MC removes encroachments

Bathinda: The tehbazari wing of the Municipal Corporation removed encroachments from Param Ram Nagar main road in the city on Monday. During the drive, MC officials removed the makeshift stalls set up on roads and material lying on road outside the shop. They also gave warning to shopkeepers to keep their material away from the footpath. Ravinder Singh Cheema, tehbazari wing inspector, said whenever an anti-encroachment drive was started by them, shopkeepers would remove their stalls and materials temporarily, but encroached the same area again. Now, they would continue their anti-encroachment drive, he said. He said they had clicked pictures of stalls and materials which were displayed by shopkeepers on the footpath. City residents, however, said such drives would not make any difference until MC officials take strict action against shopkeepers, who allow these makeshift stalls to be set up outside their shops. TNS

Bus service for Jodhpur Pakhar

Bathinda: Members of the Punjab Students Union staged a protest in front of the District Administrative Complex demanding a bus service to facilitate students’ transportation from Bathinda city to Jodhpur Pakhar. The protesting students met the ADC and requested him to direct the authorities concerned to start a PRTC bus route from Bathinda city to Jodhpur Pakhar for students’ convenience. PSU president Sangeeta Rani said a PRTC bus service to Jodhpur Pakhar village had not been made operational for a long time. TNS

Valuables worth Rs 3.5 lakh stolen

Muktsar: Some unidentified persons on Sunday struck at the house of an advocate, at Aman Nagar in Malout town and decamped with valuables worth about Rs3.5 lakh. Complainant Ajaib Singh Sandhu told the police that he was away to attend a wedding in Fazilka district. When he returned, he found the house ransacked. The Malout (City) police have registered a case against unidentified persons and started investigation. TNS

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