05052022-LT-01.qxd 5/5/2022 12:46 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana TRIBUNE PAGE 2 PSPCL YET TO CLEAR POWER BILL CESS DUES OF MUNICIPAL COUNCILS TERENCE BREAKS SILENCE ON RELATIONSHIP WITH NORA Civic bodies are facing financial crisis as they have not been able to realise municipal cess worth crores from PSPCL. Terence Lewis admitted that he shared a great chemistry with Nora Fatehi but denied rumours that they were dating. FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY INBRIEF YOUTH BOOKED FOR ABDUCTING GIRL Ludhiana: The police have booked Mukesh Mahto, a resident of Shiv Shankar Colony, Tibba Road, under Sections 363 and 366 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly kidnapping a 17-year-old girl residing in New Company Bagh Colony here with the intent of marrying her. In a complaint filed with the police, the mother of the girl said her daughter had left home on the intervening night of April 28 and 29 without informing anybody about her whereabouts. She said on making an enquiry, she had learnt that the accused youth had abducted the girl. OC MAN BOOKED FOR EXTORTION Ludhiana: The police have booked a man, identified as Gurdeep Singh Kahlon, a resident of HIG Colony, Jamalpur, under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 7-A of the Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly intimidating staff of the subtehsil at Sahnewal and extorting money from the public for getting their sale deeds executed. A complaint in this regard was lodged by the police by the joint sub registrar, Sahnewal, stating the accused, along with other miscreants, used to threaten staff of the sub-tehsil office and put pressure on them to register sale deeds of persons from whom he had taken money. OC FOUR ARRESTED WITH DRUGS Ludhiana: The police have arrested Ramandeep Singh of Karnail Colony, Goraya, from Sandhu Colony on Tuesday when the accused was coming towards the city in a Maruti Swift car (bearing registration no. PB 37J 9252). The car was stopped at a naka on suspicion and search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 30 gm of heroin. He has been booked under the NDPS Act. In another incident, Charanjit Singh of Model Town, was nabbed from the Pakhowal Road canal bridge on Tuesday and 1.5 kg of opium was seized from him. He was coming on foot and the police had stopped him on suspicion. Raman Kumar of New Ashok Nagar, Salem Tabri, and Babu Kumar of Saroop Nagar, Salem Tabri, were arrested by the police at the grain market in Salem Tabri on Tuesday and 360 strips of Alprasafe 0.5 mg and 100 strips of Tramadol Hydrochloride 100 mg, both habit-forming narcotic drugs, were seized from them. A case has been resgistered under the NDPS Act. OC THREE HELD WITH ILLICIT LIQUOR Ludhiana: The police have arrested a woman, Bimla Bai, a resident of Razapur village, on Tuesday and made a seizure of 45 bottles of illicit liquor from her possession. A case has been registered. Another liquor smuggler, Deepak Kareer, a resident of New Tagore Nagar, was arrested from near Bhuriwala Chowk in Haibowal on Tuesday while going on a Honda Activa scooter (bearing registration no. PB GZ 7426). As many as 14 bottles of Royal Stag and 16 bottles of Imperial Blue whisky were seized from the accused. In another incident, Om Parkash, who runs a meat shop at Ramgarh, was arrested for allegedly selling liquor at his shop. During a raid, 36 bottles of Dollar Rum were recovered from his shop. All accused have been booked under Sections 61, 1 and 14 of the Excise Act. OC MAX 38°C | MIN 24°C | YESTERDAY MAX 35°C | MIN 26°C SUNSET THURSDAY 7:08 PM PAGE 3 SUNRISE FRIDAY 5:38 AM Move follows recent visit of NGT monitoring panel to dumpsite ACTION TO BE TAKEN IF REPLY NOT FILED Tribune News Service Ludhiana, May 4 Following the NGT monitoring committee’s visit to the Municipal Corporation’s main garbage dumpsite and other sites, MC’s Additional Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal has issued showcause notices to four officials for allegedly not performing their duties responsibly. Notably, the NGT panel had pulled up the civic body authorities for poor solid waste management. The show-cause notices have been issued to MC Health Officer Vipul Malhotra, Chief Sanitary Inspector Amir Singh Bajwa, Superintending Engineer (SE) Parveen Singla and JE (Horticulture) Kirpal Singh. Dr Malhotra has been issued a notice allegedly for not getting the route cleaned with responsibility when the NGT panel The NGT monitoring panel visits the MC’s main dumpsite. FILE Additional Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal confirmed that show-cause notices had been issued to the four officials. He said they had been asked to file their reply with an explanation. In case a reply was not filed, disciplinary action would be taken. The notices state that the NGT has taken these issues seriously. team visited the dumpsite. SE Parveen Singla was earlier assigned duty to get a boundary wall constructed around the dumpsite. When the NGT team visited the spot, it was found that he had not got the wall constructed, as per the instructions. Amir Bajwa was issued a notice for allegedly not performing his duty with