25052022-JTR-01.qxd 5/24/2022 11:48 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar TRIBUNE ‘MISSION KHAKI TO PREPARE YOUTH FOR POLICE RECRUITMENT “Mission Khaki” has been launched by the Kapurthala administration to prepare the youth for jobs in police. FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY INBRIEF SURPRISE CHECK AT MINING SITES Nawanshahr: DC Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa on Tuesday conducted surprise checking at district mining sites. The DC, who is also the chairman of the District-Level Task Force, checked Begowal, Burj Tehal Dass and Rail Bramad sites. Mining officials informed the chairman that Burj Tehal Dass and Begowal mining sites were non-operational as environment clearance had expired. Randhawa asked the officials to ensure that legal mining operations are not affected so that common people do not suffer any kind of difficulty in getting sand at affordable rates. The DC clearly stated that any kind of laxity in this task would not be tolerated. The DC also said joint squads of SDMs along with their police counterparts rank have already been formed to ensure illegal mining does not take place in the district and directed them to register FIRs against the guilty, promptly. TNS MAN BOOKED FOR RAPING MINOR Nakodar: The police have booked a Nakodar resident for kidnapping and raping a minor. IO Inspector Santosh Kumari said the accused had been identified as Harpreet Singh, alias Happy, of Nakodar. The victim complained to the police that the accused kidnapped her in a vehicle and took her to a Jalandhar hotel and raped her on the pretext of marrying her. The IO said a case under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act has been registered against the accused who is absconding and raids are being conducted to nab him. OC FOUR BOOKED ON ASSAULT CHARGE Lohian: The police have booked four persons, including two women, on the charges of assault. Investigating Officer (IO) Balkar Singh said the accused had been identified as Gagan Deep Singh of Gadayi Pur village, his mother Ravindar Kaur, sister Jaskaran Preet Kaur and Nishan Singh of Ismail Pur village. Rannjit Singh of the same village complained to the police that the accused attacked and injured him due to old enmity. The IO said a case under Sections 323,325 and 109 of the IPC had been registered against the suspect. OC YOUTH KIDNAPS MINOR, ARRESTED Nurmahal: The police have arrested a village youth on the charge of kidnapping a minor girl. Investigating Officer (IO) Bawa Singh said the accused had kidnapped the minor girl on March 28 on the pretext of marrying her. The IO said a case under Sections 363 and 366-A of the IPC was registered against the accused, who was released on bail. OC MURDER BID ACCUSED HELD Shahkot: The police have arrested a proclaimed offender (PO) absconding for the past two years. 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SUNRISE THURSDAY 5:26 AM WEDNESDAY | 25 MAY 2022 | JALANDHAR Protesting staff lock gates Unmanned spacecraft will be launched next year: Min of Civil Surgeon’s office Our Correspondent Say they have not been paid wages for the past two months Tribune News Service Jalandhar, May 24 The ongoing strike by the members of the Class IV Government Employees Union, and the Drivers and Technical Union, Punjab, took a major turn today as they blocked the entrance of the office of the Civil Surgeon over the issue of non-payment of their wages for the past nearly two months. District president of Class IV Government Employees Union Subhash Mattu, president of Drivers and Technical Union Avtar Singh and president of Civil Surgeon office Dimple Rohela said they had been lodging protest for the past six days for delay in disbursement of their wages but the state government seemed to be completely ignoring their issue, forcing them to lock the gates today. The visitors to the office faced some difficulty in coming out or entering the office during the protest. Civil Surgeon Dr Ranjit Singh also reached the dharna venue outside his office Class IV employees of the Civil Surgeon’s office protest outside the premises in Jalandhar on Tuesday. gates and addressed the gathering assuring them that he would take up the matter of delay in their salaries with the higher officials. The employees of the unions shared that it was only the Jalandhar Civil Surgeon office, which was bearing the brunt of the delay in salaries whereas no other district of Punjab was affected by the issue. They elaborated: “The matter pertains to a court case against a doctor who was forcibly relieved of his services in 1984-85. The doctor had approached the courts, which after 37 years ordered his joining and paying him Rs 86 lakh. While the doctor has been paid all dues, the department had got started a vigilance probe into the mat- ter. It is after the probe that the wages of the employees have been stopped. We are also demanding that the names of the employees, which have cropped up in the probe be deleted.” The employees said their livelihood depends entirely upon their monthly wages and their families were suffering owing to the delay. Hoshiarpur, May 24 Under the three rocket (spacecraft) series of the Gaganyaan project, the first unmanned space craft will be launched next year. In this series, the second space craft will soon be launched after the first, which will carry a VyomMitra, the lady robot (humanoid), to assess all dangers and conditions before a human astronaut is sent in the third spacecraft of the series. Despite the delay due to Covid, India is working on it on the fast track. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Dr Jitendra Singh said this while replying to a query of The Tribuneregarding the delay in the project as in December 2018, it was claimed that the first unmanned spacecraft of the series would be launched within 40 months while the deadline had crossed by months. He was here today with reporters on the sidelines of the convocation of graduate and postgraduate students of DAV College, Hoshiarpur. Responding to a question about the Strategic Surveillance Satellite approved by the Defence Ministry at a cost of Rs 4,000 crore, the Union continued on page 2 Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh awards the degree to a Hoshiarpur DAV College student; and (below) jubilant students after the ceremony. DEGREES CONFERRED ON 800 STUDENTS ■ Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh attended a convocation ceremony at Hoshiarpur DAV College. During this, degrees were awarded to 800 graduate and postgraduate students ■ He said in order to stop migration of youths abroad, the Central Government was providing better employment opportunities to them in the country itself, under its various schemes Breakthrough in gold 6 years on, civic body’s UID number robbery case, two held plate project fails to become reality Its aim is to bring transparency in collection of property tax Tribune News Service Jalandhar, May 24 In a major breakthrough, the Jalandhar Commissionerate Police on Tuesday claimed to have solved a burglary committed in New Defence ColonyII locality three days ago. Some unidentified burglars, who had covered their faces, had stolen gold from a house after taking a youth, Jagrit Singh, as hostage at gunpoint. They tied Jagrit’s hands and covered his mouth with a cloth before making off with all gold from the home. The Commissionerate Police started investigation into the matter after registering a case under Sections 382 and 452 of the IPC at the Jalandhar Tribune News Service The accused in the police custody in Jalandhar on Tuesday. Cantt police station. Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Toor said the police team led by ACP Ravinder Kumar and SHO Rajwant Kaur conducted investigation professionally using human intelligence and scientifically advanced techniques. He said after identifying the culprits as Sumit, a resident of Bihar, and continued on page 2 Jalandhar, May 24 When it comes to implement a development work or a project, the Jalandhar Municipal Corporation fails to start work on it, let alone its completion. It takes years, lots of money and several surveys before executing a particular project. The Unique Identification (UID) number plate project is one of the several works that remain in limbo. The main aim of the project is to bring transparency in property tax collection. As per information received from the MC, a survey of the entire city was done in the year A survey of the entire city was done in 2016 in which over 2,50,000 properties were identified. It is reported that over ~1 crore was given to a private company for carrying out the survey 2016 in which over 2,50,000 properties were identified. It is reported that over ~1 crore was given to a private company for carrying out the survey. But years passed and there is still no headway. Last year, Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development Company started doing a survey ‘again’ to verify if there is any update on the survey work done in 2016. Under the survey, the verification of more than 1 lakh properties has been done and now the survey of rest of the properties will start in the coming days for which an estimate of ~45 lakh has been made under the Smart City mission. Once the survey is completed and above 2,50,000 lakh properties will be checked again, then unique ID number plates will be given to every household and property and these number plates with a particular QR code will be installed outside every property. The owner will be able to pay property tax by clicking at that QR code. The information will then be saved with the Municipal Corporation, which will help the officials recover property tax without any problem or any proper information. At present, the project has come under the Smart City mission and will be funded by them. When asked an official why there was a halt between 2016 and 2021, there was no proper reply. Civic body Commissioner Deepshikha Sharma said, “The vendor has been selected and the work of fixing the number plate will start soon. We are also trying to start the survey again, which has been pending.” Back from scouting camp, these young kids are a changed lot Aakanksha N Bhardwaj ❝It is very important for the parents to understand that a Tribune News Service Jalandhar, May 24 Dressed in proper uniform, students in the 5-10 age group singing songs, giving salutes, performing various activities, playing games, etc, during a camp is a rare sight in government schools. Around 80 students of government primary schools in Jalandhar took part in the four-day scouting camp that was held at Government Primary School (Girls), Rurka Kalan. The camp concluded on Tuesday. These students have made their parents proud after the latter witnessed positive changes in their children. Parents of Charanpreet Kaur and Gurfateh Singh, both six-year-old students of the Rurka Kalan school, said they were surprised and hap- student should not only be academically excellent, but there should be overall development too. And under the camp, students learn while doing fun. ❞ Neeta Kashyap, STATE ORGANISING COMMISSIONER, SCOUTS AND GUIDES Government school students take part in a scouting camp in Jalandhar. TRIBUNE PHOTO py after seeing changes in behaviour of their children. There were times when there was a craze among students and their parents for scouts and guides. But these days, it is found that only a few schools take the initiative to run such camps. Young students who participate in scouting camps learn about basics and important things in life. They learn to obey their elders, do at least one good deed every day, take care of nature, maintain c m y b hygiene and possess good values during the camp. These students were from Government Primary Schools based in Rurka Kalan, Chachradi and Beer Bansiya of the district. Boys in the camp are known by the name of ‘Cub’ and girls by the name of ‘Bulbul’. Buta Ram, head teacher from the Rurka Kalan (Girls) school, said the parents were overwhelmed at seeing their wards. “There are various activities that are held during the four-day period. There is a special song, pledge and salute by the cubs and bulbuls. Besides, various sports activities are held. Students are asked to wear proper uniform. A knot is also tied around their neck and the students are then asked to do a good deed daily and only open once they do something good. This inculcates good qualities in students. Parents share that their young wards were now helping them in works which they never did before,” the teacher shared. The best performers then get qualified for the state-level and then national-level camps. Neeta Kashyap, State Organising Commissioner, Scouts and Guides, said it was very important for the parents to understand that a student should not only be academically excellent, but there should be overall development too. And under the camp, students learn while doing fun. “So, parents must encourage their children to be parts of scouts and guides,” she said.