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Cancer claimed 2,750 lives in dist in five years
Girl among 3 hurt in assault
3-yr-old rescued within four hours of kidnapping
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Eight booked in two eve-teasing cases
String menace
Sher-e-punjab
Central notification on tb not enforced
loc killings
Lives at risk as residents fix power supply snags on their own
Inter-varsity shooting championship opens at GNDU
Don’t head overseas in haste: Canadian MP
2 drug peddlers arrested
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Cancer claimed 2,750 lives in dist in five years
Amritsar, January 14 As many as 2,750 patients have lost their lives due to cancer in the district in the past five years, revealed the survey. The figures mean that more than one person died of cancer ever day in the past five years. The survey that started on December 1 has found 8,531 suspected cancer cases in the district. As per the findings, the survey teams, comprising ASHA and anganwari workers besides students of nursing colleges, detected 4,965 suspected cancer cases in rural areas and 3,566 in urban areas. As many as 1,316 persons died of cancer in the rural areas and 1,434 died in the urban areas in the past five years. The survey further revealed that 897 and 945 persons are suffering from cancer in rural and urban areas, respectively. Civil Surgeon Dr Yash Mitra said after the survey is over, the health department would examine all the suspected cases to know how many of them are actually suffering from cancer.Findings of Cancer survey Findings of Cancer survey Maximum deaths
Treatment and financial aid
Survey completion
Screening workshop
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Girl among 3 hurt in assault
Amritsar, January 14
The injured were rushed to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital where they are under treatment. The victim, Rajwinder Kaur, alleged that Akali leader Partap Singh, who is the husband of the village sarpanch, had enmity with her paternal uncle Joginder Singh. She alleged that on Sunday evening, Partap Singh along with 24 armed persons, barged into their house and physically assaulted her. She said she was in her room while her father Mukhtar Singh and brother Shamsher Singh were on the rooftop. The father-brother duo too sustained injuries when they tried to save her. The accused also abused her, she further alleged. Azad Davinder Singh, SHO, Lopoke police station, said the police had recorded the statement of the girl and registered a case under Sections 452, 323, 148 and 149 of the IPC against eight persons. However, he said Partap Singh has not been named in the FIR. He said both the groups had earlier too indulged in clashes. A case had been registered in the city police in this regard. He said further investigations were going on. A victim’s relative, who also claimed to have association with the SAD, said they wanted to contest the panchayat elections which the rival group did not like. Partap Singh said he and his men had no role in the incident. He said it was an old enmity which had taken an ugly turn. He said he had no issue with anyone fighting panchayat elections. The case
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3-yr-old rescued within four hours of kidnapping
Amritsar, January 14 Victim’s father Gurdev Singh in his complaint to the police alleged that his boy had gone to buy kites, but did not return till afternoon. The police immediately swung into action and launched a search operation to trace the boy. Following a tip-off, the police arrested the woman from Wadala village. Superintendent of Police Jasdeep Singh said the accused had two daughters of five and eight years of age. But she did not have any son. She kidnapped the boy from the mela organised in the village to mark the Maghi festivities. A case under Section 365 of the IPC has been registered in this connection. 3 booked in two more cases
The Ajnala police has booked three persons in two more cases of kidnapping and attempt to kidnap. No arrest has been made so far in these cases. The Ajnala police booked Kashmir Singh (35) for allegedly kidnapping a 14-year-old girl who happens to be his sister-in-law. Though the incident took place in December, the family lodged a complaint on Sunday. The police has registered a case under Sections 363, 366-A and 420 of the IPC against the accused. In another case, the police booked two persons for allegedly attempting to kidnap a teenaged girl in Dalam village. The police registered a case against Laddi and another unidentified youth of the same village. The victim alleged that she had gone with her mother to the fields to urinate. She alleged she was standing outside the fields when the accused came on a motorcycle and forcibly took her away. She alleged when she raised an alarm, her cousin Saroop Singh chased them. The accused left her near Malliawala village and fled away leaving their motorcycle behind. Jasdeep Singh said they have impounded the motorcycle while further investigations were going on in the case. Craze for sons
