PMCPA demands stern action against miscreants who have molested girls of GGS MC at Faridkot

Punjab medical colleges parents association (PMCPA) today demanded the intervention of Punjab’s deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to take stern action against who were involved in molestation of MBBS girls students -of Guru Gobind Medical College, Faridkot- on Sunday night  at Faridkot.

The president of PMCPA Gagandeep Singh in statement issued here today asked Badal, who has been holding portfolio of Home department, to direct the SSP of Faridkot for the registration of case against miscreants who have molested girls and later attacked Intern doctors and MBBS boys students who have came to rescue the girls students. The miscreants have chased the students in hospital premises and injured three doctors/students one of them was admitted in ICU of Government medical college Faridkot.

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Amarinder is a coward: Sukhbir

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal today dubbed PCC chief Capt Amarinder Singh as an escapist and a coward who could not face the real issues. 


The Deputy CM said instead of taking issues concerning Punjab and its people inside the assembly, the Congress had been staging walkouts to gain cheap popularity.


Sukhbir said it was the Congress that had betrayed the people of Punjab by abdicating its role of a forceful opposition.
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Ash-spewing Bathinda thermal plant to be shut down

•  A PSPCL functionary says all four units have outlived their life


•  Townsmen had approached the High Court and the Human Rights Commission against the pollution being caused by the plant


•  The plant has been running without electrostatic precipitators that arrest the flow of ash from the chimneys


•  The plant burns 6,500 tonnes of coal everyday, generating a high quantity of ash


•  It has resulted in rise in eye and respiratory ailments

The announcement by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on the shutting down of the ash-spilling 440 MW thermal power station of Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) in the heart of the town here has come as music to the ears of local residents who were suffering because of the high level of pollution caused by the plant.

The thermal plant set up 37 years ago is to be dismantled as it has outlived its utility. Townsmen had approached the High Court and the Human Rights Commission to protect them from the pollution being caused by the plant.

Several social organisations have welcomed the closure announcement but PSPCL engineers are against the move.

The power corporation had already closed one of the units for renovation and this expenditure on repairs will go down the drain when the plant is dismantled. The thermal plant has been running without electrostatic precipitators that arrest the flow of ash from the chimneys, resulting in a thick layer of ash in houses.

The plant everyday burns two train-loads of about 6,500 tonnes of coal, generating a high quantity of ash. The coal is brought from Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.

MM Behal, convener of the action committee against the pollution caused by the thermal plant, said the decision was in the right direction and the action committee had approached the High Court for ordering the closure of the plant in case the government had no plans to modernise it.

He said the state government had failed to meet its commitment of taking steps towards controlling air pollution by June last.

Dr Amrit Sethi, an eye specialist, said that eye ailments had increased due to the air pollution caused by the thermal plant.

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SAD APPOINTS DISTRICT OBSERVERS FOR SGPC POLLS

Shiromani Akali Dal President and Deputy Chief Minister S. Sukhbir Singh Badal today appointed the District Observers of the party for the September 18, SGPC polls to smoothly run the election campaign with full enthusiasm.

In a statement issued here today party Secretary and Spokesman Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema disclosed that the senior leaders who have been appointed observers included S. Ranjit Singh Brahmpura for Tarntaran, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa for Sangrur, Gurdev Singh Badal Faridkot, Prof. Kirpal Singh Badungar Faterhgarh Sahib, Balwinder Singh Bhunder Mansa, Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra for Patiala, Maheshinder Singh Grewal Ludhiana, Dr. Ratan Singh Ajanala for Amritsar, Ajit Singh Kohar Jallandhar, Bibi Parmjit Kaur Gulshan Moga, Varinder Singh Bajwa Hoshiarpur, Janmeja Singh Sekhon for Ferozepur and Fazilka, Sucha Singh Langah Gurdaspur and Pathankot, Jarnail Singh Wahad Nawanshehr and Kapurthala, Sikander Singh Maluka Bathinda, Parminder Singh Dhindsa Barnala, Chaudhary Nand Lal Ropar and Jathedar Ujagar Singh Badali for district Mohali.

