07062024-LT-01.qxd 6/7/2024 12:33 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune RAIN BRINGS RESPITE IN CITY, IMD ISSUES YELLOW ALERT EXPERTS WARN AGAINST HONEY ADULTERATION ACTOR ANIL KAPOOR TO HOST BIG BOSS OTT City recorded 7.6 mm of rainfall, followed by 5.0 mm at Anandpur Sahib and 4.4 mm in Patiala. P2 As many as 65 members of the Progressive Beekeepers’ Association attend a camp at PAU. P2 The Bollywood star is confirmed to take over hosting duties from superstar Salman Khan. P4 » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY MAX 42°C | MIN 24°C YESTERDAY MAX 41°C | MIN 22°C SUNSET FRIDAY 7.28 PM SUNRISE SATURDAY 5:22 AM » FRIDAY | 7 JUNE 2024 | LUDHIANA 2 MINOR GIRLS GO MISSING Ludhiana: In two separate incidents, two 16-years-old girls, went missing. Both the incidents took place in the Dehlon area. The Dehlon police have registered a case under Sections 363 and 366-A of the IPC on the basis of complaints filed by the father and brother of the missing girls, respectively. Sachin Kumar, father of one of the girls, said his daughter went missing on May 29 night. Meanwhile, Sabot Kumar, brother of a missing girl, said his sister went missing on the intervening night of June 2-3. The father and brother have alleged that two persons namely Ajay Kumar and Gulshan Kumar, respectively had eloped with the girls on the pretext of marriage. TNS PLAINT FILED IN HIT-AND-RUN CASE Ludhiana: The police have registered a complaint against an unknown person in a hitand-run case in which a person lost his life. The complainant, Satvir Singh, a resident near Gurdwara Damdama Sahib, Dehlon, said his cousin, Gurpreet Singh, along with his friend, Inderpreet Singh, was going towards Ludhiana on Activa acooter. Near Pioneer Cranes on Malerkotla Road, a bikeborne youth bumped into Gurpreet and his friend and both fell on the road. Gurpreet was admitted to Profile Hospital where he succumbed to the injuries. The police have registered a case under Sections 279, 304-A, 337, 427 of the IPC.TNS 25-YEAR-OLD YOUTH KILLED Squall disrupts power supply, uproots trees Shivani Bhakoo Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 6 Rains accompanied by gale uprooted scores of trees and electricity poles on night throwing normal life out of gear in the city. Many areas of the city went without power throughout the night. The worst-affected were residents of Giaspura, Kanganwal, Sahnewal, HIG Flots Ghumar Mandi, few parts of Civil Lines, BRS Nagar, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Aarti Chowk, Dandi Swami and Maya nagar etc. In many areas due to erratic power supply with fluctuations in voltage, residents had to suffer the scarcity of water also. In areas like Ghumar Mandi, Civil Lines, the power supply was not restored for 8-10 hours and there was erratic supply throughout the day. Rahul Kumar, a resident near Maya Nagar, said was no water and no power since last night and the entire family had to face difficult situation. “I had to borrow two buckets of water from the neighbours to go to the shop where I work as salesman,” he said. Power was shut down due to snapping of cables and uprooted electric poles, trees and other electrical equipment, including transformers. Along with the gigantic task of putting back in operation the feeders and poles affected by storm, the staff of Punjab State HIMANSHU MAHAJAN INBRIEF (Clockwise from top) A tree uprooted due to strong winds; a girl steps over a broken electricity pole; motorists drive under a tilted pole; high-tension cables hang over a road and a power pole damages a scooter. Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) had to face the wrath of the public due to disruption in power supply in extremely hot weather. The PSPCL officials maintained that many of the electricity wires and feeders got damaged due to strong winds that blew last evening. “About 62 electricity poles fell in Sahnewal due to the high velocity squall last evening. Apart from that, many trees fell on the wires and the lines were snapped in various areas of the city. There was no light in Sahnewal, Kanganwal and Giaspura side and it will take some time to rec- Up in flames PHOTO: HIMANSHU MAHAJAN tify the fault,” said the Chief Engineer, PSPCL Ludhiana. Harmanpreet Singh, a lineman with the PSPCL on duty, said entire city was affected due to power shutdown. “Several trees have fallen on the cables near PAU gate number 3. About 56 linemen and other field MAN DUPED OF ~2.5 LAKH Ludhiana: The Koomkalan police have registered a complaint under Section 406 and 