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Government plans to revive fish industry
Ludhiana, April 23
The department of animal husbandry, Punjab, is giving a serious thought to the revival of fish industry in this part of the region.
To give a boost to fish farming and to strengthen the marketing network, the government in association with the Fish Farmers Association is keen to revamp the decade-old non-functional fish market in the city.
The fish market that has been non-operational for the past nine years.
Photo by Inderjeet Verma
MC mulls special sewers for dyeing units
Ludhiana, April 23
To save Budda Nullah from toxic effluents from dyeing units, the municipal corporation is thinking of laying a special sewer line along the Tajpur and Tibba roads, connecting the dyeing units with the Jamalpur sewerage treatment plant.
Slum dwellers vacate park, plant saplings
Ludhiana, April 23
What the improvement trust could not do for years, slum dwellers have succeeded in doing. Slum dwellers of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar helped an NGO observe World Earth Day by vacating a public park and planting saplings here today.
Slum dwellers and Watawaram Sambhal Society plant saplings at a park in Ludhiana on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
Official error jeopardizes ‘Changi Kheti’ publication
Ludhiana, April 23
“Changi Kheti”, the monthly magazine on farming published by Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), may not reach the masses now owing to a lapse on part of officials.
WHO CARES? A rickshaw overloaded with schoolchildren plies in violation of orders in Ludhiana.
Photo by Inderjeet Verma
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Clemency for Sarabjit
Prayers seem to be working: Sister
Ludhiana, April 23
"Prayers do work and seem to be working with the Pakistan government opening doors to our family members enabling them to go there. I am going there with Sarabjit Singh’s wife and his two daughters to plead his innocence with the government and common people. Prayers by lakhs of people all over the country have led to the case being talked about at the international level. Nothing but prayers have opened gates for the family members to go to Pakistan".
Farm accidents on the rise
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 23
Farm accidents have become a common phenomenon due to over-mechanisation and lack of knowledge about functioning of various types of equipment and machinery used in reaping and harvesting of wheat crops.
Kidney patient needs help
Ludhiana, April 23
Ramandeep Singh (27), a resident of Kubbe village near Samrala, is fighting a battle of life and death. Afflicted with end-stage renal failure, he is on twice-a-week maintenance dialysis and virtually bed-ridden since the past around eight months.
Exservices league rejects pay panel proposals
Ludhiana, April 23
The Indian Exservices League, Punjab and Chandigarh, yesterday rejected the recommendations of the sixth pay commission concerning the Armed Forces and decided to hold dharnas at the district headquarters on April 27 to protest against the recommendations. Stating this, league president Lieut-Col Chanan Singh Dhillon (retd) said the committee was unconstitutional and demanded the scrutiny of recommendations by a parliamentary committee to correct discrepancies.
Workshop on safety management
Ludhiana, April 23
"Safety management is an important aspect of planning in every form of infrastructure. As a whole, it includes aspects of not only fire safety, but also security measures in terms of other unsafe encounters like thefts, pilferages, extortion, riots and natural calamities."
INTUC holds dharna
Ludhiana, April 23
Coming in support of factory labourers and government employees, the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) held a dharna outside the office of assistant labour commissioner on the Gill road here today.
Members of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) hold a dharna outside the office of assistant labour commissioner in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
Photo by Inderjeet Verma
Admn gears up for civic poll
Ludhiana, April 23
Additional deputy commissioner (development) and district election officer Priyank Bharti today said the administration had made all arrangements for the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections on May 12.
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A factory employee and his accomplice allegedly killed an 11-year-old boy after giving him electric shocks in order to teach his mother a lesson for humiliating him in public over a debt of Rs 5,000.
Khamano, April 23
