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Silicosis takes toll on bicycle factory workers
Ludhiana, March 11
Due to negligence on the part of the state industry and labour departments in conducting checks on factories making bicycles and parts a large number of workers there are falling prey to acute silicosis, an occupational lung disease that is caused by inhaling silica dust and, if not treated, can lead to tuberculosis.
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Throwing caution to the wind, commuters sneak under a closed level-crossing near Atam Nagar while waiting for a goods train that took over 30 minutes to arrive. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
‘Strict enforcement of industrial safety norms must’
Ludhiana, March 11
The Punjab chapter of the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE) organized a seminar on ‘Occupational health, safety & environment legislation in Ontario, Canada’ today at the College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Punjab Agricultural University. 50 students and faculty members of the varsity attended the meet.
Mobile phones worth Rs 70,000 stolen from shop
Ludhiana, March 11
Thieves struck at a mobile store located in Chhauni Mohalla today and decamped with cash and mobiles worth
Rs 70,000. Manpeet Singh, owner of AK Telecom, said his neighbours informed him about the theft this morning, following which he informed the police about the incident.
LIT passes Rs 102-cr budget
Ludhiana, March 11
Civic authorities unanimously passed
Rs 102 crore budget of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) today.
Pending Demands
Punjab Roadways employees vent ire
 Jagraon, March 11
Voicing anger over the non-implementation of their long-pending demands, employees of the Punjab Roadways today held a gate rally.
A large number of Punjab Roadways employees took part in the rally organised by the action committee of Punjab Government Transport Workers Union.
Waiting to be heard: Members of the Punjab Government Transport Workers’ Union stage a protest in Jagraon on Friday. A Tribune photograph
Swabhiman Yatra
Hoisting of Flag proves costly for SAD man
Claims to be getting threat calls from Kashmir
Ludhiana, March 11
Hoisting of the National Flag at Pari Mahal in Srinagar on Republic Day (January 26) during the BJP’s Swabhiman Yatra proved costly for a city-based leader as he claims to have been receiving threatening phone calls from Kashmir.
MC seals building, demolishes 3 shops
 Ludhiana, March 11
Officials of the Municipal Corporation’s building branch sealed a commercial building in a residential area and demolished three under construction shops for violating building bylaws.
A sealed building at Krishna Nagar; and (right) an illegal structure pulled down at Model Town in
Ludhiana. Photos: Himanshu Mahajan and Inderjeet Verma
Encroachment
No action yet on shamlat land
Ludhiana, March 11
With the departments of revenue and rural development doing little about the grabbing of over 21 acres of panchayat land (shamlat), including a three-acre area of a pond, worth over Rs 200 crore at Jhammat village on the periphery of the city, residents of the village staged a dharna at the office of the Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO) here yesterday.
Excise raids at forging units
Ludhiana, March 11
Officials of the Excise and Taxation Department, under the supervision of Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner Rishipal Singh, have been raiding local units since yesterday.
MC employees block traffic, burn CM’s effigy
Jagraon, March 11
Indefinite strike called by the Municipal Employees Action Committee in support of their long-pending demands entered the fifthday today with employees of the local Municipal Council burning an effigy of Chief
District Bar Assn Poll
Warnings issued to contestants
Ludhiana, March 11
In the run up to the District Bar Association annual elections (scheduled for April 1, 2011), warnings have been issued to contestants. According to guidelines of the Returning Officers, candidates will not be allowed to paste posters or indulge in character assassination and vilification. In case of failure, their candidature may be cancelled.
Punjab Budget
MC has its hands tied
Ludhiana, March 11
The forthcoming state Budget carries a lot of importance for the city as development often gets stalled here due to lack of proper monetary resources.
The commercial hub of the state has witnessed rapid urbanisation, due to which the load on the municipal corporation (MC) has increased.
Not a penny to de-silt Budha nullah
 Ludhiana, March 11
It is scourging the city, but the state government has failed to take any preventive measures.
Despite budgetary allocation, the municipal corporation (MC) did not get even a single penny for the de-silting of the Budha
nullah.
A scene of Walipur village, where toxic water of the Budha nullah flows into the Sutlej. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
MC short of staff, low
on performance
Ludhiana, March 11
The area requiring the immediate attention of the state in the forthcoming Budget is overcoming the huge staff crunch in the municipal corporation (MC), which is resulting in its poor performance.
Balance sheet, a balancing act
Ludhiana, March 11
Though the municipal corporation (MC) has a key role in managing civic problems of the city, it has to struggle to maintain its balance sheet in the absence of funds.
Clean city? No way
Ludhiana, March 11
The worst sufferer due to paucity of funds with the municipal corporation (MC) is cleanliness in city, due to which, neither proper
mechanisation, nor recruitment is taking place. For the past many years, the the MC’s mechanisation programme has been hanging fire. As a result, the MC does not have proper facilities for de-silting sewerage, lifting garbage and cleaning roads.
Waiting for big event, fingers crossed
Residents are high on speculation as they wait for the state Budget for the next financial year, scheduled to be presented on March 14 by Finance Minister Uperderjit
Kaur. Squeezed between hope and despair, they are expecting a good fiscal allocation for the municipal corporation to improve the overall infrastructure.
PAU Notes
Kisan mela
Ludhiana: Kisan mela was organised by Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) at its Regional Research Station for Kandi Area, Ballowal Saunkhri, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. Chief Parliamentary Secretary Chaudhary Nand Lal was the chief guest, while Dr BS Ahluwalia and Mohammad Tayyab, IASSDM, Balachaur, were the guests of honour.
From Colleges
Juniors bid adieu to seniors
 Ludhiana: A farewell party was organised by students of Guru Nanak Girls College, Model Town, for their seniors. Principal Dr Charanjit Mahal presided over the function. Students presented a cultural
programme. A fashion show was also held. Poonam was adjudged Miss Farewell, while Kamalpreet and Preeti Bala were named first and second runners-up, respectively.
Ravishing lasses: Students of Ramgharia Girls College strike a pose during a farewell party
in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
1 held with country-made pistol
Jagraon, March 11
The Ludhiana (rural) police has recovered a country-made pistol and five cartridges from a man following his arrest. The accused has been identified as Gaganjeet Singh, a resident of Ghuman village near
Sudhar.
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In a frightening incident, a 10-year-old boy was bludgeoned to death after being abducted from outside his house located in New Ashok Nagar
yesterday evening.
