10062022-JTR-01.qxd 6/9/2022 11:27 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar TRIBUNE CAPTURING THE GLIMPSE OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC INSTRUMENTS PAGE 2 Sikh Gurus took keen interest in inventing, improving & making traditional music instruments (tanti saaz) popular. FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY SKY INBRIEF DGMS (ARMY) VISITS VAJRA CORPS Jalandhar: Lieutenant General Daljit Singh, Director-General of Medical Services (Army) and Senior Colonel Commandant, Army Medical Corps, visited Vajra Corps to take stock of health care resources. The DGMS also inaugurated a 44bed surgical complex with an integrated 10-bed surgical intensive care unit (ICU) and bedded high dependency unit (HDU). The complex includes an 18-bed orthopaedic section with a six-bed joint replacement centre with air purifier. The complex comprises a separate counselling room and waiting area for kin of patients. Further, the DGMS appreciated medical care rendered by hospital. TNS POLICE MEETING WITH BANKERS Jalandhar: Police officials held a meeting with the managers of different branches of banks and owners of money exchanger companies in Jalandhar. DCP Ankur Gupta presided over the meeting. He discussed the issue of strengthening security arrangements at bank branches, offices of money exchanges and automated teller machines (ATMs). The officials asked managers and owners of money exchange firms to ensure appointment of experienced guards at the branches and offices, respectively. Besides, they were told to install high-quality CCTV cameras on their premises. Also, contact numbers of the Police Control Room were shared with the bank managers. TNS 6 TEST POSITIVE IN JALANDHAR DIST Jalandhar: The district reported six new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday. The tally remained at 78,409 in the district. As many as 76,819 people have recovered from the disease in the district while the number of active cases in Jalandhar reached 12. No deaths were reported in the district today. The death toll stood at 1,578. Meanwhile, Kapurthala district reported one new case of Covid-19 on Thursday. The district tally reached 23,909 today. No new death was reported and the toll stood at 583. TNS PRATT’S SERIES THE TERMINAL LIST SET TO RELEASE ON JULY 1 PAGE 3 Prime Video has released the official trailer of its highly anticipated series The Terminal List, starring Chris Pratt. MAX 43°C | MIN 28°C | YESTERDAY MAX 43°C | MIN 27°C SUNSET FRIDAY 7:31 PM MANIESH PAUL TO LEAD A WEB SHOW DIRECTED BY SRIVASTAV The actor will be playing lead in the show by Raktanchal-fame Ritam Srivastav & the shooting will begin in Nainital soon. SUNRISE SATURDAY 5:22 AM Private schools put on notice for charging fee on quarterly basis Told to reply by July 10 along with details of fee, funds collected from 2020-22 Avneet Kaur RELEVANCE OF DIST REGULATORY BODY Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 9 The District Regulatory Body for unaided educational institutions has issued a showcause notice to all private schools in the district after complaints were received from parents that they were forced to pay school fee, transportation fee and other charges on quarterly basis. The schools have been asked to justify the reasons behind charging fee on a quarterly basis. “The schools must answer under whose directions they have been charging fee on a quarterly basis or if there is any law that mandates quarterly charging. Why the parents cannot pay fee on a monthly basis,” the District Regulato- ■ To ensure no private school violates the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions (Amendment) Bill, 2019, and to redress complaints of parents and students, the state government formed the district regulatory body in each district across the state in July, 2021. ry Body asked the schools in the notice. They also asked the schools to submit their reply by July 10 along with complete details of the fee and funds collected by them in 2020-21 and 2021-22. Besides, the reply must includes details of their profit, profit percentage or average profit for the both the years. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, ADC(G)-cum-Chairman of the regulatory body Amit Sareen said this decision to issue the show-cause notice to schools was taken during the meeting of the committee members that was held on June 6. He said there was no PAGE 4 law and neither any government guidelines have been issued that mandate charging fees on a quarterly basis. Advocate Manu Jindal, a member of the body, said taking serious note of the complaints received from parents, the notice has been issued to schools. However, the schools in their reply can justify the grounds on which they have been charging quarterly fee. The committee will take the final call on the issue after reviewing all aspects, he said. The regulatory body is holding meetings on a regular basis and all issues of the parents and the schools are being taken up, he added “Besides, the committee members are making all efforts to aware schools about the guidelines of the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions Act and the owners of the schools have been told that if any school management is found violating the Act, the body would