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MC claims fall flat as monsoon sets in
Ludhiana, June 29 The Tribune team visited different localities where gastroenteritis spread last year leading to death of at least 12 persons and more than 500 people suffered from the disease. Vinod Parsad, a resident of Ranjeet Nagar in Sherpur area, who works as an electrician, said: “I have been staying here for the past 10 years, but never came across any health or MC employee spreading awareness about cleanliness.” However, officers of the health department claim that they had already visited these areas. Only last week Dr GP Mangla, district epidemiologist, while talking to The Tribune, claimed: “We have completed one round of awareness and will start the second round soon.” Refuting his claim, Bachha Lal Mistri, who hails from Gorakhpur and was a resident of the same colony, said: “People keep throwing garbage indiscriminately. No one comes
to stop them or to take it away.” Fed up from the attitude of the Municipal Corporation, Bhagwan Dass, owner of a department store in Fauji Colony, said: “I have been living here for the past 22 years, but have never seen any MC official or worker come here, except for volunteers of pulse polio. Every year diseases spread here. It will not be wrong to call this area “beemar” (sick) colony. The choked sewerage has made the life worst and moreover the water we get for drinking here sometimes stinks.”
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GLADA razes eight colonies
Ludhiana, June 29 Led by the GLADA’s Additional Chief Administrator Jaswant Singh, its field and enforcement staff, armed with three JCB machines, descended at a colony being developed in 10 acres on the Jassian-Chuharpur Road without mandatory approval and pulled down the boundary wall and some structures. In another colony under development in 12 acres, adjoining this site, sewerage lines and electric poles were dug up. The GLADA team, thereafter went to other unauthorised colonies on the Chuharpur-Balloke Road (4 acres), Humbran Road near Malakpur (2.5 acre), Humbran-Beermi Road (3 acre), behind Convent School in South City (22 acre), behind NRI block in South City (10 acre) and near Country Home West in South City (3 acre) where roads, sewerage lines, boundary walls and some other structures were demolished. The GLADA team was accompanied with a heavy police force led by ACP Narinder Pal Ruby. According to Jaswant Singh, notices for developing colonies without obtaining license and meeting other requirements as per provisions of the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act (PAPRA) were duly served to the developers. “We gave sufficient times to the colonisers to fall in line and apply for regularisation of their colonies under the now-simplified policy announced by the state government if they so desire.” He asserted that the GLADA would deal sternly all violations carried out by the defaulters.
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Gyaspura, Mayor’s own ward remains neglected
Ludhiana, June 29 Talking to The Tribune, Parasram, a resident of Shanti Nagar, said: “The entire sewerage system is choked. It starts overflowing whenever it rain. We are living in a hell. These choked pipes are never cleaned.” Parasram’s wife added, “Our four-year-old daughter has been suffering from stomach infection for the past 20 days. The little one is also suffering from lung infection. We are feeling suffocated here.” Similar situation prevails in Gyaspura, which also falls in the Mayor’s ward. Narender Kumar, a roadside butcher, while pointing towards a dilapidated road, said: “This is the famous “Dhai futti daba road”. It was re-carpeted about 10 years ago. The road witnesses heavy traffic daily and is becoming from bad to worse. The rainwater especially damages this road.” Besides roads, empty plots were also in a bad condition. Sunder Lal, a resident of Makkar Colony, said: “People come and throw the garbage here. Empty plots in the colony have been turned into a garbage dump.”
