Punjab Vigilance nabs police man
Chandigarh: State Vigilance Bureau on Saturday nabbed Head Constable (HC) Balwinder Singh red handed while accepting bribe of Rs. 50,000. An official spokesman of the Vigilance Bureau said HC Balwinder Singh posted at Sadar Police Station Patti was nabbed red handed on the complaint Palwinder Singh resident of Teacher colony, Faridkot. The Complainant has approached the VB and alleged that the accused HC was demanding Rs. 100,000 to help his brother in drug peddling case and the deal was struck at Rs. 50,000. The Vigilance team laid a trap and the accused HC was arrested on the spot accepting bribe of Rs. 50,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses.
Haryana schemes benefit
Chandigarh: Haryana Government has distributed a sum of over Rs 2.48 crore as Kanyadaan to the grand daughters of 488 freedom fighters, in the last about four years. The state government has also enhanced the ex-gratia amount from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 50 lakh, given to the family of armed forces personnel who sacrifice their lives for the country, a government spokesman said on Saturday.
MC Commissioner inspects lED lights work
Chandigarh: The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has taken up the work for replacement of all conventional street lights and garden lights with lED lights for better illumination and to conserve the electrical energy. K.K. Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh inspected the garden lights and dimmable CCMS alongwith Manoj Bansal, Chief Engineer and representatives of EESl Co. He inspected the sample of globe lights in sector 19 B park and checked its illumination and spread of lights. The Commissioner instructed the executive engineer, electrical division, MCC to visit the factory and carry out the necessary inspection & tests on the lights. He also inspected 120W lED lights on Purv Marg. The street lights have been fitted with dimmable features so that the illumination level is reduced by 10 per cent after midnight till 4.30 am in the morning. This will help in reducing the electrical bills of these street lights. Yadav said that around 42000 street lights in the city have already been replaced and now the EESl has started to replace about 8000 garden lights.
PSPCl organises 186 camps
Patiala: Punjab State Power Corporation limited has organised 186 camps regarding transfer of ownership of AP consumers in various offices under operation zones of Chief Engineer Border, South and Central in Punjab, Baldev Singh Sran CMD, PSPCl said on Saturday. He e appealed to those such AP consumers in which the transfer of ownership of AP consumers is required. He said that PSPCl has simplified the procedure of paper work for the transfer of ownership of AP consumers, for the convince of their consumers. PSPCl has appealed to the consumers to complete their documents so that their ownership be transferred in the eligible claimant or legal heir.
SAD asks govt not to punish Malwa farmers
Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday asked the Congress government not to punish Malwa farmers for its own failures by imposing draconian cuts on lifting of irrigation water through pump sets from the Sirhind canal. In a statement here, party spokesman Charanjit Singh Brar said it was shocking that the Congress government had put restrictions on lifting of water from the canal during the paddy season. He said a recent communiqué laid down that farmers could lift water from the canal by using pump sets for one week at a time and then forgo the facility for the next one week. Brar said this incomprehensible order during the peak of the paddy season when the crop needed water the most had jeopardized thousands of acres of paddy planted in areas which were at tail ends. The Akali leader said farmers were spending money on diesel to lift water from the canal because they were not getting adequate water from irrigation water courses as their land was situated on tail-ends.