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Garbage heaps pile up, cause health scare in city
BDA flats deadline extended till Aug 31
Talwandi Sabo bypoll: No respite from protests
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Captain’s absence will affect 2017 polls: Khaira
Bathinda warehouse faces tramadol shortage
Guru Nanak Dev Public Senior Secondary
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Civil Lines Club election turns into hi-tech affair
Crime briefs
Juvenile diabetes camp held
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Garbage heaps pile up, cause health scare in city
Bathinda, August 9 Dr Ripudamjit Singh Kalra said heaps of garbage lying unattended in the city are leading to cases of diarrhoea and fever these days. Stagnant water can lead to dengue. One positive case of dengue has been reported in the last two-three days. District Health Officer (DHO) Raghubir Singh Randhawa refused to comment on this saying he is not in a position to say anything and that the civil surgeon should be contacted. Meanwhile, the civil surgeon could not be contacted despite repeated attempts. Mona Chauhan, a resident of Veer Colony, said it was unfortunate that the surroundings were not clean. The government makes tall claims but only on paper. Due to the garbage dumps, outbreak of diseases has increased. Another resident, Ramesh Garg, a resident of Model Town, said no serious efforts are being made by the authorities to remove the garbage dumps. There is fear of an outbreak of diseases. The MCB should have taken some alternative measure to clean the heaps of garbage piling up on the roads. Raminder Singh, a shopkeeper, said heaps of garbage and waste material lead to diseases and the foul smell makes it difficult to use the road. The authorities must look into the issue because unhygienic conditions pose a threat to health. Garbage lying unattended
Residents of the city are facing inconvenience as garbage dumps are piling up with each passing day due to the strike by the sweepers for the last five days. Heaps of garbage can be seen in almost each street as the safai karamcharis of the Municipal Corporation Bathinda (MCB) are on strike and have refused to pick garbage. This has rendered the anti-dengue campaign almost useless as the unattended waste and sewage on the roads provide a breeding
ground for dengue vector mosquito. Foul smell emanating
The lanes and by-lanes of the thickly populated areas in different parts of the town have become out of bound for the residents. They have no option but to put up with the foul smell emanating from their surroundings. It is worth mentioning that this is the rainy season and if garbage is littered on the roads, the rain will only add to the woes as it will block the sewerage and lead to stagnation of water risking the outbreak of diseases. Heaps of garbage seen 100 meters away from the place where CM stayed
Heaps of garbage were seen just 100 meters away from the residence of former Mayor Baljit Singh Birbehman in the posh locality of Civil Lines, where Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is staying for the last two days. Dalwinderjit Singh, Municipal Commissioner, said the JIFT company which collects garbage from home, has returned to work and started clearing garbage in the city. However, union leaders Charanjit Singh and Ravinder Singh said the JIFT workers had gone to work but the other employees were still on strike as they are meeting the Local Bodies Minister Anil Joshi at Chandigarh on Monday. So, if their demands are fulfilled, they will call off the strike, otherwise, they would intensify their stir. |
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BDA flats deadline extended till Aug 31
Bathinda, August 9 Manvesh Singh Sidhu, Chief Administrator of the Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA), accompanied by the Assistant Chief Administrator (ACA), Dalwinderjit, held an interactive session with the city residents. The property dealers, prominent citizens, bankers, showroom owners and others were encouraged by the authorities to encourage people to show interest in the flats worth Rs 44.50 lakh. The foundation stone of the project was laid by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal in February this year. Apart from the public, the Chief Administrator of the PUDA also asked his own department officials to pull up their socks in promoting the flats. “Officials, who sit at the provisional office of the BDA, situated at the site of flats, must interact with the public in a manner so that anyone should not get an iota of feeling that the officials themselves are not convinced with the scheme,” Manvesh said. He asked the officials to stand up at the meeting and enquire how they convince a visitor to purchase the flats. Manvesh stressed upon the sudden need for aggressive promotion for the seling of flats. He suggested a 30-second crisp advertisement on television and others modes of modern communications. The officials said despite reducing the price from the earlier Rs 52 lakh, only 25 people have turned out to purchase the flats. The senior officials of the BDA today assured the people present in the meeting to chalk out strategies to bring every solution to the problem of flat buyers. The officials agreed to look into the problem of waterlogging on Power House Road and assured of taking corrective measures to get rid of
