04072024-LT-01.qxd 7/4/2024 12:30 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune A NIGHT’S RAIN EXPOSES MC’S ILL-PREPAREDNESS ADMN HOLDS ‘SARKAR TUHADE DWAR’ CAMP AT RAMPUR AURON MEIN KAHAN DUM THA RELEASE POSTPONED Several areas in city were inundated with rainwater, however, Chandigarh road was the worst hit. P2 The DC says more such camps would be held across district as part of ‘Sarkar Tuhade Dwar’. P2 Tabu and Ajay Devgn starrer, which was scheduled to be released on July 5, has been postponed. P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 34°C | MIN 24°C YESTERDAY MAX 35°C | MIN 24°C SUNSET THURSDAY 7.28 PM SUNRISE FRIDAY 5:26 AM » THURSDAY | 4 JULY 2024 | LUDHIANA 28-year-old security guard drowns in canal Tribune News Service Ludhiana, July 3 A 28-year-old security guard died due to drowning in the Gill canal. He had gone to work on Sunday as usual but did not return. A missing person report was also filed by his family. After three days, his body was recovered from the canal. At present, the police initiated inquest proceedings on the statement of his brother, got the postmortem examination conducted and handed over the body to the family. The deceased has been identified as Gur Simran. According to investigating officer of the Dugri police station, Dilbag Singh, in a statement to the police, victim’s brother Sukhjivan Singh said his brother had started working as a security guard and he had night shift at a place near the railway lines. He went to work from home on Sunday night but did not return. People present at the spot said he was last seen at 3 am. Later, the body was recovered from the canal. The police said the autopsy report would clear the exact cause of death. Now, ambit of e-challan to be expanded to 44 new spots A few points already functional, offenders to get challans on doorstep traffic police officials for starting proceedings to issue e-challan. The challan would also have a payment link through which offenders could make payment of fine. Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, July 3 Traffic rule offenders might have been escaping the eyes of traffic police personnel discharging duty on city roads but it would be the thing of the past as the ‘third eye network’ of the Police Commissionerate has been strengthened and no offender will get mercy for committing traffic violations. High-resolution cameras being installed on city roads would capture the offender and the violation he/she commits and after extracting the address of the violator from the vehicle registration number, challan would be sent to the house via speed post. Though three to four e-challan points are already functional in the city, the Commissionerate has decided to expand the ambit of e-challan to 44 new points in the city, mainly at busy intersections with the highest vehicle density and maximum violation zone. The reason of expanding the ambit of e-challan is to decrease road accidents on city roads as the industrial hub has already earned a dubious distinction of Court may summon offender if challan ignored A signboard cautioning commuters about e-challanning point in place at Pavillion chowk in Ludhiana. PHOTO: INDERJEET VERMA losing one life daily in road mishaps. Another reason is to ensure that traffic chaos doesn’t prevail at busy intersections as commuters will not dare to commit traffic offences if they would know that they are under scanner. Revealing more on the development, ADCP (Traffic) Gurpreet Purewal told The Tribune here on Wednesday that cameras were being installed by the Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, under the Smart City project and it would serve as a deterrent for traffic offenders. Under the project, 44 points have been selected where More cartridges seized from two suspects who opened fire at cops high-resolution advanced cameras are being installed. Cameras would be installed in a way that all four directions are covered, ADCP Purewal said, adding “the project would be completed in phases. Under the first phase, 18 points in the city would be covered and cameras had already been installed at four places. In a week or two, all 18 points will be covered and challans would start reaching the houses of the offenders.” The ADCP said the cameras would be connected to the Police Control Room and after catching the violation, the PCR would send alert to ADCP (Traffic) Gurpreet Purewal said if offender, despite receiving the e-challan copy via speed post or intimidation via SMS or any other communication medium, ignores the challan and did not make payment, the traffic police would send information to the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) and the court might summon the offender to court. Under the first phase, 18 points are being covered which are Jagraon Bridge, Durga Mata Mandir, Bhaiwala chowk, Kaka Marriage Palace, Dana Mandi chowk, Janta Nagar, Vardhman, Police Colony Jamalpur, Veer Palace, Jamalpur chowk, Dholewal chowk, Pahwa chowk, Mall road, Hero Bakery chowk, Saggu chowk, Mint Gumri chowk Ferozepur road and Lodhi club road chowk. Youth murdered by masked miscreants in broad daylight Tribune News Service Ludhiana, July 3 In broad daylight, two masked miscreants killed a 19-year-old youth by slitting his neck with a sharp weapon at his house in Dugri village here on Wednesday. At the time of the incident, the deceased’s father and sister were also present in the room. He took his son, who was bleeding profusely, to a private hospital for treatment