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A broker who could ‘overrule’ Chief
Minister Ludhiana, June 15 Following the controversy over the construction of the marriage palaces, the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) had stopped power supply to all the marriage palaces in June, 1999. At this stage the LSE broker emerged on the scene with an offer of not only helping to restore the electricity connections to all the marriage palaces but also an assurance that the palaces would not be affected again. Not only this, he reportedly assured the marriage palace owners that no action would be taken against them as long as the Akali-BJP government was in power. In the first phase the palace owners were asked to deposit Rs 5 lakh for the restoration of power supply. Another sum of Rs 15 lakh was to be deposited with some third person known to the LSE broker as well as the palace owners. Meanwhile, the owners of the marriage palaces approached the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, through a member of Parliament belonging to the Shiromani Akali Dal. Mr Badal reportedly rang up a senior officer in the local administration asking him to immediately restore the electricity connection to the marriage palaces. This was done in the presence of the palace owners in Chandigarh. While they were on the way back to Ludhiana, the officer reportedly called up each one of them, pleading that the power connections would be restored early next morning. The palace owners agreed since they had the assurance from no less a person than the Chief Minister and had themselves seen him calling up the said officer. However, by the next morning the things had taken a different turn. The LSE broker called up one of the owners telling him that the connections would not be restored as long as they did not pay the money. Having the Chief Minister's assurance, they tried to argue it out with the broker. The owners contacted the local officer who had confirmed about the restoration of power connections only the previous night. The said officer also tried to put forth excuses and ultimately it was confirmed that the local administration had got directions from "some powerful person", so powerful to set aside the Chief Minister's orders, not to restore connections. And nobody dares to guess who could be that "powerful person" who could either prevail upon the Chief Minister or set aside his orders and prevent the restoration of electricity supply to the marriage palaces. While the PSEB restored the connections to four marriage palaces, the owner of the fifth palace approached the court and it was only after the court directive that electricity was restored to his palace. The LSE broker enjoyed good relationships with the then Deputy Commissioner, the Additional Deputy Commissioner and some other people "very close" to the Chief Minister. He allegedly dared the palace owners of the consequences for having bypassed him, first by approaching the Chief Minister and then by seeking the court intervention. |
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Steps to check explosives in steel
scrap Ludhiana, June 15 Presiding over the meeting of representatives of Furnace Owners and the Officers of Customs, Containers Freight Station (CFS) and the Railways Department here, convened to identify the steps to be taken to completely check the arrival of the explosive materials along with the consignments of scrap of the furnace owners, the Deputy Commissioner called upon the furnace owners to take up this serious issue with their exporters in the West Asian countries, including Dubai, Kuwait and Bahrain, from where the scrap was mainly being imported, to properly screen the consignment of scrap before loading into the containers. Mr Sandhu told the Customs authorities to minutely screen all consignments before handing over to the importers and in case, there was any explosive material or bombshell present in the supply, it should be immediately segregated and the matter reported to the Police Department, so that immediate action should be initiated for safe disposal of the explosive material, in consultation with experts to minimise the chances of accidents. He advised the furnace owners to immediately inform officers of Customs and the Police Department, in case, any explosive material was spotted by them in the imported scrap, after it reached their premises. ‘‘There is no need for any hesitation or fear and the importers of scrap should feel free to immediately get in touch with the authorities, so that earliest steps could be taken to deal with the situation.’’ The Deputy Commissioner assured that the government machinery would be completely cooperative and helpful in sorting out the problem, arising out of presence of explosive material in the imported scrap. He cautioned the furnace owners against the underhand disposal of such material, on their own, without informing the authorities and warned that strict action would be taken against the guilty people, as disposal of such explosive material in canal or at abandoned places could cause a big loss to human lives and property. In the meeting, Mr Amandeep Singh, Chief Port Manager, Container Freight Station (CFS), informed that already segregated explosive material was lying in the premises of CFS, Ludhiana ,since 1996. He called for immediate steps for the removal of the same. The Deputy Commissioner assured him that the matter was being taken up with the Army authorities and Home Ministry for its early disposal at the cost of importers concerned. In this connection, a high-level meeting would also be held at Chandigarh on June 19, which would be presided over by Chief Secretary Punjab. Mr Amresh Jain, Deputy Commissioner, Customs, said that his department was already taking extra care in screening the consignments at the CFS before handing over to the importers and assured that he would also take up the matter with the higher authorities to get an agency nominated at the point of origin of the scrap to screen the material before stuffing in the containers and issue the required safety certificates. Mr P. D. Sharma, President, Apex Chamber of Commerce and Industry and representatives of furnace owners, assured to take all kind of precautionary measures to minimise the possibilities of explosive material in the consignments of scrap and also to inform the authorities in case of the presence of any kind of such materials in the consignment immediately. |
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War of wits between quacks and
admn Ludhiana, June 15 A list of these quacks was forwarded to the Senior Superintendent of Police for action. But even before these quacks could be reached, most of them have renamed their clinics and even changed the names of the doctors running these clinics. The Civil Surgeon, Dr Rajinder Kaur, says that the department’s efforts to curb the quack menace have been frustrated following inadequate support from the police as also due to quacks resorting to different tricks, which often mislead the police and the health department officials. However, the civil surgeon claims that efforts are on to curb the menace. “The quacks are smart and they somehow come to know that notices have been issued to them even before the notices reach them. Consequently these quacks change the names of the clinics, doctors running these clinics and even sometimes move to another nearby location frustrating all our efforts, besides making the task of the administration difficult”, she said. The Civil Surgeon disclosed that she had forwarded the list of 40 ‘quacks’ to the SSP office. The list of three more quacks namely Mr Devinder Kumar of Vandana Clinic, Mr Narinder Kumar Thapar of Thapar clinic and Mr Jagtar Cheema of Cheema clinic were also sent to the SSP office. The letter issued by the Civil Surgeon’s office on self-styled doctor Devinder Kumar issued on May 30 reads, “After verification by Dr V.C.Bassi, District Family Planning and Welfare Officer, the certificates submitted by Devinder Kumar were not found to be valid and he was asked to close his clinic”. However, the SSP, Mr Kuldeep Singh, when contacted, to know the progress the police had made in the matter expressed ignorance about any issuance of such notices saying “these notices, have not been brought to my notice. The police is very keen on ensuring compliance of the High Court order and we will ensure their compliance once the notices are issued”. In most cases, what happens is that even when a visiting team of officials confronts the quack, he complies with the notice for the time being, but the moment the officials leave, the same person opens another clinic under another name. SHO Model Town, Randhir Singh, got the “Vandhna” clinic run by one Davinder Kumar in the Dugri road area on Wednesday following the civil surgeons’ notice. But two days later, another clinic has opened with another name and a new name-plate of a doctor who claims to be qualified in ayurvedic medicine. Though the quacks are spread over the entire city, many of them are concentrated in the Rahon road, Tajpur road, Kakowal road, Meharban nagar, etc as these areas
are on the outskirts of the city and easily attract unsuspecting villagers. Several patients have died at the hands of these quacks after they were not diagnosed properly. Interestingly, many of these clinics are run by members of the same family in different areas and have been operating for years. These clinics are passed over from one generation to the other. An official of the district administration disclosed that several clinics run in the Dugri road, Abdullahpur Basti and Jawaddi area were found to be owned by one man who had sub-let these to other quacks for a hefty sum, payable on a monthly basis. While the administration spends time to work out strategies to curb the quackery menace, these so called ‘doctors’ continue to play with the lives of unsuspecting patients. |
