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Last
chance to get voters’ I-cards
Ludhiana, October 6
The electorate in Ludhiana North
assembly constituency will have yet another chance to get photo ID voter
cards from October 10. Giving this information, the Deputy Commissioner,
Mr S. K. Sandhu, said that this would be the last opportunity for the
voters to get themselves photographed.
CMC
move on dental course backfires
Ludhiana, October 6
The move of the management of the
Christian Medical College to get the approval of the Dental Council of
India for starting a postgraduate course in its dental college seems to
have backfired, as due to certain objections raised by the DCI, it is
struggling hard to even save the recognition for the BDS course.
Jammu Colony, Ludhiana, where insanitation and poor civic infrastructure are widespread. IV |
A
hell on earth called Jammu Colony
Ludhiana, October 6
Residents of Jammu Colony and
several other localities behind Preet Palace Cinema here are
living in poor civic conditions. The roads and streets of these
colonies have not been repaired for a long time and there is no
sanitation here at all. Residents of these parts have become used
to seeing heaps of uncleared garbage, emanating unbearable stench,
around their houses. Faulty sewerage system and inadequate
drainage further compound the problem.
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Lack of hygiene in the kitchen of a roadside eatery on the Ghumar Mandi road near the Khalsa College for Women and (right) people relish delicacies at a roadside eating-house.
— Photos Rajesh Bhambi |
Roadside
eateries gain popularity
Ludhiana, October 6
The road adjacent to Khalsa College
for Women has become a popular place for families eating out in the
evening. These unauthorised shops in the area have not only made
encroachments, but have also become a traffic hazard. Moreover they sell
unhygienic food at exorbitant prices. Instead of shunning this dirty and
unhygienic food, a large number of citizens of the mega city, are
unwittingly promoting these eateries by increasing their sale. Neither
does the customer closely checks the quality of food, he is served, nor
does the health authorities take any pain to do something.
BSP
flays policy on regularisation of encroachments
Ludhiana, October 6
The Bahujan Samaj Party has termed
the state government’s policy on regularisation of encroachments a big
fraud, aimed at befooling poor people and the Dalit community in
particular.
CITY SCAN
Soda-water
magic set up Government College
THE oldest college of this
region is Mahendra College of Patiala, followed by Randhir College of
Kapurthala. These institutions are older than Panjab University
(Lahore), fourth Indian university to be established. The only
universities older that the PU are in Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai.
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A
mapseller’s lost childhood
Ludhiana, October 6
The word childhood has a different
meaning for Sunny, a 12-year-old, who sells all kinds of maps. For many
children, childhood is the time when a child has an opportunity to study
in school, play games with friends, living life without any tension and
hardships. Moreover, many children thinks that childhood is a part of
life when parents are supposed to make everything available for them and
they have to enjoy only. But Sunny thinks otherwise as he has to work
for eight to nine hours to support himself as well as his family.
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Devotees chant 'Hare Krishna ' mantra at the start of the Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra at Ludhiana on Saturday.
— Photo by Rajesh Bhambi |
Lord
Jagannath Rath Yatra taken out
Ludhiana, October 6
Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra was taken
out from Durga Temple here today amid much enthusiasm and religious
fervour. The yatra, which was scheduled to start at 2 pm. from the
temple on the Club Road, was delayed by about 90 minutes.
4
hurt in road mishap
Doraha, October 6
Four persons, including an Akali
Dal leader, were seriously injured when the Tata Qualis in which they
were travelling collided head-on with a tempo coming from opposite
direction near Doraha last evening.
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