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Burglars on prowl in the district
When dream flight turns into a nightmare
Double murder case: Cops hold talks
HIV children need attention
Defunct fans at Jalandhar bus stand make heat more prickly
Youth kidnapped, 4 accused nabbed
City hospital student gets DNB degree
Body found
Mother-daughter death Varsity gets business
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Connections of 46 dairies severed
Jalandhar, June 27 PPCB teams also suspended the functioning of as many as 120 drums – which were storing untreated waste water from various leather units – and were dumping the waste water into the Kala Sanghian drain. The action against dairies was taken on the basis of a civil writ petition which was filed with the High Court in the year 2005. An HC ruling had later held that all these polluting dairies were to be removed from the said site. While the PPCB and Drainage Department had repeatedly sent notices to the dairy owners to stop dumping waste into the drain for the past many years, the dairy owners hadn’t responded. The residents of the area were being inconvenienced by the dumping of bad water into the Kala Sanghian Drain which was causing a very bad smell in the area. Following the orders of the DC, the PPCB and the Drainage Department teams today (accompanied by police force facilitated by SSP (Rural) on the orders of the DC) visited Nahlan village and cut the main connections used by about 46 dairies of the area to dump unclean, dung-ridden dairy water into the Kala Sanghian drain. Due to the polluted water making way to the drain, the residents of not only the Nahlan Pind (near Basti Peedaad) but even all the way to Malwa where the drain was eventually going, have been falling prey to various diseases. The department also used JCB machines from the municipal corporation to carry out the raid today. Talking to The Tribune, Umesh Kumar Khanna, SDO, Drainage Department, said, “We have been sending notice to the dairies for the past many years ever since the ruling, but they never discontinued the practice. Three to four times we have sent notices and we have also personally visited the place and asked them to discontinue, but they never listened. The actions only had to be taken following disobedience by the dairy owners. Two to five main points through which dairy pipes were carrying waste water to the drain were cut off.” Even as the problem caused by 46 drains of Nahlan village has been fixed, about nine to 10 dairies from Bulandour village still continue to dump waste into the drain. SP Garg, Environmental Engineer, PPCB, said, “We have severed the connections of 46 dairies and, in addition, 120 drums from 10 to 12 leather industries have also been sealed. These drums were also dumping toxic water from units into the drain. In the coming days, 30 to 35 drums – which are left – shall also be sealed. Our aim is to prevent all units from dumping any kind of toxic water into the Kala Sanghian drain. Any pollutant elements still remaining shall be countered in the coming days.” The toxic discharge from the electroplating units in the district is presently going to Ludhiana to be treated. The engineer said soon a new land at the leather complex will get a treatment plant where all this discharge will be dumped. Fact file
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Burglars on prowl in the district
Jalandhar, June 27 In certain thefts reported in the city, the police claimed that burglars were caught on CCTV camera installed in houses and the footage was being watched to identify the accused. The burglars struck at the house of Avtar Singh, a farmer in Subana village, in Urban Estate. He said all family members had slept in the verandah after locking the rooms. “When we woke up in the morning, we found the window of the door lying broken open and Rs 51,000 and 17 tola gold missing from the almirah.” Miscreants also struck at the house of Seema in the same village where they, after breaking a window, took away a television, a ceiling fan, gold earrings and some cash. The Police division No. 7 was conducting investigation in these two cases. Miscreants also decamped with mobile phones and recharge coupons from Manav Mobile Centre situated near BSF chowk. The owner Ajay said the thieves decamped with mobile phones and recharge coupons worth Rs 80,000. Thieves struck at three houses and made a burglary attempt in Doordarshan Enclave. From the house of Amritpal Kaur, thieves decamped with Rs 26,000 and two gold chains. Thieves reportedly used a spray inside the house before committing the crime. From the house of Harwinder Singh in the same locality, Rs 20,000 cash and some gold ornaments were missing. Three gold rings were stolen from the house of ex-serviceman Jasvir Singh from the locality. From the house of Surjit Singh in Urban Estate Phase II, two gold sets worth lakhs were stolen by thieves. Burglars also struck at Chamba Trading Company, an incense factory, located in Balmiki Gate and decamped with goods worth over Rs 50,000.
