06122024-ATR-01.qxd 12/5/2024 10:52 PM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar tribune FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 24°C | MIN 07°C YESTERDAY MAX 24°C | MIN 07°C TWO COUPLES HELD WITH HEROIN IN ABOHAR STATE TO LAUNCH ONLINE ATTESTATION FOR OFFICIALS CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO COMBAT DRUG ABUSE Hours after a couple was held with heroin, cops nabbed another couple with 61 gm of heroin in Abohar. P3 The state has begun the process of making attestation by councillors online through eSewa. P3 To curb drug abuse, the Union Government has initiated a drive to urge youth to engage in sports. P3 » » SUNSET FRIDAY 5.26 PM » SUNRISE SATURDAY 7.17 AM FRIDAY | 6 DECEMBER 2024 | AMRITSAR Tribune News Service Amritsar, December 5 Member of Parliament from Amritsar Gurjeet Singh Aujla today raised the issue of water pollution in Tung Dhab drain in Amritsar and Buddha Nullah of Ludhiana in Lok Sabha. He demanded that the government form a committee to take stock of the situation through visits of the elected representatives who are members of this panel. He also emphasised that due to toxicity in these water channels, lakhs of people are suffering. Speaking in Parliament, Aujla said that the problem of polluted water is at its peak in Punjab. Industrial waste water, dairy residue and municipal waste are flowing into Tung Dhab drain in Amritsar and Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana, due to which the water is badly contaminated and cannot even be treated. He claimed that due to this, the number of cancer patients is increasing, especially in cities like Fazilka, Moga and Abohar. The MP alleged that the pollution control department was not doing anything, the drainage department was also silent and civic bodies were not taking the issue seriously. — TNS Police seize 10-kg heroin, ~4.45L drug money from separate areas PK Jaiswar Tribune News Service Amritsar, December 5 In the first case, the CI confiscated 5 kg of heroin along with ~4.45 lakh of drug money from their possession and arrested three persons in this connection. In the second, the city police seized 5 kg of heroin from three persons. DGP Gaurav Yadav said in an intelligence-based operation, the CI, Amritsar, arrested Husanpreet Singh, a resident of Prime City in Chheharta area, Karandeep Singh, aka Manna, and Maninder Singh of the Attari grain market. He said the CI got a tip-off that Karandeep and Maninder were involved in trans-border drug peddling and that they had recently retrieved a huge consignment of drugs dropped by drones. They were going to deliver the same to Husanpreet Singh. The informer told the police that they were going towards the Punjabi Bagh marriage resort on the Amritsar-Attari road following which a naka was put up there and a bikeborne person was intercepted. He was later identified as Husanpreet Singh and two other accused were also nabbed from the spot who had come to hand over the drugs to him. During their quizzing and search, the police seized After 17-month hiatus, BRTS service to resume from today Charanjit Singh Teja Tribune News Service VISHAL KUMAR MP Aujla: Form panel to look into pollution in drain Three accused in custody of the Amritsar police on Thursday. the contraband and the drug money from them. The police also impounded their scooter and motorcycle from the spot. The DGP said further investigation was underway to establish their forward and backward linkages and identify the Pakistani smugglers who supplied the drugs. Meanwhile, the city police made another drug seizure by seizing 5 kg of heroin from three members of cross-border drug peddling network. They were identified as Harpartap Singh, alias Happy (29), of Rorewali village, Karandeep Singh (21) of Nagal Sohal village and Jagpreet Singh (19) of Dharamkot Randhawa village in Batala. Apart from recovering the heroin consignment, police teams impounded their motorcycle, which they were riding, said Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar. He said the police have reliable inputs that some persons had received a drug consignment from an unknown person from Fatehgarh Churian area and were coming towards the Verka bypass on their motorcycle. Acting swiftly, police teams arrested the accused persons from near Escort Hospital area in Amritsar. The drugs were smuggled through Mehadipur village. He said all the three suspects were friends and their villages are located in Dera Baba Nanak border belt. Harpartap was the kingpin and he became active in cross-border drug smuggling around two and a half months ago. A case has been registered under the NDPS Act by the Sadar police station here. c m y b Amritsar, December 5 After a gap of 17 months, the Municipal Corporation is finally going to resume the metro bus service under Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) on December 6. Officials of the Municipal Corporation along with MC Commissioner Gulpreet Singh Aulakh conducted a technical run of the metro bus in BRTS corridor today. Aulakh boarded the bus and inspected the BRTS route. The MC will restart the operation of metro bus on a trial basis from Friday onward. The MC has outsourced the work to a private firm, which hired drivers on collector rates. The firms outsourced for technical staff were already working with the BRTS and the MC has asked them to resume their services. MC officials claimed that the repair of buses was going on and 60 buses would start operating soon. MC Commissioner Gulpreet Singh Aulakh said, “Today, we have conducted a technical run and inspected the route of BRTS. Initially, we are going to operate a few buses on trial basis for one MC Commissioner Gulpreet Singh Aulakh inspects the BRTS lane in Amritsar on Thursday. BACK ON TRACK ■ The MC will operate metro buses on 201 route only. It would ply between Golden Gate and India Gate. On this route, passengers for Guru Nanak Dev University, Khalsa College, Putaligarh, railway station, bus stand, New Amritsar and Golden Gate would be accommodated. ■ Students of educational institutions would be a major beneficiary of the route, who will travel free of cost like in the previous arrangement ■ After three months, the bus routes would be extended. MC is planning to connect the international airport with Golden Temple to accommodate air passengers week.” The MC staff claimed that commuting would be free of cost for the first three weeks and the passengers will have to pay the fare, as per the previous list, after this period. The MC will operate the metro buses on route 201 only. It would ply between Golden Gate and India Gate. On this route, passengers for Guru Nanak Dev University, Khalsa College, Putaligarh, railway station, bus stand, New Amritsar and Golden Gate would be accommodated. The students of educational institutions would be a major beneficiary of the route, who will travel free of cost like in the previous arrangement. After three months, the bus routes would be extended. According to information received, the MC is planning to connect the international airport with Golden Temple to accommodate the air passengers. Tomorrow, Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal would inaugurate the trial run of metro buses from India Gate at 10 am.