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Ex-KLF activist, 2 others
arrested Ludhiana, June 15 SSP Jagraon Jaskaran Singh told Ludhiana Tribune today that former KLF activist Jagroop Singh Roopi along with alleged history- sheeters Avtar Singh, alias Bittu, and Chamkaur Singh, alias Kaura, were nabbed by a team of the CIA police from an abandoned house while they were allegedly planning to committ robberies after re-grouping. The abandoned house was located near a canal bridge, linking Majri and Bassian Bet villages. The police has recovered four pistols and 20 live catridges from their possession. The disclosure about the arrest has ended the suspense over the mysterious disappearance two days ago of former terrorist Roopi from his village Burj Naklian. While his family members had alleged that Roopi was picked up by the police, the police had so far denied this. Interestingly, the former terrorist’s family had reportedly alleged that Roopi was picked up from a shop outside his house in Burj Naklian village. However, the police today claimed he was arrested from an abandoned house near the canal. Malkit Singh, father of Roopi, condemning the police action, has reportedly alleged that the police was implicating his son in a false case. He said after his release from a jail last year Roopi had joined the mainstream and had started practising agriculture. He had alleged that the police had arrested his son after he made inquiries about the picking up of villager Sukhwinder Bitto of Cheema village a few days ago. The reasons for picking him remain unknown. SSP Jaskaran Singh, however, denies all these allegations and maintained that the terrorist was not being falsely implicated in the case. He said the police had received secret information about their re-grouping and had acted in time to avert any robbery as planned by them. He said the three persons were history-sheeters. As many as 23 cases of different nature were registered against Roopi in several police stations of the state. The other members Avtar Singh and Chamkaur Singh have 13 and 6 cases registered, respectively, against their names in different police stations. The main cases registered against Roopi include several killings at Barnala, Jagraon, and Ludhiana police districts. He had surrendered in 1992 before the Jagraon police and had returned to his village after completing his jail sentence.
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Talwandi’s car in bus stand
drama Khamano, June 15 Though Mr Talwandi was not in the car at the time of the incident, his personal assistant, Mr Rajwant Singh, was in it with some youths. He, later, apologised to the crowd for the incident. The crowd shouted slogans against the youths and the Punjab Government, before the Khamano police reached there to control the situation. Eyewitnesses said the Maruti car (PB-10-AR-0766) had stopped behind a bus as some passengers were alighting from it and there was no space to overtake it. Another Maruti car (HR-26C-9897) stopped behind the first car. The Contessa (PB-10-O-9410) hit one of the parked Maruti cars from behind. The driver of the Maruti received some bruises, got down from his car and started abusing the driver of the other Maruti car, who told him that actually the Contessa had hit his vehicle. Meanwhile, some youths alighted from the Contessa and started beating him up. Soon, a large number of persons, including Mr Bhinder Singh Ranwan, Secretary of the Punjab unit of the Dalit Kisan Dal, reached there and rescued the driver. Later, the policemen took the youths to the Khamano police station, where Mr Ranwan reached with the drivers of both Maruti cars. The youths said the Maruti had overtaken their car twice before the incident, which had prompted them to think that there might be anti-social elements in it. While following the car, they could not control the speed of their Contessa and banged into the Maruti. They apologised to the drivers for the incident and a compromise was reached. |
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Penalised for ‘opposing’ VC’s appointment Ludhiana, June 15 Sources close to the PAU authorities said an increment of Dr R.K. Batra, Professor of English in the PAU Department of Languages and Journalism, was cancelled after the authorities found that he had “opposed” the appointment of Dr K.S. Aulakh as the new PAU Vice-Chancellor in a statement to the Press. Mr Chaman Lal Bhatia, an assistant in the Registrar’s office was also suspended here today for sitting on the orders that had been released by the VC’s office on May 8. When contacted, Dr Aulakh said these reports were true indeed. He said, the Registrar, Mr Alok Shekhar, had taken a serious view of the lapse on part of his assistant and reported the matter to him, at which, action had been taken against him. He said he had ordered that no official should keep a file with himself for more than two days. In reply to a show-cause notice that was issued to him after his statement to the Press, Dr Batra had written to the VC that it was Dr Balwant Singh, convener of the Kisan Cell of the NCP, and not he who had opposed his appointment. |
