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LIC staffers robbed in broad daylight Ludhiana, December 26 Mr K.K. Arora, Assistant Branch Manager and Mr Gulwant Singh, peon, were coming out of the office on way to a bank to deposit the cash and some cheques worth Rs 9.65 lakh at about 10:45 a.m., when one of the robbers, wearing a cap, pointed a revolver at the branch manager and demanded the
cash. The robber shot Mr Arora in the abdomen and ran away with the bag of cash. Mr Arora is recuperating in the DMC hospital after he was operated upon. Both the robbers were clean-shaven. A records clerk with the department, Mr Gian Singh Nihang, tried to stop the robbers by throwing stones at them. He, however, had to take cover as the fleeing robbers shot at him also. The police later recovered some used cartridges from the site where Mr Gian Singh was hiding. The robbers also fired at some shopkeepers and some other employees, who tried to catch the robbers. Some onlookers pelted stones at the robbers in order to obstruct their way but the robbers made good their
escape. One lottery shop owner, near the LIC office, had managed to catch hold of a robber but let him go when he pointed a revolver at him. A red alert was sounded in the police district and messages carrying the description of the robbers were flashed across the state. A number of nakas (check-points) were erected at several points in the city as well as on the approach roads. The checking was also being conducted at far off places like Samrala, Morinda on the Chandigarh road, Payal, Sahnewal, Phillaur on the GT Road and also on the Ferozepore road. In an unprecedented step, the city police also checked some cinema halls in the city or frisked some persons coming out of a cinema hall. Police sources said this was done as in the past some criminals, after committing robbery, had slipped into a cinema hall so that by the time they came out, the checking was relaxed. Mr S S Grewal, Assistant Branch Manager, LIC, Sham Nagar, said the employees usually deposited money in a bank without any security provided by the police. The LIC also did not provide any security for the purpose. LIC sources said the total amount lost was Rs 6,78,439 and 50 paise. The LIC ha informed the bank about numbers of the lost cheques. The police also pressed into service the dog squad but no lead could be established. Some of the eye-witnesses were taken to the CIA staff office where they were shown photographs of the known criminals. |
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Crime under the nose of cops
Ludhiana, December 26 In all these incidents, the modus operandi appears to be the same, where two scooter-borne persons rob unsuspecting citizens. The police has failed to bust the gang, but, the police sources say that policemen in plain clothes have been deployed at some sensitive spots in the city to avoid more robberies. Today’s robbery shows that this is no deterrent for the robbers. The police is also facing music for its inability to solve the other major recent cases like the kidney racket. A robbery of Rs 5 lakh was committed outside a bank near the Salem Tabri police station two months ago, but the robbers are yet to be arrested. A theft was committed in the same colony two days after this incident, but the police still has no clue. The police also failed to solve the case of murder of 11-year-old Sonu, suspected to be sacrificed by some ‘tantrik’. The police crackdown on some ‘tantriks’ and suspicious characters did not yield any result. The police has been busy mostly in issuing challans or busting gangs of petty ‘satta’ operators or gamblers here.
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‘Councillor robbed me’
Khanna, December 26 According to the sources, Nazar Singh filed a complaint to the local SSP on Monday, and sent its copies to the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chief Minister, DGP, Punjab Human Rights Commission, and the DC of Ludhiana for taking necessary action against the accused. He alleged that when he was closing his shop on December 12 at around 10.30 pm, the accused, Jugraj Singh, Muneesh Kumar, Babli, Jassi Kalirao, Ravinder alias Bittu, Meshi, along with four-five unidentified persons, came to the shop and caught hold of him. They started abusing him and hit him on his face. After pushing him, one of them forcibly took out the key of the shop from his pocket and opened the door. They said that they were Ashok Tewari’s men and no one could harm them, stated the complainant. He added that in the meantime, some of them entered the shop, and forcibly took away four CD players, four VCRs, two computer sets, two digital receivers, 25 video CDs, about 25 video cassettes and other articles with them. They also robbed him of Rs 51,500 which he was carrying in his pocket, alleged Nazar Singh. The accused later took him to an unidentified place in a car with his hands tied. He was taken to a room where one of them said to someone, “We have brought the man demanded by you,’’ and sought his further instructions. To this, the latter said that the complainant should be shot and his body thrown in the Sarhind Canal. According to Nazar Singh, he identified the person giving orders as Ashok Tewari from his voice. He alleged that he was kept in the room for the whole night, and was left near Gurdwara Kalgidhar the next day around 4.15 am. He said that he apprehended threat to his life from the accused. Ashok Tewari could not be contacted for his comments about the complaint as he was out of the town.
