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SYL ISSUE
‘Farmers
certain to face drought like conditions in 10 years’
Ludhiana, January 7
“The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, has been cleverly entrapped by the pro- Haryana lobby to toe the ‘sharing of waters line’ which also manipulated him to write to the Prime Minister, indirectly endorsing the much condemned Rajiv-Longowal accord by tagging the Chandigarh issue with water, thus, sabotaging the strong case of Punjab’s riparian rights over its rivers, “opines Mr D.S. Gill, chairperson of the International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO), which has been authorised by the opposition parties to pursue the case before the Supreme Court.

Birds of a weather flock
together. — Photo Pradeep Tewari |
Tap water in city localities
safe: MC
Ludhiana, January 7
In the wake of outbreak of jaundice in the Urban Estate (Phase 1), Dugri locality, here and seven confirmed cases being reported during past couple of days, the Municipal Corporation authorities vehemently denied contamination of water in the affected area, while claiming that water samples, collected from five different places in the colony, were found absolutely safe and fit for consumption.
Menace
on the road
Ludhiana, January 8
Even as the district administration is busy observing Traffic Safety Week, it has failed to concentrate on the menace of stray animals that pose a threat to the road users in all parts of the city.
Dawer assures help to shopkeepers
Ludhiana, January 8
The Ludhiana East MLA, Mr Surinder Dawer, today assured the shopkeepers of the Lakhsmi Market that he would not let any one to displace them. He said he would take up the issue with the Chief Minister and had already brought it into the notice of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president, Mr H.S. Hanspal.
READERS WRITE
Subway a must for The Mall
In Ludhiana an upbeat market with big convenience stores have come up over the years on both sides of The Mall Road. People in large numbers visit these shopping complexes for their daily needs.
- MC sets wrong precedent
- Police patrolling and crime
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- Bad roads and
accidents
- Cleanliness should come first
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