Ludhiana, Punjab Business Information Directory

Nikhil BhardwajTribune News ServiceLudhiana February 28Samrala Chowk which is declared as a black spot is one of the main intersections of the industrial hub. There are several crossing points at Samrala Chowk due to which the movement of traffic gets affected. At some of the sections alongside the chowk service lanes are not constructed in a proper manner. Dr Kamal Soi member National Road Safety Council Ministry of Road Transport and Highways GoI said: “There is a complete chaos and confusion at Samrala Chowk due to the poor traffic management. There is no pedestrian pathway risking the lives of pedestrians and cyclists.”“There is a dire need to segregate the traffic to remove bottlenecks and clear the confusion.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana February 28One of the directors of a city-based pesticide firm was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for duty evasion. Modern Pesticides in August 2020 had sent a consignment to Dubai worth Rs 45 lakh. In November 2020 the consignment was sent back after it got rejected but the rejected consignment was worth Rs 3.5 crore. There was an evasion of Rs1 crore and after a raid on the factory premises located at Kohara and residence at Krishna Nagar one of the two directors of the company was arrested.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana February 27To celebrate World NGO Day a NGO expo was held at Nehru Rose Garden here on Saturday. Over 55 stalls of different organisations and also some government departments including the MC Ludhiana and the police were set up during the exhibition. The NGO expo was inaugurated by Punjab Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu. Children spread awareness on education during the NGO expo at Rose Garden. A website namely www.cityneeds.info has already been launched to connect local NGOs with prospective volunteers donors organisations and the district administration.

Ludhiana February 27A 16-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped in Dakha. The police registered a case of kidnapping rape and criminal conspiracy against seven persons. The complainant alleged despite sexually harassing the minor girl the accused and his family issued life threats to the victim and warned her of dire consequences if she reveals anything to the police. The case was registered after the women police station in Jagraon conducted a probe and submitted a report to the SSP Jagraon who ordered to register a case. Investigating officer Inspector Prem Singh said raids were being conducted to nab the accused.

Ludhiana February 27A book titled 'Pauna di Sargam' by Jas Preet Kaur was released here today. Containing both pictures and poems by Jas Preet it has also been translated into English by Dr Jagtar Dhiman. Jas Preet a resident of Civil Lines here and an ardent nature lover said she was in close association with nature. Being a lover of both nature and literature I came up with a unique idea of a coffee table book which has photographs and poems by me” she said. Most of the pictures that have been featured in the book belong to my garden.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana February 27Last week a woman had delivered twins in the park of the Civil Hospital here and today a woman reportedly delivered a baby on the floor of the hospital. Kiran from Dhandari came to the Mother and Child Hospital (located on the premises of the Civil Hospital) She was nine months' pregnant and in advanced stage of her pregnancy. She had delivered the child inside the labour room. The staff of the hospital took the patient inside the labour room for delivery by taking all risk as they were not aware about her history. Her husband who is making allegations was not even present when the woman was taken inside the labour room” she said.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana February 22Three development projects worth Rs 64.6 crore under the Smart City and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) programmes launched here today. The mega projects which were aimed at ushering in a new era of world-class infrastructure in the industrial hub of the state are part of the Rs 1078-crore municipal projects for the state launched by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh through video-conferencing. In Ludhiana the virtual launch ceremony was presided over by Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu. The projects included the establishment of Municipal Corporation control centre and the augmentation of Ludhiana Safe City project worth Rs 35.96 crore beautification and refurbishment of Mini Rose Garden at the cost of Rs 3.48 crore in Ludhiana and 29 MLD sewage treatment plant (STP) worth Rs 25.16 crore which has already come up in Khanna. However the work on 29 MLD capacity STP had been completed under the AMRUT project in Khanna.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana February 26A number of detailed project reports (DPRs) for different projects were approved during a meeting of a city-level technical committee of Ludhiana Smart City Limited on Friday. The meeting was chaired by MC Commissioner-cum-CEO of the LSCL Pardeep Kumar Sabharwal. According to information the project reports about setting up of a table tennis court establishment of an indoor basketball court and renovation of the Shastri Hall for badminton and the MC's swimming pool near Rakh Bagh.

