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maintenance of streetlight points in city
NRI kept in lock-up in defiance of orders
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SHOs ordered to strictly enforce tenants’ verification orders
Romantic mood prevails as city gears up for Valentine’s Day
2-yr-old case
School and College Notes
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Poor maintenance of streetlight points in city
Jalandhar, February 10 The agreement not only has the provision for imposing hefty penalties upon the contractors but even the termination of the contract on various grounds. Further, it has even made it mandatory for the contractors to seek performance certificates from every area councillor along with a list of fittings and lamps replaced during the course along with the exact location. It has even been specified that there will be a monthly review meeting with officials on the 20th of every month. Inventory preparation
There are several conditions attached in the contract. Before footing the second running bill towards the MC, the contractors will have to prepare an inventory of materials fitted with each streetlight point with wattage signed by himself and authorised signatory of the MC within two months from the work order. The clause clearly states that no payment is made to the contractor without the submission of this inventory. After the councillors had rued at the first MC House meeting that materials of inferior quality were being used, it has been clearly spelt out that the agency should use the materials of Philips/Bajaj/Crompton Greaves/Surya make only. The use of under-rated lamps/chokes/igniters and condensers can amount to termination of contract. Numbering of
streetlight points
Even the numbering of the existing streetlight points is to be signed by the contractor agency within the fortnight of the start of the contract as directed by the engineer-in-charge. A unique number is to be allotted to each pole in such a manner that the number reflects the location of the streetlight point. This report, too, is to be submitted within two months before the submission of the second running bill. Contractor to be accessible 24X7
The copy of terms reads that the contractor and the required supervisory staff shall also be available on a mobile phone throughout the day round the clock. The office should have the computer facility. Penalty will be charged for not receiving complaints through telephones and switching off mobile phones. In addition, a minimum of 10 display boards shall be erected in each zone as per the direction of the MCJ displaying contact phone numbers and addresses of the package office for the use of
the general public. Contractor responsible for accidents
The copy also mentions, "Any accident from streetlight installation to workers, animal, public and property will be the entire responsibility of the contractor and any claims arising out of the above will be entirely on the contractor's accounts." Advt on poles can lead to termination of contract
As per the contract, there should not be any advertisement on the pole, other than what is permitted by the MCJ. The contract will be terminated, the security deposit will be forfeited and contractor will be black listed from participation of any other MCJ ventures.That the contract shall be terminated. 8 clauses of penalties
The agreement stipulates eight points for the imposition of penalties while even clearly defining the amount to be imposed for the non-compliance of each violation. It says
that the pendency of the complaints will be registered at the complaint centre and calculated on a weekly basis. The
pendency list will be prepared on every Tuesday and penalty will be imposed accordingly. z The contractor will
be responsible for 95 per cent working of all streetlight points. The normal period of restoration of fault will be 24 hours. If the fault is not removed within 48 hours, the penalty of Rs 50 per day/per point will be imposed. z In case the street points is not rectified up to seven days, the penalty of Rs 200 per day/per point will be imposed from the date of actual occurrence of
the fault. z If on inspection by the officer of the rank of the AE or above, if more than 5 per cent are found in a non-functional state, damage of Rs 5,000 per such instance (for first two instances) shall be imposed. These damages will be increased to Rs 10,000 per instant for every next default on the part of contractor. z In case any unauthorised point is found
connected, the contractor agency will inform the MC within 24 hours, failing which penalty @ Rs 1000 per point
