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Waste segregation at source hinders proper mgmt Two separate dustbins are required at marketplaces where shopkeepers, restaurants and eateries dump their waste Manmeet Singh Gill Tribune News Service Amritsar, October 25 Waste management efforts continue to falter in the city as segregation, essential to compartmentalise garbage, has not been possible despite clear directives under the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000. The orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to collect only segregated waste, therefore, also remain unimplemented. Wet waste, comprising food leftovers, fruit and vegetable peels, and kitchen waste, decomposes quickly. Dry waste, including plastic, paper and glass, does not decompose. The idea behind segregation is to make waste processing easy, convenient and economical. As per rules, every household should ideally have two dustbins to segregate the waste. Once handed to the waste collection firm, it is required to handle them separately. In most households, the residents are yet to follow the procedure to help in better waste management. However, there are many households that do follow the procedure of keeping two separate dustbins for wet and dry waste but their efforts to segregate waste are undermined by waste collection employees, who mix both types of waste in the same container. Uncovered trolleys on city roads further highlight the An uncovered trolley transports garbage leaving some rotten material behind on the Majitha road; (right) garbage dumped near the Brahm Nagar Park wall in Amritsar on Friday. PHOTOS: VISHAL KUMAR lack of proper segregation. Uncovered and open trolleys, frequently witnessed, establish that waste segregation is not being followed properly. In these trolleys, one can see that food waste, plastic waste and branches of trees pruned by the gardeners in various localities are kept together. Further, two separate dustbins are also required at market places where shopkeepers, restaurants and eateries dump their waste. However, in the absence of any such mechanism, the waste generated by eateries gets mixed with plastic thrown by other shopkeepers. Here, the waste collection teams too are helpless. Initially, the private firm collecting waste from households had partition in the containers installed on their vehicles where dry and wet waste was collected separately. After these vehicles reached the sites where compactor machines were WASTE SEGREGATION NOT BEING FOLLOWED ■ Uncovered and open trolleys, frequently witnessed, establish that waste segregation is not being followed properly. In these trolleys, one can see that food waste, plastic waste and branches of trees pruned by the gardeners in various localities are kept together ■ The number of vehicles with partition in their containers is few and waste collection teams do not have any option but to put the waste in the same container. Municipal Corporation officials stated that they have taken up the issue with the private firm entrusted with the task of collecting waste. MC Health Officer Dr Kiran Kumar said the issue of segregation of waste is central to its management. installed, dry waste was removed and compacted while wet waste was transported to the compost pad at Bhagatanwala dump. However, the number of vehicles with partition in their containers is few and Prime suspect held in Mystery shrouds death of 3 youths multi-crorepaddyscam Tribune News Service Amritsar, October 25 Six years after a multi-crore paddy scam, the Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested the prime suspect, Gulshan Jain, after bringing him on production warrant. He was declared a proclaimed offender by the competent court in 2019. He along with his family members was booked by the VB for allegedly defrauding Punjab National Bank of ~200 crore. They owned Viru Mal Mulakh Raj Rice Mill at Jandiala Guru. They abruptly shut down the operations and reportedly fled out of the country in 2018. The Amritsar Rural Police had registered a case under various Sections 406, 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code as well as under Section 13 (1) (D) read with 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, at the Jandiala Guru police station at that time. It was later shifted to the Vigilance Bureau. A spokesperson for the Vigilance Bureau said Gulshan Jain was arrested by the CBI recently from Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. He said among those booked in the case included directors/owners of Veeru Mal Mulkh Raj Rice Mill, who are family members of Gulshan Jain. Besides them, the VB also booked officials from the Department of Punjab Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer SHUT DOWN MILL AND FLED COUNTRY IN 2018 He was declared a proclaimed offender by the competent court in 2019. He along with his family members was booked by the VB for allegedly defrauding Punjab National Bank of ~200 crore. They owned Viru Mal Mulakh Raj Rice Mill at Jandiala Guru. They abruptly shut down the operations and reportedly fled out of the country in 2018. Affairs for their alleged involvement in the misappropriation and pilferage of paddy, amounting to approximately ~33.6 crore, allotted to the mill by the state government procurement agencies. Besides, the then DFSO Raminder Singh Bath, AFSO Vipan Sharma, Inspector