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Ever heard of PhD sewing instructors?
Ludhiana, December 26 The newly formed Unemployed Sewing Teachers’ Association here has alleged that the government altered the criteria just before the interviews for the posts in Government Senior Secondary School (boys) of Ropar on December 19. Ms Ramjit Kaur, head of the association, alleged, “According to the original advertisement published on March 29, 2001, women holding two-year diploma in sewing of the state ITIs and having attended one-year course in teaching after matriculation, were eligible for these posts. The candidates were asked to apply with a Rs 200 draft. However, on the day of the interview, a notice was put up, announcing the changes in the selection criteria.” The association has alleged that about 500 eligible candidates who were not called for the interview held a massive demonstration at the interview venue and an association of unemployed sewing teachers was formed that day. It has also alleged that the selection committee, headed by the DEO, Mr Ajmer Singh, changed the selection conditions under political pressure to favour certain candidates unduly. Ms Ramjit Kaur said the selection committee announced the result within four days to stop those affected from approaching the court that is closed for winter vacations. She said there were about 10,000 professionally qualified sewing teachers and the posts had been advertised for the first time in a decade. The association said, the government, instead of adjusting these candidates on the Kerala pattern that gave preference to candidates according to their batches, was adopting corrupt practices. The MA or PhD degrees and the competence of a sewing instructor were not related. Thousands of instructors have already become overaged as there has been no recruitment for a long time. Though the Punjab Education Minister, Mr Tota Singh, had reportedly agreed to introduce sewing as an optional subject in all middle and high schools, but was done in this regard after that. The Unemployment Sewing Teachers’ Union has urged the state government to cancel the recruitment and hold fresh interviews by calling “proper and qualified candidates”. If its demands are not met, the union plans to hold anti-government rallies in all Assembly constituencies. A massive rally will be held at Lambi, the CM’s constituency, according to the association.
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Admn forgets Shaheed Udham Singh’s birthday Ludhiana, December 26 The function was organised at Shaheed Udham Singh Memorial Library in Thind market here in collaboration with the Kamboj Welfare Society. The trust took a very strong note that the Administration was not bothered about the contribution of the martyr to the freedom struggle of India. Addressing those present at the occasion, Dr Jaswant Singh Chamak, secretary general of the trust, said that while the martyrs laid down their lives for the country, their government did not remember them and their special days. Paying tributes to the martyr at the function, Dr Chamak highlighted the heroic deeds of Shaheed Udham Singh. He said that Udham Singh was a man with total conviction, who had taken a vow to avenge the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. He had chased Sir Michael O’ Dyer, the then Lt. Governor of Punjab, who had ordered the massacre, for 21 years and shot him dead at Caxton Hall, London. Dr Chamak lamented that the Punjab Government had not allotted any land to the trust so far for the establishment of Shaheed Udham Singh memorial bhavan at Ludhiana despite repeated requests. The participants passed certain resolutions on the occasion and appealed to the Chief Minister of Punjab to fulfill their long cherished demands. Dr Mela Singh Sonar, former Director Agriculture, Mr Jagtar Singh Rattanpal, former Chief Engineer, PSEB presided over the function. |
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University
terminates services of patwari Ludhiana, December 26 Gurpreet Singh, the patwari, was terminated after an inquiry conducted by the authorities found that the allegations levelled against him were true. Although the Patwari had denied the charges after he was issued a charge sheet in April last, the inquiry conducted by Mr Balraj Sharma, Deputy Registrar, PAU, found him guilty that he had managed to forge the experience certificate. According to highly-placed sources in the PAU, the terminated employee had produced the experience certificate corresponding with the period in which he was a student of Class IX. After the inquiry he was issued a show-cause notice two months ago proposing to terminate his services from the university, but he failed to furnish any reply even after two months of issuing of the show-cause notice. The university had then sent him a reminder, but he did not furnish an reply. Then the VC in a provisional decision terminated his services from the university. Meanwhile, the patwari was not available at his residence for comments. Sources in the PAU said that even his termination orders that were posted at his residence address were received back by the university as he was never available at his residence. |
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Rohit Chowdhary is DIG,
Ludhiana Range Ludhiana, December 26 |
