31072022-ATR-01.qxd 7/30/2022 11:27 PM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar TRIBUNE REMNANTS OF LITERARY LEGACY OF CITY ON VERGE OF BEING LOST PAGE 2 The ancestral homes of eminent literary figures are on the verge of being lost to rapid urbanisation. FORECAST GENERALLY CLOUDY SKY INBRIEF TWO HELD WITH INTOXICANTS Tarn Taran: The police arrested two accused and recovered 2,120 tablets of tramadol (clovedol.100 SR) on Saturday near Jhabal village. SHO Prabhjit Singh said the accused had been identified as Vany of Bhikhiwind and Harjinder Singh of Ghurkwind village. A case under Sections 22(C), 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered. OC TEACHERS ELECT OFFICE-BEARERS Tarn Taran: Prabhjot Singh Gohalwar was unanimously elected the district president of the BEd Teachers’ Front, Punjab, during a district-level members’ meeting of the union held here on Saturday. Prabhjot Singh was elected the district president for the third consecutive term. Besides, Sukhdev Raj Patti was elected its parton and Jangsher Singh Boparai as general secretary and as senior vice-president. Prabhjot Singh stressed on the removal of anomalies in the Sixth Pay Commission report, restoration of the old pension scheme, regularization of the services of contractual employees. In the meeting, presidents of eight block units too were elected. OC 56-YR-OLD KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENT SONAM AND AJAY ARE BACK TOGETHER WITH JIND MAHI PAGE 3 Sonam Bajwa and Ajay Sarkaria are back together with Punjabi film Jind Mahi, a romantic drama. MAX 30°C | MIN 25°C | YESTERDAY MAX 31°C | MIN 26°C SUNSET SUNDAY 7:28 PM SUNRISE MONDAY 5:46 AM Tarn Taran: The police arrested a rape accused on Friday. The accused has been identified as Jaspal Singh of Jaura village. The victim, a married woman of Thathi Khara village, had lodged a complaint to the police on Friday.The police said the victim was in her home on July 24 when the accused committed the crime. He allegedly threatened her of dire consequences. A case under Sections 376 and 506 of the IPC has been registered against the accused. Sub Inspector Sunita Rani recorded the statement of the victim. OC SUNDAY | 31 JULY 2022 | AMRITSAR Garbage collectors back to work; piled-up waste removal big task Tribune News Service Amritsar, July 30 After ending their strike, workers of the Solid Waste Management Company resumed their work this morning. However, removing 1,500 metric tonnes of garbage piled up in the city during the last three days will be a big challenge for them. The workers had suspended door-to-door collection after they went on an indefinite protest on Wednesday. While, Municipal Health Officer (MHO) of the Municipal Corporation (MC) Dr Kiran Kumar has deployed chief sanitary inspectors, sanitary inspectors and supervisors to check the lifting of garbage and streamline door to door collection, workers of solid waste management are working in double shifts to remove the garbage. MHO Dr Kumar also visited the dumping ground at Bhagtanwala to check the Heaps of garbage near ESI Hospital on Majitha Road; and (below) a worker collects waste in Amritsar. FILE SANITARY INSPECTORS DEPLOYED ■ Municipal Health Officer (MHO) of the Municipal Corporation (MC) Dr Kiran Kumar has deployed chief sanitary inspectors, sanitary inspectors and supervisors to check the lifting of garbage and streamline door to door collection. Workers of solid waste management are also working in double shifts to remove the garbage ■ MHO Dr Kumar also visited the dumping ground at Bhagtanwala to check the ongoing bioremediation work of solid waste management company Viewer gallery of velodrome inaugurated at GNDU Amritsar, July 30 Cabinet Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer inaugurated the newly constructed Rs 71-lakh spectator gallery of international level velodrome at the sports complex of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) here today. Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Academic Affairs Dean Prof SS Behl, OSD to VC Dr Hardeep Singh, Registrar Dr Karanjit Singh Kahlon, Sports Director Dr Sukhdev Singh and others were also present. The minister also announced 20 residential seats for outstanding selected cyclists under the Sports Department. The residential facility will provide food, accommodation and cycling equipment to the cyclists by the university under the Punjab Institute of Sports (PIS) Centre. The minister was apprised of the achievements of the university by the VC. He said at present, six cyclists of the university were representing India in the Railway station sans facilities F&CC meet on Aug 4 Tribune News Service Amritsar, July 30 After seven months, the Municipal Corporation’s Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) meeting will be held on August 4. The agenda branch of the MC has asked the heads of various departments of the corporation to send their proposals by Monday. The agenda for the meeting will be prepared on Tuesday morning. Over 90 proposals are expected to come up in the meeting. At present, the agenda branch received 16 proposals for development works. For the last two years, a project of recarpeting over 50 roads stretches at a cost of Rs 46 crore is stuck due to some technical reasons. Now, this proposal road project will also be approved in the meeting of the F&CC. Apart from this, some proposals could not be signed by the members in the meeting held earlier, those proposals will be again presented before the meeting. Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu and Corporation Commissioner Kumar Saurabh Raj held a meeting with officers of different departments of the MC regarding the F&CC meeting. The Mayor said the meetings would be held on August 4. Financial approvals for several projects are expected. The Mayor said the development of the city was a priority of the MC. He said the development works of the city would be conducted without any discrimination. He said a meeting of the General House of the MC would be called soon and the development works would be approved. Cops nab 2 ATM robbers redhanded The velodrome gallery inaugurated at GNDU in Amritsar on Saturday. TRIBUNE PHOTO ongoing Common Wealth Games in Birmingham, UK. ‘Sports policy to aim at producing good players’ Tarn Taran: The new sports policy of the state government must be aimed at producing good sportpersons from both rural and urban areas. The government is committed to provide best coaches and good playgrounds. This was stated by Sports Minister, Punjab, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, who was in Tarn Taran on Saturday to gather information regarding playgrounds and other sports infrastructure. Hayer was accompanied by Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan and Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, besides MLAs Dr Kashmir Singh Sohal and Manjinder Singh Lalpura and officials of the district administration. The minister said he was of the view that good playgrounds, PFUCTO to launch stir for UGC pay scales Amritsar, July 30 The Punjab Federation of University College Teachers’ Organisation (PFUCTO) has decided to launch an agitation against the state government’s delay in implementing the UGC pay scales on a par with other states. PFUCTO spokesperson Dr LS Kang and Dr Jagwant Singh, president and general secretary of PFUCTO, welcomed the decision of the Cabinet of Himachal Pradesh to implement the UGC pay scales. “For the first time, the Chandigarh Administration and HP have decided to break away from the practice of adopting the notification of Punjab. This makes Punjab ongoing bioremediation work of solid waste management company. A huge amount of garbage can be seen piled up over the bins at the source level. Residents irked over non-lifting of garbage as wet garbage is stinking in houses. “The vehicles of door to door collection firm were irregular and visit once or twice in a week. But after the strike, no one has visited our area. Heaps of garbage are stinking inside houses. The MC should make some alternative arrangements in case of such a strike of employees,” said Randhir Sharma, a Vallah Bypass road resident. According to workers of the Averda, the firm hired by the MC, it would take three to four days to streamline the garbage collection as a number of vehicles were lying defunct. The company officials have released their salaries but the infrastructure is same. Amritsar, july 30 SP Singh, Deputy General Manager, Northern Railway, objected to the omission of different passengers amenities at the Amritsar railway station on Saturday. During the inspection, he pointed out the closed lift at continued on page 2 Tribune News Service POLICE ARREST RAPE ACCUSED PAGE 4 Actor Arjun Bijlani posted pictures on Instagram with Karan Johar and hinted at special appearance in his next film. Tribune News Service Tarn Taran: One person was killed in a road accident on the Jhabal-Attari road near Gandiwind village on Friday when his car collided head-on with a mini-bus coming from the opposite side. The deceased has been identified as Rasal Singh (56), a resident of Sarai Amanat Khan. He worked as a lab technician at the Community Health Centre, Valtoha. He was returning to his home after office in his car. He was at Gandiwind village, which is just one kilometre behind his village when some stray animal suddenly appeared on the road. While trying his level best to avoid the animal, his car collided with the oncoming mini-bus. He was seriously injured. While being taken to a private hospital in Amritsar, he died on the way. ASI Sukhdev Singh, posted with the Sarai Amanat Khan police station, said on the statement of Jatinderpal Singh, son of the victim, a case under Section 174, CrPC, had been registered. The postmortem of the body was conducted at the local Civil Hospital on Saturday. OC ACTOR ARJUN HINTS AT SPECIAL APPEARANCE IN KJO’S NEXT Hails Himachal Pradesh Cabinet for implementing UGC scales as the only state which has not notified the UGC pay scales,” said Dr Kang. Dr Jagwant Singh pointed out that while Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema had failed to implement their announcement in the State Assembly on June 25 and June 28, Himachal Chief Minister Jairam Thakur kept his promise made at a public rally on June 22. continued on page 2 c m y b coaches and other sports facilities were the need of the hour. He said it was necessary to bring the youth to playgrounds to make the state drug free. Hayer said the state government had initiated the process of recruiting employees in all departments and was recruiting 20,000 teachers across the state in the current year. He said teachers would be posted at most backward and border areas like Tarn Taran. — OC Tribune News Service Pathankot, July 30 The “Safe Punjab” drive initiated by DGP Gaurav Yadav has started paying off dividends in the city with the police nabbing two robbers who were all set to break open an ATM when they were spotted and subsequently arrested by a PCR team. Under the drive, police officials in all districts have been asked to make certain that robberies and petty crimes are reduced to a bare mini- mum by alert policing. SSP Harkamal Preet Singh Khakh disclosed that Ajya Kumar and Amit Kumar were arrested when they were found hiding at a secluded place near an ATM located on Dhaki road. He added that the burglars turned out to be drug addicts and they often resorted to petty crimes to pay for their habit. “A total of 8-gm heroin, a gas cutter and an iron rod were recovered from their possession. An FIR under relevant sections has been registered at the Division No. 2 police station. The NDPS Act continued on page 2