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Rush for registries increases
Six-laning: Bid to restart petrol pump foiled
An attempt to begin construction work to restart a petrol pump at Rama Mandi was foiled by the administration in Jalandhar. Photo: Sarabjit Singh |
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Plan to install 26 CCTV cameras at DAC
Unions hold protest against property tax
Shopkeepers watch the highlights of the Punjab Budget on TV at Gur Mandi in Jalandhar on Wednesday. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
From schools and colleges
Work on overbridge at PAP Chowk comes to halt
Police Commissioner inspects working of foot beat constables
Jalandhar Commissionerate policemen conduct foot patrolling near Madan Floor Mill Chowk in Jalandhar. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh
50 blood donors honoured
32 labourers injured as tractor-trailer overturns
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Rush for registries increases
Jalandhar, March 20 The office of sub-registrar-II remained so much crowded this afternoon that there were at least 50 persons in his small compartment and as many as 100 applicants waiting outside to get their registries done. The applicants mostly included property dealers and middlemen of politicians involved in the sale-purchase of land without showing any transaction of money, thus evading stamp duty and income tax. Tehsildar-II Aman Pal admitted having noted the increase in rush for the past few days. The orders on putting in elaborate details in a prescribed format showing any transaction of money and bank account details along with power of attorney applications had been passed by former Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti, after which no registry was done on the basis of power of attorney between August 1 and August 29. The orders had been passed after it was seen that the number of registries done in a month were almost equivalent to the number of power of attorneys, which meant that there were very few genuine buyers and the properties were simply changing hands. The state government had on August 29 passed orders to allow the old system for two months on the ground that it wanted to implement a similar system across the state at one go. The government had again postponed the implementation of the system to December 31. The deadline was again extended for another three months and is to now lapse on March 31.
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Six-laning: Bid to restart petrol pump foiled
Jalandhar, March 20 Since the six-lane project has been held up by the contractor, Soma Enterprises, and the site not put to use ever since, there was an attempt to at least make some business by getting little construction work got started at the site. The pump falls close to a mazaar, the caretakers of which have already lost the case, and is set to
be removed. The SDM-I, Iqbal Singh Sandhu, however, got the construction stopped as he said it could lead to traffic congestion at the already busy intersection. He said it was a company-run petrol pump, which had been allocated another site at Science City. |
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Plan to install 26 CCTV cameras at DAC
Jalandhar, March 20 As per the plan, there will be three cameras installed at the main entrance of the complex outside the walls of SDM-I office, one focusing towards gate, the second on the left side of the parking lot and third towards the right side. Cameras will also be installed at all those counters of the complex where the number of visitors is high as is in the DTO office and tehsils, besides staircases and corridors. Nearly 20 cameras were installed in the complex when A Venu Prasad was posted as the Deputy Commissioner here about 12 years back, but most of these cameras have been lying defunct and there is no video footage being recorded with any of these cameras. With hundreds of persons visiting the complex and cameras lying out of order, there remains no clue to incidents of thefts. A city resident, Vikrant, lost his Samsung Galaxy Note in the DTO office last month. About a fortnight back, Karam Singh Bhambra (79), a retired government official, lost his Bajaj Classic scooter, which was parked in the complex. There have been other incidents of thefts of parked vehicles, batteries of generators and other items in the recent past. The GA to DC, Dr Sanjeev Sharma, said he had started the process for purchasing cameras. “We are doing it on priority,” he said.
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Unions hold protest against property tax
Jalandhar, March 20 The protester also threatened to gherao the Vidhan Sabha if the government does not withdraw the tax. Waiving black flags as a symbol of protest, members of the unions also raised anti-government slogans and criticised the government for its anti-public policies. The unions that held protests included Jalandhar Goods Transport Association, Vyopar Sena, Federation of Wholesale Sugar Merchants Association, Sugar Dealers Association, Punjab Vyopar Mandal, Jalandhar Sarafa Association, Swaran Sangh Union and Gur Mandi Shopkeepers Association. While addressing a gathering, Pritam Singh, president of the Sugar Merchant Association, said they would continue the protest until the government reviewed its decision. He also warned that the unions would gherao the Punjab Vidhan Sabha if their demands were not met soon. The protestors demanded that the Punjab Government should levy taxes on the pattern of Haryana and Gujarat. "Haryana has imposed property tax of Rs 250 on 10 marla residential plot, while Punjab has proposed much higher. Property tax on a commercial plot in Haryana is Rs 15,000, while it will be Rs 1,20,000 in Punjab," they rued. The newly formed Dynamic Group of councillors of Congress also joined the protesters.
