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P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 18°C | MIN 9°C YESTERDAY MAX 18°C | MIN 7°C SUNSET FRIDAY 5.49 PM SUNRISE SATURDAY 7:18 AM » FRIDAY | 20 JANUARY 2023 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF 466-KG SINGLE-USE PLASTIC SEIZED Cop, 3 others killed in hit-and-run One seriously injured admitted to private hospital I Police look for clues Tribune News Service Phagwara: In a big success, a joint team of the Punjab Pollution Control Board and Municipal Corporation with the assistance of police on Wednesday raided different ‘plastic stores’ and recovered 466 kg of banned single-use plastic items from the stores. The recovered items were seized. The violators of rules were issued challans and warned over future violations. Meanwhile, another joint team was constituted, including employees of the police and Municipal Corporation, to check the sale and use of Chinese string for flying kites. OC MOBILE PHONE THIEF ARRESTED Phagwara: The police arrested a mobile phone thief last night. Identified as Ajay Kumar, he is a resident of village Jamalpur. The arrested accused is reported to have confessed to his involvement in stealing mobile phones from vehicles parked before dhabas at night. A case under Section 379 of IPC has been registered. OC ONE KILLED, ONE HURT IN PHAGWARA Phagwara: A motorcyclist was killed while his pillion rider son sustained injuries when a speeding vehicle hit their bike near village Rawalpindi on Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Sukhwinder Singh. His injured son Arshdeep was admitted to the local Civil Hospital but was referred to Ludhiana for treatment. The police have registered a case. OC Jalandhar, January 19 A policeman and three other persons died on the spot when an Innova met with an accident at Hamira village in the wee hours of Thursday. A police party that reached the spot saw mangled remains of the car and bodies and car parts strewn around. The cop, who died in the accident, has been identified as Hardev Singh, a resident of Beas. He was posted with the traffic police in Jalandhar. The other occupants of the car who died in the accident include Harjit Singh, Jatinder Kumar (both residents of Beas) and Lovely, a resident of Jandiala Guru. The fifth occupant, who is a resident of Beas, got grievously injured in the accident was taken to a private The mangled remains of the vehicle that met with an accident at Hamira village in Jalandhar. hospital. The accident took place at the Hamira flyover on the Delhi-Amritsar National Highway. The Subhanpur police are investigating the issue. The police were informed at 2.30 am on Thursday that an Innova car had met with an accident on the highway. When a police party reached the spot, they received information that an Innova car (PB-04-7900) was heading from Amritsar to Jalandhar when the accident happened. The accident was so gruesome that the front of the Innova was totally crushed due to the impact of the accident. Four persons died immediately thereafter and their remains were in a very bad shape, indicating a high-impact crash. While the police said the accident happened due to the car being hit by another vehicle, there is no information so far about what hit the car as no other vehicle or person was present at the site. The police said the bodies had been sent for the post-mortem to the Civil Hospital, Kapurthala. ASI Lakhwinder Singh, of the Subhanpur police station said, “It is yet unknown which other vehicle hit the car. The accident had also taken place much before the police were informed. The deceased police personnel was travelling with his known associates and friends when the accident happened. He was posted in Jalandhar.” Delimitation meet on Jan 23; Man falls to death resurvey still not complete Aakanksha N Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January 19 It seems hardly any work is done in a proper manner in the Municipal Corporation. Recently, when the survey for delimitation of wards was out after more than two months of exercise, several of its findings were found to be “incorrect”. Another survey was started in 27 wards, including villages, where discrepancies were found. However, the resurvey has still not got completed, even when the meeting has been called on delimitation and a report has been sought on January 23 in Chandigarh. Officials concerned said the survey was ‘still going on’ 70% EXERCISE DONE ■ Officials concerned said the survey was ‘still going on’ and it would take another week to get it completed. “It took time to plan and then find staff for the same. Almost 70 per cent of the survey has got completed,” an official claimed ■ A private agency has specially been hired for the work and as many as 72 employees are working daily and visiting door-todoor to carry out the survey and it would take another week to get it completed. “It took time to plan and then find staff for the same. Almost 70 per cent of the survey has got completed,” an official claimed. Notably, a private agency has specially been hired for the work and as many as 72 employees are working daily and visiting door-to-door to carry out the survey. Now, a few more employees have been outsourced from a private company and 27 men are conducting survey in as many wards. According to the survey report that was compiled by the Municipal Corporation in December, updated population of the city had come out to be approximately 8,75,000. According to the survey, there had been a decline in population. As per the 2011 census, the population of the city is 9,16,735. Phagwara, January 19 An elderly person died after falling from the roof of his residence in Hargobind Nagar locality of the town today. The deceased has been identified as Surjit Singh (72). As per the information, the family members said Surjit Singh was being harassed and mentally tortured by an NRI woman who was demanding money. Ominder Singh, son of the deceased, said that this morning he heard the sound of something falling. When he saw his father had fallen down and was injured, he was admitted to the Civil Hospital, Phagwara, for treatment but could not survive. — OC A family member holds the picture of deceased Sukhwinder Singh at his residence in Kapurthala on Thursday. TRIBUNE PHOTO Kapurthala man run over by vehicle in US Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January 19 A Kapurthala native died