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With the ban on single-use plastic items coming into effect, environment-friendly products, including paper, wooden and biodegradable cutlery, have started finding more space on counters of wholesalers and retailers involved in the business.
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Brar and Kalra were at Dhuri Tuesday afternoon to be at the bhog ceremony of one Krishan Kumar, who was working as an accountant at an ahrtiya’s shop in Dhuri in Sangrur district and had died at the Singhu protest site.
Kalra said, “Gathering was unexpected at this spot, we are united like never before. Tuesday afternoon, Kumar’s family was given Rs 11 lakh out of which Rs 5 lakh was from Punjab government, Rs 5 lakh from FAA and Rs 1 lakh from SGPC’s side. Kumar was part of a protest at Singhu border. He was in his mid-60s and he had a heart attack on December 10 at Singhu border. He could not be saved, though he was taken to the hospital for medical help.”
A protester at Singhu border in New Delhi on Sunday
PATIALA/BATHINDA: Expressing resentment against the raids carried out on Arhtiyas by the income-tax (I-T) department, Punjab arhtiyas (commission agents) have decided to shut down all grain markets in the state from Tuesday to Friday.
Describing the raids as pressure tactics by the Union government against the arhtiyas for supporting agitating farmers, they also demanded immediate suspension of the I-T raids carried out late on Friday night and on Saturday in Rajpura, Samana in Patiala district and in Nawashahar district with the help of CRPF jawans.
Around 16 arhtiyas were served notices by the I-T department and raids were carried out on six arhtiyas who have state-level designations in the arhtiya unions. There are around 28,000 licensed commission agents in Punjab.