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Pre-monsoon showers dig holes in MC preparedness
City boys grab top ranks in AIIMS
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Near 50% palm trees transplanted for beautification along the lakes
PRTC dismisses two drivers for pilfering diesel
Congress to rake up drugs, tax issues
Meet held to discuss skill development
Only one-day training for docs to treat drug addicts
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Pre-monsoon showers dig holes in MC preparedness
Bathinda, June 25 The rain brought relief from the hot and humid weather in the area and caused the temperature to drop by a few notches. While on Tuesday, the maximum temperature was recorded at 38.4 degree Celsius, the rain brought down the temperature to 36.2 degree Celsius on Wednesday. The minimum temperature, however, rose from 25.5 degree Celsius on Tuesday to 26 degree Celsius on Wednesday. As per the forecast released by the IMD for the next four days the region may experience similar weather over the next few days as well. As per the forecast, the region will experience mainly cloudy sky with possibility of rain and light showers. City flooded Meanwhile, the plans and claims of the Municipal Corporation of Bathinda once again remained on paper as the city received its first pre-monsoon showers and several areas of the city were inundated with water once again. The sudden downpour caught several commuters unaware. Although the monsoons are yet to set in but the early rainfall laid bare the chinks in the monsoon preparation of the Bathinda Municipal Corporation. Residents and commuters passing through of Balla Ram Nagar, Civil Lines, Amrik Singh Road, North Estate, Dhobiana Road, Sirki Bazar, Mall Road, Shant Nagar, Parasram Magar, Ganesha Basti, Bhai Mati Das Nagar, Mansa ROB and several other places had a tough time making their way through waterlogged streets and roads. “Every time it rains, the residents of the low-lying areas in the city don’t know whether to be happy or sad about it. All the representatives of the government keep talking about the developmental projects of the government and no one talks about the basic problems being faced by the residents of the city,” said Baljinder Singh, a shopkeeper, in Balla Ram Nagar. The railway overbridge on the Bathinda-Mansa Road which had collapsed last year since it could not bear the heavy rainfall was flooded today. The drivers found it hard to manoeuvre their way through the water which collected and stagnated for several hours after the downpour. |
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City boys grab top ranks in AIIMS
Bathinda, June 25 Interestingly, this is
not for the first time that the duo did their city, schools and parents proud. In the All-India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT), conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Mohak had secured AIR 10 while Manraj had secured 27th rank. Mohak had also secured 16th rank in
Safdarjung Hospital entrance exam. While Mohak’s father is a doctor and his
mother is a homemaker, Manraj’s father works in the National Fertilisers Limited (NFL) and
his mother works as a teacher. Taking his father as his inspiration, Mohak stated that he
always dreamt of becoming a doctor and said healthy competition helped him achieve
good ranks in various entrance examinations. Manraj, who went to different institutes for coaching in different subjects stated that the
mock tests that he appeared for at the institutes helped him secure a good rank. “After I took the examination, I figured out that it went well and I was confident of being in the top 36. But securing AIR 11 was like a dream come true,” said Manraj, who wants to be a neurologist. “I want to be a neurologist since the brain
controls the functioning of the entire body. I am curious to know about its own functioning and this will be possible if I become a neurologist,” he told the Bathinda
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Police begin counselling sessions for drug addicts in city
Bathinda, June 25 DSP City 2, Palwinder Cheema, along with Station House Officer (SHO), Civil Lines, Angrej Singh, reached at the truck union’s office in the morning around 10 am. They interacted with truck drivers and encouraged them that who are addicted to drugs should undertake de-addiction course and the police will help them in undergoing the treatment. More than one dozen persons came out and admitted that they take drugs and were ready to undergo the treatment. The police have prepared a list in which they
have written their names and very soon they will be admitted to drug de-addiction centre by the police. Darshan Singh, a truck driver, said they usually take poppy husk in routine and now he was ready to leave the drug addiction because the drugs have became more expensive. Another driver, Gora Singh, said he had decided to join the de-addiction centre as it affects the whole family, earlier, he was indulged into it and did not know that he could leave it by doing some rehabilitation course and told he doing this only for the sake of the family. Members of the truck union said that the counselling could benefit as there only more than one dozen drivers have given their names for the drug de-addiction course. As the treatment of this rehabilitation was little expensive, due to which these drivers do not go for de-addiction centres. But now, they had come out as the police had come forward to help them. He also stated that there were quite large number of drivers will take drugs intake and if the police really wanted to do something then they should break the supply chain, as they were arresting those who were roaming with narcotics. DSP Palwinder Cheema said they have held a counselling session with the truck drivers, in which many people have told that they take drugs. He also said that they will also organise drug de-addiction counselling seminars in schools and colleges once they reopen on July 1. |
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Near 50% palm trees transplanted for beautification along the lakes
Bathinda, June 25 The state forest department had planted palm trees which have turned brown, to beatify the look of the entrance of the city while some of them fallen down. One hundred palm trees were transplanted by the Forest Department from its nursery in the Sangrur division. But with less than the three to four months they have dried up. Sources in the Forest Department stated that this beautification project was started on the instruction of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal who was keen in the beautification of the city. The department was also allocated separate funds for the task. Forest officials claimed that most of these trees were uprooted from alongside Sirhind Canal and then were brought to nurseries; where they are acclimatised to the changing surroundings. Manharjit Singh, a date palm farmer, said they have more than 600 date palm tree at their farm house, but they have never faced such a situation when their even one of the tree had ever dried up. He thinks that trees are not kept with care as these need to be watered from top, might be the Forest Department had forget that. Divisional Forest Officer Sanjeev Tiwari admitted that a large number of trees had dried up due to high temperature. We had taken overgrown plants that have height ranging from 8 to 15 feet. Before plantation, the soil profiling was done and the trees were sought from only those places whose soil profile matched
