22032025-JTR-01.qxd 3/21/2025 11:17 PM Page 1 c m y b Jalandhar tribune SINGER JASBIR JASSI’S HEART BEATS FOR HEER SONY ENTERTRAINMENT TV IS SET TO REVIVE CRIME PATROL WHEN HANSAL AND PRATIK CAME TOGETHER ON STAGE Dil Le Gayi… might have been career defining song for Jasbir Jassi, but his heart still beats for Heer! P4 Sony Entertainment Television is set to revive one of its most iconic crimebased shows, Crime Patrol. P4 Acclaimed director Hansal Mehta's cinema has all the gravitas needed to make thought-provoking content.P4 » » FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR MAX 31°C | MIN 12°C YESTERDAY MAX 30°C | MIN 13°C SUNSET SATURDAY 6.40 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 6:27 AM » SATURDAY | 22 MARCH 2025 | JALANDHAR INBRIEF CYCLIST KILLED IN HIT AND RUN Phagwara: A man was killed on the spot when a speeding vehicle hit his cycle near the Palahai road underbridge on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Raj Balum of Kirpa Nagar, Phagwara. Vehicle driver managed to flee after hitting the deceased. The police have registered a case and handed over the body to his family members after the postmortem examination. OC FOUR ‘DRUG PEDDLERS’ HELD Phagwara: The police have arrested four drug peddlers and recovered 17 gm of heroin and 198 intoxicated tablets from their possession on Thursday night. The arrested accused were identified as Pawan Kumar of Chhaj Colony, Phagwara, Shinda of village Darvesh, Balbir Kumar of Kirpa Nagar, Phagwara, and Rohit Mahey of Mahilpur. As many as 53 tablets were recovered from Pawan, 5 gm heroin from Shinda,12 gm heroin and 100 tablets from Balbir and 45 tablets from Rohit. The police have impounded a car from Balbir. Four different cases have been registered against them. OC MAN ARRESTED FOR SNATCHING Phagwara: The police have arrested a Shahkot miscreant on the charge of snatching a woman's earrings. The accused has been identified as Kiranjit Singh, alias Billa, of Mullewal Khehra village. Anju Bala of Guru Teg Bahadar Nagar had complained to the police that the accused snatched her earrings on March 10. A case had been registered against the accused and his accomplice Jaskaran of the same village who is still absconding. OC Didn’t sleep whole night till Sunita returned to earth: ISRO Chairman Aparna Banerji ISRO’S BIRTH IN 1969 Tribune News Service Jalandhar, March 21 “I did not sleep that day, watching the entire mission” said the Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr V Narayanan, today while speaking on the nail-biting events culminating in the return of NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore homecoming to earth on March 18, after nine months of being stranded aboard the International Space Station. Dr Narayanan shared this while speaking on the sidelines of the 8th Chhatra Sansad hosted at Lovely Professional University, where he was one of the key speakers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently penned an emotional letter, also extending an invitation to the “illustrious daughter” (Sunita) to come to India following her return. ISRO, too, closely followed her return, with the chairman having expressed the wish to “utilise” her “expertise in space exploration”. The ISRO Chairman also said with recent developments and projects in space exploration, India had several firsts to its credit - India The Indian Space Programme was started in 1962 and the ISRO was opened on August 15, 1969. At that time, we were almost 60 years behind advanced nations in space activities because in 1969, Neil Armstrong landed on moon and Yuri Gagarin was sent into space and brought back safely in 1961. Till today, we’ve launched 4,000 rockets. 131 SATELLITES IN SPACE SO FAR ISRO chief Dr V Narayanan at LPU, Phagwara. WHERE WE STAND NOW On a couple of issues, we’re on number one. With the Chandrayaan Mission, India became the first country to find water molecule on the moon; with Chandrayaan 3, India became the only country to land on the south pole of the moon. With Chandrayaan 2, we landed an orbiter in lunar orbit, sending thousands of photographs with the best camera available on the moon. India is the only country which accomplished Mars mission in the first attempt (that too with a very low cost). In a single rocket, Russia placed 30 satellites, subsequently we are the first country which placed more than 100 satellites by a single rocket. being first country to find water molecule on the moon through the Chandrayaan mission, the first country to land on moon’s south pole, first country to accomplish red planet mission on the first attempt and at a very low cost, the first country to place over 100 satellites by a single rocket, etc. Speaking on the Phagwara: The Mehatpur police have arrested a miscreant on the charge of stealing a motorcycle. The accused has been identified as Jaj Singh, alias Karan, of Chak Bahmannia village in Shahkot. The police have received an information that the accused is a habitual thief and indulged in stealing motorcycles and coming to