20052025-LT-01.qxd 19-05-2025 22:54 Page 1 c m y b Ludhiana tribune MAN ALLEGES FORGERY IN LAND PAPERS, WRITES TO PM RURAL STUDENTS GET DIRECTION THROUGH COUNSELLING ANANYA AND ISHAAN PART OF FORBES 30 UNDER 30 ASIA LIST A Jhande village resident has written to the PM for a high-level probe into the alleged forgery of his land records . P2 For students indecisive regarding their career paths after completing school, counselling has worked wonders. P3 The list has 30 young entrepreneurs, artistes, athletes and more from across the Asia-Pacific region. P4 » » FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 41°C | MIN 29°C YESTERDAY MAX 44°C | MIN 30°C SUNSET TUESDAY 7.18 PM SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 5:28 AM » TUESDAY | 20 MAY 2025 | LUDHIANA Crane falls on electricity poles, power supply hit in some areas Tribune News Service Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu (pink turban) inspects the newly constructed Domaria Bridge in Ludhiana on Monday; and (right) railway employees hold protest against the Ferozepur DRM for transferring a female employee, who was an alleged victim of exploitation, to Jammu. HIMANSHU MAHAJAN Railway employees hold protest as Bittu opens other side of Domoria Bridge Ludhiana, May 19 A crane brought to cut some trees outside Nagesh Knitwears premises near Jalandhar Bypass Chowk fell on some electricity poles, due to which many of these fell or got uprooted, along with the power lines, and lay scattered on the main road. Luckily, no major accident took place. Due to the incident, electricity supply in areas like Aman Nagar, Akash Nagar and some other areas was affected for more than 24 hours. Last evening, the factory management had called a crane to cut down some trees around the factory. During the operation, a big tree fell on the crane and it went out of control and fell on a few electricity poles and high voltage lines, breaking them or uprooting them in the process. According to PSPCL officials, due to the accident, the powercom has suffered financial loss of several lakhs. Immediately after getting information about the incident, PSPCL officials reached the spot and launched efforts on a war footing to restore the power supply in the area. Load of some of the areas was shifted to other transformers with immediate effect while several areas continued to face power cut. The employees of the powercom remained on the spot till late night to reinstall the damaged poles. Salem Tabri SHO Inspector Amritpal Singh said that the PSPCL had not submitted any written complaint. He got to know that the factory had agreed to compensate the loss suffered by the PSPCL. No FIR has been registered in the case. Up in arms against DRM, Railways, for no action in female harassment case Shivani Bhakoo Tribune new service Ludhiana, May 19 The Minister of State for Railways, Ravneet Singh Bittu, was in the city today to open the other side of Domoria Bridge for people. While the programme was to be held around 12 noon, but before that over hundred employees of the Railways gathered at the venue to protest against the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Rail- ways, on this occasion. Though the employees maintained that they had nothing against Bittu, and they had gathered there to protest against the DRM, Ferozepur Sanjay Sahu. The employees said that a female employee was allegedly harassed by a male employee, but instead of taking action against the culprit, the DRM transferred the female employee to Jammu, which was uncalled for. The railway employees raised slogans against the DRM on this occasion. The Northern Railways Men’s Union demanded action against the person who had harassed the female employee. Meanwhile, Bittu reached the spot and threw the other side of the bridge open to public. On the sidelines, he said that the alert defence forces of India had neutralised the missiles from Pakistan aimed at the Golden Temple. He said that not even a single brick of the temple was damaged by the enemy and the entire credit goes to the defence forces and Prime Minister. On being asked that MPs were being sent to various countries under the campaign “isolate Pakistan”, he said that an all-party delegation with MPs as heads would visit various countries to tell c m y b the truth about Pakistan and its association with terrorism. He said that the MPs were chosen as per their calibre in an unbiased manner. Highly placed sources in the BJP reveal that Bittu and in charge Punjab BJP had a closed-door meeting to discuss various issues concerning Punjab, particularly about the selection of a suitable candidate for Ludhiana (West) constituency. Electricity poles got uprooted after a crane being used to cut trees outside a hosiery unit fell on these near Jalandhar bypass on Sunday night. TRIBUNE PHOTO: HIMANSHU MAHAJAN