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Verka booths in govt schools soon
Seven students get jobs at GKU
Single window system has given six permissions so far
Govt employees on duty to cast their vote through postal ballot
BFGI to host international seminar on agriculture
cost-effective buildings
THRASHing of teacher
Two arrested with 6 kg of poppy husk
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Reliance to dig 58.3 km
Will erect 22 towers that will provide streetlights also Megha Mann Tribune News Service
Bathinda, March 14 Every tower will have a provision to install street lights of the municipal corporation. Assistant Municipal Commissioner Kamal Kant Goyal said the application with the proposal for laying cables was received on June 17, 2013. XEN Sanjeev Gupta added that the proposal mentioned laying of cables in 45.3 kms of the area. “However, we took the plan and asked Junior Engineers (JEs) to check the proposal given by physically visiting every place mentioned in the plan. Utmost care was taken not to disturb the main roads and instead dig narrower or lesser used roads running parallel to them. This resulted in total area to be dug increasing from proposed 45.3 km to 58.3 km,” he said. As per the agreement signed with MCB, the company executing work of digging trenches and laying cables would be responsible for restoring the dug area to its previous health within 72 hours of work. Similarly, before starting the work, the area has to be cordoned off using safety ribbons. However, these rules do not seem to be followed properly. Safety ribbons are missing from most of the work sites, while at sites like those in the Model Town Phase III trenches have been left dug for the past one week near upcoming water works project. Despite the guidelines, neither the dug up areas have been restored within 72 hours nor were the same being cordoned off properly. Similarly, the newly laid tiles at the Fauji Chowk bus shelter were dug up without seeking any permission from the MCB. XEN Gupta said the MCB has bank guarantee of Rs 29 lakh of Reliance Jio. “If the rules are not being followed, we will get the work done by encashing the bank guarantee,” he added. Goyal added that the work is being strictly monitored. Once the cables are laid, 22 towers will be installed at different parts of the city. Reliance Jio had submitted proposal for 42 towers, of which the MCB granted permission for only 22 towers. For each tower, the MCB will give land on lease for a period of 10 years. The MCB will charge Rs 16,000 per tower as the one-time charge and further Rs 3,200 per annum per tower. “These towers will serve double purpose. Besides providing 4G services, they will have street lights that would light up the areas,” he added. Agency using ground penetration radars (GPR)
The agency that is executing the work of laying the underground cables is using Ground Penetration Radars (GPR) technology to conduct underground survey before digging. After the January 29 episode, wherein the agency ended up in pulling up service pipes of sewer and drinking water supply on the Bhagu Road, it has started taking help of the technology to see if any service pipe or cable comes in the way of digging trenches. The route of trenches has been changed as per the presence of service pipes. Since the telecom sector has been given industrial status, the local bodies department has been directed to facilitate the company. The local bodies cannot entertain any complaint regarding radiation emission that only eth Department of Communications (DoT) can consider. People have the right to ask for adherence to radiation limit emission. Tower sites
22 sites of towers include park in street number 6 Nai Basti, Triangle Park in Vishal Nagar, near Ravindra Hospital, Aggarwal Colony, near pond in Hazura Kapura, at a park in Bank Colony, park in Guru Nanak Pura, Triveni temple in Harpal Nagar, behind gurdwara in Shant Nagar, Holy Rosary Church, Shalimar Park, LIG Colony, Ma Kamathaya Traders, Post Office, Shiv Mandir opposite under bridge, in front of Bathinda cotton factory, Verka Milk factory, ITI land, Bhai Kanhaiya Chowk, Rose Garden and Mittal Mall. |
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Dhaba owners served notices for causing sewer blockage
Bathinda, March 14 The action was taken against the three erring establishments after the sewer system of the area got clogged. Sources said that these establishments have been dumping their waste, other than sewer, into the system causing its clogging which started
overflowing. Due to the blockade, the sewer water started oozing out on the road leading to stream of sewerage flowing down till the Teachers’ Home. Assistant Municipal Commissioner Kamal Kant Goya said the three establishments have been directed to comply
with the orders within three days. “If they do not stop decanting their waste into sewer, we will present challan against them in court,” he said. The sewer in the area was cleared by around 1 pm. |
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Verka booths in govt schools soon
Bathinda, March 14 Interestingly, while the booths will be located on the school premises, these will also cater to the general public post school hours. The booths will sell Verka products at reasonable prices to the students and public. While the process for the same was initiated in February on the orders of the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, the District Education Officer, Bathinda, has also directed the school heads to provide space for the booths. In a written correspondence between the MilkFed Managing Director Alaknanda Dayal and the former Director General of School Education, Punjab, Kumar Rahul, the latter was apprised of the orders of the CM and was also requested to pass orders to the schools regarding the same. Confirming the same, the DEO (secondary education) Harkanwaljeet Kaur, said, “We have received the orders from the DGSE office regarding the opening of Verka booths in the schools. We have also intimated the schools regarding the same and have asked the school administrations to earmark space for setting up these booths.”
