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LUDHIANA: High drama was witnessed outside the office of cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Wednesday, when leaders and workers of Shiromani Akali Dal gathered there to protest to seek arrest of Lok Insaaf Party MLA Simarjit Singh Bains, who has been booked in a rape case.
The Akali leaders alleged that the Congress government has failed to take timely action against Bains, as earlier there was a delay in the registration of the case and now the cops were not arresting him. The protesters alleged that Ashu was saving Bains.
Heavy police force was deployed around the residence and the office of the cabinet minister for controlling the protesters. The situation turned tense when agitators tried to break the barricades and the cops used force and resorted to cane charge to stop them from crossing the line.
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Ludhiana: With coronavirus cases not slowing down and fatalities rising in the district, business associations have come forward to help the administration and the government.
Several businessmen are already providing oxygen free of cost in huge quantities and during the past few days they have also deposited with the administration hundreds of cylinders lying in their factories. Besides, many vaccination camps have been organised by the industry in which not only workers and businessmen, but the public was also immunised.
To overcome shortage of beds in hospitals, Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU) has pledged to support the initiative of the administration to set up a 50-bed makeshift hospital at the Meritorious School in Civil Lines. Upkar Singh Ahuja, CICU president, said, “Recently, a meeting was held with DC Varinder Sharma, councillor Mamta Ashu, Dr Bishav Mohan and other senior officials of the district administration to help the community by settin
Ludhiana: In a step that would benefit residents of both rural and urban areas of the city, a new bridge would be built at the cost of Rs 7 crore near Jhammat village.
Carpeting of approach roads leading to Jalandhar via Ladowal National Highway bypass and from the bridge to the underpass has also been approved. Both these projects, which have been a long-pending demand of the area residents who had been facing traffic jams due to the narrow bridge, will largely benefit people of South City, Ladowal, Barewal and those using this road to go to Jalandhar.
The bridge site near Jhammat village was inspected on Wednesday by officials of departments concerned along with councillor Mamta Ashu on behalf of cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu. She said, “The areas surrounding Jhammat village have witnessed development of a large number of residential colonies, besides some educational institutions. The commuters have been using the existing bridge and facing frequent traffic jams due t