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Eight booked in two eve-teasing cases
Amritsar, January 14 In her complaint to the police, the girl said the accused had been passing comments on her. Her brother Amit Kumar and landlord of the house had asked the accused several times not to indulge in eve-teasing. But they did not stop teasing her, she alleged. She said on Sunday, the accused intercepted the brother-sister duo when they were going to the market. She said the accused abused her besides thrashing her brother Naveen with hockey sticks. The Rambagh police has booked Doula, Bawa, Sajan and four unidentified persons in this connection. A case under Sections 294, 354, 323, 341, 06, 148 and 149 of the IPC has been registered. In another case, the police booked Vikas Kumar of Kale Singh Road in Jalandhar for allegedly molesting a Dashmesh Avenue resident. The incident occurred on January 9. The girl lodged a complaint on Sunday. She along with her friend Harpreet Kaur had gone to the District Shopping Complex at Ranjit Avenue. She said at the complex, they asked the address of Ganpati traders from three youths. The youths told them that the duo had reached the right place. Then, Vikas allegedly held her arm, bolted the office door and passed wrong comments. She said when she put up resistance and raised an alarm, the accused fled. The police authorities said that a case has been registered following the complaint of the victim and said they were investigating into the case. Crime against women
* A girl belonging to the Sunder Nagar area was allegedly teased by seven persons. Her brother Amit Kumar and landlord of the house had asked the accused several times not to indulge in eve-teasing. But they did not stop teasing her. the accused intercepted the brother-sister duo when they were going to the market. The accused abused her besides thrashing her brother with sticks *
In another case, Vikas Kumar of Kale Singh Road in Jalandhar was booked for allegedly molesting a Dashmesh Avenue resident. The incident occurred on January 9.
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Man almost loses nose
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, January 14 In a fresh instance, a 55-year-old man, Kewal Singh, was severely hurt with the kite string when he was on his way to Sultanwind from Adarsh Nagar area in the Islamabad locality. Victim’s son Davinder Singh said his father was crossing the railway overbridge in Islamabad when a Chinese string almost chopped off his nose. He was rushed to a private hospital where doctors said it was severe injury and he had to be operated upon. Recently, a 13-year-old boy identified as Nishan Singh was electrocuted to death while he was retrieving a kite struck in high-tension wires in the Tung Bala area. Vikram Singh (12) of Sangar village (Khadoor Sahib) lost his thumb and a couple of fingers of his right hand rendering him permanently handicapped. He was flying kite with Chinese door which touched the high-tension wire. In another incident, a staff nurse of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital was seriously injured with Chinese string when she was returning home. The doctors have to amputate her finger.Dr Ravi Mahajan, a noted plastic surgeon, said they had been receiving patients who suffered injuries with Chinese string on a regular basis. “This is depressing. The administration has put a ban on sale and purchase of this killer string but the move has hardly bore desired results,” said Dr Mahajan. Dr Avtar Singh, famous orthopaedic surgeon, said his hospital had received about 40 injury cases since December which is higher than the previous year. Brij Bedi, a noted social worker, said the problem had turned ugly and the government must intervene. He said governments should crack down on manufacturing units besides stopping the import of such deadly strings.
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60-year-old heritage chugs off again
Neha Saini Tribune News Service
Amritsar, January 14
The heritage locomotive was flagged off by officials amid loud cheers, and will now be running special trains based at Heritage Shed Rewari. The engine, built in 1955 by UK-based Vulcan Foundry, was a mixed-class locomotive that made a historic run between Ferozepur and Jalandhar to haul the last broad gauge steam train on December 6, 1995. The steam locomotive got retirement from service in 1995, but the engine found a new lease of life, thanks to the engineers at the Northern Railway workshop, Amritsar. "It was in a dilapidated condition when it arrived here, needing almost every possible replacement. Major repair done with the engine were with its drag box, replacement of steel members, axle boxes, corroded coal bunkers and superficial welding to uplift its look," shared GC Singh, Deputy Chief Engineer at the workshop.
