03082022-ATR-01.qxd 8/3/2022 12:07 AM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar TRIBUNE DC: OVER 1.5 LAKH KIDS GETTING MIDDAY MEALS IN GOVT SCHOOLS The DC said 1,52,862 children of upper primary and primary classes were being provided midday meals. GENERALLY CLOUDY SKY INBRIEF ROZGAR MELA BEGINS TODAY Amritsar: The district Rozgar and Karobar Bureau will organise a placement mela for unemployed youth in the district at its office on Wednesday. Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Surinder Singh said many local entrepreneurs and companies would attend the event to recruit workforce. The aspirants with a minimum educational qualification of Class X can attend the event at the district employment office in the District Administrative Complex from 10 am to 2 pm. They can use mobile helpline 9915789068 for their queries. TNS NO FLOOD THREAT IN DISTRICT: DC Amritsar: Stating that there is no threat of floods to the villages alongside the Ravi in the Ajnala belt, Deputy Commissioner Harpreet Singh Sudan added that all arrangements to deal with a flood-like situation were in place. Sudan said the Ajnala SDM was closely monitoring the situation. The district administration has also set up a control centre to deal with any emergency. The DC stated that residents can call at 01832229125 to get updates and report about the flood situation in the district. TNS GANGUBAI, JAI BHIM BAG TOP NOMINATIONS AT IFFM 2022 PAGE 3 Alia Bhatt-starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi has dominated the nominations for the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Awards. MAX 33°C | MIN 27°C | YESTERDAY MAX 35°C | MIN 27°C SUNSET WEDNESDAY 7:25 PM KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI TO REJOICE 75 YEARS OF FREEDOM SUNRISE THURSDAY 5:48 AM A man risks life by taking a bath in a canal in Amritsar on Tuesday. PHOTO: SUNIL KUMAR paddy season. Water is released into the UBDC during the period of irrigation. Otherwise, it remains empty most part of the year. The proposed 24x7 canal-based water supply project is likely to reverse the situation as the canal would be filled with water. Then it would require more vigil to keep a tab on such incidents. INCREASE VIGIL WEDNESDAY | 3 AUGUST 2022 | AMRITSAR Migrant labourer electrocuted at under-construction house Property owner booked for providing faulty table fan Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Amritsar, August 2 The tragic incident in which seven youngsters of Banur in Mohali district drowned in the Gobind Sagar Lake in Himachal Pradesh has come as a wake-up call to local officials. They should now increase vigil along the canal minors and irrigation channels in villages, besides the Upper Bari Doab Canal (UBDC) flowing on the city outskirts. People, especially youngsters, throng canals after the rise in temperature. Tragic accidents have occurred in the UBDC in the past and many a time patrolling was done by the police. With a view to discouraging people from swimming in the canal, the canal and irrigation department constructed a concrete embankment, besides raising its height. However, a visit to the canal revealed that people tend to take a dip to get relief from the sweltering heat. They choose remote parts of the canal to take a bath. The flow of water rises after the inception of the Amritsar, August 2 A labourer has been electrocuted by a table fan on a construction site at Diamond Estate here. The owner of the underconstruction house has been booked for providing a faulty old fan to the labourer, which led to his death. The accused owner has been identified as Lakhwinder Singh, a resident of Gali Khusreyan Wali, New Azaad Nagar here. The deceased has been identified as Gullu Ram, a native of Bihar. Ram Avadhi, a worker at the construction site, stated in his complaint to the Sultanwind police that he works as mason and was working at Diamond Estate along with Gullu Ram. The house owner WAS NATIVE OF BIHAR ■ The deceased has been identified as Gullu Ram, a native of Bihar ■ Ram Avadhi, co-worker of the victim at the construction site, told the police that the house owner provided them an old table fan. The cover on the motor of the fan was also missing ■ They also asked the house owner to get the fan repaired as there were chances of shortcircuit due to rainwater provided them an old table fan. The cover on the motor of the fan was also missing. “Due to rainy season, we