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SAD-B aspirants for tickets adopt aggressive stance Ludhiana, December 26 The Ludhiana West Assembly seat had become a bone of contention between two senior SAD-B leaders Mr Amarjit Singh Bhatia, vice-president and Mr Avtar Singh Makkar, the acting district president, who have been involved in a protracted battle for oneupmanship in the city for the simple reason that ever since the then district akali jatha chief, Mr Hira Singh Gabria, changed loyalty and joined Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra almost four years ago, the SAD-B leadership had failed to nominate a regular district president and the matter was left to drift. In view of the fact that sitting Akali Dal legislator and former minister Mr Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal had also left the Badal camp and was almost sure to change his constituency as well, the battle for securing party nomination had further hotted up. Another factor, which had lent a new turn to the whole scenario, was emergence of a non-Sikh SAD-B functionary, Mr Amrti Lal Aggarwal, who had also thrown in his hat with actively lobbying for the same seat. In fact Mr Aggarwal had been carrying on his campaign in a relatively quiet manner and claiming a positive response from the party high command. Having formally joined the SAD-B early this year under the influence of Mr Chirnaji Lal Garg, the lone non-Sikh SAD-B member of Punjab Cabinet, Mr Aggarwal, now an adviser of the party, reportedly enjoyed widespread support of his community. In addition, he claimed solid backing of Mr Pardeep Mittal, president of Akhil Bharatiya Aggarwal Sammelan and a couple of Union Ministers. If the past record of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, in context of his failure to nominate a district president of the party for such a long period, was any indication, he would in all probability not take sides between Mr Bhatia and Mr Makkar for the obvious reason that pleasing one group would automatically antagonise the other. This left Mr Badal, who also heads the party, with the only alternative of leaving the seat for BJP or nominating a non-Sikh candidate in partial fulfillment of a commitment to allot at least five seats to this segment of the party. Not that the aspirants for party ticket from this particular seat were oblivious to the ongoing political activities and mind of their party chief (Mr Badal). At least one of those, who claim to be ‘taksali’ Akali Dal activists, told The Tribune in an informal chat that come what may, he would contest the Assembly election from this particular seat. ‘‘We were the ones who participated in the Akali Dal morchas and underwent imprisonment. How could the leadership ignore our claims and decide in favour of BJP or non-Sikh candidate, ?’’ he asked in an angry tone. The SAD-B functionary, requesting not to be named, further threatened that party rebels, aggrieved with the party leadership, might join the electoral battle and use ‘Sikh card’ to win sympathy of the electorate for their cause. |
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Ramgarhias seek fair
share of seats Ludhiana, December 26 Mr Sohal alleged that some supporters of Mr Birmi removed several posters and also tore up some banners raised in his support. He claimed that he and his supporters had put in equal efforts to make the rally a success. However, he regretted that it was not duly acknowledged and the show was allegedly hijacked by a few people only. However, Mr Birmi refuted these allegations and said none of his supporters could commit such an act. He said that he respected Mr Sohal as a leader. However, he did not rule out some mischievous elements having removed some posters and banners from the rally. “It was a crowd of over 15,000 people, so in case some miscreants committed some mischief, it is wrong to blame me for that”, he pointed out, while adding that he had no personal agenda but wanted to highlight the demand of all the Ramgarhia brotherhood. Mr Birmi stated that Ramgarhias constitute over 13 per cent of the total electorate in Punjab. However, they are not given representation in that proportion. “We want that at least 13 ticket be allotted to Ramgarhia candidates”, Mr Birmi demanded, while regretting that the sect had totally been ignored by all political parties. He hoped that the Congress leadership would take note of the issue and give the Ramgarhias their due. He maintained that the Ramgarhias had made an immense contribution towards the industrial growth of the state with about 70 per cent of big and small industries being owned by people belonging to the sect. “Still our share in the decision making process remains negligible”, he stated, while hoping that his demand may be conceded. Mr Birmi has represented Ludhiana Rural and remained a minister in the last Congress government. This time also he is seeking party nomination from the same assembly segment and is faced with multiple challenges. As within the sect, Mr Sohal is also laying equal claim on the ticket, while on the other hand, Mr Nahar Singh Gill is considered to be a strong contender for the ticket from this segment. |
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Punjab ministerial
staff to launch stir Ludhiana, December 26 The union will hold protest rallies in the constituencies of various ministers and go on strike in the last week of January. In a press statement issued here today, the general secretary of the union, Mr K. Jindal, said that the union was forced to go on strike and resort to the agitating means so as to attract the attention of the government. He said that their demands, including three time-bound promotional scales to employees of all categories, bonus to all Class III and IV employees and corresponding revision of scale, besides many others were accepted by the state government a few months ago but the government had failed to implement them. The other demands include revision of scale of steno-typist, redesignation of clerk, senior clerk and junior assistant, grant of scale to circle superintendent of the PWD, Public health and Irrigation department at par with the superintendent grade I and opening of promotion channel at the higher level posts for ministerial staff. The implementation of stenography norms as recommended by the government, grant of higher scale on the pattern of junior engineer, revised instructions regarding assured carrier progression scheme and delegation of power to the DDO for sanctioning the refundable advance of GPF were agreed at the meeting of the JCM held in August last year.
