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Dengue raises its head again | Ludhiana News - Net4News

Ludhiana: Even as Covid numbers have come down in the district, rising dengue count has continued to be a challenge for the health authorities as many of these cases been reported from posh areas in the city. In a relief, no fresh case of chikungunya has come to the fore after one such case was reported in Ludhiana district this year after a gap of three years. Data of the health department till Friday evening revealed that Ludhiana has so far reported 33 cases of dengue, out of which 17 patients are from the district, whereas 13 others are from different districts in Punjab and three from other states and Union territories. In Ludhiana, cases have been reported from areas like Model Town, Ferozepur road, Ashapuri, Civil Lines, Rani Jhansi road, Kailash Chowk, Chander Nagar, Bhamia road, Janta Nagar and Basti Jodhewal. Out of 17 cases in Ludhiana district, 15 were from Ludhiana (urban), and one each from Sidhwan Bet and Jagraon areas. Patients from Muktsar, Moga, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, SBS Nagar, Mansa and Faridkot districts have also got treatment in the city. Till August 2, 22 cases of dengue had been reported in Ludhiana, out of which 12 patients belonged to the district. The health officials said till August 18, only three cases of malaria have been reported from the district in 2021. The data of past years revealed that malaria and dengue cases have witnessed a both rise and fall. While 83 cases of malaria were reported in the district in 2016, the number dropped to 27 in 2019, 7 in 2020. Chikungunya cases have seen massive drop since 2017. The district had reported 1,876 dengue cases in 2015, which dropped to 489 in 2018. But in 2019, there was a sharp increase in dengue cases at 1,509 which dipped slightly last year to 1,355. Dengue deaths have decreased from seven in 2015 to just 1 in 2018. While no death was reported in 2019, two persons died to the disease last year. Civil surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said besides municipal corporation units, the health department has constituted 18 teams of two members each, including an assistant malaria officer (AMO), to control the vector-borne diseases. She said these teams have been visiting each sub-division to check breeding of larvae to check the spread of such diseases. Meanwhile, residents said fogging needs to be done in every area of the city to check cases. “We don’t see much fogging happening in our area even as it is the responsibility of the Municipal Corporation to get it done frequently. We request them to carry out fogging as per the schedule, so that people don’t fall prey to vector-borne diseases,” said Hapreet Singh, a Dugri resident. FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail Source link Read the full article

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High drama witnessed during demolition drive in Ludhiana | Ludhiana News - Net4News

LUDHIANA: A high level drama was witnessed in Upkar Nagar on Tuesday during demolition drive carried out by the municipal Corporation Ludhiana when residents opposed the drive strongly. The residents showed anger against MC officials for not taking action against an illegal building in area that belonged to Congress councillor and they came in area for demolishing pedestals where people had kept plants. However heated arguments and manhandling was witnessed at spot. The civic officials claimed that it was in the contempt of high court directions that they had gone to remove the encroachments but people opposed the drive. The cops could not control the people who levelled allegation against Congress leader for constructing an illegal multi storey building in area and if people raised voice against him, he sent the MC officials for removing the pedestals. People alleged that officials of building branch were corrupt and instead of removing the encroachments at large scale they were busy in removing the ramps outside houses. The residents tried to stop the officials from removing the ramps by sitting and standing in front of the JCB machine. The cops had to remove the protestors by pushing them backwards. The female residents alleged that there was no female cop involved in drive and male cops manhandled the ladies. However the situation turned tensed and heated arguments took place among the residents and officials. The officials claimed that they razed about a dozen illegal structures but at few locations the public tried to interfere. Hue and cry was raised in the area that invited the attention of commuters and nearby residents as well. The assistant town planner Madanjit Bedi said there were around 35 encroachments in the area and they removed all despite public interference. He said they had served the notices earlier because they have to file reply in court in 15 days. He said MC commissioner has to be present in court for reply. He said they removed encroachments at road portion and the building about which people were complaining was regularised a long back and MC had collected Rs 20 lakh from the congress leader. Source link Read the full article

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‘Udham Singh symbol of unity’, says Navjot Singh Sidhu | Ludhiana News - Net4News

PATIALA: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday visited the memorial of Udham Singh at Rauza Sharif in Sirhind, Fatehgarh Sahib, and paid obeisance to the martyr. He described Udham Singh as a “yug purush” and urged people to take inspiration from the martyrs. “After a long interval, a mother gives birth to a yug purush, who in the form of an institution guides the nation and humanity,” he said. He said guided by the Guru Sahib’s thinking, which terms both committing and tolerating tyranny as a sin, Udham Singh finished a tyrant who turned atrocious to public at Jallianwala Bagh. “He gave a message that we never bow down to tyranny. Udham Singh also kept his name as Ram Mohammad Singh Azad and conveyed the message of universal communion and this communion is also the spirit of the Constitution of our country,” he said. “In view of the sentiments of Udham Singh, his remains were brought back from England in 1974, almost 27 years after his martyrdom and the part of remains were brought in a golden urn and buried in the holy land of Fatehgarh Sahib in July 1974, where it remains a martyr’s memorial today,” said Sidhu, Sidhu said that the name of the martyr respected all religions and was a reflection of Punjabiyat. “Religions, languages, cultures may be different, but we are all in family unity. Today, no one is separate and the whole of Punjab is united in the memory of the martyr. We should take inspiration from martyrs and dedicate our lives to the service of humanity,” he added. Source link Read the full article