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Seven students get jobs at GKU
Bathinda, March 14 Karanjeev Singh, Training and Placement Officer, GKU, said the students would work as web developers. Ashawni Sethi, principal of the Guru Gobind Singh College of Engineering & Technology, congratulated the students. Dr NS Malhi, Vice-Chancellor, congratulated the selected students and said the faculty should develop sound technical knowledge among the students which may help them gain good placements in the corporate world. Sukhraj Singh Sidhu, managing director of the college, appreciated the efforts of the training
and placement department and the engineering college for the placement drive. |
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Single window system has given six permissions so far
Bathinda, March 14 The single-window facility has so far given six permissions for landing choppers, two permissions for using loud speakers and three for conducting public meetings. Most of the applicants are permitted the same day they apply for. During the last elections, the permission for a loudspeaker had to be sought from the SDM office, for landing a chopper from the SSP office and for conducting meetings and rallies from the office of concerned Assistant Returning Officers (AROs). The single window set up for dealing with election permissions, soon after the model code of conduct came into being, has received six applications for chopper landing, two for using speakers and four for holding rallies. District Election Officer Kamal Kishore Yadav said a control room and a complaint cell have been set up at room number 208 of the District Administrative Complex. To reach these cells, one can contact at 0164-2211915, 0164-5004762 and toll free number 1800 180 2021. The number for sending facsimile is 0164-2222922. People can also send e-mail to election office at electiondcbti@gmail.com. |
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Govt employees on duty to cast their vote through postal ballot
Bathinda, March 14 Yadav said the Election Commission has updated its software so that no government employee on poll duty is left out form casting his or her vote. “During the poll rehearsal, the election staff on duty, including the police, will mention the election office if they require postal ballots or election duty certificate or not. He said those employees, who are deputed in the Bathinda parliamentary constituency and have their votes in the same constituency will be issued election duty certificates enabling them to vote at the place where they are voted. Similarly, the employees posted in the Bathinda parliamentary constituency, whose votes are outside the constituency, would be given postal
ballots to vote using these ballots. He added that the Bathinda constituency will have around 10,000 civil service voters and 5,000 police service voters. At the meeting, Yadav also collected data for constituency-wise booth numbers and numbers of voters. |
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BFGI to host international seminar on agriculture
Bathinda, March 14 Prominent scholars and students of various institutions will attend the conference and share their valuable thoughts for improvement. Along with them, progressive farmers will also be present to discuss their experience to boost up the productivity of crops. Various eminent luminaries of agriculture department Dr Khem Singh Gill, former Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agriculture University,
Ludhiana, Dr MS Sandhu, Director, Agriculture, Punjab, Dr Baldev S
Dhillon, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, and Dr Jamsheed Ali Khan, Dean College Development Council, Punjabi University, Patiala will also attend the event. Administrative secretary of the conference, Dr GS Mahal apprised that the farmers have to face problems like environmental pollution, contamination of ground water and deteriorating fertilisation of soil in the Malwa region. Therefore, along with the stability and increase the productivity of crops other crucial points also will be paid attention to and that would be beneficial for all the agriculture students, scholars, scientists and farmers. Chairman of the BFGI Gurmeet Singh Dhaliwal has invited all the farmers of the Malwa region to attend this conference and take time chance of it.
