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Government advertises 88 posts of house surgeons
Greenhouse technology fetches more income, says GKU VC
MCB conducts survey of immovable property
Legal awareness seminar held
Max Hospital launches cataract clinic
Govt schools told to hold contest on voter awareness
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School sans power for 45 days
Bathinda, December 12 In the absence of power, the students have to sit in classrooms in only natural light. Moreover, the water purifier of the school isn’t working in the absence of any electricity and the students have to bring water from their homes. The school management also has no option but to let the students drink water which has been declared unfit for drinking by the health department. While the electricity department stated that they had disconnected the power supply due to non-payment of the bill, the school management said it didn’t have any money to pay them. We have no funds, says school principal
The head mistress of the school, Balwant Kaur, said the school management had failed to do anything in the case as it has no funds. “Apart from the annual school grant of Rs 5,000 that we get from the education department, we don’t have any other source of income. We can’t charge the students even a single penny as they are studying here for free under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan,” she said. “It is literally impossible to manage the school for a year in Rs 5,000. Earlier too, the teachers had been contributing from their salaries to pay the electricity bills. But this time, the amount of the bill crossed Rs 12,000 which was too much for them. Since its winters now, we don’t need fans. The only problem is that the water purifier is not working,” she added. The head mistress also added that the policemen who had stayed on the school premises for two weeks in September used power and raised the bills. “The policemen first used six rooms and then four. They used electricity day and night. The power consumption had doubled during those days,” she added. She also stated that the school management had written to the District Education Officer (elementary), Amarajit Kaur Kotfatta, that the Powercom had disconnected the electricity supply but an action was yet to be taken. Will spend contingency fund: DEO
“I received a complaint from the school management. During a meeting held with the BPOs held a few days ago, I have directed that the contingency fund be used to pay the bill of the school and the connection be restored,” said DEO Amarjit Kaur
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Government advertises 88 posts of house surgeons
Bathinda, December 12 Earlier, an MBBS pass out, who had done his or her six months house job, was awarded few marks while getting admission in the postgraduate courses. An MBBS was allowed only three house jobs. However, a few years ago, government had stopped giving the marks for
postgraduate course admission, taking away the major charm for house job. “Nowadays, no young doctor is willing to take up a house surgeon’s job in the state. Since there are no marks awarded in post graduation admission, young doctors are not interested in working in the government hospitals in Punjab where remuneration is less
than the workload and responsibility given. Also, the work leaves no space for doctors to study ahead for post graduation,” confined one of the PCMS doctors
undergoing postgraduation course. While the state government pays Rs 30,000 stipend, the salary for same job in the government hospitals of the UT Chandigarh is above
Rs 45,000. “Moreover, the atmosphere at the UT hospitals is academically charging giving the flexibility to learn and study while working. Since the patient influx too is higher at the UT government hospitals, the exposure and experience is far richer than working in state-run hospitals,” added another young intern. Against 98 sanctioned posts of house surgeons in the state, presently there are mere 10 doctors working. Bathinda has seven vacancies of which only two are filled. A house surgeon each is sought
in gynae, pediatrics, surgery, medicine and orthopedics. The districts of Barnala, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Nangal, Talwara, Sundarnagar and Sangrur do not have even one house surgeon posted against the sanctioned post. Jalandhar district has the second highest vacant posts. Of the 20 sanctioned posts, 19 are vacant. The districts of Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Moga, Muktsar, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Ajitgarh and Tarn Taran do not even have a single sanctioned post of house surgeons. |
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Teacher unions hold protest, accuse state govt of being indifferent to their demands
Bathinda, December 12 Leaders and members of the Democratic Teachers Front (DTF), BEd Teachers Front, SSA-RMSA union, ETT Teachers’ Union, 7,654 Teachers’ Union and several other teachers’ organisation participated in the dharna and raised slogans against the Punjab government. The gathering was addressed by the DTF leaders Paramjit Singh, Resham Singh, SSA/RMSA/CSS leader Harjit Jidda and district secretary Gurpreet Singh Khemuana, 7654 Teachers’ Union district president, Parwinder Singh, and BEd Front Punjab district president, Karamjit Singh Jalal, and Rajvir Singh Mann. The members accused the state government of delaying the release 10 per cent dearness allowance starting July 2013. They added that the delay was the problem of not only the teachers employed in the state education department but also of the employees working in other state departments as well. They also alleged that the government was devising ways of bringing private sector into the field of school education and that is why as many as 5,752 schools were shifted from under the Education Department to Zila Parishad. They demanded that these schools be brought