Dr. Cheema said that these District Observers would coordinate with the leaders of their respective districts and work for ensuring the victory of the SAD-Sant Samaj Candidates.

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PUNJAB READIES FOR I-DAY PROGRAMME

The Punjab Government has decided to organise State level Independence Day function at Amritsar this year where Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will unfurl the National Flag.

While Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal would be the Chief Guest on the Independence Day function in newly formed district of Fazilka, Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Nirmal Singh Kahlon would unfurl the National Flag at Gurdaspur.

According to a spokesman of the Punjab Government, Local Government Minister Tikshan Sud will unfurl the flag at Pathankot, Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Ranjit Singh Brahmpura at Tarn Taran, Finance Minister Upinderjit Kaur at Kapurthala, Social Security Minister Prof Lakshmi Kanta Chawla at Jalandhar, Revenue Minister Ajit Singh Kohar at Ludhiana, Animal Husbandry Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike at SAS Nagar (Mohali) and PWD (BandR) Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa will. 

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ALL SET FOR TRIAL RUN AT BATHINDA OIL REFINERY

 The trial run at Guru Gobind Singh Refinery, near Phulo Khari village , is likely to start in a few days with crude oil reaching here through the 1,014 km-long Mundra-Bathinda pipeline tonight. Water was released ahead of the crude oil to check any leakage.

The process of storing crude oil has begun, say unofficial sources. Sources said the refinery would be commissioned in the next four months or so. The prestigious project is spread over nearly 2,000 acres in Phulo Khari village near Rama Mandi. The foundation stone of the refinery was laid by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on November 13, 1998.

Even though refinery officials refused to comment, sources confirmed that the process of storing crude oil had begun. Oil will be processed to bifurcate solid and liquid products, including high-value petroleum products like the LPG, aviation fuel, pet coke used in the cement industry, naphtha, petrol and diesel. Bathinda Deputy Commissioner Kamal Kishore Yadav said the refinery was likely to be made operational in a few days. 

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SUKBIR''S ANNOUNCEMENTS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE: CONG

The announcements made by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal at Jalandhar to woo the urban voters ahead of next year's state Assembly polls are "too little too late", Congress today said.

"The people of Punjab cannot be fooled by the tempting promises of Sukhbir Singh Badal which have no scope of being executed," Congress spokesman and Ludhiana MP Manish Tewari said at a meeting of party workers here. Sukhbir Badal had made series of announcements in Jalandhar yesterday, which were related to urban development in the state.

Among the packages were grant of municipal corporation status for big cities like Moga, Phagwara and Pathankot, extending non-construction period of buildings up to 15 years and amnesty in payment of arrears of house tax, water supply and sewerage charges.

 Tewari claimed that for the last four and a half years the Akali-BJP government did nothing "except for looting and robbing the state of all its resources." The Congress leader said people know the real face of this government and such announcements at the fag end are not going to help.

Sukhbir Badal on Alternate Natural Resources for Power Generation: Sukhbir Badal on Punjab Power

Sukhbir Badal on Alternate Natural Resources for Power Generation: Sukhbir Badal on Punjab Power

Sukhbir Badal talks about using natural resources of punjab like wheat husk for power generation. Sukhbir Badal shares alternate plans for power generation in Punjab.

Sukhbir Singh Badal on Clean Water Supply in Jalalabad: Sukhbir Singh Badal at Jalalabad

Sukhbir Singh Badal on Clean Water Supply in Jalalabad: Sukhbir Singh Badal at Jalalabad HD Video

Sukhbir Singh Badal announces the setup of new water plants in Jalalabad and shares plans of setting 100 new RO systems in the city to increase the supply of drinking water. Sukhbir Singh Badal on clean water supply in Jalalabad.

Sukhbir Singh Badal on CBI & 2G Scam: Sukhbir Singh Badal on 2G Scam Video

Sukhbir Singh Badal on CBI & 2G Scam: Sukhbir Singh Badal on 2G Scam HD Video

Sukhbir Singh Badal on non-performance of CBI in 2G scam. Sukhbir Singh Badal blames CBI for not taking appropriate steps in the 2G spectrum scam which involved crores of money. Sukhbir Singh Badal on CBI.

