PUNJAB GOVT DECLARES FIVE MORE DISEASES INTO THE LIST

OF CHRONIC DECEASE

Chandigarh July 1

While providing the more medical facilities to its employees and pensioners, the Punjab Government has decided to include five more diseases into the list of chronic decease.

Disclosing this here today a spokesman of the Punjab Government said that now the 32 chronic diseases are chronic Renal Failure, Cancer/Malignancies of different organs, heart failure cardiomyopathy  (Myocardial Infarction) and Angina pectoris, Thalisemias, Degenerative Disorders of Nercous System and other organs, Organs Transplants, Congenital Disorders, Cirrhosis, Coelics Disease, Immunological disorders leading to disability including AIDS, Chronic respiratory failure, Chronic pelvic infection, Spinal injuries, Insulin dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Haemophilia, Intractable Resistant Epilepsy, Chronic Glaucona, Ulcerative Collitis, Brain Stroke, Obstructutive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, Hypertension, Hypothyroidism, Secondary Adrenal Insufficiengy, Diabetes Mellitus Type-2, Hepatitis-B, Hepatitis0C, Hyperthyroidism, Rheumatiod Arthritis, Schzophrenia, Epilepsy, Mental Retardation, Respiratory disease Leading to chronic Respiratory failure (Bronchial Asthma, Bronchiectasis, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial Lung disease etc).

The spokesman further said that in another decision Punjab Government recognized Govt. Medical College and hospital sector 32 Chandigarh to issued the certificates of chronic disease. Others recognized hospital for this purpose are Govt. Medical College (GMC)  Patiala, GMC Faridkot, GMC Amritsar, PGI Chandigarh and AIIMS Delhi.

The spokesman further added that term of chromic certificate also increase from 3 years to 5 years.

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DEPUTATION OF PUNJAB ROADWAYS CALLS ON TRANSPORT MINISTER

Chandigarh July 1:

A deputation of Punjab Roadways Employees Joint Action Committee led by its convener Mr. Balbir Singh Sandhu today called on Transport Minister Punjab Master Mohan Lal in his office and apprised him of their demands.

Disclosing this here today a spokesman of Punjab Government said that Transport Minister listened of their grievances and assured them that their genuine demands would be considered sympathetically.

Responding to their demands Master Mohan Lal said that the appointment letters on the compassionate grounds had already been issued to the eligible candidates and the remaining cases would also be finalized soon. The Minister appealed to the employees of Punjab Roadways to shun the path of agitation as the government was already considerate to concede their genuine demands.

Prominent amongst other who were present in the meeting included Principal Secretary Transport Mr. D.S. Jaspal, Director Transport Mr. Mandeep Singh and Deputy Director Transport Mr. N.P. Singh.

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PUNJAB EXTENDS DATE OF GENERAL TRANSFERS

Chandigarh, July 1:

The Punjab Government has extended the last date for the general postings and transfers of officers and officials of the government in the state during 2010-11.

Disclosing this here today, a spokesman of the Punjab Government said that now the general transfers would be done upto 20th July, 2010. Earlier, date of general posting and transfers was from 1-6-2010 to 30-6-2010,added the spokesman.

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15 days training programme for JEs starts

Chandigarh July 1: A 15 days training programme has been proposed for fresh recruited 62 No J.E’s in the department  of water supply and sanitation Punjab. During the training programme the Junior Engineer’s (JEs) will be trained to undertake different duties like imparted to them related to different aspects i.e. technical, financial administrative and field jobs.

The training programme was started today at kisan Bhavan. It was inaugurated by Chief Engineer South Mr S.R. Aggarwal. During the   inaugural ceremony Mr. R.L. Kauldhar also addressed the newly recruited J.E.’s This training program has  been started under the able guidance of Mr. P.S. Aujla, IAS Secretary Water Supply and  Sanitation Department Punjab. The complete schedule was designed by Sh. N.K. Dhir S.E. Chandigarh  circle W/s Sanitation dept.

