SUKBIR GIVES FINAL TOUCHES TO THE MASTER PLAN OF ZIRAKPUR, DERA BASSI AND LALRU

Chandigarh, September 6 The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today gave final touch to master plans of Zirakpur, Dera Bassi and Lalru and asked the Urban Development and Town and Country Planning authorities to help GAMADA to convert the Zirakpur in sectors. During inspecting the project works of Mohali district, the deputy CM said the illegal construction in Zirakpur could not be tolerated. He asked the MLA Dera Bassi NK Sharma to convert the Zirakpur in sectors in coordination with concerned departments. Badal asked him (Sharma) to develop the Dera Bassi, Zirakpur and Lalru. Developing the Zirakpur modern town, Sukhbir told MLA Dera Bassi to upgrade the Zirakpur and provide proper basic amenities like road, sewerage and water supply. He also asked Sharma to plan a design to provide more green belts, stadiums and other entertainment things for Zirakpur and tabled in front of state govt. To develop a Industrial Hub in Lalru, Badal asked the MLA to make a plan to provide better facilities to upcoming industries.

AMARINDER HAS ADMITTED HIS POLITICAL FAILURE-SAD

Chandigarh, September 2 : The Shiromani Akali Dal today ridiculed the statement of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Chief Capt. Amarinder Singh on rebel Congressmen helping the SAD-BJP government and said that defeats struck Capt. Amarinder Singh was so paranoid of SAD-BJP combine that he sees SAD hand everywhere. Reacting to the statement of the Punjab Congress Chief, the party Joint Secretary and Treasurer Mr. NK Sharma in a statement released from party head office here today, said that it is fact that Capt. Amarinder Singh has failed to carry along his party with him and he was trying to deflect his failure to SAD to save his ‘Captaincy’ of the party. He said that he was so paranoid of SAD that he was hallucinating about presence of ruling party even in his dreams. He said that Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Capt. Amarinder Singh has virtually accepted his political failure by calling various political parties to come to his rescue as his own party men have already deserted him. Mr. Sharma said that Capt. Amarinder Singh has now himself realized that he is a rejected leader of masses who was given a humiliating defeat by the people at the hands of SAD-BJP combine and now his own partymen have rejected his leadership. Thus he is now forced to seek crutches from other parties to make him stand in Punjab politics. Ridiculing the statement of the Congress leader on Congress rebels helping government, Mr. Sharma reminded Capt. Amarinder Singh that elections are over since long and he should come out of election mode now. He said that in no way leaders of the opposition party can help the government. Questioning the dubious silence of Capt. Amarinder Singh on JNRUM guidelines and arm twisting tactics of the Centre that forced Punjab to levy property and other taxes, Mr. Sharma said that instead of protesting against Punjab government, he should organize dharna before 10 Janpath that was eroding the financial sovereignty of states. He said that Capt. should apologize to the people of Punjab that he failed to convince the Congress led UPA government for removing these anti people taxing mandates to the states. He said that he should speak against the Centre government who has created a record of sorts by usurping the public money with series of scams unearthed by CAG and other bodies. Suggesting the Congress leader to accept the ground realities, Mr. Sharma said that Capt. Amarinder Singh should work for the welfare of the people instead of working as a puppet of the Centre to harm the interest of the states.

Rs 2.94 crore will spend on drainage system says Sharma

Zirakpur, Sept 2 The development of the newly included villages in Zirakpur Municipal Council will be done on priorities. This was stated by MLA Dera Bassi NK Sharma while laying the foundation stone of developments in Singhpura village here today. Talking to mediapersons, NK Sharma said that Rs 1.20 crore would be spent on development at the village. The roads of Singhpura village have been recarpeted and streetlights had installed in the area. He said to solve the problem of water logging on Zirakpur-Patiala highway near Lucky dhaba and surrounding areas, Rs 2.94 crore would be spent. Describing the drainage system, Sharma said with the help of this drainage system, the rain water would be directly throw in ghaggar near Bhankarpur village.

Zirakpur becoming a hotbed of gambling

Alkesh Sharma, TNN MOHALI: Zirakpur, which is considered a gateway to the city and to Himachal and is in close proximity to both the railway station and the airport, is gradually becoming a safe haven for gamblers, who head for it from places as far as Amritsar, Jalandhar and even Delhi. The mushrooming of many low-budget hotels in Zirakpur is also providing a secure refuge for gamblers, who indulge in "satta" on cricket and football and are even involved in online betting. Three days ago, police had arrested ten high-profile gamblers from a Zirakpur hotel, Nest, and had recovered around a dozen mobile phones -- that were being used in conducting their 'business' -- and around Rs. 3.50 lakh from their possession. Earlier too, police had arrested gamblers from a Zirakpur hotel during the IPL season. "Working on a tip-off, we laid a trap and arrested 10 persons on Sunday. They are from different towns of Punjab including Jalandhar, Amritsar and Patiala. They are all high-profile businessmen working in various fields including real-estate, besides agriculturists. Some even own petrol pumps. We recovered around Rs. 3.50 lakh cash from their possession," said Trilochan Singh, station house officer of Zirakpur, around 10km from Chandigarh. He added, "Earlier also we have arrested many gamblers, who were indulging in betting on cricket and playing "satta." Though it is a bailable offence, we are keeping a tab on the activities of the accused and have also put their phones under surveillance." A few weeks ago, Chandigarh police had busted an inter-state gang of gamblers, who were running this illegal business from Zirakpur. "Gamblers from Delhi, Punjab and Haryana are using Zirakpur as a meeting point. They don't mind driving four to five hours to reach here. They remain in touch with each other through e-mails and then rent easily available hotel rooms here to run their activities," said a senior police official of Mohali.