Baba Banda Singh Bahadur International Manch demands declaration of state holiday on June 9
in Ludhiana on Saturday. Tribune photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Dealers told to sell premium fuel
Resent move; not to lift supplies on Wednesdays
Ludhiana, June 7
Oil companies have asked petroleum dealers to ensure that 40 per cent of the total fuel sold by them should fall under the premium category. Resenting the move, dealers have decided not to lift any supplies on Wednesdays.
“They have imposed this new condition on us under which they are forcing us to sell premium fuel. Practically, it is not possible for us to do so as the sale of fuel is mainly dependent on customers’ demand.
Funds Crunch
Office of Civil Surgeon unsafe
 Ludhiana, June 8
Contradictory to its claims of working on “employee-friendly” policies, the state government has failed to provide sufficient funds to the Public Works Department (PWD), thereby endangering the lives of staff working in the “unsafe” buildings at the Civil Surgeon office in Ludhiana.
Unsafe building of the district health office in Ludhiana. Tribune Photo: Sayeed Ahmed
Recarpeting of Gill road stopped
Contractor was not using sensor
paver; had employed minors
Ludhiana, June 7
Gill Road recarpeting project worth Rs 5.5 crores has came under a scanner even before the work could start here today.
SDM’s reader held for
taking bribe
Khamano, May 7
The Vigilance Bureau today raided the office of SDM here and arrested reader Baldev Singh while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 for reopening a case.
TVS to launch Wimbledon collection
Ludhiana, June 7
TVS motor company has signed an agreement with the All-England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) as the official licensee for Wimbledon tournaments. As a part of this association, TVS will bring out two limited edition scooters, which are inspired by the contemporary and sporty image of “the spirit of Wimbledon”, the company stated in a press note issued here.
Fissures within industry over pollution issue
Ludhiana, June 7
Electroplating units are irked over being blamed for creating pollution in Budda
Nullah. The blames that come from industry representatives have caused ire among these unit owners.
Farmers opt for direct sowing of paddy
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 7
Swayed by the success stories of peasants adopting direct sowing of paddy during the past two years, a large number of farmers living in this area have started adopting the technique adopted by Gurinder Singh, an electrical engineer and farmer of Kalarh village near here. Irrigation expenses have reduced further with the designing of a new drill this year.
Remove ban on rice,
wheat export: Farmers
Ludhiana, June 7
Farmers in the region are all geared up to start sowing of paddy from
May 10. The trend, this year, seems to be on sowing of Basmati again.
Speculations are rife that this season, the area of paddy will
considerably increase from current 35 lakh hectares. In that case, there
were chances of glut of Basmati in the region. The worried farmers have
started pressurising the government for removal of ongoing ban on export
of rice and wheat in the country.
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Ludhiana, June 7
