08062022-JTR-01.qxd 6/7/2022 11:45 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar TRIBUNE HEAD OF GURU NANAK CHAIR ADVISORY PANEL APPOINTED Dr Sarbjinder Singh, a well-known personality in religious studies, will be the chairman of this advisory panel. FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY INBRIEF MAN DUPED OF ~5L, ONE BOOKED Hoshiarpur: Garhshankar police have registered a case against an unidentified caller for allegedly duping a person of ~5 lakh by calling from a foreign number impersonating as his relative. Jagtar Singh, a resident of Ramgarh village, had lodged a complaint with the police that a caller introduced himself as his nephew. After this, the accused trapped him in his words and told him that he needs ~5 lakh that he transferred in an account number given by the caller. When he enquired about this from his relatives, he came to know that he had been cheated. The police have registered a case. OC TWO-DAY REMAND FOR GANGSTER Hoshiarpur: Four days ago, Hariana Police had arrested five youths during a naka and seized from them three pistols, 22 live cartridges and sharp weapons. Now, the police brought gangster Binny Gujjar on production warrant from jail on Monday for probe and took him on two days remand. During interrogation, it was revealed that the said accused were going to attack another group out of revenge. DSP Prem Kumar said on June 2, Hariana SHO Baljinder Singh had arrested five persons with weapons during the naka at Civil Hospital Chowk. OC INTOXICANTS, DRUG MONEY SEIZED Hoshiarpur: After a tip-off, the Mahilpur police raided a house and arrested two persons, including a woman, and seized 60 grams of narcotic powder and ~27,500 drug money from them. The accused have been identified as Ravinder Kaur, a resident of Langeri Road, Mahilpur, and Sukhdeep Singh, alias Kaka, a resident of Ward No. 7 Mahilpur. They have been booked under the NDPS Act. OC BIKER DIESAFTER BEING HIT BY BUS Hoshiarpur: A bike rider died after being hit by a bus on Monday. Parupkar Singh, a resident of Mahimowal village, told the police that his father Trilochan Singh was going to Hoshiarpur for some work on his bike. When he reached near Piplanwala, a bus of Punjab Roadways Ferozepur Depot passing by, hit him. His father died due to a serious head injury. The bus driver fled after the incident. The police have registered a case. OC ONE BOOKED FOR SEEKING DOWRY Hoshiarpur: The police of Bullowal police station have registered a case against a person for reportedly torturing his wife for the alleged demand of more dowry. Surinder Kaur, daughter of Pyara Ram, a resident of Chakkowal Shekhan, told the police that she was married to Gurdeep Singh, a resident of Goraya village, under police station Hariana. According to her, after marriage, her husband started harassing her for the alleged demand of more dowry, not seeing the demand being fulfilled, the accused threw her out of the house. OC PAGE 2 SHRIYA PILGAONKAR COMPLETES THE SHOOT OF ISHQ-E-NADAAN PAGE 3 Directed by Avishek Ghosh, Ishq-eNadaan is a heart-warming romantic drama set in the lanes of Mumbai. MAX 44°C | MIN 27°C | YESTERDAY MAX 44°C | MIN 28°C SUNSET WEDNESDAY 7:30 PM MANINEE DE’S BEDIYAN IS ON WOMEN’S HEALTH & HYGIENE PAGE 4 Maninee De, who has done shows like Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin, is currently seen in a YouTube series Ssup Ma. SUNRISE THURSDAY 5:22 AM WEDNESDAY | 8 JUNE 2022 | JALANDHAR Fed up of poor civic amenities, city residents write to CM SMART CITY?Say it has been nearly six years since Jalandhar was included in the list of Smart City project, but ground reality is that people are crying over traffic woes, faulty streetlights and poor waste management Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 7 A city-based social organisation, which has been working for the welfare of Jalandhar city since past many years, in a letter addressed to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Chief Secretary A Venu Prasad have complained about poor civic amenities in Jalandhar and suggested ways on how to make it a smart city in real. The letter has been drafted after consulting residents of different localities, residential clubs, welfare societies and among other social organisations, who have been working to make Jalandhar a clean and green city. Talking to Jalandhar Tribune, SP Virdi, general secretary of Royal Club, said there were solutions to all civic issues but only if authorities concerned implement it effectively. “The MC has put banners of Smart City across Jaland- Residents have not only apprised the CM of the problems, but also suggested some ways through which all these civic issues could be resolved. TRIBUNE FILE har, but the situation on ground is completely opposite. There are many areas which still receive contaminated water supply, there are heaps of garbage lying everywhere due to civic body’s failure to streamline solid waste management, cleanliness of Kala Sanghian Drain and Bist-Doab Canal is still a distant dream of residents, many roads are lying broken and there are no streetlights in many residential colonies and so on,” he added. Meanwhile, in the letter addressed to the CM and the CS, the club highlighted that under the Smart City project, the MC has promised well- paved roads, traffic management, LED lights, integrated command and control centre, spruced up walkways, roadside benches, better landscaping of green belts, escalator, ramps at railway station, waste management, etc, in the city, but none of these facilities are available to them yet. He said he has not only apprised the CM of the problems, but the club members, after consulting residents, industrialists and other organisations, have suggested some ways through which all these civic issues could be resolved. Divulging details about the suggestions proposed, Virdi said shifting of new grain market near Workshop Chowk along with FCI and Markfed godowns to some outer area, proper managements at old sabzi mandi at Maqsudan, shifting of cremation grounds at Kishanpura and Harnamdasspura, installation of CCTV cameras, construction foot overbridge at the main gate of Civil Hospital, dividers at Ram Nagar railway crossing and at Gazigulla crossing, checking of unfit vehicles, deployment of more police