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SUNRISE FRIDAY 5:23 AM THURSDAY | 9 JUNE 2022 | LUDHIANA Contractor removes fee boards Civic body seeks applications from zones from multi-storey parking lot Itstreet vendors for920 vendingin first phase will set up three zones in Zone A, in Zone C, 8 in Zone D MC gets boards reinstalled, fails to act against contractor PHOTOS: INDERJEET VERMA Tribune News Service The MC’s multi-storey parking lot after the removal of fee boards; and (right) a board being reinstalled by contractor’s staff in Ludhiana. Harshraj Singh Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 8 Ignoring the directions of MLA Ashok Parashar Pappi, the contractor concerned removed parking fee boards which MLA Ashok Parashar Pappi had got installed at the entrance of the Municipal Corporation’s multistorey parking lot near Mata Rani Chowk, here. The parking fee boards were installed on the directions of MLA from Ludhiana Central Ashok Parashar Pappi, who had found parking staff overcharging visitors last month. The MLA had also got his mobile number displayed on the fee boards so that visitors can contact him in case of overcharging or any other complaint at the parking lot. When the matter regarding FEE BOARDS INSTALLED IN MAY Parking fee boards were installed on the directions of MLA from Ludhiana Central Ashok Parashar Pappi, who had found parking staff overcharging visitors last month. The MLA had also got his mobile number displayed on the fee boards so that visitors can contact him in case of overcharging or any other complaint at the parking lot. the removal of the fee boards was brought to the notice of the MC’s tehbazari branch head, Tejinderpal Singh Panchhi, on Wednesday, he gave instructions to the staff concerned to take required action and got the parking fee boards displayed. Afterwards, an official of the MC inspected the parking lot and questioned parking staff who removed the fee boards. But, the contractor’s staff at the lot expressed ignorance in this regard. On the directions of the MC official, the contractor’s staff later started rein- stalling the fee boards. Questions are being raised as to why the Municipal Corporation kept a soft approach towards such contractors who are openly violating the rules to fleece visitors. Also, no concrete action was earlier taken against the contractor handling the multi-storey parking lot even after the MLA found the parking staff fleecing the visitors by charging Rs 80 against the prescribed fee of Rs 20 for car parking last month. Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu said he had no information in this regard but he would inquire about it. No boards at AC Market, Bhadaur House parking lots In blatant violations of the rules, no vehicle parking rates have been displayed at Bhadaur House Market and AC Market parking lots, located at a walking distance from the MC’s Zone A Office. Around two months ago, the then MC Commissioner had also directed the tehbazari branch to get parking rates with helpline numbers (contact number of the MC’s tehbazari head and the Joint Commissioner) displayed at all parking lots under the MC. But, no such boards with helpline numbers have been displayed at most of the lots in the city. At a few locations, parking fee boards were earlier installed but the size of those boards was too small. YOUTH DIES IN HIT-AND-RUN Our Correspondent Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence destroy the seized cannabis in Ludhiana on Wednesday. ASHWANI DHIMAN Garment manufacturer held for using fake labels Our Correspondent 5 MOBILES SEIZED FROM PRISONERS Ludhiana: Five inmates in the Central Jail here have been booked under Section 52-A of the Prisons Act after mobile phones were recovered from their possession during a surprise checking on Monday. On a complaint received from Sukhdev Singh, Assistant Superintendent, Central Jail, Ludhiana, cases have been registered against Varinder Singh, Sunil Kalra, Gurpreet Singh, Azam and Satnam Singh, all undertrials lodged in the Central Jail. OC MC Commissioner Shena Aggarwal presides over a meeting of the Town Vending Committee in Ludhiana. SUBMIT APPLICATIONS BY JUNE 30 Now, the MC is planning to shift street vendors to identified sites where the vending zones would be set up later. To adjust the street vendors at the 20 vending sites, the civic body has invited applications from them. The vendors can submit their applications to get space at the vending zones to the zonal commissioner concerned by June 30. The Department of Local Government had notified the MC’s plan to set up 64 vending zones for 8,989 vendors in December 2020. A total of 21,725 street vendors were identified in a survey conducted by the MC, Ludhiana, earlier. But, no vending zone has been set up for any vendor till date. Meanwhile, the MC Commissioner said vending zones in Zone B and other areas would be set up after getting the required no- objection certificates from the departments concerned. Officials, union leader exchange arguments It is learnt that heated arguments were exchanged between some officials and a leader of street vendors’ union over MC’s antiencroachment drives. The MC officials claimed that they removed encroachments that obstruct the traffic movement but Tiger Singh of the Rehri Phari Fed- eration raised questions over the MC action. Tiger blamed the MC for removing carts of street vendors from roadsides without setting up vending zones. He said fee from vendors should be charged only after vending zones (with provision of required facilities as per the rules) are set up. “The MC is responsible for the encroachments as it took no steps to implement the Act that was introduced for the welfare of the street vendors. The civic body must not remove the carts of vendors from roadsides until the vending zones are set up for them”, he said. He said: “We welcome that a meeting of the Town Vending Committee was called by the MC Commissioner today.” DRI destroys 396-kg cannabis to mark ‘Drug Destruction Day’ INBRIEF Ludhiana: Lakhwinder Singh (26), a resident of Badhni Kalan, Moga, who was coming towards Ghumar Mandi here for duty from his village on a motorcycle on Wednesday morning was hit by a recklesslydriven cement mixture truck (bearing registration no. PB 65AX 5753). Lakhwinder suffered grievous injuries in the mishap and died on the way to a hospital. On the complaint lodged by Harbhajan Singh, brother of the deceased, the police have booked the truck driver under Sections 279, 304-A and 427 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). OC