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53 water samples fail test
Ludhiana, April 5
Deliberations during the monthly meetings of the department of health and family welfare of the Municipal Corporation (MC) and the district water supply and sanitation committee under the Deputy Commissioner have “failed” to provide potable water to residents.
Letter takes seven months to travel 20 km @ 3 km a month!
Doraha, April 5
Believe it or not, but it took seven long months for a legal letter to reach the addressee in
Doraha, located a mere 20 km from Samrala, the place where it was mailed from. This works out to a speed of about three km a month.
Fight against corruption
Social activists observe fast
Ludhiana, April 5
In furtherance of the movement —India Against Corruption — and to express solidarity with social activist Anna Hazare, who commenced his fast unto death in New Delhi today demanding stringent anti-corruption laws, hundreds of followers of the Art of Living, along with a large number of activists of social and religious bodies observed a token fast after handing over a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner at mini secretariat here today.
Social activists take out a march against corruption to express solidarity with Anna Hazare in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Kup Kalan Firing
Only assurance, no action
Nine years on, govt yet to keep its promises
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 5
Getting its demands met has proved a challenge for the Dharam Yudh Morcha Shaheed and the Peerat Parivar Committee, established for the rehabilitation of victims of the police firing on the ‘rasta roko andolan’ agitators 28 years ago. The incident had left 22 persons dead, of which 12 were killed at Kup Kalan Chowk.
 Autos flout SC directive
Endanger lives of students
Ludhiana, April 5
Overloaded autorickshaws are violating the Supreme Court directive and are posing a threat to the lives of students who are often packed like sardines in
autorickshaws.
PACKED LIKE SARDINES: A jam-packed autorickshaw ferries children in Ludhiana in violation of a Supreme Court directive on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Sanitation workers stage protest
Ludhiana, April 5
The ambitious project of the municipal corporation to ensure solid waste management in the city ran into rough weather today when sanitation workers blocked the gate of D zone office of the civic body to lodge their protest against the move to hand over the work to a private firm.
City Bus Service
30,000 diesel-run auto-rickshaws drivers to face testing times
 Ludhiana, April 5
Launching of the city bus service will render almost 30,000 auto-rickshaw drivers in the city unemployed, who are up in arms against the civic body’s move saying at least 1.5 lakh people comprising their families would have to sleep on empty stomachs.
End of the road? The start of the City Bus Service and ban on plying of
diesel-run auto-rickshaws may leave drivers of thousands of three-wheelers plying in Ludhiana out of job. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Domestic violence
Mahila Cong forms panel to assist victims
Ludhiana, April 5
In the wake of rise in the number of cases of domestic violence and lack of awareness among the victims about their rights, the District Mahila Congress (women wing of the party) held an awareness programme-cum-seminar at Circuit House here on Monday.
Wheat yet to arrive in grain markets
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 5
Even five days after the formal commencement of procurement season, wheat is yet to arrive in grain markets of the area falling under Ludhiana and Sangrur districts.
Former VC gets Baba Bulleh Shah award
Ludhiana, April 5
“The pen is mightier than the sword. Writers have the capability to express anything and everything through the power of pen,” said PAU Vice-Chancellor Dr Manjit Singh Kang while presiding over the function organised by the Asian Writers Association, Denmark, in collaboration with the PAU Young Writers Association, Ludhiana.
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Rising mercury forces these two girls riding a scooter to cover their faces to escape the sun in Ludhiana on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Former sarpanch launches ‘shagan’ scheme
Samrala, April 5
A unique “shagan” scheme named “Dhi Dhiani” was launched in Otalan village near here by former sarpanch Raj Kumar Saddi. He announced that he would give Rs 5,100 throughout his life to each girl of his village of economically poor families of any caste on her marriage.
Canadian delegate visits PAU
Ludhiana, April 5
Prof DJ Sandhu, British Columbia Regional Innovation Chair (Canada-India Business and Economic Development), University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, Canada, visited Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) today.
Artifacts themed on Hindu deities a rage in US
Ludhiana, April 5
Artifacts based on the images of Hindu deities have become the most sought-after objets d’art in corporate houses of the US as clients demand idols/paintings of Ganesha, Goddess Kali, Lord Hanuman and Lord Shiva, says Dinesh Poddar, director of a company engaged in the production of such artifacts.
41 cricket probables selected
Ludhiana, April 5
The Ludhiana District Cricket Association (LDCA) has selected 41 probables for the regional caching centre here. The players were selected after trials held at the Arya College cricket ground on Sunday.
2 killed, 25 hurt as bus rams into tree
Phillaur, April 5
Two passengers were killed on the spot, while 25 others, including seven women and three children, sustained serious injuries, when a Goraya bound mini bus (PB-08AC-9875) rammed into a tree on the Jandiala-Goraya road in Phillaur sub-division this morning.
Youth arrested for assault
Ludhiana, April 5
The police has arrested a youth in connection with the case of assault on the owner of Rajit Milk and his family by a group of youths in the Malhar Road area on Sunday evening.
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Despite having direct links with the local bodies department, most municipal corporation councillors belonging to the ruling SAD-BJP alliance, including mayor Hakam Singh Giaspura, remained embarassingly absent during the visit of Punjab local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia to the city on Tuesday.
