08122024-LT-01.qxd 08-12-2024 00:42 Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune VETERINARY SCIENCE COLLEGE BAGS OVERALL TROPHY AMERICA’S GOT TALENT COMEDIAN KABIR SINGH DIES KAPIL SHARMA WINS GLOBAL ENTERTAINER OF YEAR AWARD Weeklong youth festival of GADVASU concludes as College of Veterinary Science lifts overall trophy. P2 Comedian Kabir Singh, best known for his performance on America’s Got Talent Season 16, passed away. P4 Stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma was honoured with the Global Entertainer of the Year Award. P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 25°C | MIN 6°C YESTERDAY MAX 25°C | MIN 6°C SUNSET SUNDAY 5.23 PM SUNRISE MONDAY 7:07 AM » SUNDAY | 8 DECEMBER 2024 | LUDHIANA Civic body launches project worth ~53worth around ~77 crore have already been launched in past cr to dispose of fresh waste Projects and stop dumping waste at open spaces/vacant plots. Tribune News Service Ludhiana, December 7 Working under the comprehensive action plan to improve solid waste management in the city, the Municipal Corporation (MC) on Saturday launched a major project worth over Rs 53 crore to dispose of around 700 metric tonnes of fresh waste generated in the city on a daily basis. Working under the guidance of MC Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal, projects worth around Rs 77 crore have already been launched in the past for bio-remediation of around 19.62 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste at the Jamalpur main dumpsite of the civic body on the Tajpur road and bioremediation of over 2 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste at the Jainpur site. Now, this third major project has been launched for disposing of around 700 metric tonnes of fresh waste generated in the city on a daily basis. The MC Commissioner said around 1,100 metric tonnes of garbage was generated in the city on a daily basis. The civic body has already signed an Now, the third major project has been launched for disposing of around 700 MT of fresh waste. Cop booked for misplacing case file Manav Mander Suspects took Thar on rent to commit murder, 3 at large Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana, December 7 A day after the Ludhiana police arrested two suspects with illegal weapons, their investigation led to startling disclosures that one of them, the key suspect, Jashandeep Singh, had arranged weapons to kill the village sarpanch. He made four of his friends part of the murder conspiracy. Jashandeep and his aide Gagandeep Singh were arrested on Friday in the case. Three .32 bore pistols along with six cartridges and a Mahindra Thar were seized from the suspects. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Investigation) Shubham Aggarwal, ADCP (Investigation) Amandeep Singh Brar and CIA in-charge inspector Rajesh Kumar addressed a press conference in this regard on Saturday. The DCP said the suspect, Jashandeep Singh Jashan, a resident of Lalto Kalan village, told the police that he had gone to Polytechnic College, Rishi Nagar, to file nom- 3 GUNS, VEHICLE SEIZED Jashandeep and his aide Gagandeep Singh were arrested on Friday in the case. Three .32 bore pistols along with six cartridges and a Mahindra Thar were seized from the suspects. ates Gagandeep Singh, alias Gagan, of Lalto Kalan, Akashdeep Singh, alias Pannu, of Kharar, Gagandeep Singh, alias Gaggu, alias Gyani, of Lalto Kalan and Ketan of Haryana had planned to murder the sarpanch. Meanwhile, ADCP (Crime) Amandeep Brar said police parties were formed to conduct raids to nab the three remaining suspects in the case, Akashdeep, Gaggu and Ketan. Brar revealed that the trio had a criminal past. A case is already registered against Jashandeep at the PAU police station in October this year but he came out of jail on bail. At the same time, seven cases, including murder, are registered against Akashdeep and he came out on bail from the nabha Jail on December 22, 2022. Gaggu, who is facing one case, was also out on bail. Interestingly, as per the police, the suspects had also brought a Mahindra Thar on rent in which they had kept illegal weapons and the vehicle was to be used in committing the murder. Parties in upbeat mood for MC poll Ludhiana, December 7 The Ludhiana police booked a head constable, Balvinder Ram, for allegedly misplacing a crucial file related to an illicit liquor smuggling case dating back to 2015. The case was registered at the Salem Tabri police station on Friday. According to reports, head constable Balvinder Ram had the file in his possession but failed to present it in court or hand it over