asked the house owner to get the fan repaired as there were chances of short-circuit due to rainwater,” Avadhi said. On Sunday evening, Avadhi and Gullu Ram took meal together and after that Ram in Mohali drowned in the Gobind Sagar Lake in Himachal Pradesh ■ The authorities should increase vigil along the canal minors and irrigation channels in villages, besides Upper Bari Doab Canal flowing on city outskirts Nijjar reviews 24X7 water supply project OF SWINGS menting company will operate and maintain the entire project for 10 years. Nijjar said the canal-based water supply was the need of the hour. He said there was no scarcity of funds for this project. He said priority was being given to the supply if clean water, good sewage system, streetlights and roads throughout Punjab. He said the garbage heaps from Bhagtanwala would be removed. He said, “Due to different reasons, the bioremediation company has not been able to work efficiently at the dumping ground. Now all deficiencies will be removed and its work will be accelerated in coming days.” MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, MLA Dr Ajay Gupta, MLA Dr Jasbir Singh Sandhu, MC Commissioner Kumar Saurabh Raj were present on the occasion. The minister was honoured by the Commissioner, corporation officers and Municipal Corporation Employees Unions. Tribune News Service Students of Shahzada Nand College during Teej celebrations on Tuesday. PHOTO: VISHAL KUMAR Cops deployed on GNDUcampus as student organisations hold meet went to the first floor of the house to drink water and Gullu Ram was in a room on the ground floor. After some time when Avadhi came down, he found that Gullu Ram was lying on the floor and the table fan had fallen on him. He immediately switched off the fan. Avadhi claimed that Gullu Ram got electrocuted and the fan fell on him. The complainant alleged that Gullu Ram died due to negligence of the owner of the underconstruction house. On the complaint of Avadhi, the Sultanwind police have registered a case under Section 304-A of the IPC against house owner Lakhwinder Singh. Sub-Inspector Gurcharan Singh, investigating officer, said the police was investigating the matter. No arrest has been made so far. ■ Seven youngsters of Banur Chetna Rang Group stages period drama ‘Prithviraj Chauhan’ BHARAT RANG MAHOTSAV FESTIVAL PAGE 4 In its 14th season, Kaun Banega Crorepati will rejoice 75 years of Independence. The special episode will air on August 7 at 9 pm. Gobind Sagar Lake tragedy a wake-up call for canal officials FILE PHOTO FORECAST PAGE 2 Amritsar, August 2 After being appointed as Local Bodies Minister, Inderbir Singh Nijjar conducted a review meeting on the surface-based water project and the solid waste management project with MC officials at the Ranjit Avenue head office here today. The 24x7 canal water supply project was launched in April 2021 at a cost of Rs 665.32 crore. MC officials gave detailed information to the ministers and MLAs about the construction of overhead water tanks and water pipes to be laid in the city. This project will benefit the city residents for up to 30 years. The water from the plant will be completely purified and reach every home. For this, 51 new overhead water tanks will be built in the city and 24 old water tanks will be repaired. A 112-km-long water pipeline will also be laid in the city. The project imple- Sukhleen Kaur 5-year-old girl run over by school van Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, August 2 A five-year-old girl student was reportedly run over by a school van here on Tuesday when she was dropped near her home after school. The deceased has been identified as Subhleen Kaur, daughter of Rajwinder Singh, a resident of Patti town. She was a student of nursery standard of Sacred Heart Convent School, Thakarpura (Patti). The incident took place when Sukhleen along with her elder sister Sukhdeep Kaur (7) were dropped near their house by the school van. While reversing the vehicle, the van driver ran over the girl, who was walking behind it. She was admitted to a private hospital in Patti from where she was brought to Amritsar where she succumbed to her injuries. Amritsar, August 2 On the third day of the 22nd Bharat Rang Mahotsav organised by the National School of Drama in Amritsar under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Chetna Rang Group staged the saga of Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan of Delhi