Time to introduce direct buses
The Haryana government should introduce direct buses from Panchkula to Faridabad or Gurgaon in the National Capital Region. At present their is no direct bus for these places from the panchkula bus stand. This will particularly help senior citizens & women. Panchkula is a fast developing town & a number of government offices, boards & corporation
are functioning from here. The government should run three or four buses for these areas, if necessary, by diverting, a few buses from Chandigarh via ….
Low-energy bulb disposal may pose health risks
The next time you dispose a low-energy light bulb, be careful it might pose health & environmental risks. The UK’s Environmental Agency has revealed that the bulbs contain small amounts of mercury & has, therefore, said more information about safe recycling
is needed. It has suggested that health warnings information on how to clear up smashed bulbs in the home shoud be printed on the packaging. However, a toxicologist has dismissed the risks, insisting that several bulbs would have to smashed ….
Give Medicines Early
Thousands of patients from far off places visit the ECHS hospital at Ludhiana. However medicines are issued only on the 8th & 9th of every month. As a result, ex-servicemen & their families find it very difficult to collect the medicines. This problem should be sorted out immediately by the authorities concerned in the interest of the visiting patients.
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Sanitation is an issue of major concern. The big hindrance is the hefty commercial charges in big cities & towns as against residential charges. To create civic sense among the public, public toilets should be maintained well by the civic bodies. People are starved of clean toilets.
Globally, 2600 million people defecate in the open of which 700 million live in India. People easing themselves in the open is a common sight. Why should the Municipal Corporation of Amritsar & civic ….
Poor ration quality
The soldiers are supplied sub-standard ration, uniforms & blankets. Apparently, senior officers are least interested to stem the rot. There is need for a thorough probe into how the quality of ration has been compromised.
Most service personnel have turned vegeterian because they get poor quality of meat & fish. The service blankets are so itchy that even dogs woudn’t use in the chilly wheather. The scope of the current investigation should beexpanded to find out how the service personnel have ….
Greedy Shops
Private hospitals have become greedy shops. In the name of treatment, they are just squeezing innocent patients visiting them. These hospitals are more bothered about the money than the patient’s life.
In these hospitals, a few trainees play with lives of the patients as they play with their cell phones. Though health is a state subject, no government monitors the functioning of the private hospitals.
Cruel Railways
Railway pensioners who reside at a distance of 2.5 km or more from a railway hospital are paid a monthly medical allowance of RS 100. In an emergency like a heart problem, expenses incurred by a pensioner are not reimbursed on the plea that the patient wasnot referred by a railway doctor. Such claims are rejected outright as non-referral cases. Is it not a joke with the patient?
Sender = Krishan Chitkara.
Ludhiana.
Help Pensioners
Haryana has topped in agricultural production, electricity, roads & other spheres in the country. The credit goes to the progressive policies of the state government. Strangely, compared with Punjab, Haryana has lagged behind in giving similar facalities to its pensioners.
Despite acute financial crisis, Punjab has increased the employees’ pension by 5% on attaining the age of 65 plus 10% at the age of 65 plus 10% at the age of 70. Even small states like Himachal Pradesh & Chandigarh ….
Sarabjit Singh is innocent
Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner who has been in jail for the past 17 years, is going to be hanged in April if no effective last-minute efforts are made to save his life. Pervez Musharraf the President of Pakistan who has rejected his mercy petition, can be persuaded by justice-loving people to have another look at Sarabjit’s case, which is nothing but a caseof mistaken identity.
He was arrested as Manjit Singh, accused of being involved in serial blasts in ….
No Smoking please
Anbumani Ramdoss Health Minister’s initiative in this regard, however are frequently misdirected & his latest idea apeears to be more of the same. If individuals are caught smoking in their offices, he proposes that the smoker will pay a fine of rs 5000. Many a non-smoking boss might well be already fuming, at the posibility of having to pay up for the defiance of his staff.
Clearly, the drive against smoking needs practical, focused measures & not un-implementable grand-standing. Unless Mr. ….