21032024-LT-01.qxd 3/21/2024 12:59 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune SCHOOLS OF HAPPINESS TO TARGET RURAL CHILDREN TEACHER ON FAST UNTO DEATH REFUSES TO BUDGE TRIPTII DIMRI SHARES UPDATE ON BHOOL BHULAIYAA 3 Government has selected 100 schools which will be converted into schools of happiness,of which 20 are in dist. P2 Protesters have been sitting on dharna near the residence of Punjab Cabinet Minister Harjot Bains. P3 “It’s going to be something new and fresh and beautiful, of course,” the actress said. P4 » » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 30°C | MIN 15°C YESTERDAY MAX 29.6°C | MIN 13.6°C SUNSET THURSDAY 6.39 PM SUNRISE FRIDAY 6:27 AM THURSDAY | 21 MARCH 2024 | LUDHIANA 26.57-L voters on poll rolls, fresh registrations still on in district Nitin Jain ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY-WISE BREAK-UP Tribune News Service Ludhiana, March 20 The district administration has launched a massive campaign to register as voters persons aged 18 years and above, who have not yet been listed in the electoral rolls being prepared for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. With all 13 parliamentary constituencies in the state scheduled to vote in the last phase of the total sevenphase general election schedule, beginning April 19, on June 1, the registration of new voters will continue till the last day of nomination filing, which will be on May 9. Spearheading an intensive awareness campaign through social media channels and all other means, besides holding camps across colleges in the district, Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney, who is also the District Electoral Officer (DEO), told The Tribune, here on Wednesday, that as on January 22, as many as 26,57,496 voters have been registered across 14 Assembly segments in Ludhiana district, of which 17,31,124 electorates across nine Vidhan Sabha constituencies fall under the Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat while the rest 9,26,372 voters across five Assembly segments were part of the adjoining Fatehgarh Sahib parliamentary constituency. In Ludhiana, the number of electorates has increased from 16,80,953 in 2019 to 17,31,124 in 2024, which was an addition of 50,171 voters, accounting for a 2.98 per cent increase in the past five years. Of the total 14,17,816 male SEGMENT MALE 90,454 ■ Samrala 92,332 ■ Sahnewal 1,43,979 ■ Ludhiana East 1,22,823 ■ Ludhiana South 99,161 ■ Atam Nagar 85,300 ■ Ludhiana Central 83,197 ■ Ludhiana West 89,289 ■ Ludhiana North 1,05,788 ■ Gill 1,44,421 ■ Payal 87,011 ■ Dakha 97,234 ■ Raikot 80,319 ■ Jagraon 96,508 Total 14,17,816 ■ Khanna DC Sakshi Sawhney leads an awareness drive to register new voters in Ludhiana on Wednesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO DISTRICT PROFILE ■ Total electors: ■ Young: ■ Above 80 years: ■ PWD: ■ Service: ■ NRI: ■ Polling stations: ■ Polling locations: 26,57,496 47,749 54,763 15,706 4,979 95 2,919 1,410 2023 VS 2024 ■ 2023: 26,29,017 voters registered so far in the district, 9,23,721 were part of the Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat while the rest 4,94,095 will vote in the Fatehgarh Sahib parliamentary constituency. A total of 12,39,534 female electorates in the district comprised 8,07,274 for Ludhiana and the rest 4,32,260 for Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha segment. When it comes to the bifurcation of young and old voters in the district, as many as 54,763 were aged 80 years and above, of which 36,258 were part of Ludhiana and the rest 18,505 will vote for the Fatehgarh Sahib parliamentary constituency. ■ 2024: YOUTH RISE ■ 2023: ■ 2024: OLD DOWN ■ 2023: ■ 2024: HIGH & LOW ■ Gill: ■ Raikot: 26,57,496 34,870 47,749 56,148 54,763 2,71,750 1,49,799 Of the total 47,749 young electors in the district, 29,588 will exercise their franchise in Ludhiana while the rest 18,161 were part of the Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha seat. There were as many as 15,706 disabled voters registered in the district, of which 9,549 were part of Ludhiana while the rest 6,157 will vote for the Fatehgarh Sahib parliamentary segment. Of the total 4,979 service electorates in the district, 2,166 were part of Ludhiana while the rest 2,813 will exercise their franchise in the Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha constituency. FEMALE 81,755 82,767 1,21,254 1,04,111 77,523 77,019 72,629 83,889 93,849 1,27,318 77,005 86,417 69,479 84,519 12,39,534 THIRD GENDER 2 4 6 28 15 12 18 10 25 11 4 1 1 9 146 TOTAL 1,72,211 1,75,103 2,65,239 2,26,962 1,76,699 1,62,331 1,55,844 1,73,188 1,99,662 2,71,750 1,64,020 1,83,652 1,49,799 1,81,038 26,57,496 AIM TO REGISTER ALL VOTERS Our aim is not to leave behind even a single person aged 18 years and above in the district. We are reaching residents at their doorsteps, besides running an intensive awareness campaign to register all left-out voters and motivate all of them to vote in large numbers. – Sakshi Sawhney, DC-CUM-DEO ❝ ❞ Besides, 95 NRI voters were also registered in the district, of which 64 will vote in Ludhiana while the rest 31 were part of Fatehgarh Sahib parliamentary seat. Of the total 2,919 polling stations across 1,410 locations in the district, 1,842 stations at 773 locations fall under Ludhiana while the rest 1,077 stations at 637 locations were part of Fatehgarh Sahib