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MC helpless in checking mushrooming of ‘vehras’
Ludhiana, June 29 One can well imagine the unhygienic conditions in which people live here as these premises have enough rooms, but very few toilets. Surinder
Lal, a resident of the Fauji Colony, said: “Every morning there is infighting among residents as there are only two toilets for 16 rooms. A long queue of people can be seen at 5 am, where people keep jostling each other to enter the toilet first. However, I cannot afford to stay anywhere else due to high rents. Here I pay Rs 610 per month other than electricity charges.” When asked as why do they throw so much garbage on the premises,
Sushma, another resident of the area, said: “Since there is no garbage bin in the ‘vehra’ so we keep disposing on one side of the staircase.” However, blaming the Municipal Corporation for not cleaning up the streets and choked sewerage pipes,
Rani, a resident of the Fauji Colony, said: “I also own a ‘vehra’ here and have built 20 rooms in it along with two toilets. However, throughout the year the sewerage remains choked here.” When asked if she paid house tax to the MC, she kept quiet and said, “I do not stay here. Only tenants stay. So why pay house tax?” Similar situation exists in
Gyaspura. It was observed that a big ‘vehra’ was having 40 rooms with three toilets on the top floor. A resident, Umesh Kumar, said: “I never get my turn to use this toilet, so I go to toilet in my factory. It is very clean. But I stay here as its rent is only Rs 500 per month.” |
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CCTV Cameras
Ludhiana, June 29 The Sant Nagar Welfare Society has installed 16 cameras in its area with a hope to help the police in catching a suspect if any crime takes place. Devinder Sharma, a bank manager, who resides in the area, said, “We (40 to 45 residents) have installed 16 CCTV cameras by pooling Rs 1 lakh. These cameras have been installed on electricity poles and atop a few houses and trees to keep a watch on nefarious elements. A huge monitor worth Rs 35,000 has been installed at a residence to keep a watch in the area. We can store the footages for 15 days. Each resident pooled anything between Rs 2,000 and Rs 3,000 to install these cameras. We feel much secured and safe now,” added Sharma. Another resident, Nitin Gupta, said, “The other day, a boy was following a girl in the area. We did nothing other than cautioning the boy his activities are being recorded in a camera. Without wasting a minute, the boy just fled from the scene.” “A chain-snatching incident took place in Sant Nagar a few days ago. But, the snatchers could not be located. Had this incident taken place here, we could have got them nabbed soon. Now, residents of Sant Nagar are also planning to install similar cameras in their area,” said Anju, a homemaker.
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Education dept means business from Day 1
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 29 Heads of these schools have already started contacting their staff members to ensure that no lapse was recorded in reports to be submitted by the inspection teams. Parents have been asked to send their wards well in time on the first day so that morning assembly is held in an ideal manner. Punishments and fines are waiting for latecomers and absentees. Investigations revealed that the state education department has decided to conduct special checks in government schools on coming Friday to ensure that the quality of education was maintained from the first working days after the summer vacation. Perusal of records revealed that the Deputy State Project Director, Sarav Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), had directed all circle education officers and the district education officers to form inspection teams and conduct surprise checks of schools falling under their jurisdiction. The inspection reports should be submitted to the office of the SSA without delay so that remedial action could be taken. The inspection teams have been advised to consider directions received in the past while conducting the scheduled inspections. Acknowledging receipt of communication regarding scheduled inspection, the principal of a government senior secondary school said he had advised all members of his staff to be punctual and meticulous on the first day of opening of school after vacation. Menial staff and laboratory assistants have been asked to come a few hours before the school time so that things could be set right. Surinder Singh, a teacher posted at a high school of the region, who had gone to a hill station, said he had started return journey immediately after receiving the information about the scheduled inspection. “Though we were supposed to return on Thursday, I decided to return today to avoid delay due to unforeseen factors, including traffic blockades,” said Surinder Singh. Jasbir Singh, a social leader of Dehlon village, said heads of some schools had approached him to facilitate maximum attendance of students in classes after vacation. “Realising importance of the issue, we have allowed teachers to aware students through public announcement system installed at religious places of various localities,” said Singh.
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700 schoolteachers without salary for six months
Ludhiana, June 29 In September 2010, it was decided by the then Education Minister Upinderjeet Kaur that 95 per cent aided schools will be paid for nine months in advance so that teachers get their salaries regularly. All district education officers (secondary) were asked to implement the scheme. “The schools have not received the salaries of teachers. The decision to give nine months’ salaries in advance was taken in September last year. After that the schools got the salaries for three months from October to December. But after December, the aided schools have not received the amount,” said Khagesh Sharma, principal of Malwa Khalsa Senior Secondary School. Chamkaur Singh, principal of Dashmesh Senior Secondary School said a few schools have given salaries to teachers from their own funds. "But even these schools have given salaries for only two-three months. No aided school can afford to give salaries from its funds for such a long period," he said. Kulwant Singh, one of the teachers working in an aided school, lamented that he was the only
earning hand in the family and had not received salary for the past six months. “We are a family of four and surviving under such circumstances has become difficult," he lamented. When contacted, District Education Officer (Secondary) Harbhajan Ram said the estimates have been sent to the department but it is yet to release funds. "I can release the grant only when the department sends it to me," he said.
