BIG Cricket League Winners Meet KXIP Players

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 27^th April:- 92.7 BIG FM has always been on the fore-front in undertaking path – breaking initiatives to establish its presence to occupy a position of strength. Taking this a notch higher, the largest radio network with their partnership with Kings XI Punjab which entered into its 10^th successive year provided a lifetime opportunity to its listeners at Chandigarh and Tricity under various on-air and digital contests this season like “BIG Cricket League”, which offered a not-to-be-missed opportunity for cricket enthusiasts. Lucky winners got an opportunity to meet and greet the ace Kings XI Punjab players at Hotel Marriot. Lucky Listeners won autographed bats of KXIP players and Kings XI Punjab merchandise. Amongst the Kings XI players Manan Vohra, Gurkeerat Mann, David Miller, Sandeep Sharma, Marcus Stoinis were present for this meet & greet.

Big FM’s RJ Abhimanyu interacted with players on this occasion and asked them about their likes, City beautiful-Chandigarh, their other interests and stuff.

Strict Action Against People Indulging in Food Adulteration: Commissioner FDA

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 27^th April:- A meeting of all officers of Food and Drug Administration was chaired here today by Commissioner Food and Drug administration Sh. Varun Roojam, during which he gave stern directions to take strict action against violators of Food Safety and Standards Act of India (FSSAI). The meeting was held at Punjab Health System Corporation, SAS Nagar and attended by Assistant Commissioners (Food Safety), all Food Safety Officers and Designated Officers. During the meeting the officers were told to deal the nefarious elements indulging in mal-practice of food adulteration with iron hands.

Varun Roojam stated that as per the directions given by Health & Family Welfare Minister, Brahm Mohindra, the Department is committed to curb the practice of food adulteration and immediately put an end to any possible nexus. It was emphasized that food adulteration was very sensitive issue, as it touches the life, well-being and health of common people, therefore all necessary measures must be taken by the food safety officers to ensure that only healthy and hygienic food items are sold in the market. Food Safety Officers were asked to work dedicatedly and also ensure that the adequate food samples are obtained to match the specified targets and routine inspections must also be carried regularly.

Commissioner FDA told the officers to identify the shortcomings within the department and remove them promptly and adopt the best practices to make the system completely transparent and responsive. While pulling up the districts that have not been able to accomplish the specified targets of food sampling, Varun Roojam directed them to step up their performance and give the desired results without any further delay. Any complaints being received from public should be looked into and redressed promptly so that a trust between Government and public could be build up. It was discussed that regular sampling of products of big companies, as well as loose food items being sold in the open market needs to be stepped up, with special emphasis on milk and milk products like Khoa, Ghee etc. as milk products are consumed more frequently by public.

Dr. Rakesh Gupta, Deputy Director informed that flavored/scented tobacco and gutkha etc is banned in Punjab under food safety and standard act and any commercial establishment having food license can’t sell tobacco products. He said 90 percent of oral cancers are attributed to usage of chewable tobacco.

During the meeting the Nodal Officer, FDA, Dr. Amritpal asked the officers to ensure timely submission of monthly reports.

Jharkhand Man with Rare Tumour in Neck Gets New Lease of Life at Fortis Hospital

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 27^th April:- Ashok Kumar Mandal, a 41-year-old teacher in a village in Jharkhand, did not know what misfortune was in store for him when he started having fever around January 2017. He had urinary complaints as well and got initial treatment at Jharkhand and then at a Kolkata hospital, where he underwent a urological intervention.

Further investigations in Kolkata revealed that he had a left Parathyroid adenoma (parathyroid tumour) which was secreting parathyroid hormone, in turn increasing his calcium levels in blood to alarming levels. This led to multiple huge stones in both kidneys and severe urinary tract infection (UTI).

He was referred to Chandigarh for further management and he got admitted to Fortis Hospital, Mohali under Dr Vishal Bhambri, Senior Consultant, Internal Medicine, on February 22.

