Gurdaspur Diary An open letter to district top cop Nanak Singh

  • | Sunday | 13th June, 2021

We also know that a young DSP on probation Sumeer Singh is helping you to get to the crux of the matter. The traffic problem is getting from bad to worse with each passing day. After failing to become the Mayor or his deputy in the recently concluded civic body polls Mahajan has now chosen to become the Chairman of the Pathankot (Central) Mahajan Sabha. Pathankot MLA Amit Vij gears up for electionsPathankot MLA Amit Vij (in pink T-shirt) supervises civic works in the city. The Dhangu road APK road and Lamini road have got a new look.

Dear SSP Sahib We the residents of Gurdaspur take pride in the fact that these days you often take a motorcycle ride of the city dressed up in civvies. This is a sight as rare as sighting an igloo in the Sahara. IPS officers normally do not leave the cosy confines of their house. They definitely do have a finger on the pulse of the common man but this result is reached often through other means rather than embarking on bike rides. We also know that till yet you have had a nightmarish experience because of the traffic bottlenecks you have had to encounter. Reason enough why you have decided to clear up the traffic congestion on your own. The traffic conundrum is indeed intricate as it is multifaceted. We also know that a young DSP on probation Sumeer Singh is helping you to get to the crux of the matter. The problem is indeed complex because it is not only the common man who is involved. Several factors are at work. For example the politician will stop you more so because the assembly polls are around the bend. Obviously he would like you to maintain a status-quo a development which will not be to your liking. Like a trapeze artist you will have to perform the balancing act to a nicety. Your recent visit to the Tibri road market proved to be a revelation of sorts. Banks-nationalised or otherwise commercial establishments and malls do not have adequate space for people to park their two wheelers leave alone their cars! People tend to park their vehicles on the road which adds up to the chaos. Even you and your bike had problems meandering through the crowds. Private hospitals are the biggest villains. Here you have a point to ponder. When the owners construct hospitals they invariably show in the map that they have a basement where patients and their accompanying kin can avail parking facilities. Now flip the coin and see the other side. Once constructed these hospitals use these very basements to establish money-spinning pathological labs and chemist shops. Fearing the politician MC inspectors are forced to ignore these violations. In utter contravention of norms a reputed departmental store is operating from a large basement on the Jail road just under the premises of a state-owned bank. The rule book is indeed being shredded to smithereens. It is high time you act and clear out all the basements. We know this is a tall order but in no way an insurmountable one. You will be approached by the powerful doctor lobby. They will put you under sustained pressure. The politicians will also step in. This will be the time when you will have to prove your credentials as an IPS officer. Do meet the villains in the eye. Do not blink come what may. Maintain a moral high ground. For if you will not act with conviction today the traffic pandemonium is sure to get out of hand tomorrow. You have a reputation of calling a spade a spade. Make sure this reputation not only remains intact but is actually enhanced. We all know you have the cheek to take on the politicians as well as the establishment like you did during your tenures as SSP at Bathinda and Faridkot. Your first steps are bound to get you some criticism. But you have to make a start somewhere. Let it be by taking the private hospital lobby head-on. Throughout centuries there have been men who took their first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision. Their goals differed but they had one thing in common. That the step was the first the road new and the vision unborrowed. Like the rock of Gibraltar we the residents of Gurdaspur firmly stand by you. SSP Sir please go ahead and clean up our city. The traffic problem is getting from bad to worse with each passing day. There have been instances when a traffic bottleneck has ensured that an ambulance could not save the patient lying in it. The city can breathe easy when the old bus stand moves to its new address on Tibri road. But when it is going to be shifted remains in the realms of speculation. We also know that there have been plans to construct an underpass on the Tibri road railway crossing. But the problem is that the project remains only on paper and is yet to get a practical shape. The proposal of making some roads accessible to one-way traffic can also be looked into. But the problem here is that a one-way traffic plan is sure to eat into the profits of the shopkeepers. Hence you will have to bear the pressure of the shopkeepers too. Nevertheless the entire city is looking forward to you. Just because the problem is gigantic in nature does not mean you cannot make a start. The beginning is always NOW. Get the basements vacated and you will have won half the battle. Regards Vox populi Nitin Laddi is Pathankot Mahajan Sabha Chairman Councillor Nitin Laddi Mahajan being garlanded by one of his colleagues. Newly-elected Municipal Councillor Nitin Laddi Mahajan has played a vote-spinning masterstroke. After failing to become the Mayor or his deputy in the recently concluded civic body polls Mahajan has now chosen to become the Chairman of the Pathankot (Central) Mahajan Sabha. An election was held but that was a mere formality because he was already the chosen one. Financially this post will give him peanuts but politically it will help him considerably. The Mahajan community has a 30000 vote share in the Pathankot Assembly seat. Hence Laddi will be a much sought after man once the polls are held. No politician can dare to annoy the Mahajan vote bank because of its sheer strength. Insiders say Mahajan may not have become the Mayor but he certainly is the de-facto one right now. His proximity to the MLA Amit Vij only adds to his stature. Pathankot MLA Amit Vij gears up for elections Pathankot MLA Amit Vij (in pink T-shirt) supervises civic works in the city. Pathankot MLA Amit Vij is a man busy with supervising the numerous ongoing civic works in the city. He has managed to get funds from the state government and is splurging them not only on unfinished projects but also on bringing in new ones. Roads are being widened and drains are being covered. The Dhangu road APK road and Lamini road have got a new look. Obviously the man has his eyes on the Assembly polls. He knows that his Assembly seat of Pathankot is predominantly an urban seat. This means the credit for whatever work the municipal corporation is doing or has done will go to him once the polls are held. His brother Ashish Vij is helping his brother in making the city clean and green again. More than the MLA himself it is Ashish who is turning out to be the fulcrum around which all developmental projects revolve. — Contributed by Ravi Dhaliwal

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