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11 years on, govt fails to repair rest house
Phillaur, June 29 Several VVIPs visit Phillaur town, popularly known as the “Gate of Doaba”. While former Congress minister Santokh Singh had enjoyed power during the Congress rule from this constituency and presently Akali MLA Sarwan Singh Phillaur is working as Chief Parliamentary Secretary, none of them ever took up the issue with the government.
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Woman killed, 18 hurt in accident
Samrala, June 29 The ill-fated mini-bus of Malwa Mill, situated on the Kohara- Machiwara Road, was returning after taking the women workers of the mill of Nawanshehar villages. When the mini-bus reached near Jharaudi village, the driver lost control in order to save a car and collided with a truck that was parked wrongly on the road. Some passers-by informed the Machiwara police and the cops with the help of area residents evacuated the girls from the bus. Balwinder Kaur Meenu, a resident of Chuharpur village, died on way to the Civil Hospital while other seriously injured workers were rushed to the Machiwara Civil Hospital. The injured women workers were identified as Kulwinder Kaur, Sheela, Harpreet Kaur, Goldi, Heera, Pardeep Kaur and Pinki, all residents of Musapur village, Surjeet Kaur of Malwa village, Rajwinder Kaur of Chuharpur, Satwinder Kaur, Suman Deep, Amarjeet Kaur, Sarabjit Kaur, Sukhwinder Kaur, Seena, Jasvir Kaur and Parminder Kaur, all residents of Kariam, and the bus driver Gurvinder Singh, a resident of Morinda. Eight seriously injured workers were referred to the PGI. The Machiwara police has registered a case under Sections 283, 304-A, 337, 338 and 427 of the IPC against the truck driver.
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Students to submit anti-ragging affidavit
Ludhiana, June 29 Dr HS Singha, director, Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology (GNIMT), said that the parents and guardians of the student seeking admission in the institute would also submit an affidavit that they were also aware of the law in this regard and agreed to abide by the punishment meted out to their ward in case the latter was found guilty of ragging or abetting ragging. The application for admission will also be accompanied by a document along with the school leaving certificate and the character certificate, which will include a report on the behavioural pattern of applicant so that the institute could keep intense watch on the student who had a negative entry. Dr Singha added that ragging was banned in their institute and to curb and prevent this evil, an anti-ragging committee and an anti ragging squad had been formulated.
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First round of counselling ends at GADVASU
Ludhiana, June 29 A total 1,014 students appeared for the CET conducted by the university on June 22. A total of 58 seats of BVSc & AH, 17 of BFSc and 25 of BTech (dairy tech) were filled in the first counselling held on June 28 and 29 said Dr PD Juyal, registrar, GADVASU. The University started BFSc and BTech (Dairy Tech) courses in 2008 for first time in the region. A great rush was seen to veterinary, dairy and fisheries courses due to increasing popularity of these courses. As many as 1,197 applications were received this year. The seats for Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Amritsar, for the Ist year could not be filled as the permission from the Veterinary Council of India is still awaited. The 2nd counselling for the BTech (Dairy Technology) will be held on July 22 while the third counselling for all the undergraduate programmes will be held on August 30.
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Doraha college students excel
Doraha, June 29 In BA III, Navshika Sharma topped the class by scoring 72.5 per cent marks while Gian Singh and Jatinder Kaur have scored 71.58 per cent and 71.45 per cent marks, respectively. President of the college management committee Roop Brar, general secretary Harpatap Singh Brar, director Jaswant Singh Gill and principal Dr Narinder Singh Sidhu congratulated the students for bringing laurels to the institution.
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CD of Punjabi ghazals out
Ludhiana, June 29 He was interacting with participants of a function held at the GGN Institute of Management and Technology while releasing an audio CD of noted Punjabi poet Tarlochan Singh Lochi. The CD 'Sarvar' has eight ghazals in the melodious voice of Lochi himself. Tarlochan Singh said the companies dealing with audio and videocassettes, TV channels, singers and lyricists have a great social responsibility to maintain the richness of Punjabi culture.