sell a stolen bike and was arrested at a naka. A case had been registered against the accused and recovered a stolen two-wheeler from him. oc VETERANS TO PROTEST TODAY Garhshankar: A meeting was held by ex-Army men under the leadership of Captain Amarjit Singh Gulpur and Subedar Kewal Singh against the brutal beating of a Colonel and his son by the Punjab Police. At the meeting, it was decided to hold a peaceful protest at Banga Chowk on Saturday at 9 am against the incident. OC “This was a highly technology-intense mission. They faced problems, earlier with the thrusters, then they wanted to do a test on the ground and after testing also they were not convinced. Then they changed the recent models and when they changed the model, there was the issue with the space WORLD WATER DAY Deepkamal Kaur Tribune News Service A double-storey building of drug peddlers being demolished in Bhargo Camp, Jalandhar, on Friday. Building of 3 drug peddlers razed at Bhargo Camp Tribune News Service MAN HELD FOR STEALING BIKE upcoming Gaganyaan mission to space, he said it will facilitate new era in spacerelated understanding and experience for India. Responding to The Tribune’s query on the dramatic events leading to Sunita’s and Wilmore dramatic splash down on the Gulf of Mexico on March 18, Narayanan said, Ashok Kaura PHAGWARA, MARCH 21 The proceedings of the first Budget meeting of the Municipal Corporation, Phagwara, was ended by Mayor Ram Paul Uppal only in nine minutes amid uproar here today. When AAP Deputy Mayor Vicky Sood reached the hall and saw Uppal, Senior Deputy Mayor Tej Pal Basra, MC Commissioner Akshita Gupta and Assistant Commissioner Anish Bansal sitting there but could not find any chair for him, he felt humiliated and went out of the hall immediate after signing in the register without participating in the meeting. The situation became tense when Bansal started to read the resolutions of Rs 4762.10 lakh Budget for 2025-26, Congress councillor Sanjeev Bugga objected and raised his voice asking him to tell about the proceedings of the last meeting which could not be passed by the House. Bugga also asked the Mayor to disclose the detailed list of current sweepers. He alleged that leaders of AAP has illegally shown 134 sweepers in MC Phagwara, but on ground 134 sweepers do not exist. He further blamed that on the name of sweepers, AAP members take their salaries. Meanwhile, it was reliably learnt that the MC Phagwara could earn only Rs 3,929 lakh till now during 2024-25 while the target was fixed for Rs 4628 lakh. I-T raids on 10 premises Jalandhar, March 21 The investigation wing of the Income Tax Department, Jalandhar, on March 19 conducted raids at over 10 premises across four states of Punjab, Jammu, Delhi and UP . The raids were conducted under the supervision of Prin- cipal Director of Income Tax, Ludhiana, and were aimed to target some persons allegedly involved in filing the Income Tax Returns, claiming bogus refunds. Sources have confirmed that I-T Department has found a huge tax evasion by the tax defaulters. — TNS Over 1 cr litre of groundwater being recharged MAN HELD FOR FAKE WOMAN ID Phagwara: The police have arrested a Ludhiana resident on the charges of creating fake ID of a woman on Hello App and criminal conspiracy. The accused has been identified as Sukhpreet Singh of Ghulal village. The victim of Umarpur village had complained to police that the accused created her fake ID as "Daljit Faror" on a phone number on Hello App and uploaded her photographs and thus tried to discredit her. A case was registered against the accused. oc We placed our first satellite into space in 1975. Since then, 131 satellites have been made and launched. Right now, 55 satellites are in orbit serving the common man in multiple ways – telecommunications, teleeducation, web casting, telemedicine, meteorology, resource management, navigation applications like real time monitoring of boats and vessels etc. suits and they took time. Now they’ve come back.” Narayanan said, “I did not sleep that day, fully following the episode and understanding it. In all, it was a fantastic feeling. We have to learn from others and our own missions will be aided by it.” Responding to queries whether there had been a response so far (on the invitation from India), Narayanan said, “The Prime Minister has extended the invitation. So it is the political leadership which will follow up on that.” Speaking on the upcoming Gaganyaan Space Mission – which is pegged as India’s next big space project aimed to demonstrate India’s indigenous capability to undertake human space flight missions, Narayanan said, “This is a mission in which we are going to send our astronauts to the space station. So that they will gain some experience, exposure, understanding, talking to others, experiences in conducting experiments. And also the confidence level will go up. This is being undertaken as per the fantastic decision taken by the Prime Minister.” Amidst uproar, Budget meeting ends in just 9 min Jalandhar, March 21 Under the ongoing