16062022-ATR-01.qxd 6/15/2022 11:36 PM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar TRIBUNE MEMO TO DC OVER STRUCTURES RAISED BY BEAS DERA MGMT Activist Baldev Singh Sirsa submitted a memo to the DC, Amritsar, about the illegal structures erected by the dera. FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY SKY INBRIEF RETD TEACHER AWAITS HIS DUES Tarn Taran: Parwinder Singh, who retired as a teacher from Government High School, Kot Mohammad Khan (Tarn Taran) recently, has been moving from pillar to post for the last nine years to get his three-month salary, which was stopped by the Education Department . Parwinder said here on Wednesday that he had submitted a number of representatives to the authorities concerned in the last nine years — from grassroots-level official to the Secretary (Education) — but no official has, so far, even bothered about citing the reason behind stopping his salary. He said his salary was stopped when he was transferred on administrative grounds in 2013. In a letter written to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Parwinder appealed to the CM to get the matter probed and take serious action against the officials concerned not responding to his representations. OC PAGE 2 MALAIKA ARORA TURNS AUTHOR; ANNOUNCES HER DEBUT BOOK MAX 41°C | MIN 29°C | YESTERDAY MAX 42°C | MIN 30°C Amritsar: Akal Purak Ki Fauj, a religious organization, on Wednesday installed a water harvesting system at a school being run by it in Kalha village of Tarn Taran district. Organisation’s patron Jaswinder Singh said water harvesting was the need of the hour and people should install water harvesting systems at their commercial and residential properties. Principal Kulwinder Singh said Sikhs organise chabeels during summer months and it is the need of the hour that they start preserving and helping in recharging groundwater. He said people should also stop wasting water and help in saving the Earth. TNS SGPC PANEL TO MEET LALPURA Amritsar: The SGPC has constituted a panel that would have an appointment with National Commission for Minorities chairman Iqbal Singh Lalpura at New Delhi on Thursday, to discuss the problems being faced by the Sikh community. The delegation comprised of SGPC general secretary Karnail Singh Panjoli, executive member Sarvan Singh Kular, members Satwinder Singh Tohra and Gurcharan Singh Grewal along with a representative of the Dharam Prachar Committee. SGPC media assistant secretary Kulwinder Singh said the delegation would hold a meeting on June 16 to converse over certain pending issues that remained unresolved,” he said. TNS SUNSET THURSDAY 7:37 PM PAGE 4 Sudha Chandran, recently seen in Naagin 6, shares how she beats the heat & maintains her style quotient. SUNRISE FRIDAY 5:35 AM THURSDAY | 16 JUNE 2022 | AMRITSAR Entry fee forJallianwalaBaghon cards? Moong starts arriving, two Ticket windows, automated barriers installed at memorial irk kin of martyrs; authorities deny procurement centres set up GS Paul exception which is being the ❝The access tobe totally historical site will Tribune News Service Amritsar, June 15 Are the authorities concerned planning to charge fee for entry to the Jallianwala Bagh? The authorities have denied it. Yet, the new addition of fixing see-through glass in the windows built in a room erected at the main entrance supposedly a ticket counter and the automated entry barriers lying alongside, indicates that there could be a possibility of charging fee to gain entry into this historic site. The issue was raised by kin of martyrs and several social organisations. Sunil Kapoor, whose great-grandfather Lala Vasu Mal Kapoor was shot dead during the massacre, said the Union Government earlier vanished the originality of the national monument in the name of renovation during the period when the site was closed due to the Covid-19 free. Still, I believe that the automated barriers and the structure raise suspicion. I have requested to remove the ticket counter structure and the e-ticketing machines which was not done yet. Still, I will talk to the Ministry of Culture in this regard ❞ Tarlochan Singh, ONE OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE JALLIANWALA BAGH NATIONAL MEMORIAL TRUST <
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