29112022-LT-01.qxd 11/29/2022 12:55 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana TRIBUNE NEW BUILDING FOR AHMEDGARH’S SUBDIVISION OFFICE SOON PAGE 2 ASIF, CHOREOGRAPHER RAJU WINNERS OF DANCE IKON State government approves ~5.95 crore for administrative complex, land yet to be finalised. FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY 1.05L kg of lahan seized, destroyed Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 28 The Excise Department on Monday recovered and destroyed around 1.05 lakh kg of lahan from the banks of Sutlej here, officials have said. “A team constituted to curb illegal distillation on the Sutlej banks raided the area and searched around 15-km surroundings of the Sutlej bank near Kot Umra, Chandigarh Dia Channa, Vehra, Gorshian and Akkuwal villages, near Sidhwan Bet,” the officials said. They revealed that around 1,05,000 kg lahan hidden in plastic sheets was recovered and destroyed on the spot outside the river as the stock remained unclaimed. “Four big iron drums, aluminium utensils, 300 kg wood and plastic pipes were also seized from the spot,” they added. Man held on rape charge Ludhiana, November 28 A man accused of raping her cousin was arrested by the Payal police. He has been identified as Harpreet Singh. The complainant alleged that the suspect had been raping and blackmailing her for the past four years. A case under Section 376 of the IPC and different sections of the Information Technology Act has been registered at the Payal police station. — TNS MAX 26°C | MIN 7°C | YESTERDAY MAX 26°C | MIN 7°C SUNSET TUESDAY 5:24 PM NGT forms joint panel to submit factual report within two months Tribune News Service A view of Sidhwan Canal in Ludhiana, which has become a dumpsite for polluters. PHOTO: ASHWANI DHIMAN STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD TO BE NODAL AGENCY The NGT ordered that the report should highlight the factual status of waste lying along the banks of the canal in question, the extent of encroachments and areas demarcated on both sides of the canal as no activity zone and the action taken by the authorities concerned. The state pollution control board will be the nodal agency for coordination and compliance. rial, etc. Arora said there were encroachments also on Canal sides but neither the Irrigation Department of Punjab nor other responsible authorities have taken any action in this regard. In the order, the NGT Bench said: “In our view, a substantial question of environment arising out of the implementation of enactments specified in Schedule I under the NGT Act, 2010, has arisen but before taking further action, we find it appropriate to obtain a factual report for which a joint committee comprising Irrigation Department, Punjab, Punjab state PCB, District Magistrate, Ludhiana and Executive Engineer, Canal Officer, Sidhwan Canal Division, Sirhind Canal Complex, Urban Estate, Dugri, Ludhiana is constituted who would submit factual report within two months.” Meanwhile, another applicant, Kuldeep Singh Paying respects Mobike-borne miscreants rob man of ~32K Devotees pay obeisance on the martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur at Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib in Ludhiana on Monday. PHOTO: INDERJEET VERMA Illegal colonies: GLADA gets two FIRs registered Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 28 Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) has got FIRs registered against the colonisers of two illegal colonies, which were being developed at Kaneja village of the district by ignoring government orders. GLADA Junior Engineer Sangharshveer Singh had submitted complaints to the police against the accused, after which the FIRs were registered. In the first incident, an FIR was registered against Sukhwinder Pal of Bal Singh Nagar at the Meharban police station. The accused was developing an illegal colony named ‘Sri Bala Ji Enclave’ at Kaneja village in violation of the government orders. In the other case, the Meharban police booked two persons for developing an illegal colony named ‘Dream City 5’ at the same village. The accused have been identified as Joga Singh and Arun Kumar, both residents of College Road. A large number of illegal colonies have come up in the areas within the MC’s jurisdiction under the nose of authorities concerned. The picture remains the same in the areas outside MC’s jurisdiction, which are managed by the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority. Khaira, said after filing a petition with the NGT, the district administration, Municipal Corporation as well as other authorities concerned had rushed to the Sidhwan Canal for remedial measures. “Despite raising the issue of encroachment along the canal and continuous dumping of garbage by the civic body itself on the Sidhwan