09092025-ATR-01.qxd 9/8/2025 11:49 PM Page 1 c m y b Amritsar tribune FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 31°C | MIN 25°C YESTERDAY MAX 31°C | MIN 26°C ANGELINA JOLIE ATTENDS TORONTO INT’L FILM FESTIVAL PUNJABIS ARE KNOWN FOR SOCIAL SERVICE: SALMAN KHAN FORMER US PREZ BARACK OBAMA WINS THIRD EMMY Angelina Jolie on Sunday attended the Toronto TIFF 2025 for a special screening of her latest film Couture. P4 Bollywood actor Salman Khan expressed his solidarity and concern for the people in North India. P4 He earned the award for his narration in Netflix's Our Oceans, a series that explores the wonders of oceans. P4 » » SUNSET TUESDAY 6.44 PM SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 6.11 AM » TUESDAY | 9 SEPTEMBER 2025 | AMRITSAR Kar Sewa sects doing yeoman service Volunteers of the Guru Ka Bagh Kar Sewa sect help in repairing the breached dhussi bundh at Ghonewal village in Amritsar. PHOTO: VISHAL KUMAR in Ajnala subdivision alone, flooding the entire Ramdass, Ajnala till Rajasansi and Lopoke. Most of the breaches occurred at Ghonewal and Machhiwal village, the two villages which were completely devastated by the floods. A huge number of houses collapsed in these villages. Earlier, when the floods had struck different parts of Punjab, these sects had also provided water boats to rescue people from their house marooned in flooded waters. The Samapardai Kar Sewa Sarhali, headed by Baba Sukha Singh, has been busy in plugging and strengthening the earthen embankments near Baupur Jadid village in tehsil Sultanpur Lodhi (Kapurthala). These bundhs were breached due to the erosion of soils due to the swelling Beas river. A team of Sampardai Kar Sewa Sarhali was among the first to reach affected areas to offer aid. At present, the work of repairing embankments is under way at Marar, Kiriyan and Sabhra (Tarn Taran district) villages to prevent further erosion. Work also began on rebuilding the breached embankments of the Ravi at Ghonewal village, which will be completed soon. Baba Sukha Singh said in 2023, sewa was performed from July 14 to October 20. This time as well, until broken river embankments are fully repaired and affected people get properly settled, the Sampardai will continue to provide its uninterrupted services. Amritsar, September 8 Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney has directed officials to ensure that all dead animals in flood-affected areas are disposed of properly so that the risk of spreading diseases can be avoided. She said poultry farm owners must be contacted for the safe disposal of dead birds. The DC was holding a meeting with officials at Ajnala to review the situation after the water level receded. She said along with relief work, the administration’s priority is to prevent health hazards. “Officials and employees must reach every affected family and make sure that relief material is delivered to them,” she said. Sawhney instructed officials to collect data of families whose houses and businesses were completely destroyed in the floods so that their rehabilitation could begin. She also asked revenue officials to speed up the process of girdawari (loss assessment) so that compensation reaches people on time. The DC said those who lost important documents in the floods should be helped through digital records such as Aadhaar and linked mobile numbers so that compensation can directly be transferred to their bank accounts. — TNS PHOTO: VISHAL KUMAR Tribune Reporters Amritsar, September 8 At a time when Punjab is battling the unprecedented floods following incessant rains and cloudbursts in the catchment areas of the Ravi, Beas and Satluj rivers in Himachal Pradesh, many religious organisations, NGOs, philanthropists, renowned personalities like Punjabi actors, singers and political leaders are taking active part in rescue operations, besides providing relief items to affected people. During these rescue operations, two Kar Sewa sects have been doing yeoman services at various flood-ravaged areas in the state. From providing food, ration, essential items to medicines, etc, to needy persons and fodder for animals, these sects are also playing an instrumental role in plugging the breaches in dhussi bundhs (earthen embankments), besides strengthening them. The first Kar Sewa sect, Guru Ka Bagh, has been involved in the plugging of an around 500-m and about 30-40 feet deep breach in dhussi bundh at Ghonewal village in Ramdass. The district administration has reportedly approached the Sarhali Kar Sewa sect for plugging and strengthening the breaches. As many as 14 breaches occurred in the dhussi bundh Drug smuggling module busted; five arrested Dispose of carcasses properly, says DC Sawhney Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar addresses mediapersons in Amritsar on Monday. Tribune News Service Amritsar, September 8 The Amritsar city police commissionerate busted a heroin trafficking cartel with the arrest of five persons, including notorious smuggler Soni Singh, alias Soni, and recovered 8.1 kg of heroin from his possession. Interestingly, they used to dump the contraband in hotels to further circulate drug consignments. Among others arrested included Gursewak Singh, Vishaldeep Singh, alias Gola, Gurpreet Singh and Arshdeep Singh, all residents of Ajnala in Amritsar. Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said, “The syndicate was operating from Pakistan and drones were being used to deliver large consignments of heroin into Indian territory.” As per an initial probe, the syndicate used hotels as contraband dumps to circulate consignments further into the network, he added. Further investigations are in progress to establish their forward and backward linkages in this case to identify handlers, supply chains and financial networks, he said. Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said the racket was busted following reliable intelligence inputs. The police arrested drug smuggler Soni Singh from the outskirts of the city along with 150 grams of heroin and drug money. His interroga- tion revealed that he had six cases registered against him under the NDPS Act. He had come out of jail in June and had further delivered consignments of nearly 30 kg heroin that came via drones, supplying them further across the chain, he said. His disclosure led to the arrest of his associates Gursewak Singh who was held with 8.037 kg heroin. The latter was handling the consignments to be delivered in the city, said the Police Commissioner, adding that further investigation led to the arrest of remaining active members of this smuggling module. 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