10082024-LT-01.qxd 8/10/2024 12:24 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune KHALI NAMED AMBASSADOR OF ARM-WRESTLING TEAM DO-OR-DIE STIR IF HADDA RORI NOT SHIFTED: RESIDENTS ACTOR RAGHAV JUYAL ON GYAARAH GYAARAH The next edition of the arm-wrestling league will be held in Delhi from October 4. P2 They are upset that their pleas to shift 'unauthorised' hadda rori from their area have fallen on deaf ears. P3 Says adaptations are a universal phenomenon and offer a fresh perspective to viewers P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 35°C | MIN 27°C YESTERDAY MAX 34°C | MIN 27°C SUNSET SATURDAY 7.08 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 5:48 AM » SATURDAY | 10 AUGUST 2024 | LUDHIANA Now, school bus rams into wall in Jagraon, close shave for kids Bus mishap: Drivers protest against school ‘Drunk’ driver held, case registered against mgmt on criminal conspiracy charge Ludhiana, August 9 The Bus Drivers Association today held a protest against Sanmati Vimal Jain Senior Secondary Public School, Jagraon, alleging that the school management intentionally Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 9 Three days after a bus of a private school in Jagraon rammed into a tree on the Raikot road and seven-yearold Gurman Singh had lost his life, another school bus mishap occurred at Bajurg village in Jagraon on Friday morning. A bus of Blossoms Convent School, Jagraon, carrying schoolchildren rammed into a wall at the village. A few students travelling in the bus had a miraculous escape as they did not suffer any injury in the mishap. The driver was reportedly drunk. Police officials said a preliminary probe suggested that the driver was drunk due to which he could not drive the bus in a responsible manner. After the accident, residents gathered at the scene. Since the bus driver did not escape, he was found to be drunk by the residents. Following which, they beat the driver and informed the school management about the matter. The residents said the bus driver admitted that he he had consumed alcohol on Friday morning. A bus of a pvt school had rammed into a tree, killing a minor student three days ago in Jagraon Cops during the search operation at the railway station in Ludhiana. PHOTO: ASHWANI DHIMAN The school bus driver being taken into police custody at a village in Jagraon on Friday. “We had already lost a child, Gurman Singh, in the school bus accident a few days ago and cannot afford to witness another tragedy again. The school authorities need to keep a check on bus drivers and they should not be hired if they consume drugs or alcohol. If the children travelling in the bus suffered serious injuries or faced casualties, who would be the held accountable for the same?, they asked. The residents had also enquired about the students, who were found to be completely safe. The Teacher suspended for beating students Ludhiana, August 9 Beating students cost dear to a teacher of Government Primary School, Jamalpur Awana. DEO (Elementary) Ravinder Kaur, said a teacher, Kamaljit Kaur, who had allegedly thrashed Class V students, had been suspended for her behaviour and actions. The DEO said strict action was taken against the teacher due to her highly irresponsible behaviour. “We had visited the school following complaints by parents and met everyone, students and staff. At 8:30 am, I got to know about the incident and reached the school. Around 12 students were beaten by the teacher,” she said. Meanwhile, the teacher, Kamaljit Kaur, said she was teaching a lesson during which there was a word, which had Tribune News Service double meaning. Students started repeating the word and tried to misbehave with her, following which she tried to stop them and beat the pupils. She also alleged that entire staff was against her and they had deliberately called parents and provoked them against her. The incident occurred yesterday when the entire class was beaten up by the class teacher. The parents gathered outside the school today, blocking the road to get justice. The police had to be called to persuade the parents. The parents said the children were brutally thrashed by the teacher and when parents tried to register a complaint today, she manhandled and misbehaved with them. One of the parents said the teacher continued on page 2 incident created panic among the children. After the mishap, students were taken to their school in another bus. Later, the police reached the scene. Station House Officer, Sadar Jagraon, SI Surjit Singh, said the incident occurred around 7.10 am. The driver was picking up students and only five to seven students were in the bus. When the vehicle reached Bajurg village, it rammed into a wall. The driver was found drunk. Local residents after hear- ing the thumping sound came out of their houses. After checking children sitting inside the bus, they roughed up the driver and informed the police. A case was registered against the driver, identified as Sikandar, and the school management. The driver was booked on the charge of driving vehicle in a negligent manner while the case was registered against the management on the charge of criminal conspiracy. Sikander was arrested while members of the management would be nabbed soon. gave the name of one of the school drivers, who was not involved in the school bus accident occurred on Tuesday, to the police for nominating him in the FIR and he was shown as the person managing the affairs of buses at the school. Members of the association alleged that during the protest, the school authorities admitted to their mistake and assured the association that they would apprise the police of the matter and name of the person managing the buses of the school would be given to the police for required action. Notably, a bus of the school had rammed into a tree killing a seven-year-old student, Gurman Singh, three days ago in Jagraon. Ahead of I-Day, cops conduct search op at railway station Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 9 Ahead of Independence Day, officials of the Ludhiana police, along with GRP personnel, conducted a search operation at the railway station here on Friday. The police officials were also carrying explosive detective devices with them. They frisked random passengers to check if they are carrying any weapons or explosive items. Belongings of the passengers were also scanned by