28072025-JTR-01.qxd 7/27/2025 10:28 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune MURDERED YOUTH’S KIN PROTEST AND BLOCK ROAD STRENGTHEN TRAFFIC LAWS AND REPAIR ROADS Set up speed-checking booths, station ambulances along highways and conduct road safety audits. P3 PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 34°C | MIN 28°C YESTERDAY MAX 35°C | MIN 29°C TARUN TAHILIANI MARKS 30 YEARS WITH BRIDAL ODE A youth was killed last week while his two cousins got injured in a brawl at Bhargo Camp. P2 FORECAST One of India’s most celebrated designers returns to the runway at Hyundai India Couture Week. P4 » » SUNSET MONDAY 7.26 PM SUNRISE TUESDAY 5:42 AM » MONDAY | 28 JULY 2025 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF 10 NABBED FOR ENCROACHMENT Phagwara: The Mehatpur police have arrested 10 persons for encroaching land. The accused have been identified as Vajir Singh, Lakhbir Singh, Jasvir Singh, Amir Singh, Gurmej Singh, Phuman Singh, Puran Singh, Jaswant Singh, Balwinder Singh and Palwindar Singh, residents of Butte Dian Chhana village. Balwant Singh, a resident of the village, had complained to the police that the accused had encroached on his land, assaulted and threatened him. A case was registered against the accused and their other accomplices, including women. OC 6 ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT Phagwara: The Shahkot police have arrested six villagers, including two women, on the charge of assaulting a woman. The accused have been identified as Gurmukh Singh of Reharwan village, his wife Bindar Kaur, his brother Gurmail Singh, his son Rajindar Singh, his nephew Narindar Singh and Lovepreet Kaur of the same village. Binder (55) of the same village had complained to the police that the accused barged into her house on November 18 in 2024 and attacked her and family members with weapons and seriously injured them, adding that a land dispute was the reason behind the attack.OC NURMAHAL MAN BEATEN UP Phagwara: The Nurmahal police have booked two miscreants on the charge of assaulting a Nurmahal resident. The accused has been identified as Gurpreet Singh of Fatehpur village and Gagan. Balwindar Kumar, a resident of Model Town, Nurmahal, complained to the police that the accused attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon on July 14, injuring him seriously. OC MAN HELD FOR ATTACKING COP Phagwara: The Shahkot police have arrested a villager on the charge of attacking a police officer. The accused has been identified as Pawan Kumar, a resident of Meinwal Arian village. An assistant subinspector and in charge of the Malaysian police post Buta Ram said in his statement that the accused assaulted him and his colleagues, tore his uniform and used abusive and filthy language against them. A case had been registered against the accused. oc GIRL KIDNAPPED, VILLAGER HELD Phagwara: The Nakodar police have arrested a Mehatpur villager on the charge of kidnapping a minor girl. The accused has been identified as Sunni Kumaruta Ram, a resident of Bara Salam village. The father of the victim, a resident of Shankar village, had complained to the police that the accused had kidnapped his minor daughter. oc TWO ARRESTED UNDER NDPS ACT Phagwara: The Mehatpur police have arrested two on the charge of selling intoxicating tablets. As many as 20 and 15 intoxicant tablets were recovered from the possession of the accused. Cases under the NDPS Act have been registered against the accused. OC Missing deadlines, city’s surface water project stuck in red tape APEEJAY INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & ENGINEERING TECHNICAL CAMPUS RAMA MANDI – HOSHIARPUR ROAD, JALANDHAR. NAAC Accredited Recognised UGC under section 2(f) of UGC Act, 1956 COURSES AVAILABLE ENGINEERING B.Tech B.Tech guarantee, the project can be sustained until 2051. Jalandhar’s water supply currently relies on groundwater extracted through tubewells, but the rate of extraction far exceeds the natural rate of replenishment. If this continues, the situation is expected to deteriorate further in the coming years. The surface water project has been brought in to ensure a sustainable and resilient alternative water source for the city. Water taken from the Bist Doab Canal (through navigation channel at Adampur) will be treated through a network of reservoirs and a water treatment plant to supply drinking water to the city. Aparna Banerji Tribune news Service Jalandhar, July 27 Having missed its September deadline, the Rs 465 crore surface water project will see the work expedited in six new areas by December. Slated to be completed by September 9 this year, it’s deadline has now been pushed to December 31. Out of 98-km pipeline, only 54 km of the pipeline has been laid in the past three-and-a-half years. The real question is whether four months, less than half the year, will be enough to complete the remaining 44 km of the project. Many officials are doubtful. What began with the cause of conserving groundwater by replacing it with canal water has unfortunately transformed Jalandhar into a dust-ridden wasteland. The project started in 2021 and was to be completed in three years, it’s late by a year. Its deadline has been extended several times and has cost dearly in terms of the citizens health and mental peace. Eight areas that were dug up are still reeling from the dust and debris left by the project. Now, work