constituency. “The additional supplement of the voters lists will be published after the last day of nomination filing,” the DC informed while divulging that Form 6 (application form for new voters) will be accepted till last day of nomination filing whereas Form 7 (application form for deletion of registered voters) and Form 8 (application form for correction in the entry of registered voters) will be kept pending for disposal till final publication of the electoral rolls. Sakshi said the entire district election machinery had been fanned out to cover each nook and corner of the district with an aim to register all eligible residents as voters and motivate them to exercise their franchise in large numbers to cross the 70 per cent voter turnout target. ~40 lakh unaccounted cash recovered from vehicle in city Three Ferozepur residents flee after leaving vehicle on road Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, March 20 The Ludhiana rural police today recovered unaccounted cash amounting to Rs 40 lakh from a car. Occupants of the vehicle, who were being chased by the police, abandoned the car on the road and fled. Later, during checking, the money was seized from the vehicle. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ludhiana (rural), Navneet Singh Bains, in a statement issued stated that on the directions of the Election Commission, SI Surinder Singh of the Jagraon City police station, along with a police team, was conducting a routine checking of vehicles at the Tehsil chowk in Jagraon. During the checking, on suspicion a Hyundai Verna car (bearing registration no PB06AB0081) was stopped for checking. Three occupants after noticing the naka, instead of paying heed to the signal of the police, sped away the car towards Sidhwan Bet. The SSP said suspecting something illegal in the car, the police started chasing the suspects. However, after a few minutes of the chase, the miscreants stopped the vehicle on the road and fled the scene. The police officials also tried to run after the suspects but the latter managed to escape from the scene. Later, the police checked the car and found a bag containing cash. Since huge amount of cash was seized from the car, two DSP-rank officials reached the scene and the cash was counted in their presence, which turned out to be Rs 40.25 lakh. Bains said the occupants of the car, who fled the scene abandoning the vehicle on the road, were residents of Ferozepur. At the time of the seizure of the cash from the car, nobody came to claim the same, so considering it unaccounted money, the Income Tax Department was informed and further investigation would be conducted by I-T officials only. When asked if the cash was Tribune News Service Harshraj Singh Tribune News Service Ludhiana, March 20 Though waste compactors have been installed by the Municipal Corporation at some locations in the city under the Smart City Mission, shopkeepers of Scooter Market are still awaiting the removal of the garbage dump adjacent to their shops and the installation of a waste compactor system at a nearby site. The MC had constructed a shed at the nearby Bhai Chattar Singh Park a few years ago for the installation of a static waste compactor system to remove the garbage dump from the Scooter Market. However, as of now, no compactor has been installed at the site, resulting in a significant amount of waste continuously being dumped under the flyover and on the road alongside shops in the market. The shopkeepers also highlighted the the poor condition of public toilets constructed under the flyover in the market. They have also submitted complaints to the MC regarding the poor condition of the toilets and unsanitary conditions due to the uncovered dump in the market. However, the MC is yet to take any concrete action to address their complaints. Satinderpal Singh, president of the Scooter Sellers’ Association, said they had been raising two major issues — uncovered garbage dump and dilapidated condition of public toilets in the market — for a long period but these had not been addressed by the civic body so far. “We recently submitted a letter to the MC, requesting to renovate the public toilets in the market. These are in a deplorable condition and the public is unable to use them. Besides, our long-pending demand for the removal of the dump from the market has not been met so far,” he said. An executive engineer of the corporation said he would look into the matter. Ludhiana, March 20 The Sadar police yesterday registered a case of abetment to suicide against a woman and two other persons after her husband ended his life. The deceased has been identified as Parmod Kumar Goswami (25). The suspects have been identified as deceased’s wife Seema Paswan, her mother Chanda Kali and brother Raju Paswan, all residents of Ranchi Colony. About carrying cash If you carry cash sans relevant documents to prove that the money is legitimate while the poll code is in force, your cash may be seized. As per information, if one carries cash below Rs 50,000, he doesn’t need to carry any document but he has to reveal the purpose of carrying the amount. If somebody carries cash between Rs 50,000 and Rs 10 lakh, the police and the Election Commission team could not release the money if no documents supporting the source of cash is proved. If one carries more than Rs 10 lakh in cash, the police and the