Ludhiana, June 8 The Municipal Corporation has decided to set up 20 vending zones in the city in the first phase. Three vending zones would be set up in MC’s Zone A, nine in Zone C and eight in Zone D areas under the jurisdiction of the civic body. Now, the MC is planning to shift street vendors to the identified sites where the vending zones would be set up later. To adjust the street vendors at the 20 vending sites, the civic body has invited applications from them. The vendors can submit their applications to get space at the vending zones to the zonal commissioner concerned by June 30. A meeting of the Town Vending Committee, headed by MC Commissioner Shena Aggarwal, was held at the MC’s Zone A office on Wednesday. It was decided in the meeting that the civic body will set up 20 vending zones in the first phase. Street vendor unions have been demanding for a long time that the MC must set up vending zones and implement the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014. Ludhiana, June 8 A garment manufacturer, Sachin Kumar, a resident of Nirmal Nagar in Dugri and having a manufacturing unit in New Shivpuri on Sekhewal Road, was arrested by the police on Tuesday. He was booked under Sections 63 and 65 of the Copyright Act. The police acted on a complaint filed by Harinder Singh, a resident of Lajpat Nagar, who had alleged that the suspect was selling his own local-made products by using labels of various brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Levis, USPA, CK, Hugo Boss and Super Dry. The police recovered 750 T-shirts from the premises of the unit. Four traders arrested under Copyright Act In a similar incident, the police conducted raids in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Colony on 100-Feet Road in Moti Nagar on Tuesday and arrested four grocery merchants for allegedly selling fake common salt under the label of ‘Tata Salt’. The police had recovered 841 bags (bulk packing) of fake salt from the grocery stores where the raids were conducted. A complaint in this regard was lodged by Manish Jindal, a resident of Best Home City Heart Colony, Kharar. The suspects, Indresh Kumar (Prince Karyana), Udai Singh (Udai Karyana), Ghansham (Dulari Karyana Store) and Anil Kumar (Kreesh Karyana Store), were booked under Sections 63 and 65 of the Copyright Act, Sections 7 and 16, Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, and Sections 420 and 273 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Ludhiana, June 8 ‘Drug Destruction Day’ was observed by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) by incinerating 396.93 kg of cannabis (ganja), seized by the agency, at the incineration facility approved by the Punjab Pollution Control Board in the factory area on Tajpur Road here today. Drug Destruction Day was simultaneously organised at 14 different locations across the country where narcotics drugs seized by the DRI and Customs Department were destroyed. DRI officials said the consignment of cannabis incinerated today had been seized in September 2021 from a godown in Mangli Neechi village of the district and six persons were arrested during the investigation in the case. All of them are undertrials lodged in the Ludhiana Central Jail. The event was attended by renowned Punjabi film actor and singer Hobby Dhaliwal and in-charge of the deaddiction centre, DMC Hospital, Rupesh Chaudhary along with representatives of other social organisations involved in drug eradication programmes. Senior officials of Customs, GST and GST Intelligence exhorted the people to continue their fight against the drug menace with full vigour by renewed preventive efforts against drug smugglers and by educating the masses about perils of drug addiction. Three nabbed with drugs A boy gets jabbed against Covid in Ludhiana. PHOTO: INDERJEET VERMA 7 more test +ve in dist Ludhiana, June 8 Seven fresh cases of Covid-19 have been reported from Ludhiana district on Wednesday. A patient from another district has also tested positive for the virus here. Civil Surgeon SP Singh said 1,09,968 Covid-19 positive cases had been reported from the district while 14,771 confirmed cases belong to other districts or states since March 2020. He said a total of 2,282 patients from Ludhiana district COVID-19 FIGURES SAMPLES POSITIVE ACTIVE 36,16,973 1,09,968 20 7 DEATHS 2,282 For any information related to Covid Contact: 0161-2444193 & 4622276 and 1,126 patients from other districts or states had lost their lives due to Covid-19 so far. Meanwhile, the number of active cases has risen to 20 in the district.— TNS Truck hits power line, driver booked The suspect nabbed with 40 gm of heroin in Ludhiana police custody on Wednesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO Our Correspondent Ludhiana, June 8 The police have arrested three persons from various places in the city on Wednesday with drugs. Amit, a resident of the Shoe Market area was nabbed from near the Peeru Banda intersection on GT Road with 5 gm c m y b of narcotics powder. A case under Sections 22, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against him. The police arrested Balwinder Singh of Vishwakarama Colony from near the GNE intersection and recovered 40 gm of heroin from his possession. He has been booked under Sections 21-B, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act. In another incident, Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Jagdish Colony, Dhandari, was held from near Ganpati Chowk in Dhandari Khurd with 250 gm of cannabis (ganja). A case under Sections 20, 61and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against him. Ludhiana, June 8 The police have booked Sunil Kumar, a resident of Chas in Bokaro City (Jharkhand), under Sections 279 and 427 of the IPC after his truck hit a 66 kV power line. The vehicle (bearing registration no. MH 15EG 5432) of the suspect hit the overhead 66 kV power line on Elevated Road between Jagraon Bridge and Chand Cinema on June 5, which caused damage to the power cable and other power transmission equipment of Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL). In a complaint lodged with the police on Tuesday, Manoj Kumar, PSTCL assistant engineer/TL, maintenance, said the suspect had damaged the 66 kV power cable between Old GT Road and Haibowal, which led to power failure in many areas, including South City, Haibowal, Chaura Bazaar, Noorwala Road and GT Road. Besides, the power transmission equipment was also damaged. The PSTCL had to suffer a financial loss of around Rs 15 lakh, he said. — OC