Political Secretary of Sukhbir Badal

Prem Mittal has been appointed the "political secretary" of Punjab's self appointed Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal about 2 months back.

Political secretary is such an important post and should be given after careful consideration as he makes all the political decisions for a particular state.

But the person Prem Mittal whom Sukhbir Badal has appointed political secretary was in the Congress party some years back around 2006.What policies he can frame in the interest of Sikhs is anybody's guess.

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This clearly shows that all these party names like BJP,Badal dal,Congress,Communist etc are just an eyewash to hoodwink and defraud the poor people and any one can cross over to any party for his convenience as their idealogies are same and according to the central govt's wishes.

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Amritsar to get new facelift by November this year as Sukhbir dedicate projects worth Rs. 2557 Crores

The heritage city of Amritsar is all set to get a new facelift by November this year with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister  Sukhbir Singh Badal reiterating his resolve to dedicate over 22 projects with combine capital cost of Rs 2557 crores to the people of this holy city.

Reviewing the progress of ongoing development projects in a high-level meeting with the officials concerned asked the concerned authorities to expedite the construction works of various projects. He said that whether it may be 8 laning of Amritsar Gate to Bhandari Bridge Road or Multilane High Level Bridge on UBDC or four laning of Amritsar-Ajnala Airport Road, or Two Laning of NH-15 to Amritsar-Bhikhiwind-Khemkaran Road, these projects when completed are set to put Amritsar and adjoining areas on a higher pedestal of development.

Emphasizing on early completion of Plaza at Sri Darbar Sahib being constructed at the cost of 80 crore, the Punjab Deputy Chief Minister asked MD PIDB to ensure that there was no difficulty faced by the devotees due to construction of Plaza. He said that the construction of this plaza must focus serenity and religious importance of Sri Darbar Sahib and the Deputy Commissioner should personally monitor the progress of this project of great importance to Sikh psyche.

Badal expressed satisfaction that the work of 8 laning project from Amritsar Gate to Bhandari Bridge was in full swing, which when completed this year would provide big relief to over 20,000 daily commuters.  Badal also aksed the Deputy Commissioner Amritsar to personally monitor the widening and repairing of Amritsar-Taran Tarn Road besides 4 laning project of UBDC Canal, Amritsar-Ajnala Airport Road, Outer Ring Road project, Sakatari Bagh Project, Gol Bagh Project and remaining portion of  Elevated Road. The Deputy Commissioner assured the meeting that the majority of ongoing development works would be completed by October end and become operational by November.

The Deputy Chief Minister also directed the concerned authorities to liaison with the Railways to initiate the construction work of widening of Bhandari Bridge besides expediting the ongoing work of Kitchlu Chowk Flyover and 4S Chowk Flyover.  It was also informed in the meeting that a state-of-the-art and impressive gate would be constructed on the entrance of Amritsar with the cost of Rs. 9 crore besides installation of 160 CCTV camera with sound on the major points in the city area to keep a security check.      

        

Badal directed the Amritsar Improvement Trust to initiate the process of acquiring a chunk of land on a prominent place in this heritage city to build an ultra modern auditorium with a capacity of 3000 seats. This was also informed in the meeting that the covering work of Ganda Nullah has been near completion, which would be concluded by October this year.

        

Prominent amongst those, who were present in the meeting included  Tikshan Sud, Local Bodies Minister, Inderbir Singh Bolaria, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Shwait Malik, Mayor Amritsar,  D.S. Bains, Principal Secretary Home,  S.K. Sandhu, Secretary PWD,  S.S. Sandhu MD PIDB and  Rajat Aggarwal, Deputy Commissioner.

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SUKHBIR HAS ALL THE QUALITIES TO BECOME CM: MAJITHIA

In a statement, that may be read as going against the Punjab Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, the newly appointed president of Youth Akali Dal (YAD), Bikram Singh Majithia, on Monday said that the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has all the qualities to become the chief minister of Punjab.