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Punjab Vets to stage protests from 6th July against official apathy

Chandigarh June 30:

In a meeting of state executive of Punjab State Veterinary Officers Association, held under leadership of Dr. Ashok Sharma President, here today, all the members expressed strong resentment over the attitude of Punjab Government which had not notified Non Practising Allowance to vets of the state.

Dr. Ashok Sharma said that despite assurances by animal husbandry minister Mr. Gulzar Singh Ranike and Prinicpal Secretary of the department regarding issuing of notification very soon, nothing tangible had come to the fore. He said fifth punjab pay commission had recommended NPA to vets, as also was admissible to their counterparts at Centre, Haryana, H imachal Pradesh, U.T. Chandigarh and Remount Veterinary Corps (RVC) etc.

Dr. Sukhdev Singh Gen. Secy. said that to protest against apathy of government towards their demands, the union has decided to start serial protests at district level and first such protest would be held at Ludhiana on 6th July.

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AITUC – CITU TO HOLD DHARNA AND RALLY ON 5TH JULY’2010

Chandigarh 30th June:

Chandigarh units of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and All India Trade Unions Congress (AITUC) met here today in Ajoy Bhawan, Sector 21-A, UT Chandigarh. The meeting was presided over by Comrade Devi Dayal Sharma, General Secretary, AITUC Chandigarh unit. The meeting discussed the issue of rise in the prices of Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene and Cooking Gas announced by UPA-II Government headed by Dr. Manmohan Singh.

The meeting strongly condemned the rise in the prices of Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene oil and cooking Gas w.e.f. the mid night of 25-26 June, 2010. The meeting noted that this price rise is anti-working class and poor people and in favour of rich and multi-national companies. The meeting also noted that said price rise will affect the further rise in the prices of essential commodities and in the coming days the number of starvation related deaths will increase like anything.

The meeting decided to hold dharna and demonstration in Chandigarh on 5th July, 2010, the day of All India Strike announced by Central Trade Unions. The workers of both the Trade Unions will assemble near Masjid in Sector 20, Chandigarh, where thy will hold peaceful dharna and then take out procession in the city against the rise in the prices of Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene oil and cooking Gas. The meeting gave call to the general public to give befitting reply by holding demonstrations and rallies against this steep and unbearable rise in the prices of petroleum products.

The meeting demanded the total roll back of prices of petrol, diesel, kerosene oil and cooking gas with immediate effect.

The meeting was attended by Comrade/s H. S. Gambhir, Raghubir Singh Sandhu, Pritam Singh from AITUC and Kuldep Singh, Mohammad Shahnaz Gorsi, Sunil Kumar, Naginder Kumar and Bal Kishan.

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DGP FLAGS OFF 42 SUVS FOR DEPLOYMENT AS PCR VEHICLES AT LUDHIANA, AMRITSAR AND JALANDHAR

Chandigarh, June 30:

Six State-of-art Police control rooms in major cities including three in Commissionerate cities of Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar to react to any emergent situation are set to be fully operational with Punjab DGP Mr. P.S. Gill today flagging off 42 GPS and high range wireless equipped new Tavera SUVs for them.

Speaking in a brief ceremony after flagging off vehicles at Police Headquarter today DGP Mr. P.S. Gill said that he was aiming to upgrade the communication infrastructure of Punjab Police to the World class level so that all these control rooms could act in complete synergy to respond to any crises in any part of the state. He said that each Police control room would be under the direct supervision of DIG rank officer.  He said that with the deployment of first fleet of 42 vehicles especially in three Commissionerate cities, Punjab Police has stepped into next era of communication revolution. He said that these vehicles were fully equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) and other emergency tools.

The DGP said that each Commissionerate city has been provided 14 PCR vehicles at the first stage and similar vehicles would be provided to other major cities in near future. He said that these vehicles would be deployed at strategic points with GPS connectivity to their respective Police Control Rooms and would respond to any distress call at the earliest. He said that directions have been issued to streamline the PCR duties to ensure strict vigil in the city by withdrawing all other additional duties. He said that visibility of the police also enhances the level of confidence amongst the residents.

