SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2021 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU CBI conducts surprise checks at Farmer agitations cause Rs 600 cr After gap of 10 months, pre-primary classes FCI godowns in Punjab, Haryana to restart at all Punjab schools from Feb 1 CHANDIGARH, Jan 29: that as parents have firmly sup- on regular intervals. NEW DELHI, Jan 29: Thursday evening and is contin- ported the decision of Chief Singla said classes 3 to 12 have uing, they added. loss on toll collections: Report Punjab School Education Minister Amarinder Singh-led been reopened in a phased manner The CBI conducted surprise The Central Bureau of Minister Vijay Inder Singla today Punjab Government on reopen- and teams have been regularly vis- checks at 20 Food Corporation Investigation (CBI) sleuths are MUMBAI, Jan 29: Haryana, Punjab and Delhi-NCR since December said following the conditional ing of schools, he has directed the iting all schools randomly to make approval of the State Government, of India (FCI) godowns in checking the quality and quanti- 12, 2020. Education Department officials sure that safety norms and guide- The ongoing agitations by farmers in the pre-primary classes at all Punjab and Haryana after get- ty of the central-pool foodgrain "The average toll collection per day at these and school managements to lines are being observed. ting a number of complaints national capital region (NCR), Haryana and Government, aided and private strictly comply with the COVID- He said that they have been stocks stored in these godowns Plazas is estimated at Rs 7 crore. schools will restart from February regarding alleged irregularities, and samples of wheat and rice Punjab will cause a Rs 600-crore loss to toll col- "Until January 26, 2021, these National 19 safety guidelines issued by the asked to sensitise school principals officials said today. 1. pertaining to 2019-20 and 2020- lections, a report said today. Highway Toll Plazas would have incurred an esti- Government. and other officials regarding do's The move is part of preven- The Punjab School Education The Minister said that schools and don'ts regarding the pandemic. 21 have been collected from Apart from the impact on toll collection due to mated revenue loss of around Rs 560 crore, of tive vigilance to check corrup- Department had on Wednesday would be functioning from 10 am Singla said that principals and these places, the sources said. restrictions in vehicular movement, there is also a which Rs 410 crore is estimated for BOT tion at locations where public announced to restart primary to 3 pm after an interval of almost school teachers have also been The agency is carrying out debt of over Rs 9,300 crore taken by the stake- Concessionaires," said Vice-President (Corporate classes at all schools from dealing takes place, they added. 10 months due to the pandemic. directed to reach out to parents the operation at the FCI holders which is at "risk", ratings agency Icra said Sector Ratings) Rajeshwar Burla. January 27. The action started jointly He said the detailed safety through various means of com- godowns in Dhuri, Rampura, in the report. Out of the Rs 9,300-crore of impacted rated Students of classes 3 and 4 with vigilance teams of the FCI Farmers have been agitating in several guidelines have been sent to the munication including public Ferozepur, Budhlada and Tapa, debt, Rs 8,550-crore of debt is at a high risk of will be allowed to attend school schools for strict compliance. address systems to make them at about 20 locations in the two north Indian states demanding a repeal of besides the Central default, while Rs 750 crore is rated as investment from January 27 while those of Singla said that as the stu- aware of the safety norms. states, the officials said. three new farm laws, which were passed by classes 1 and 2 will return to their Warehousing Corporation grade with low to moderate risk of default, he dents of pre-primary classes are He said the department offi- The state-agency godowns Parliament. classrooms from February 1, it godown at Sri Muktsar Sahib. added. kids, the department officials and cials, schools heads and teachers leased to the FCI in eight of the Assuming that protests would subside by had said. Five godowns of the Punjab Some of these entities also have debt service management have been directed had worked hard to reach out to 13 FCI districts have been cov- State Warehousing Corporation February, the agitations are likely to result in a Earlier this month, the State reserves (DSRAs) of around three months in to remain more attentive towards the students for their education ered during the joint operation, at Khanna (Ludhiana), four at steep decline of around 30-35 per cent in toll col- Government had reopened them to ensure their safety. through online mediums during place to use for such exigencies; however, this government sources said. Jagraon (Ludhiana), one at lections in the affected states in 2020-21, it said. schools for classes 5 to 12. In an official statement here, the past ten months. would have been completely used up by now, he With this, all schools will be The exercise began late on Mansa (Mansa) and one at It is compared with a 5-7 per cent decline for the he said that the schools have been Despite several odds, they said. fully functional in the State for Sultanpur Lodhi (Kapurthala) rest of India, which is attributable to the pandem- asked to prepare special seating succeeded in their mission which The inability to collect toll for a continuous the first time after the institutions have also been covered during ic, the report added. plans keeping social distancing saved precious time for students Aashirwad Vivah period of 24 hours and exceeding an aggregate were shut down in the wake of the operation, the sources said. A total of 52 Toll Plazas, including both norms in mind apart from com- and now final revision would be period of seven days in an accounting year due to the coronavirus pandemic. pliance of other safeguards done in the classrooms, he added. Agency officials have public-funded and BOT (built, operate and The Cabinet Minister claimed Marriage Bureau agitations/ strikes would be considered an indirect including masks and handwash (PTI) reached the PEG godowns man- transfer), on national highways (NHs) in Plot No. 477, Sec-3, political event under the force majeure clause, the Channi Himmat-7889635161 aged by state agency Pungrain Punjab, Haryana and Delhi-NCR have been at Raman (Bathinda), Fazilka directly or indirectly affected due to farmers agency said. 1. Sharma Boy 82 born Lt Col. Preference only Govt In such cases, with the costs attributable to Employee + KAS officer + Doctor. (Fazilka), Ferozepur, Ajitwal protests, the agency said. Caste No Bar (Moga), Lehragaga (Sangrur) The revenue loss in the state highways proj- such events, beyond the insurance cover, one 2. Kashmiri Boy 90 born working in Dubai Bank half of such excess amount is likely to be reim- Employee and Patti (Tartaran), they said. ects in these regions will be an additional burden, 3. Mahajan boy 91 born Engineering Communication In addition, around 10 it said. bursed by the National Highways Authority of own Luxurious Business India (NHAI), covering around 25 per cent of Caste No Bar godowns at Shahbad and Sirsa While the impact on fee collection at some 4. Mahajan Boy 91 born Own Business Raghunath Bazar in Haryana will also be covered Toll Plazas began from October 2020 onwards, the loss of revenue incurred by the affected Caste No Bar projects, it said, estimating it to be at Rs 100 5. 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