the police. How- Celebrating bronze win ever, nothing objectionable was found in the drive. Meanwhile, the police personnel also entered some trains where belongings of the passengers were checked. Even identity proofs of some random passengers travelling on the trains were also checked to verify their identity and to ensure that no anti-social elements resort to any illegal act. They also interacted with the passengers and asked them to inform the police if they notice any abandoned luggage and suspicious person or activity. Meanwhile, sources said police officials in civvies would remain present in and around the railway station to keep a tab over antisocial elements. Some CCTV cameras installed at the railway station were also not functional. The Police Department had also asked the officials concerned to make maximum CCTV cameras functional so that activities of suspicious persons could be checked from the control room. Vet varsity, DMCH to work on slaughterhouses’ surveillance Budding hockey players celebrate the Indian hockey team’s bronze medal win at the Paris Olympics, at Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana on Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: HIMANSHU MAHAJAN SEE ALSO P2 Ludhiana, August 9 In a step toward enhancing public, animal and environmental health, scientists from Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and Dayanand Medical College and Hospital have been awarded a multi-sectoral One Health project focusing on slaughterhouses’ surveillance for zoonotic pathogens. The project launch event was organised by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in New Delhi. The launch meeting and brainstorming session included an address by Dr Rajiv Bahl, Secretary of the Department of Health Research (DHR) and Director General of ICMR. Dr Bahl emphasised the need for collaboration between human and animal health profession- als for rapid detection of the spillover of zoonotic diseases. A team of professionals from Veterinary University including Dr JPS Gill, Director of Research; Dr JS Bedi, Dr Pankaj Dhaka and from DMCH including Dr Veenu Gupta, Dr Rajesh Mahajan and Dr Manisha Aggarwal participated in the meeting. Dr JPS Gill highlighted the university’s research efforts to address regional and national zoonoses within the One Health framework. He emphasised that the objective of enhancing food safety in hygienic meat production would benefit the slaughterhouses of Punjab and improve worker welfare. Dr Jasbir Singh Bedi and Dr Veenu Gupta presented the project implementation plan for the state. — TNS Police attach smugglers’ Autos continue to ferry students violating norms properties worth ~ 6.96 cr Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, August 9 The Ludhiana police on Friday attached properties worth Rs 6.96 crore of drug smugglers. Police personnel put up notices regarding the same on the seized properties. Commissioner of Police (CP) Kuldeep Singh Chahal in a statement issued stated that the Dehlon police had arrested three smugglers in January and 10 quintals of poppy husk were recovered from them. The suspects were identified as Hoshiar Singh of Jodhan, Mukesh Kumar of Patiala and Jammu Singh of Jodhan. He said during the investigation, the police had found that the suspects had bought the properties worth 5.34 crores with proceeds of drug money. Cops put up notices on a smuggler's property in Ludhiana. The properties were identified and the matter was sent for approval to the competent authority. On Friday, after receiving orders of the property attachment, the police officials pasted property attachment notices on their properties. The attached properties include a residential-cum-commercial showroom and two houses. The CP said the police had already freezed property worth several crores of drug smugglers in the recent past and many such cases were under process and soon, the competent authority might issue notices of property attachment. The police also freezed assets worth Rs 1.62 crore of a drug smuggler at Balmiki Ghati. The police had arrested Anil with 260 gm of heroin in 2023. The freezed property included a house at Balmiki Ghati worth Rs 1.56 crore and a Honda City car worth Rs 6.10 lakh.— TNS Ludhiana, August 9 The city has hundreds of auto-rickshaws which have been ferrying students to school and vice-versa. Most of these vehicles are not following the proper safety norms and are putting the lives of schoolchildren at risk. Surprisingly, auto-rickshaws meant for ferrying passengers were found to be used for transporting school students. During a random survey in the city on Friday, some autorickshaws carrying children were found overloaded and no proper safety measures were being followed by its drivers. The overloaded autos were putting the lives of schoolchildren at risk. In an e-rickshaw carrying c m y b KIDS’ LIVES AT RISK During a random survey in the city, some auto-rickshaws carrying children were found overloaded and no proper safety measures were being followed by its drivers. These were putting the lives of schoolchildren at risk. school students in New Upkar Nagar, children were found sitting alongside the driver. As per the norms, auto-rickshaws should have grills on the door so that students remain seated inside the vehicle in aproper and safe manner. However, in the auto, there were no grills installed and there was a risk of students falling off the moving vehicle. Even norms suggest that the schoolchildren should not be allowed to sit along the driver seat. But two students were caught sit- ting along the driver. Since the auto was a passenger vehicle, it could not be used to ferry students. It is learnt that such autos were not engaged by most of the schools, instead parents themselves hire these to send their children to schools. Another auto-rickshaw was seen on the Jassian road in which over 10 school students were bundled into it. A few autos were seen in which students were sitting on the temporary seat behind the rear seat, which is equally dangerous. Recently, The Tribune had also carried a report in these columns in which a girl child was seen sitting on the side bar of an overloaded rashly-driven auto-rickshaw while clinging to it on the PAU road. Students being ferried home from their school in an e-rickshaw in violation of the norms in Ludhiana on Friday. HIMANSHU MAHAJAN