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Ludhiana cousin sisters tie the knot, brother gives away brides | Ludhiana News - Net4News

LUDHIANA: Two cousin sisters belonging to two villages in Ludhiana district tied the nuptial knot at a temple in an undisclosed area. While family of a girl from Swaddi Kalan village has decided to disown her, the other girl’s family, based in Swaddi Paschim village, has accepted the marriage. The couple got the support of brother of one of the girls, who was there at the time of their marriage and performed the ‘kanyadaan’. The matter came to light as a video of the marriage went viral on Tuesday. In the video, the couple could be seen exchanging garlands inside a temple. Sarpanch of Swadi Kalan Lal Singh said though the people are surprised with the marriage, they can’t do much when they have got married and the family of girl’s cousin has accepted them. He said the sarpanch of that village has told him that they have no problem with the union. But parents of the other girl, 21, have decided not to see her face again or allow her to come to their place. The sarpanch said two years ago, the duo was trying to get married, but the panchayat had to intervene as there was uproar over it. Sources in the village said brother of the girl is also living with his sister at her in-law’s place. They said his wife along with her two children lives with her parents. SSP (Ludhiana Rural) Charanjit Singh said if the duo are adult, police don’t have any role if they got married. Importantly, after Supreme Court scrapped Section 377 of the IPC in 2018, the LGBTQ community has been demanding similar marriage rights as that of heterosexual couples. Source link Read the full article

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Lender kills fellow UP man over Rs 5k | Ludhiana News - Net4News

Ludhiana: Dakha police on Friday night arrested a man for allegedly murdering a person at Jangpur village as the latter failed to pay him back Rs 5,000. Both the accused, identified as Anurag, and the victim, Shiv Naresh, originally belonged to Banda in Uttar Pradesh. In his complaint, Jangpur sarpanch Amarjit Singh said he had hired Shiv to take care of a 8-acre land that he had taken from Balbir Singh, presently in Canada, on a contract. Amarjit said he had been taking a round of the land on Friday evening when he saw Shiv and Anurag fighting. Asked about the reason for fight, Shiv said he owed Anurag Rs 5,000 and the latter wanted the money back and couldn’t wait till the next month. At 12am on Friday night, he saw lights coming from the motor room. As he went to the spot, he saw Anurag hitting Shiv with a stone on his head and thereafter running away from the spot. The sarpanch said Naresh, who had sustained several injuries on right side of his head, had died. Later, cops from Dakha police station reached the spot and started a probe into the matter. Police later booked Anurag for the murder. Inspector Jagjit Singh, SHO, Dakha police station, said the accused was arrested from Mullanpur railway station on Friday night when he was trying to flee to his native place. FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail Source link Read the full article

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Robbers target elderly couple, get away with Rs 45k | Ludhiana News - Net4News

Ludhiana: Four armed men barged into the house of an elderly couple in SBS Nagar, threatened them and escaped with Rs 45,000 on Friday morning. The elderly man, who is also an elected president of his locality — Kabeer Cooperative house building self supporting society — was about to leave for morning walk at 5am when the incident occurred. Dugri police have registered a case against four unidentified accused, on the complaint of Paramjeet Singh, 76. Paramjeet said he lived with his wife in the house. As per his daily routine, he was about to leave for morning walk at 5am. But when he had reached near the main gate of the house, four men entered the house, scaling the boundary wall. The accused were wearing masks and armed with sharp-edged weapons. He claimed that the accused took him inside the house and stuffed a piece of cloth in his and his wife’s mouth to stop them from raising an alarm. The accused then opened the almirah and started searching for cash and valuables. The accused spent about half an hour and kept frisking almirahs one after the other. They took away Rs 35,000 in cash from an almirah and Rs 10,000 in my wallet. While fleeing, the accused also took the keys of the house and car. Inspector Surinder Chopra, SHO, Dugri police station, said the CCTV cameras were installed in the house, however the accused took away the DVR. A case has been registered and the police are scanning more CCTV cameras installed in the locality to trace the accused. FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail Source link Read the full article

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Ludhiana rural police arrest two for theft in courier company office | Ludhiana News - Net4News

LUDHIANA: Less than two weeks after theft at a courier company office in Jagraon, Ludhiana rural police arrested two accused in the case. The accused were identified as Balwinder Singh of Dev nagar colony Rajpura, District Patiala and Sahib Singh of Ward number 15 in Rajpura Town, of the same district. Police said that unidentified accused had committed theft at a Load Share network private Limited store near LIC Chowk on the intervening night of June 27 and 28 from where around 15/20 parcels, 2 PC systems and around 2 lakh cash were stolen. It added that accordingly a theft case was registered at city Jagraon police station on June 28. SSP Ludhiana rural Charanjit Singh Sohal, said that after diligent investigation, the city Jagraon Police traced and arrested two persons involved in the theft and recovery was made from them in a matter of just 2 weeks. Source link Read the full article