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ETO suspended
Ludhiana, June 29 The orders of suspension came from the headquarters in Chandigarh. It was alleged that Goel, an ETO in district II, had done the assessment of a firm in just Rs 10 lakh while the actual amount of the penalty was Rs 10 crore.
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Shops demolished amid protest
Ludhiana, June 29 These encroachments were removed following the Punjab and Haryana High Court order. In today's drive, a total of 106 encroachments were removed, out of which seven shops were demolished. The other encroachments were in the form of extended portions of shops. Seven shopkeepers had encroached upon five feet of the MC land and other shopkeepers had encroachment upon 1.5 feet or more. The shops that were demolished completely were situated near the Jama Masjid in Field Ganj. Assistant Town Planner Kamaljit Kaur led the anti-encroachment drive, which started at around 9 am. A large number of police personnel were deputed to help the MC staff. The shopkeepers, however, gave tough time to MC officials. One of the shopkeepers even jumped on top of the ditch machine and entered the driver's cabin to stop him from demolishing shops. The police personnel later brought him down. Shopkeepers were seen arguing with MC officials that they had been running their shops in the area for the past 40 years. Area councillor Rakesh Prashar also reached the spot and after speaking to the MC officials was seen persuading the shopkeepers to assist the civic body officials. A shopkeeper, Surjit Singh Billa, rued that the successive state governments assured them that their shops would not be demolished. “But now the MC has demolished my shop. I am doing my business from a small shop and am not creating any disturbance on the road. I fail to understand as what would MC get by demolishing our shops," said Surjit Singh Billa, who runs a cloth shop near Jama Masjid. Another shopkeeper Manjit Singh rued that the area shopkeepers have even hired private security personnel for ensuring smooth flow of traffic on the Jail Road. "But the MC is saying that with the encroachments, the traffic flow is being disturbed, which is totally wrong," he said. ATP Kamaljit Kaur was seen telling the shopkeepers that she was doing her duty. “I don't have anything personal against any of the shopkeepers. We are just complying with the orders of the High Court. All shopkeepers have been served notices many times, but they failed to take any corrective measures and that is why, we demolished the shops," the ATP said. When the drive started, MC officials told the shopkeepers to demolish their structures on their own, else they would demolish them. A large number of shopkeepers started removing encroachments themselves. Many of them were even seen dismantling the shutters installed in their shops. When some political leaders passed from the Jail Road, area shopkeepers were seen urging them for help. But none of them did so saying that they cannot help as it's a matter related to the High Court. Shopkeepers even dialed phone numbers of some politicians, but MC officials failed to entertain any such calls. Leads to snarl-up
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Shagun Scheme Scam
Ludhiana, June 29 Gross anomalies in the distribution of cheques for the Shagun Scheme rocked the grievances committee meeting at the Bachat Bhawan in the Mini-Secretariat here today and put the district welfare department in the dock. Following allegation of fake beneficiaries, Deputy Commissioner Rahul Tiwari ordered an inquiry into the scam by the finance and accounts department. If entries were found fake, cases would be registered against the erring officials officers. The development took place following a report tabled by SDM Manpreet Chattwal, who was probing the matter after local SAD MLA Darshan Singh Shivalik levelled allegation that Rs 42 lakh meant for the Shagun Scheme were usurped by the department employees. According to the report, 63 cases out of 80 have been found correct during the random checking, while in 13 cases, the address were not found and in four cases, the residents claimed that they did not receive the cheques. Assistant Commissioner General JK Jain and an official of the finance and accounts department would probe the matter. They would investigate whether cheques had been withdrawn from the government treasury. If the money was withdrawn and did not reach the beneficiaries, fraud case would be registered against the erring thesil welfare officer,” said sources in the administration. MLA Darshan Singh Shivalik has been given the task of going through the list of the Shagun Scheme beneficiaries to find out fake entries. The MLA alleged that the department was involved usurping the money. “You can imagine the magnitude of the scam as it took one year for the department to table the report. Nearly 13 addresses were not found and four residents claimed that they had not received the cheques for the Shagun Scheme. The list given to me by the district welfare department only contains the names of persons The scheme
Rs 15,000 is given by the state government under the Shagun Scheme to the families of the economically weaker section, SCs, STs and other backwards classes during the time of marriage of the girl child. Action-taken report
DC Rahul Tiwari instructed Additional Commissioner KP Brar to give the action-taken report at the earliest after member of the grievance committee Vinod Mehta stated that his complaints on encroachments were falling on deaf ears. Officials give the meeting the slip
Members of the grievance committee said no action was taken as the officials do not attend the meeting. Congress MP Sukhdev Singh Libra, former councillors Sunil Mehra, Vijay Danav, HK Tiwari and Vinod Mehta complain that officials don’t take the grievance committee meeting seriously. Interestingly, the district forest officer and an officer from the Khanna police range did not attend the meeting. Despite repeated reminders, none of the authorities of pollution department attended the meeting, claimed Vinod Mehta.
