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Balianwali Fort houses police station
PRTC to install signages at bus stand in city
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Illegal construction near park irks Basant Vihar residents
A portion of the building has been illegally constructed at Basant Vihar. A Tribune photograph
PIFF: ‘Sutta Naag’ director denied visa for Canada
Parasram Nagar residents protest
Residents of Parasram Nagar stage a protest against a depot holder in Bathinda on Monday. Photo: Bhupinder Dhillon
NGOs want revised rate of blood units rolled back
Panchayat Samiti polls: Sangat police books two for assault
Shiamak Davar’s team to train students
BFGI felicitates its students for their academic feat
The BFGI students, who secured positions in merit list, were honoured on Monday. Photo: Bhupinder Dhillon
GKU organises two-day tour for students
Lectures to mark Biodiversity Day at CUP
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Balianwali Fort houses police station
Bathinda, May 20 Oblivious of the risk involved, police personnel sit with utmost ease in the police station, set up inside the fort, the walls of which have developed cracks. To make the negligence of the authorities concerned evident, 'Balianwali Police Station' has been painted at the entrance of the fort. When contacted, a senior official in the Department of Tourism, Punjab, said, "The Punjab Government is dedicated to the task of maintaining all the places of historical importance. The Balianwali Fort is not included in the list of protected monuments and that is why it is not being restored." Speaking to Bathinda Tribune, noted historian Subhash Parihar said, "The Balianwali Fort is not an isolated case wherein a police station has been set up inside a fort. The forts at Dhanaula, Patti and Jaito were also used as police stations. Thankfully, the police stations inside Patti and Jaito forts have been shifted out." "Since the state tourism department is not taking care of even the protected monuments, chances are bleak that it will pay attention to those not included in the list of protected documents. The Qila Mubarak in Bathinda city is being restored by the Archaeological Survey India (ASI) since it was declared protected by the Central government," he added. Some two years ago, the then Senior Superintendent of Police, Sukhchain Singh Gill, had announced that the Police Department was planning to procure a place in the village and the police station would be shifted there. The Station House Officer of the Balianwali police station, Mahenderjit Singh, said, "I was posted at this police station on May 5, 2011. I don't know if the department is planning to take up a place in the village for the police station. The paint at the entrance of the fort was also done before I was posted here." |
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Smoke-free Status Megha Mann Tribune News Service
Bathinda, May 20 “Only Bathinda and Talwandi Sabo bus stands are under the PRTC while the remaining are operated by the respective municipal bodies. However, we will install signages at the Goniana and Rampura bus stands also,” said the nodal officer under the tobacco control programme, Jaswinder Singh Chahal. At the local bus stand, the signages will be installed at the inner and outer gates, in the PRTC workshop and at the parking place besides different places inside the main bus stand building. Under Sections 4 and 6 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 all the public places have to be made free from smoking. The health authorities are also in contact with the railways for installing signages under Sections 4, 6A and 6 B at railway platforms. District nodal officer of the tobacco control programme, Dr Raghubir Singh Randhawa said the railways have been requested to put up signs in Gurmukhi as well. “The railway authorities insisted that since theirs is a central government department, they would put up signages in Hindi and English only. We have requested them to include Gurmukhi so that the Punjabi population visiting the station is also apprised of the rules,” Dr Randhawa said. It is pertinent to mention here that a team of the School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh, had visited Bathinda and observed that there were no signages at the bus stand. Following this the health department wrote letters to General Manager, PRTC, Bathinda, requesting that signages be installed and also ensure that people don't smoke on the premises of the bus stand.