Ashok Kumar Mandal’s fever refused to come down and he was diagnosed with XDR (Extremely drug resistant) bacterial infection (Klebsiella) in urine. He was given a combination of strong antibiotics for his severe infection and his fever resolved. Meanwhile, his calcium levels were normalized with Dr R Muralidharan’s help (Senior Consultant, Endocrinologist, Fortis Hospital, Mohali). He was taken up for surgery by Dr. Naval Bansal (Consultant, Endocrine Surgeon, Fortis Hospital, Mohali) who operated upon him successfully and found that there was a thrombus (clot) in parathyroid draining vein as well (of which very few reported cases in the world are there so far).

The patient was also taken up for urology intervention (Bilateral PCN) by Dr. Priyadarshi Ranjan (Senior Urologist & Renal Transplant Surgeon, Fortis Hospital, Mohali) on March 3. The infection level in his kidneys was so high that it was felt by the Urologist to wait for it to settle down before undertaking a definitive stone surgery. So he was discharged from hospital on March 10.

He was admitted for the second time on March 25 and Dr. Priyadarshi Ranjan undertook a major urological procedure to open up his urinary system. His infection level was so high that he went into septic shock with multi-organ failure after this surgery and his condition deteriorated ever further. He developed deep jaundice and was on multiple medicines to maintain B.P. at one time along with being on ventilator.

Dr Vishal Bhambri said that good ICU support, teamwork & prayers brought him back from the brink of death to life. The patient’s infection in blood and urine turned out to be resistant to all antibiotics. Despite this, he was treated well and got discharged on April 12 on patient’s request.

He required a third admission on April 14 with recurrence of fever. His blood culture showed another very resistant infection (VRE). Dr Vishal Bhambri said that this was again managed well and he got discharged on April 20.

The patient, grateful to his doctors for their efforts, said he was thankful that all specialists were available to take care of all the complications. He said that he is returning to Jharkhand as a man who has been gifted life by these doctors.

Tyre Express Partners with Microsoft for Tyre Performance Management Solution

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 27^th April:- Tyre Express, a startup pioneering lifecycle management for fleet operators, has developed an IoT based Tyre Performance Management Solution. Powered by the Azure IoT Hub, Tyre Express with its solution,will help build operational efficiency for commercial vehicle fleet operators by tracking tyre performance.

In India, procurement of new tyres for a commercial vehicle approximately costs about INR 1.00 Lakhs to INR 1.50 Lakhs ($1,800-$2,200). Fluctuations in pressure and temperature can have a dramatic effect on the life span of a tyre. Tyre pressure varies across vehicles depending on the model, size, etc., depending on whether one travels on a light or fully loaded vehicle. Tyre Express powered by the Azure IoT hub has started working towards monitoring these parameters and taking preemptive measures to increase their performance.

Brijesh Shukla, Co-Founder, Tyre Express said that tyres are one of the largest consumables for fleet operators after fuel. Operating a vehicle with tyre pressure that is 20% below rated pressure increases fuel consumption by 5-10% and reduces tyre life by 15% to 20%. The new IoT platform helps customers monitor tyre performance in real time and track inventory.  Microsoft Azure enables us to create a superior customer experience by allowing us to seamlessly integrate our devices with the cloud, store, and analyze data.  It enables us to visualize the same in the form of easy-to-understand dashboards. We can help customers take suitable action based on such inputs to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and improve profitability.

Narendra Bhandari, General Manager – Developer Experience and Evangelism, Microsoft India said that tyre performance tracking can control premature tyre failure in vehicle, a direct impact to fleet productivity, costs and on time performance. Microsoft and Tyre Express have combined the power of IoT and Analytics for this innovative and game changing offering for the commercial vehicle industry.

The aggregator hub gathers data that is periodically sent to the Azure IoT hub for further processing and analytics. When a message enters the Microsoft Azure IoT Hub, the Stream Analytics casts the data to appropriate data types and sends it to Power BI for a visual demo and to a SQL database.