Canal bank, the civic body took no action in this regard. The Irrigation Department and the PPCB are silent on such violations. Hence, it is clear that the visit to the Sidhwan Canal by the authorities was merely an eyewash,” he said. Ludhiana, November 28 The police have booked two unidentified persons after they allegedly robbed an employee working at a liquor vend at Sudhar village on Saturday night after throwing chilli powder in his eyes. The police have registered a case on Sunday. Gurpreet of Pavitar Nagar said as part of his job, he visited a liquor vend in Dango village and collected Rs 32,000 on Saturday night. Later, he went to a vend on the Sudhar road bend and asked an employee to count the money. Two motorcycle-borne men reached there and threw chili powder into his eyes. They snatched the money from him before fleeing the spot. — TNS PAGE 4 Uorfi Javed recently took on author Chetan Bhagat after he recently called her a “distraction” for boys. SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 7:05 AM SIDHWAN CANAL POLLUTION Ludhiana, November 28 After hearing an applicant in the case related to the dumping of waste into Sidhwan Canal, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a joint committee comprising Irrigation Department, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), District Magistrate, Ludhiana, and Executive Engineer, Canal Officer (Sidhwan Canal Division), to submit a factual report within two months. The NGT ordered that the report should highlight the factual status of waste lying along the banks of the canal in question, the extent of encroachments and areas demarcated on both sides of the canal as no activity zone and the action taken by the authorities concerned, if any. The state PCB will be the nodal agency for coordination and compliance. During the hearing via videoconferencing held on November 25, one of the four applicants, Kapil Dev Arora, appeared in person and he stated that the Sidhwan Canal passing through Ludhiana is highly polluted because of the dumping of plastic bags, polyester clothe waste, other non-biodegradable mate- UORFI SLAMS CHETAN BHAGAT OVER HIS RECENT REMARKS With contestants having toiled for 13 long weeks, Asif and Raju proved that no dance style is too complicated. POWER SHUTDOWN LUDHIANA 9.30 am to 5 pm: Urban Estate Phase-2, Drum Wala Chowk area, Prem Vihar Phase-2, areas near Bal Bharti School, parts of Urban Vihar, Phase-2 Main Market, Karan Chowk area and Satpal Mittal School Line. 10 am to 3 pm: DMC Hospital, Udham Singh Nagar, Lions Club, DMC Boys Hostel and Rajpura Road. 10 am to 4 pm: Gurdev Nagar, Grewal Hospital, Ranjit Tower, Imperial Hotel, Pakhowal Road areas, Flames Mall, Malhar Road areas, Circular Road areas, Ghati Balmiki, Old Madhopuri, Gaushalla Road areas and Bajwa Nagar. PAGE 3 TUESDAY | 29 NOVEMBER 2022 | LUDHIANA Two booked for ‘thrashing’ woman at Civil Hospital Ludhiana, November 28 A woman, who had gone to take the body of her nine-month-old son at the Civil Hospital, Ludhiana, was allegedly thrashed by her father-in-law and another relative. After a dispute with her husband and in-laws, the woman was staying at her maternal home while her son was with her in-laws. The suspects have been identified as Gurwinder Singh, father-in-law of the victim, and Naresh Kumar. The victim’s sister, Kashish, complained to the police that her sister Pooja’s nine-month-old son Divansh passed away on November 26. Kashish alleged, “I and Pooja had gone to take the body of her son at the Civil Hospital wherein her father-in-law Gurwinder Singh and Naresh Kumar thrashed and kicked us. Earlier, they had abused us when we had reached their home to see Pooja’s son.” The accused had performed the last rites of the child allegedly without informing Pooja, who later reached the grave of her son and offered milk and toys to him. Meanwhile, a case under Sections 323, 341, 506 and 509 of the IPC was registered against the suspects at the Division Number 2 police station. Sub-inspector Rajinder Singh is investigating the case. — TNS The suspects in police custody in Ludhiana. TRIBUNE PHOTO Two women nabbed for stealing ~27K from purse Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 28 The Ludhiana police arrested two women from Madhya Pradesh for allegedly stealing Rs 27,000 from the purse of a woman near Clock Tower, here. The complainant, Baljeet Kaur, a resident of Chandigarh, told the police that she, along with her mother Manjeet Kaur, was buying clothes for children from a shop near Clock Tower on November 23 when three women came and stood behind her. Baljeet Kaur’s purse was hanging on her shoulder. She said the suspects stole the cash by cleverly opening the zip of her purse and then managed to escape from the spot. Later, the police got the CCTV footage of the women ‘involved’ in the crime. A case under Sections 379 and 34 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at the Division Number 1 police station against the suspects. They have been identified as Mehak Sisodia and Janki Sisodia, both sisters who hail from Madhya Pradesh, according to the police. Sub-inspector Lakhwinder Singh, who is investigating the case, said the two women were arrested on Sunday near Lakkar Bridge, Ludhiana, on the basis of a CCTV camera footage. He said it seems, the arrested women are part of a gang but they had not revealed information about their other aides yet. Further investigation was underway. Three arrested with 8 mobiles, sharp weapons, motorcycles Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 28 Three persons were nabbed by the police in two cases when they were allegedly going to sell snatched or stolen mobiles. In the first incident, the police arrested two persons and claimed to have recovered seven mobiles and a sharp weapon from their possession. The suspects have been identified as Sukhwinder Singh, a resident of Bhattian Colony, and Amit Sharma of Shivpuri, here. SI Ram Krishan said the suspects were involved in snatching incidents. Following a tip-off, the suspects were arrested near ‘Ghanta Ghar’, Ludhiana, when they were going to sell the mobile phones, which they had snatched from people, he said. He said seven mobiles, one motorcycle and a sharp-edged weapon were seized from them. A case under Sections 379-B and 34 of the Indian Penel Code (IPC) was registered against the suspects at the Division Number 1 police station. In the other incident, the police claimed to have arrested a man at Manjit Nagar and recovered a mobile phone, a sharp weapon and a motorcycle. The suspect has been identified as Ranjit Singh of Karamsar Colony, here. According to Station House Officer (SHO) Avneet Kaur, the man was arrested when he was going on a stolen motorcycle to sell a stolen mobile. A case under Sections 379 and 411 of the Indian Penel Codewas registered against the suspect at the Division Number 5 police station here. Sans FOB, people face trouble crossing road outside bus stand Harshraj Singh Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 28 Visitors face a lot of inconvenience while crossing the Link Road (NH-5) outside Amar Shaheed Sukhdev Interstate Bus Terminal in the absence of any foot overbridge (FOB), which is a long-pending demand of the people here. Now, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is planning to construct a foot overbridge there if no obstacle comes in the planned project. Iron grills were installed on the central verge of Link Road outside the bus stand several years ago to stop people from crossing the main road in a wrong manner by jumping the road divider. But, people usually used to cross busy stretches of the Link Road via the divider to reach TAKING THE RISKY ROUTE: Pedestrians cross Link Road outside the bus stand in Ludhiana. TRIBUNE PHOTOS: HIMANSHU MAHAJAN RESIDENTS CARE TWO HOOTS FOR RULES Iron grills were installed on the central verge of Link Road outside the bus stand several years ago to stop people from crossing the main road in a wrong manner by jumping the road divider. However, people usually cross busy stretches of the Link Road via the divider to reach the bus stand from the Jawahar Nagar side in the absence of the FOB for pedestrians. the bus stand from the Jawahar Nagar side in the absence c m y b of the FOB for pedestrians. Project Director, NHAI, KL Sachdeva, said the NHAI had planned to construct a FOB there soon. He said the tender in this regard was floated and the agency was finalised too. However, the work could be started there only if the required space was provided for the construction of the FOB with- out any obstacle or opposition. Notably, residents and NGOs had raised the demand for the construction of a foot overbridge in the past too so that pedestrians can safely reach the bus stand from another side of the road. A road safety activist, Rahul Verma, said there was a dire need for a foot overbridge outside the bus stand. In a meeting with officials, the plan regarding the FOB was also discussed. A city resident, Sukhpreet Singh, said, “When we come from the Gill Road side, vehicles often halt on the Jawahar Nagar side of the road. It is difficult to cross the main road that remains busy always. Jumping the centre verge is like putting your own life at risk. The elderly face problems while crossing the road.” He said many pedestrians usually did not opt for another way (under the flyover) to reach the bus stand as it remains busy with heavy movement of buses. Also, there was no provision for footpaths. The NHAI and the local administration must take requisite steps to get the FOB with ramp facilities constructed there, he added.