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DELENG/2008/25465 New Delhi, Wednesday, 14 April, 2021 [email protected] 9971359517 12 pages. 2/- Simmi Kaur Babbar ÷ÿÊŸ∑§, ∑§⁄UÙŸÊ ◊„Ê◊Ê⁄UË ‚ fnYyh ∑§Ù ’øÊ•Ù! ªÈL§mÊ⁄UÊ ∑§◊≈UË ∑§Ê øÈŸÊfl »§ı⁄UŸ ⁄UÙ∑§Ê ¡Ê∞, fl⁄UŸÊ! ∑‘§¥Œ˝ ‚⁄U∑§Ê⁄U ‹Ê‡ÊÙ¥ ∑§Ë Á¡ê◊ŒÊ⁄U „ÙªË ÁŸflŒ∑§ Sardar Gurcharan Singh Babbar PRESIDENT ALL INDIA SIKH CONFERENCE BABBAR ADDRESS- 5, BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG, PRESS AREA, ITO NEW DELHI 110002 PHONE, 9971359517, 9312262300, 9868068019, E-mail ID, [email protected] 2 New Delhi, Wednesday, 14 April, 2021 NATIONAL THE SIKH TIMES NEWS BOX Carry out audit of EPF given to workers on contract: MCG Slum fire: 166 families in Noida Gurgaon: The MCG on Monday decided to write to the Provident Fund (PF) commissioner to conduct an audit of the companies providing contractual workers to turn homeless in just a few hours the civic body, to determine the total amount they are defaulting on the Employees NOIDA: Mithilesh Kumar, a father of four, their village, Bihar’s nearby Chotpur colony have come Provident Fund (EPF) contributions. had saved Rs 2 lakh in cash for the May Nalanda.Several other jhuggi forward and given the slum Deputy mayor Sunita Yadav directed chief wedding of his eldest daughter but he lost all dwellers were seen searching dwellers food, clothes and accounts officer Sumant Kumar to ensure his savings as well as some gold and other for their cash and valuables b e d d i n g s . H o w e v e r , t h e these firms open their escrow account within household items in the fire that broke out in that they had hidden in boxes compensation announced by the a month. “We decided in the meeting that we the slum cluster of Behlolpur. and sacks. While Rajesh government is yet to reach the will write to the PF commissioner to conduct A scrap collector, Mithilesh has lost senses Paswan said that he lost beneficiaries since the verification an audit of these companies to find out the and is hurling abuses at the mediapersons around Rs 40,000, another of the victims is still going on. amount they are defaulting. We have also and the politicians and asking who will labourer said that he had DM Suhas LY told TOI that he had told the company representatives to give us a return his savings. He is among the 1,000- bought a new two-wheeler but directed officials to survey the spot copy of the monthly salary slip provided the old people of 166 families who have been it got burnt. and “they are in process of contractual employees. If the companies rendered homeless in the massive blaze that Änuj Bhind (15), claimed he verifying the Aadhaar number and don’t comply with the directions given to engulfed the slum cluster on Sunday hadkeptallhisstuffinasmall other details so that the them within a month, the committee will afternoon.When TOI visited the spot, a “godown” that he created in compensation can be deposited in hand over the probe to the state vigilance hapless Mithilesh was lying in his wife’s lap the cluster. “I would collect their bank accounts”.Asked about bureau in the next meeting,” said the deputy as the latter tried to pacify him. “Let me tell scrap from Khoda everyday the arrangements for shelter, the commissioner. you what I lost,” he said.His wife Ranju and dump it here. I lost all my DM said that he had spoken to the Devi said, “My husband is not in his senses. savings. Who knew such a fire Noida Authority CEO about the Residents plan to meet We have lost around Rs 2 lakh in cash, a gold would happen,” he said. same and it was the latter’s minister over power chain and clothes worth around Rs 5,000 we Forced to sleep in the open on declared by the government would help domain. bought for the wedding of our daughter, the ground which is still hot due to the fire, them.Outfits like the HindRise Social However, activists admit that verification security deposit on slated for May 12.” the slum dwellers say all help they haveWelfare Foundation, Shri Chitragupta would be a tough task now as many would Monday While two of their children stay in Noida, two received is food and clothes.Most haveSabha Trust, Active NGO group, and have lost their crucial documents like others, including the eldest daughter, live in questioned how Rs 4,100 compensationactivists like Anoop Khanna and locals from Aadhaar card in the fire. Gurgaon: The number of micro- containment zones in the city is galloping towards 100 as the health department has recommended to the district Residents raise power infra Zurich starts work on administration that 33 areas be added to the list of hotspots. On Monday, the city had 61 containment zones. But unlike last year, the focus this time is on issues with minister