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Joy for some, sorrow for others
Ludhiana, July 1
While a few paramedical contractual employees (now regularised) celebrated after receiving the appointment letters, others seemed depressed and disappointed as they could not get the same today.

Satpal Gosain hands over an appointment letter to a paramedical employee; (right) Kuldeep Kaur waits for her turn in Ludhiana on Friday. photos: Inderjeet verma

Generosity or political gimmick 
Ludhiana, July 1
Speeches delivered at a function organised by health and family welfare department in Kidwai Nagar (near the residence of health and family minister Satpal Goasin) for distributing appointment letters to contractual employees turned out to be a political stunt with speakers promising to support the minister during the next year’s assembly elections.

New Ludhiana-Delhi Shatabdi to chug soon
Ludhiana, July 1
A new Ludhiana-New Delhi Shatabdi Express, the third Shatabdi train on this trunk route, is soon going to become a reality if the new timetable of Northern Railway released on Friday is any indication.

Appointment triggers hope for better PAU-GADVASU ties
Ludhiana, July 1
With Dr Baldev Singh Dhillon, the new PAU VC, joining office today, it is being hoped that ties between the farm university and Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) will strengthen.

Many teachers still holidaying abroad
Ludhiana, July 1
Even as the education department has taken a strict disciplinary approach on absenteeism among government schoolteachers, many of them have still to return home from their trips abroad even though the schools reopened on Friday after the summer break. Five teachers who had applied for long leave were found absent from duty during a surprise check conducted by department officials. Besides, a teacher at the government school in Kila Raipur did not turn up for work today.

GLADA razes 7 more colonies
Ludhiana, July 1
Continuing its relentless drive against development of unauthorised colonies on the periphery of the mega city, the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) today razed structures and infrastructure development projects in seven colonies on the Sahnewal-Dehlon road.

 

COMMUNITY

Garbage collection at your doorstep
Ludhiana, July 1
Heaps of garbage in the city is likely to be a thing of the past as the door-to-door collection of garbage scheme will start from October 1. The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has signed a letter of intent with the A2Z Infrastructure, which had got the contract on June 10.


Garbage lying unattended at a locality in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma

MC to set up sewage disposal unit in Kidwai Nagarn
Ludhiana, July 1
City residents can look forward to some respite with the municipal corporation finally deciding to set up a disposal plant pumping station at the mini rose garden in Kidwai Nagar as part of the Janakpuri storm sewer project.

Develop area or face action, MC warned 
Jagraon, July 1
Bhadarkali Mata Mandir Management Trust, Jagraon, today issued a one-week ultimatum to the municipal council for carrying out various development works in the area. Members of the trust said work carried out in some areas was not up to the mark. While accusing contractor of using substandard material, they alleged that the MC officials had embezzled funds meant for development work.
A road near Mata Bhadarkali Mandir in Jagraon in a bad shape . Photo by writer 

Monsoon brings miseries for villagers
Ludhiana, July 1
Believe it or not mice, rabbits and bovines belonging to nomads were responsible for the floods that damaged paddy fields in villages located near the river and canals last year.

Poles stand dangerously tall on road
Jagraon, July 1
Even as the Jagraon Municipal Council has deposited the fee to shift electricity poles from the Old Sabzi Mandi Road, the Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (Powercom) has failed to do so, causing inconvenience to commuters and hampering development works. The electricity poles are in the middle of the Old Sabzi Mandi Road and the MC had deposited Rs 3,78,166 as shifting fee on May 2, 2011. “The condition of the Old Sabzi Mandi Road is pathetic. 
Electricity poles in the middle of the Old Sabzi Mandi Road in Jagraon. Photo by writer 

Rare surgery on 8-yr-old at DMCH
Ludhiana, July 1
Eight-year-old Lavish Garg, who looks like three-year-old as he suffers from seckel syndrome, was friendly with every stranger in the Dumra Auditorium of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital.


Eight-year-old Lavish Garg, who has been operated upon for cleft palate at the DMCH, Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma

Clean chit to encroachers
Ludhiana, July 1
With the SDM (West) giving a clean chit to encroachers, Maha Sabha, an NGO, has demanded an inquiry into the matter. The sabha has submitted a memorandum to the Additional Deputy Commissioner in this regard.

MLA camps in Chandigarh
Ludhiana, July 1
The ghost of Rs 42-lakh Shagun scheme scam continues to haunt the employees of district welfare department, as MLA Darshan Singh Shivalik is camping in Chandigarh to bring the anomalies to the notice of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.

Raid on Coca Cola Beverages
Ludhiana, July 1
Following instructions from Dr HS Bali, Civil Surgeon, Ludhiana, the district health department today raided Coca Cola Beverages near Sahnewal.

CRIME

Motorcycle stolen from parking lot
Ludhiana, July 1
Don't think getting a slip form parking lot employees ensures safety of your vehicle, as parking a motorbike at bus stand did not prove to be a safe deal for a resident of Deep Nagar.

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