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Changing
trends in the two-wheeler market
LUDHIANA, Feb 5 — The
two-wheeler market in the country is witnessing tremendous changes. The
market is shifting from scooter to motorcycles. Major companies in the
two wheeler industry are also restructuring their production in the
plants.
Daily
wagers a harassed lot
LUDHIANA, Feb
5 — One sees a number of purely clad people standing in groups at
Aarti Chowk, Haibowal, Ghumar Mandi, Vishva Karma Chowk, Gill Chowk,
Division No 3, Jodhewal Basti and Model Town everyday from 8 o’clock
in the morning to 10.30 a.m. The number reduces somewhat but the
majority stands and waits for someone to engage them on a daily basis.
Yes! These are the people who wait everyday for somebody to hire them
and pay them daily wages to enable them and their families to survive.
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Daily wagers wait expectantly for employers who would offer them jobs for the
day. — Photo by Rajesh Bhambi |
Different
faces of Chaura Bazar
WALKING down the entire length
of Chaura Bazar on any weekday in the morning hours, one finds it
indescribably filthy. Shopkeepers sweep their shops and push out the
rubbish on the roads, which later assumes the shape of garbage mounds.
Such mounds can be seen in the entire bazar right up to Guru Nanak
Market.
Cinema
hall in bad shape
LUDHIANA, Feb 5 — Chand
Cinema, at the Jalandhar bypass road, is one of the city’s biggest
cinema halls. It has always been a favourite with the young generation
for years. The theatre attracted crowds by putting up Hindi and English
blockbusters. But due to non-maintenance on the part of cinema
authorities in recent times, the cinema hall presents a poor picture
with rehris, garbage, stray dogs, cycles parked at the entrance, lawns
and corridors, clothes drying at the main building itself and hundreds
of visitors standing, roaming and chatting at the theatre premises.
Bus overturns,
ten injured
DORAHA, Feb 5 — At least
10 persons were injured when a Sirhind-Khanna bus overturned at the
Kaddon chowk, near here, on Saturday evening. According to sources, the
accident occurred when Pardeep Singh, the driver of the bus (PB11P-1655)
coming from Patiala, tried to avoid a collision with a car coming from
Payal. The driver lost control and the bus turned turtle.
Two
injured in accident
DORAHA, Feb 5 — Two
persons were injured when their car hit a tree, near Gurdwara Atarsar
Sahib, near here late last night.
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