per day will be imposed on the agency. z The contractor agency will be responsible for switching on and off of streetlight system as per the timing fixed by the MC authorities from time to time. In case of non-compliance, a minimum penalty of Rs 2,000 per switch per hour shall be charged even for fractions at the rate of per hour. z All glasses or acrylic covers of streetlight points will be cleaned twice in a contract year. If the glass or cover is broken during the cleaning, the same should be replaced with new one with no extra cost during the period of project. Penalty for the non-cleaning of covers will be Rs 25 per cover. z The entire panel box/junction box duly fitted with kit-kats will remain closed. The panel box will be painted with luminous post office red paint once in a year. If the panel is found open, a penalty of Rs 100 per box panel /per day will be charged. z That the contractor agency will maintain the streetlight steel tubular poles falling in the zone and will paint at site two coats of aluminum paints over the entire exposed surfaces of the tubular pole during first two months of the contract once in the year, failing
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NRI kept in lock-up in defiance of orders
Jalandhar, February 10 The incident occurred on Saturday morning when the station house officer, called Gurdiyal Singh, a resident of Chamiara village, to the police station regarding a complaint lodged by the village sarpanch. Ignoring the CM’s direction that any case relating to an NRI should not be handled by officers lower than the rank of a DSP, the station house officer and his subordinates allegedly made the NRI sit in the lock-up for two hours. He was let off only after the president of the NRI Sabha, Punjab, Jasbir Singh Gill, reached the police station and informed certain senior police officials about the illegal detention of Gurdiyal Singh by the Lambra police. Talking to the Tribune, Jasbir Singh Gill alleged that the policemen were harassing Gurdiyal Singh in connivance with the village sarpanch and a land contractor, to whom the NRI had given his 80 acres on contract for five years for the past couple of months. “I will lodge a written complaint to the higher police officials on Monday against the Lambra station house officer, Jaswinder Pal Singh, and his subordinates for illegally detaining and harassing the NRI while making him captive in the police lock-up,” claimed Gill. The contractor had to pay over Rs 64 lakh to the NRI for the land. He allegedly hatched a conspiracy with the sarpanch not to pay the amount and started harassing him, alleged Gurdiyal Singh. “I have already lodged my complaint at the NRI police station, but that, too, failed to yield any result. Rather I was framed in a false case,” Gurdiyal Singh said. The money dispute among the sarpanch, contractor and Gurdiyal Singh was also taken up by the NRI Sabha last week, but to no avail, claimed Gill. In an effort to shoo away the NRI, the contractor and the sarpanch connived with the local police and a complaint was lodged in the police station by the sarpanch, accusing the NRI of abusing him and panchayat members, claimed a police officer. Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) MS Bhullar, however, admitted to having received a complaint in this regard. He added that an inquiry had been marked to Jasbir Singh Rai, DSP, Kartarpur, in this regard.
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SHOs ordered to strictly enforce tenants’ verification orders
Jalandhar, February 10 DCP Sarabjit Singh said “Enough is enough. Now, it is the time to take action against offenders. I have given clear instructions to the SHOs to issue notices to residents, shopkeepers, industrialist, businessmen and all those who are handling domestic helps for not complying with the orders. Strict actions will be taken against the offenders.” The police had issued directions under Section 144 of the CrPC asking them to get the police verification of their employees, helps and workers done. The police verification is must to curb a crime graph and will help in maintain a data base of the workforce, the DCP said. One killed in accident
PHAGWARA: A Nepalese migrant youth, Sagar Bahadur, was found dead under mysterious circumstances near the local Grain Market on the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur Road late last night. SHO City Sarwan Singh Bal, along with a police team, rushed to the spot. He was working as a manager in City Heart Resorts Phagwara and went to his home after finishing his duty at about 11.30 pm, but was found dead with multiple injuries in the wee hours today. His purse and mobile phone were also found missing, the police said. In its preliminary inquiry, the police suspected the case as one of murder, but later after investigations, it was found that he was going on a cycle was badly hit by a speeding vehicle. SP Phagwara HPS Khakh said the police had registered a case under Section 304 of the IPC against unknown persons. Superintendent of Police HPS Khakh claimed that the CCTV footage of various camaras near by showed that his cycle was hit by a speeding vehicle and he sustained critical head injuries and died on the spot.— OC |
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Romantic mood prevails as city gears up for Valentine’s Day