responsibility at the dumpsite. The notice reads that which were supposed to be put in the compost pit. The notices state that the NGT has taken these issues seriously. Additional Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal confirmed that the notices had been issued to the four officials. He said they had been asked to file their reply with an explanation. In case a reply was not filed, disciplinary action would be taken. during the panel’s visit to the site, it was found that cleanliness was not satisfactory and segregation of waste was not ensured. Besides, Kirpal Singh has been issued a notice for allegedly not performing his duty related to the compost pit made at Bhai Chattar Singh Park. During the panel’s visit to the park recently, leaves were found lying scattered in the park THURSDAY | 5 MAY 2022 | LUDHIANA Two women among seven booked in fraud cases in city Our Correspondent Ludhiana, May 4 The police have booked seven persons, including two women, in four cases of fraud on Tuesday. The two women, identified as Paramjit Kaur, a resident of Bharat Nagar, and Manjit Kaur of Shimlapuri, were booked under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC for fraud and fabrication of documents on the complaint of Vishal Gupta, a resident of Bharat Nagar. According to the complainant, the women allured his wife Shikha Gupta to join a kitty of Rs 20,000 per month. In the course of time, the women manipulated Shikha to make an investment of Rs 30-32 lakh with them and also duped her of gold jewellery, including a gold set, gold chain and a mangal sutra. No arrest has been made so far in the case. In another incident of fraud, two persons, Mohammed Rizwan, owner of Saif Property, Tajpur Road, and his accomplice Mohammed Ishaq of Araria (Bihar), were booked under Sections 420 and 120-B on the complaint of Shaina Khatoon, a resident of New Friends Colony, Jassian Kalan. In her complaint to the police, Shaina said the duo had made a deal with her to sell a piece of land measuring 10,407 sq yards in Jassian and had paid a sum of Rs 10.5 lakh as advance. However, the accused failed to execute the sale deed as per promise and cheated her. In yet another case involving fraud in the name of online IELTS course, two persons, Amit Kumar and Imtiaz Ahmed, Shena Aggarwal is Sewer connections of 9 illegal colonies snapped MC Commissioner Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Ludhiana, May 4 Shena Aggarwal, IAS, of 2012 batch has been posted as the new Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation (MC), Ludhiana, the state’s biggest corporation, in place of Pardeep Kumar Sabharwal, IAS. She is likely to join the office soon. Shena Aggarwal has also served as Commissioner at the MC, Pathankot. She had also served as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, in the past. The posting orders of the Shena Aggarwal. FILE PHOTO outgoing MC Commissioner, Pardeep Kumar Sabharwal, would be issued later, according to information. Notably, Sabharwal was posted as the Ludhiana MC chief in 2020. Later, he was also given the charge of the CEO of Ludhiana Smart City Limited. Ludhiana, May 4 The Municipal Corporation on Wednesday disconnected sewer connections of nine more illegal colonies. MC Executive Engineer Ranbir Singh said the connections of Pardeep Sandhu Colony Part A, B & C, Shadi Lal Colony, Jot Enclave and Gopal Market on Tibba Road, Khalsa Colony and Krishna Colony on Bhamian Road were disconnected. Besides, the sewer connection of Victory Colony near Guru Amardas Nagar had also been snapped. The colonisers of these colonies had got the sewer connections linked with the MC sewer lines without permission, MC officials said. Ludhiana, May 4 Ludhiana city has completed stage 1 and qualified for stage 2 of the India Smart Cities Awards Contest (ISAC) 2022. Joint Secretary and Mission Director, Smart Cities Mission, Kunal Kumar, has written to the CEOs concerned, stating their city has demonstrated exemplary performance in championing the cause of the Smart Cities Mission over the past year and has featured among the top 75 ranked cities as per the MIS performance. In the list, Ludhiana ranks 41 out of the top 75 cities in the country. MC Commissioner-cum-CEO of Ludhiana Smart City Limited (LSCL) Pardeep Kumar Sabharwal shared the information. The MC Commisioner said Ludhiana had qualified for stage two of the India Smart Cities Awards Contest2022. Now, Ludhiana Smart City Limited has been invited to submit the award proposals for stage 2 of the ISAC 2022.. A smart city can submit the award proposals across six award categories, including project awards, innovation awards, city awards, state/UT awards, leadership awards and partners awards, latest by June 30. An MC worker disconnects a sewer connection in Ludhiana on Wednesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO Ludhiana, May 4 Harjit Singh Gill today took over as new Chief Engineer/Distribution at the Central Zone of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) here. He assumed office after the retirement of incumbent Jasvir Singh. Gill had last served as Chief Engineer/Commercial at Patiala and he has a rich experience of 32 years