Parampreet Singh Narula is a staff correspondent with the Jalandhar bureau at Hindustan Times. He covers political, rural and agriculture issues in Punjab.
Articles by Parampreet Singh Narula
Twenty days on, de-addiction centre yet to get staff
Inaugurated with pomp and show by the state government, the drug de-addiction centre at the civil hospital has completed 20 days but the authorities are yet to appoint staff for the centre.
Updated on Aug 14, 2014 07:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Phagwara
School bus overturning: School chairman booked for negligence
Following Saturday's accident where 16 schoolchildren were injured when the school bus they were travelling in overturned, a case has been registered against Ajanta Model Senior Secondary School chairman Raman Arora by the Kapurthala police on Sunday.
Updated on Aug 10, 2014 09:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Bholath
Once home to hundreds of migratory birds, Kanjli wetland faces neglect
Kanjli wetland, which was constructed to provide irrigation to the hinterland in the district and once home to several species of migratory birds, is presently in a bad condition, courtesy sheer apathy on part of the government.
Updated on Aug 04, 2014 09:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Kapurthala
Seechewal starts cleaning of Chhoti Bein choked for decades
Environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal has started efforts to clean Choti Bein, a tributary of Kali Bein, which was constructed by the rulers centuries ago by linking it with the Kanjli wetland with the purpose to get the clean water. The Choti Bein was lying abandoned for decades.
Updated on Aug 01, 2014 11:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Kapurthala
12 Vakmiki-Mazhabi Sikh Morcha members injured in police action
As many as 12 people were injured — two of them seriously, when the Kapurthala police on Wednesday cane-charged members of the Valmiki-Mazhabi Sikh Morcha during a protest at Shalimar Bag here on Wednesday.
Updated on Jul 30, 2014 10:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Kapurthala
Political indecision mars door-to-door garbage collection project
The Rs 130-crore solid waste management project, referred to as one of the dream projects of deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, has been hanging fire for the past two and half years, courtesy political gimmickry and indecision.
Updated on Jul 27, 2014 09:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Grill session: 'Illegally-plying autos our only problem'
Inaugurated in 2008 by chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, the city bus service - a fleet of 15 buses - will go off-road from July 30. The city bus manager/contractor blames it on "heavy losses incurred by unchecked growth illegally-operating autorickshaws"in the city.
Updated on Jul 26, 2014 08:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
City to lose bus service from July 30
Irked by the plying of illegal autos and inaction of the Municipal Corporation of Jalandhar (MCJ) in banning the autos, the city bus operating company has been forced to stop its services from July 30.
Updated on Jul 23, 2014 09:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Burning of garbage in open rampant; MCJ fails to curb practice
Even as there are specific government guidelines in place, sanitation workers in the city continue to burn garbage in the open to save themselves from the hassle of carrying the waste to the dumpsite.
Updated on Jul 21, 2014 10:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar:
Residents' health at stake, tubewells have no chlorination dozers
Even as the Municipal Corporation Jalandhar (MCJ) has set up several tubewells in a rush to supply adequate drinking water in the city following a lot of hue and cry over the issue, not even a single chlorination dozer has been installed so far to ensure quality water to residents.
Updated on Jul 19, 2014 09:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Firm threatens to pull out of solid waste management project again
After waiting for over a month for implementing the solid waste management project in the city, Jindal Urban Waste Management Jalandhar (JUWMJ), the firm that was awarded contract for starting the plant, has threatened to pull out of the project citing repeated delays in its execution.
Updated on Jul 08, 2014 09:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Now, three-tier quality control, monitoring for all engg works
The local bodies department has started a three-tier quality control and monitoring mechanism for all the engineering works above Rs 10 lakh as part of the standard of operating procedure (SOP).
Updated on Jul 01, 2014 11:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Patchwork issue interrupts F&CC meeting again
The issue of Rs 13.9-crore patchworks on city roads was raked up during the meeting of the finance and contract committee (F&CC) at Municipal Corporation Jalandhar (MCJ) on Monday yet again.
Updated on Jun 16, 2014 10:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
One year on after Garha diarrhoea outbreak, MC fails to vacate plots
The Municipal Corporation Jalandhar (MCJ) has not learnt any lesson from the outbreak of diarrhoea in Garha last year as the slum dwellers in the area are still living under subhuman conditions. Even as three people had died and more than 250 people were taken ill by diarrhoea, the civic body has failed to vacate the occupied plots.
