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Ludhiana: Convoys of tractors, jeeps and cars started rolling down the streets of city’s main roads at 11am on Sunday. Elite women of the district stood out in the cavalcades; while few were driving tractors, others were sitting in trolleys or driving jeeps and cars in the over 20km rally that started from a petrol pump in South City.
Women hailing from South City, Barewal Road, Sarabha Nagar, BRS Nagar, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Agar Nagar, Kitchu Nagar and Model Town steered ahead with aplomb. “Around 150 women in cars, jeep and tractors showed solidarity with farmers. Women driving tractors had little experience on the tarmac, but they showed a lot of grit,” said Dr Aman Mauj, a veterinarian and immigration lawyer who has come from Canada for the agitation and is living in Sarabha Nagar.
Farmer Karamjit Singh has fitted the body of a bus on the trolley to create resting space for fellow farmers and carry essential items
LUDHIANA: A tractor attached with body of a bus has become a major attraction on the road to Delhi as many people in Machhiwara and Samrala were surprised to see such a modification. Its owner farmer Karamjit Singh of Vajidpur in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district along with his acquaintances was on the way to Singhu border to join the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day. This modified tractor was part of a convoy of around 200 tractors of Doaba Kisan Union that evoked curiosity of passersby as it crossed Machhiwara and nearby villages around noon on Saturday.
Ludhiana: Residents in block E of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar have complained against the ‘brutal’ pruning of trees in parks as well along roadside in the locality by a private contractor hired by the Ludhiana Improvement Trust for the purpose. The residents rued that it takes a long time for the trees to grow and if pruning would be done so mercilessly, then how these will grow properly in future. Already, the city’ green cover is shrinking like anything and such kind of attitude will create more problems.
A resident of the area, Arvind Sharma, while complaining said, “Over a month ago similar kind of activity had been started in the area and trees were being pruned badly. When we raised the matter with LIT officials, even they had expressed ignorance about the pruning and claimed that they were yet to hire a contractor for the job. Any how, now, when the job has been allocated to a contractor, even then similar practice was going on in the area.” He said they had request
Harsh Vardhan to meet state health ministers on vaccine s dry-run
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Thu, Jan 7 2021 11:03 IST |
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Harsh Vardhan to meet state health ministers on vaccine s dry-run. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Jan 7 : Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan is slated to hold a video conferencing on Thursday with health ministers of all the states and union territories to review preparedness for another nationwide dry run of administering Covid-19 vaccine on January 8.
The Central government is gearing up for the roll out of Covid-19 vaccine across the country. As a simulation of actual execution, another round of dry run will now be conducted in all 700 plus districts of all states and UTs, except Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, on Friday.