“Sukhbir has all the qualities to become a chief minister. He can handle any issue,” Majithia said. He was talking to journalists on way to Golden Temple in Amritsar to pay obeisance after taking charge as the YAD president. Majithia said that under Sukhbir’s vision the infrastructure has improved greatly in the state and over 80,000 jobs have been created in the government sector.

When asked whether it was not the right time to project Sukhbir as the chief ministerial candidate for 2012 assembly elections, Majithia said: “It is not me who has to decide about such issues. It is the prerogative of the chief minister of Punjab and the party.” Talking about the future plan of action, he said the YAD will ‘gherao’ the Parliament during the monsoon session to highlight the misgovernment of the UPA government.

“We will expose the UPA on the issues of corruption, price rise and anti-Punjab and anti- Sikh policies,” Majithia said. About the expected quota for YAD candidates in the coming assembly elections, he said that it would be decided by the party high command. “But we expect minimum 33 per cent tickets for YAD,” he added. Earlier in Amritsar, the YAD president said it was high time youth came forward and fought the evils of drugs addiction, dowry and corruption.

Show of strength leads to traffic snarls:Youth Akali Dal (YAD) Bikram Singh Majithia’s road trip from Chandigarh to Amritsar turned into a huge show of strength with party activists laying siege to the busy National Highway-1. The daily commuters and long route passengers faced a hard time. Traffic remained at standstill at several places on the NH. At places huge cavalcades - of 100s vehicles or more carrying YAD supporters - were spotted.

Traffic could not be cleared till late in the evening. Thousands of YAD workers who had been waiting since morning and had lined up on both sides of the GT Road were served Langer (community food) at various places. The leftovers, paper plates, cups and mugs were thrown on the roads.

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RIGHT TO SERVICE ACT TO BE EFFECTIVE FROM AUG 15

Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister,  said that Right To Service Act would be implemented through out the state from 15th August this year, empowering the citizens to get 67 citizen services as a matter of right.

The Deputy Chief Minister said that Ordinance in this regard has already been promulgated by Punjab Governor and Punjab Government has decided to notify this act from Independence Day this year. Accompanied by Local Bodies Minister Mr. Tikshan Sud, the Deputy Chief Minister presiding over the meeting of all Deputy Commissioners of the state sought their cooperation to make this path breaking and historic act,great success.

He said that he has called this meeting of Deputy Commissioners to sensitise them about the provisions of this act and to ensure that they update their systems in their respective districts to implement this act without any teething trouble. He asked DCs to set up a special cell at every Suwidha Kendra on Sub Tehsil level to receive complaints regarding not providing scheduled services within stipulated time. He asked Chief Secretary Mr. S.C. Aggarwal to sanction separate budget for every district and provide requisite hardware support.

He asked Secretary Planning Mr. Satish Chandra to synchronize timelines of various services of Suwidha Kendra with the provisions of the Act. Expressing concern over reported cases of touts operating in Suwidha Kendras, Mr. Badal asked DCs to strengthen their counter intelligence to check this menace. He also emphasized the need of increasing counters in those Suwidha Kendras that were witnessing more footfalls. 

Emphasizing the participation of District Administration in the ambitious program of gyms for the villages and wards, Mr. Badal said that every district would start receiving gyms for at least 50% villages and wards of each district and DCs would ensure their installation at grass root level. He said that DCs themselves would also monitor the delivery of bicycles to 1.46 lakh plus one and plus two girl students. He said that similarly they would ensure delivery of mid-day-meal utensils to every school.

Underlining the need for making Rural Sanitation Program, a grand success, the Deputy Chief Minister said that 1 lakh toilets in Rural Areas sanctioned by Water Supply and Sanitation Department and Rural Development and Panchayats Department, under which each household would get Rs 10,000 for construction of toilet. He said that DCs would personally visit villages to ensure that each toilet was constructed according to the specified design.

