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Tarn Taran Diary: Border village of Chabal is beset with problems

The township of Chabal is the centre of seven gram panchayats with a population of more than 20,000 but the area is deficient in civic amenities. The residents have been raising their voice for long but there is no one...
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Residents point to the garbage set on fire on the Amritsar road.
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The township of Chabal is the centre of seven gram panchayats with a population of more than 20,000 but the area is deficient in civic amenities. The residents have been raising their voice for long but there is no one to listen to their problems. These seven panchayats are Adda Chabal, Chabal Pukhta, Chabal Khurd, Chabal Kham, Swaragapuri, Baba Langah and Baba Baghel Singh Wala. Adda Chabal is the centre of business for these villages. The crossing of the Adda connects Chabal-Tarn Taran, Chabal-Attari, Chabal-Amritsar and Chabal-Bhikhiwind roads. Chabal is known as a place where every corner, roadside, vacant plot and the area behind buildings is used as garbage dumping sites. There is an open Nullah (drain) which passes through the heart of Adda Chabal. Its condition is worse than even the ‘Ganda Nullah’ of Ludhiana in which sewage flows. Ninety per cent of the population has no facility for drinking water and 95 per cent of the population has no sewerage system. Street light too is non-existent.

All the interior roads of the town are in a dilapidated condition. The Adda from where the passengers take buses for their destinations has no public toilet. The Community Health Centre in Chabal itself is not in the pink of health and the Civil Veterinary Hospital is also facing closure for want of Vet Officer and staff. Here, garbage is seen dumped everywhere, especially on the roadsides and in interior parts of the town. On the Chabal-Amritsar road, garbage is set on fire all the year round. Saroj Bala, Sarpanch of Adda Chabal, said there was no specific site for dumping garbage and it is dumped where ever the residents feel it is convenient to do so. Dr Manjit Singh Rataul, Senior Medical Officer, said though the bio-medical waste is disposed of by the department’s vehicles, they face problems in disposing of the general waste of the hospital.

Sarpanch Saroj Bala said there is only one lady sweeper for Adda Chabal, arranged by the residents themselves with a contribution of Rs 50 per household. Devinder Sohal, a social worker, said the flow of the drain through the middle of Chabal town had contaminated the groundwater because of effluent discharge in the Nullah. Because of this, arrangement for water supply by the residents themselves has become tough as the groundwater too is not fit to drink. He said there was no proper arrangement for disposal of waste. As a result, waterlogging takes place on roads and in streets for weeks together. The ponds of the village have never been de-silted (cleaned).

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Devinder Sohal said that certain localities have been given the facility of a sewerage system by connecting it with the open Nullah which creates more trouble for the residents because of the foul smell emanating. Narinder Chabal, former Sarpanch, said that except in Chabal Khurd, there is no facility for drinking water in the nearby villages. Manjinder Singh, a resident of Chabal, said that all links roads in the interior parts of Chabal are in a damaged condition.

Injection saves lives of patients after heart attack

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Two lives were saved after a heart attack by officials of the District Health Department by administering the Tenecteplase injection, which is worth Rs 45,000. It was provided under STEMI (Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction) programme for the first time in the district. Civil Surgeon Dr Gurpreet Singh Rai, while expressing his satisfaction over the performance of health officers of District Civil Hospital, Tarn Taran, said Veer Kaur (68), a resident of Mohanpur village, reached the hospital in the morning complaining of chest pain. She was also having problem in breathing and had other age related complications. Looking at the critical condition of the patient, the injection was administered under the supervision of SMO Dr Sarabjit and Medicine Specialist Dr Navpreet Singh. The patient Veer Kaur’s precious life was saved. Medicine specialist Dr Navpreet Singh said another successful thrombolysis was done on Paramjit Singh of Tarn Taran.

contributed by Gurbaxpuri

Caution!

A deep pit merits special attention of the commuters while going to Patti from Tarn Taran side. Beyond Shahabpur village, the huge pit is waiting for a major mishap to take place. Devinder Singh, Executive Engineer, PWD , said he was not aware of it but would take the necessary measures.

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