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A ray of hope for city bus service
Ludhiana, June 29 As the Bathinda Development Authority is purchasing a few buses for its own city bus service project officials of the Ludhiana Municipal stated that they would be routing their tenders through it. Municipal Commissioner AK Sinha said: “We came to know that Bathinda Development Authority (BDA) is purchasing low-floor buses for its own project through the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC). Thus, we met officials of the Bathinda Development Authority in this regard, wrote a letter to the PRTC and urged it to purchase 10 buses for us also.” He said, “ A few Indian companies are manufacturing low-floor buses. Such vehicles can’t be bought overnight. Even if we place an order now, it takes at least four to five months for a company to deliver them as their manufacturing plants are set up in such a manner. That is why when we came to know that Bathinda Development Authority (BDA) is purchasing buses through the PRTC, we immediately took up this matter with them and placed an order of 10 low-floor non-AC buses.” TATA Communique
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Stray dogs attack livestock shed
Ludhiana, June 29 According to Shareef, a nomad and owner of a flock of sheep, the incident took place last night when his relatives heard commotion in the shed. “They immediately rushed towards the shed but by the time they could shoo away the stray dogs it was all over. Only five sheep that, too, injured are left now. I was informed about the incident in the wee small hours,” added Shareef. The sheep were taken away in a garbage truck after residents started complaining of a foul smell emitting out of the shed in the morning. “Rearing sheep was my only occupation. Now, what will I do? Why isn’t the municipal corporation doing anything to control the stray dog menace,” asked Shareef.
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Dreams shattered, 20-yr-old girl commits suicide
Ludhiana, June 29 The suicide note found by the police from the room where the girl committed suicide has solved the riddle behind the incident. According to chowki in-charge of the Mundian police post Baljinder Singh, Anita Rani, the victim, stated in her suicide note that no one should be held accountable for her death as she was ending her life due to poor financial condition. The only sister of three brothers, Anita stated in her suicide note that her father died when she was a child. Had her father been alive she could not have such an extreme step as her father had arranged money for her education earlier also. She stated that she was good in studies and wanted to serve the country by becoming an IPS officer. But poor financial condition of the family was coming in her way. Baljinder Singh said: “Victim’s mother Gurmeet Kaur claimed that Anita went into depression after she could not pursue higher studies due to poor financial condition. Her dream got shattered and she used to remain alone at home.” She was alone in the house when she committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan. The police has launched an inquest proceeding under Section 174 of the Cr.PC on the statement of Gurmeet Kaur, victim’s mother. Not the first case
*Ashish, a Class XII (medical) student, had on June 3 committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan’s hook at his home near the Baba Than Singh Chowk, two days before the PSEB results were to be declared. *
Eleven-year-old Rohit, son of a Class IV employee of the PAU, who was annoyed after his parents decided against sending him to a school, committed suicide on June 1 by hanging himself from a ceiling fan’s hook in the kitchen
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Residents object to construction of disposal plant
Ludhiana, June 29 MC officials were to start the construction of this disposal plant today and sensing trouble they had informed the police department last evening. Policemen were present on the spot today since morning. Senior Deputy Mayor Parveen Bansal, who also happens to be the area councillor, stated that the Janakpuri storm sewer project was very beneficial for the residents Janakpuri. “But this does not mean that for solution of the problem of Janakpuri, the residents of Kidwai Nagar should suffer. Both Janakpuri and Kidwai Nagar fall in my constituency, so I would take up this matter with the Mayor as well as senior MC officials, so that we could have this matter sorted out amicably,” said Bansal. When the MC officials were to start the construction work, a large number of area residents, including women, reached the spot and started raising slogans against them. The protesters rued that on one side the MC was urging residents to adopt parks in all parts of the city, but here they were constructing a disposal plant, which would ruin their park. Suman Bala, an area resident, rued that she came to the park daily for morning along with other residents walk. “If a disposal plant is constructed here, where would we go? The MC should not ruin our park,” she demanded. Commenting on this issue, Mayor Hakam Singh Giaspura said he had called a meeting of MC officials at his office tomorrow. “We would discuss the matter in detail and would make sure that no person suffers due to this project,” the Mayor claimed.
