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Traders protest against parking charges
Ludhiana, September 23
Hundreds of traders and transporters today staged a demonstration at the local Dana Mandi (grain market) to protest against the charging of parking fee. They maintained that since they were already paying 4 per cent tax to the Mandi Board for various services, the parking fee was totally unjustified and uncalled for.

Traders and other transporters stage a dharna in the local Dana Mandi in protest against the charging of parking fee in Ludhiana on Monday. — Photo Inderjeet Verma

Poor amenities irk poll staff’s kin
Ludhiana, September 23
Families of the employees who had gone on poll duty in Jammu and Kashmir for the second phase of Assembly elections are perturbed at the lack of amenities being provided to them there.

Biomedical waste disposal project begins trial run

Ludhiana, September 23 The Biomedical Waste Management project has commenced trial run here under which biomedical waste from over two dozen hospitals and nursing homes in the city and nearby towns is being disposed of in accordance with norms prescribed under the Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 1998 under the aegis of the Environment (Protection) Act 1986.

A container vehicle deployed for the transportation of biomedical waste from healthcare institutions to the disposal plant in Ludhiana.

BKU workers stage dharna, block traffic
Khanna, September 23
Traffic was blocked on the GT Road, near Malerkotla Chowk, on Monday for more than two hours by workers of the Bharti Kisan Union (BKU) in protest against the non-announcement of the minimum support price (MSP) here.

COMMUNITY

Night-time revelry at EO’s office
Ahmedgarh, September 23
Owing largely to the absence of the Executive Officer (EO) of the local Municipal Council, since he is away to Chandigarh on training, his office assumes the status of a ‘bar-cum-club’ at night.

Residents’ thirst for safe water

Ludhiana, September 23 Threat of gastroenteritis outbreak looms large in street No. 8 of the Shiv Puri area where hundreds of residents are drinking contaminated water for the past one week. Despite repeated complaints by residents to the Municipal Corporation authorities, the cause of the contamination has not been removed. Residents of street no. 8, New Shiv Puri, show contaminated water being supplied to their houses for the past one week. — A Tribune photograph

• DCC to take up civic problems with MC

Jain Sadhvi’s fast enters 74th day
Ahmedgarh, September 23
The local Jain Sthanak, near the Gandhi chowk, has become a hub of hectic activities these days as devotees from far and near are thronging the place to seek the blessings of Jain Sadhvi Shubhji Maharaj, whose indefinite fast entered the 74th day today.

NZCC Chairman felicitated
Ludhiana, September 23
A function was organised by the Baba Farid Foundation International last evening in which the Chairman of the North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC), Mr R.T. Jindal, was felicitated by the Chairman of the foundation, Mr Pritam Singh, for organising a cultural, craft and food mela for past 10 days in the city.

CRIME

30 kg of poppy husk seized
Doraha, September 23
ASI Lekh Raj of Maloud police chowki seized 30 kg of poppy husk from a scooterist at the Siar-Chammat road on Sunday evening. A case has been registered under Sections 15, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act.

BUSINESS

Cycle show disappoints local exporters
Ludhiana, September 23
The IFMA Cycle Show which was held from September 12 to 15 at Koln in West Germany seems to have brought only disappointment for exporters of bicycle and bicycle parts from India.

AGRICULTURE

PAU Kisan Mela on  September 24
Ludhiana, September 23
Minister of State for Revenue, Rehabilitation and Agriculture Amarjit Singh Samra will inaugurate the Kisan Mela to be organised by the Punjab Agricultural University at the Regional Research Station, Bathinda, on September 24. Dr Kirpal Singh Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor, PAU will preside over the inaugural session.

EDUCATION

Students exhorted to shun drugs

Ludhiana, September 23 ‘‘Youngsters should not have an escapist attitude and take refuge in drugs but should seek solace in the preachings of the Gurus’’, said SGPC Chief Kirpal Singh Badungar while addressing participants at a seminar on ‘‘Intoxicants and Apostasy : Reasons, Analysis and Suggestions’’, held at the local Guru Nank Engineering College here today. SGPC chief K.S. Badungar speaks at a seminar on ‘Causes for drug abuse and other evils’ in Ludhiana on Monday. — Photo Inderjit Verma

Vidhayak contest concludes
Samrala, September 23
A tehsil-level Vidhayak Declamation Contest, organised by the Punjab School Education Board at Government Senior Secondary School, concluded here yesterday.

Contest on Bhagat Singh’s birth anniversary
Ludhiana, September 23
On the birth anniversary of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh on September 27, the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Vichar Manch (regd) will organise a contest at R.S. Model S S School, Shastri Nagar, Ludhiana, on ‘Shaheed Bhagat Singh: His life and contribution to the Freedom Movement, Mr Bachitar Singh, District Education Officer (Secondary), will preside over the function and give away the prizes to the winners.

Koshish-2002 results
Ludhiana, September 23
Koshish-2002, an inter-class cultural festival, got under way here yesterday. Eleven teams participated in various events. The topics of case presentation were from management and computer applications stream.

‘Empower women to curb female foeticide’

Ludhiana, September 23 Female foeticide is a complex issue. But women who undergo this procedure have quite different perception from what medical professionals, religious leaders, opinion-makers, gate-keepers of society and planners think. Since education, financial well-being, religiosity do not have any impact on the psyche of the women who undergo female foeticide, to combat this menace, the state must empower women by affirmative discrimination in their favour.

Mr Anurag Aggarwal and other participants at a conference on female foeticide at the CMC in Ludhiana on Monday. — IV

Seminar on infertility management held
Ludhiana, September 23
“Now the couples with infertility problems need not despair. With the new techniques and technical advancements, almost 47 per cent couple can after treatment get babies.

IMA, AMS organise CME on GERD
Ludhiana, September 23
A continuing medical examination (CME) on gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) was jointly organised by the IMA, AMS and Bassi hospital here today. According to a press note, more than 75 doctors attended the CME.

Medicine kit launched
Ludhiana, September 23
Sintex International today launched multi-purpose homoeopathic medicines kit. According to Mr S.K. Jalla, its Marketing Manager, the medicines do not have any side-effects.

SPORTS

Manisha, Prem win titles
Ludhiana, September 23
Manisha Lehal and Prem Singh both from Punjab won title in and women’s and men’s section respectively, in the second Senior National Draughts Championship which concluded at Ludhiana on Sunday.

Summer sports festival

Ludhiana, September 23 A summer sports festival started in the Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology on the Gujarkhan campus from today. The teams will be shortlisted through a process of elimination. Presently intra-class matches are in progress in badminton, basketball and table tennis. Students enjoy a game of basketball on the eve of the summer sports festival at the GNIMT on the Gujarkhan campus in Ludhiana on Monday. — A Tribune photograph