to anyone at the police station. Moreover, allegations said he created a fake copy of the case, further complicating the matter. SI Kashmir Singh confirmed that a case was registered against Balvinder under Section 409, IPC, which pertains to criminal breach of trust. Given the suspicious nature of the incident, the police were also scrutinising the his past record to uncover any potential wrongdoing. — TNS Duo arrested with weapons plannedtokillsarpanch: Cops Central MLA opens projects worth over ~74 lakh MoU with a Chennai-based firm in the past for turning 400 metric tonnes of the waste into green charcoal. Now, the civic body has, on Saturday, launched a project worth over Rs 53 crore to treat and dispose of remaining 700 metric tonnes of fresh waste. This contract for treating 700 metric tonnes of waste has been allotted for three years to Greentech Environ Management Private Limited. The civic body would be providing 6 acres to the contractor at the Jamalpur Tribune News Service Ludhiana, December 7 All major political parties are in a upbeat mood for the upcoming Municipal Corporation elections. Screening committees have been formed and a survey regarding candidates is going on but the final list by all parties will be declared only once the date for the elections will be announced by the government. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had received nearly 300 applications from party workers interested in fighting the elections. Sharanpal Singh Makkar, district president of AAP said , the meeting of the screening committee was held recently at Chandigarh and the names were shortlisted. “The survey Man shot at after dispute at marriage function Ludhiana, December 7 A man was shot in the hand during a dispute during a wedding in the Ishwar Colony area here. The incident occurred on Friday night when the victim, Balwinder Singh (26), attended his friend’s wedding. A disagreement broke out between Balwinder and two other persons, leading to one of them firing a gunshot that hit Balwinder’s hand. Balwinder was rushed to the Civil Hospital. He was stated to be out of danger now. The police launched a probe into the incident and initiated proceedings to register a case in the matter. According to inspector Harshveer Singh, SHO, Sadar police station, an FIR was being registered against the person who opened fire and further investigation would be launched. The victim, a resident of Guru Angad Dev Colony, said he had attended his friend’s wedding and was participating in the Jago ceremony when the dispute arose. He alleged that one of the young man fired a gunshot, hitting him in the hand. The police are currently investigating the matter and are trying to identify the person responsible for firing the gunshot. The police said further action would be taken once the inquiry was complete. It was also yet unclear whether the weapon used in the firing was licensed or unlicensed. — TNS dumpsite and the contractor will establish the plant for disposing of the waste at the said site in two months. Dachalwal said the civic body had already launched the project for disposing of the remaining over 19 lakh mteric tonnes of legacy waste at the Jamalpur main dumpsite of the MC. ‘Heaps of trash’ would be removed from the dumpsite and around 41 acres of the MC land would be freed after bioremediation of the legacy waste. The site would then be used for effective solid waste management in future. He said now, projects worth around Rs 130 crore had been launched for improving solid waste management in the city. He said the civic body was taking all necessary steps to improve solid waste management in the city but the goal could not be achieved without active support of residents. Dachalwal appealed to the residents to hand over segregated dry and wet household waste to garbage collectors FINAL LIST AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT OF DATE Screening committees have been formed and a survey regarding candidates is going on but the final list by all parties will be declared only once the date for the elections will be announced by the government. regarding the shortlisted candidates is going on and after the same, the final list will be prepared,” said Makkar. He said the final candidates would be announced after the declaration of the date of elections, which will be done in a day or two. The BJP has received nearly 500 applications from those interested in fighting the MC elections. Rajneesh Dhiman, district BJP chief, said they were ready for the MC elections and only waiting for the government to announce the date for the poll. “We will