Now, a wellness centre for cops

The district police officials, keeping in view the serious situations being faced by the cops, have decided to begin a ‘District Wellness Centre’ shortly in Tarn Taran. The district authorities have selected a suitable place to construct a building for the purpose and a proposal of Rs25 lakh has been sent for approval to the concerned department. There would be indoor and the outdoor gyms at the centre, besides physiotherapy and counseling rooms separately for treating policemen facing physical and mental illnesses. SSP Dhruman H Nimbale said the step towards establishing a wellness aimed at making reliving the cops of tension. The SSP said the policemen were facing several health problems since very long and someone who is not fit physically and mentally cannot perform his duties honestly, asserted the SSP. The district police, in a health-survey, detected 175 policemen out of the total 1,903 facing serious health problems such as diabetes, hypertension, HIV-reactive SCV-reactive etc. As many as 20 policemen were either divyang (physically challenged) or were facing chronic diseases, revealed the survey report. The SSP said 115 policemen had been infected with Covid-19, with two causalities reported. 66 policemen have been detected overweight in the survey report. The district police in its ' Fit Cop' move have already started 'Yoga-cum-Fitness' camps at the police lines where both the male and the female policemen do Yoga for an hour daily.

No takers for repair of this damaged toilet

The Municipal Council, under the 'Swachh Bharat Mission', with the grants released by the Union Government one-and-half years back constructed a toilet at the Chabal-Amritsar bypass for the convenience of the public. The toilet was yet to be made functional when some other when a truck damaged it completely by hitting it. The Municipal Council has lodged a report to the city police station in Tarn Taran which has failed to locate the accused till date. The incident occurred at the beginning of the lockdown, when the police used to remain present at the nakas round-the-clock. Baljinder Singh Sanitary Inspector of the Municipal Council, Tarn Taran, said he would discuss the issue with the AME (Assistant Municipal Engineer) to reconstruct it soon.

A Decade-long wait for residents

The residents of Plasaur, Jarmastpur, Jeobala and other villages for whom the bridge on the Kasur Nullaha was constructed at the outskirts of the Plasuar village have been waiting for the repair of the parapet railing for than the past 20 years, but the authorities have failed to elicit any response. The bridge was constructed on the demand of the residents about 33 years back. The bridge is the lifeline of residents of Plasaur as their agricultural land lies across the nullah and it is only via bridge that they used to go to the other side. Now, the government has opened a Government Elementary School across the bridge. The parapet railing erected on the bridge has not only broken at many points but is also unsafe for the vehicle carrying school kids. Gurbhej Singh, former sarpanch said he had requested the officials of the Punjab Mandi Board to repair the railing but to no avail.