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Outbreak of diseases
Ludhiana, June 29 Presiding over a meeting of civic and health officials at the Mini Secretariat here, he said the executive officers of the civic bodies would ensure that system for daily lifting of garbage was streamlined. Besides, they would be required to submit a list of places from where heaps of garbage were removed and proper sanitation level maintained. Stressing the need to keep a strict vigil on the sanitation and health fronts, the Deputy Commissioner said the senior medical officers (SMOs) would conduct regular health check-ups of the people in their respective areas. The executive officers of the civic bodies were further asked to carry out extensive tours of all the wards along with health officials to make sure that proper sanitation measures were being taken and rainwater was not allowed to accumulate at any place so as to check breeding of mosquitoes. Further, the health officials were asked to identify disease-prone areas where outbreak of seasonal diseases was reported during the past 10 years and carry out health awareness programmes in these localities and distribute preventive medicines among the people. “Take the issue of human health seriously, or else be prepared to face the consequences,” Tiwari told the civic and health officials without mincing words. Civil Surgeon Dr HS Bali, who was present in the meeting, was asked to assign duties of the SMOs in writing to oversee preventive measures against diseases and health awareness campaigns.
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Good monsoon likely this year too, says Met dept
Ludhiana, June 29 Giving details, KK Gill, an agro meteorologist at Punjab Agricultural University, said the monsoon had covered almost all areas in northwest India. "Normally the monsoon arrives on June 30 or in the first week of July, but this year it came early. There has been widespread rainfall in the region. Ludhiana received 33 mm of rainfall in June last year but this year 350 mm has already been recorded in the city so far. The district received about 300 mm more rainfall this month, while in July last year it had recorded only 150 mm. We expect a good monsoon this year too", said Gill. “According to the general trend if rainfall in June is above normal there will be less precipitation in July. But according to current present weather conditions the monsoon appears quite active in the region”, he added. After heavy showers during the past few days the mercury has dipped noticeably. The maximum temperature recorded in the city on Tuesday was 28.4 degrees Celsius while the minimum was 27 degrees. PAU experts said present weather conditions were good for many crops, particularly paddy and certain vegetables, but not maize. “Paddy has already been transplanted in the region but for ‘basmati’ (a variety of long grain rice) transplantation farmers were waiting for sunny days”, said Bhupinder Singh, a farmer associated with PAU Farmers' Club. "Sowing of ‘basmati’ may be delayed due to current weather conditions. Farmers are waiting for sunny days to begin sowing the crop", he added. y Ludhiana received 33 mm of rainfall in June last year but this year 350 mm has already been recorded in the city so far. The district received about 300 mm more rainfall this month, while in July last year it had recorded only 150 mm
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Nine-member forum vows to fight quackery
Ludhiana, June 29 Launching the election campaign of the group at a news conference here yesterday , Dr Gurmej Singh Gill (Jalandhar) and Dr OPS Kande (Patiala), both former presidents of the Indian Medical Association, maintained that while their group would strive to make the PMC completely democratic and a doctor-friendly body, they would also ensure that it served the intended purpose while also scrupulously following its assigned task of regulation and enforcement. Among other issues related to medical professionals, the nine-member group professed to work for reconsideration and repeal of re-registration and renewal of registration for qualified doctors, safeguarding the rights and privileges of Registered Medical Practitioners, promoting online CMEs and other academic services, advocating required amendments to the PNDT Act and opposing the proposed Clinical Establishment Bill. Other members of the joint forum include Dr Ram Charan Garg (Barnala), Dr Vijay Kumar (Patiala), Dr Yogeshwar Sood, Dr Hardipinder Singh Mann (all from Jalandhar), Dr Mankesh Lal Gambhir (Amritsar), Dr Balcharanjit Singh Bhatia (Qadian) and Dr Parminder Sing Brar (Khanna). Dr Hardeep Singh, state president of PCMS Association and Dr Satish Nauhria, immediate former vice-president of the IMA, who were also present, pledged their total support to the group of nine candidates. They urged the eligible voters to read all the instructions on the ballot paper carefully and exercise their right to vote. y The group also professed to work for reconsideration and repeal of re-registration and renewal of registration for qualified doctors, safeguarding the rights and privileges of Registered Medical Practitioners, promoting online CMEs and other academic services