Prominent amongst others who were present on the occasion included; Mr. J.P. Birdi, DGP/ Law&Order, Mr. S.M.Sharma, ADGP/C&T, Mr. Sanjiv Gupta, ADGP/ Admn, Mr. R.P.Singh, IGP/Traffic, Mr. Parag Jain, IGP/Hqrs, Mr. B.K.Uppal, IGP/Crime, Mr. Arpit Shukla, DIG/Provisioning and Mr. Jatinder Singh Aulakh, AIG/ Provisioning.

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SAD will Join Anti Price Rise Bandh : Sukhbir

Chandigarh June 30:

The Shiromani Akali Dal today declared its decision to join the anti-price Bandh on July 5. The Party President Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal today appealed to the people to participate in the Bandh as a forceful, democratic expression of widespread public outcry against the alarming rise of essential commodities and the decision of the Government of India to drastically hike the prices of Diesel, Petrol and other Petroleum products in the country.

Mr. Badal also declared his party's strong opposition to the decision of the government of India to decontrol petroleum prices. "This is certain to take the already alarming inflation in the country to unprecedented levels and break the back of the common man, already reeling under the impact of raging inflation." he said that his party would democratically demonstrate against this decision.

The SAD President further said that the Congress government which claimed to be party of ‘Aam Admi’ had been completely exposed due to its policy of double speak by hiking the prices of petroleum products which had completely shattered the budget of a common man.  He accused the Congress party synonymous with the unprecedented price rise of all the essential commodities be it foodgrains, petrol, diesel and even vegetables.

The SAD President said that the already beleaguered peasantry would be the hardest hit by the government's decisions to hike diesel and petroleum prices.  He said that the recent hike in the petroleum products spoke volumes of Congress led UPA government’s complete insensitivity and its apathetic attitude towards the plight of the common man in general and the farming community in particular who was already in distress due to low returns on their produce despite exorbitant cost of agricultural inputs incurred by them on diesel, fertilizers, pesticides etc.

Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal said that the Centre should have appreciated the ground realities in a holistic manner to provide a level playing field to the farmers, rather adding to their woes with this unreasonable hike in the prices of diesel at this juncture immediately after the steep increase in the prices of DAP and Urea at a point of time when the MSP was not commensurate with the costs of agricultural inputs.  The Centre should had realized the immense contribution of Punjab farmers to make our country self reliant in food production to ensure national food security.

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Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulations) Rules, 1964

The latest amendment to the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulations) Rules, 1964 made by the state govt. allowing a provision for ‘donating’ common land (Shamlet deh) owned by Panchayats to other departments to carry out commercial operations, free of cost smacks of deep rooted conspiracy hatched by the SAD-BJP govt. to squander people’s assets with ulterior motives. Earlier if any such Panchayat land was to be given for a public cause such as construction of power grid or food grain yards, the price of such common land was fixed by a committee and approval given by the state govt.

Congress party has a hunch that this illegitimate amendment to common lands has purposely been made to benefit mega companies like the DLF and Omaxe, through the industries department to set up commercial ventures such as one golf course planned by DLF in and around very costly land of V. Mullanpur, notice of which was taken suo moto by the High Court and the transfer of Panchayat land was stayed. This amendment is nothing but a ploy to hoodwink the High Court and proceed with its agenda of benefitting corporate houses such as the DLF.

Congress apprehends that in case the SAD-BJP govt. went ahead with the implementation of this amendment without any safeguards, almost all Panchayats would become landless within a few years. In any case why Panchayat land should even be handed over to Punjab State Transmission Corporation, Mandi Board and other commercial organizations free of cost when these departments charge consumers for all their operations?

Congress party urges the state govt. to immediately withdraw this amendment made to the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulations) Rules, 1964 so that Panchayat lands across the state could be protected for usage of our future generations. Congress also urges the govt. to clarify and assure that this amendment would not be misused to pass on Panchayat lands to private builders such as DLF and Omaxe to develop golf courses as was planned by industries department in the garb of mega project to give away hundreds of acres of prime land to DLF around Mullanpur villages.

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