back under the state education department. They added that the state government will have to heed their demands and regularise the jobs of the teachers employed under the SSA-RMSA. They stated that while the state government had money to fund the fourth World Cup Kabaddi, it didn’t have money to pay the teachers employed under the CSS scheme who have not been paid salaries for the past 19 months. The leaders argued that the state government had done everything to stunt their professional and financial progress. They added that apart from withholding salaries of the teachers, the government had also put a stop on promotion of the ETT-qualified teachers. They asked the state government to consider the case of promotions in the master, lecturer, head master and other cadres and approve the cases of worthy candidates. |
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Greenhouse technology fetches more income, says GKU VC
Bathinda, December 12 In order to make marginal farmers aware of it in the Malwa region of Bathinda/Talwandi Sabo so as to enable them earn more from their limited land, Guru Kashi University is contemplating to set up a training hub on its campus. For this purpose, the university is planning to have services of Dr APS Gill, former national consultant floriculture with the Government of India. Dr NS Malhi, Vice-Chancellor, Guru Kashi
University, states that despite harsh climate of Punjab, the state still provides immense opportunities to produce wide varieties of cut flowers and planning material especially of bulbous species which are in big demand in export and
domestic markets. The marginal farmers owning land of one hectare can double their income by adopting it. It is cheaper too because of use of solar energy in high tech green houses cultivation of cut flowers and vegetables. The university will thus render a great service to the small farmers of Talwandi Sabo and its surrounding
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MCB conducts survey of immovable property
Bathinda, December 12 An exercise of first of its kind, it is meant at creating a catalogue of the properties and ensuring that the properties are free from any kind of encroachment or illegal possession. Assistant Commissioner, Kamal Kant Goyal, said the work on immovable properties’ verification has been completed. “We have not found any encroachment on our properties,” he said adding that the work on movable properties was still going on. The movable properties of corporation include shops in fish market opposite to the railway station, Gandhi markety, Sarkari Khoon Wali Market on Qila Road towards the old police station (purana thana area), shops near the CIA staff office near Sadar police station, Arya Samaj Chowk sports market, at the backside of fire brigade near Haathi Wala mandir, Subhash Market, Barnala bypass Octroi office, all green belts, parks and the Rose Garden area.
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Legal awareness seminar held
Bathinda, December 12 The legal literacy class was presided over by advocate Kapil Kumar Bansal. He informed the students about legal-aid schemes, menace of dowry, female foeticide, domestic violence, laws related to senior citizens and parents, laws related to women, human rights and environment issues. He also told the students that free legal services are also offered to the persons belonging to the weaker section of the society to protect their legal rights. Bansal urged the students to gather at least the basic knowledge of legal aids and rights to help those around them in the hour of need. |
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Max Hospital launches cataract clinic
Bathinda, December 12 The special cataract clinic will have expert doctors, qualified nurses and technicians and paramedical staff. The clinic will have solution to all cataract related problems under one roof. All types of cataract surgeries, including refractive cataract surgeries, multi focal and accumulative lenses and complex cataract surgeries like posteriar polar and small pupil will be performed by competent surgeons at the clinic. He said the cataract, commonly known as motiya bind, was the clouding of the lens which caused diminishing vision and ultimately blindness. Although significant progress has been made towards identifying risk factors for cataract, there was no proven primary prevention or medical treatment. Surgical removal of cataract remained the only therapy, he added. |
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Govt schools told to hold contest on voter awareness
Bathinda, December 12 A meeting of school heads was recently held wherein they were asked to conduct debate, skit and declamation competitions on December 31 raising awareness about celebration of Voters' Day on January 25. The teachers have also been directed to submit with the education department, details of the students who will bag the first, second and third positions in the competitions. |
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City gets new lifestyle store
Bathinda, December 12 Owners of the store, Vipin and Darpan Kaoor dedicated the store to the brand-conscious people of the city. “City residents have been recognising and appreciating reputed names in the apparel industry. We are proud to present them a shopping experience during which they would be able to lay their hands on clothes of latest trends and styles,” Vipin said. Darpan added that the store would offer brands Tommy Hillfiger, Nautica, Jack & Jones, Gant, IZod, Blackbeery, Arrow, Lee, Wrangler, Vero Moda, Forever New, United Colours of Benetton, Color Plus and others. He added that in the kids section brands like Nike Kids, Levis Kids, Jordan, Nautica Kids, Puma, Addidas and others will be present. |
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ING Vysya Bank branch inaugurated
Bathinda, December 12 The bank has direct integration with the IRCTC for rail ticket booking and since September over 30,000 tickets have been booked through it.
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