finalise the candidates only after the date is announced. The government has been delaying the elections purposely and in case these were delayed yet again, there is no point in announcing the names,” said Dhiman. He said whether the elections were being done according to the old ward delimitation or new, the BJP was ready as AAP had done new ward delimitation according to its own choice. Hence, they should also be ready for the fight. A meeting of the screening committee of the Indi- MC rehabilitates 31 families Ludhiana, December 7 Working under the guidance of Ludhiana Central MLA Ashok Parashar and MC Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal, the Municipal Corporation (MC) rehabilitated 31 families of Sant Pura and Kabir Basti near Dhuri line in BSUP flats situated in the Dhandari Kalan area here on Saturday. Parashar said these families had approached him in the past raising concern over their livelihood. He had taken up the matter with civic body officials. The civic body has now allotted flats established under the Basic Services for Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme to the 31 families. The MC Commissioner said the civic body was ensuring basic amenities for residents in the BSUP flats. — TNS c m y b For ensuring potable water supply to residents, Ludhiana Central MLA Ashok Parashar Pappi inaugurated projects worth over Rs 74 lakh in different areas of the Ludhiana Central constituency on Saturday. These include a project to lay water sewer lines from the Sundar Nagar puli till the Madhopuri puli (Ward 83) alongside the Buddha Nullah at a cost of around Rs 37.37 lakh. Further, he kick-started projects to install new tube wells in Bangroo mohalla (Ward 84) and Ranjit park area (Ward 81). Tube wells would be installed in both these areas at a cost of around Rs 12.50 lakh each. The MLA also inaugurated newly installed 25hp tube well in Harcharan Nagar (Ward 81) at a cost of around Rs 12.50 lakh. Parashar said projects worth crores had been completed in the Central constituency in the past and he had inaugurated projects worth around Rs 5.67 crore on Friday. an National Congress was held here on Saturday, which was attended by probable candidates who had submitted their names. “Interviews were held of those who had submitted their names and after Saturday’s meetings, we are planning to final the list of the candidates by December 11. The Congress has received over 250 applications,” said Sanjay Talwar, president of the District Congress Committee. Public opinion will be sought before finalising the names and we have received more than one name from each ward. We are ready for the elections and waiting for the date to be announced. We are confident to form the MC House and the next Mayor of Ludhiana will be from the Congress,” Talwar said. ination papers for the post of sarpanch during the panchayat elections held in October where he clashed with the opposing group. After the incident, the PAU police had registered a cross case against both parties. He said Jashandeep’s nomination papers were rejected owing to some shortcomings by the election officer but papers of the other person with whom Jashandeep had clashed were accepted and he also won the elections. After the election results, Jashandeep started nursing a grudge against the person who was elected as the village sarpanch and then he decided to commit murder of the sarpanch. The DCP said Jashandeep, along with his associ- Cops address mediapersons in Ludhiana on Saturday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: HIMANSHU MAHAJAN Samrala SHO dies in road mishap Tribune News Service Ludhiana, December 7 Davinderpal Singh, Station House Officer (SHO), Samrala, lost his life in a road accident. The incident occurred on a road near Amloh where his Toyota Innova vehicle collided with a stationary truck. According to DSP Tarlochan Singh, SHO Davinderpal Singh had travelled to the Amloh area to investigate a case and was returning to Samrala when the accident occurred around 2 am. Eyewitnesses said the vehicle rammed into a stationary truck, resulting in fatal injuries to the policeman. The driver of the truck fled the scene, leaving behind his vehicle. Airbags in the front seat of the car had deployed, but unfortunately, the SHO suffered severe head injuries. His vehicle was extensively damaged in the accident. The DSP said SHO Davinderpal Singh was survived by his wife and two children, including a son who resides in Canada as a permanent resident. The family was awaiting the son’s arrival to perform the last rites, which were expected to take place on Monday.