The Black Beauty, as it was called, is now fit to run special tourism-based trains and be part of exhibitions across the country. "It's been nearly 20 years that the steam locomotives have been phased out. These locomotives are now hired for shooting purposes in movies, at a rate of Rs 40,000 to 50,000. Now, we want to keep the era alive in the memories of people. Not just in movies, they will also be able to see the steam locomotives in reality and understand how they were run, at the Heritage Shed Rewari," said Singh. Sher-E-Punjab had its share of limelight when it was used to shoot some climax scenes in the film 'Gadar - Ek Prem Katha'. "The almost 60-year-old steam locomotive engine WL 15005 had its final run from Ferozepur to Jalandhar on December 6, 1995. Earlier, it was involved in an unfortunate accident due to bursting of boiler tubes on December 6, 2007. As it was first run in Punjab, it was named Sher-E-Punjab," Singh said. The journey
* The new-look Sher-E-Punjab, as the locomotive has been named, was flagged off to make its journey to the Rewari steam locomotive centre of the Indian Railways, where it will find its temporary home *
The engine, built in 1955 by UK-based Vulcan Foundry, was a mixed-class locomotive that made a historic run between Ferozepur and Jalandhar to haul the last broad gauge steam train on December 6, 1995. Fatal cases
* Recently, a 13-year-old boy identified as Nishan Singh was electrocuted to death while he was retrieving a kite struck in high-tension wires. *
Vikram Singh (12) of Sangar village (Khadoor Sahib) lost his thumb and a couple of fingers of his right hand
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Central notification on tb not enforced
Amritsar, January 14 The Central government issued a notification in May and published the same in leading newspapers to raise awareness. The advertisement contained a prescribed proforma to be filled in by all medical professionals attending to TB patients. According to the proforma, these professionals and laboratories are to furnish name of each patient, his age, Union government-issued identification number, residential address, contact number, date of TB diagnosis and initiation of treatment. The motive was apparently to gain complete information pertaining to patients so that the number of casualties and cases of default (treatment being abandoned midway) could be brought down. India topped the list of countries in having the maximum number of TB patients — 2.30 crore. RTI activist Naresh Johar said England had placed India in the list of countries whose citizens were required to undergo TB detection test if they wanted to stay over there for over six months. Johar said as per the notification relating to TB cases that appeared as advertisement in various newspapers, in order to reduce transmission of TB cases, the healthcare providers would notify every TB case to local authorities, that is
District Health Officer/Chief Medical Officer and Municipal Health Officer of a Municipal Corporation every month. In order to know the number of TB cases reported, he filed an RTI application with the health department of the Amritsar Municipal Corporation on September 26. Exactly a month later (on November 26), he received a response which mentioned that “no such information exists and available and the same cannot be provided”. Meanwhile, when approached, District TB Officer Dr Naresh Chawla said though the notification was released in May, his office received it only in October. He said letters were posted to Indian Medical Association (IMA)-affiliated doctors. He said 67 nursing homes and clinics were intimated about the government notification, adding that so far, 45 cases of TB had been reported. However, there are 120 accredited nursing homes and 57 laboratories in the district. Dr Chawla said on an average, about 6,000 TB cases are reported in the district annually. Of these, 4,000 are reported and treated in government hospitals. He said the default rate was low, at 4 per cent here. He further stated that government offers treatment free of cost to TB patients. Normally, TB can be cured in a period of six months with an investment of nearly
Rs 6,000. Treatment of drug-resistance TB, which could arise in cases of default, costs nearly Rs 2.5 lakh and the same can be treated in over two years. In both cases, the government supposedly bears the cost
of treatment. Lagging behind in the fight against TB
* RTI activist Naresh Johar said as per the notification, healthcare providers should notify every TB case to local authorities, that is District Health Officer/Chief Medical Officer and Municipal Health Officer of a Municipal Corporation every month *
In order to know the number of TB cases reported, he filed an RTI application. He received a response which mentioned that “no such information exists and available and the same cannot be provided”
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Youth Cong activists protest at Wagah
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, January 14 The activists carried placards calling Pakistan "betrayers, inhuman, treacherous and cowards". Punjab Youth Congress chief Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary said the Pakistan government by not condemning this brutality had proved that they are hand in glove with terror outfits and their land is the breeding ground of terrorists who have been disturbing peace not only in India but the whole world. He urged the government to snap all ties with Pakistan and suspend all international cricket matches and musical concerts. He also criticised the Punjab government and asked them to think twice while showering hospitality on Pakistan nationals in organising kabaddi matches and spending crores which they don’t deserve.
