Army's desert safari to pays tributes to martyrs of Indo-Pak war

To commemorate the Golden Jubilee of 1965 Indo-Pak war, a desert safari undertaken by Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) based Strike 1 on behalf of the Sapta Shakti Command, arrived at Fazilka on Thursday and paid tributes to the martyrs at the Asafwala memorial.

The safari, which commenced from Varanasi on August 16, will end in New Delhi today (Friday) after traversing about 3,500 km.

As part of the earmarked route of conduct, the safari team reached Amogh division in Sriganganagar on Wednesday and interacted with the students of the Army Public School in Sriganganagar.

The team leader of the rally provided an insight to the students on 1965 operations and shared gallantry acts of Unsung Heroes of the nation.

The interaction will benefit in shaping the hearts and minds of the youth of the region and go a long way in enhancing awareness amongst all about the army.

The team was flagged off from Sriganganagar by GOC Amogh division for Fazilka. The team also paid tributes to martyrs at the Nagi War Memorial.

At Fazilka, the safari visited the war memorial at Sadqi and Asafwala to pay homage to the martyrs of the war.

On Thursday, the team was flagged off by Commander, Fazilka Brigade, to visit the war memorial at Asafwala where they paid homage to the martyrs.

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Safety audit of 200km of roads in Gurgaon

TNN | Aug 27, 2015, 05.38 AM IST

GURGAON: HUDA has appointed Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) to carry out a safety audit of the 200-km network of roads in Gurgaon. The company has been given six months time to complete the audit at a cost of Rs 2 crore.

Following a report submitted by road safety expert Navdeep Asija, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on its own motion in April had ordered a technical audit of the 200-km road network in Gurgaon in keeping with the integrated mobility plan.

Asija, via the Amicus Curiae in January, had submitted his report to the high court after which during the previous hearings in the matter on February 27 and April 10 the court had insisted that HUDA carry out a technical audit of the 200km of roads in Gurgaon.

In his report, Asija has claimed that the construction of a 16-lane expressway, by means of improvement of the arterial road connecting NH-8 and Golf Course Road, will lead to more traffic jams, instead of reducing them. His report suggests that the court should stay construction of the 16-lane expressway as an interim measure to prevent irreparable damage to the city as in the case of Delhi-Gurgaon expressway.

However, according to HUDA's superintendent engineer, A K Maken, the audit work has been allotted recently to DIMTS. "Following the survey and the report to be submitted in six months, HUDA will undertake planning of improvement of the roads according to the suggestions made by the company," Maken said.

He said that the audit would involve studying the existing network of roads for the need of traffic signals, zebra crossings, increasing width of roads, constructing slip roads, footpaths and cycle tracks to facilitate pedestrian movement, among others.

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`State needs sobriety check posts'

Aug 18 2015 : The Times of India (Chandigarh)
Vibhor Mohan
Chandigarh:





Report Before HC Points Out Lacunae In Punjab's Traffic Management System

A proposal to set up `sobriety check posts' at toll plazas in Punjab to control the menace of drunken driving -with special focus on under-construction national and state highways where the incidence of accidents is higher -has been mooted. The recommendation was submitted to the Punjab and Haryana high court as part of a report on the traffic safety and traffic management in the state by In 2014, tra Punjab's traf in Punja f i c a dv i s e r 9,88,95 Navdeep Asija chall last week.

"The model of sobriety check posts has been successfully demonstrated in neighbouring Haryana and needs to be replicated. Under-construction stretches of national and state highways need strict vigil to improve road safety during the period the work is on. The court may direct state traffic police to make sure contractual provision or guidelines of the Indian Roads Congress and National Highways Authority of India to ensure `road safety during construction' in the state of Punjab," reads the report.

Traffic police dept understaffed

There are enough traf fic policemen manning the roads in Punjab. For example, Delhi has 30 traffic policemen per one lakh population, Chandigarh has 60, while Punjab has only 8. "It is found that the entire state traffic management in Punjab is being handled by 2,200 police personnel, which include officers at the rank of IG (traffic) and ADGP (traffic). The head office mainly covers rural areas and highways while the city traf fic is largely being managed by respective police commissionerates in Jalandhar, Ludhiana, and Amritsar under ACP (traffic) and at district level by SP (traffic)," says the report.

According to the National Crime Record Bureau report of 2012, police deployment (civil and armed) to handle all other crimes in Punjab is 274 police personal per lakh population, which is far above the national average.Apart from affecting proper traffic management, the absence of cops on roads results in traffic violators not being taken to task with issuance of challans.