under the direction of Ashish Srivastava. Written by Ashish Srivastav, the play “Prithviraj Chauhan” was presented with a grandeur of a period drama that it was. Retelling the tale of Prithvi Raj Chauhan, who died young, while defending his country, his honour, was depicted as a man of his words. Even after a thousand years of his death, he is remembered for his courage, loyalty and heroism. Right from the court politics to his rivalry with Jaichand and his love story with Samyogita, the play gave account of Prithvi Raj Chauhan through the lens of history. The director used multimedia effects, creating shadows and 3D effects for dramatisation. Festival director Rajinder Singh and Amita Sharma from Amritsar said the plays being staged during the festival were diverse with their subjects, but common binding theme was nationalism and the role of historical figures in nationalist movements from time to time. — TNS Artistes enact play ‘Prithviraj Chauhan’ in Amritsar. TRIBUNE PHOTO Tribune News Service Low production to blame for spiralling veggie prices Tribune News Service Police personnel deployed on the GNDU campus as a preventive measure in Amritsar on Tuesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO transparent manner; a review committee constituted with students’ participation to review their issues like fine, late fee, short attendance. Besides, students of social science department should be allowed to attempt entrance and general exams in their mother language. Representatives of the National Student Union of India, Student Organisation of India, Student Organisation Sath, United Sikh Student Federation, All India Student Federation, Students for Society, Chandar Shekhar Azad Student Organisation were present at the meeting. The students will submit a memorandum of their demands to VC Prof Jaspal Sandhu tomorrow. Amritsar, August 2 Rain spell during the last two weeks has caused a loss of production of vegetables resulting in spiralling of their prices. At present, no seasonal vegetable is selling below Rs 50 per kg. Seasonal vegetables such as ladyfinger, gourds, french beans and other vegetables have become unaffordable for poor people. While ladyfinger is available at Rs 80 per kg, french beans is costing Rs 60 per kg. Even gourds are priced between Rs 50 and Rs 70. Farmers say that rain has resulted in washing the flowers off the plants as a result of c m y b RAINS HIT SUPPLY Seasonal vegetables such as ladyfinger, gourds, beans and other vegetables have become unaffordable for poor people. While ladyfinger is available at ~80 per kg, french beans cost ~ 60 per kg. Even gourds are priced between ~50 and ~70. Farmers say rain has resulted in washing the flowers off the plants as a result of which the production has fallen. PHOTO: SUNIL KUMAR Amritsar, August 2 Several members of student organisations from GNDU today called a gathering at the university’s Gurdwara Sahib to discuss student issues as the university authorities deployed police as a preventive measure. A large number of police personnel were seen outside the gurdwara as students and research scholars’ unions passed 10 resolutions and formed a nine-member student action committee to take up several issues of students with the university authorities. Among the prominent issues being pursued by the student unions are fee regulations, demanding the fee structure be made equivalent to that of Punjabi University; representatives of the Research Scholar Union re-elected democratically; student elections conducted in a A vendor arranges vegetables in Amritsar on Tuesday. which the production has fallen. Standing crops of vegetables or their nurseries have been battered by heavy rains. “Moreover, the growth of weeds in vegetable fields increases with rain. It is not feasible for vegetable growers to weed them out and most of them prefer to uproot plants and sow basmati crop,” said Beant Singh, a vegetable grower. In the district, vegetables are grown mostly in pockets close to the city. Some of these vegetable belts are near Jandiala, Mehta and Bohru. The farmers say with the paddy crop standing in nearby fields and humidity reaching a high level, the number of attack by pest on egetables also increases. “For local vegetable growers, the next vegetable season will begin with the sowing of winter season vegetables, which starts after the harvesting of early sown paddy varieties,” said Jeewan Singh, another farmer.