Jalandhar, February 10 The markets have conspired to make love birds go crazy with their exuberant Valentine's Week celebrations. So it's raining "lovey-dovey" goodies in the market not just on V-day but an entire week preceding it. From love meters to mammoth roses, cups that sing "I Love you" and teddy bear bouquets, markets are painted red with a flood of lovely V-day delights. With an entire Valentine's Week to go - Rose Day (7th), Propose Day (8th), Chocolate Day (9th), Teddy Bear Day (10th) Promise Day (11th), Hug Day (12th), Kiss Day (13th) Valentine?s Day (14th) - the markets have found a sure shot way to earn the big bucks. A major gift brand has its own special week - with Perfume, Jewellery, Soft Toy and Heart Days thrown in for added fun. The boom in evident in the city crowded market streets. Amandeep Singh from Archies Paper Shop says, "Unique rose sticks, soft toys, kissing couples, myriad shaped chocolates and a plethora of other products are on offer for lovers this season." Rose sticks,feather roses, 5 feet roses sticks priced at Rs 2,000, teddy bears with couples dancing on them and hugging teddy bears (range Rs 299 to Rs 6,500) are available with him. In chocolates, there are heart-shaped, rose-shaped and choco-lollies available (price Rs 125 to Rs 2,000). Balwinder Singh from Sahib's Gallery says, "Love meters, singing cups, very pretty hearts in a new variety, teddy bouquets, cute teddies are on offer with us." While lover meters (a bottle with a heart inside. A warm touch results in warm blood flow in the heart) are available for Rs 190, Beam hearts for Rs 100 to 600 and teddy bouquets (Rs 500 to Rs 2,500) are also available. Besides, the markets are filled with heart lamps, huge teddies and chocolates, roses and Valentine candles in all shapes and sizes.
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DEO forms probe panel
Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, February 10 The committee thus formed as per the DEO’s orders (on January 31, 2013) comprises Massa Singh, principal, Government Senior Secondary School, Athaula (in charge); Surinder Pal, principal, Government Senior Secondary School, Muthadda Khurd (member) and Bhupinder Singh, principal, Government Senior Secondary School, Mand (member). In a case spanning more than two years (the first complaint was made in August 13, 2011), the case has seen the constitution of seven inquiry committees to look into various complaints (made by Kanwaljit Singh and Anil Kumar against Raj Singh) and counter-complaints (made by Raj Singh against Kanwaljit Singh and Anil Kumar). Kanwaljit Singh and Anil Kumar made complaints against the said principal on 13/8/2011, 19/8/2011, 13/9/2011, 26/9/2011, 10/10/2011, 23/3/2012 on a number of issues, including allegations of misappropriation of the DA funds, fraud regarding house rent allowance etc. But the complainants had reportedly expressed dissatisfaction at the delays and alleged lapses in the reports of some of the older committees. Notably, Raj Singh had also made complaints against Kanwaljit Singh (on 14.2.2012) and against Anil Kumar (on 11/11/2011). The new committee has, thus, been formed by the DEO (S) to look into all allegations made against the said principal by the complainants. In its letter no. 13/16/12-4C/P.F./732, dated January 22, 2013 issued to the District Education Officer, Jalandhar, the state education department had asked the DEO (S) to send a report in answer to the complaints made by the complainants within 15 days. The DEO (S) had also been told to provide the RTI information sought by the complainants to them by the government. Surprisingly, the letter also mentions that despite the state department seeking an answer from the DEO on the issue through letters issued on many occasions, the DEO had failed to submit a report to the government. When asked about the delay in forming the committee, District Education Officer (Secondary), Jalandhar, Neelam Kumari, gave an ambiguous reply, stating, “Since the previous inquiries were constituted of single inquiry officers, the new committee has been formed after the orders of the government. This committee has three inquiry officers. The report will be available within the coming few days.” Complaints galore Government teachers Kanwaljit Singh and Anil Kumar made various complaints against Raj Singh, principal, Government Senior Secondary School, Nakodar, presently posted at Government Senior Secondary School, Malsian, on a number of issues, including allegations of fraud. Seven previous committees had looked into the complaints and counter-complaints. The new committee has been formed following the govt’s directions to the DEO (s) to look into allegations against the principal
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Four arrested for possessing narcotics
Jalandhar, February 10 Those arrested are Sandeep Singh, an NRI son of sarpanch of Phulriwal village and Navjot Singh of Meethapur. They were travelling in a SUV vehicle near Mata Ran Chowk in afternoon when the police intercepted their vehicle and recovered 60 gm of narcotic powder from them. The police laid nakas at Model House area and Meethapur road and nabbed Sandeep Kumar, alias Kitty, of Model House and recovered 260 gm narcotic powder from him on Saturday. In a similar case, the police also arrested Mandeep Singh of Meethapur with 70 gm of drugs. The police has also impounded the vehicles used by them.
