24112024-LT-01.qxd 11/24/2024 12:39 AM Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune COMMISSION AGENT NABBED FOR RAPING WORKER BOBBY WRAPS SHOOTING FOR HIS NEXT FILM Bobby Deol has finished shooting for his next filmDaaku Maharaajfeaturing veteran actor Nandamuri. P4 The Jagraon city police arrested a commission agent on charge of raping a 20-year-old woman. P2 » NEETU OPENS UP ABOUT FILM JACKSON HALT Actor-producer Neetu Chandra is quite happy as her film Jackson Halt was screened at 55th edition of IFFI. P4 » » FORECAST SHALLOW FOG MAX 24°C | MIN 12°C YESTERDAY MAX 26°C | MIN 11°C SUNSET SUNDAY 5.23 PM SUNRISE MONDAY 6:56 AM SUNDAY | 24 NOVEMBER 2024 | LUDHIANA MC launches 2 major projects worth ~77 cr to dispose of legacy waste effectively Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 23 Focussing on improving solid waste management in the city through a comprehensive action plan, the Municipal Corporation (MC) on Saturday launched two major projects worth around Rs 77 crore to treat and dispose of legacy waste in an effective manner. Under the guidance of MC Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal, the projects have been launched for bio-remediation of around 19.62 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste at the main Jamalpur dump site of the civic body on Tajpur Road and for bioremediation of over 2 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste at the Jainpur site. The project for bio-remedi- ABOUT PROJECTS The two projects have been launched for bio-remediation of around 19.62 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste at the main Jamalpur dump site of the civic body on Tajpur Road and bioremediation of over 2 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste at the Jainpur site. The project for bio-remediation of legacy waste at the Jamalpur dump site is being taken up at a cost of around ~70 crore and it will be completed in around two years. ation of legacy waste at the Jamalpur dump site is being taken up at a cost of around Rs 70 crore and it will be completed in around two years. The MC will not provide any machinery for the project and the plant is being installed by the contractor. Heaps of trash would be removed and around 41 acres of the MC land would be freed after bio-remediation of the legacy waste. Afterwards, the site will be used for effective solid waste management in future. At Jainpur, around 2.19 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste will be disposed of through bio-remediation and around 29 acres would be freed for future projects of the civic body. The project is being taken up at a cost of around Rs 7.62 crore and it would be completed in around 1.5 years. Speaking about the project to dispose of legacy waste at the Jamalpur dump site, the MC Commis- sioner said the civic body had launched the first phase of disposing of around 5 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste at the dump site around two years ago. The second phase to dispose of the remaining over 19 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste has been launched on Saturday. The entire legacy waste would be cleared after the completion of these projects. He said the projects were part of a comprehensive action plan to improve solid waste management in the city. These had been launched and contractors would establish plants/facilities in the initial two-four months for disposing of the refuse. Dachalwal said the civic body was also working to launch a project for disposing of the fresh waste generated in the city on a daily basis. The MC had recently signed an MoU with a Chennaibased firm for turning 400 metric tonnes of fresh waste into green charcoal and soon a project would also be launched for disposing of the remaining 700 metric tonnes of fresh waste. Around 1,100 metric tonnes of waste was generated in the city on a daily basis. The civic body was taking all steps to improve solid waste management in the city but the goal could not be achieved without active support of residents. He appealed to residents to hand over segregated dry and wet household waste to garbage collectors and stop dumping waste in open spaces/vacant plots. The tendering process for installing street lights in Ludhiana has been initiated. HIMANSHU MAHAJAN Civic body all set to install 6K street lights in wards of city Theft incidents, accidents reported in recent past in absence of lights Manav Mander Tribune News Service Employee decamps with 12 gold rings Ludhiana, November 23 A Ludhiana-based jeweller, Sham Sundar Verma, filed a complaint against his employee Vinay Kumar Chauhan for allegedly taking away gold jewellery worth lakhs. According to Verma, Chauhan was recruited as a salesman at his store, Shanu Jewellers, and was given gold jewellery to sell to customers. However, he allegedly sold the jewellery and pocketed the money. His employer came to know about the incident when Chauhan failed to return to the store. An investigation revealed that he took away 12 diamond-studded gold ladies’ rings worth lakhs. Verma reported the incident to the police, stating that the suspect had been working at the store for some time and had gained his trust. The police on Friday registered a case against Chauhan. The police were searching for the suspect, who is currently on the run. According to the police, the suspect had told his employer that he had sold the rings to a jeweller in Jalandhar but when Verma contacted the jeweller, he denied buying any jewellery from Chauhan. The police launched a probe into the matter and efforts were on to recover the stolen jewellery. — TNS Key suspect nabbed in petrol bomb attack case The suspect in police custody in Ludhiana on Saturday. Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 23 The Ludhiana police in a joint operation with the counter intelligence wing on Saturday claimed to have arrested the key suspect in the incident of petrol bomb attack at the house of Shiv Sena leader Harkirat Singh Khurana. ADCP (Crime) Amandeep Singh Brar in a statement issued stated that on November 2, three motorcycle riders had hurled a petrol bomb at the house of Shiv Sena leader Harkirat Singh Khurana, a resident of Model Town Extension, here. The key suspect, Lovepreet, alias Sonu Baba, a resident of Nawanshahr, who was riding the motorcycle, was at large in the case. He was being continuously searched by the police along with the team led by AIG, Counter Intelligence, Ludhiana, Simratpal Singh Dhindsa. Brar said on Saturday, Lovepreet was arrested from the Ladhowal area. On November 5, the police had arrested Jaswinder Singh, alias Binder, a resident of Boothgarh in Ludhiana, Ravinder Pal Singh, alias Ravi (38), Manish Sahid, alias Sanju (30), and Anil Kumar, alias Honey (27), residents of Rahon in Nawanshahr, in the case. The suspects were part of the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) module being run by foreign individuals. Police teams had then also recovered two mobile phones and impounded a TVS Raider motorcycle (bearing registration no. PB 32 AC 3770) used to commit the crime. Lovepreet, along with his accomplices Ravinder Pal and Anil Kumar, had thrown the petrol bomb at the house of Sena leader. Another suspect, Laddi, is also wanted in the case. Two brothers of woman steal gold jewellery from her house Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 23 The Mullanpur Dakha police on Friday registered a case against two brothers for committing a theft at the house of their sister. Even the jeweller who bought the stolen valuables was also booked by the police. The suspects have been identified as Mandeep Singh, alias Mani, Jaswant Singh, alias Babbar, and jeweller Kala Garg. The complainant, Sandeep Kaur, a resident of Mandiana village, told the police that she runs a boutique at Mullanpur Dakha. Every morning she goes to her boutique while her children go to Jeweller who purchased stolen items too booked school. She has two brothers, Mandeep Singh (27), who is married and stays in Kotman, and Jaswant Singh, younger brother, who stays with her aunt Sukhwinder Kaur at Mandiani village. “My brothers often come to my home and they know everything about the house. Both of them opened locks of the house and stole gold ornaments, including a necklace weighing 11 gm, pair of earrings, a locket weighing 8 gm and a chain, two rings weighing 10 gm and two pairs of earrings weighing 10 gm, kept in the iron almirah. On October 10, I had seen the ornaments in the almirah. On November 16, these were found missing as the same was stolen by my brothers,” she said. She said when she asked her brothers about the theft, they confessed to the crime, stating that they had sold ornaments to Garg Jewellers. When the jeweller was asked about the same, he started making excuses. The complainant said she was sure that her brothers had stolen the gold ornaments and then sold the same to the jeweller. ASI Tarsem Singh said a probe was launched in the case. c m y b Woman, brother-in-law found hanging Tribune News Service Ludhiana, November 23 A tragic incident occurred in the Dhandari Kalan area near here on Saturday, where a woman, Durga Kumari, and her brother-in-law, Prem Chand, were found hanging. According to the police, Durga had come to Ludhiana from her village a few days ago and was staying with her brother-in-law. The police found that Durga’s husband Dharminder Kumar worked at a factory and the couple had a daughter. The police investigation revealed that Durga and Prem Chand were found hanging in the room. The incident came to the fore when Durga’s child started crying and a neighbour came to check up on them. The police sent the bodies for a post-mortem examination and started a probe into the matter. The police are also questioning family members and neighbours to find out the cause of death. The post-mortem examination report is awaited, which will help determine the cause of death. Ludhiana, November 23 Every street of the city is soon expected to be lit at night as the Municipal Corporation (MC) is all set to install 6,000 street lights in different wards of the city. The tendering process for the same has been initiated by the civic body. Before the beginning of the process for the MC elections, local MLAs want maximum developmental works to be initiated in the city. The reason behind the same is to catch the attention of voters. Now, with the MC installing street lights, the MLAs are trying their best to get these installed in their respective constituencies. This month, within a period of one week, over 100 street lights have been stolen from various parts of the city and the MC will be reinstalling these too while many new colonies sans street lights and in some, street lights are lying defunct. Now, all complaints of city residents related to street lights will be resolved soon and new lights will soon lit up roads at night. In the absence of street lights, many incidents of theft and accidents have also been reported in the recent past. Manjitinder Singh, XEN (lights), said a survey was being conducted in the city so that the MC comes to know about the requirement of street lights and areas where these were required. The work would be carried according to the requirement of specific areas and priority would be given to those areas where no street lights had been installed. Most of lights on the Southern Bypass remain non-functional, posing a risk for commuters. “Street lights are not functional due to which it becomes difficult to commute during night when I return home from work. Street lights should be repaired at the earliest as it will also help check any antisocial activity in the area,” said a businessman from the Focal Point area. Illegal commercial building demolished in Gurdev Nagar Ludhiana, November 23 Taking action against illegal constructions, the Municipal Corporation (MC) demolished an illegal under-construction building in Gurdev Nagar here on Saturday. The owner has been constructing a commercial building in a residential area. Building branch officials of the MC Zone D said they had received a complaint against the illegal activity, following which a warning was issued to the owner to stop the illegal construction. But the person continued the The illegal building being razed at Gurdev Nagar in Ludhiana. construction work, after which action was taken in the matter on Saturday and the building was demolished. — TNS