27082024-ATR-01.qxd 8/26/2024 10:54 PM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar tribune FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY ADAMPUR SCRAP DEALER WINS ~2.5CR LOTTERY ‘EXPERIENCES TAUGHT ME HOW TO ALWAYS BE PREPARED’ LOOKING AT CONTEMPORARY ROMANCES THAT DID WELL Pritam Lal Jaggi and his family has been into the scrap dealing business for several decades. P2 Bollywood actor Rajkummar Rao believes when the universe is guiding you, everything falls into place. P4 The recent success of It Ends With Us is a testament to how bestsellers succeed on the big screen. P4 » » » MAX 34°C | MIN 27°C YESTERDAY MAX 36°C | MIN 29°C SUNSET TUESDAY 7.00 PM SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 6.03 AM TUESDAY | 27 AUGUST 2024 | AMRITSAR Woman among two nabbed for burglary Residents protest as repair work on NH service lane stopped Amritsar, August 26 The Civil Lines police have arrested a woman and her boyfriend for allegedly burgling cash, foreign currency, jewellery from a house located in posh Mall Road area here two days ago. Those arrested were identified as Gurlal Singh of Gurdaspur and Harpreet Kaur of Dhand village in Tarn Taran. Tilak Raj (80), owner of the house, had gone to a temple at that time when the two burglars struck. In his complaint lodged with the police, he said that he along with his wife had gone to celebrate Janmashtami festival on Saturday evening. When they returned in the night, they found the wardrobes open. He said unidentified persons decamped with ~5.5 lakh, 1500 US dollars, 3000 Thailand currency, two gold chains, two rings and an expensive Rado gold wrist watch. Harpreet used to work in the house. She along with her boyfriend committed the crime. Even the accused had damaged the CCTVs in the house, said ASI Harjinder Singh, in-charge, Green Avenue locality police station. During a probe, the police zeroed in on Harpreet Kaur. Her quizzing led to Gurlal’s arrest and recovery of stolen goods. — TNS Our Correspondent Tarn Taran, August 26 Residents of Chutala village staged a dharna on the Usman toll plaza against leaving midway of the renovation work on the service lane of National Highway No.54 near Chutala village here on Monday. As a result, the passage of vehicles at the toll plaza was ‘made free’ for all vehicles for more than three hours. Tarsem Singh, a resident of Chutala village, led the protesting residents under the banner of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC), Punjab. Sawinder Singh Chutala, state leader of the KMSC, was among others who addressed on the occasion. He said the service lane had been in bad shape due to the apathetic attitude of the administration as the sewerage water of nearby Aladinpur village had been discharging into a drain on the national highway. The drain had been overflowing for over the last six years. Over time, the sewerage water shattered the service lane with deep craters developing in the middle of the road. The farmer leader said the MC demolishes illegal portion of hotel near Darbar Sahib On SGPC’s complaint, CM Mann had ordered its demolition Tribune News Service Residents of Chutala village during a dharna on the Usman toll plaza in Tarn Taran on Monday. PHOTO: GURBAXPURI residents had been appealing to the officials concerned for the maintenance of the service lane and the KMSC has been holding an agitation (from time to time) against the poor condition of the road for the last four years. He said the renovation work on the road was left midway around a month ago and the road has not been opened to traffic as yet. The protesters were assured by Ashu Sharma of the National Highways In devotion Authority of India, Satinder Kumar, manager of the Usman toll plaza, and Inspector Gurwinder Singh, SHO, Sarhali, that the work on the service lane work would restarted soon and completed till September 20. The dharna was lifted after the assurance was given by the officials. Satinam Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Narinder Singh, among others, addressed the gathering on the occasion. Amritsar, August 26 After a formal complaint by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann about the illegal construction of a hotel near Darbar Sahib, the Amritsar Municipal Corporation took action against it early this morning. The Municipal Town Planning (MTP) wing of the MC partially demolished the hotel around 6 am. The owner of this 35-yearold building was getting the lintel constructed atop it. The SGPC had complained about this illegal construction to the municipal corporation around a month ago. On Sunday, during the visit of CM Bhagwant Mann at Darbar Sahib, SGPC officials informed him about the illegal construction around Darbar Sahib and asked to take action in this regard. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann immediately issued directions to MC officials to take MC workers raze an illegal portion of a hotel near the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Monday. appropriate action against the illegal construction. On the directions of MC Commissioner Harpreet Singh, the work of demolishing the new lintel was initiated by the MTP wing around 6 am. To demolish this under-construction portion of the hotel, Municipal Town Planner (MTP) Mehrban Singh, ATP Paramjit Dutta, ATP Parminderjit Singh, Building Inspector Navjot Kaur, Building Inspector Manish Kumar, MC police personnel and a large number of workers were present on the spot. The process of demolishing the lintel continued till evening. MTP Mehrban Singh said the owner of the building was getting the lintel constructed atop it. He said notices were given to the owner of the building earlier and the construction work was also stopped. He said as there was no In intensive ticket checking in Docs to go on indefinite two trains, Rlys collects ~52K strike from Sept 9 Tribune News Service Children dressed up as Lord Krishna pose for a picture at Durgiana temple in Amritsar on Monday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: SUNIL KUMAR MC launches drive to clean roads Tribune News Service Amritsar, August 26 On the occasion of Janmashtami, the Amritsar Municipal Corporation got various areas and roads cleaned here on Monday. Weeds and wild grass were removed from the central verge in various areas and roadsides along Airport Road. Staff and workers of the sanitation wing of the MC started the drive in the morning to clean the surroundings of all the temples in the city. MC Commissioner Harpreet Singh said in view of the holy festival of Janmashtami, a