impose hefty penalty and on repeated violation, their affiliation could also be cancelled,” he added. FRIDAY | 10 JUNE 2022 | JALANDHAR ‘Hike in kharif crops’ MSP is BJP jumla’ Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 9 Terming the increase in the minimum support price (MSP) of kharif crops by the Central Government as a ‘BJP jumla’, Mahila Kisan Union president Rajwinder Kaur Raju said the Union Government had granted the MSP to 14 kharif crops only on paper but not in reality. It could beat its own drum among the general public about increasing the purchase prices, but enlightened farmers could not be fooled by such tactics, she said while interacting with mediapersons here on Thursday. Raju said in the present marketing and trading system only farmers of twothree states get the MSP on wheat and paddy whereas farmers do not get the MSP on any of the pulses and oilseeds crops like moong, tur, urad, groundnut, sunflower, soyabean, etc. “They are forced to sell their produce to traders at prices much lower than the MSP and they do not even get back the cost of production. Therefore, without the guarantee of MSP , this ‘jumla’ by the BJP government was only on paper and does not resolve farmers’ problems,” she lamented. She said PM Narendra Modi, who had promised to give the MSP on crops as per the recommendations of the Swaminathan Committee before becoming the PM, cannot deceive farmers in the name of crop diversification. Raju advised that in order to increase the area under pulses and oilseeds, the BJP-led dispensation should provide legal assurance to purchase these crops at the MSP as promised in their manifestoes. “It will be the only way for the betterment of farmers and increasing their income as these pulses and oilseeds crops are not grown by all farmers in the country,” she added. 2 women harassed by NRI ASHA workers demand increase in husbands, cases registered allowance as promised in manifesto Tribune News Service Nawanshahr, June 9 A case of a woman being harassed by her NRI husband has been reported from Nawanshahr. Generally, women who get married with NRIs often complain of their husbands not taking them along once they get married. From Rahon, a woman has lodged a complaint with the police that she has been harassed by her in-laws since her marriage and now her husband has abandoned her. As per the complaint, the woman was married to Sarabjit Singh who had come from Italy especially for marriage and after two days, he went back. “I got married in 2012 and only after two months into the marriage, my in-laws started harassing me for dowry,” alleged the complainant. She further said she had an eightyear-old daughter. And even after 10 years, she has not gone to Italy with her husband and he comes only for a month that too after a long gap. In her complaint, she stated that in February this year, her husband had returned home and he harassed her mentally and in March, he abandoned her. The police have booked Sarabjit Singh under Section 498-A of the IPC. In another case, a woman has lodged a complaint against her husband Prabhjot Singh with Sadar police (Nawanshahr). In her complaint, she stated that her husband Prabhjot Singh had been asking for money from her and her parents. “My parents had given him so much in the marriage, including a gold necklace, gold bracelet, gold ring and ~21 lakh as shagun. But it was after my marriage that I got to know that my husband was a drug addict and he started demanding more money so that he could spend it on buying drugs,” the victim alleged. They both had married in 2014. A case under Sections 498-A and 406 of the IPC has been registered against Prabhjot Singh. Woman held with heroin Jalandhar: The Jalandhar rural police arrested a woman and seized 5 gm of heroin from her possession. The accused has been identified as Seeto, a resident of Dhuleta village (falling under Goraya police station). The police said a police team during a naka at Dhuleta intercepted a suspicious woman. They said on search of the her purse, 5 gram of heroin was found. The police said an FIR was registered under Section 21 B, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act at the Goraya police station against her. Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 9 On the call given by the ASHA Workers and Facilitators’ Union state committee to hold protest dharnas outside Civil Surgeons’ offices, Asha workers of the district too held a dharna outside the Civil Surgeon’s office under the leadership of its president Gurjit Kaur. Workers also raised slogans against the state government on the occasion. Addressing the dharna, leaders Mandeep Kaur, Amritpal Kaur, Harinder Dosanjh and Kulwinder Singh Josan said while the state government extracted utmost work from ASHA workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, in return, it stopped the allowances of Central and state workers on March 31. They said ASHA workers were being deputed to carry out surveys on youngsters to detect whether they consumed drugs Members of ASHA Workers Union hold a protest in front of the Civil Surgeon’s office in Jalandhar. in the state, but this was the work of the narcotics cell of the police department. The leaders said during the Congress regime the ASHA workers were able to get a fixed