05082024-LT-01.qxd 05-08-2024 00:15 Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune TRUCK DRIVER HELD WITH 10 QUINTALS OF POPPY HUSK ROBBERS’ GANG BUSTED WITH ARREST OF TWO ZUBIN’S BUS NO 7 MAKES IT TO ONLINE EDITION OF IFFM To escape police attention, smugglers have now started using another app instead of WhatsApp. P3 Police have recovered four stolen bikes and four mobiles from two members of a robbers’ gang. P3 Chandigarh-based theatre person says he wants to tell simple stories & engage with people emotionally. P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 34°C | MIN 28°C YESTERDAY MAX 35°C | MIN 28°C SUNSET MONDAY 7.13 PM » SUNRISE TUESDAY 5:45 AM MONDAY | 5 AUGUST 2024 | LUDHIANA Factory owner shoots himself dead with licensed weapon Wife, two others nabbed for abetting suicide, stepson at large Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 4 A man died by suicide by shooting himself with his licensed revolver at Guru Gyan Vihar, Jawaddi, here. He took the extreme step due to the alleged harassment by his wife and three other persons. The deceased has been identified as Daljit Singh (70), a resident of Basant Avenue, Dugri. The suspects have been identified as Paramjit Kaur (55), deceased’s wife, her son Jagsir Singh, Jagsir’s wife Jyoti Kaur and Paramjit’s granddaughter Navjot Kaur, all residents of 5th suspect held in firing case Ludhiana, August 4 The Khanna police today arrested the fifth accused in the firing incident occurred at AS College, Khanna, on July 27. The suspect has been identified as Lovepreet Singh, alias Lavi Maan, a resident of Salaudi village. Earlier, four suspects were arrested in the case. — TNS WAS IN DEPRESSION DUE TO HARASSMENT: SON "My father had been living under depression due to the harassment by Paramjit Kaur and her family members. On August 2, he went to the PG accommodation in Ludhiana where he shot himself on the head with his licensed revolver,” Deepinder Singh, victim’s son said. Bhawanigarh, Sangrur. A case was registered on the complaint of deceased’s son Deepinder Singh, alias Sunny. Excluding Jagsir, the victim’s stepson, all three were arrested by the police and raids were being conducted by the police to nab him. The complainant told the police that his father got married with a woman, Paramjit Kaur, of Girl jumps off bridge in Jagraon, hurt Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 4 A teenage girl suffered serious injuries after she jumped off a bridge in Jagraon on Saturday. The injured girl was identified as Sonam (18), a native of Bihar. As per information, the girl, along with her aunt Sunita, Ex-SHO booked in bribe case Ludhiana, August 4 The Vigilance Bureau booked a former SHO of the Police Division 5, Jagjit Singh Nagpal, in a bribe case involving Rs 2.70 lakh. Vigilance sleuths conducted raids to arrest the police officer. SSP Vigilance Bureau, Lud, hiana, Ravinderpal Singh Sandhu, said the owner of Taj Hotel, Kamaljit Ahuja, who stays near the bus stand, had lodged a complaint on the anti-corruption helpline of the Punjab Government that the ASI posted at the Police Station Division 5, Charanjit Singh, had been threatening the hotel owner to nominate him in an attempt to murder and theft case. The ASI had Bhawanigarh, Sangrur, in 2021. Since the wedding, his father had been staying with her at Bhawanigarh but for the past few days, his father had started staying alone at a paying guest accommodation in Ludhiana. The complainant revealed that in April this year, his father came to their factory and said he was being harassed by Paramjit Kaur and her family members. His father also told him that the suspects were blackmailing him and were demanding money and share in his property. “My father had been living under depression due to the harassment by Paramjit and her family members. On August 2, he went to the PG accommodation in Guru Gyan Vihar, Jawaddi, where he shot himself on the head with his licensed .32 bore revolver. He died on the spot,” he said. Dugri SHO Gurpreet Singh said the deceased owns a machine tools factory. After his death, three of the suspects were arrested and raids were being conducted to nab Jagsir. taken Rs 2.70 lakh as bribe for not nominating him in the case. Later, the ASI started demanding a bribe of Rs 2 lakh per month from the complainant for allowing to run a hotel near the bus stand. The SSP said after conducting a probe into the case, initially ASI Charanjit Singh was booked by the VB. The ASI had surrendered before the VB on July 8 and during interrogation, he confessed about the role of former SHO Jagjit Singh in the case. Even in the investigation conducted by the Vigilance Bureau it found some evidence against the former SHO. Hence, he