polluted water during the rainy season. The government boasts of having a strategic location for flats in the heart of the city, which is coming at under the OUVGL (Optimum Use of Vacant Government Land) Scheme. |
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Talwandi Sabo bypoll: No respite from protests
Bathinda, August 9 “The protesters are already giving sleepless nights to the entire police force and now, the Mid-Day Meal Cooks’ Front has become a potent catalyst for tension,” said a senior police functionary. Pleading anonymity, he added the officers are under immense pressure to curtail the protesting incidents which rose sharply in Talwandi Sabo. “Officials deployed in almost every wing of the police department are ordered to curtail the protests by hook or crook,” the official said. The tents and music system of the ETT teachers, on dharna near the bus stand, was taken into possession by the police in the wee hours today. State president of the Democratic Mid-Day Meal Cooks’ Front, Harjinder Kaur Lopo, along with other members of the Front were rounded up by the police and were dragged in the private buses, hired by the police. They were taken to Kotfatta and Bathinda police stations. The members of the Front came from Fazilka, Muktsar and Bathinda. One of the women fell unconscious in the melee amidst unbearable heat. The members said they are getting a paltry sum of Rs 1,200 per month while their counterparts in Haryana gets Rs 2,500 and in Chandigarh gets Rs 2,600 per month. There little amount of Rs 1,200 is also delayed by the government, they alleged.
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Captain’s absence will affect 2017 polls: Khaira
Bathinda, August 9 He urged his party leaders and workers to focus on Talwandi Sabo and the Patiala bypolls. “Our leaders need to grab the attention of the voters in Talwandi Sabo by highlighting the long-pending local issues. We need to work collectively to fight the evil forces,” Khaira said. He added that the Congress leaders along with their supporters from nearby Faridkot, Mansa, Fazilka and Sangrur should chip in to give a befitting reply to the Congress opponents in Talwandi bypoll. He said the persona of Captain Amarinder Singh spells magic on the people in Patiala and the other leaders must concentrate in Talwandi Sabo. He criticised the role of the police in handling the agitating teachers, the PRTC workers and nurses. He also accused the Punjab government of suppressing the voice of the agitators with an iron hand. When asked to comment on a similar treatment meted out to protesters during the Congress ‘regime’ in Punjab, he said, “Such things do not continue for long and this was the reason why the Congress lost the elections next time.” He pointed out that things should be handled in such a manner that it does not infuriate the masses. With the Aam Admi Party (AAP) gaining ground in Punjab, Khaira said the AAP had wiped out political unemployment in the state forcing the parties to think of projecting candidates with a clean image and better qualifications. |
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Bathinda warehouse faces tramadol shortage
Bathinda, August 9 The medicines are supplied from this main centre in Bathinda, the drug ware- house, at the Civil Hospital, Bathinda, and all those centres where treatment for addicts is available in government-run hospitals in eight districts, including Bathidna, Mansa, Sangrur, Barnala, Moga, Faridkot, Muktsar and Fazilka. The drug warehouse in Bathinda has supplied about 10 lakh medicines in the last three months while a fresh order has been given since last month with a demand for 5 lakh tramadol tablets that would be supplied in all eight districts. Bathinda, Mansa and Fazilka districts have a daily demand for around 5,000 tramadol medicines while Badal village used to collect around 7,000 daily till the last month from drug ware- house, Bathinda. Having a capacity of 50 beds, the Badal village has been turned into a 100-bedded hospital whereas the de-addiction centres in Bathinda, Khyala and Talwandi Sabo are 25-bedded hospitals. An average number of patients being treated everyday in all these hospitals vary from 250 to 300 patients. Tramadol, a medicinal drug, is meant for treating addicts to renounce drugs. However, it became a substitute for drug addicts and the numbers of patients who are reaching the psychiatrists to seek treatment for addiction to tramadol is on the rise. Patients reportedly attempt to get the medicine in excess by visiting the doctors in other districts also whereas, some patients claim themselves as new comers before the doctors. “Earlier, the medicine tramadol was available. But for the last one week, I have been visiting the hospital and there is no medicine. However, I am thankful to the doctors who had given me tablets for pain relief,” said a drug addict from Bhucho. Dr Nidhi Gupta, a psychiatrist at the Bathinda Civil Hospital, said, “We have been facing a shortage of tramadol drug for three to four days. It would reach the hospitals soon as the demand has been sent for it.”