where doctors declared him dead on arrival. The Dugri police had taken the body into custody and kept it in the They came again to victim’s home after a scuffle, slit his neck with sharp weapon mortuary of the Civil Hospital. They were examining the footage of CCTV cameras installed nearby. The deceased has been identified as Shravan Kumar (19). Deceased’s father Prem Paswan, a native of Bihar, said he had four daughters and two sons. His son Shravan used to sell daily household items on a cart and a married daughter, Ritu, was also staying with us. Around 1 pm, he was present in the room with his son. when two masked youths knocked on the door. When he opened the door, they pushed him and started a fight with his son. After the scuffle, both of the suspects came again with sharp weapons after 10 minutes and slit his son’s neck. When his daughter intervened in the matter, they also thrashed her. According to the police, statements of family members of the victim are being recorded and further action would be taken as per law. 4-yr-old girl dies in roof collapse Tribune News Service Ludhiana, July 3 In a tragic incident, a fouryear-old girl died after the roof of a house collapsed at Bhukhri village here late on Tuesday night. The incident occurred due to heavy rain. As per information, Karamjit Singh, a resident of Bhukhri village, his Incident occurred due to downpour wife Manpreet Kaur, fouryear-old daughter Karamjot and sevenmonth-old daughter were sleeping in their house when the roof of their house collapsed. Their elder daughter died in the mishap. Karamjit, his wife and their infant daughter also suffered injuries and were admitted to a hospital for treatment. Happy, brother of Karamjit Singh, said since Karamjit and his wife were undergoing treatment at a local hospital, they were not informed about the death of their elder daughter. NEGLIGENCE AND DEFICIENCY IN SERVICE Pay ~50K relief to patient, infertility centre told operating procedure with regard to Covid-19 amounts to negligence and adoption of unfair trade practice on the part of the opposite party, observed the Commission. The orders came on a complaint moved by Davinder Arora, a resident of Bhai Himmat Singh Nagar, Dugri, Block-A, Ludhiana.The complainant has submitted that on July 31, 2020, he, along with his wife Sapna Arora, visited branch of Indira IVF Hospital at Ludhiana for IVF treatment. He deposited Rs.20,000 and after his admission, the first injection for IVF was administered. Before that scan, tests and Covid test were conducted. ??After returning home, his wife faced some reddish allergic reactions on the body and swelling on certain parts. Next day, they again visited the hospital for second injection and informed them about the reactions on her body but no reply was given by the person concerned. On the morning of August 2, 2020, the complainant received a call from a junior doctor, who informed that his wife had been tested positive for Covid due to which they were not allowed in the clinic. He talked to doctor over phone but all in vain. On August 27, 2020, the complainant asked for a refund of Rs 20,000 upon which he was told that only Rs 10,500 could be refunded as he was not satisfied with the services. However, no refund was given to the complainant. Whereas, the opposite party refuted the allegations and termed it to be an attempt to extort money. They had advised to take treatment of the allergy from some hospital as they were running only Infertility Centre and not hospital. Cetrizine tablet was advised at that time. The refund offered by them was genuine as only that much amount was spent in pur- chasing injections for the complainant’s wife. After hearing their statements, the Commission held that on July 31, 2020, the opposite party took swab samples and done procedure for Covid tests but without awaiting its result, the doctor started IVF procedure for stimulation and administered injections. Doctors were required to adopt a guarded and safe approach in IVF treatment and they could have waited for the outcome of the RT-PCR test and could have complied with guidelines pertaining to Covid-19, which shows their negligence. Direct seeding of rice target distant dream, 18% achieved so far MC seals six illegal structures Ludhiana, July 3 The Haibowal police claimed to have made more recovery of cartridges from two notorious criminals who had opened fire at a police team last month. The suspects were identified as Satinder Singh, alias Happy, of Haibowal, and Ravinder Singh, alias Rajinder Singh, of Partap Singh Wala. In a statement issued by the police, it is stated that on June 22 Jagatpuri police post incharge ASI Sukhjinder Singh along with a police team were conducting patrolling near Haider Enclave where he received a tip-off that the two suspects wanted in attempt to murder and Arms Act case Tribune News Service Ludhiana, July 3 The target fixed under the direct seeding of rice (DSR), in which seeds are sown in the field rather than by transplanting seedlings from nursery, seems to be a distant dream as almost 18 per cent of the targeted area was covered in the district so far, the Agriculture Department has confirmed. Though the state government was undertaking an aggressive campaign to motivate farmers to opt for the DSR, the majority of them were going for traditional paddy transplantation in the state’s biggest and largest district, in terms of area and population, officials have maintained. A visit to various parts of the district