12062024-LT-01.qxd 6/12/2024 12:48 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune SPIKE IN MATERNAL DEATHS ALARMING: HEALTH DEPT NEERU BAJWA PRAISES HER JATT & JULIET 3 CO-STAR DILJIT B-TOWN CONDEMNS TERROR ATTACK ON PILGRIMS Civil surgeons and other officials have been instructed to review records of high-risk pregnancy cases. P2 She says he has elevated status of Punjabis globally and contributed significantly to every generation. P4 Devastated by the horrific attack on innocent pilgrims in Reasi, says actor Varun Dhawan. P4 » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY MAX 45°C | MIN 29°C YESTERDAY MAX 42.9°C | MIN 27.7°C SUNSET WEDNESDAY 7.26 PM SUNRISE THURSDAY 5:19 AM » WEDNESDAY | 12 JUNE 2024 | LUDHIANA Gold jewellery, ~2 lakh stolen from home Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 11 Thieves decamped with gold jewellery worth lakhs and Rs 2 lakh in cash from a house in Friends Colony here. Posing as carpenters, the miscreants said they came for repairing door handles. Vijay Grover, the victim, who runs a dairy business, said two carpenters came to their colony on bicycles and he stopped them to get their door handles repaired. “They asked us to bring some material required for the repair. The next day, they came to our house and started repairing door handles of our room while we were sitting outside. After some time, they left after repairing the same,” he said. Later when Grover went inside the room and opened the almirah, he found that his gold jewellery and Rs 2 lakh were missing. The police were informed about the incident and an investigation has been started by the Division Number 5 police station. “We have seen the CCTV footage and started a probe in the matter,” the investigating officer said. New int’l airport ready to take off next month Nitin Jain PROJECT REPORT Tribune News Service Ludhiana, June 11 The new international airport at Halwara here is getting ready to take off next month, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has said. The development assumes significance as the Rs 47-crore much-awaited and muchdelayed big ticket project had missed 11 deadlines in the past almost two-and-a-half-years. Divulging the componentwise status, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora told The Tribune on Tuesday that the construction of the interim terminal building, sub-station and toilet block had been completed. All these three components of the new airport were being given the finishing touches before handing them over to the AAI. He said the civil construction work had already been completed but the Indian Air Force (IAF), which owns the airbase on which the airport has been built, has to overlay the runway and taxiway on the IAF campus following which the airport would become operational by July 31. Arora said the balance work, Total area: 161.28 acres Terminal area: 2,000 sq m Awarded cost: ~3,876.65 lakh Boundary wall, approach road cost: ~309.33 crore Missed deadlines: January, June 2022, June, July, August 15, August 30, September 30, October 30, 2023, February 29, March 31, May 15, 2024 Fresh deadline: July 31 TASKS CLEARED ■ Airport’s peripheral road crust finalised ■ Apron and taxiway designs approved ■ Specified designs for the IAFgoverned areas submitted ■ IAF nod to widen internal taxiways <
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