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Disappearance, recovery of child Ludhiana, December 26 Jatin’s family members and the police remained tense all these hours. They heaved a sigh of relief at the boy’s recovery in the evening, but could not understand how the boy reached the restaurant. The boy could not go there on his own and no one had seen anyone picking him up from near the bakery or leaving him at the restaurant. At about 1 pm, when Mr Rajiv Kalia, a hosiery-unit owner and resident of Old Madhopuri here, came to buy something at the bakery near Domoira bridge, his son Jatin was with him. After shopping, Mr Rajiv found Jatin missing and raised an alarm. With some shopkeepers and traffic policemen, he searched for the boy in the market. Mr Rajiv Kalia told the police about the incident and said he feared that it could be kidnapping. Police parties searched for the boy who was spotted playing in the lawn of Toor
Restaurant near Agar Nagar, late in the evening. No one understood how did the child reach so far away from the Domoira bridge. The DSP, Mr Ashwani Kumar, said the boy had not been able to tell the police anything about his disappearance.
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Verma assumes office as LIT trustee Ludhiana, December 26 Mr Verma expressed his gratitude to the party leadership for reposing faith in him. He assured that he would do his utmost to come up to the expectations of the city residents and make the working of the LIT more people friendly. Prominent among those present on the occasion were Mr Harbans Lal Sethi, district President, BJP, Mr Balbir Chand Kapila, vice-president, Punjab BJP, Mr Pran Bhatia, group leader of BJP councillors, Mr Rajinder Bhandari, general secretary, district BJP, and Mr Amarjit Singh Bhatia, vice-president, SAD. |
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Ludhiana’s luminaries Ludhiana In the early sixties, Patiala was in a state of emergency to find a suitable Vice-Chancellor to head its Punjabi University. Ludhiana came to stand by it. Bhai Jodh Singh founded Punjabi University as VC at the age of 80. Think of it! Later, noted economist Dr S.S. Johl, again from Ludhiana, headed it as VC Justice Gurnam Singh as CM of Punjab, materialised Guru Nanak Dev University. Mr Bishan Singh Samundri, originally from the PAU and belonging to Model Town, filled the prestigious academic slot as the founder VC. Ludhiana has contributed four more Vice-Chancellors till date. Dr Karam Singh Gill, the legendary economist, belongs to Paddi village. Dr S.S. Bal was then working with te PAU. Dr J S Grewal, the noted historian, had earlier served on the faculty of GGN Khalsa College, also that of the GHG Khalsa College Sudhar. Dr Grewal’s ancestral village is Dhandra, on the city’s outskirts. He headed the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, with a distinction. This provided to the son of soil still higher pedestal to stand upon. Dr S.P. Singh, the current Vice-Chancellor of the GNDU, Amritsar, started his teaching career at the GGN Khalsa College whose managing committee his father headed , and he holds the legacy. Baba Farid Medical University, Faridkot, was well conceived. To materialise it, two basic needs looked challenging. Provision of funds, the government could do. For finding the fittest Vice-Chancellor, Dr L.S. Chawla, principal of the DMC, was requested to take up the responsibility. His father, Mr Gian Singh, had settled here after migration. Coming back to current academic luminaries, Dr Hardev Singh Gurm belongs to Jhabewal, near Kohara. He has proved an outstanding success as the Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Technical University. It was a wild dream, looked beyond human reach. This genius of engineering is leading an enthusiastic team. The PTU campus on the Kapurthala road, Jalandhar, is a visible reality now. Dr Jodh Singh made well-merited debut and proved a pioneer at Patiala, the present incumbent in his seat is Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia. He like Dr J.S. Grewal is an ‘old boy’ of Government College and again like him belongs to rural Ludhiana. His village being Jaspal Bangar. Though Ludhiana has not so far contributed a Vice Chancellor to Punjab University, it has done so in the field of many Deans. Prof M.L. Lakhanpal, once head of its Chemistry Department, was elevated as Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University. Dr Lakhanpal belongs to Swaddi village. He has residence at Major Sham Lal Road, named after his elder brother. Punjab Agricultural University was firmly established by Mr P.N. Thapar, a person of sterling administrative genius. Dr Sukhdev Singh, Dr Khem Singh Gill and Dr A.S. Khehra studied and remained on teaching faculty and headed it in turn as VCs. The present Vice-Chancellor, Dr Kirpal Singh Aulakh, is thrice related to the institution — as student, as teacher and now as its Vice-Chancellor. Ludhiana has evidently its fair share of luminaries. M.S. Cheema |
