Tribune News Service

Jalandhar: The Jalandhar Autoparts Manufacturers Association met Chief Engineer, PSPCL, Jalandhar, on Thursday and apprised him of various problems that the industry has been witnessing. A memorandum was also handed over to the Chief Engineer. The memorandum reads, 'In the absence of focal points, the industry has been rapidly coming up in the rural belt, within Industrial zones such as Dhogri, Kangniwal, Jandu Singha, Dhadha, Raipur, and Rasoolpur. Our members have raised a serious concern as these areas have been suffering from poor industrial infrastructure in terms of roads and electricity." The members said generally, the supply gets disrupted during storms, but here the issue is that, be it any minor fault, it takes several hours to bring the system online. “There is a tremendous shortage of manpower in these areas and as well as the other areas within the MC limits,” they said. TNS

DC inspects flood protection works

Jalandhar: To meet the challenge of any flood-like situation in the coming rainy season, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori on Thursday inspected the flood prone areas of Jalandhar to oversee flood protection work worth Rs 7.51 crore. The DC, while visiting the flood prone areas of Shahkot subdivision, said the administration was duty-bound to ensure that the vulnerable points were strengthened so that there was no possibility of floods in the district. The DC reviewed the pace of ongoing work along with river Sutlej adding that this work must be completed by the starting of next month. He said that any sort of laxity in this work was totally unwarranted and undesirable. Thori said he would periodically review the progress of this work to ensure that it was completed within stipulated time period. TNS

Science city opens with Covid curbs

Kapurthala: Pushpa Gujral Science City will be opening now with certain Covid restrictions. It will remain open from 9 am to 6 pm for seven days. A notification in this regard has been released by the Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Archaeology and Museums regarding opening of museums, memorials, monuments and other sites of the department. In the notification, it is said that the opening shall be subjected to any local restrictions put by the Deputy Commissioner. TNS

AAP chain fast enters day 3

Jalandhar: On the third day of the hunger strike on Thursday, Aam Aadmi Party’s mahila wing state president Rajwinder Kaur and district president Surinder Sodhi said they would continue their protest in every Assembly constituency against the post-matric scholarship scam. They said until all students didn't get their roll numbers and degrees the dharna would continue. She lauded the Delhi government's decision to provide training to 5,000 health assistants. They said the Congress government had failed to keep its promises made during the Assembly polls in 2017. They said the state government was leaving a legacy of scams. TNS