Bats for composite fire safety plan of every department to deal with any sort of untoward situation

By Amrit Pal Brar

Kapurthala, July 31:

Deputy Commissioner Kapurthala DPS Kharbanda today said that the district administration would make elaborate arrangements for any sort of crisis management during the upcoming 550th parkash Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji at Sultanpur Lodhi.

Presiding over a meeting here at the District Administrative Complex, the Deputy Commissioner, accompanied by Additional Deputy Commissioner Rahul Chaba, said that foolproof arrangements for dealing with any sort of emergency situation would be made during the upcoming mega event in which more than 15 lakh pilgrims were expected to take part.

He said the administration was duty bound to ensure the safety of the pilgrims coming for paying obeisance at the holy city. Kharbanda said that no laxity of any sort would be accepted during the mega event.

Reviewing fire safety arrangements for the event, the Deputy Commissioner said that a complete fire safety plan would be prepared to deal with untoward situation.

He said that fire hydrants would install within the three tented cities being erected for the pilgrims.

Kharbanda said that apart from tented city fire hydrants within and outside the MC limits of holy city would be installed by the Water Supply and Sanitation department and the Sewerage Board for which locations were being identified.

The Deputy Commissioner further said that apart from it fire tenders would be deployed at the key locations. He asked the Fire department to make the requisite arrangements for installing fire extinguishers, sand buckets, deployment of man force, fire suits, blankets and others during the mega event to ensure fire prevention and fire administration during the event.

Kharbanda said that the fire safety plan would be a composite plan which would incorporate inputs of every department along with evacuation plan to deal with any sort of situation.

On the occasion Sub Divisional Magistrate Navneet Kaur Bal, Executive Engineer PWD Varinder Kumar, Deputy Director Local Government Paramjit Singh and others were also present.

Move aimed at commemorating 550^th Prakash Purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji

By Amrit Pal Brar

Jalandhar, July 28

As a humble tribute to Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the state Forest department has embarked a major campaign to spruce up main roads leading to holy city of Sultanpur Lodhi by planting around 30000 trees, in a phased manner, on them for commemorating the 550^th parkash purab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

As per this decision the department has started planting trees on Jalandhar-Sultanpur, Sultanpur- Fathudinga, Sultanpur-Lohian and other roads leading to holy city. As per the details the department has initiated the drive to plant 15000 saplings in the first phase and the rest would be planted afterwards. The plantation drive on these roads would be completed within the monsoon season without any sort of delay.

Meanwhile, the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Jatinder Sharma reviewed the plantation drive initiated by the department and asked the officers to ensure that work was completed in a time bound and professional manner.

He also asked the officers to install tree guards for proper protection, upkeep and maintenance of the saplings. Sharma said that this drive would be a humble and befitting drive to Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji by the department.

On the occasion, Divisional Forest Officer Rajesh Gulati and Forest Range Officers Davinder Pal Singh apprised the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests that traditional varieties of trees like Moulsari, Kadam, Putranjeeva, Jacaranda, Pilkan, Bahera, Neem, Shisham, Mulberry, Bohar, Pipal, Kaner, Amaltaas, Mango and others were being planted during this drive. They further said that native species of shrubs like haar shingar, chandni, jangal jalebi and others were also being planted.

The officers said that these would check the environment pollution on one hand by enhancing the green cover and would facelift the roads by adding zing to its beauty.

Sarkar Darbar Bureau

Jalandhar, July 29

In order to provide jobs to the unemployed youth under state government’s ambitious ‘Ghar-Ghar Rozgar scheme’, the district administration would soon organize Mega Job fairs to offer 12000 jobs to the youth in Jalandhar.

Divulging the details, the Deputy Commissioner Kulwant Singh said that six mega job fairs would be held in the district during the months of September. He said that on September 19 Job fair would be held at Shahpur Campus of CT Polytechnic, on September 21 at Government ITI Mehatpur (Nakodar), on September 24 at DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology, on September 26 at DAV University, on September 28 at Lyallpur Khalsa College and on September 30 at District Industry Centre.