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Consumer awareness campaign Ludhiana, December 26 This was announced by Mr S.K.Sandhu, Deputy Commissioner, while presiding over a meeting of the officers concerned here today. Mr Sandhu informed that to bring awareness, six seminars had already been organised in the city to apprise the general public of their rights and duties of consumers. Mr Sandhu asked the officials to tell the public to get the bill while purchasing any item from the market and in case the shopkeeper had printed “no guarantee or no replacement” on their bills, then they should immediately report to the DFSC or other officers concerned so that action could be taken against the guilty. He exhorted the consumers to come forward to get their complaints settled in the District Consumer Protection Forum where cases up to amount of Rs 5 lakh could be taken up. Mr Parveen Vij, DFSC, informed that on Consumer Protection Day on December 24, a special function was organised. He said that sufficient literature relating to the rights and duties of the consumers and dealers were distributed and public was asked to react immediately in case the shopkeepers did not issue the bill for the purchase items. Mr Dwarka Das Bawa, president, Punjab Khapatkar Sangh, also addressed the function. |
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X’mas celebrations
at Sutlej Club Ludhiana, December 26 Mr A.S. Chawla, general secretary of the club, said that a huge cake was made and Ms Bubbly Sandhu, wife of Deputy Commissioner S.K.Sandhu cut the cake to celebrate the occasion. A Christmas tree was decorated with small bells, gift packs, decorative hangings and multicoloured lights. Children as well as youngsters danced to the various tunes of both the DJs. Christmas carols were sung and people were seen exchanging wishes with each other on this occasion. Meanwhile, Ebony stores also organised a special evening to celebrate Christmas. Various painting competitions, fancy dress competitions and singing competitions were held for children of all age groups. According to a release, over 230 children participated in the competition and free snacks were served to children by the organisers. |
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Young
Voice
At a time when the children of her age may primarily be concerned about settling in some safe career, 18-year-old Harsimrat Kaur Grewal has more ideas in her mind. Not that she is not bothered about her career, but only that she thinks something big, more ahead of her age. She may be too young to bother herself about the worldly concerns, particularly when she is at a decisive stage of her life. She is in search of an ideal vision. A vision that would guide the life in a more lively manner. A vision that would guarantee peace and prosperity not for her individual self, but for the nation and the mankind as a whole. These may be too mundane thoughts for this young girl, yet she says, "no right thinking person can avoid or avert them". For Harsimrat is pained at the violence around. More so when it is so near. The students of her age who are on the threshold of a new phase in their life when they are to chose and start their career these things do matter and bother as well. "We want peace to prevail everywhere, particularly in our country", she wishes, while referring to the war clouds that can be noticed on the horizon. Unlike others, she does not blame anyone in particular for the situation. She only wants that people should come out with a solution. A positive solution that would lead to positive results. Blaming each other will definitely not solve or settle any problem. "For we need a great and ideal vision that would lead us from the darkness of violence and bloodshed to the light of peace and prosperity," she remarks philosophically. |
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Cassette of bhajan released Ludhiana, December 26 Mr
Mehndiratta in a statement today said that this was third cassette of
bhajans released by T-Series. The others were ‘mujh mein om, tujh
mein om’ and ‘jain arti sangreh’. He said that another cassette
titled ‘Guru vallabh aur mata padmavati’ will be released in the
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In-laws booked for demanding dowry Doraha, December 26 Fraud case: After an inquiry conducted by the CIA staff, a case of fraud has been registered against Bakshish Singh of Katani Kalan village under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B at the Payal police station. The inquiry found that the accused had got a false passport prepared in the name of Jaspreet Singh of Kaddon village and gone abroad. JAGRAON SAHNEWAL |