cleanliness drive response to the notice, action was taken this morning and the newly raised lintels were demolished. MC Commissioner Harpreet Singh said illegal constructions will not be tolerated. Action will be taken against illegal constructions as per the rules and laws. He appealed to the people to start construction only after getting the approval of the building plan from the municipal corporation. was started around all the temples in the city on Sunday. He said the MC has already started a state-level special cleanliness drive. He said the cooperation of general public is very important for proper sanitation. People should not throw garbage on footpaths and roads. Garbage should be dumped only at the designated points by the municipal corporation and household waste given only to the garbage collection vehicles. On the directions of MC Commissioner Harpreet Singh, the Horticulture Department of the corpora- tion on Monday removed grass and weeds on the central verge and by roadsides on Airport Road from Hartej Hospital to Meera Kot Chowk. The central verge was also painted. MC Commissioner Harpreet Singh said besides removing wild grass and weeds on the central verge of all major markets of the city, curve stones will also be painted by municipal corporation. Health Officer Dr Kiran Kumar, Dr Yogesh Arora and Chief Sanitary Inspectors and Sanitary Inspectors were present on the spot for inspection. MC workers remove weeds, clean roads and areas near temples along Airport Road in Amritsar on Monday. Tribune News Service Amritsar, August 26 Ferozepur division of Northern Railway carried out an intensive ticket checking in two trains and imposed a fine of about ~52,000 on 87 passengers for travelling without tickets in the Amritsar-Sealdah Jallianwala Bagh Express (12380) and the Dr Ambedkar NagarShri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Superfast Express (12919). The inspection was carried out on Sunday night. The ticket-checking staff was accompanied by jawans of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Railway Police (GRP). They conducted a thorough ticket checking in air-conditioned, sleeper and general coaches of the trains. Amritsar, August 26 The doctors at government hospitals have threatened to initiate an indefinite suspension of services at all public healthcare facilities across the state from September 9 to protest against the lack of timely promotions and release of arrears of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. The Punjab Civil Medical Services Association (PCMSA), the representative body of the government doctors, stated that the detailed action plan of the protest would be released later this week. The protest by the doctors is expected to cripple the medical services. Regarding the issue of ensuring safety of doctors at workplace after the recent Railway officials check tickets of passengers in a train. Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Paramdeep Singh Saini said travelling without ticket is a punishable offence and appealed to the passengers to travel only with valid tickets. He said special ticket checking campaigns will continue at the stations under Ferozepur division. rape and murder of a medico at a medical college in Kolkata, the PCMSA stated that they hope that Health Minister Balbir Singh would fulfil his promise of providing security by the end of this month. However, the association stated that till the time they see any results on the ground, they would wait and watch before taking up the issue again. The doctors had earlier this month held protests demanding security at the workplace. PCMSA general secretary Manish Poddar said, “The association representatives have been called for a meeting with the administrative secretary of the Health Department on August 27. Much would depend on the outcome of this meeting.” Preserving oral testimonies of women survivors of 1984 anti-Sikh violence through literature Neha Saini Tribune News Service Amritsar, August 26 The history of atrocity, human rights violations and oppression is shared. So, is the trauma and tragedy of crimes against women, largely denied justice by law, globally. This is the reason why the recent brutality with a medic in Kolkatta made women across the country hit the streets in a demonstration of shared grief and anger. This is the reason, why 40 years down the line, the women, who were victims of 1984 Anti-Sikh riots, need to be heard, over and again. In Sanam Sutirath Wazir’s book The Kaurs of 1984, these ‘Chaurasi ki ladkiyan’ (the daughters/girls of 1984) come to haunt us forever. In the book, Wazir weaves together c m y b Author Sanam Sutirath Wazir (in red turban) talks about his book “The Kaurs of 1984” in Amritsar on Monday. stories of women survivors of 1984 anti-Sikh violence, some of who are still seeking closure by telling their story. In a moving session on the book at Majha House, Wazir, along with author-educator Dr Ishmeet Kaur Chaudhary, spoke about why he thought these stories needed be told. “Growing up in Jammu and Kashmir, under the crackdown half of my life, the conversation of Partition and 1984 never left our dinner table. While listening to these stories, some of which remained in my memory, I realised that this dictum, unity is diversity, is built on the bodies of minorities. In case of 1984, voices of these women were marginalized, patriarchy devoid women from speaking out, even if they wanted to. The cycle of violence and trauma never ended for them, they never got closure. But they speak now, because they don’t fear anyone,” he shared. The book archives oral accounts of women survivors of 1984 riots, underlining the staggering impunity and delay in justice in the cases of victims. There is Darshan Kaur, a 50 year old now, whose family bore the brunt of 1947 first and then 1984, whose husband was murdered and mutilated in front of her. There is Laxmi, who calls herself ’84 ki ladki’, a 16-year-old girl at the time, when she was gang raped in front of her mother. “A 16year-old girl being violated and all she could say to her mother, who watched helplessly, was “Mummy meinu Chadd ke Na Jayi” (Mother, do not leave me alone). Her story kept me awake for several nights. She refused to speak to me for six months, when I started my research. Then, one day, she did and shared how she wanted to speak her mind when it happened, but wasn’t ‘allowed’ to by her family, fearing humiliation,” shared Sanam. Taking to these victims, Sanam said, the common sentiment among them was that they were abandoned, continued on page 2