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— Atima Sharma, Principal, Kanya Maha Vidyalaya
— Dr Rashmi Vij, Principal, Police DAV Public School
— Purnima Beri, general secretary, Shree Baba Harivallabh Sangeet Mahasabha
— Daljit Kaur, government school lecturer
— Sarabjit Singh, athletics coach at a city college
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Exchange programme: Chinese delegation visits Police DAV school
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, March 20 Overnight camp
Mayor World School organised an overnight camp on the school premises, by qualified and experienced mountaineering instructors and climbers. Brightly coloured alpine tents, fuelled the children’s imagination, added to their fun and frolic. Children indulged in various activities as rappelling, river crossing, Burma bridge, commando bridge, double trouble, rope climbing, spider web, wriggling, net climbing, map and compass reading etc. They played various tele-games like ball and water collection, tug of war, Australian trolley etc. The activities were grouped into three age levels. They were all divided into six groups namely: Cat, Angel, Hulk, Batman, Superman and Shaktiman. Graduation event
A graduation event was celebrated at Kidzee. The tiny tots walked up the stage in gowns to collect certificates from the director. The celebration was followed with games, food and fanfare. Children and parents tossed theirs caps in the sky to celebrate their first milestone. Director Sunil Kapur said the greatest gift was knowledge and there was utility in it. Educational tour
An educational tour to Delhi was organised by Sanskriti KMV School for the students of classes eighth and twelfth, to satisfy their urge of exploring the world around them. The trip started with the visit to ‘Rajghat’. The trip proceeded with the visit to Mughal Garden, India gate, Jantar- Mantar and lastly Gurdwara Bangla Sahib. The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, DAV College, Jalandhar, celebrated “Reflections-2013”, a farewell function organised for final year students. Principal Dr BB Sharma inaugurated the function and encouraged students to work hard. Students of the department gave appreciable performances. Guest students were made to relive the immortal memories of college life and were bid farewell with moist eyes. Shikha Salaria and Puneet Dhingra were chosen Miss and Mr Farewell, while deserving tags and tokens of love were given to each final year student. Prof Manish Khanna, Head of the Department, gave a hearty valedictory note, amidst the presence of teachers Prof Hari K Singh, Prof Shikha Khanna, and Prof Palwinder Singh Bhatia. Varsity toppers
Students of Bachelors of Multimedia (BMM) Semester-VII of the Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar, have secured top positions in the exams conducted by the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. Neha Gupta bagged the 1st position, Alisha Jain stood 3rd, Abhishek and Ajneet Kaur Sachdeva took the 4th and 6th position, respectively. Rahul Thakur got the 8th position, Vikas Sudana 9th and Tajinder Singh stood 10th. Dr Sucharita, principal of the college, congratulated students and said it was commendable that seven out of the first 10 positions in the university merit list were bagged by Apeejay students. Extension lecture
The Department of English, DAV College, Jalandhar, organised an extension lecture on the “Significance of English Language to study literature”. Prof Dr Gurupdesh Singh from GNDU, Amritsar, was the guest speaker. He enlightened the audience on the role language plays in literature and in daily life. The students where exhorted to use the language as a powerful tool and thus be creative. Principal Dr BB Sharma and HOD, Prof Ravi Manuja and in charge seminar Prof Sonika cordially welcomed the chief guest and expressed their gratitude for his eminent presence. Members of the English department, Prof HK Bajaj, Prof Sanjeev Sharma, Prof Archana, Prof Sharad, Prof Anoop, Prof Anju, Prof Neb, Prof Naresh, Prof Deepa, Prof Nitika, Prof Sharandeep, Prof Nandini and Prof Amardeep were also present. National workshop
Under the leadership of Gurvinder Singh Bahra, chairman, Rayat and Bahra Group, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Rayat-Bahra Institute of Engineering and Nano-Technology (RBIENT), Hoshiarpur, organised a two-day national workshop and competition on the topic ‘an initiative towards android applications development among engineering students’, in association with Robosapiens India. For this workshop, a zonal centre was established at RBIENT. The workshop concluded with a competition and winners were awarded certificates. The winners of the competition participated in the final round held at Tryst-2013 IIT-Delhi. Training workshop