420 of the IPC against Upkar Singh, a resident of Bhamian Road, for cheating one Paramjit Singh. According to the police, Paramjit met Upkar on June 5 to get a licence made and rectify the name of his daughter. The accused took the thumb impression of Paramjit Singh on a machine on the pretext of applying online for the licence and took out Rs 2,15,000 from the account of Paramjit Singh. Not only this, the accused also took Rs 35,000 from the complainant for getting the name corrected of his daughter on the birth certificate. TNS Panic gripped commuters after a Thar SUV caught fire near Ansal Plaza on Thursday. Consumers face hardships Gaurav Pathak, a resident of HIG Flats, Ghumar Mandi, said on the PSPCL consumer services site, he had registered a complaint. “The site shows that light will come on November 30 at 12 pm. What kind of apps are these? I feel this is sheer wastage of time of the consumer when the Ludhiana, June 6 Civil Surgeon Dr Jasbir Singh Aulakh visited Primary Health Centre/Aam Aadmi Clinic at Manuke, Community Health Centre, Hatur, and Sub-Divisional Hospital at Jagraon and found anomalies in their working. A few staff members were also absent and instructions were issued to increase the target of conducting deliveries and enrolling patients under Ayushman Bharat Scheme. Upon reaching Community Health Centre, Hatur at 8:40 am, the Civil Surgeon found medical officer Dr Prince, senior pharmacy officer Kuldip Singh, radiographer Sumeer Gill, pharmacy officer, Balvir Singh, LHV Karamjit Kaur absent from duty. Further, on two days, upvaid Jaswant Singh is on duty at CHC, Hatur, but there was no intimation regarding the duty schedule of homeopathic medical officer and upvaid medical officer. Sukhdev Kaur, LHV, was on ex-India leave from May 29 to August 7. “Last month, 40 patients were admitted here and only seven were registered under Ayushman Bharat Scheme, in addition to this, although seven staff nurses are posted here but only two delieveries were done here last month,” said Dr Aulakh. The Civil Surgeon visited Sub Divisional Hospital at 11 am and it was found that Medical Officer, Dr Ramandeep Kaur, Medical Officer, Dr Akhil Sareen, Medical Officer Dr Muneet Luthra were on leave. Last month 277 dialysis were done and 175 were done under Ayushman scheme. At SDH, Jagraon, 55 deliveries were done and out of these 18 were done under C-section and staff was instructed to improve the target for deliver- Attacked with bricks, 48-year-old man succumbs to injuries 21 booths polled less than 10% votes, 100 record highest turnout Our correspondent Ludhiana, June 6 As many as 21 polling stations have registered the lowest voter turnout of less than 10 per cent while 100 booths recorded the highest polling of up to 91.27 per cent during the general election to the 18th Lok Sabha across 13 parliamentary constituencies spread across 117 Assembly segments in the state. The data compiled by the Election Commission, a copy of which is with The Tribune, showed that the state’s average turnout of 62.8 per cent comprised highest polling of 69.36 per cent in Bathinda, which was won by the sitting SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal while the lowest of 56.06 per cent turnout in the state was registered in Amritsar, which re-elected the sitting MP Gurjit Singh Aujla. The lowest voter turnout Sahnewal, June 6 Attacked by unidentified miscreants at the Dhandhari railway station on June 3, a resident of Giaspura died while undergoing treatment at PGI Hospital. A case has been registered against the unidentified miscreants. The deceased has been identified as Niwas Yadav (48). He was standing at the railway station of Dhandhari when he had an altercation with some youths. He was attacked with bricks thus leaving him severely injured. He was admitted to PGI, Chandigarh, where he succumbed to his injury the very next day. A case under Sections 304 and 34 of the IPC has been registered against the unknown accused. The police were yet to make any arrest. Nitin Jain Tribune News Service State’s average turnout of 62.8 per cent comprised highest polling of 69.36 per cent in Bathinda, lowest 56.06% in Amritsar. FILE PHOTO figures revealed that the state’s lowest 0.13 per cent polling was recorded at a polling station number 73 in Lakhuwal village under Ajnala Assembly segment of Amritsar parliamentary constituency, where only single female voter turned up to cast her vote of the total 741 voters, which included 393 male and 348 female. Among other lowest voter c m y b department does not bother