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Flouting traffic rules with
impunity
Ludhiana, April 19
Wilful traffic violations by people in the city continue with the administration paying little heed. Teenagers drive bikes without helmets, women drive cars without driving licence, cycles and rickshaws move freely without caring for traffic lights, people drive cars at high speed without fastening their seat belts, while stray cattle move on the roads making it a free for all situation on most Ludhiana roads.
Garbage dump awaits ‘inauguration’
Ludhiana April 19
The Municipal Corporation here had built two garbage dumps, one near the PAU gate no. 2 and another on the Rani Jhansi road in front of the Khalsa College for Women, to rid the city roads of rubbish.
Music came to her
rescue
Ludhiana, April 19
“Itni shakti hame dena data, man ka vishwas kamzor ho na, hum chale nek raste pe, hamse bhool kar bhi koi bhool ho na”, were the lines of inspiring song that kept Ms Suman Walia going when her husband suddenly died of a massive heart attack. The catastrophe in her life left her numb, paralysed for some time as she had two young boys of 10 and 12 to raise.
Contractor ‘harassing’
rickshaw-pullers
Ludhiana, April 19
A parking contractor in the Subzi Mandi area has been holding about 60 odd rickshaw-pullers to ransom, charging Rs 5 from them for each time they park their cycle rickshaws anywhere in the Subzi Mandi.
General’s death
condoled
Ludhiana April 19
A special meeting of the executive of the Indian Ex-services League, Panjab and Chandigarh, was held to condole the death of Gen. M.P.S. Maan, AVSM, here on Thurdsay.
Missing child
recovered
Tusse(Ludhiana), April 19
The city police in a search operation recovered a lost child last evening from the Tajpur road.
Six-year-old Kullu, who belongs to Shimla and was on a visit to his maternal uncle’s house in Shivaji Nagar here, had disappeared yesterday afternoon.
Widow demands pension benefits
Ludhiana, April 19
In a representation to the Education Minister, Punjab, Ms Veena Chauhan, a widow and resident of the Urban Estate, has written that following the death of her husband on November 19 last year, she has not been paid the pension benefits adequately.
Hawker found dead
Jagraon, April 19
Sukha, migrant hawker, who used to sell groundnut in the village, was found murdered at Bridge Kholia, near Malsihan Bajan village. A case under Section 302, IPC, has been registered at Sidhwanbet police station.
Conference
on road safety
Ludhiana, April 19
The Department of Health Education and Family Welfare CMC Ludhiana in coordination with the International Union of Health Promotion and Education will organise a conference on “Road accident a major killer: update on its causes and prevention” at the CMC hospital auditorium on April 20 at 8.30 a.m.
Watermelons, the nectar of
summer
Ludhiana, April 19
In the hot thirsty summers, when the throat is parched, the sweet red juice of the cool watermelon tastes like nectar. Not only does it quench thirst, but is refreshing as its vitamins and minerals and water content replenish the loss of water that the body suffers due to sweat.
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