathinda, November 27 A spokesperson for the company said the NFL has registered a profit before tax of Rs 184.20 crore and profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 126.73 crore for the year 2011-12. The company has produced 34.01 lakh tonnes of urea in 2011-12 with a capacity utilization of 105.3 per cent. Chairman and Managing Director, NFL, Sham Lal Goyal, presented a dividend cheque of Rs 37.36 crore to the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers MK Alagiri. Secretary (Fertilizers) Sudhir Mittal, senior officials of the department and directors of NFL were also present on the occasion. The NFL has commissioned the urea capacity and energy saving projects at Vijaipur I and II between April-July 2012 thereby increasing urea capacity by 3.37 lakh MT. Further, the changeover of feedstock from fuel oil to gas projects at Nangal, Panipat and Bathinda units is in the advanced stage of completion. They are likely to be commissioned by the fourth quarter of the current financial year, the spokesperson said.
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Dist-level cattle fair begins tomorrow
Bathinda, November 27 Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka will inaugurate the cattle fest on November 29. MLA Sarup Chand Singla and Darshan Singh Kotfatta will also be present on the occasion. On November 30, Irrigation Minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon will distribute prizes to the winners. Mayor Baljit Singh Beerbehman will also grace the occasion. Besides, horse dances and decoration as well as canine show will also be held at the fair. Competitions will be held for best nukra horse, best Marwari horse (more than two permanent teeth), best mare nukra and marwari mare (any age), best colt nukra and marwari, best colt nukra and marwari (more than two permanent teeth), best colt nukra and marwari (three sets of milk teeth), best Murrah bull jhotta, Neeli Ravi bull (more than two permanent teeth), best Murrah calf and Neeli Ravi calf (two permanent teeth), best Murrah buffalo and Neeli Ravi buffalo (any age) and other such categories. The animals will be provided free fodder. Langar arrangements would be made for the cattle owners as well. For further details, people can contact the animal husbandry department at 8872010014 and 0164-2212767. The nearest veterinary clinic and hospital can also be contacted. Fact file
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Bathinda, November 27