Knitwear industry struggling for survival Ludhiana, December 26 Undoubtedly, the Knitwear Club and the Federation of Knitwear, Textile and Allied Industries Association ( FEKTAA) have made tremendous efforts, in association with UNIDO, SIDBI and other consultancy firms, to modernise the units, but a majority of about 6,000 units in the knitwear industry, which have an annual turnover of about Rs 7, 000 crore, are still struggling for survival as they have failed to modernise the production on time. Says Mr N.K. Miglani, chief coordinator, FEKTA,“We have launched a cleaner production programme, in association with UNIDO. It has drastically cut down the cost of production, as we do not need, anymore, to use chemicals blindly to wash the manufactured garments. The industry has been introduced to energy auditing to save the energy bill and a new accounting system, to maintain the optimum level of inventories, has been introduced in consultancy with SGS firm. A section of the industry has already succeeded in cutting the cost of production up to 40 per cent by adopting these measures.” However, he admits that very few units have implemented the recommendations in totality. ‘‘Most of the manufacturers are still following the old practices. They are trying to meet the declining profits by cutting down production. In fact, the units have controlled production this year, which has helped us to maintain the profit margins. A number of units have been forced to close down as they were unable to improve the quality or cut down the costs,’’ he adds. The market watchers say that the competition has forced the units to diversify in other products. The production of thermal inner-wears by local knitwear units have reached crores of rupees this year. Besides traditional garments, some units have also introduced fancy sweat shirts, tapestry, bed-linen, and drawing room clothes in the market. Expressing his satisfaction over the diversification efforts, Mr Vinod Thapar, president, FEKTA,
said, "The market for these new products is expected to grow tremendously in the coming years. We are trying to utilise our excess capacity by diversifying. However, most of the units are still watching the industry leaders before adopting the new product line.” The industry leaders regretted that four per cent sales tax on knitted products in comparison to one per cent ST on Tirupur garments have badly affected the local industry. The state government has also failed to submit a proposal to the Textile Ministry to avail about Rs 20 crore funds to set up an apparel park. The ministry has proposed to develop Ludhiana as a cluster of knitwear industry. The representatives allege that due to lack of coordination between SIDBI and the banks only 29 units could avail of interest subsidy, available under technological upgradation fund ( TUF ). The state government's plan to develop Ladowal as a textile centre also failed this year, as no unit came forward to invest there. The September 11 attacks on WTC and subsequent war in Afghanistan have also affected about Rs 1,000 crore export market. Exporters say though after many years, the exports have once again begin to the Russia, but the USA's concessions to Pakistan, lack of cohesive and aggressive polices on the part of the Centre have created problems for them. Echoing the sentiments of the exporters, one of the leading exporters said,‘‘ We cannot sit and watch the external developments. Our motto is to fight and survive. This is the only lesson of 2001 that we would try to remember and follow in the coming years.” |
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Safari enters
domestic market Ludhiana, December 26 Talking to The Tribune at the launch of a wide range of bicycles here today, Mr R.D. Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director, Safari Bikes, said, “The Chinese bicycles can present no threat to the domestic industry at any
level. The Hi Bird bicycles, known for quality, which was so far catering to the international market only, would be now available in the domestic market as well”. He disclosed that the company had bagged the prestigious International Europe Award for Quality in the year 2000 and the International Star Award for Quality, which he got recently.
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‘IT industry being neglected’ Ludhiana, December 26 Stating this in a press note, Mr Vinod Loomba, president of the association, said the southern states had gone much ahead in IT technology because of the support from government. He said that no Punjab industrial units were being set up in the state other than at SAS Nagar. For giving a boost to the IT industry in Punjab, the association demanded removing of ban under IT policy on setting up of hardware units within municipal corporation limits. The members also sought removing of sales tax within the MC limits. For encouraging IT industry, the association has demanded priority to degree holders of computer technology and IT while
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