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3470 A police party issues a challan to a woman for not wearing mask in Ludhiana. Photo: Ashwani Dhiman Ludhiana, April 30 Despite immense pressure being built up by city police to check violations of lockdown and night curfew in the wake of surge in the Covid-19 cases, the offenders seem to be undeterred. The police lodged 22 FIRs under Section 188 of the IPC while in some cases Section 269 of the IPC and relevant sections of the Epidemic Diseases Act and Disaster Management Act were also invoked. In all, 11 persons were arrested and 18 others were booked, mostly for keeping shops and estab...

Ludhiana: Council of Engineers on Friday filed a petition with National Green Tribunal (NGT) against “illegal axing/felling” of trees and “causing severe damage” of roots of trees in the name of Urban Environment Improvement Programme by municipal corporation (MC) as well as Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT). Engineer Kapil Arora alleged that nine trees with ages varying around three to 35 years were axed by MC near Community Centre of BRS Nagar, Canal Bridge Ludhiana and the matter was raised with the chief conservator of forests (plain zones) as well as district forest officer of Lud...

Volunteers visited the areas along the Buddha Nullah for spreading awareness among people LUDHIANA: On the second day of the awareness campaign kicked off by the municipal corporation to make Buddha Nullah garbage free, volunteers visited the areas along the drain and made people aware of the harmful impact of throwing garbage in the water body. On Tuesday, they visited the areas along the banks of Buddha Nullah, starting from Haibowal to Kundanpuri. Around 100 students participated in the drive. Apart from this, the MC commissioner, Pardeep Sabharwal, also conducted a meeting with nodal off...

Ludhiana: A total of 24 locals caught red-handed on Saturday while throwing garbage into Buddha Nullah and four repeat offenders were issued challans by a team—led by Swachh Bharat Mission project director Puran Singh and civic officials—that visited the area. A ‘Buddha Dariya Cleanliness Drive’ is scheduled to start from Monday, when cabinet minister and local MLA Bharat Bhushan Ashu and mayor Balkar Sandhu will together kick off the drive. The mission director, accompanied by the MC officials, visited the area early in the morning in foggy weather and inspected the colonies from L...