26092024-LT-01.qxd 9/26/2024 12:04 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune FARMERS PROTEST, DEMAND FIXING OF MSP FOR BASMATI JASLEEN ROYAL MOVES COURT AGAINST ANOTHER SINGER AARYA BABBAR RETURNS TO THE SMALL SCREEN The Kirti Kisan Union has urged the government to fix the MSP of basmati and guarantee procurement. P3 Singer Jasleen has moved court against Guru Randhawa for stealing her composition. P4 The actor, who stars in ZEE TV’s Jagriti— Ek Nayi Subah, says challenging roles inspire him to work harder. P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 34°C | MIN 28°C YESTERDAY MAX 36°C | MIN 28°C SUNSET THURSDAY 6.27 PM SUNRISE FRIDAY 6:14 AM » THURSDAY | 26 SEPTEMBER 2024 | LUDHIANA Bizman, 340 challaned for underage driving in 55 days with ~92Lworker held ‘drug money’ Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, September 25 Despite extensive awareness drives in schools and in public places, underage driving remains a problem in the city. The traffic police had started a campaign against underage driving last month and as many as 340 challans were issued to offenders in the past 55 days. Among these challans, 179 were issued in the month of August and 161 were issued this month till September 24. Traffic police officials, meanwhile, had been taking a measured approach, prioritising education over penalties. Challans were being issued but not extensively. As the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019, came into effect on August 1, traffic authorities visited schools to sensitise students and school administrators about the new legal provisions. Though the awareness drive is over, students seem to be paying not much heed to the rules Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, September 25 The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) on Tuesday night raided a house in Shastri Nagar, Jagraon, and arrested a feed factory owner and his worker with Rs 92 lakh cash. The cash was alleged to be drug money. The raid was related to the recent arrest of seven persons by the ANTF on September 20 and seizure of 1 kg heroin, Rs 48 lakh drug money, two currency notes counting machines, two weapons, live cartridges, 262 gram gold, etc. During the questioning, the accused disclosed the name of a Jagraon-based man. He used to convert the drug Despite strict orders by the traffic police, school students drive two-wheelers with impunity in Ludhiana on Wednesday. PHOTOS: ASHWANI DHIMAN During a visit to various schools, it was observed that students continue to ride two-wheelers and even drive cars without a licence. Some were even caught driving without wearing helmets. The vehicles of students were seen parked outside school premises, as institutions prohibit on-campus parking. Earlier, when traffic police had started a challaning drive, schools had not even been allowing students to park their vehicles outside but with the passage of time, schools are now not putting any restraint over such parking. A traffic police official said they have already given enough time to parents to ensure that their wards do not drive to schools but now extensive challaning would be done and heavy penalty would be levied on the offenders. “Students using batteryoperated vehicles don’t require a licence but need RTA permission. However, careless driving will be penalised and parents will face punishment for allowing underage driving. We don’t want parents to bear the brunt of heavy penal- Civic body chief orders Caught unawares laying of perforated tiles Ludhiana, September 25 Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal has ordered the installation of perforated tiles in place of regular interlocking tiles in non-walking areas (areas other than footpaths till boundary lines) in future. The directions were issued during the meeting of Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) which was held under the chairmanship of MC Commissioner Dachalwal at the MC Zone D office on Tuesday evening. The decision has been taken in compliance with the directions issued by the National money into legitimate funds and transfer money through the hawala route. After verifying the information, a team of the ANTF conducted a raid at the house of the suspect in Jagraon. Huge drama was witnessed in the area when cops raided the house. Additional force reached the spot to maintain the law and order situation. Sources said that the factory owner with his worker was taken to ANTF office in Jalandhar where he was being questioned about his links with drug smugglers. The role of the nabbed factory owner for running hawala racket is also being investigated. Senior police officials were personally supervising the ongoing probe. Green Tribunal (NGT) in the past. Perforated tiles help in recharging groundwater. Further, the TAC also approved a few estimates worth around Rs 49 lakh for the installation of perforated tiles in different parts of the city. Dachalwal said the officials concerned of B&R Department of the MC have been directed that from now on, whenever the civic body plans to install interlocking tiles, only perforated tiles would be installed in the nonwalking areas (areas other than footpaths till boundary lines). — TNS ties for underage driving offence. But if they continue to send their wards to schools on vehicles, they should be ready to pay the price. An extensive challaning drive will be conducted in the coming days to catch the underage drivers,” added a traffic official. Cops stand guard outside the house during a raid in Jagraon. Man loses ~20L in loan fraud A woman rushes to her destination amid rain in the city on Wednesday. ASHWANI DHIMAN Ludhiana, September 25 Cyber criminals duped a city businessman Anil Kumar of Rs 20 lakh on the pretext of clearing his loan dues. After conducting preliminary investigations, the cyber police station yesterday registered a case against the suspects identified as Rajrakhan Gupta, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, Raju Narayan Langde of Nagpur, and Nitesh Das of Mumbai. Complainant Anil Kumar, who is the owner of Logman Power and Motor firm, said he had lodged a complaint with the police a few days ago regarding the fraud. Kumar said he had obtained a loan from Aditya Birla Finance Limited and was