Reviewing the progress of digitalization of Land Records, Mr. Badal said that he was committed to put all digital records of the state on the web on October 1 and launch this statewide program on that day. He asked Financial Commissioner Revenue to ensure completion trial run of digitalization by September 15. He expressed concern at poor performance of certain districts and told them to pull up their socks to complete digitalization by the scheduled dates given to them.

He said that he had sent special teams to check the satisfaction level and performance of ongoing fard kendras and found the performance of Mukatsar, Sangrur, Barnala, Kapurthala, Ropar, Patiala, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Hoshiarpur, Amritsar, Mohali, Gurdaspur and Ferozepur satisfactory and asked other districts to improve the services as these teams would check the service level monthly. The Deputy Chief Minister asked the Deputy Commissioners to ensure that Patwaris update the revenue records twice a week so that information on the web was live.

Besides Deputy Commissioners from all the districts, prominent amongst those participated in the meeting Chief Secretary Mr. S.C. Aggarwal, Principal Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Viswajit Khanna, Financial Commissioner Revenue Mr. A.R. Talwar, Secretary Transport Mr. Anurag Aggarwal, Secretary Revenue Mr. Anurag Verma, Secretary Revenue Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Secretary Food and Supply Mr. D.S. Grewal.

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Punjab Gold Cup hockey from September 22 to October 2

The second edition of the four-nation Punjab Gold Cup hockey tournament will be held from September 22 to October 2. 

After reviewing the progress of construction work of stadia on Monday, deputy chief minister of Punjab Sukhvir Singh Badal said that all the six floodlit hockey stadiums in the state would be ready by August 30 before the commencement of the event. 

Apart from hosts India, arch-rivals Pakistan, New Zealand and Argentina are the other three participating teams who have already sent their confirmation, he said. 

The hockey venues in Government Barjindra College stadium, Faridkot; Olympian Prithipal Singh stadium in PAU Ludhiana; GNDU stadium, Amritsar; stadium in Rajindra College, Bathinda; and Sports Complex, Mohali would be ready by August 30, while the remaining multipurpose stadiums in Bathinda, Sangrur, Hoshiarpur, Amritsar, Mansa, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar and Ludhiana would be in proper shape by September 30. 

Stressing upon the need for providing proper facilities to the spectators, Badal said all stadiums should have proper canopies, fiber glass or steel seats, big screens on all the four sides of grounds, proper parking, toilet facilities and fire fighting arrangements.

Underlining the need for creating an unified maintenance authority for all these stadiums, Badal asked secretary sports PS Aujla to put the proposal for creating a statutory self financing body.
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AMARINDER RELEASES LIST OF 51 ACHIEVEMENTS

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Amarinder Singh released a list of 51 achievements of his government between 2002 and 2007 and asked Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal to show if he really had anything to his credit.

Responding to Mr Badal's demand that he should count five of his achievements, Capt Amarinder said in the first phase he was not releasing just five but the list of 51 achievements during his regime and added ''let Mr Badal show his achievements, if he has any.'' He said in stark contrast, the Akali government had not a single achievement to its credit. He said the claims to generate surplus power, metro train and ring road in Ludhiana, to name only a few, had already fallen flat.

Capt Amarinder said the entire Punjab knew about his achievements as the Chief Minister. ''But for the information of the Deputy Chief Minister who loves to remain blissfully ignorant about everything I have released the list of 51 achievements of my government and if Sukhbir wants more I can come out with many more.'' The PPCC leader pointed out that his government had sanctioned 367 mega projects with an estimated investment of more than Rs one lakh crore with job prospects for more than 13 lakh people. ''Have you added anything beyond this count?'' he asked Mr Sukhbir Badal.

The former Chief Minister said his government had enacted Punjab Termination of Water Sharing Agreements 2005, ensured hassle free procurement of food-grains, introduced BT Cotton, set up Punjab Farmers’ Commission, brought in many private players to encourage diversification and introduced the farm to fork concept. On the power front, he said, his government ensured, regular and un-interrupted power supply for eight hours to farmers, decided to commission the Lehra Mohabbat Plant: Stage III to get 500 MW power which stood commissioned now.

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