11052022-JTR-01.qxd 5/10/2022 11:56 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar TRIBUNE OVER 1 MILLION PLANT, ANIMAL SPECIES FACING EXTINCTION As a part of its 22-day drive to mark International Biodiversity Day, the Science City has been organising events. FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY INBRIEF JIMPA INAUGURATES NEW VILLAGE ROAD Hoshiarpur: Cabinet minister and local MLA Brahm Shankar Jimpa has said development work is being done in rural areas and cities without any discrimination with the result that the face of rural areas has started changing. He was addressing residents of the area while inaugurating the Qila Barun-Bada Bajwara village road. He said the 1.52km-long road, constructed at a cost of ~19.53 lakh, has provided relief to the residents of the area. The road was a long-standing demand of area residents. Keeping their demand in mind, the government had got this road constructed on priority. OC STIR BY SANITATION WORKERS STILL ON Hoshiarpur: The strike of the sanitation workers of the municipal corporation entered the 15th day on Tuesday. Today’s protest was led by Vikramjit, vice-president of the employees’ union and sanitary supervisor Harbilas. On the occasion, leaders of the union raised slogans criticising the poor functioning by MC administration. The workers said the strike would continue till they get their rights. The MC administration assured the employees that their legitimate demands would be fulfilled soon. The workers vowed to even go on hunger strike for their rights. OC MAN LOSES BIKE TO 3 MISCREANTS Mahilpur: Three bike-borne youths snatched a motorcycle from a man who was on his way back home after having medicine from the Civil Hospital, Mahilpur, late on Monday night. Guljinder Singh, son of Roshanlal, a resident Chak Malla, has complained to Chabbewal police that he had gone to the Civil Hospital to take medicine along with his niece at 10.30 pm. While returning, the three youths stopped him forcibly on the Bahowal bridge and he fell on the road. After riding his bike, they fled towards Mahilpur. The police have registered a case. OC BLOOD DONATION CAMP ON MAY 14 Talwara: A blood donation camp will be organised by an NGO, Pratigya-Ek Nayi Soch, on May 14. Members of the NGO appealed to people to participate in the camp from 10 am to 3 pm. It will be organised at Vishwakarma temple (Sector No.1). Shivam Bakshi, Narendra Puri, Mukesh Puri, Monica Thakur, Gaurav Sharda, Yogesh Kaundal and Preeti urged the people to support the organisation in this noble cause. OC ONE ARRESTED WITH STOLEN BIKE Jalandhar: The rural police have arrested one person with a stolen bike (PB-08-DQ-1185) on Tuesday. The accused has been identified as Gurmail Singh, alias Kala, a resident of Thuthgarh village in Moga. As per police officials, the accused had stolen a bike from outside an agriculture field at Chak Bahmanian Khurd village in Shahkot on Monday afternoon. The police said two persons were involved in the stealing of the bike. Another Chamkaur Singh is on the run. The accused has been booked under section 379 of the IPC. TNS PAGE 2 SHARMILA RETURNS TO FILMS AFTER 11 YRS WITH GULMOHAR PAGE 3 MUOHIT JOUSHI OPENS UP ON QUITTING JOB FOR ACTING The movie revolves around the multigeneration Batra family, who are set to move out of their 34-yr-old family home. MAX 43°C | MIN 27°C | YESTERDAY MAX 42°C | MIN 25°C SUNSET WEDNESDAY 7:14 PM PAGE 4 Muohit, who quit his airline job, is currently seen as the parallel lead on the Dangal TV show Shubh Shagun. SUNRISE THURSDAY 5:33 AM WEDNESDAY | 11 MAY 2022 | JALANDHAR Pvt hospitals halt Ayushman Bharat patients’ treatment Spl cyber fraud awareness drive launched in district Avneet Kaur Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Jalandhar, May 10 In protest against the non-payment of dues, the empanelled private hospitals in the district have suspended all services under All Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana). The doctors say ~250 crore has been pending with the state government for the last six months and despite their repeated requests the dues were not cleared. The doctors said the hospitals were going bankrupt, therefore they were left with no other option but to stop admit new patients and suspend the services. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, Dr Paramjit Mann, president, Punjab chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), said there are about 700 hospitals empanelled with Ayushmaan in Punjab and they have been working smoothly for the last three years, but after August last year when SBI General Insurance joined as insurance company for the scheme everything started going in wrong direction. He said hospitals have not received their claim payments after December even after several meetings of IMA officials with the Health Min- PENDING DUES Docs say insurance firm and government responsible for its suspension PATIENTS AT RECEIVING END Malkit Singh, a resident of Basti Sheikh, said he admitted his wife to a private hospitals on Sunday as her delivery was due for today, but the doctors denied accepting the Ayushman card. He said in the fight between the hospitals and the government, it is the patients who are suffering the most. 1.5 CR TREATED UNDER SCHEME IN STATE Dr Paramjit Mann told Jalandhar Tribune that from December 29, 2021, to May 8 this year, as many as 1.5 crore patients have been treated by private hospitals under the scheme. He said on an average eight to 10 patients visit a hospital in the Doaba belt on a daily basis and cashless treatment was being provided to these patients. ister, the Health Secretary and SHA officials. He further said a meeting of the IMA Ayushmaan Core Committee was held on May 5 and all the members were of the view that as all the hospitals have exhausted their resources and they are on the verge of bankruptcy because they do not have funds to pay salaries to staff, meeting dayto-day expenses of hospitals. Besides, creditors who were supplying medicines and implants to hospitals have stopped giving them medi- cines and implants because of non-clearance of their bills. “As the government has issued Ayushman cards to all, the cash work of hospitals, which earlier was helpful in sustaining the expenses, have come down to 10 per cent and now it’s not possible for hospitals to work further under debt,” he added. Dr Mann said there are many facilities which are not available in government sector like paediatrics, cardiology, oncology and urology, etc, and its empanelled hospitals Anti-graft helpline boards put up in dist govt offices Tribune News Service Jalandhar, May 10 On the directions from the state government, the antigraft helpline number has been displayed at the various government offices in the district to create awareness among people to utilise this platform launched by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Urging people to utilise this helpline in case any government official demands bribe in lieu of any sort of government work so that exemplary action could be initiated against such erring staff at the earliest, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori got the display boards have been installed at several locations in the District Administrative Complex. The sites where these boards have been put up include Sub-Registrar Office, new patwarkhana building, sewa kendra, treasury office, SDM-1 main entry, tehsil corridor, all floors of DC Office, RTA Office, SDM-2 office near driving licence window and old patwarkhana. Besides, the same boards have also been displayed in other departments, including Jalandhar Improvement Trust, ADC (Development) Office, ADC (Urban Development) buildings, and others. The display board reads: “If any official demands bribe in lieu of government work, his audio/video should be recorded and be sent to the state government’s anti-graft helpline number 9501200200 for quick action”. Thori added that more display boards would be installed in other departments also for the maximum dissemination of this important information at public dealing offices. The DC also appealed to the citizens to play a proactive role in the state government’s drive against corruption through their participation by utilising this anti-graft helpline, if they face any corrupt practices. related to these facilities, who have suffered the most because of non-payment of claims and these hospitals are not in a position to continue with their services. He said members of the IMA, Punjab, and other doctors have decided that until they receive at least 80% of their claim amount, they will not resume work under Ayushman. He said it was only the government responsible for the chaos arising out of non-treatment of newborn babies or other patients in emergency situations. Dial helpline number in case you are in trouble: CP Jalandhar, May 10 A day after Jalandhar Tribune published a report regarding a rise in cyber crime in the district, the Jalandhar Commissionerate Police swung into action and launched a massive awareness drive to sensitize people to such crimes. Releasing the awareness poster, Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Toor appealed to people to immediately dial 1930, which is citizen financial cyber fraud reporting and management (CFRMS) helpline number in case of any kind of cyber swindling. He said this CFRMS portal was set up on the directions of the Ministry of Home Affairs and being handled by the state cyber cell. Any kind of cyber fraud reported on the portal is dealt promptly by the officials at the special cell. He said after intimating on portal through helpline number 1930, the complainant would be asked to furnish a detailed account of the incident at the website http://cybercrime.gov.in He said the matter would further be referred to the state cyber cell for thorough investigation. Toor said after a complaint is immediately lodged at the portal, the mat- THE TRIBUNEIMPACT Releasing the awareness