Kulwant Singh said that during these job fairs 12000 jobs would be offered to the youth to ensure that they were gainfully employed.

The Deputy Commissioner envisioned that mega job fairs being organized by the state government would act as a catalyst to open new vistas of employment for the youth of the district. He said that this was a noble initiative by the state government led by Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh to provide job to every household under Ghar Ghar Rozgar Yojna. Kulwant Singh said that in this first of its kind initiative the industrial giants would be visiting the campuses of colleges to select youth for job.

The Deputy Commissioner said that these job fairs would open number of avenues for the youth to be gainfully employed for living a life with dignity and pride. He said that the companies would select these students as per their need in due course of time.

Kulwant Singh said that it would serve two purposes of providing jobs to needy youth of district on one hand and providing skilled manpower to cope up with the needs of local industry on the other.

On the occasion Deputy Director Employment Generation Jaswant Rai and others were also present.

DC Fazilka has issued orders for office dress code

By Amrit Pal Brar

Chandigarh, July 27, 2019: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday night scrapped the orders of the Deputy Commissioner, Fazilka, imposing a dress code on employee

DC Manpreet Singh Chhatwal, IAS, had reportedly issued the orders on a written request by the employees’ union, which had sought a formal dress code as they found the casual dress unkempt.

Captain Amarinder has directed the DC to forward the employees’ union request to the state government for further action, as deemed necessary, an official spokesperson said. Any decision on the matter would be taken after due consideration of all relevant aspects of the issue, said the spokesperson.

Overriding the DC’s orders, the Chief Minister said imposition of a dress code in a government office did not, on the face of it, appear to be a feasible option. Other ways could be explored to ensure office decorum, he said, adding that the state government did not have any dress code in place for its employees and hence, it was not reasonable to expect employees in one district office to follow any such code.

As per the orders issued by DC’ male employees would have been required, with effect from July 29, 2019, to abstain from wearing T-shirts and female employees would have been required to mandatory wear of “dupattas”. Violation of the dress code would have invited action, according to the orders.

By Sarkar Darbar Bureau

Kartarpur (Jalandhar), July 27

Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Kulwant Singh, Superintendent of Police Ravinder Pal Singh Sandhu and Deputy Superintendent of Police Surinder Pal Dhogri to led a bicycle rally for generating awareness against water crisis and drug menace in the district.

The cycle rally organized under the aegis of Drug Abuse Prevention Officer (DAPO) campaign and Jal Shakti Abhiyaan was flagged off from Swami Virjanand Samarak at Kartarpur.

The rally culminated back at the same venue after passing through Kishangarh Road, Sri Guru Arjun Dev Public School, AAPI Charitable Hospital, Naseebu Chowk, Attru Chowk and Furniture market. Hundreds of school students from various schools of the city participated in the mega event to spread awareness on these vital issues.

In their address, the Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police and Deputy Superintendent of Police called upon the students for playing a proactive role in tackling these menaces.

They cautioned the students that state could transform into desert if necessary action to check the wastage of water was not taken by them. They said that the excessive exploitation of water needs to be checked at every cost for which every individual should play their own role.

The Officers asked the students to disseminate the message of saving water in every household of the district. Likewise, they said that strenuous efforts also need to be made for generating maximum awareness against the curse of drugs.

They said that Punjab government was already making serious efforts to wipe out the drug menace from Jalandhar. But they said that it would not fructify unless all of us especially the youngsters come forward for generating awareness regarding it.

The officers said that this would help in sensitizing the people about this grave issue of immense public importance. Kulwant Singh also asked the students to give full support for making ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan’ a mass campaign to save the depleting ground water level in the district.

On the occasion Assistant Nodal Officer Drug Abuse Prevention Officer (DAPO) campaign Surjit Lal, Deputy District Education Officer Anil Awasthi, Station House Officer Kartarpur Balwinder Singh, Principals Ajay Kumar Bahri, Hardeep Kalra, Reena Chatha, Dr. Kala Singh and others were also present.