Overgrown Grass and Wild Bushes on Footpath and Cycle Track Near Hello Majra Light Point Pose Serious Safety Risk Chandigarh 28 August ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : The footpath and cycle track along the road from Hello Majra Light Point towards the Ambala–Chandigarh Highway are currently covered with excessive overgrown grass, bushes and wild vegetation. The lack of regular cleaning and maintenance is causing inconvenience to pedestrians and cyclists and is also affecting the cleanliness and beauty of Chandigarh. Social Worker Arvind Singh has urged the concerned departments to take immediate action and get the entire stretch properly cleaned and the overgrown grass and bushes removed. He said that the present condition is particularly dangerous during the night. If a person meets with an accident and falls near the roadside or footpath, the dense bushes and vegetation could make it difficult for anyone to notice or locate the person in time. Similarly, if an intoxicated person lies do...
Punjab Government Should Set Aside Its Arrogance and Listen to Employees’ Concerns with Sympathy : Giani Harpreet Singh
Punjab Government Should Set Aside Its Arrogance and Listen to Employees’ Concerns with Sympathy : Giani Harpreet Singh
Chandigarh 27 August ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : Shiromani Akali Dal (Punar-Surjit) President Giani Harpreet Singh, in a written press statement, said that instead of turning every issue into a matter of prestige, the government should listen to the employees’ concerns with sympathy. He said that the government has failed even to read the clear message written on the wall. Suffering from a misconception, it appears to believe that it can suppress everyone through coercion. This is why the government has even hesitated to comply with court orders regarding the payment of Dearness Allowance (DA).
He said that employees, in large numbers, had successfully reached Chandigarh in an effort to make their voices heard by the government. Today, when the employees have exercised their democratic right to express their protest by taking lawful leave, senior officials are being directed to prepare lists of all those who have taken leave, as if an attempt is being made to intimidate them. He further said that earlier too, the government had scheduled a meeting in Chandigarh without any proper invitation. Later, without any prior notice, the venue of the meeting was changed to Jalandhar. When the employees were even willing to travel there, the meeting was cancelled on the condition that they should first end their strike.
Instead of adopting such an authoritarian attitude towards employees, the government should have engaged in dialogue with them and resolved the issue. The government is like a parent to its employees, while the employees are the hands through which the government functions. If the government continues to escalate the confrontation, it will ultimately be the government itself that suffers.
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