is set to begin in six more heavily trafficked areas. Officials have stated that residents will have to wait until after the monsoon for the roads that were previously dug up to be rebuilt. One of the main causes of the delay has been bureaucratic red tape. Multiple elections caused frequent stalling and the project had to be re-routed in areas Will cost ~465 cr Incomplete surface water project in Jalandhar. PHOTO: SARABJIT SINGH WORK WILL BEGIN AFTER RAINS WORK ONGOING IN AREAS ■ Nakodar Road, Workshop Chowk Road, Kapurthala Road, Mitthu Basti, Dhilwan, BSF Chowk and Lyallpur Khalsa Road, Mall Road (GTB Nagar). ■ Where work will start: Deep Nagar, Ved Mata Colony, Dakoha, Nangal Shama (Laddewali Road), BMC Chowk to Shastri Market, Ladowali Road, Corporation Office backside, Adda Hoshiarpur (Kishanpura Chowk). where the Municipal Corporation staff were unaware about sewer pipe locations. As a result, the project had to be recalibrated. Behind schedule, project officials are now making an ❝ The project has been delayed or stalled repeatedly due to permissions, elections, pre-existing sewer pipeline issues and due to the rains. Work has to be done in busy areas at night due to traffic in the day. The road work delayed in previously dug-up areas is mainly due to monsoon. If we construct roads now, they will be damaged. We are awaiting the monsoon to end and the dust to settle. Estimates for the construction on dug-up road stretches have made and tenders have been been invited by the MC. Work will begin as soon as the rains end. ❞ — Padamdeep Singh, SDO, DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION unprecedented push to meet the deadline by beginning work on six new areas. This will only add to the chaos, causing major traffic snarls and further disruption across the city. Alternative water source Jalandhar’s water demand, when the projects started in 2021, was 197 million litre per day and by 2036, it is projected to increase to 275 million litre per day. With a 30-year L&T has been tasked with the completion of the project worth Rs 465.20 crore project. It will incur the additional operation and maintenance cost of Rs 60.65 crore over a period spanning 10 years. The city has been divided into five zones with 5 underground service reservoirs (UGSR) for the project. It will include laying of surface water pipeline across 98 km; construction of a 275MLD treatment plant at Adampur, five UGSRs at Burlton Park, Dhilwan, Model Town and Surya Enclave, a 5-km water line, two clear water tanks, two storage and sedimentation tanks, four clarifiers and several buildings, including admin building, chemical house, electrical building, filter house, filter annex building, etc. CSE - Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning B.Tech 54-km pipeline laid in 3 years, 44 km more to be laid in 4 months|Dec 31 new deadline Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) CSE - Internet of Things & Cyber Security including Block Chain Technology 4 Years *Lateral Entry is also available. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MCA 2 Years MBA Masters of Business BCA Bachelor of Computer Applications 2 years 3 Years Lateral Entry is also available. Administration Finance Marketing HR Operations B.COM (H) 3 Years Business Analytics MIS BUILD A SUCCESSFUL BBA CAREER with 3 Years AIMETC aimetc.apeejay.edu Kapurthala, July 27 A 24-year-old youth Akashdeep Singh died likely due to drug overdose in Rampur Jagir colony near Kapurthala. The incident occurred late last night that sparked the renewed outrage in the region over the unchecked drug menace. According to preliminary reports, Akashdeep allegedly administered a substance via injection after which his condition deteriorated rapidly, resulting in his death on the spot. However, his family claims he had recently returned home from a rehabilitation centre and had quit drugs. His father, Bagga Singh suspects a foul play, alleging that someone may have forcibly injected his son with a narcotic substance. This marks the second drugrelated death in the same locality within a month, raising serious concerns about the scale and spread of drug trafficking in the area. Gurmeet Singh, in-charge of the Dalla Sahib police post, confirmed that Akashdeep’s body was recovered near Toti village and has been sent for the post-mortem examination. “Only after receiving the medical report can we confirm whether the cause of the death was due to a drug overdose or other factors,” he stated. Local residents, including village head Gurpreet Singh, the deceased’s mother Reena Devi, and a resident Kulwinder Singh, voiced strong concerns about the rampant drug trade operating openly in the region. They accused local drug peddlers of fearlessly pushing the youth toward addiction, while the authorities remain inactive. Villagers are demanding immediate and strict action from the government and police to dismantle drug networks operating in the area. “We are losing our children. If the administration doesn’t act now, more families will face the same fate,” said Reena Devi, in tears. Tribune News Service Nawanshahr, July 27 Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is set to lay the foundation stone of the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Heritage Complex on Monday. The complex will be constructed adjacent to the Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Museum. The