was also booked in the case. — TNS was going to the market. She was holding her aunt’s child. When they reached near the railway bridge, she handed over the baby to her aunt and jumped off the bridge. Sonam’s aunt said the victim was upset for the past few months due to which she might have taken the extreme step. The girl was taken to a hospital in Jagraon and due to her serious condition, she was shifted to a hospital in Ludhiana. The Jagraon police said investigation was launched in the case and after recording the statement of the girl, further action would be taken as per law. DIRECT ROUTE TO MARTYR’S HOUSE Shaheed Sukhdev Trust flaysdelay in process, threatens hunger strike Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 4 The Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Memorial Trust condemned the slow process of providing a direct route to the birthplace of Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar from Chaura Bazaar and levelled serious allegations against the district administration and the Municipal Corporation. Ashok Thapar, national president of the trust and descendant of Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar, said if the final award for land acquisition was not announced before August 15, all government programmes scheduled for Independence Day would be boycotted. If there was any further delay in acquiring land to provide a direct way to the martyr’s birthplace, the trust would be forced to go on a hunger strike. He said five properties were required to provide a direct route to the martyr’s birthplace from Chaura Bazaar. Of these, owners of three properties had voluntarily handed over documents of donating their land in writing to Picture of neglect The birthplace of martyr Sukhdev Thapar at Naughara Mohalla in Ludhiana. HIMANSHU MAHAJAN the district administration while owners of the two properties had also agreed to take compensation for their properties. Despite the fact that there is no problem in acquiring land for a direct path, officials of the Municipal Corporation and the district administration and the SDM concerned Ludhiana, August 4 A 10-year-old boy died after coming in contact with a hightension wire in Amandeep Nagar here on Sunday. The child kept hanging on the wire and tree branches for about 30 minutes. When the passers-by saw the boy, they raised the alarm and informed the police. Electricity Department employees also reached the spot and switched off the power. Afterwards, they brought the child down. They took him to a private doctor, who referred him to a hospital but the child died on the way. The deceased was identified as Shivam. — TNS Get water tested before you drink from lab on PAU campus Manav Mander Ludhiana, August 4 With the rainy season going on, the threat of water-borne diseases looms large. Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh has directed the Health, Local Bodies, Rural Development and Panchayat departments recently to work in tandem for the prevention and containment of waterborne diseases. The number of patients complaining about diseases such as diarrhoea, gastroenteritis has increased and nowadays, 15 to 16 patients are being reported daily at the Civil Hospital and children are the worst affected lot. Water testing plays a crucial role during monsoon and experts have suggested to get drinking water tested, especially during the rainy season. Though the Health Department and Municipal Corporation keep collecting water samples for testing, city residents can get the samples tested on their own. One option is to buy water testing kits that are available at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) and also in the PHPTC RUNNING LAB SINCE 2022 Not many people are aware that the Punjab Horticultural Postharvest Technology Centre (PHPTC) on the PAU campus is running a drinking water testing laboratory since 2022 and anyone can visit the lab and get their samples tested. WATER TESTING KITS The drinking water testing laboratory being run by the Punjab Horticultural Postharvest Technology Centre on the campus of Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana. TRIBUNE PHOTO market and the other is to get the samples tested from lab. Not many people are aware that the Punjab Horticultural Postharvest Technology Centre (PHPTC) on the PAU campus is running a drinking water testing laboratory since 2022 and anyone can visit the lab and get their samples tested. Dr BVC Mahajan, Director, PHPTC, said the laboratory was accredited by the NABL for elemental and heavy met- al analysis in drinking water as per ISO 17025:2017. It was proficient to test drinking water as per international standard regulations. Dr Ritu Tandon, chemist and In-charge of the