selecting agency to random testing and localised restrictions. Curbs on movement will be limited to Gurgaon:At a meeting with Haryana transformers, cable lines which residents that in the next three 300-500 metres of a house where a person power minister Ranjit Singh ideally should be maintained by the months, “people will see the change construct Noida airport has tested positive. In highrises, a Chautala on Monday, residents of electricity department.” in the electricity infrastructure in particular floor will be sealed only if there the city aired their grievances onMany have raised the issue of the city”. “We are working on war NOIDA: The Noida further work. are three cases or more in a flat. Last year, various electricity-related issues,irregular meter reading by the footing and we are making all International Airport project is Senior officials of Noida the health department had imposed including inflated bills due toDHBVN officials and inflated bills efforts to resolve citizen problems fast gaining momentum. International Airport Limited, defective smart meters, irregular related to electricity.” restrictions in a radius of 3-5km of a due to defective smart meters. The subsidiary of Zurich AG, the special purpose vehicle set house with a Covid patient. billing, poor power infrastructure “There are 1,136 flats in our society Residents raised the issue of ACD and lack of its upkeep, and poor but we are still getting electricity charges and demanded to put it on a appointed to develop the up by Uttar Pradesh Officials said only those areas that have consumer redress mechanism. greenfield airport, on Monday government to execute the reported more than five cases recently are supply in the commercial category hold this year. Dinesh Vashisht, Jaimini Vandana, RWA president of resulting in higher tariff charges on RWA president of sectors 3, 5 and 6 floated tenders to commence project, said that an agreement being marked as micro-containment South City-1, said, “Our colony has the residents and frequent power said, “People are still struggling construction work. to grant permission to start zones. Of the 33 areas that the health not been taken over by power cuts. This is despite our builder with pandemic effects and many The company, Yamuna work was reached with the department wants listed as hotspots, 90% discom DHBVN to date, despite having applied for the bulk have not even recovered yet.”PK International Airport Private concessionaire last month soon are said to be in housing societies.With being taken over by MCG in 2019. domestic supply connection in Das, additional chief secretary Limited (YIAPL), has begun after YIAPL signed the state the rise in Covid cases, the number of Our electricity infrastructure is 25 2019,” said Satvir Singh, RWA (power) , told TOI, “We are sending the process of selecting the support agreement with UP. containment zones has also increased years old and completely rotten, president of Apex Our Homes in the proposal to HERC to allow contractors for engineering and “The building plan and design over the past one month. From four in the every other month we have to pool Sector 37C. ACD of one billing cycle to be construction of the terminal has been approved by the in money to repair panels, collected in four instalments.” first week of March, hotspots in the city The power minister assured the building. regulatory bodies. The state rose to 18 by March 10. Since March 18, Last week ,the Yamuna government wants to Gurgaon has been recording more than Expressway Industrial commence work at the site at 100 Covid cases on an average daily. On Development Authority the earliest. Since selection of Monday, Gurgaon had 5,898 active cases. (YEIDA) initiated the process agency will take time, the Chief medical. 2 colonies razed in Manesar, of empanelling agencies which company was advised to will manage, Schools must take only organise and tuition fee, demand 10 acres of prime land freed execute big-ticket drive, around 12 illegal colonies identified by the events on its behalf. parents department will be razed,” he said. While the date of the Gurgaon: The recent order of the school Assistant town planner Ashish Sharma said the foundation stone laying ceremony is education department that upheld the department is keeping a strict check on yet to be finalised, ‘rights’ of the school to charge complete mushrooming of illegal colonies in Gurgaon. On the directions of DTCP director KM Pandurang, the sources revealed fees, including the charges deferred that an agreement during the lockdown period last year, enforcement team will monitor several areas to prevent illegal colonies from coming up or has been reached has left the parents disgruntled.