poster, Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Toor appealed to people to dial 1930, which is citizen financial cyber fraud reporting and management helpline number in case of any kind of cyber swindling ter is taken up with the banks concerned to stop further transmission of payment so that hard-earned money of the victim could be protected against any cyber fraud. He said the awareness posters would be pasted in public places, including the premises of police stations, so as to generate maximum awareness among people visiting these places. He said a special cyber cell had also been set up here under the supervision of ACP (cyber crime) Karan Singh Sandhu, which is being monitored by ADCP-level officials. Toor said this year as many as 187 financial complaints were received at the cyber cell out of which 78 pertained to OTP share, 12 to ATM withdrawal, 14 to impersonation calls, and 25 to link/applied, besides 33 others. He said the cyber cell has been thoroughly investigating these complaints, but awareness against such crime on the part of citizens can play a pivotal role in averting such incidents. Summer delight With the mercury hovering above 40° Celsius, demand for watermelons has started rising in Jalandhar. PHOTO: SARABJIT SINGH Adampur MLA Kotli Two Phillaur police academy City lad Jaswinder to injured in accident cops found selling drugs, held lead Pb hockey team Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Jalandhar, May 10 Congress MLA from Adampur Sukhwinder Kotli suffered injuries as the car he was travelling in met with an accident this evening at Dhahan Kaleran in Nawanshahr. Kotli has reportedly suffered fractures in his two ribs and right leg and has been admitted to Johal Hospital in Jalandhar. The accident occurred around 7:30 pm when Kotli was returning from Chandigarh. A bus moving ahead of Kotli’s car applied brakes at an intersection of Dhahan Kaleran village. The driver of the car Jalandhar, May 10 Two cops posted at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Police Academy in Phillaur have been booked and arrested on the charge of peddling drugs on the campus. The two accused, identified as Head Constable Shakti Kumar and water carrier Jai Ram, have been booked under Sections 21 and 29 of the NDPS Act at the Phillaur police station falling under the Jalandhar Rural Police. SSP (Rural) Swapan Sharma said, “We got some clues that something was going wrong. We had been on the Sukhwinder Kotli took a side. In a bid to prevent the car from hitting two students riding Activa by that side, it hit the divider. While Kotli’s driver and gunman are safe, his personal assistant, too, has suffered injuries in one arm. The doctors at the hospital said that Kotli was safe and he was under treatment. c m y b lookout and started investigation. We also traced some call records and eventually were able to nail the main accused. Both of them have been booked and arrested.” A sepoy posted at the PPA has given testimony against the duo alleging that he was hooked to drugs by them. He said he had joined the force on compensation grounds in October 2013. He said he came to the academy in 2015 to undertake the course as a basic drill instructor. After the course, he got attached to the PPA where he met Shakti Kumar. He said he had gone to Amritsar to attend a wedding ceremony on December 31, 2017, with Shakti Kumar when the latter planned for a New Year party in Dalhousie. He said the accused made him take intoxicating white powder after which he got addicted. The sepoy said he made the payment to Shakti Kumar via PayTM and took loans from a financier and a bank too for the same. He said he made payments on Jai Ram’s PayTM account too and later got to know that Shakti Kumar was taking drugs from Jai Ram. SSP Swapan Sharma said the cops who confessed to have taken drugs from the accused were now being rehabilitated and de-addicted. Tribune News Service Jalandhar, May 10 Jaswinder Singh of Jalandhar district has been named as captain of the Punjab hockey team for taking part in the 12th Hockey India Junior National Men’s Hockey Championship starting at Kovilpatti (Tamil Nadu) from May 17. Olympian Balwinder Singh Shammi, a member of the Hockey Punjab’s ad-hoc committee, duly appointed after the suspension of Hockey Punjab by the Hockey India, while announcing the Punjab hockey team said Jaswinder Singh of Surjit Hockey Academy, Jalandhar, will lead the Punjab team in the 12th Hockey India Junior National Men’s Hockey Championship to be held at Kovilpatti (Tamil Nadu) from May 17 to 28. Navdeep Singh of Mohali will be the vice-captain of the team. The other players of the Punjab Hockey team are Sarabjot Singh, Swarandeep Singh (both Punjab and Sind Bank), Arshdeep Singh, Shashwant Aeri, Akash, Rajinder Singh, Akashdeep, Sanjay, Gurkamal Singh, Manmeet Singh, Bharat Thakur, Fatehbir Singh (all from Surjit Hockey Academy, Jalandhar), Abhitab Singh, Ravneet Singh, Prabhdeep Singh, Gurbakhshish Singh (all from Mohali).