CME on Holistic Healing Held at Chandigarh

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 27^th April:- In a CME conducted by IMA, Chandigarh in association with  Department of Medical & Radiation Oncology at Max Hospital Mohali, doctors spoke about how to  empower and equip individuals with the ‘Awareness of connecting back to themselves’ to live meaningfully while dealing with sickness.  Dr Sachin Gupta, Senior Consultant Medical Oncology spoke on ‘The art of Healing’ and Dr Sajal Kakkar, senior consultant Radiation Oncology, spoke on ‘Recent advances in Radiation Oncology’. Present on the occasion were Dr Ajay K Aggarwal, President and Dr Paramjit Singh, Secretary of IMA Chandigarh.

Dr Sachin Gupta said that we as Oncologists need to focus on interactions between the mind and the body how beliefs, attitudes, lifestyle choices, spiritual and psychological perspectives can dramatically impact the patient’s health, the course of his recovery and overall well-being. Realizing the need to have a Support Program in place,  a team of Therapists from the Cancer Unit of Max Hospital came together to create a ‘Healing Support Program’ that has a Soul-Mind-Body approach for addressing patients concerns.

He added that we bring together the experts of the BODY (the doctors), the experts of the MIND (Mind Therapists) and experts of the SOUL  (Metaphysical Therapists). The idea is to harness the limitless potential of the mind, help patients learn coping strategies to change negative beliefs into healing thoughts and manage stress by meditation, self empowerment, eating healthy and exercise.  We help them manage and overcome anxiety and depression, understand how to deal with anticipatory nausea and vomiting, conceptualize a Healthy Diet that can strengthen the immune System.

Dr Sachin Gupta shared further that we have seen a significant improvement in the overall well being and health of patients, these workshops are beneficial not only for cancer patients but also for hospital staff and doctors who are constantly engaged in dealing with cancer patients. The workshop focuses on treating both the mind and the soul. We treat the body with chemotherapy, surgery and radiation, but are also trying to combine modern medicine and holistic healing approach.

The CME focussed on interactions between the Soul - mind and the body how beliefs, attitudes, lifestyle choices, spiritual and psychological perspectives can dramatically improve patients’ health, the course of their disease, and our overall well-being.  

Business owners Association Blames JLPL: Demand Matter Should Be Examined by the Sitting Judge

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 27^th April:- Business owners Association Blames JLPL of sector 82  feels that they were cheated by Private Developer Janta Land Promoters Ltd.   They mentioned that they smell scam of `75 Crore in F.A.R.

While interacting with media here in Chandigarh press club Gurmukh Singh, President, Business owners Association said that JLPL signed the MOU with Govt. of Punjab to develop an industrial mega project with the provision of F.A.R.-2. Accordingly the company advertised in newspapers and published their sales brochures. However the company inadvertently/deliberately submitted the Zoning Plan with F.A.R.-1 in 2010, perhaps to encash the F.A.R-2 at the later stage, to which CTP, Pb also gave the approval. In 2016 as pre-promised the Government sanctioned F.A.R.-2 to Sector 82. However JLPL revised the zoning plan with the same laid up infrastructure, for which the company did not paid any fees/charges to the Punjab Government.

He shared further that with an intention to generate extra revenue of approx. `75 Crores the company started demanding illegally `1000 per sq.yd. (`5 Lakhs per 1 Kanal Plot) from the allottees. The allottees who wanted to begin their constructions were not able to get their NOCs from JLPL, water connections or plot demarcations without paying such amount.

 In absence of directions and any departmental check on JLPL from the Govt. of Punjab, the company fraudulently, unethically, illegally fixed such charges and forcefully started collection without issuing any written demand notice.

JLPL has never checked upon the profiles of the allottees while selling the industrial plots. The plots were sold in real estate market to all sections of the society industrial/non-industrial, irrespective of their backgrounds.

The industrial area is facing erratic power supply due to low capacity infrastructure installed and maintained by JLPL. Since the industry is consumer of PSPCL but the internal maintenance is done by JLPL. The area is sidelined by PSPCL and hence industry faces heavy production losses.

Demarcated 66 KVA grid station in sector-82 does not seem to be reality in the near future.

The water and sewerage system installed by JLPL is far from the required capacity of the area, which results into meager water supply and overflow of sewer systems. The 50% internal roads are still not metaled and the remaining are metaled with poor quality.