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Fete-cum-raffle draw function held
Phagwara, February 10 He inspired the gathering to cast vote and should elect the right representative. The chief guest congratulated the college for holding such functions and gave his best wishes for its success. Principal Suman Tandon highlighted the aim for organising the function. He inaugurated various games stalls, which presented a colourful and lively scene in the fete. College chairperson Promila Uppal and other local managing committee members Vikas Uppal, Shiv Rattan Uppal, SN Chopra, Joginder Pal Ghai, Om Uppal, Tara Chand Chumber and Former Nagar Council president Malkiat Singh Ragbotra were also present at the event. Kaler Kanth, a renowned Singer of Punjab, enthralled the audience. He encouraged students to participate in more cultural activities and should not destroy their youth in drugs. He said we should respect females as the girl child is the greatest blessing of God to us. Kanth distributed prizes among the winners.
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National workshop on Kathak
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, February 10 The purpose of the workshop was to acquaint young artists and students with the importance of depth of ‘Shingar Ras’ and ‘Bhakti Ras’ in Kathak. Pt Sushil Jain, a renowned tabla player and Dr Jaswinder Kaur, an associate professor PGGCG Chandigarh, doled out lessons to the students. DSSD Education Board governing body manager PC Budhia presided over the function as the chief guest. Principal Dr Kiran Arora , DSSD Education Board adviser CM Markanda, Joint Secretary Vinod Dada and other guests were present on the occasion. On this occasion, a keynote speaker was Guru Harish Gangani of Jaipur gharana. The chief guest distributed Nritya-Gunjan, a journal, among paper presenters and researches. Prizes for Apeejay students
Students of the Apeejay Institute of Management brought laurels by bagging many prizes at ‘TECH-UTSAV-2013’, an inter-college fest, organised at RR Bawa DAV College,
Batala. About 100 students from 13 different colleges participated in various competitions at the fest. Ajay Kumar and Sakshi Arora of MCA IV bagged first position where as Chandan and Kuber of MCA IV got the second spot in the ‘programming’ event. Sukanta Ghosh and Kuber of MCA IV won the second position in quiz. Institute’s director Dr Rajesh Bagga congratulated the winners. 10 students get job letters
Engineering students of CT Group of Institutions participated in a campus placement drive. Telecom Network Solutions has selected 10 students. The eligibility criterion of the placement was minimum 60 per cent marks without any backlog in B Tech. Besides this, there were rigorous selection rounds comprising written test, technical and HR interview. The 10 selected candidates received their offer letters on the spot. They have been offered a salary package of Rs 2 lakh per annum. Those selected are Vivek Kumar
Jha, Acquib Bin Latif Bhat, Lovepreet Singh, Kumar Vaibhav, Asghar Wasim, Nitish
Mishra, Hardeep Sigh, Ankit Kumar, Nitish Chopra and Sandeepak Bhandari.
