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YC activists stage
dharna at MC office
LUDHIANA, Feb 27 — The District Youth Congress (DYC) activists, led by its president Parminder Mehta today staged a dharna in front of the Municipal Corporation office here to protest against inflated water and sewerage clearance bills, forcible recovery of arrears from the residents, rampant corruption in the civic body and slow pace of development works.
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Now colourful garbage dumps
LUDHIANA, Feb 27 — Once the concept of converting the sites meant for garbage containers, all over the city, into aesthetically designed structures for advertising sign boards, becomes a reality, the ugly looking overflowing garbage containers will become a thing of the past and the structures, housing the garbage containers will, no longer be stinking eyesores.
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A garbage dump near PAU gate which became operational on Monday.
— Photo by Inderjit Verma |
Clean-up drive under cloud
LUDHIANA, The Mohalla Safai Committees, launched in the city with much fanfare to cater to the needs of many a new locality on the periphery of the mega city, have become a breeding ground for corruption, with quite a few councillors and other small-time politicians, riding the gravy train and the officers of the civic body looking the other way.
Stop misuse
of IMA house: Dr Sandhu
LUDHIANA, Feb 27 — Dr S. S. Sandhu, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, said that the Indian Medical Association House should be used only for the purpose, for which the land is allotted. He said the land allotted to the IMA on subsidised rates was never meant for creating noise pollution for the residents. Dr Sandhu, expressed his views during the medical education programme organised by IMA recently. Rs 5.1 lakh for
quake relief
LUDHIANA, Feb 27 — Students, staff and management of Kundan Vidya Mandir, of Civil Lines here have contributed Rs 5.10 lakh for the rehabilitation of earthquake victims.
Aao bune contest results
LUDHIANA, Feb 27 — The aao bune contest being organised by the Vardhaman Spinning and General Mills converged into an exhibition in which the winners were decided. According to Mr V.K. Goyal, Chief Executive, a five-judge team comprising Ms A, Nehraw of KVM School, Ms Veena Mahajan and Ms Raman Aggarwal of BCM School, Ms Santosh Sharma of DAV School and Ms Renu Sekhri, decided the winners.
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