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Guru Nanak Dev Public Senior Secondary
School Alleges harassment by the management of the school; says charges based on hearsay Sukhmeet Bhasin Tribune News Service
Bathinda, August 9 Principal Devneet Kaur has written that she was appointed as the principal of the school on October 1, 2013, and till now she was only serving here. The election of the new gurdwara management committee governing the school was held on June 29 and since no management of the school had been constituted, she made repeated requests to the president of the Gurdwara Management Committee to fix an appointment to discuss pending school matters, but no meeting was scheduled. However, members of the gurdwara management visited the school a number of times and interacted with the teachers with whom they were either related to or had a friendly relationship. The new school management committee was constituted on July 28 and also chose for reasons best known to them, not to interact on matters concerning the school. On July 20, the president, vice-president, secretary and manager of the school came to meet the principal and presented a resolution as passed by the management, in which one proposal passed was the relocation of the office of the principal to the old office. She said this shows that the priority of the management was ignoring pressing issues concerning the school and targeting the principal. She also alleged that the services of many employees and teachers of the school were terminated without taking her consent. On teachers, the management stated that their services have been terminated as they had not done B.Ed. Jasvir Kaur, employed as a primary teacher in the Punjabi wing, is not a B.Ed, but since she is related to a member of the management, she continues to serve in the school. This shows that the management is biased and committed to favouritism, she alleged. The principal also alleged that the secretary levelled allegations against the undersigned on issues based on hearsay. This reflects the immaturity of the management who believe in hearsay rather than facts. It also strengthens the fact that the management is trying to harass her, she added.
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Civil Lines Club election turns into hi-tech affair
Bathinda, August 9 The elections will be held for the posts of the vice-president,
secretary(cultural) and treasurer. One group has fielded Gangeshwar Bansal for the post of the vice-president, Sudhir Bansal for the post of treasurer and Jaideep Nayyar for the post of secretary (cultural). From the other group, Dr Ajay Gupta is contesting for the post of vice-president, Varinder Mohan for the post of treasurer and Dravjeet Thakur is contesting for the post of secretary (cultural).
Rajnish Jain is in the fray as an independent candidate for the post of vice-president. Raj Kumar is contesting for the post of treasurer and Jaideep Juneja for the post of
secretary(cultural) as an independent. As per a circular of the club, all the candidates can spend a maximum of Rs 10,000 while canvassing. But this time, politics between the groups has reached another level, as both the groups are leaving no stone unturned to win the elections and are using hi-tech technology for campaigning, fielding dummy namesake candidate, going for door-to-door campaigning and setting up a control room for the elections.
Jaideep Nayyar, who is cultural secretary of the club from the past 17 years and is also contesting the election accuses the opposition of petty politics by fielding a namesake candidate against him for the post of cultural secretary. “The rival group is saying that they will abolish the monthly subscription and there will be no function charges at all. But they will be doing so by using the fixed deposit amount and bring the club at ground,” he said. Another candidate from the group Dr Ajay Gupta, said, “We are fighting on the issue of change, as this team has been working for the past many years. We are not against any individual or group, we are against the system that needs to be changed. The new team will come with new ideas.” |
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New variety of cherry tomatoes Gurdeep Singh Mann Tribune News Service
Bathinda, August 9 “Though not viable, if sold in open, the cherry tomatoes, which are quite juicy and tasty, may fetch handsome amount, if sold in gift packets with better marketing skills,” said the FASS officials. The officials said the variety was introduced by the PAU Ludhiana and was grown as trial in the poly-house at PAU Extension Counter in Bathinda. Amarjit Sandhu, Extension Specialist, Vegetables, of FASS Bathinda said, “These tomatoes are a rich source of carbohydrates, protein, Vitamin-A, Vitamin-C and iron.” “One cup of soup has 1.3 gram of protein, 1.8 gram of fiber and 20 milligram of Vitamin-C.” Sandhu said. The tomatoes are already in vogue in cities like Delhi and are sold with the gift wrappings in packets. The officials of the department said they are working on nearly 20 tomato varieties and three of them are found successful in Bathinda. “Though the varieties are yet to be named these are initially called PAU Cherry tomato-1, II, III and IV. These varieties are good from yield, taste and appearance”, Amarjit Sandhu said. The PAU cherry tomato-III, which is orange in colour, has a bigger size as compared to other varieties and is not likely to be attracted by the customers in view of the other attractive tomatoes, he said. Adding that the transplanting of this variety is done in November and the first yield picking is done in March. These potatoes are creeping plants, the length of which reaches up to 12 feet or more in poly-house. “People may also plant these tomatoes in their backyard or in the pots after obtaining the seeds from us”, Sandhu said. The average weight of a common tomato is 90 gm, but this cherry tomato has 14 to 18 gm of weight and per plant yield is 3 to 4 kg.