allowance of ~2,500. But the present government was imposing unnecessary conditions on the workers and rather than doubling the allowance as per its election manifesto, it was reducing the previous allowance. They also said on the one hand, the government made lofty promises regarding mohalla clinics and better healthcare from August onwards, but on the other, it does not provide even minimum wages to ASHA workers who are the backbone of the Health Department. Farmers raise concerns over green issues Post-accident, MLA Kotli POLLUTION PANGSAsk govt to make water bodies clean for irrigation needs Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 9 A meeting of farmers was held at Chak Bahmaniana village by the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee under state organising secretary Sukhwinder Singh Sabhra and district president Salwinder Singh Jania here on Thursday. Environmental concerns were raised at the meeting where office-bearers were chosen and various demands of farmers were aired. After the victory of the Kisan Andolan and several protests and morchas over MSPs for crops, one of the key demands on which farmers are currently being mobilised is environmental concerns. Farmers from the Doaba belt, who have been complaining over the years that the belt is ignored in terms of division of water of the state, aired their long-pending demand for making water of all drains, rivers, etc, clean for irrigation purposes. In the meeting, farmers were exhorted to serve people without any bias and were asked to take care of their surroundings and the environ- Farmers hold a meeting in Shahkot on Thursday. TRIBUNE PHOTO:MALKIAT SINGH ment. They were encouraged to plant trees. Leaders said the environment was on the brink of destruction. They said in the past crystal clear water bodies of the state like the Chitti Bein, Sutlej, Beas, etc, had been contaminated by sewerage water from cities and towns like Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Phillaur, among others. They said if these are cleaned and freed of toxins and dirt, the water can be used for farm irrigation. They demanded that water from water bodies must be reached to tail-end farmers. c m y b They also gave a call to plant trees on the banks of drains, water bodies, tributaries, roads, etc. They demanded that the government fulfill the promises made during the Kisan Andolan and in their election manifesto. They demanded permanent land rights for farmers tilling land for a long time and that intequals rejected in 2007 be restored again. They demanded that the government close all toll plazas set up illegally on roads. They said the government already levied taxes worth lakhs and these toll plazas were illegal. On the occasion, new office-bearers of the committee were chosen as per its manifesto. Gurmail Singh Rerwan was elected the zone in charge; Jarnail Singh Rame zone president; Gurjit Singh Chak Bahmanian secretray, Lakhvir SIngh Sindhar zone treasurer; and Harpreet Singh Kotli Gajran district press secretary. The other office-bearers chosen on the occasion included Balwinder Singh Rajewal, Lavpreet Singh Kotli Gajran, Jagdish Pal Singh, Balraj Singh Chak Bahmanian, Sukhjinder Singh Hera, Baldev Singh Kohar, Sher Singh Rame, among others. takes part in Cong’s protest Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 9 Though discharged from hospital (after recovering from his car accident) just two weeks ago, Adampur Congress MLA Sukhwinder Kotli’s presence outside CM Bhagwant Mann’s residence in Chandigarh caught everyone’s attention. He was part of a team of nearly 35 party leaders who came to lodge a protest outside the CM’s residence over the deteriorating law and order situation. The MLA limped along with his party leaders using his walking frame. He took rest by settling on elevated concrete structures wherever available and stayed with his party colleagues wherever possible. The MLA had met with an accident at Behram (in Nawanshahr) on the evening of May 10 and was admitted to a private hospital in Sukhwinder Kotli outside the Punjab CM’s residence during a protest in Chandigarh on Thursday. PHOTO: PRADEEP TEWARI Jalandhar, from where he was shifted to Fortis Hospital in Mohali. He underwent various surgeries as he fractured his ribs, besides suffering from knee ligament injuries. He remained hospitalised for nearly a fortnight. Less than 10 days after his discharge, he started venturing out. He has been to Sangrur for campaigning for the party where the bypoll to Lok Sabha seat is to be held. A day before the bhog ceremony of Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moosewala, he went to Mansa to express his condolences to the family. Today, he went to Chandigarh to join the protest against the state government. Kotli said, “It has not been easy staying back in isolation. I still feel pain in my right knee and cannot bend it much and my rib wounds have still not healed and I need to wear belts all around my abdominal area. Despite all these health problems, I have started going out to connect with my people and party. Since my discharge, I have begun seeing people at my place. I have been maintaining a safe distance. I get down and walk with a frame. I think I will recover faster if I remain active like this.”