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When dream flight turns into a nightmare
Jalandhar, June 27 Recently, he was deported from the UK after his university was blacklisted by the UK government. Like him, more than 2,000 youths from Punjab are getting deported every year from various countries around the world. “The agent took around Rs 0.5 lakh from me and got me a UK visa to study in ‘Renaissance University’ in London. Later, to extend my visa, a ‘Slow Town’ based Indian solicitor charged Rs 2.5 lakh to get me admitted to another university. But within a few days, after the university was blacklisted by the UK government, the solicitor refused to pay back my money,” said Kulwant Singh. The UK Border Agency (UBA) later deported him to India. He also revealed that that during his four-day stay at the UBA deport centre there, he saw more than 800 to 1,000 Punjabi youths deported from the UK every day. He also revealed that most of the time, the number of girls to be deported to India exceeded the number of boys. Another youth Baljinder Singh from Phillaur is a witness to the horrible treatment Punjabis witness in foreign shores. With a strong desire to go abroad, they even put their education, life, money and above all their self esteem at stake. “I had gone on a working holiday visa to the UK in 2005 that entitled me to study and work for a year there. But within months, I was told to leave as the UK government terminated the scheme without any announcement. I was studying when I went to the UK. This sudden change has really turned my life upside down. I came back to India last year and am still struggling hard to settle,” said Baljinder Singh. According to Jasvir Singh Gill, president, NRI Sabha, Punjab, “The major reason for this is that Punjabis link migration with money, prosperity and better life. People going abroad send money to their families living in India though this is not the case with every NRI. Also, when the so-called NRIs come back to India for a few days or weeks, their changed lifestyle, clothes, way of speaking etc is enough to lure others to go abroad. But they never disclose the actual truth and sufferings abroad. For many non-resident Indians, especially the ones who went there on illegal grounds, living is no better than living in slums.” Almost every person knows these true tales, but feels this won’t happen to him or her. People back in Punjab, who longed to be in foreign land, still do not understand the complications involved with the illegal things. According to Gurbax Singh, a 60-year-old man from Dasua village, who had visited many Arab countries and some western countries too, the condition of Punjabi youths is far from imaginable. “In many countries like the UK, Punjabi boys with turbans are forced to smoke in public places. If they refuse, they would be taken to some corner of a dark street and beaten to death by the ‘goras’. He also narrated one of his experiences when one Pakistani national wanted to drag him into the illegal drug trade by taking advantage of his old age. “One of my Pakistani neighbours approached me one night and asked me if I want to earn 1000 pounds a week. On my consent, he told me that I have to deliver one packet every week to different locations in London. On being asked as to what is there in the packet, he replied that neither we were told about it nor should I ask them any question about the packet. I refused the offer and told him to leave my room immediately,” said Gurbax Singh. |
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Double murder case: Cops hold talks
Jalandhar, June 27 To discuss the further course of investigation, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Jalandhar rural, Narendra Bhargav and the Police Commisssioner, Jalandhar Commissionerate, Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh held talks. Sources said most wanted Daljit Singh Bhana, kingpin of Bhana gang and Jagdip Singh Jaggu, remained the centre point of the meeting. Notably, on February 26, Bhana gang had shot dead two youth Simran and Deepansh and had grievously injured one near Raja Garden in full public view. The gang had shot dead the duo as they were assisting the eye witness Shami Kumar whose son Prince was gunned down by the gang two years ago. The Jalandhar rural police had arrested Gurdeep Singh, a resident of Gujiawala, Gurdaspur and Manpreet Singh alias Mann, resident of Fatehgarh Churria, Gurdaspur on June 23. During interrogation both said their kingpin Jagdip Singh alias Jaggu had also accompanied the Bhana gang during the murder of two youth on February 26. Interestingly, the emergence of association of Jaggu with Bhana, was a bit surprise for the the city police because the name of the former(Jaggu), a known notorious criminal in border areas like Gurdaspur, Taran Taran, Amritsar and Batala, had never come in the city police investigation in the past over four months. Police Commissioner Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh told The Tribune, “I have been conducting frequent meetings with Jalandhar rural SSP. Yes, we have recently met and discussed about Bhana gang and Jaggu gang. Both city and rural police are cooperating each other to bring dreaded criminals like Bhana behind bars”. Sukha a source behind the ties of Bhana and Jaggu: Police
Police sources confirmed that friendship of Sukha Kahlwan, facing over 40 criminal cases in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, with Jaggu had taken place in jail. After Jaggu escaped from the police custody, he remained in touch with Sukha Kahlwan. Since the friendship of Sukha and Bhana gang kingpin Daljit Singh Bhana was open in the public, it is Sukha, who arranged contract killer Jaggu, who reportedly aided Bhana gang for gunning down two youth in Jalandhar in February. Rural police officials said they have confirmed reports that Jaggu was present at the spot in double murder along with Bhana and he might have charged contract money for murder. Police intensify
raids to nab Bhana
Police Commissioner Jalandhar Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh said special teams of the city police were conducting raids at the suspected hideouts of Daljit Singh Bhana, in Punjab, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. |
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HIV children need attention