JLPL has not provided the promised infrastructure that includes setting up of Convention Center, Police Post, Dispensary, Fire Station etc. due to which the industrialists are being felt cheated for.

Sector 82 is money minting machine for JLPL :

As per MOU, Government had allotted the industrial mega project to JLPL for the period of just 5 years and the company has sold out all the land earmarked in the mega project. Still the company deliberately have been seeking extensions because the company collects huge revenue from the allottees in the form of non-construction fee which amounts to approx. `3.25 Crore per annum. The security amount which company collects against water and sewer connection amounts to `38000 per one Kanal plot whereas in other Govt. industrial areas it is `1000 only, which amounts to `1.90 Crore interest free deposit with the company. In addition the company is planning to impose maintenance charges whereas the infrastructure is far than complete.

JLPL retaliated by issuing notices for building violations to the industrialists very next day, since the association approached the M.L.A. for exposing the fraud. This does not come under the company’s purview.

The official of the Association appealed to the state Govt. for a fair investigation and demanded that the matter should be examined by the sitting Judge of the Honorable Court.

Business owners Association Blames JLPL: Demand Matter Should Be Examined by the Sitting Judge

By Tricitynews Reporter

Chandigarh 27^th April:- Business owners Association of sector 82  feels that they were cheated by Private Developer Janta Land Promoters Ltd. They mentioned that they smell scam of `75 Crore in F.A.R.

While interacting with media here in Chandigarh press club Gurmukh Singh, President, Business owners Association said that JLPL signed the MOU with Govt. of Punjab to develop an industrial mega project with the provision of F.A.R.-2. Accordingly the company advertised in newspapers and published their sales brochures. However the company inadvertently/deliberately submitted the Zoning Plan with F.A.R.-1 in 2010, perhaps to encash the F.A.R-2 at the later stage, to which CTP, Pb also gave the approval. In 2016 as pre-promised the Government sanctioned F.A.R.-2 to Sector 82. However JLPL revised the zoning plan with the same laid up infrastructure, for which the company did not paid any fees/charges to the Punjab Government.

He shared further that with an intention to generate extra revenue of approx. `75 Crores the company started demanding illegally `1000 per sq.yd. (`5 Lakhs per 1 Kanal Plot) from the allottees. The allottees who wanted to begin their constructions were not able to get their NOCs from JLPL, water connections or plot demarcations without paying such amount.

 In absence of directions and any departmental check on JLPL from the Govt. of Punjab, the company fraudulently, unethically, illegally fixed such charges and forcefully started collection without issuing any written demand notice.

JLPL has never checked upon the profiles of the allottees while selling the industrial plots. The plots were sold in real estate market to all sections of the society industrial/non-industrial, irrespective of their backgrounds.

The industrial area is facing erratic power supply due to low capacity infrastructure installed and maintained by JLPL. Since the industry is consumer of PSPCL but the internal maintenance is done by JLPL. The area is sidelined by PSPCL and hence industry faces heavy production losses.

Demarcated 66 KVA grid station in sector-82 does not seem to be reality in the near future.

The water and sewerage system installed by JLPL is far from the required capacity of the area, which results into meager water supply and overflow of sewer systems. The 50% internal roads are still not metaled and the remaining are metaled with poor quality.

JLPL has not provided the promised infrastructure that includes setting up of Convention Center, Police Post, Dispensary, Fire Station etc. due to which the industrialists are being felt cheated for.

Sector 82 is money minting machine for JLPL :

As per MOU, Government had allotted the industrial mega project to JLPL for the period of just 5 years and the company has sold out all the land earmarked in the mega project. Still the company deliberately have been seeking extensions because the company collects huge revenue from the allottees in the form of non-construction fee which amounts to approx. `3.25 Crore per annum. The security amount which company collects against water and sewer connection amounts to `38000 per one Kanal plot whereas in other Govt. industrial areas it is `1000 only, which amounts to `1.90 Crore interest free deposit with the company. In addition the company is planning to impose maintenance charges whereas the infrastructure is far than complete.

JLPL retaliated by issuing notices for building violations to the industrialists very next day, since the association approached the M.L.A. for exposing the fraud. This does not come under the company’s purview.