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Youth washed away in flash floods
Soil erosion at dhussi bundh comes down
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Liquor vends the new hunting ground of robbers
Punjab against Corruption
Abortion Case
Man booked for cheating
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Youth washed away in flash floods
Hoshiarpur, August 22 SDM, Mukerian, Rahul Chaba, said though the victim’s body has not been recovered but there was little hope that he could be safe. He said Mehtabpur, Kolian, Haler, Janardhan , Dalpat, Motla, Naushera, Jahadpur, Taggran, Dhanoa, Chakowal, Bela Sariana and Sariana villages located in the low laying areas adjoining the Beas River in Mukerian sub-division were affected after more than 65,000 cusecs of water was released through Pong Dam and Mukerian Hydel Channel. Only some migratory Gujjar families live in the affected area. All of them had been shifted to safer higher places before the release of water in Beas River. SDM Dasuya PP Singh said as many as eight villages, including Rara, Abdulapur, Kulewal, Talli, Chack Kanuwan on the banks of Beas River had been affected. More than 1,000 residents of Abdulapur and Kulewal villages had been evacuated and shifted Miani village. He claimed that standing crops in more than 8,500 acres of land of these villages had been submerged in the flood water. No loss of life had been reported so far, he said.
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Soil erosion at dhussi bundh comes down
Nakodar, August 22 This has brought respite to the residents as 150 feet of the land had been eroded. The officials said soil erosion has stopped at all vulnerable points. SDO, drainage, Harish Kumar, said owing to the collective efforts of the drainage, revenue and forest officials, the situation has almost been brought under control and soil erosion has reduced. He also lauded the role of 400 PAP jawans who worked day and night to lay down studs at the embankment of dhusi bundh. Officials said though the situation was under control but the officials of the department would keep a 24-hour vigil at the bundh as a precautionary measure. They said, now the water level at Sutlej was at 22,000 cusecs but the water current was still strong and thus chances of more soil erosion remain. XEN, Drainage, Arvinder said, the authorities need to be vigilant till the monsoon season ends by September end. To serve food to the hundreds of labourers engaged at the dhusi bundh, villagers, village panchayats and other social groups have come forward to distribute free food to them. The villagers have urged the government to identify more vulnerable points along the dhussi bundh to prevent such a situation in the future.
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Liquor vends the new hunting ground of robbers
Jalandhar, August 22 In an incident, a band of robbers struck at a liquor vend located along Sanghwal canal near Kishangarh locality and robbed the salesmen of cash at the point of a country-made pistol. They also fled with some bottles of whisky. The victim Subhash, a salesman, said that five robbers came in a Maruti car and entered the vend demanding whisky. After taking the whisky, one of the robbers put a country-made pistol at his temple, while the others got into a car with the whisky cases. In the meantime his colleague, Gorkha, overpowered the man with the pistol, snatched his weapon and decamped from the scene. As the victims raised an alarm, the robber disappeared from the scene of crime. In another similar incident, the robbers struck at another vend at the Raipur-Rasulpur Adda locality and took away six cases of whisky and two LPG cylinders. The police has registered cases on the complaints of the victims. |
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Punjab
against Corruption
Nawanshahr, August 22 Supporters of Anna Hazare received them at Khatkar Kalan, native village of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. After paying tributes to the martyrs, the youths marched towards Nawanshahr. After passing through the main bazaars of the town, a human chain was formed at MC Chowk here. Artistes of the Kala Theatre Group, Jalandhar, headed by Krantipal Singh, staged a street play to make the people aware of the Jan Lok Pal Bill. Sumit, Dinesh, Manish, Rohini and Bharti participated in the street play. Varinder Singh and Himanshu Pathak, students from Jalandhar, said the activists had been mobilised through a website. The activists belonged to different places and they started from Amritsar. Then they organised a street play in front of the residence of Jalandhar MP Mohinder Singh Kaypee and submitted a memorandum urging him to support the Jan Lok Pal Bill. Rallies were also organised at Phagwara, Banga, Khatkar Kalan. Later, the activists marched towards Ludhiana to hold a peaceful demonstration in front of the residence of Manish
Tiwari, MP.
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Abortion
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Tarn Taran, August 22 The doctor couple, running Trehan Nursing Home, Patti, was booked in a case five months back. The couple was accused of conducting ultrasound on Rajwinder Kaur of Paringari village, who was pregnant. She aborted a female foetus on March 19 at Jalandhar. The doctors had demanded a reinvestigation into the matter after which the Health Department constituted a 3-member team. On the basis of fresh inquiry report, the Harike police has booked Rajwinder Kaur, his husband Ravipreet Singh, mother-in-law Sukhwant Kaur and Dai Sarabjit kaur have been booked under Section 312, 315 and 120 B of the IPC.
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Garbage piles up as MC searches for new dumping site
Nawanshahr, August 22 The worst affected roads and localities are Chandigarh Road, Rahon Road, Matharu Ice Factory Road, Ghas Mandi, Lallian Mohalla, Pandora Mohalla and Old Grain Market. As per the available information, there are as many as 200 posts of safai karamcharis in the MC, but the present strength is just 65. As far as dumping site is concerned, the Nagar Council stopped dumping of garbage at Musapur site following public outcry. Few months back, the residents of Musapur Road had blocked the tractor trailers of the MC against dumping of garbage at the site. For some time, the MC dumped garbage near the Sutlej but it had to stop following protest by the residents of nearby villages. Now, the MC has no alternative site. The district administration has reportedly been trying to persuade the panchayats of some villages to provide land for using it as garbage dumping ground. Some residents have suggested that if no alternative site is available for garbage dumping ground, the MC should construct a boundary wall around the present dumping ground situated on Musapur Road and make adequate arrangements to check emanating stink to address the problem being faced by the nearby residents. |
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Man booked for cheating
Nawanshahr, August 22 Piara Singh had filed a complaint against Bishan Chand, who was a clerk with an advocate at
Nawanshahr.
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