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Make a splash this monsoon
Ludhiana, June 29 Monsoon is a time to brighten your wardrobe, be it with bold accessories or wearing lots of pastel-coloured dresses, you should look vibrant and bright. As clothes are basic this season, you need to funk it up with some colourful Indian accessories. A lot of biodegradable plastic gets converted into fashion accessories these days, which is perfect for the rainy season. Pick out uncut stones and string them to make a funky waistlet. Creative terracotta accessories, ceramic jewellery, lots of stone pieces and beads will do well this season. The ultimate bags to own now are digitally printed waterproof bags that are perfect for daily use. Rexene in Indian motifs and Indian digital art bags are in trend across the globe. They are rain-friendly, fashionable and ethnic. For office use, there are waterproof laptop bags with Indian prints that are trendy yet perfect to combat the weather. And for evenings, you can opt for stone clutches. Timberland, the outdoor footwear and apparel brand has come up with "Repel Wet Series", multiple revolutionary technologies to keep one modishly dry without sacrificing style, even in the most unpredictable weather conditions. It should be kept in mind that footwear is comfortable and with a firm grip so that you don't slip due to the slippery surface. Shoes such as sports and canvas are a strict no-no for this season as there are chances of bacterial growth due to the moisture in the climate. No make up look is always in during rains. The trick is to keep it light. Use waterproof makeup (mascara, liners, foundation) when required. For the cheeks, stick to pastel shades with rosy undertones. Add some drama to the eyes using pencil eyeliners in fresh colours like green and blue. Use matt lip colours or lightly tinted lip balms. Always carry a good face-wash and a pack of tissues or face wipes while going outdoors, advised a leading beautician from the city.
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Woman fails in bid to
usurp land, booked for fraud
Ludhiana, June 29 Giving details about the incident the Daba police station SHO said the fraud dated back to 2007 when the suspect, Gurmeet Kaur, along with her accomplice, Mewa Singh, a ‘nambardar’ (land record holder) prepared a registry by preparing fake documents in which Gurmeet showed her mother-in-law as dead and staked claim on the land. The deception came to light when she began constructing a boundary wall on the land. On perusal of the land records Nachattar was shocked to find herself “dead” in the registry papers. "I was surprised when I saw the records in which Gurmeet had declared me ‘dead’. I immediately informed the police about the fraud," she said. Gurmeet was married to Nachattar’s son, Rai Singh, for about 20 years and the couple was childless. The latter died a few years ago after falling sick and ever since his widow wanted to usurp the land. According to the legal division, Gurmeet received a share of 11,300 square yards of the land but was eying her mother-in-law’s share. The Daba police station SHO said the suspect, who is on the run, had been booked for fraud under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code.
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Flesh trade racket busted, three couples nabbed
Ludhiana, June 29 The raid was conducted here this evening following a tip-off that a brothel being run Mirado area. Swapan Sharma said, “We have nabbed the culprits and investigations are on.”
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Special inspection teams led by circle education officers, district education officers or district science supervisors have been directed to check the functioning of government schools. 
After TATA failed to deliver 40 low-floor buses on time, the Municipal Corporation had served notice for terminating the contract a few days ago. But, officials of TATA have once again contacted MC officials. Municipal Commissioner AK Sinha said he got a call from a senior official on Tuesday. He has promised to deliver the buses on time. The MC has asked them to submit this in writing. “We will decide whether to consider the proposal or not once we receive a communiqué from their side,” he said.