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Illegal construction near park irks Basant Vihar residents
Bathinda, May 20 “The open space marked area was in an utter state of neglect and in the absence of maintenance by the MCB, it had turned into a dumping ground. Nearby residents got together and converted the garbage dump into a lush-green park,” he said. The area lies under the Town Planning Scheme 9, part II, and as per the plan, it has a road running on its all the four sides. The front road is 40-feet wide and the length of the park towards the front side is 132 feet. However, in actual, there are roads around only three sides of the park. The 20-feet road on its right side has some construction. “We have been raising a hue and cry for the past one year. But all our pleas to get these encroachments removed have fallen on deaf ears. We have repeatedly approached the MCB to get these encroachments removed but nothing has been done,” added another area resident. People said due to the illegal construction, people fail to see the traffic coming from the other side due to which a number of accidents have occurred on this stretch. They added that the elderly, women and children, who visit the park in the evening, were the most vulnerable. Gaurav added that on Saturday, a team of the MCB knocked down an illegally-constructed boundary wall and warned another person who had started fresh construction. Sonu Maheshwari of the Noujawan Welfare Society, an NGO, said the encroachment had been in place for the past 15 years. “Initially, no one was aware that the park had four roads running around it. Now, when people have got the facts, they want that the park be restored to its actual form as mentioned in the plan,” he demanded. Meanwhile, Raju Mann, the area municipal councillor Parwinder Kaur Mann's husband, claimed that a dispute regarding the encroached area was pending in a court. "I do not known much about the dispute," he said, adding that the MCB sub-divisional officer (SDO) Gurpreet Singh should be contacted. When contacted, Gurpreet Singh said there was neither any encroachment nor any court case pending. “We don’t know if someone has filed a fresh suit but as of now, no litigation is pending on the behalf of the MCB,” he added.
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PIFF: ‘Sutta Naag’ director denied visa for Canada
While he was happy that his film was chosen to be screened at the prestigious film festival, Gill was sad as ironically, he himself was not present there to watch the screening and gauge the reaction of the audience. “Sutta Naag was screened at the Pearson Theatre in Brampton. I tried very hard to get a visa to visit Canada but the Canadian authorities stated that they could not clearly understand the purpose of my visit. This was unbelievable as I had attached the details of the film festival with my visa application,” said Gill. He added that he could not sleep on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday when the film was scheduled to be screened at the festival. “All through the night, I kept wishing I were there at the PIFF. I started getting calls from other directors who attended the screening. They congratulated me on the film. The delight would have been much more had I been there.” None of the cast and crew members of the film was present at the screening. ‘Sutta Naag’ was among several other Punjabi films screened at the festival. Other films included the Jimmy Shergill and Neha Dhupia-starrer ‘Rangeeley’, ‘Stupid 7’, ‘Jatts and Golmaal’ and two Pakistani Punjabi films. Gill is planning to release the film in India in July. Explaining the delay in the release of the film in India, the director said, “I am planning to send the film to some more film festivals. I am planning to send it to a film festival in France, the Spinning Wheel Film Festival in London and the Goa International Film Festival.” About the film * 'Sutta Naag' is based on a short story penned by Ram Sarup Ankhi. * The story focuses on the fact that in an Indian matrimonial set-up, a man and woman are forced to live together despite differences. * “The female protagonist is the Sutta Naag (sleeping serpent) in the film. She braves testing times but revolts when she cannot take it any more,” said Amardeep Gill. * Kul Sidhu, who belongs to Bathinda and earned rave reviews for her role in the critically acclaimed film, "Anne Ghode Da Daan", has played the role of the female protagonist. * The director is planning to release the film in India in July.