EC team cannot release the same even if the person shows documents, rather the case will be referred to the Income Tax Department and I-T officials will release the money only after verifying the documents. Police officials with the car from which ~40L cash was seized on Wednesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO Traders await removal of garbage dump Man ends life; wife, in-laws booked SCOOTER MARKET meant for election purposes, the SSP said preliminary investigation could not establish the fact but a probe was on in this regard. The complainant, Ajay Kumar, the brother of the deceased, said his brother got married to Seema Paswan about seven years ago. Since it was a love marriage, he (deceased) and his in-laws were not on good terms with and the latter had been harassing the victim. Yesterday, Raju called him and threatened that he would kill Parmod. “On Tuesday night, Parmod asked his wife to make dinner but she refused. Afterwards, a fight erupted between the couple. Parmod was reportedly under the influence of alcohol. He was also upset over the harassment he was going through at the hands of his wife and in-laws. Following which, he went to his room and died by suicide by hanging himself,” the complainant alleged. Investigating officer ASI Major Singh said after registering a case of abetment to suicide against the suspects, the police had been conducting raids to nab the culprits. Max temperature reaches 29.6°C Ludhiana, March 20 The maximum temperature recorded on Wednesday in Ludhiana was 29.6°C, while the minimum temperature was 13.6°C. Partly cloudy weather conditions are predicted on Thursday. According to the report prepared by the Department of Climate Change and Agricultural Meteorology, PAU, the weather is expected to remain partly cloudy over Ludhiana and its adjoining areas during the next 24 hours. — TNS Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Ludhiana, March 20 Two domestic helps served food laced with some sedatives to an elderly couple with a motive to commit theft. Fortunately, before fainting, the couple suspecting some foul play called their son and the latter sent their neighbours to their home to enquire, which prevented the theft. The couple, who became unconsciousness, was admitted to a hospital. After the incident, Police Division 5 yesterday registered a case against the suspects, identified as Alertness of victims prevented untoward incident, one nabbed Karan Bahadur and Kalu Vishawkarma. Karan was arrested in the case while the other person is at large. Complainant Nitesh Jindal said he had gone to attend a programme in Chandigarh along with his wife and children on March 18. He received a call from his elderly parents who told him that they were falling unconscious. Afterwards, he called his neighbour Ketan Arora and sent him to his house to enquire about the health of his parents. When his neighbour reached the house, the elderly couple was lying unconscious and they were taken to the hospital for treatment. The complainant said he returned home and informed the police about the incident. Though both suspects had fled the house, the police caught one of them later. Investigating officer ASI Mohan Lal said after registering a case, further investigation was launched and raids were on to nab the absconding man. Ludhiana, March 20 Withanaimtobriefdifferentpolitical parties about the model code of conduct and to ensure its compliance during the Lok Sabha2024 elections, Assistant Returning Officer (ARO), Ludhiana East-cumMCJointCommissioner Chetan Bunger conducted a meeting with representatives of different political parties at MC Zone A office here on Wednesday. The parties have been instructed to ensure compliance of the model code of conduct. Representatives of different parties, including the Congress, BJP AAP BSP among , , , others, participated in the meeting. ARO Bunger said the representatives had been apprised c m y b ASHWANI DHIMAN Two helps serve sedatives to Ensure compliance with poll code, political parties told elderly couple to commit theft A political hoarding is still being displayed on a wall of the bus stand, Ludhiana,in violation of the poll code. that the political parties need to seek permission to run advertisements on electronic media and social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The permissions have to be taken online. He said only pre-certified advertisements would be allowed and the political parties should take permission before issuing advertise- ments even if it was for social media. The expenditure on these advertisements would be added to the election expenditure account. All pamphlets, posters, handbills, etc. must carry the name of the publisher and printer. Besides, the number of printed copies and a declaration of the publisher must be submitted with all information regarding the publication. ARO Chetan Bunger said for organising rallies or any other political activity, the political parties have to take all permissions online and that too, 48 hours prior to the event. Further, the political parties also need to obtain consent of the owners before installing posters, banners, etc, on private property and the consent letter should be submitted with the District Election Officer. No religious place or school should be used for campaigning.
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