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Termination case: PAU to fix responsibility on errant officials Ludhiana, June 15 The Vice-Chancellor of PAU, Dr Kirpal Singh Aulakh, talking to the Ludhiana Tribune here yesterday said that he was seriously contemplating ordering a probe into the recruiting process which allowed an ‘unqualified’ person to be recruited. He, however, said the probe may not concentrate on a single person as a three-member committee besides a number of officials were involved in the recruitment process. He said that though the services of Ms Sarbjit Dhaliwal were terminated yesterday as there was an audit objection upon the university for assigning the post to Ms Dhaliwal despite getting a third division in graduation which rendered her unqualified for the post of a teacher in the Department of Economics, the PAU would like to fix the responsibility on the errant officials who facilitated her appointment despite being unqualified. The termination orders, which have perhaps been issued for the first time in the university, have evoked a controversy on the campus. Speculations are making rounds of the campus that Ms Dhaliwal would move the court as ‘injustice’ was meted out to her by the authorities. Meanwhile, sources close to Ms Dhaliwal today sought to contest the orders claiming that she had not concealed any aspect of her qualification from the university. The sources said that she had requested the then Vice-Chancellor to consider her limited status course (equivalent to graduation) in economics from the University of California in which she had scored 68 per cent marks and she may be allowed to appear for the interview. It should be mentioned here that the university had published an advertisement for the post of an Assistant Economist in the Department of Economics and Sociology in 1997. The university had invited the applications from the interested candidates who held a master’s degree in the economics and a bachelor’s degree with a second division. Ms Dhaliwal had filed an application and she had also moved a separate application to the then VC requesting him to appear for the interview. The sources also said that she held a master's degree in economics from the University of California and she had an experience of several years in the field. Considering all these facts the then VC constituted a committee of three members comprising Dr K.C. Dhawan, retired Head of Economics, Dr Joginder Singh, present Head of Economics and Dr P.S. Khatra, a senior teacher of economics. Sources further said that these persons, in a unanimous decision, had recommended her candidature and she was called for an interview on May 15, 1998. Interestingly she had got selected and Dr G.S. Kalkat, the then Vice-Chancellor approved her selection and signed her letter of appointment initially on leave vacancy and later she was regularised. Suddenly she received a show-cause notice from the university authorities on May 14 asking her why her services should not be terminated in lieu of possessing a third division in graduation. She had to furnish a reply within 15 days. After she replied the authorities on June 12 issued her termination orders and she was relieved immediately from the services. Various faculty members in the PAU, who did not want to be identified, said that the authorities did not follow the complete procedure of termination as it took the authorities just less than a month to decide and take the ‘extreme’ step. They said that all steps which were usually followed for termination were dispensed with and audit could raise an objection only after a month of recruitment when first salary was given. Dr Aulakh, responding to the allegations, said she had not submitted any certificate regarding improvement of marks. He said due steps of termination had been followed and the university had not played any partisan role in
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STATE OF PARKS Ludhiana, June 15 The 700 odd parks or what passes off for green belts is at the most patches of greenery with bald areas, broken benches, worn-out and damaged fences, weeds all around and unhedged plants, mocking the visitors in almost every city locality. Public parks, hardly being anybody’s baby, are among the easiest targets for land mafia and those looking to make a fast buck through fraudulent land deals. It is not uncommon to see several unauthorised structures and sheds, constructed in the parks, often by the residents living in adjoining houses in a large number of parks. Not only this, there have been several instances where certain unscrupulous persons have gone to the extent of selling away parts of parks or areas under the green belt to gullible persons, on the basis of forged and fabricated documents and the authorities, found lacking in enforcement, later have to go