Amarpal Singh of Block C BRS Nagar said: “We had filed a complaint against commercial activities in our residential area around a month ago but to no aavail. The area is purely residential and no commercial activities should be allowed there. But we have been facing inconvenience for the past few years due to commercial activities. However Municipal Town Planner SS Bindra said: “We have sent notices to those running commercial activities in the area. If such activities are not stopped we will conduct a sealing drive against the violations.”Notably commercial activities are common in various residential areas of the city.

Ludhiana: National Medical Commission's (NMC) three-day course on revised basic course in medical education is being held at the NMC Nodal Centre for Faculty Development CMC Ludhiana. Hospital launches robotic tech for knee replacementLudhiana: Hunjan Hospital has launched 'Mako Robotic Arm-Assisted Technology' for knee replacement in the city. Mako Robotic Arm-Assisted Surgery System enables surgeons to deliver more predictable surgical outcomes with increased accuracy. The most common causes of liver disease can now be called non-alcoholic and obesity-related disorders. Mention liver disease to most people and the word which comes to mind is alcohol.

Ludhiana February 26The Municipal Corporation (MC) has started operations of its modernised slaughter house at Haibowal Dairy Complex. Stating this senior veterinary officer of the MC Dr Harbans Singh Dhalla said the slaughter house had been modernised with latest machineries. Dr Dhalla said the Modernised Slaughter House had separate “halal” and “jhatka” mutton halls. He said “The the civic body has provided five modern air conditioned Bolero jeeps (Reefer Vans) to the service providers of the modern slaughter house so that they can supply meat to the shop owners if the shop owners opted for the transportation of meat from slaughterhouse to their meat shop. Four shops have been handed over to the service provider while the fifth is under process.”Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu appealed to all meat shops owners to bring sheep goat and poultry for safe and hygiene slaughtering at the modern slaughter house of the civic body.

Ludhiana February 26The CIA 2 wing of the Ludhiana police busted a gang of robbers and arrested five of its members. All accused have a notorious past as several cases of loot and robberies were registered against them in the past. He said information was received that these persons were sitting in GLADA ground on the Chandigarh road where they were planning to commit a major loot in some factory. ACP Surinder said accused Deepak was facing eight cases of loot registered and had come out on bail in June last year. Satwinder faced six cases of robberies and he came out on bail in September last year.

Nitin JainTribune News ServiceLudhiana February 26Ludhiana has ranked among good performing districts in the state in the Covid vaccination. While Ferozepur remained the laggard with just 17 per cent coverage Sangrur Fazilka and Mansa managed 19 per cent vaccination each. Fatehgarh Sahib and Barnala inoculated 24 and 23 per cent registered HCWs respectively. With 29.8 per cent vaccination of registered FLWs Ludhiana remained behind Hoshiarpur which achieved the highest coverage of 36.3 per cent and Jalandhar remained second with 35.1 per cent vaccination. While Nawanshahr remained laggard with 15.3 per cent coverage Patiala was second last with 20.2 per cent and Mohali third last with 26.1 per cent vaccination.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana February 25The Ludhiana police are set to attach the properties of eight notorious smugglers who have been facing several cases of drug smuggling. CP Agrawal said the eight smugglers were those who had been into the notorious trade for a long time and they had amassed huge property from the illegal acts. As per our records these eight smugglers have made property of Rs87 lakh in a short span of time. We have already initiated the process to attach their properties and soon the process will be completed” added Agrawal. To prevent habitual offenders from doing this illegal trade the police have identified 25 such smugglers and special teams have been formed to watch their activities.

Tribune News ServiceLudhiana February 25The Department of Extension Education Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) organised a field day on “Paddy Straw Management” in the Sangatpura village under the project “Diffusion and assessment of paddy straw management technologies: A farmer's participatory approach” funded by NABARD. The project is aimed at sensitising farmers about ill effects of paddy straw burning and adoption of recommended straw management technologies. Addressing the gathering of farmers Dr Kuldeep Singh Head Department of Extension Education discussed the effects of paddy straw burning on human health soil health and environment. He advised the farmers to purchase agricultural machinery for paddy straw management on cooperative basis to share expenses. Dr Dharminder Singh Senior Extension Scientist motivated the farmers to adopt short duration varieties of paddy for efficient straw management.