10 shanties gutted in fire

Hoshiarpur: A total of 10 shanties were destroyed in the fire that broke out in slums of migrant labourers at Patti village here on Thursday. A team of the fire brigade and the police from Chabbewal reached the spot. Despite their efforts, the shanties were completely gutted. The Chabbewal SHO said the cause of the fire had not been ascertained yet. He said during the incident, most of the labourers had gone to harvest wheat and only children were playing behind the slums. He said nobody was injured in the incident. OC

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Stay at home, scribes told

Phagwara: The Health Department has asked four scribes to stay under home quarantine as they visited the house of Ganesh Lal, uncle of six-month-old Ritika, on Thursday. Ritika died at the PGI, Chandigarh, due to coronavirus and refractory shock. Phagwara SDM Gurwinder Singh Johal said a case under Section 188 of the IPC for the violation of the curfew orders had been filed against Ganesh who was already been home quarantined. OC

Masks, PPF kits distributed

Phagwara: During the ongoing fight against Covid-19, Phagwara Improvement Trust chairman Sohan Lal Banga provided 105 PPE kits, 2,000 surgical masks and 1,000 gloves to the police personnel and safai karamcharis from his own pocket at a function here. Phagwara MLA Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal, SP Manwinder Singh, DSP Surinder Singh Chand and SHOs of all police stations besides representatives of safai karamcharis were also present. At another function at nearby Palahai village, MLA Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal distributed 218 kits of ration among the needy. Dhaliwal contributed 50 ration kits from his pocket, 100 ration kits were donated by Basra families, 10 kits were donated by a local resident, Sansaar Chand, while 58 kits were donated by the panchayat of Palahai village. OC