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Lives at risk as residents fix power supply snags on their own
Amritsar, January 14 One such instance came forth at village Dudhrai near Ajnala. Two persons were spotted climbing up the 20-foot-high electricity pole barefoot to fix a high-tension wire, with a transformer installed over the perch. Perhaps not having an inkling of the danger involved, a person climbed on to the top end of the pole while negotiating the heavy bunch of live electricity wires. Another person was helping him out, with the wires supposed to be connected to the 1,100 kV supply line. It appeared that they might be risking their lives ‘just to steal power’, but it turned out to be a different story, an astonishing one at that. On being questioned, one of them said, “So what? It’s our routine job despite the fact that we are not technical hands. So that it doesn't get disturbed during ‘odd’ hours, the electricity department staff has itself given us some tips to fix the snags and we act accordingly in case of
any problem with the supply line.” The other person said the electricity supply line usually gets disrupted at this point, apparently due to heavy load and inclement weather conditions. “We become helpless in the absence of electricity supply as it caters to our home line as well as the fields. The electricity men in our area seldom take pains to come all the way here and repair the snag. So, we are left with no choice but risk our lives to do ‘their’ job,” he said. Deputy Chief Engineer NS Bal denied that the power staff refrain from attending complaints in the remote areas. “Still, I will inquire into the matter. We have received such complaints earlier too, wherein the residents attempt to tamper with the electricity supply line. But it is a matter of concern that despite our repeated warnings, they resort to such dangerous practices. I will ask the officer concerned to check on the instance you quoted,” he said.
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Inter-varsity shooting championship opens at GNDU
Amritsar, January 14 Dr Rajinderjit Kaur Pawar, Dean, Academic Affairs, formally inaugurated the championship. Arjuna awardee hockey player, Brig Harcharan Singh, was the guest of honour. Dr HS Randhawa, Deputy Director, Sports and Head, welcomed the chief guest and others. Dr Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, Professor in charge (Finance & Development) presented the vote of thanks. Dr Rekha Bhardwaj, president, GNDUSC (women) and principal, HMV College, Jalandhar and Dr HP Singh, medical officer, were also present. Dr Pawar, speaking on the occasion, said sports is an integral part of student life and through sports, students learn the healthy spirit of competition and discipline. "Sports along with studies make for overall personality development," she said.
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Don’t head overseas in haste: Canadian MP
Amritsar, January 14
He was here today to attend the felicitation function of the Chief Khalsa Diwan (CKD) Society Sri Guru Harkrishan Senior Secondary Public School. He said brain drain is not a desirable phenomenon, and he is happy that employment opportunities for the youth are on the rise here too. They should study abroad and then come back here to serve their own country, he maintained. Representing the Conservative Party of Canada and currently serving as Minister for Democratic Reform in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Uppal expressed concern over immigration fraud by travel agents and the way innocent people are fleeced. He said in this connection and to curb desertion of brides by NRI husbands, the Canadian government has added teeth to the law pertaining to grant of Permanent Residence (PR). According to the law, newly wed couples will have to wait for three years for being eligible to get PR. He said apart from relaxing of the visa conditions for students, he wanted his provincial government to work with Indian states, especially Punjab, to forge collaboration in the field of education. He said relations of the two countries in trade and commerce were on the ascendant and there was thrust on their relations in the fields of education and culture too. As for bilateral relations between India and Canada, Uppal said both countries are democratic, multi-linguistic and multi-cultural societies and there is ample scope for international cooperation between them at the global level. Uppal was first elected to Canada's House of Commons for Edmonton-Sherwood Park in the 2008 federal elections and was re-elected in 2011 from the parliamentary seat of Edmonton-Sherwood Park, having sizable South Asian communities including Sikhs. 1974-born Uppal asked the teachers and students to work hard to achieve their goals in life as the going is not easy even in developed countries. He is a member of Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration and served as acting chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health in Canada. Earlier, he was formally welcomed by the host school Director Dr Dharam Veer Singh. Charanjit Singh Chadha, president, CKD Society, in his address, said Uppal, although born and brought up in Canada, is deeply rooted in his culture and he frequently visits the Golden Temple to pay obeisance. The school students presented a cultural extravaganza. The visiting Canadian minister gave away prizes to the school drama and music teams, which had won the inter-district group song competition organised by Satyug Darshan Sangeet Kala Kendra.
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2 drug peddlers arrested
Amritsar, January 14 According to information, the anti-narcotic cell of Amritsar rural police received specific information that the two notorious drug peddlers were heading for the city from a village located close to the international border. SSP Pritpal Singh Virk said nakas were immediately laid and the accused were intercepted in a car near Khasa located on Amritsar-Attari road. He said a case under the NDPS Act has been registered at Gharinda police station.
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