revealed that the sporadic rainfall during the past few days has facilitated paddy transplantation through traditional means while the shortage of power and water had earlier Legal Correspondent The suspects in police custody in Ludhiana. ASHWANI DHIMAN registered at the Haibowal police station on June 18, 2024, were present in an empty plot near Ram Enclave. The police team went to the spot to catch the suspects. When the police personnel reached the spot, they opened fire at them. Two wanted suspects suffered bullet injuries on their legs and were admitted to the Civil Hospital. They first fired at the police personnel, continued on page 3 Ludhiana, July 3 The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered Indira IVF Hospital Private Limited, Ferozepur Road, here, to pay compensation of Rs 50,000 to an aggrieved consumer on the account of negligence and deficiency in service. Delivering the verdict, commission president Sanjeev Batra and its member Monika Bhagat held that the opposite party (the hospital) had shown undue haste in doing the IVF process with commercial angle in their mind. Non-adoption of standard Area under paddy comes down marginally for second consecutive season TELLING NUMBERS 2,56,500 Target (in hectares) Achieved 64% Five-year-low Year Area 2024-25 2,56,500 2023-24 2,56,910 2022-23 2,58,800 2021-22 2,58,700 2020-21 2,58,600 Paddy transplantation in full swing in Ludhiana on Wednesday. PHOTO: ASHWANI DHIMAN remained the main reasons for the poor response to the transformation from the traditional paddy sowing, for which Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had given a clarion call to save water and natural resources in the agrarian state. According to official figures available with The Tribune, as much as 1,091 hectares have been covered through the DSR in the district so far, which accounted for 18.18 per cent of the target area of 6,000 hectares, in Ludhiana. It was also less than 1,381 hectares covered under the DSR during the corresponding period last year. With almost 1,63,145 hectares of area already been covered through traditional paddy transplantation, a total of 1,64,236 hectares have already been covered under the paddy cultivation in the district so far, which accounted for 64.03 per cent of the total 2,56,500 hectares expected to be put under paddy farming in Ludhiana district this season. This year’s expected paddy area was less than 2,56,910 hectares put under rice cultivation last year, 2,58,800 hectares in 2022-23, 2,58,700 c m y b (SOURCE: AGRICULTURE DEPT, AREA IN HECTARES, FIGURES TILL JUNE 30) hectares in 2021-22, and 2,58,600 hectares in 2020-21. The data compiled by the Agriculture Department revealed that the Sidhwan Bet block was leading the district with a maximum of 28,407 hectares put under paddy cultivation so far, which included 107 hectares through the DSR, while the Samrala block was at the bottom with the minimum of 4,030 hectares of paddy cultivation, including 30 hectares under the DSR. Among other blocks, Sudhar has so far sown rice in 20,103 hectares, including 103 hectares under the DSR, Mangat 18,385 hectares, including 135 hectares through the DSR, Machhiwara 17,399 hectares, including 184 hectares under the DSR, Jagraon 16,750 hectares, including 200 hectares through the DSR, Doraha 14,836 hectares, including 36 hectares under the DSR, Pakhowal 14,610 hectares, including 110 hectares through the DSR, Khanna 12,390 hectares, including 100 hectares under the DSR, Ludhiana 9,280 hectares, including 40 hectares through the DSR, and Dehlon block has cultivated 8,046 hectares under paddy, which included 46 hectares through the DSR. Promoting DSR: DC “We have been reaching out to peasants to motivate them to opt for the DSR technique, which yields Rs 1,500 per acre financial assistance from the state government, besides saving natural resources. Those who have opted during previous years, have already been given the cash incentive,” said Sakshi Sawhney, DC. What farmers say “There has been no use of the DSR except Rs 1,500 per acre compensation, which too is meagre when it comes to overall costs and returns,” says Didar Singh from Samrala. “When we were planning to go for the DSR, there was no adequate power and water supply. Later, the rain prompted us to continue with traditional paddy transplantation,” said Surjit Singh from Doraha. “The government has been making tall claims and big announcements but powers that be seldom visit the fields to know the ground reality, through which we are passing through,” said Amrik Singh from Dehlon. Tribune News Service Ludhiana, July 3 Taking action against illegal constructions, the Municipal Corporation (MC) sealed six illegal structures and buildings in different areas of the city on Wednesday. The action was taken on the directions of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Sakshi Sawhney. At present, she has been given the additional charge of the MC Commissioner in the absence of the latter. The building branch team of Zone D sealed three illegal commercial buildings in the Sunet area. The Zone C team sealed two illegal shops on the Daba road near Nirmal Palace. Zone A ATP MS Bedi said an illegal shop was also sealed in the Chaura Bazaar area as the owner continued illegal construction despite issuance of notices in the past. Sawhney said strict directions had been issued to building branch officials to take stern action against illegal constructions.
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