in for litigation, which drags on for years. The oval ground in Rakh Bagh Complex, one of the most favourite places for morning walkers after Rose Garden, is a classic case of neglect, poor upkeep and official apathy towards public grievances. This vast ground, visited by thousands of morning walkers of all age groups from different walks of life does not have any aesthetic or pleasing look. Big bald patches of ground, unmowed grass, withered plants, scattered dry leaves, heaps of rubbish and stray dogs inside the ground, greet the visitors, who come here looking for a whiff of fresh and clean air and soothing environment in which they could stroll, jog, play games or do a bit of yoga or exercise. Many persons, some of whom have been visiting the park for over two decades now, were sore at the indifferent and apathetic civic officials, whom they charged with caring two hoots for the public at large. ‘‘The place is sans any amenities worth the name, the foot path all around is bumpy and broken at places, the park, spread over several acres has just one tap and no body to look after the lawns or the plants,’’ rued Mr Chopra, an old timer. According to Mr Jai Parkash, a councillor and a member of Finance and Contracts Committee of the MC, who is among the regulars, said that the horticulture wing had deployed (on records) 33 employees, including malis (gardeners) and helpers to maintain the park but a number of morning walkers, Mr Kuldip Vasudeva, Mr Sunder Khurana, Mr Chopra and Mr Mohni told the Ludhiana Tribune that hardly any mali or other MC employee was seen here for maintenance purposes. Another common complaint of the people was lack of public utilities for the morning walkers in the park. A toilet block, they said, had been constructed along side the main entrance but it had not been made functional, allegedly due to pressure from certain residents, living near by, who apprehend that a public toilet in the park would become a permanent nuisance in the locality. Dr J.S. Bilga, Executive Engineer (Horticulture), however, disagreed with the charges. He said under the given circumstances and available resources, the MC was doing its best. While there is always scope for improvement, it would be unjust to say that civic body was doing nothing. The annual budget of horticulture wing for maintenance of parks had been increased to Rs 45 lakh this year from the previous Rs 33 lakh. He also disclosed that a massive Rs 69-lakh plan for improvement of Rakh Bagh Complex was in the pipeline under which it was planned to take up landscaping, beautification and renovation at a big scale. In a bid to improve the upkeep and maintenance of parks, the Municipal Corporation authorities here had gone in for a privatisation move with great fanfare some times back through participation of committees of the residents. But the plan failed to yield the desired results and there were large number of complaints of the funds, made available for improvement of the parks, being misutilised and misappropriated. The plan, though scrapped for some time, had again been revived, albeit with certain modifications. The MC has around 680 parks in the city area, which include those in the colonies, transferred to the civic body for maintenance by the PUDA and Improvement Trust, says Mr Raminder Singh, Additional Commissioner in the MC. Out of these 387 parks stand handed over to a committee, responsible for maintenance against an MC grant of Re 1 per square metre per month. Providing infrastructure like boundary wall, major repairs, water supply, street lights and fountains still remained the responsibility of the MC. The MC administration, the Ludhiana residents felt, would do well to keep the maintenance of parks and extension of green cover among its top priorities because in the wake of environmental pollution increasing in the city at an alarming rate, the green belts seem to be the only flickering light at the end of long dark tunnel. |
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Muslims condemn use of mosque
as hideout Ludhiana, June 15 At a special meeting here yesterday, which was presided over the society president Mohammad Nasim Ansari and attended by office-bearers and members, Mr Ansari said the mosques were meant for worship and not for seeking shelter from the law. He said these people who proclaimed themselves to be supporters of Islam and jehadis were in fact dark spots on the name of Islam. Their only purpose, he said, was to mislead the Muslims not only of India but also in whole of the world. By their act of hiding in a mosque, they had tarnished the image of Islam. He further said that Indian Muslims had made sacrifices in the struggle for Independence and would continue to do so for the sake of maintaining the unity and integrity of the country. But these handful of terrorists by their actions were making the Indian Muslims doubtful citizens of the country. Kashmir is an integral part of India and would continue to remain so, he added.