with that of the site in Bathinda. He also stated that they had handed over the trees to the Bathinda Development Authority and they had to take care of the trees. He also told
that these dried trees will be replace with new once in July and which are
still there we would revive them. Chief Administrator Bathinda Development Authority (BDA) Varinder Sharma said these trees have dried up due to high souring temperature in the past one month. He stated that these trees had the success rate of only 50 per cent but we tried to add some new colours in the beautification of the city by transplanting specifically these trees otherwise we would have used some other trees. He also stated that even we have called Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) horticulture team which will be coming here shortly and this issue would be discussed with them in detail. It is worth mentioning that ensure that most plants live long and have a good success rate, the department had wrap
their trunks with gunny bags to keep them wet throughout the summers to ensure that trees are properly hydrated. Even the Forest Department had especially trained its employees for transplantation of date palm trees, which cost department around Rs 2,000 per tree, as otherwise the cost of hiring expertise for transplanting every tree is nearly about Rs 5,000. |
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PRTC dismisses two drivers for pilfering diesel
Bathinda, June 25 The drivers, Surjeet Singh and Balvir Singh were caught siphoning off diesel, which was later found to be 22 liters. Traffic Manager Jaswinder Chahal said, “ I, along with two other officials, rushed to Malout in Muktsar after getting a tip off. We found both trying to take out the oil from the bus, that ply on Bathinda- Malout route.” ”Initiating a departmental action, both were dismissed. They were inducted on contract basis around
three to four years ago,” added Chahal. Chahal said PRTC provides oil on per kilometer average basis. The oil tank of a bus was filled before leaving, and on return, the oil was filled again to check the average. As per some private transporters the dismissal of two drivers is a tip of the iceberg, as the PRTC authorities declare less per kilometer average against the actual average. “The drivers usually drive buses at a moderate speed to get more mileage and per kilometer average shown in the records is quite less than the actual one,” a transporter. said. PRTC officials said, they had now tightened the noose against such elements and would keep a check on such practices. Similar allegations were leveled in the past too, but no stringent measures were taken. |
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Congress to rake up drugs, tax issues
Bathinda, June 25 In the beginning of his tour to the Bathinda Parliamentary constituency after the Lok Sabha elections, Bajwa met and discussed various issues with the party workers at Budhladha and Mansa. He said during the visit, he wanted to thank the voters of the constituency for their overwhelming support to the Congress-PPP-CPI joint candidate for the Bathinda constituency, Manpreet Singh Badal, who lost by a narrow margin to the SAD-BJP candidate, Harsimrat Kaur Badal. Though Bajwa said he was grateful to the people for their support to the Congress candidate, he didn’t come to the constituency to campaign for Manpreet Badal during the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections. He even missed the rally addressed by the All India Congress Committee vice president Rahul Gandhi in the district before the elections. Reiterating the party’s faith in Manpreet Badal, Bajwa said although the Badal ‘bahu’ had managed to retain her seat, she had experienced a moral defeat as her victory margin had come down from more than a lakh in the last election to less than 20,000 this time. The party should hang its head in shame since this happened despite the fact that all the state resources had been diverted to the district to ensure her victory, he added. Cong to rake up drug,
tax issues
Bajwa said the party would launch an agitation against the issues, including property tax, increasing drug trafficking, political patronage being extended to the traffickers, non-payment to beneficiaries of various welfare and social security schemes. The party would also take up issues perturbing the industrialists and sugarcane farmers, he added. “The Modi-led BJP party had come to the Centre by selling unrealistic dreams to the common man,” he said. He tore into the Central government for raising rail fares without even waiting for the presentation of the railway budget and for increasing the price of sugar. “The hike in the prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas are on the anvil, which will further lead to an all-round increase in prices. The Chief Minister of Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal, should explain the meaning of ‘ache din’ to the people,” he said. |
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Commuters suffer as roads not carpeted yet
Bathinda, June 25 It is worth mentioning that in some areas work of sewerage is still going on while in many areas it has been done. People residing in the area are most affected as with the uneven roads, the high numbers of accidents have taken place in last one year. People of the area fear that as roads are not being laid this year also it will create trouble for them during monsoon. As during rain due to no drainage rain water mixes with mud and remains stagnant for many days. Vijay Kumar, a resident of Lal Singh Basti, said due to the negligence of Municipal Corporation and the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board (PWSSB) the work on laying the sewerage in the area was delayed. He also stated that as in some areas sewerage work is going on and in some the work has being over but the condition of all the road is pathetic as roads are not laid due to which resident has feeling harassed and are facing the trouble. Gurinder Singh, a resident of Lal Singh Basti, said as the condition of roads is quite pathetic, they feared that as the rainy season was just going to start and that the whole area will be flooded with water as their no drainage of water due to no roads been laid so far. Bimla Devi, a resident of the same locality, also raised this question during the Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) Sarup Chand Singla’s recent sangat darshan in which Singla had assured her that soon that the roads would be laid. CPS Sarup Chand Singla, while talking to the Bathinda Tribune, said technically the roads cannot be laid now and work on the project will be started after the rainy season is over. It is pertinent to mention that a resident of the same area has filed a petition against the Municipal Corporation of negligence during laying the sewerage.
