13062022-LT-01.qxd 6/12/2022 11:44 PM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana TRIBUNE DIGITISE CITY PARKING LOTS, ENSURE NORMS ARE FOLLOWED Residents suggest uniformity and certainty in parking charges, request civic body to take complaints seriously. FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY INBRIEF THIEF CAUGHT LIFTING SCRAP Ludhiana: Akash Kumar, a resident of the Sua road, was caught while lifting 20-kg scrap kept in a gunny bag outside a factory, Sri Ram Forging, in Giaspura. The suspect fell while trying to escape with stolen material on his motorcycle. Factory workers overpowered the suspect and handed him over to the police. A case under Section 379 and 411 of the IPC has been registered on a complaint lodged by factory owner Deepak Sharma, a resident of Lachman Nagar, Giaspura. TNS HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, PURSE STOLEN Ludhiana: Thieves broke into a house in Kidwai Nagar here on Sunday afternoon. The incident took place when the lone occupant, Sawinder Kaur, had gone to a nearby gurdwara to pay obeisance. In her complaint, Sawinder said when she returned home, she found the door broken and house ransacked. She said the thieves took away a microwave oven, an LCD, a mobile phone and a purse containing ~9,400. The police have registered a case under Sections 454 and 380 of the IPC. TNS PAGE 2 GOING PLACES: HINA KHAN TO PROMOTE ABU DHABI TOURISM PAGE 3 Hina Khan is now an internationally recognised personality, not only for her fashion choices, but also for her projects. MAX 44°C | MIN 29°C | YESTERDAY MAX 44°C | MIN 29°C SUNSET MONDAY 7:30 PM Civic body plans to install air Target 3 persons, flee with earrings, cellphone & pendant purification tower Ludhiana, June 12 Three snatching incidents were reported from the city. Three men and a woman, riding two motorcycles, snatched gold earrings of an old woman, Kashmir Kaur (67), when the victim was walking around her residence in Jasdev Singh Nagar colony on Saturday. On a complaint by the victim’s daughter, Razia Dhillon, the police have registered a case under Sections 379-B of the IPC. In another incident, Mangal Singh Yadav, a security guard and a resident of Baranhara village, lost his mobile phone to two motorcycle-borne miscreants. The suspects snatched his mobile phone while he was returning to his house from Maharishi Valmiki Nagar after finishing his duty. The police have registered a case under Section 379-B of the IPC. In yet another incident, three motorcycle-borne miscreants snatched a gold pendant from Raseet, a resident of Nagra village, at sword point and fled from the spot. The victim was going on foot to Dugri with two other persons when the incident took place. The police have registered a case. STF arrests two drug peddlers Ludhiana, June 12 A team of the Special Task Force (STF), headed by incharge Ludhiana (Range) Inspector Harbans Singh, arrested Vikas Kumar, a resident of Azad Nagar, Daba road, with 210 gm of heroin. The suspect was nabbed while he was going to deliver the contraband to his customers on his scooter. After getting a tip-off, the STF members arrested the drug peddler from the LoharaGill road on Saturday. A case under Section 21 of the NDPS Act has been registered. The STF team arrested Ashwani Kumar, alias Suman, a resident of Rudra Enclave, Sahnewal, with 930 gm of heroin from near Gian Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 12 The Municipal Corporation is planning to install an air purification tower in the city. The civic body is considering to get a detailed project report prepared for the installation of the tower. Additional Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal said they were planning to install an air purification tower in the city on the lines of a tower installed in Chandigarh. He said the air purifier would be able to clean the air within a 500-metre radius. 3 more land in police net One of the drug peddlers in the custody of the STF in Ludhiana on Sunday. TRIBUNE PHOTO Vidyalaya on Saturday. The suspect, himself a drug addict and a tea vendor, was going to deliver the contraband to his customers on his scooter. Acting on a tip-off, the STF members intercepted the suspect and arrested him. A case under Section 21 of the NDPS Act has been registered. The police have arrested three drug peddlers. Raja Kumar, a resident of Lachmi Nagar, Sahnewal, was arrested with 20 gm of heroin and a car from near the Eastman Chowk on the Sua road here on Saturday. Another drug peddler, identified as Inderjit Sahni, a resident of Bihari Colony on the Tajpur road, was arrested with 3.5 gm of heroin from near Amarjit Dharam Kanda. One more person, identified as Pankaj Kumar, a resident of Mundian Kalan, was nabbed with 500 gm of cannabis (ganja) from Jiwan Nagar. Cases have been registered against the suspects under relevant sections of the NDPS Act. — OC c m y b 10 test +ve in dist Ludhiana, June 12 As many as 10 fresh Covid-19 cases were reported from Ludhiana district on Sunday. One patient from outside the district also tested positive for the virus. The number of active cases rose to 52. — TNS COVID-19 FIGURES SAMPLES POSITIVE ACTIVE 36,29,615 1,10,004 52 9 DEATHS 2,282 For any information related to Covid Contact: 0161-2444193 & 4622276 PAGE 4 Chiranjeevi hosted a get-together at his residence on June 11 to celebrate success of Kamal Haasan’s Vikram. SUNRISE TUESDAY 5:22 AM Snatchers have a field day in city Our Correspondent SALMAN JOINS KAMAL HAASAN TO CELEBRATE VIKRAM SUCCESS MONDAY | 13 JUNE 2022 | LUDHIANA Ludhiana gets state’s first 66kV line on monopoles Kuldip Bhatia Ludhiana, June 12 In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO inaugurated Punjab’s first 66kV line on monopoles at the GT Road here. The minister said this project was going to be a game changer in providing uninterrupted power supply as the power utility contemplated more monopole-based transmission lines in the state. He said the project would directly benefit the areas falling under Chaura Bazaar, Nurewal and Hambra substations with 66kV GT Road substation now getting power supply from two sources, thereby easing the overburdened substation. The minister, who was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Surabhi Malik and Commissioner of Police Dr Kaustubh Sharma, stated that localities falling within the jurisdiction of these sub-stations would immediately get relief from power cuts as this new double-circuit power line had gone functional. “As many as 49 monopoles have been installed to cover the 12-km distance spanning over the densely populated Punjab Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO interacts with officials after inaugurating the 66kV monopole line in Ludhiana on Sunday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: HIMANSHU MAHAJAN GAME CHANGER Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO said this project was going to be a game changer in providing uninterrupted power supply as the power utility contemplated more monopole-based transmission lines in the state. areas. These monopoles have a base of one meter to two meters in comparison to conventional towers that cover five-seven meters of area,” he said, adding that monopoles were suitable for erecting transmission lines in congested and thickly populated areas with right of way (ROW) issues in city areas. Harbhajan Singh also inspected the ongoing works at 220kV Ladhowal where Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited was installing a second 160 MVA, 220/66 KV power transformer at a cost of ~9.5 crore. It is expected to be completed by July 15. Reiterating the state government’s commitment to provide uninterrupted power supply to industries, he asserted that these new projects would provide more reliability to power supply in the industrial hub. He also inspected ‘hotline maintenance techniques’ on the live energised 220kV transmission system at the sub-station.