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12 bottles of liquor recovered
The local police have booked one Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Maur Khurd village and have recovered 12 bottles of illicit liquor (country-made) from his possession. The accused was booked under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act. Illicit liquor recovered
The police have recovered 20 bottles of illicit liquor of country made brand near Badal Kanchian from Tai Lal, a residents of Narurana Road Bathinda. The accused has been booked under Sections 61,1 and 14 of the Excise Act. Four booked for assault
The police have booked four persons for thrashing a resident of Batiala village over some family rivalry. In a complaint, Prithpal Singh said he was attacked by Jasvir Singh, Jagdev Singh, Gurcharan Singh and Gurmit Kaur of the same village. The complainant said the accused entered his house and started abusing and beating him up. A case under Sections 452, 323 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at the Rampura Sadar police station. Illegal weapons recovered
The district police have arrested Maninder Sharma, a resident of Rampura Mandi, for possessing a .215 bore pistol along with one live cartridges at Pipli Mehraj village. A case has been registered under Section 25, 54 and 59 A of the Arms Act at Rampura City police station.
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Bathinda, August 9 Dr Sushil Kotru, Dr Bharat Kotru, Dr Savita Singla, Dr Isha, provided free consultation, besides free blood sugar tests. MSSH would also provide free insulin injections to the underprivileged kids. Dr Sushil Kotru said for parents, often the challenge was in recognising the symptoms of diabetes in children, as the onset was slow and the changes were subtle. “Through this camp, we wished to spread awareness about Type 1 diabetes in children and the associated health ailments like thyroid disorders, celiac diseases, diabetic retinopathy and various skin infections,” said Dr Sushil. Haresh Dahyalal Trivedi, GM-Operations, MSSH, Bathinda said, “We aim to further educate the people about the perils of untimely diagnosis and delayed treatment of juvenile diabetes.” — TNS
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The "cow cess" was implemented by the Bathinda Municipal Corporation in the month of July, making it the first MC to impose this tax in Punjab. The name of the tax makes it seem that it is only for cows, as they are roaming freely on the streets. The MC should have kept the name cow-ox tax as both would have been covered under the tax. Every citizen will pay 2 paise extra on a unit of electricity, Rs 2,000 will charged on the purchase of a four-wheeler, Rs 1,000 will be charged for marriage in an AC resort besides others. Crores of rupees will be collected through the scheme. Hard earned money of the citizens should not be wasted if the schemes fail due to lack of implementation.
Harjot Singh Sidhu,
Bathinda Proper parking system needed in city
Despite the tall claims and planning of the administration about providing a proper parking system in the city, the residents are still facing the problem. In the absence of sufficient parking space, especially in the busy markets, people have started parking their vehicles on the roads. This leads to the disruption of traffic movement. Encroachments at the main bazaars have made the situation worse. This problem can be solved to a large extent by using the open space near AC Market on the Mall Road and by shifting the fire brigade from its present location and constructing a multi-storey parking site there. This project has been awaiting execution since long. Prof NK Gosain,
Bathinda
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to the 342 flats to be built by the Bathinda Development Authority, the deadline to deposit the token money has again been extended to August 31.