The DERDB organised a training workshop for educators of pre-primary and PRT teaching faculty wherein it was attended by the entire chain of DIPS institutions. The workshop started on 19th March 2013 and will culminate on 25th March 2013 at DIPS UE-1. The workshop aims at developing communication skills, life skills, importance of prose and poetry and building self confidence. The educators would also be trained to groom their personality. Monica Mandotra, CEO, Chain of DIPS Institutions and Gulshan Gakhar, Academic Controller, addressed the gathering and encouraged the teachers to commence the coming academic session with zeal and enthusiasm. Prize distribution
Prize distribution function-cum-convocation of the KRM DAV College, Nakodar, was conducted at the college auditorium. Raminder Jakhu, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Governemnt of Haryana, Chandigarh, was the chief guest of the day. Dr KK Rattu, director, Doordarshan Kendra, Uttrakhand was the guest of honour. Raminder Jakhu presented the convocation address. Principal Dr Harish K Sood read out the annual report of the college. Thirty seven prizes were distributed on the basis of academics and extra mural activities. In all 214 degrees were awarded to students. UGC-sponsored national seminar souvenir entitled ‘New Economic Order and Human Development’ was released by the Economics Department of the college on the occasion. Campus placements
Videocon Mobile Services company conducted a pool campus drive at the CT Group of Institutions, Shahpur, for BBA, BCA and diploma after 10 +2 students of 2013 passing-out batch. Students from CT Institute of Engineering, Management and Technology (CTIEMT), CT Institute of Information Technology (CTIT), CT Institute of Management and IT (CTIMIT) and CT Institute of Management Technology (CTIMT) took part in the placement drive conducted at the seminar hall. Before the selection, students underwent thoroughly-conducted selection criteria, based on PPT and personal interview. As many as 27 students of CT Group of Institutions got selected in this drive. The selected students would be posted in Jalandhar and will join their duties in the month of June 2013. Chairman of the CT Group of Institutions, Charanjit Singh Channi lauded the efforts of students and congratulated them. |
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Work on overbridge at PAP Chowk comes to halt
Jalandhar, March 20 The payment is due from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) that has allocated the work to SOMA Enterprises Limited, a construction company, for shifting and reconstructing of the boundary wall and the main gates of the PAP Complex along the GT Road. A senior official of the company, however, revealed that even though the state government had transferred the land to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) but the latter had not paid compensation, for the assets to be removed, to the construction company, thus bringing the work to a standstill. The officer also revealed that the removal of high tension power cables from the site was another major hurdle in the execution of the project. The Punjab Public Work Department (PWD) is to construct a new boundary wall around the high security PAP Complex after demolishing the existing one. Demanding a compensation of Rs 2.4 crore, the PWD had already submitted a proposal to the company, claimed Executive Engineer, PWD (provincial) BS Tulli. Though, the SOMA had stacked some concrete beams and slabs at the site after raising huge pillars couple of months ago, the construction of the over bridge seems to be a dream for residents of the area. The delay has not only caused inconvenience to the motorists and commuters but has also added to pollution levels and the number of fatal accidents. The PAP complex premises and the boundary wall of the defence area, starting from Rama Mandi Chowk till PAP Chowk, had emerged as two major bottlenecks in executing the project in time. The project, that had been inching at a snail’s pace, had suffered a major setback with the government imposing a ban on quarrying. Keeping in view the public incontinence, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had already slapped heavy penalties at the construction company.