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Pension scheme still a distant dream Ludhiana, June 15 Lecturers of these colleges blame bureaucratic hurdles for unusual delay in the process of implementation of the scheme. Several protests, dharnas and court arrests have been made during the two years to get this scheme implemented, but the scheme remains a distant dream. Giving details of the problems faced by the staff of private colleges, Prof K.B.S. Sodhi, President, Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union, said that the bill regarding the scheme was passed by the Punjab government after a persistent demand over several years. The bill was gazetted on April 26, 1999, under the title Punjab affiliated colleges security of service employees amendment Act, 1999. However, when the government failed to get it implemented, the college teachers were compelled to intensify their struggle and hold protest rallies in the constituencies of MLAs and ministers from September to December, 2000, including the constituency of Master Mohan Lal, Minister of Higher Education, at Pathankot and the constituency of Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance Minister, at Banaur, said Professor Sodhi. He also said that when the last protest rally was to be held at Giddarbaha, the office-bearers of the union were invited by Master Mohan Lal on December 29, 2000, for a dialogue in which he promised to implement the scheme within a month. But unfortunately even six months of the declaration made by the minister, the scheme had not yet been implemented, he said. Professor Sodhi said that on May 16, 2001, office-bearers of the union again approached the minister to remind him of the promise and a meeting was held in the presence of Mr Gulzar Singh, DPI (college), and Mr Bhagat Singh, Education Secretary. It was decided that the colleges be asked to furnish revised information regarding the CPF of the employees falling under the scheme. Colleges were asked to send information as per the CPF Act of 1952 and also include estimated CPF due to the college teachers in the revised grades from January 1, 1996, to March 31, 1999. While the circular issued on May 23 this year asked the college authorities to send the required information within one week, only a few colleges have sent the details, the union president said while appealing to the principals and managements to send correct and revised information expeditiously so that the assured corpus be generated to facilitate implementation of the scheme which is likely to benefit 3,903 teachers and 2,561 non-teaching employees of the private colleges. |
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Punjab Pradesh Congress Sewa Dal recast Ludhiana, June 15 According to Mr Bagga, the party high command has also nominated eight organisers, 13 organising secretaries, four programme coordinators, one chief instructor and three instructors of the state unit, besides appointment of 15 district chief organisers. The following are the new office-bearers of the party: Pradesh organisers: Mr Om Parkash Sarin, Mr Rajinder Batra, Ms Leela Verma, Dr Sohan Lal Sharma, Mr Aashish Gupta, Mr Madan Lal Sood, Dr Kamaljit Kaur, Mr Charanjit Bansal. Organising secretaries: Ms Inderjit Kaur Mohi, Mr Rameshwar Das Garg, Ms Asmat Bano, Mr Rakesh Parashar, Mr Harminder Singh Grover, Mr Ramesh Gugnani, Mr Gur Avtar, Mr Rajesh Bahl, Mr Jagjit Gill Patti, Mr Jugraj Jorkhian, Mr Prem Singh Nagra, Mr Naresh Airi, Mr Jaspal Singh Panesar. Programme coordinators: Mr Prithipal Singh Ghayal, Mr Pawan Malhotra, Mr Darshan Singh, Mr Satish Bali. Chief instructor: Mr Darshan Singh Kotia. Instructors: Mr Ranjit Singh, Mr Manjit Singh, Mr Dalbir Singh Chauhan. District chief organisers: Mr Hans Raj (Amrtisar Urban), Mr Bhupendra Singh (Amrtisar Rural), Mr Kuldeep Singh Kuku ((Ludhiana Urban), Mr Gurnam Singh (Ludhiana Rural), Mr Govind Rai Arora (Kapurthala), Mr Nirmal Saini (Gurdaspur), Mr Naval Kishore Kalia (Hoshiarpur), Mr Bachan Lal Verma (Ropar), Dr Charan Kamal Singh (Patiala Rural), Mr Gurdial Singh (Mansa), Mr Mohan Lal Yogi (Bathinda), Mr Vinod Kumar Pappu (Ferozepur), Mr Balwant Singh (Sangrur), Mr Atma Singh Neta (Moga), Mr Om Parkash Tangadi (Fatehgarh