in the PSPCL in various capacities. Born in March 1967, Gill did his graduation from Guru Nanak Engineering College, Ludhiana, and then joined the PSPCL as Assistant Engineer in November 1989. During the span of nearly 32 years, he served on various positions — mainly in operation, enforcement, billing, technical, audit and commercial wings of the PSPCL. Gill said he would keep a close vigil on the functioning of all departments and take requisite measures to improve the functioning of the departments, especially the customer service. “As Baldev Singh Sran, CMD, and DPS Grewal, Director, Distribution of PSPCL, have given me the charge of the industrial hub, my priority will be to ensure proper supply of power to the industrial sector and to find remedies for issues being faced by industrialists,” he said, while ensuring the management of the PSPCL that he would work diligently. — OC Colonisers protest non-issuance of NOCs One fresh Covid case reported from district Tribune News Service Ludhiana, May 4 Accusing the authorities concerned for not issuing no-objection certificates (NOCs) for the registration of properties, members of the Punjab Colonisers and Property Dealer Association staged a protest outside the Sub-Registrar Office (West), here, on Wednesday. Gurwinder Singh Lamba, president of the association, said the government authorities concerned stopped issuing NOCs, instead of continued on page 2 Tribune News Service Colonisers hold a protest outside the Sub-Registrar Office (West) in Ludhiana. ASHWANI DHIMAN c m y b both residents of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, were booked under sections 420 and 120-B, IPC, for allegedly cheating Jasjot Kaur, a resident of Siahar village, of Rs 12,93,274. The complainant said the accused had made an ID in the name of British Council on Instagram, a social networking site, and they had taken money from her in the name of IELTS examination and sending her abroad. Bikkar Singh, a resident of Gehal village (Barnala), was booked for fraud under Sections 420, IPC, and Section 24 of the Immigration Act on the complaint of Gursharanvir Singh of Guru Nanak Nagar, Bhamian Kalan, who alleged that the accused had taken Rs 3.78 lakh from him on the promise of getting him visa, work permit and other travel documents for going to Canada. However, he failed to arrange the documents and refused to refund the money taken by him. Two thieves held, 5 stolen motorcycles recovered Our Correspondent ISAC 2022: City qualifies for stage 2 Gill takes over as PSPCL Chief Engineer Tribune News Service PAGE 4 The Hollywood star is ‘excited’ to challenge himself with different versions of his Marvel character. Show-cause notices served on four MC officials for negligence Harshraj Singh METHOD IN MADNESS: BENEDICT LOVED CHALLENGING HIMSELF Ludhiana, May 4 One fresh case of Covid-19 was confirmed here on Wednesday. Now, there are 31 active cases of the virus in the district and of them, 29 patients are in home isolation. Civil Surgeon SP Singh said a total of 1,09,875 patients from Ludhiana district and 14,759 patients from other districts or states had tested positive for the virus. COVID-19 FIGURES SAMPLES POSITIVE ACTIVE DEATHS 35,12,350 1,09,875 31 1 2,280 For info Contact: 0161-2444193 & 4622276 The Civil Surgeon said 2,280 patients of the district and 1,126 patients from other districts have died of the dreaded virus since March 2020. Ludhiana, May 4 The police have arrested two vehicle thieves identified as Taranjit Singh, a resident of Bhai Himmat Singh Nagar, Dugri, and Amarjot Singh of Bulara village under Sections 379 and 411 of the IPC from near the Ganda Nullah puli in Puneet Nagar here on Tuesday. The CIA-2 team, led by SI Pawanjit Singh, arrested them on the basis of a tip-off. Based on information provided by the accused during preliminary investigation, the police made recovery of five stolen motorcycles, which included one Hero Splendor Smart motorcycle (bearing registration no. PB 10FT 4705), three Hero Splendor motorcycles (PB 10DF 7461, PB 10ET 7168 and one without registration number) and one Hero Splendor Plus motorcycle (PB 10CW 2386). In another case of theft, the police have arrested a health worker, identified as Chandni (47), for stealing a mangal sutra from the house she was working in. The jewellery had also been recovered from the woman. In a complaint to the police, Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Hara Colony in Sahnewal, said he had hired the woman from an agency, Ishwar Health Care at Home, in Kochar Market here over two months ago to take care of his mother Kulwant Kaur. He said the accused had stolen a mangal sutra of his wife and had fled. The police have charged the accused under Section 380 of the IPC. The police have booked two persons identified as Darshan Singh, a resident of Manjit Nagar, and Suraj Kumar Nepali of near Lakkar Pul area under Section 379-B, IPC, on the basis of reliable information that the accused were involved in several cases of loot, snatching and theft from migrants and other persons at weapon-point in engine shed, bus stand and surrounding areas. The police said a manhunt had been launched to apprehend the accused.