heritage complex aims to highlight the life, legacy, and revolutionary journey of Shaheed Bhagat Singh through a phased development plan. Once completed, it is expected to serve as a source of inspiration, instilling a sense of patriotism and national pride among future generations. Deputy Commissioner Ankurjeet Singh, accompanied by Sanjeev Tiwari, Director of the Punjab Tourism and Cultural Affairs Tribune News Service Nawanshahr, July 27 A tragic road accident in Nawanshahr on Saturday claimed the life of one person and left another critically injured after a high-speed car rammed into an auto-rickshaw carrying an elderly couple. The victims, Inderjeet Singh and his wife Simranjeet Kaur, residents of Khatkar Kalan, were on their way to Nawanshahr to get medication for eye ailment. They were travelling by an auto-rickshaw while their daughter was following behind on a scooter. According to the police complaint filed by Loveleen Kaur, their daughter, the acci- Department, along with officials from various departments, inspected the museum premises and the site of the upcoming ceremony. They reviewed the preparations and instructed staff to finalise all arrangements. Officials shared that the heritage complex will feature a grand thematic entrance gate, providing visitors with historical insights into the lives and sacrifices of martyrs through a specially designed heritage street. Additional highlights will include an auditorium, a replica of Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s ancestral house and landscaped areas designed for tourist engagement and learning. Gear up to take on AAP, BJP’s Sharma asks workers in city Aparna Banerji Tribune News Service Jalandhar, July 27 An ominous shift in the air was evident as scores of BJP workers flocked to a local palace to attend BJP state working president Ashwani Sharma’s meeting event in Jalandhar on Sunday. While Sharma has been travelling across the state holding meetings with workers, the meetings are aimed at asserting his presence amid the BJP’s shifting dynamics in the state. As was also evident from today’s event, it was an obvious show of strength. Huge posters of Ashwani Sharma with district leaders congratulating him for being appointed the BJP’s “Karjkari Pradhan” dotted the district. He said “Among all duped by AAP most duped are , women. They were promised Rs 1,000 and after 40 months (since AAP formed government), they owe my sisters Rs 40,000. Rather than my boards, put up boards asking AAP for Rs 40,000. Force them to give your money.” Soon after, he also authori- tatively asserted to workers, “Siyapa karo (on civic issues). Main tuhanu ghar baithan nahi deanga” (Protest. I won’t let you sit at home).” He spoke on issues ranging from farmers, land pooling, drugs, ‘beadbi’, MSP to civic issues on which he asked workers to come to the streets. Senior party leaders were present. BJP women workers welcome state president Ashwani Sharma during his visit to Jalandhar. PHOTO: SARABJIT SINGH >> c m y b MANAGEMENT Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) Specialisations Offered : Accounting & Finance Banking & Insurance Bachelor of Business Administration. Specialisations Offered : Marketing Finance Human Resource Management 9569-181-181 Speeding car rams into auto, elderly man dies, wife hurt Youth dies of ‘drug overdose’ in CM Mann to lay stone of Bhagat K’thala village, kin allege foul play Singh heritage complex today Our Correspondent Master of Computer Applications. Specialisations Offered : Cyber Security Artificial Intelligence dent occurred when a speeding car coming from the Banga side hit the auto-rickshaw with great force. “The car was allegedly being driven in a reckless manner. The impact was so severe that the auto overturned on the road,” she said in her complaint. Passersby rushed to help and rushed the injured to the Civil Hospital in Banga. Simranjeet Kaur was later referred to DMC Ludhiana due to the severity of her injuries and Inderjeet succumbed to his injuries during treatment. The driver of the car has been identified as Roshanvir Singh from Amritsar district. The police have registered a case against the accused. Two cases of fraud by travel agents in Nawanshahr Nawanshahr, July 27 The number of fraud cases involving unscrupulous travel agents is on the rise, with two fresh complaints registering today in Aur and Nawanshahr blocks. In Aur, Lovepreet Kaur lodged a complaint with the police, alleging that she was duped of over Rs 6.8 lakh by a travel agent who had promised to send her to Singapore. Speaking to The Tribune, Kaur said, “I had gone to Singapore earlier on a work permit and returned when it was due for renewal. This time, the agent assured me of a return but disappeared after taking the money.” She added that her father, a labourer in Dubai, had helped arrange the funds through a loan. “We are now burdened with debt and mounting interest. I have a degree in hotel management, but jobs here offer meagre pay,” she said. “Past two years have been very tough for us. I just want things to settle down and want my money back. My father is also doing labour work in Dubai. It is not easy for us,” she further added. In a separate incident in Nawanshahr, Gurdeep Singh also accused a travel agent of defrauding him of Rs 7.5 lakh under the similar false promises of overseas employment.— TNS