personnel on road to check traffic and violations and segregation of waste and proper mechanism for its disposal, etc. He said mere tall promises and furore at MC meetings won’t solve these long-pending issues and a well chalkedout strategy was required to make Jalandhar a Smart City. A day before MC meet, Raja Drug peddler booked tries to ‘placate’ councillors for attempt to murder Mayor holds talks with them to avoid embarrassment at House meeting Tribune News Service Jalandhar, June 7 Ahead of the General House meeting of the MC, scheduled to be held on Wednesday, a ‘pre meeting’ was held on Tuesday at the Mayor’s residence. Congress councillors were invited and it is reported that they raised several issues with the Mayor. However, some said this meeting was nothing but a strategy to make the Congress councillors pointing out the flaws of ruling party and MC officials, rather than verbally attacking the Mayor in front of everyone during the House meeting. Mayor Jagdish Raja had reportedly called them (councillors) to resolve the issues today itself in person so that the councillors don’t get united and shower questions on him tomorrow at the Mayor Jagdish Raja holds a meeting with the councillors ahead of General House meeting in Jalandhar on Tuesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO CONGRESS WARY OF BERI ■ As per the reports, some Congress councillors from Jalandhar Central constituency also expressed a concern that former Congress MLA Rajinder Beri, who was defeated by AAP's Raman Arora this time, will ensure that none of the party councillors win this election. They cited that MLA was of the view that they (councillors) had hatched conspiracy to help defeat Beri. After this, Vipin Kumar Chadha, a Congress councillor, said openly that he was the one who did not let Beri win the election. House meeting. Sources said that some tension was also visible among few councillors and they indulged in several arguments too. Jagdish Samrai, one of the 2 girls die in mishap Minor domestic help ends life Our Correspondent councillors present at the meeting, said the funds that had been received by the MC for various development works were allegedly not being allowed to be used. “This is the major issue that was discussed,” he said. Source said this was one of the issues that had troubled everyone. Since it is expected that both Aam Aadmi Party MLAs Raman Arora and Sheetal Angural will attend the meeting, the councillors have planned to team up and then take up this serious matter with the MLAs. “They are responsible for everything now. They have formed the government and now cannot run away from their duties. We will definitely ask them why there was an obstruction in using the funds that we received for various works,” a councillor said. continued on page 2 Had ran over car on ASI at naka on Jal-K’thala road Tribune News Service Kapurthala, June 7 Having detained a drug peddler who tried to break a naka on the Jalandhar-Kapurthala road and run over an ASI there on Monday afternoon, the Kapurthala police have booked him in two separate cases. While ASI Thakur Singh is undergoing treatment at Thind Hospital in Kapurthala after injuries on his leg and his condition is said to be stable, the police have booked accused Harkirat Singh in two FIRs – an FIR No. 63 under Sections 307, 353, 186 and 427 of the IPC at Police Station Sadar Kapurthala (lodged on the complaint of ASI Thakur Singh) and FIR No. 125 under Sections 21-61-85 of the NDPS Act and Arms Act at the Kapurthala City Police Station. SSP Raj Bachan Singh Sandhu, at a press conference on Tuesday, confirmed having The accused in the custody of police on Tuesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO recovered his Verna car (which got badly damaged in the incident), 200 gm of heroin (value more than Rs 1 crore in international market), 100 gm of ICE, one pistol with .32 bore magazine and two live cartridges. The SSP said the police had information from CIA Staff that Harkirat Singh, alias Sagar, resident of Baba Isher Singh Colony of Jalandhar, was coming for supplying heroin to Kapurthala in his personal car ( PB-09-U-7390) for which a naka had been laid but the accused tried to hit the bike of a cop and flee. “The police teams tried to stop him but after breaking the naka, he tried to flee towards Jalandhar side but he was overpowered by another police continued on page 2 City sizzles at 44°C Tribune News Service Mukerian (Hoshiarpur), June 7 In a road accident that occurred on the Jalandhar-Jammu National Highway, near Mata Rani Chowk, two students of Mukerian SPN College were killed while one was injured. They were riding a Scooty and were hit by a truck. According to information, the three girls of BA (Part II) were returning home. When they reached near Mata Rani Chowk, they were hit by a truck, due to which one of them died on the spot while two others were seriously injured. The injured were brought to the Mukerian Civil Hospital. The victims were identified as Preeti of Dugri Awana and Neha and Tamanna (both sisters) of Parika. Tamanna died on the spot. Seeing Preeti’s Preeti (L) and Tamanna, victims critical condition, doctors referred her to a specialty hospital, but, she died on her way to Pathankot. The police have arrested accused driver Bikram Singh of Chakk Sheron village and taken the vehicle in their possession. The Mukerian police have also registered an FIR against the accused under Sections 304-A, 279, 337 and 427 of the IPC. Jalandhar, June 7 A minor girl allegedly died by suicide here. She was working as a domestic help at the house of a popular mobile house owner. The incident took place on late Monday night in the Adarsh Nagar area. Reportedly, 14-year-old Anjali hanged herself to death after which, the owner of the house informed the police. The minor was rushed to a hospital, but was declared brought dead. According to the police, Anjali was a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district. SHO Bhushan Kumar said they received a call from Vishal Chaddha, who informed them about the incident. He said the police continued on page 2 c m y b Commuters keep their faces covered as a protection on a hot summer day in Jalandhar on Tuesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: SARABJIT SINGH