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Police Commissioner inspects working of foot beat constables
Jalandhar, March 20 As per the recently implemented scheme, three to four newly appointed constables have been appointed as foot beat constables under each Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI). Each foot beat constable has been given five to six colonies. These constables go about patrolling in the area daily, meeting members of the welfare societies, social and political leaders and keeping a track of day-to-day activities. DCP Sarabjit Singh said the whole idea was to strike a rapport with the community leaders, instilling faith in the police at grassroot level and keeping a regular contact with them, so that any untoward incident is taken care of at the earliest. ADCP City-II Parminder Singh Bhandal said there were 132 foot beat constables working under him. He said he carried a record of such constables with him daily and made it a point to meet them randomly at a fixed point allotted to each one of them, to cull the day’s report. The system was drawing a good response from the residents, he added. |
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1,000 examined at medical camp
Jalandhar, March 20 Organised by 223 Advance Base Ordnance Depot, the camp was inaugurated by Annie Poonnen, Deputy Director, Regional Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA). Emphasis was laid on life style modifications to cure and prevent diseases and their early detection. The Army took on the responsibility of spreading health awareness and providing medical facilities to families and civilians. Various medical institutes and clinics contributed towards the efforts, revealed a defence spokesperson. Medical experts from Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, DAV Ayurveda College, DAV Physiotherapy Centre and Thind Eye Hospital examined the gathering. |
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50 blood donors honoured
Jalandhar, March 20 MS Thakur was highly appreciated for donating blood 89 times. Naresh Beri, Deepak and Gurminder Singh were honoured for donating blood for over 50 time and setting a precedent for others. Earlier, Dr RL Bassan, civil surgeon, inaugurated the training session and stressed upon the
need to promote volunteer blood donation among general public. |
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32 labourers injured as tractor-trailer overturns
Phagwara, March 20 Seventeen injured labourers were admitted to Wadhala Hospital, while 15 injured laborers, including 10 women, were admitted to the Civil Hospital. The accident occurred when the tractor-trailer driver lost control over the vehicle at a turn on a narrow link road. The injured were said to be out of danger.
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Jalandhar, March 20
Having put on the job about three months back, Commissioner of Police (CP) Gaurav Yadav and Deputy Commissioner of Police
(DCP) Sarabjit Singh yesterday went about in the city to inspect the working of foot beat constables.
As per the recently implemented scheme, three to four newly appointed constables have been appointed as foot beat constables under each Assistant Sub-Inspector
(ASI).
On the whole, the Budget is people-friendly, but more sops for higher as well as school education were certainly required. The filling of posts of teachers in colleges and schools was greatly needed. More support for deserving students was also required. I have personally seen that students want to study, but can’t due to lack of finances. Soft loans for students could have been provided. The state needed more specific focus on providing higher education to the youth, but on that count, the Budget
disappoints.
That education is high on the government’s agenda is good news, but the greatest contention is that the RTE Act is still not being implemented properly in schools. Also, the allocations get everyone’s hopes high, but due to lack of transparency, the students do not get the benefits later. The announcement of scholarships for poor students pursuing professional education is a good step, but Rs 30,000 is too little for a student aspiring for higher
studies. 
It is disappointing that we haven’t been allocated any amount in the Budget for the Harivallabh Sangeet Akademi. The Akademi is awaiting completion and we are hugely dependent on government grants for its completion. But the Budget this year has been dismal from the cultural point of
view. 
The Budget this year doesn’t provide much for the common man and focuses on some special groups. However, it is good that education gets some special attention. While their is allocation in the Budget for some special schemes and scholarships for poor students, what is most important is that these children should get the requisite amount as promised. Mostly due to lack of awareness, students don’t even come to know about their own rights. Care should be taken that students are duly informed about the allocations for
them. 
The four regional centres for sports are a welcome proposal in the Budget and it will prove profitable for many students who are currently deprived of quality sports coaching. But sports centres in the rural areas are languishing due to lack of infrastructure and proper coaches. Experts at main centres wait for good students to come to them, but ideally, they should be hunting for students by visiting rural areas. The Budget is mum on this issue. Punjab ideally needed a format at par with the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) for sports to give a fillip to sports activities. Also, many sports projects and stadiums currently lie
incomplete. 