action against illegal encroachments by drug peddlers, the Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar, in coordination with the Commissionerate Police, on Friday demolished a double-storey building belonging to three drug smugglers. The encroached structure, constructed on government land allegedly using drug money, was razed in the Bhargo Camp locality as part of the ongoing drive to demolish illegal encroachments under “Yudh Nashian Virudh.” Commissioner of Police Dhanpreet Kaur stated that the MC had received information about an illegal construction on government land by notorious drug smugglers Varinder, alias Maula, Jatinder, alias Jinder, and Rohit Kumar, alias Kaka, all brothers, lodged in a jail. Acting promptly, the MC and police swung into action and demolished the encroached structure, sending a strong message that drug-related activities will not be tolerated in the city. Pointing out further, the CP stated that the accused are habitual offenders, with a total of 15 cases registering against them under the NDPS Act, Excise Act and other criminal sections. This action marks a significant step in dismantling the financial network of drug peddlers and ensuring accountability. Varinder has seven cases against him, while Rohit and Jatinder have six and two cases against them. The Police Commissioner said the operation “Yudh Nashian Virudh” continues to gain momentum, with the authorities vowing strict measures against those involved in drug-related crimes. Similar actions have been taken in the past, including the demolition of illegal structures linked to drug traffickers in Phillaur and Dhankia Mohalla earlier this month. The Commissionerate Police reaffirmed their commitment to eliminating the drug menace from the society and urged citizens to support their efforts in making Jalandhar drug-free. Jalandhar, March 21 Jalandhar falls in the ‘dark zone’ as per the records of the the Central Groundwater Board of India with millions of litres of water being taken out of its groundwater reserves on a daily basis. The ground water table in Jalandhar is at 100 feet and is going down by 1m every year, as per experts. There is need to recharge the underground aquifers for which officials from the Soil and Water Conservation Department have been encouraging the authorities of all government buildings to come up with proposals to set up rainwater harvesting systems. In the past four-five years, nearly 32 government buildings, largely schools, have set up groundwater recharging systems at Rs 1.07 crore. A rainwater harvesting project at Jalandhar school. PHOTO: SARABJIT SINGH The installation of rainwater harvesting system has brought a double advantage to the staff and occupants of these buildings. Not only are they helping in replenishing the water table, but have also partly resolved the problem of rainwater accumulation in these buildings in the monsoon season. The staff of Government School at Kirti Nagar on Ladowali Road, said their campus was more popularly known as the chhapar wala school (school with a sewage pond), till the time they set up a rainwater harvesting system in 2021. “Since the system has come into execution, the waterlogging problem has got over. The rainwater gets quickly drained out from the rooftops into the underground tanks through the channels provided. The water from the tanks then makes way into the earth through a bore provided”, said Ram Pyari, incharge of the school. “We only have to ensure cleanliness of the rooftops, which we keep doing at regular intervals”, said a teacher. Lupinder Kumar, Sub Divisional Soil Conservation Officer who got the project set up under the Smart City project, said, “It is the simplest and the most easily workable model of groundwater recharge system. There is a wall of gravel between the two underground tanks which acts as a sieve to keep away any dirt. This ensures that only clean water goes into the earth. This wall of gravel has to be washed and cleaned once a year ahead of the monsoon time”. The officer said, “A 500 m sq feet roof of a building can recharge upto 2.5 lakh litres of water a year. Most of the buildings which have been covered in Jalandhar have a rooftop area of 500 m sq feet to 1000 m sq feet. On an average, more than 1 cr litre of water is being recharged into the groundwater by way of the systems installed.” The buildings where the department has installed the systems include the office of Police Commissioner, SSP Rural, All-India Radio, Doordarshan Kendra, Department of Horticulture, Department of Agriculture, Cantt Board Office, ITI for Women at Lajpat Nagar, government schools at Garha, Bidhipur, Gadaipur, Basti Mithu, Kaki Pind, Nehru Garden, Kishanpura etc. “The target is to set up the system in 50 government buildings in the near future”, said the officer. ADMISSIONS OPEN 2025-26 NURSERY TO XII (Under the aegis of Delhi Public School Society, New Delhi) RANKED NO.1 IN JALANDHAR Source: Education World For Inquiry: www.dpsjalandhar.com or Call: 0181-2413436/37, 92169-23012 c m y b