Ludhiana, Punjab Business Information Directory

Twelve deaths were reported from Ludhiana, three from Patiala, two from Amritsar and one each from Barnala, Jalandhar, Mohali, Nawanshahr, Ropar and Sangrur.

The state had not lifted the night curfew after recent Unlock guidelines of the Centre. The night curfew was from 11 pm to 5 am. Now, in three major cities, it has been extended by two hours. 

The figures from Ludhiana city police reveal a disturbing trend, according to which at least 120 persons ended their lives and died by suicide during the lockdown period from April 1 to July 31.

Yashdeep Puri of the RSS Punjab unit, said, "RSS pracharak from North India has gone for this occasion, rest no one is going. We all will be praying here itself.”

Ludhiana once again reported maximum 222 cases in the state on Tuesday.

Police said that a raid was conducted at village Bholewal Jadid and at least 2 lakh liters of lahan (kacchi daaru) and 55 liters of illicit liquor was recovered. Two accused were arrested from the spot, while their five accomplices managed to escape.

District solely dependent on private hospitals when it comes to handling critical patients.

The family alleged that they had taken the patient to civil hospital after DMCH stated that they had a shortage of beds. In civil hospital, he could not get a ventilator.

This has raised a serious question mark on tertiary care facilities in Ludhiana as it is the only district in Punjab which has a tie-up with maximum private hospitals — seven.

The 1,000 acres of land earmarked for the industrial park comes in villages Sekhowala, Salempur, Haider Nagar, Sailkiana and Machian Kalan.

Maximum new cases were reported from Ludhiana (166), followed by Jalandhar (162) and Gurdaspur (89). For the third time since the outbreak, the new cases were reported from all the 22 districts in the State.

On Sunday 534 cases were reported. Prior to that in a week's time, the number of new cases each day crossed 400-mark five times.

Prem Kumar Gupta said, "This is is a crucial time and we, as a hospital, are busy providing best services to patients. We don't want to comment on any person's baseless allegations. Our hospital staff is working overnight to meet the heavy influx of patients."

Police said that the child's mother had died a few months ago at their village in Uttar Pradesh, following which he along with his sister lived with their maternal grandmother in Ludhiana. The child's parents were divorced.

Civil Surgeon says district plans to increase Level 3 beds to 1,000.