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Parasram Nagar residents protest
Bathinda, May 20 Former municipal councillor Vijay Kumar led the protest. He said there were no fixed timings for The people also accused the depot owner of not giving ration in the right quantity and tampering with the weights. They claimed to have informed the district administration officials about the tampering and said no action was taken to set it right. The residents demanded that the timings should be fixed and the mobile number of the depot owner should be displayed outside the depot. The depot owner should be directed to shun the unfair practices, the residents of the area demanded from the administration. The allegations
* Depot holder has been accused of misbehaving and using foul language. *
Former municipal councillor Vijay Kumar, who led the protest, said there were no fixed timings for the opening and closing of the depot which caused great inconvenience to the people. *
Residents also accused the depot owner of not giving ration in right quantity and tampering with the weights. *
Residents want mobile number of the owner displayed outside the depot for convenience. |
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NGOs want revised rate of blood units rolled back
Bathinda, May 20 A delegation of the BANGO met Singla and informed him of the impact that the revised rates of blood units have left on the poor people. They requested that the government should not make voluntary blood donation a way of earning profits as a number of organizations across the state have been holding voluntary blood donation camps and donating blood at different blood banks. The members of the BANGO also demanded that the ban imposed on private blood banks should be lifted. The health department has directed the private blood banks not to hold voluntary blood donation camps. The members of BANGO reasoned that the government blood banks were not adequately equipped to store the huge blood donations made during camps and hence, the private banks helped in saving the units. Singla assured the activists of various NGOs who had called on him of looking into the matter. Fact file
* A delegation of the BANGO met Sarup Chand Singla and informed him of the impact that the revised rates of blood units have left on the poor people. *
They requested that the government should not make voluntary blood donation a way of earning profits as a number of organizations across the state have been organising voluntary blood donation camps and donating blood. *
BANGO also demanded that the ban imposed on private blood banks should be lifted. The health department has directed the private blood banks not to hold voluntary blood donation camps. *
The NGOs reasoned that the government blood banks were not adequately equipped to store the huge blood donations made during camps and private banks helped in preserving blood units. |
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Panchayat Samiti polls: Sangat police books two for assault
Bathinda, May 20 He alleged that the dispute was due to some old enmity, while the immediate cause was that the victim was supporting a candidate, Gurcharan Singh. Police has booked Sandeep Singh alias Bhau, Daljit Singh, Sukhmandar Singh, Binder Singh, Kulwant Singh, Jaspal Singh, Bhola Singh and seven others. In another incident, on the complaint of the presiding officer of booth number 71 at Naruana, police has booked three known and 20 unknown miscreants for pelting stones at the polling booth and abusing the polling party on duty. In his complaint to the Talwandi Sabo police, presiding officer Manjinder Singh (an inspector with Punsup) stated that at around 3:30 pm, some 20 to 25 people unidentified miscreants got together outside the polling booth and started pelting stones. They also abused the staff on duty. As the door of the polling booth was closed, the election material was not damaged. Later, at around 10 pm, the police identified the accused as Satpal Singh, Bikkar Singh and Gurmeet Singh from village Lehri. Mobile phones recovered from Central Jail inmates
The Bathinda Central Jail authorities recovered two mobile phones from the inmates during a surprise checking conducted in the jail barracks on May 16, 17 and 18. During the checking on May 18, the jail authorities recovered a mobile from inmates Dheeraj Kumar from Sonasar, Shamsher Singh from Bhagpur and Rajbinder Singh from village Kalyan Sukha. During the checking conducted on the intervening night of May 16 and May 17, another mobile phone was recovered from an inmate, Satnam Singh from village Bhain Chuhad and Karamjit Singh from village Ahliwal. Cases have been registered against the accused. One held with 23 bottles of country-made liquor
The Kotwali police arrested one person with 23 bottles of Santra brand liquor, which was meant to be sold at a vend. The accused has been identified as Balkaran Singh, a resident of Joganand. He was arrested near Haji Rattan. |
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Shiamak Davar’s team to train students
Bathinda, May 20 The camp has on offer dance, music, creative art and craft classes. A team of professionals from the Shiamak Davar International Private Limited will be training the students in various dance forms like Bollywood, jazz, rock-n-roll, sha-bop etc. Aiming to make the participants mentally sharper, the camp also offers classes in chess and other mind games. Head mistress of the school, Anju Dhawan, stated that the sole aim of the summer camp is to provide an enriching environment to the students and strike a balance between academics and extra-curricular activities.