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‘Need to have housing agenda’
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, March 14 Prof Ashok Kumar, principal scientist, CBRI, who is an expert in the field of low-cost building materials and techniques, energy efficiency and sustainability, green building design, disaster resistant buildings, was the main speaker. Prof Kumar has over 25 years of experience in the profession, training and research. He has also served as visiting fellow at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Prof Ripu Daman Singh, faculty convener of the workshop, said the workshop provided practical experience for the students to create meaningful and cost-effective building forms. Sumit Galhatia, president of the students union, welcomed the guests and presented a report on activities and achievements of the Department of Architecture. Prof Bhupinder Pal Singh Dhot, head of the Department of Architecture, introduced the experts and informed the audience about the achievements of the department. Dr Jasbir Singh Hundal, campus director appreciated the efforts of the faculty and students of the department for organising the event. Dr Hundal, in his address, highlighted the role of architects, planners and engineers for creating cost-effective infrastructure development across the world. Prof Kumar, in his address, urged the students to look beyond classroom teaching and advised them to take lessons from built environment within the framework of ecological setting. He spoke at length about the low-cost housing solutions under the Indira Aawas Yojna, which has been implemented all over the country in association with the CBRI, Roorkee. He advised the students to design houses by grouping together wet areas and service areas in order to rationalise the cost of construction. He stressed upon the need to have a national agenda of housing for all involving the principles of affordability, safety and environment friendliness. Students of eighth semester, Priyanka, Bhanu, Aviral and Mohit presented a report on the low-cost housing at Gaggar village, near Badal, which they visited in February. They described all construction details used in the project to minimise the cost of material and labour. Smriti Kapoor anchored the event and Rahul Puri proposed a vote of thanks. A panel discussion session was also held in the afternoon. Experts answered the queries of students related to design and construction exercises. The workshop was attended by more than 150 students, along with faculty members. Department of Textile Engineering
Meanwhile, the Department of Textile Engineering of the campus also organised a two-day workshop on ‘Apparel Manufacturing and Fashion Trends’. Four eminent and experienced members of the faculty from Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences (TITS), Bhiwani, Haryana, conducted the workshop which covered a wide range of aspects relevant to apparel manufacturing in different market sectors and creation and interpretation of fashion trends using traditional and computerised techniques. Prof KN Chatterjee, head of the Department of Fashion and Apparel Engineering, TITS, Bhiwani, was the key speaker and was supported by three faculty members from his institute, Prof Suman Bhattacharya, Prof Tarun Grover and Prof Sanjay Sharma. During the workshop, emphasis was laid on the method of selection of fabrics and accessories for the latest fashion trends, practical development of fashion by the students using traditional sketches as well as latest software and various management tools which are necessary for the successful running of apparel and fashion business. |
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Teachers seek action against student, relatives
Bathinda, March 14 Sushil Rani, the teacher, was beaten up by the relatives of Amritpal Kaur, a student of class IX after she asked her not to cheat during the annual examinations. The injured teacher was admitted to the Guru Gobind Medical Hospital after the incident. A group of teachers today held a meeting at the Teachers’ Home here. They asked Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka to look into the matter and take strict action against the student and her family members. During the meeting, which was presided over by Jagtar Singh Bath, they also demanded from the education minister to take steps towards safety of teachers at the examination centres to ensure that the teachers perform their duties without any fear. The teachers then met the chairman of the Zila Parishad, Gurpreet Singh Maluka, and discussed the matter with him and submitted the letter of demands addressed to the education minister. The chairman assured the teachers that action will be taken against the accused. Also present during the meeting were Gurmail Singh, Bhola Singh, Ramesh Singh, Jatinder Singh, Harvir Singh, Sher Singh, Paramjit Singh, SUkhdev Singh and others. — TNS
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Two arrested with 6 kg of poppy husk
Bathinda, March 14 The investigating officer-cum-complainant in the case, ASI Partap Singh said the accused were arrested along with the contraband from near the cremation ground adjoining the Lakkar Mandi near the
Grain Market. The police said that a case in this connection has been registered against the accused under Sections 15, 61, 85 of the NDPS Act at the Kotwali Police Station. |
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