Triveni 2013 - A teachers’ meet
Triveni 2013 - Three Generations Teachers Meet- was organised in Innocent Hearts College of Education. The theme of the event was “learning outcomes”. Guru Nanak Dev University Registrar inaugurated the session and Dr. Taruna C
Dhall, University College of Education, Kurukshetra, presented the keynote address. The event provides participants an opportunity to learn about best practices in the areas of effective teaching and establish mechanisms for improving learning outcomes. Farewell party
Teachers and students of State Public School,
Jalandhar, organised a farewell party for the first batch of Class XII class students. The party was celebrated with a lot of fervor and enthusiasm on the school campus. On the basis of different rounds, students were given different titles. Daman was as crowned Mr SPS and Simran got the title of Ms
SPS. Fashion show at DIPS Dhilwan
DIPS Dhilwan organised Fall Winter Ramp Walk, a fashion show, for the students of pre-primary wing. The show was based on warm winter collection. Decoration of the venue and light music added to the feel of the event. Sachets were presented to the winners by principal Romila Sharma. The judgement was done on the basis of originality of dress, cat-walk, confidence, accessories and hair style. Baljeet (Pre-Nursery), Tanureet (Nursery), Bhavleen (KG), Sukhmanjit (Prep) were adjudged as Ms Fall Winter. On the other hand, Jatish (Pre-Nursery), Armaan (Nursery), Tanmay (KG) ,
Manvir(Prep) were declared as Mr Fall Winter. IT fest at DAV College
The PG Department of Computer Science of DAV College,
Jalandhar, organised its annual mega techno cultural event ‘IT Fest 2013’. Chief Parliamentary Secretary KD Bhandari inaugurated the function. Students made this event a grand success by participating in events like programming, web designing, quiz, rangoli competitions and cultural programmes etc. In the valedictory function, chief guest Sanjay Gupta and college principal felicitated meritorious college students. Industrial visit
Students of the MCA department of Ramgarhia Institute of Engineering & Technology visited Rail Coach Factory
(RCF), Kapurthala. They came to know about the working environment of the industry. They visited the CAD centre of the RCF where bogies are designed. Students also learn about the working of various CNC machines for manufacturing the bogies. They were accompanied by faculty members Varinder
Pabbi, Neha and Jyoti Sharma. Cultural extravaganza
The department of botany, DAV College,
Jalandhar, under the aegis of the Kashyap Biological Society, organised an inter-branch cultural extravaganza. During this cultural festival, senior secondary and undergraduate medical students competed with one-another for top positions in herbarium, slogan writing and quiz competitions.
DAV College vice-principal Prof PK Sharma, Botany department head Dr Komal Arora and members of teaching and non-teaching staff were present on the occasion. Quizmaster Rosy Mittu and Kanika Dua conducted the event. Top positions in the slogan writing and the herbarium competition were won by Karishma and Deepika Klair of B Sc I, respectively. Karate winners
British Olivia School’s karate team won seven medals at All India Wuko and Full Contact Karate Championship. Sushil Kainth (VIII) and Amit Kumar (IX) won a gold medal each, Shubham Sharma, Rajan
Prashar, Manav Sachdeva and Abhin won a silver medal each, Ajay Kumar won a bronze medal.
JKD School of Self Defence, India and Funakoshi Shotokan Karate-DO Association, Punjab, has organised the championship. Principal Vijay Maini felicitated the winners and school in charge Monika Maini congratulated the team and its coach Resham Singh. Uniforms distributed
A youth
organisation, Pahal, held an event to distribute uniforms among students of National Child Labour School running at the Bhagat Singh Colony. As many as 50 students, including 23 girl students, get the uniforms. On the occasion, NRI Baldev Singh and Sr Gurbachan Singh came forward to help the needy students. 'Create an advertisement’ contest
The middle wing of La Blossoms School organised an inter house 'create an advertisement competition’ on the school campus. This competition was held among four houses- Alps, Andes, Ortiz and Rockies. Students were supposed to create an advertisement within an hour on products like shoes, slimming tea, a designer shirt and a music album. Radio jockey Jassi and music composer Dharmender Kathak judged creative works of the students. Shivank
Bedi, Bharat, Praiksha, Soumya, Mukul, Divyansh and Chahat were specially invited to participate in the upcoming shows of TJ
Jassi. Andes house was declared the winner. Charity event
The performing arts department of Cambridge International School for Girls organised a charity event for Tribal students of Satsung
Vidyalaya, Madanapalli. A play based on split personality disorder, directed by Manoj Bobby was staged. Renowned artist from Comedy Circus, Laughter Challenge and Hasde Hasande Ravo participated in the show to make people aware about it and even to make it a grand success. |
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After the Opposition raked up the issue of poor maintenance of streetlight points in the city, Municipal Corporation Jalandhar has incorporated certain tough clauses.
Making a mockery of the Punjab Chief Minister’s directions on handling NRI affairs, the Jalandhar (Rural) Police illegally detained a UK-based NRI in the police lock-up at the Lambra police station for over six hours.