Jalandhar, June 27 According to sources at the ART Centre, around 90 per cent of the cases in the district are of those children who have inherited the disease form their mothers and the husbands of whom are mostly working as truck drivers. There are around four Thalassemic patients who may have contacted this disease during blood transfusion and one child is suffering from haemophilia. “Most of the children have either lost one or both the parents and are living with their relatives under social pressure. Also, a few of them who are even less than 12 years are coming alone to get their ART medicines every month,” confirmed Aarti, the Project Coordinator of Abhivyakti Foundation, an NGO, working with HIV-AIDS children in the district. These children are full of life and have their aspirations like any other healthy children. Some of them are not even aware about the fear and hatred attached to the disease. “I want to be a doctor like my uncle. Since the time I lost my parents, I have put him on their place. Whenever I go to him, I talk about my health problems, share my anxiety and even ask him to teach me a little as I do not go to school,” said 11-year-old Amit (name changed) from Chalang village. While a local NGO is already running a Thalassemic society in the district, no step has ever been taken by the district administration to look after the welfare of these 200 children,most of whom have even lost their parents. The health department has never maintained their health record or has taken care of their nutritional needs, the Education Department has never bothered to provide them education under Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan and the Social Welfare Department has never bothered to ensure a roof over their heads. |
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Defunct fans at Jalandhar bus stand make heat more prickly for commuters
Jalandhar, June 27 The daily passengers and employees said the fans were not fixed to the ceiling for years. An employee on anonymity said the ceiling fans, were in the same condition for the past several years. He said the officials of the company, ‘Welspun’, responsible for maintenance of the bus stand, were aware of the condition of the fans . However, no action has been taken so far. On the other hand, the wall fans, perhaps, have got some problem and never been fixed. A group of college students said the passengers generally assemble at a place where the fans are in working condition. No one even attempt to corner where the fans have not been fixed. “We never complained to the authorities concerned ever, as we are not going to stay here permanently. Yet the officials must act responsibly to fix the problems”, said Shaminder Singh, a student. When contacted, Senior Manager, Welspun, VK Sharma, said, “Ceiling fans are not fixed because that place is not in use.” Apart from this he didn’t provide any satisfactory answer about wall fans remains off. |
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Youth kidnapped, 4 accused nabbed
Jalandhar, June 27 Anuj, owner of the finance consultant company located in Mehta Complex, said Prince was drinking tea at a vend outside the District Courts when the incident took place. He said an Alto car stopped near Prince from which four persons alighted. They forcibly bundled Prince into the car and left. Meanwhile, after a few hours of the incident, the city police managed to nab the four kidnappers who had taken the victim to Moga. The kidnappers were identified as Lakhwinder Singh, Harjit Singh, Satnam and Ashish. The accused, during preliminary questioning, had told the police that Prince had finalised a property deal worth Rs 8 lakh and Rs 2 lakh was already given to him. They admitted that Prince was neither completing the deal nor was returning the advance money. Due to the issue, they had kidnapped him just to force him to return the advance money.
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City hospital student gets DNB degree
Jalandhar, June 27 Broadly known as the DNB degree (Diplomate of National Board), the said degree is considered tougher than an MD degree. Tagore Hospital has been running post graduate DNB degree in the medicine through National Board of Examinations (approved by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi) for the past three years. According to Dr Vijay Mahajan, Managing Director of the hospital, Dr Supriya is the first candidate in the region to pass the Post Graduate degree in medicine from a private hospital. During her study period, Dr Supriya also carried out a research study titled “Comparison study of north Indian men and women presenting with acute myocardial infarction (heart attack)”. The research study was guided by Dr Amit Mahajan and Dr Nipun Mahajan. |
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Body found
Jalandhar, June 27 As per the police, the deceased, who was wearing a pink suit, seemed to be a migrant woman and aged around 35. Initially, the police were suspecting that the victim might have been dumped in the fields after being killed, but later suspecting no foul play, the police initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the Cr PC. The police said the body seemed to have been lying in the fields for the past over two days. Due to the decayed condition of the body, the same could not be identified.
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Relatives meet top cop
Jalandhar, June 27 They requested the Police Commissioner that murder case should be registered against their relatives, who allegedly engineered the crime to usurp their property. The decomposed bodies of the victims were recovered from their residence. Canadian resident Ashok, brother of the deceased Lajawanti, and Vikas Bhardwaj, son of the deceased Avinash Bhardwaj, had told reporters yesterday that the victims had not died a natural death and they had been killed by their relatives. The police have already sent viscera samples to a chemical laboratory in Mohali. — TNS
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The district is witnessing a steep rise in the number of HIV/AIDS cases among children. According to the data received from the ART Centre at the Civil Hospital, there are around 200 HIV/AIDS patients in the district. The activists working in the field informed that the migrant labourers working in various industries in the focal point area, and the city being one of the biggest hubs for drug peddling, is the main cause behind the rise in HIV-AIDS cases among children.
Passengers at Shaheed-E-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Inter-state Bus Terminal are a harried lot as they have to wait at different platforms without fans.
More than 10 fans have not been fixed to the ceiling, whereas the pipes and wires are dangling with the ceiling at both the platforms. More than 15 wall fans are not functioning.
