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Vishav Bharti
Chandigarh, May 12
After Punjab’s Minister for Medical Education and Research Om Parkash Soni flagged the issue of “faulty” ventilators given by the Centre under the PM Cares Fund, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today assured the state that a team of experts would be sent to fix the machines.
Most of the 320 ventilators provided by the Centre to the state are non-functional. More than 280 of these are faulty and gathering dust in storerooms of three medical colleges of the state.
“It is my appeal to the Government of India that it should provide high-quality ventilators or provide at least one engineer at each Government Medical College to ensure their functionality. These engineers should have enough spare parts, so that all ventilators are made functional and can serve critically ill patients,” said Soni.
828 Workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are engaged by state farmers during the paddy-sowing season. Tribune photo
Anirudh Gupta
Ferozepur, April 3
Though the Centre today issued a clarification regarding the letter written by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to the state Chief Secretary regarding the issue of bonded labourers and human trafficking allegedly afoot in border villages of Punjab, the issue has triggered a controversy among farmers and political parties who are terming it an attempt to defame the farm sector, which is already at loggerheads with the Centre.
The issue has also set the alarm bells ringing for the security agencies operating along the “zero” line in the state. The MHA wrote to the Chief Secretary following a report submitted by the BSF stating that it had already rescued 58 such migrant labourers who had been allegedly drugged and made to work for long hours against their wish.
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Anirudh Gupta
Ferozepur, December 29
The seizure of heroin witnessed a tremendous spurt this year, as almost 497 kg of heroin was recovered during various operations carried out by the BSF along the