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BFGI felicitates its students for their academic feat
Bathinda, May 20 The first four positions in the merit list have been bagged by the students of Baba Farid Senior Secondary School, Deon. Three of these students, Nisha Bindal, Krishan Raj and Jagdeep Singh, belong to the non-medical stream. They secured 92.44 per cent, 92 per cent and 91.78 per cent marks, respectively. The fourth position on the merit list was bagged by commerce student Chahat Singla, who scored 91.78 per cent marks. Gurmeet Singh Dhaliwal, managing director of BFGI, said the institution had set a benchmark by being completely free of the menace of dummy admissions and copying during the house examinations. He said the position holders will be provided free-of-cost education at BFGI. Dhaliwal also added that as many as 632 students of the school appeared in the class XII Board examinations out of whom, 11 students secured more than 90 per cent marks and 119 students secured more 85 per cent marks. As many as 254 students have obtained more than 70 per cent marks. Principal of the school, Baljinder Singh, congratulated the meritorious students. He attributed their success to regular studies, discipline and a culture at BFGI that did not approve of copying.
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GKU organises two-day tour for students
Bathinda, May 20 The students visited the Takht Shri Damdama Sahib and the Virasat-e-Khalsa at Anandpur Sahib from where they collected facts about Sikhism and Punjabi culture and heritage. The students were also taken to Takht Shri Keshgarh Sahib. Kamaljeet Singh, Gurdeep Singh and Jaswinder Singh and Surinder Kaur Mahi, accompanied the students. Gold chain snatched An unidentified motorcyclist snatched the gold chain of a woman in street number 1-A of Aggarwal Colony. In her complaint to the police, Prem Misra, a resident of street number 1-A of Aggarwal Colony, stated that the incident took place when she was returning from a temple.
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Lectures to mark Biodiversity Day at CUP
Bathinda, May 20 Eminent botanist Dr SS Bir, professor emeritus, Punjabi University, Patiala, will be the chief guest on the occasion while Prof DS Brar, former scientist, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, will deliver his lecture as guest of honour. Prof Pushpinder Jai Rup, former professor, Department of Zoology, Guru Nanak Dev University, will also deliver a special lecture. During the technical session, MS Saini, former professor, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, SMS Chahal of the Department of Human Biology, Punjabi University and PK Joshi, Department of Natural Resources, TERI University, will speak on various aspects of biodiversity.
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Kapurthala chase 314 runs target
Bathinda, May 20 The hosts won the toss and elected to bat first. Harpreet Singh wreaked havoc on the Kapurthala bowlers as he went on to score 103 runs. While Karan Sharma added 60 runs to the tally, Arjun Singh and Manpreet Singh added 59 and 43 runs, respectively, to help the team score 313 runs in 75 overs. Kapurthala's bowler Vikas took three wickets as he conceded 60 runs in 16 overs. Yudhveer also managed to grab two wickets while giving away 49 runs in 16 overs. During Kapurthala's innings, Bathinda's bowlers struck early and by the end of the day's play, the visitors were in dire straits, scoring 45 runs for the loss of four wickets. Kamaljeet Singh of Bathinda took three wickets while Ajay Yadav took one wicket.
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The residents of Basant Vihar, 40-feet road, today demanded that park in their area be restored to the “actual” dimensions as mentioned in the plan of the area.
Area resident Gaurav Goyal said as per the map procured under the Right To Information (RTI) Act from the Municipal Corporation, Bathinda (MCB), the area demarcated as open space has been developed into park.
Bathinda, May 20
The Millennium School, Bathinda, has taken the initiative to organise a summer camp on the school premises from May 20-30. The camp will cater not only to the students, but also their parents, friends and relatives.
Baba Farid Group of Institutions
(BFGI) today held a felicitation ceremony to honour the academic feats of its school students in the recently declared class XII results of the Punjab School Education Board
(PSEB). The first four positions in the merit list have been bagged by the students of Baba Farid Senior Secondary School,
Deon.
Bathinda, May 20