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Not a drop to drink
Ludhiana, June 12
The heat wave has failed to relent. So is the scarcity of water. Owing to the declining water table and power cuts, residents are feeling the heat and crying for water.
Activists of the BSNL Employees Union (BSNLEU) called upon the government to initiate wage negotiations with a tenure of five years without any delay, bridge the gap between pay and other benefits of workers and officers, formulate policies for grant of annual increment as percentage of wages, wage revision for sick PSUs and their revival.
Residents of ward no. 31 block Gill Road to protest the scarcity of water in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
—Photo by Inderjeet Verma
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MC to run tubewells for additional time
Ludhiana, June 12
After cries of water shortage from several parts of the city, the Municipal Corporation today ordered the tubewell operators to run the pumps for additional time to fulfil the water needs of different area residents.
BSNL employees up in arms
Ludhiana, June 12
In response to a call given by the Central Public Undertaking Trade Union, employees of the BSNL held a day-long dharna to press their long-pending demands.
Trade union leaders address a dharna of BSNL employees in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
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‘Cashless’ treatment for ex-servicemen at Apollo
Ludhiana, June 12
The SPS Apollo Hospitals entered into an arrangement with the Army authorities to provide “cashless” treatment to ex-servicemen and their dependents here today under the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme
(ECHS), a major welfare scheme, launched by the government of India.
To quench the thirst of people
in the scorching heat, some good Samaritans organised a
‘chhabeel’ at Jawaddi in Ludhiana on Tuesday. — Photo by
Inderjeet Verma |
Social bodies urged to fight
drug menace
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 12
Terming drug addiction to be the root cause of other crimes, the Khanna SSP has called upon office-bearers of various social and religious organisations of the area to join hands with the administration against the menace.
AIDS awareness ‘vital to
prevent spread’
Ludhiana, June 12
Dr H.S.Grewal, Dean, School of Business in Claflin University, U.S.A., today said that only prevention and enlightenment can check the spread of a deadly disease like AIDS.
‘Check exploitation of
safai karamcharis’
Ludhiana, June 12
The chairperson, National Commission for Safaai Karamcharis, Santosh
Chowdhary, stressed upon the need to completely check the exploitation of safai
karamcharis/scavengers and to create awareness among them about their rights as per the latest amendment of the Minimum Wages Act, 1936.
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| Chairperson of
the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Santosh Chaudhary
listens to the grievances of scavengers at the circuit house on
Tuesday. —Photo by Inderjeet Verma |
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