laboratory, said the testing in the laboratory helps to monitor the safety of drinking water which was a major concern of health and hygiene of residents. The laboratory had the facility to test heavy metals, essential and trace elements and other requisite parameters, including microbiology, in drinking water as well as ETP STP CETP water for , , agricultural use. The Municipal Corporation, Health Department, schools or any government or private agencies could avail this testing facility at nominal costs. Besides drinking water, the laboratory has the facility to test fresh and c m y b went to memorials of martyrs such as Shaheed-eAzam Bhagat Singh, Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha and Shaheed Udham Singh on their martyrdoms and birth anniversaries but in his past two-and-a-halfyear tenure, he did not consider it appropriate to visit the birthplace of Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar. 10-yr-old boy electrocuted Stagnant water leading to breeding of mosquitoes on Ferozepur road in Ludhiana. ASHWANI DHIMAN Tribune News Service were running away from their responsibility and unnecessarily delaying the process of providing a direct way to the martyr’s birthplace,” Thapar said. He also accused Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann of giving a step-motherly treatment to the birthplace of Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar as he alleged that Mann Water testing kits are also available with the PAU’s Department of Microbiology, which is regularly involved in microbial testing of drinking water. Water samples can be either brought to the lab for testing at Rs 100 per sample and the report can be collected after 48 hours. processed food commodities for various quality parameters. New start-ups and entrepreneurs can use these facilities to fulfil nutritional labelling requirements of their products, as per FSSAI regulations. In addition to it, water testing kits are available with the PAU’s Department of Microbiology, which is regularly involved in microbial testing of drinking water. Water sam- ples can be either brought to the lab for testing at Rs 100 per sample and the report can be collected after 48 hours. If frequent visits are not feasible in case of remote areas, water kits can be purchased from the department at Rs 30 (one kit per sample) for testing water quality at home. Many people buy water testing kits during kisan melas. Developed in 2015, an Indian patent entitled ‘Method for Water Testing and Water Testing Kit’ has been granted to it. Besides the PAU, water testing kits are also available in the market in the price range of Rs 300 to Rs 1,000. The Municipal Corporation is providing water to residents through 1,200 tube wells. Dosing meters have been installed for chlorination on about 350 tube wells since it is not possible to install dosing meters on these installed in the open as there is a risk of theft of the meter and it could also be tampered with. Since all MC tube wells were linked with each other, chlorination of 350 tube wells would keep the water clean. A storm water drain lies blocked at Bhadaur House in Ludhiana. PHOTO: INDERJEET VERMA Clogged storm water drains irk commuters Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 4 Storm water drains in different parts of the city are lying blocked, leading to stagnation of water along drains. Since blockage has led to water stagnation, it has become breeding ground for mosquitoes. As the rainy season is going on, these blocked drains have been causing trouble for commuters. It has become difficult to pass through the stretch due to water stagnation and foul smell. Ajit Singh, a shopkeeper from Bhadaur House, said it had become difficult to pass through the road after the storm sewer drain got blocked. “Foul smell emits from the place and it has become haven for mosquitoes. Dengue cases are already being reported and such blockages had only made the situation worse,” he said. Another city resident Kulwant Kaur said she had often seen people discarding off garbage from their homes and littering on roads which sometimes leads to blockage of drains. Sometimes when heavy vehicles passes through the road, it leads to breakage of these drains. “It is a collective responsibility and people should be alert and conscious and do not let drains get blocked,” she added. A shopkeeper near Clock Tower said the problem was faced by them all through the year which aggravates during monsoons. One should clear any debris that might be blocking the drain which could include branches, leaves and other large objects. Mosquito breeding also takes place due to stagnant water. Hence, these drains should be cleaned at regular intervals, he said.