Surprise visit to ashram for mentally challenged girls

Kishore Kumar, District and Sessions Judge, Kapurthala, Ajit Pal Singh, Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Kapurthala, and Monika Lamba, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kapurthala, conducted surprise visits at the Sukhjit Ashram Kapurthala, home for mentally retarded children and Arya Vatsalya Grih Vaidik Ashram Kapurthala. During the visit, the arrangements, children’s health, food, nutrition and other arrangements were minutely inspected. Forty two mentally-retarded girls stay at the Sukhjit Ashram and 10 at the Arya Vatsalya. The District Session’s Judge said special care should be taken to provide clean, nutritious food to the inmates and clean drinking water also be provided to the girls. He said amidst the Covid-19 outbreak special care of the children would be taken and Covid-19 protocols should be strictly followed.

Dr Surinder Kumar joins as new Civil Surgeon

Dr Surinder Kumar joined as the new Civil Surgeon at Kapurthala on Thursday. He has joined in place of Dr Jasmeet Bawa Civil Surgeon, Kapurthala. He was welcomed with a bouquet of flowers from the officials. Dr Surinder Kumar has previously been posted as the Health and Family Welfare Officer at Jalandhar. He has also served at district Kapurthala from 12 July, 2017 to 17 October 2018 as the Family Welfare Officer.

DC reviews progress of Delhi-Katra expressway

Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Deepti Uppal asked SDMs and officials of the National Highway Authority to complete procedural works regarding the Delhi – Katra National Highway and expressway so that these projects are completed in the given time frame. In a meeting with SDM Kapurthala, Varinderpal Singh Bajwa, SDM Sultanpur Lodhi Dr Charumita, SDM Bholath T Benith and XEN NHA Prashant Mahajan, the Deputy Commissioner said these projects would prove to be a boon for the overall development of these areas.

Road upgradation project initiated

MLA Rana Gurjit Singh initiated road upgradation projects worth Rs 71. 95 lakh in the inner roads of the Kapurthala city. Starting the road upgradation work at Mohalla Jatpura in the city, the MLA said the inner roads in the city would be upgraded till December this year. He said the sewerage facility would be provided to the 100 per cent of the population of the city as the project worth Rs 3.5 crore is on full swing. He said four new deep tube wells had also been installed in the city to ensure water supply to the people.