Updated on Jun 15, 2014 11:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Safai sewaks create ruckus at Joshi’s meeting, expletives fly
Minutes after local bodies minister Anil Jo s hi announced the start of the much-awaited solid waste management project for Jalandhar from June 10, unruly scenes were witnessed at the Circuit House here when Punjab Safai Majdoor Union (PSMU) activists suddenly came to the conference room and started raising slogans against the SAD-BJP government.
Updated on Jun 10, 2014 08:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
No water-quality testing in place, MC playing with people’s health
Even as the city has a history of serious water-borne diseases in many of its localities, the Municipal Corporation Jalandhar (MCJ) has failed to install a water-testing system to ensure residents get pure drinking water here.
Updated on Jun 04, 2014 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Abhishek Bachchan for reviving indigenous games
Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, who was in the city on Sunday, vowed to work towards reviving indigenous games, particularly kabaddi.
Updated on Jun 01, 2014 11:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
As temperature soars, water supply shrinks
With a significant rise in temperature in the last few days, city residents are finding it difficult to get sufficient water for routine works.
Updated on May 30, 2014 09:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Demand for abolition of property tax gets shriller
After getting feedback from the resident s of Bathinda, Amritsar, Faridkot and Patiala over the property tax, local bodies principal secretary Ashok Gupta on Wednesday held a meeting to interact with the Jalandhar residents to get their suggestions on the issue.
Updated on May 29, 2014 11:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
MCJ to set up pond for stray dog sterilisation soon
With a view to reducing the increasing population of stray dogs in the city, the Municipal Corporation Jalandhar (MCJ) has decided to set up a dog pond at Nangal Shama village where these canines will be sterilised.
Updated on May 24, 2014 09:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Commuters on Master Gurbanta Singh Marg, Basti Peer Daad a harried lot
Commuters on the Master Gurbanta Singh Marg and Basti Peer Daad are a harried lot as the Municipal Corporation Jalandhar (MCJ) has not repaired these stretches in the past 10 years or so.
Updated on May 15, 2014 10:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
10 months on, residents awaiting their ward councillor
Residents of ward number 49 are waiting for their councillor for about 10 months after Congress' Sharwan Grover who represented their area died in July last year.
Updated on May 03, 2014 08:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Contrary to admn's claims, first-time voters get no certificates, discounts
The tall claims of the district administration to make the first-time voters' experience "pleasant" apparently fell flat on Wednesday as they did not receive discounts or certificates as promised to them.
Updated on Apr 30, 2014 08:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Face-saver: MC starts installing new tubewells in city, finally
The SAD-BJP combine- ruled Municipal Corporation Jalandhar (MCJ) is banking on the installation of new tubewells to play it as development card to garner votes in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Updated on Apr 13, 2014 01:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Letterschd@hindustantimes.com Jalandhar
Face saver: MC starts installing new tubewells in city, finally
The SAD-BJP combine-ruled Municipal Corporation Jalandhar (MCJ) is banking on the installation of new tubewells to play it as development card to garner votes in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. After bad roads had become a major cause of concern for the ruling combine.
Updated on Apr 06, 2014 10:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
1 patwari handling MC’s land records for 10 years
Records pertaining to thousands of acres of land, belonging to the local municipal corporation, are being looked after by a single patwari who has been working on contract basis for the past 10 years.
Updated on Apr 02, 2014 01:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Staff crunch: 1 patwari handling MC's land records
Records pertaining to thousands of acres of land, belonging to the local municipal corporation, are being looked after by a single patwari who has been working on contract basis for the past 10 years.
Updated on Mar 31, 2014 10:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Media committee issues notices to 2 cable channels
To keep a vigil on paid news in electronic and print media ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) in Jalandhar is regularly identifying uncertified advertisements of political nature.
Updated on Mar 30, 2014 10:34 PM IST
Hindustantimes.com | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Ladowali Road a junk dealers’ haven, MC looks other way
A number of auto junk dealers have encroached upon footpaths and portions of road at the stretch between Ladowali Road and Alaska Chowk.
Updated on Mar 29, 2014 11:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalandhar
Ladowali Road turns junk dealers' haven, MC looks other way
A number of auto junk dealers have encroached upon footpaths and portions of road at the stretch between Ladowali Road and Alaska Chowk.
Updated on Mar 28, 2014 07:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Parampreet Singh Narula, Jalndhar