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Meet held to discuss skill development
Bathinda, June 25 The endeavour of the institute to hold the meet has been taken up on the initiation of the Punjab Government. The programme is originally a part of the skill development programme being run by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. AL Anand and Rajender Pal, AGM, personnel and administration, Vardhman Polytex Limited Bathinda, Manas Das, general manager of maintenance, Garg Acrylics, Bathinda and Rahul Goyal, manager, production, Sportking Private Limited, Bathinda, were the main participants. The main subject matter of the interaction was development of workable programmes and schedules for training of the unemployed youth according to the changing needs of industry so that sufficient employment opportunities can be generated. Through this, industries can also get an easy access to the skilled manpower pool in their vicinity. The representatives from various industries stressed upon competency building and skill up-gradation of existing manpower in order to maintain and upgrade the quality norms that are at par with global standards of textile products. The participants focused on various skill development schemes of the Central as well as the Punjab Government and discussed their modalities. Their main emphasis was on framing the implementation strategy for the skill development and up-gradation scheme at the local level. It is worth noting that the Textiles Department of the GZSPTU has been identified as a training agency under the integrated skill development scheme for the textiles and apparel sector, including jute and handicrafts. The head of the Department of Textile Engineering, Dr Rajeev Varshney, said the initiative would go a long way in transforming the industrial management and empowering human resources. The youth of Punjab, especially the Malwa region, will be benefited by the increased job opportunities in the textiles and allied sectors. Campus director Dr Jasbir Singh Hundal thanked the delegates and appreciated the initiative of the government and encouraged the participants to do the assignments of imparting training with sincerity. He said it was quite encouraging that the Punjab Government is eager to set the Malwa region as a textiles hub and has inviting entrepreneurs to set up industries in by giving incentives.
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Only one-day training for docs to treat drug addicts
Bathinda, June 25 Reportedly, MBBS doctors from Bathinda have been deputed to treat drug addicts after a single-day training. Generally psychiatrists treat the drug addicts, who have the requisite qualification for the same. But, few days ago, a psychiatrist in the Health Department Muktsar gave one-day training to doctors. Sources said Muktsar Chief Medical Officer demanded ten doctors for five Community Health Centers from Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for the treatment of drug addicts. A doctor on anonymity said, “We are facing difficulty to treat drug addicts , as we never did it before and only in a single day Rome cannot be built. How can we treat the patients who are supposed to be treated by psychiatrists.Moreover, the dispensaries are shut down and CHCs already faces shortage of doctors.” A dispensary at Lal Singh Basti, Bathinda, was being run by Dr Pamil Bansal where around 10 to 15 patients use to visit daily. Similarly, Doctor Ashwini Kumar, who was earlier posted at a government-run dispensary at Lehra Mohabbat in Bathinda, has now been deputed to Muktsar. Both Dr Bharti posted at a dispensary near Bridh Ashram and Dr Zeenat posted at Women and Children Hospital Bathinda have been deputed to Muktsar district. Posted at Community Health Centre, Nathana, Dr Vishav Kaushal, has been deputed to Muktsar leaving behind a single medical officer Dr Paramjit Kaur.. There are three psychiatrists in Bathinda district including Dr Nidhi Gupta at Civil Hospital Bathinda and Dr Sunil Gupta at Talwandi Sabo whereas in Muktsar there are two Psychiatrists. Dr Narendra Singh, Chief Medical Officer, Muktsar, said, “ About seven doctors have been posted here from Bathinda and training has been imparted to them. We have asked them, in case they face any problem they could contact us anytime. The MBBS doctors though face difficulty but they can do screening of patients.” Bathinda Civil Surgeon Dr Tejwant Singh Randhawa said, “The doctors have been deputed, but patients have not been left in lurch. We have analysed everything before deputing the doctors in Muktsar.”
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