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Summer camps conclude Ludhiana, June 15 Nearly 110 students, who participated in the camp, put up an exhibition of wall hangings, glass painting, pot painting, handbags and shagun envelopes made by them. Science models on topics related to pollution and environment were also put on display. A short cultural programme was arranged in which students performed dance on the numbers Pairon mein bandhan and Coco jumbo. Bhangra was presented by students of the senior section. Ms Simmi Gupta, Principal, appreciated the efforts of the students. Meanwhile, an exhibition of art and craft material and cultural programme marked the concluding day of a fortnight-long summer camp organised by Springdale Public School here today. Nearly 150 students who had participated in the camp, put up their exhibits which included painted earthen pots decorated with rice, rope, beads, ghungroo, sippis and greeting card cuttings. Flowers made from a variety of fabric material were arranged in the pots. Table lamps, soft toys and dolls were demonstrated in the best out of the waste section. Hand knitted pull overs, scarfs and frocks were also put up in the exhibition. In the cultural programme, the students performed dance on various numbers including, ‘Mukhda dekh ke’, ‘Boogie Woogie’ and ‘Pairon mein bandhan’. A patriotic group song, ‘Yeh maati sab ki kahani banegi’, was also presented. The programme concluded with giddha and bhangra.
Ms Avinash K. Walia, Principal of the school, appreciated the efforts of the students. |
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Slush all over after
rain Ludhiana, June 15 The Sun showed up for the first time in two days today, but the clouds eclipsed it soon afterwards. Residents, on the whole, have welcomed this unseasonal rain. They believe that rain on the first day of the Indian month of ‘Asharh’ today is auspicious. ‘Asharh’, which is considered to be a hot month, may not be so harsh this time, according to weather watchers. Besides providing residents with some relief from heat, this rain will also help paddy growers of the state and reduce the power crisis. |
Mystery shrouds trader’s
death Ahmedgarh, June 15 It is being presumed that he committed suicide by jumping into the canal. Sources say he was heavily indebted because of gambling. Though kin of the businessman are looking for his body downstream, the police has not been informed about the incident. According to sources, no suicide note was found in or near the clothes found on the canal bank. The deceased had been running a karyana shop for the past 20 years or so opposite Gandhi School and had even been lending money to the people. Besides, a large number of his customers also owed him money. |
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Five arrested for loitering Ludhiana, June 15 The SHO of Division No. 5, Mr Mukhminder Singh, said Sanjay Dhingra, Sunil Verma, Manila, Priya and Manju were arrested by a patrollign police party. They have been booked under Section 109 of the CrPc.
JAGRAON Electronics shop burgled |
Awareness programme on industrial pollution Ludhiana, June 15 Mr A.K. Agnihotri, task force leader, project Uptech, SBI, Sunder Nagar, Ludhiana, discussed the different designs, suppliers and costs of different effluent treatment plants. He disclosed that the SBI had conducted a study at the request of Knitwear Club, Ludhiana, for providing solutions to the water effluent problems in the garment washing units. The study has been conducted under the guidance of Mr Raju Sharma, Techno Consultant. In the programme, Mr Sharma apprised the participants of the danger of water pollution problem in Ludhiana and stressed on the need to control the same. He urged the participants to install compact and cost effective effluent treatment plants in their units. They can contribute to the social cause of controlling water pollution which had already reached the alarming level in Ludhiana. Dr Pawan Sharma showed how the ETP operated by presenting an animation model of the effluent treatment plant on computer. Mr Vinod Kumar Thapar, president, Knitwear Club, appreciated the initiatives of the State Bank of India, Project Uptech, for promoting the social cause of controlling pollution in Ludhiana. Mr Manoj Nayyar and Mr S.S. Venkataraman from Thermac delivered lectures on pollution control practices in the knitwear industry. They replied to the queries raised by participants.
About 35 industrialists attended the programme. |
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