to show the real picture,” rued Pathak. An official of the PSPCL alleged that the available field staff was working under severe constraints in the given situation. “We are short of staff, the individual complaints are also to be managed. Residents need to bear with us,” said the official. Anomalies found during hospital raids Tribune News Service Ludhiana: The Sarabha Nagar Police have registered a case under Section 302 and 34 of the IPC against Suraj, alias Gullu, Manoj Sahni, Ajay Sahni, residents of Barewal for killing a 25-year-old youth. The deceased has been identified as Vikas Kumar. The complainant alleged that on June 5, the accused came to their home and took Vikas with them. As Vikas did not return home, his brother searched for him and found him being thrashed by the accused. On seeing the complainant, brother of the deceased, the accused attacked Vikas and slit his throat with a sharp weapon. Vikas died on the spot. TNS staff are on roads to rectify the problem. The feeders and poles will be taken care of by the evening but individual cases and complaints will be redressed by tomorrow,” said the lineman. The trees were also seen uprooted in Ghumar Mandi, inside PAU, Ferozepur Road, Civil Lines etc. turnout locations, the polling booth number 74 in again Lakhuwal logged 0.36 per cent polling with only 2 men of its total 548 elector exercising their franchise, followed by 6.83 per cent turnout at Beas in Baba Bakala under Khadoor Sahib, 0.41 per cent at Kasauli in Kharar under Anandpur Sahib, 9.98 per cent at Tanda in Kharar under Anandpur Sahib, 2.34 per cent at Kis- hangarh in Khanna under Fatehgarh Sahib, 1.6 per cent at Ghungrali Rajputtan in Khanna under Fatehgarh Sahib, 0.27 per cent at Gajipur in Khanna under Fatehgarh Sahib, 0.89 per cent at Gajipur in Khanna under Fatehgarh Sahib, 2.34 per cent at Khirnian in Samrala under Fatehgarh Sahib, 1.44 per cent at Mushkabad in Samrala under Fatehgarh Sahib, 0.97 per cent at another Mushkabad booth, 0.25 per cent at Bhundri in Dakha under Ludhiana, 0.6 per cent at another booth in Bhundri, 0.54 per cent at Akhara in Jagraon under Ludhiana, 0.44 per cent at another Akhara booth, 0.35 per cent at third Akhara booth, 4.6 per cent at Ahmedpur in Budhlada under Bathinda, 2.96 per cent at another Ahmedpur booth, 6.97 per cent at third Ahmedpur booth, and the polling of 4.36 per cent was also registered at fourth Ahmedpur village booth in Budhlada Assembly segment under Bathinda constituency. When it comes to the highest voter turnout areas, the state’s highest 91.27 per cent polling was recorded at Tandia village booth in Sardulgarh Assembly segment under Bathinda parliamentary constituency. Among other highest voter turnout locations, the polling station at Muharsona village in Fazilka under Ferozepur recorded 91.15 per cent turnout. Examining reasons: CEO “The highest voter turnout breaching the 91 per cent mark was a positive sign of the people enthusiastically participating in the election process while the lowest polling dipping up to single vote polled at a booth is a matter of concern. We are examining the reverse the low turnout in future, said Sibin C, chief electoral officer, Punjab. ies. No patient was admitted at de-addiction centre as the cooler was lying defunct and instruction were issued on the spot to get it rectify. Civil Surgeon visited, PHC/AAC Manuke at 9:45 am and found that the contact numbers of pregnant women were not being written in the register. Community Health Officer said nine high-risk pregnancy cases were registered with them while Auxiliary Nurse Midwife had total of 18 high risk pregnancy cases registered. It was found that CHO was not doing proper follow up high risk pregnancy cases. Dudwal resident dies due to electrocution Payal, June 6 Thunderstorm on Wednesday, that caused havoc by damaging installations and infrastructure of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, ruined a family of Dudhal village in Ludhiana district, as its breadwinner was electrocuted while trying to rectify a fault on 11000 kV line on the outskirts of adjoining Uksi village. His body remained hanging for many hours as villagers started protesting against the authorities for not initiating action against erring officials. The authorities announced that widow of the deceased Rajwinder Kaur would be employed as CHB as an outsourced employee of Vision Plus company, an amount of ~10 lakh would be paid as ex gratia grant besides the compensation to be paid by insurance company and ~2 lakh from Labour Welfare Fund. — OC