Gurjinder Kumar, Statistic Technical Assistant (STA) Parminder Singh Bhatia and DFSC Amritpal Singh were also involved in it. They were arrested and later a challan was presented in the court concerned against them. At present, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Vigilance Bureau was conducting further investigations under the supervision of the Additional Inspector General (AIG) of the Economic Offences Wing (EoW) in Mohali. Besides Gulshan Jain, four other family members — Nitin Jain (son), his wife Neetu Jain, Sudhir Jain and his continued on page 2 Tarlochan Singh Sahil Jatinder Singh Amritsar, October 25 Mystery shrouds the death of three youths who allegedly met with an accident near the Fatehgarh Churian bypass road here on Wednesday night. While the police believe that they were killed in a road mishap, their family members alleged that they were killed by unidentified persons under a conspiracy. They alleged that the victims had been getting threatening calls for the past several days. The police scanned the footage of CCTV cameras in the area and later registered an FIR against unidentified persons. The police took the bodies into their custody and sent for an autopsy. The deceased were identified as Sahil, Tarlochan Singh and Jatinder Singh, all residents of Navi Abadi area on the Fatehgarh Churian road. All of them works for a recovery agency. The family members alleged that the bodies had injury marks caused by a sharpedged weapon. Last night, they had gone to meet a friend on the bypass on a motorcycle, but they did not return home. The family members searched for them at every possible place but in vain. In the morning, they came to know about their deaths allegedly in road mishaps. While Sahil and Jatinder Singh died on the spot, Tarlochan Singh succumbed to injuries on way to hospital. Vinod Kumar, SHO, Sadar police station, said the exact cause of death would be ascertained after they get the autopsy report. Though it appears to be a case of road mishap, they are investigating the case and scanning the footage of CCTV cameras on the road for clues. Anchal, sister of the deceased Sahil, alleged that he and his friends had sharp-edged weapon injury marks on the body. She alleged they were brutally murdered. — TNS GurdaspurboytopsinNDAexam Gurdaspur, October 25 Gurdaspur boy Armaanpreet Singh from the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (MRSAFPI) has topped the AllIndia merit list for the National Defence Academy (NDA). He is the third candidate from the institute to have achieved this feat in the last 12 years. Armaanpreet aspires to fly the Sukhoi Su30MKI fighter plane. Fourteen other candidates from the MRSAFPI have made it to the merit list with Keshav Singla securing the 15th rank. c m y b Punjab Minister for Employment Generation, Skill Development and Training, Aman Arora congratulated Armaanpreet and other candidates. Maj Gen Ajay H Chauhan, director of the MRSAFPI, praised the achievements of the cadets and encouraged them to continue their pursuit of excellence. — TNS waste collection teams do not have any option but to put the waste in the same container. Municipal Corporation officials stated that they have taken up the issue with the private firm entrusted with the task of collecting waste. MC Health Officer Dr Kiran Kumar said, “The issue of segregation of waste is central to its management.” He said that the private company has assured to increase the number of waste collection vehicles and create parti- tions in the containers. He added that the company has also assured to ensure proper segregation by December 31 this year. MLA Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh said that reports of irregularities in waste collection have been received frequently from the residents. He said that the MC officials are regularly made aware of such problems and added that there is a need to streamline the waste collection system and make it more efficient. Woman’s body found set on fire near Railway Colony PK Jaiswar Tribune News Service Amritsar, October 25 Panic gripped the area near Railway B-block colony after the body of a middleaged woman was found to have been set on fire near Naiya Wala road here today in the morning. The incident came to light when people detected the smell of burning flesh in the area. They searched around and found the body of the woman. The police was immediately informed and investigations began. Forensic teams also reached the crime scene for taking evidence. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Vishaljit Singh said that the victim was yet to be identified though police teams were analysing footage from the CCTV cameras to find clues. He said that a message was also flashed to all police stations and even in neighbouring police districts to find if there was any report of a missing woman. The ADCP said that the police was working on various theories, including suicide or murder. “The Gate Hakima police found a bottle of fuel from near the spot. Forensic teams have reached there to find clues,” he said. Her identification would throw more light on the incident and the reason behind it, the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police said. For now, the body has been kept in the Civil Hospital mortuary for 72 hours for identification purposes.
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