pay- MODUS OPERANDI The complainant allegedly received a call from a person who claimed to be a loan officer from Aditya Birla Finance Company and gave complete detail of his loan. The alleged suspect asked him to clear the loan immediately else a major penalty would be levied. The complainant revealed that he then transferred the amount of Rs 20 lakh in the bank account shared by the suspect. ing regular instalments. A few weeks ago, he received a call from a person who claimed to be a loan officer from Aditya Birla Finance Company and the alleged person gave complete details of his loan. The alleged suspect asked him to clear the loan immediately else a major penalty would be levied. The accused had also offered that no extra interest is required to be paid if he makes payment of principal amount now. The complainant revealed that he then transferred the amount of Rs 20 lakh in the bank account shared by the suspect. A few days later when he checked the status of his loan from the finance firm, he was shocked to know that he had transferred money into some fraudsters’ account while loan was still pending. ASI Jasbir Singh said the Cyber Cell has started investigation and registered a case. — TNS Ensure lifting of waste from parks, officials told The police hand over the missing child to the family in Ludhiana on Wednesday. Missing child reunited with family Tribune News Service Ludhiana, September 25 The police on Wednesday reunited a three-year-old missing child with his family. The child went missing from his house in Ranjit Nagar under mysterious circumstances late on Tuesday. Varinder Pal Singh Uppal, Station House Officer, Moti Nagar police station, said Aryan went missing from his house when his mother went to a nearby shop. When she returned home, she was shocked to see that her son was not in the house. The family and neighbours searched for the child, but to no avail. Inspector Uppal said family then reported the matter to Moti Nagar police station. During the investigation, the police scanned CCTVs of the area and surroundings. In one of the cameras, a child going towards Sundar Nagar in Basti Jodhewal was noticed. After seeing the child roaming alone, two women were seen taking him along with them yesterday, the investi- gation revealed. The women tried to find parents of the kid, but child was not able to give any information about his parents or residence. Inspector Uppal added that the cops managed to reached the house of the women and recovered the child safely. The women were about to inform the police about the missing kid, but the cops traced the child’s location before that. After parents took custody of the child at Moti Nagar police station, they thanked the police officials for reunited the child with the family. Ludhiana, September 25 Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal directed officials of the horticulture branch to ensure removal of horticulture waste from the parks and roadsides. Further, the health officials were directed to ensure segregated lifting of waste from the households and static compactor sites. The directions were issued during a meeting held by the MC Commissioner at the MC Zone A office on Wednesday. MC Additional Commissioner Paramdeep Singh, Joint Commissioner Ankur Mahindroo, CSO Ashwani Sahota, JE Kirpal Singh, chief sanitary inspectors (CSI), sanitary inspectors (SI) among other officials were also present in the meeting. Dachalwal also directed the health branch officials to c m y b keep a check on the bulk waste generators in the city and ensure that they dispose of their waste on their own. Directions were also issued to remove the garbage vulnerable points (GVP) during the ongoing cleanliness drive in the city. Further the health branch officials were directed to ensure collection of segregated waste from the houses and static compactor sites. The officials were also directed to act against those failing to hand over segregated dry and wet waste to the garbage collectors as per solid waste management rules. Dachalwal said strict directions were issued to the health branch officials to ensure cleanliness across the city. Moreover, the horticulture branch was directed to prepare a schedule to ensure lifting of waste on a regular basis. — TNS A JCB machine demolishes illegal structures in Ludhiana on Wednesday. 2 illegal colonies demolished Ludhiana, September 25 Under a drive against unauthorised and unplanned development with a special focus on illegal colonies, the Greater Ludhiana Development Authority (GLADA) on Wednesday demolished two illegal colonies at Threekay and Jhande villages on the outskirts of Ludhiana. According to an official spokesperson, a special drive has also been launched to take punitive action against those who were fleecing innocent residents under the garb of offering cheaper plots in these unauthorised colonies, which lacked statutory sanction and compliance with the government norms. In compliance of the demo- lition orders issued against the unauthorised colonies, the duty magistrate, police force and enforcement team of GLADA comprising office and field staffers, demolished two unauthorised colonies at Threekay and Jhande villages by dismantling their roads, boundary walls, passages, sewer manholes and undergoing illegal constructions and structures on these sites. “When developers did not stop the illegal construction work despite serving them with the notices, a special team carried out the demolition drive, which went unopposed,” the spokesperson said while adding that in a move to check mushrooming of illegal colonies at the very initial stage, the GLADA was planning more such drives in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, the GLADA has appealed to the general public not to purchase property, plots, buildings in unauthorised colonies as GLADA will not provide any facility like water supply, sewerage and electricity connections etc. The list of approved and regularised colonies along with their sanctioned maps was available on the official website of GLADA, which may be checked by the prospective buyers before buying any property. The GLADA, besides undertaking a demolition drive, has also recommended to the tehsildars concerned for not registering plots in unauthorised colonies. — TNS