after he was hit by a car in the US, leaving his village and family back home shattered. Sukhwinder Singh, a 53-yearold man and resident of Fresno city in California, was returning home after having his meal when he met with an accident. A resident of Tandi Dakhli village in Kapurthala, his family has been inconsolable ever since the news reached them. Mangat Singh, the maternal uncle of the deceased, said Sukhwinder had worked in the Indian Army for 18 years while here. He left for the US in 2011 in pursuit of a better future. Mangat informed he was currently residing at Fresno City in California where he pursued a vocation as a truck driver for a living. His son and daughter have 53-YR-OLD EX-ARMY MAN WAS WORKING AS DRIVER IN CALIFORNIA been studying in Canada for the past four years. Mangat said Sukhwinder’s son told him over a call from Canada last night that his father was run over by a vehicle when he was returning to his home after having a meal. Sukhwinder Singh was heading to his car parked outside the eatery when a vehicle hit him. He fell on the spot and the vehicle ran him over, following which he died on the spot. His wife Surinder said her son informed her last night at 1.30 am that her husband had died in an accident in the US. She said he had gone to the US 12 years ago. Surinder Kaur said he only wanted to see her husband (his body) once back in India before his last rites were carried out. Amritsar resident nabbed with 260-gm heroin when they apprehended Jatinder coming on foot from the Verka Plant side service road. “During checking, 260 gm of heroin was recovered from his possession,” he said. During interrogation, Jatin- der confessed that he used to procure drugs from a local smuggler for Rs 2,200 or Rs 2,500 per gram and further used to sell it for Rs 4,000 or 4,200 a gm. He used to sell it in Jalandhar and Beas. — TNS Power plant to run at 1/5th capacity till ash issue ends Bathinda police arrest man from Guru Nanak Nagar Jalandhar, January 19 The CIA staff of city police today nabbed a person and recovered 260 gm of heroin from his possession. The accused has been identified as Jatinder Singh, alias Ghuggi (21), a resident of Baba Bakala in Amritsar. Sub-Inspector Ashok Kumar, in charge, CIA staff, said they were on routine patrol near Y-point Bhagat Singh Colony, Maqsudan, PPCB summons power plant authorities on Feb 6 Tribune News Service Nawanshahar, January 19 DC Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa has ordered the power plant authorities to operate the plant at 1/5th capacity till a resolution is reached. The cogeneration plant has 12 MW capacity, of which three MW is used by the sugar mill, while the rest is transmitted to Powercom. The DC made it clear that for causing excess emission of polluting particles from the plant, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) had summoned the power plant authorities on Febuary 6 and it would take its own decision on that day. A meeting was called to reach at a solution of the existing problem of ash emanating from the power plant on Tues- SUGARCANE TO BE SENT TO OTHER MILLS Nawanshahar SDM Major Shivraj Singh Ball asked to coordinate with the Sugarfed for re-routing of sugarcane supply to other cooperative mills operating at Budhewal in Ludhiana and Morinda in Rupnagar districts day. Nawanshahr MLA Dr Nachhattar Pal, SSP Bhagirath Singh Meena, SDM Major Shivraj Singh Ball, DSP Ranjit Singh Badesha, General Manager Sugar Mill, Power Plant Director, PPCB and Powercom Executive Engineers, AAP General Secretary Gagan Agnihotri, traders Gurcharan Arora and Parveen Bhatia and other stakeholders, including city residents and cane producers, were present at the meeting. DC Randhawa said as per the schedule of repair and replacement of ESP and wet scrubber, a shutdown of three days from February 15 to 17 had been approved for the cooperative sugar mill. Further directing the Sugar mill authorities to reduce the daily crushing capacity of sugarcane from 27,000 quintal per day to 25,000 quintal per day, the DC said the reducing capacity of both the power plant and the mill, would help to reduce the quantity of ash emanating from the power plant. The DC also ordered the general manager of the mill, Surinder Pal, to get the boilers of the mill repaired to run it independently in case of failure of the power plant in future. Jalandhar, January 19 Bathinda police conducted a raid at a house in Guru Nanak Nagar here on Thursday morning, and arrested a person identified as Amarjit Nagra. Division Number 1 SHO Jitender Kumar said a few days ago three smugglers were arrested by the Bathinda police and a huge cache of weapons and heroin was recovered from their possession. The SHO said the vehicle used in the crime was in the name of Amarjit Nagra, therefore, the Bathinda police were looking out for him. “The local police and a team of Bathinda police conducted a raid at the residence of Amarjit Nagra today morning, and arrested him from there. The Bathinda police team had taken him along for further investigation in the case”, he added. — TNS c m y b Cong leaders remember Chaudhary During a rally in Pathankot on Thursday, All-India Congress Committee president Mallikarjun Kharge, senior leader Rahul Gandhi and several other party leaders on Thurday observed a twominute silence in memory of late Jalandhar MP Santokh Chuadhary, who died during the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Phillaur. The Congress president also visited the residence of Chaudhary in Jalandhar to offer his condolences to the bereaved family. PHOTOS: MALKIAT SINGH Two groups clash at Civil Hospital, 1 hurt Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January19 A clash broke out between two groups late Wednesday night at Civil Hospital here. One person sustained injuries from sharp-edged weapons in the incident. The police said FIR AGAINST UNKNOWN PERSONS LODGED the two groups first had a fight at Adarsh Nagar Chaupati and when persons of one of the two groups came for treatment at the Civil Hospital, the others followed them, and they again fought at the hospital. The video of the incident is, meanwhile, going viral on social media. SHO Division Number 4, Mukesh Kumar, said, the clash broke out over a minor issue. Two friends of Basti Sheikh were sitting in their car near Chaupati when someone hit their vehicle from the rear. 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