"In the year 2014, state traffic police issued 9,88,958 traffic challan, means about 2,700 challan per day, ie, average 100 per day in each district and commissionerates by 2,200 police personnel, including constables and officers deployed on the road traffic duty by the state police. For effective enforcement and traffic management in Punjab, no service level benchmark or police force deployment standards are available," the report points out.

7 speed guns can cover only quarter of Punjab

Aug 17 2015 :
The Times of India (Chandigarh), Page 1
Vibhor Mohan
Chandigarh:

Over speeding and driving under the influence of liquor are two traffic offences that seem to figure low on the priority of Punjab Police. This, when the latest report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released in July shows that the number of fatal accidents in Punjab has seen a 22% jump in 2014 as compared to the previous year.In the most accident-prone cities of the state -Amritsar and Ludhiana --the rise was 23% and 71% respectively . But despite the state's worsening road accident record, cops have only seven speed guns to check 40 lakh vehicles running on the 68,879-km road network and 125 operational alcometers to detect drunk drivers. This is part of the report on `Traffic Management in Punjab' submitted to the Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday by Punjab's traffic adviser Navdeep Asija, and brings out how ill-equipped Punjab cops are on these two crucial counts. "The available speed guns and alcometers can cover only 25% of Punjab. It means that under the present law, it is difficult to convict anyone driving after drinking or over speeding in 75% of the state," the report points out. Punjab traffic adviser Navdeep Asija's report says, "In the year 2014, state traffic police issued 9,88,958 traffic challans, which comes to around 2,700 challans per day. It was found that out of total only 5,688 challans were for drunken driving and over speeding, which is 0.6% of the total traffic violations. This means that not even 1 vehicle per district was challaned under these two offences."
The scenario becomes more alarming when collated with Ministry of Road Surface and Transport Report `Road Accidents In India 2013' in Punjab,which shows that out of total `4588' road crash fatalities reported, 1711 (37%) of the total were due to drunken driving and over speeding. In view of the financial health condition of traffic police wing of Punjab Police, the report made a case for release of 50% of the compoundable challan fee (Rs 17.4 crore) deposited with state by traffic wing of Punjab Police during the years 2013, 2014 and till June 2015, as per their inter departmental letter dated July 18, 2012. Besides this, there is need for Punjab Police to make online Punjab Road Safety Database management system fully operational (http:www.punjabroadsafety .org) to overcome the quality data issues related to the traffic and its management.

35% DRINK

Punjab is a tippler's paradise with aver age consumption of liquor estimated at 11.5 bottles per capita. 34.9% of the population consumes liquor in Punjab compared to 20.2% in neighbouring Haryana. This was highlighted in a recent survey conducted by International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai File photo

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Nepalese delegation visits Fazilka

DP Correspondent

Parent Category: Regions

Category: Punjab

Published: 14 August 2015

Bathinda: A delegation of nine Nepalese are these days visiting a progressive farmer and agro services provider of Fazilka district for getting an exposure in custom hiring services.

After a field study, with the help of official staff of Zamindara Farmsolutions, a research analyst from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Sunil Saroj said the impact of CHS models had shown a positive role in raising standard of living, employment generation, higher education and better health of small and marginal farmers and landholders.

The project title 'Policy Reform Initiative Project  (PRIP)' for Agricultural Development & Food Security in Nepal is focused on strengthening Nepal's seed system, promote contract farming, mechanization, rationalize fertilizer subsidy, and improve fertilizer use efficiency, formulation besides introducing a new food safety policies, as learnt.

The IFPRI is working closely with Government of Nepal (various departments). Ministry of Agriculture Development (Nepal) and other stakeholders to provide exposure to Nepal through capacity building program in creating awareness and sensitization, informed the Nepal delegates.

Divulging details, staff of Zamindara Farmsolutions informed that "In this regard, one of the components of capacity building and sensitisation on custom hiring services has been organised to government officials of Nepal from Directorate of Agricultural Engineering, Nepal Agriculture Research Council, District Agricultural Development office and private entrepreneurs in India."

Jagannath Tiwari, Senior Agricultural Engineer, Directorate of Agricultural Engineering, Department of Agriculture, Government of Nepal, claimed to be impressed with about 'Chaalak Bane Maalik' model, under which poor farmers become machinery operator, stating that it had increased the social value of farmers as well as economic status. This specific model can be replicated in Nepal.

The Nepalese delegates claimed to have learnt a lot from the enterprising farmers of Fazilka in promoting custom hiring services in private, government and cooperative set up. They were found confident to develop and implement sustainable models for small and marginal farmers of Nepal. "The CHS model can really promote farm mechanization for small farmers who can't purchase machines," they opined.

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