Food Drive Brings Shower of Smiles

Khaana Leia & Robin Hood Army Organize Food Drive 

Ludhiana: 19th April, 2021: (Kartika Singh//Punjab Screen):: 

Food Drive by Khaanaleia & Robin Hood Army 

When people are dying because of hunger, pandemic and Lockdown. There are some beautiful souls who would came out to share their love, happiness and Food. A small act of kindness matters a lot. 
In a bid to bring smiles on the faces of the less fortunate, Khaanaleia  and Robin Hood Army today organised a Food Drive at the slums on Ludhiana-Delhi Road. Khaanaleia provided the food which comprised of pav bhaaji, cake, cold drinks and chocolates.

Almost 130 children from 45 families were served. Khaanaleia is a fledgling organisation started by two friends Monaa Chadha and Akshi Khanna. The organisation came up during the stressed corona pandemic last year with a goal to make creative and hygienic foods, just like food cooked at home, accessible to their customers at affordable prices. A home delivery concept, Khaanaleia was also set up to give the stressed home maker a break from monotonous cooking. Their menu comprises of all kinds of cuisines ranging from Indian, continental, Thai, Italian, American, Chinese, Japanese, French to jams, sauces, pickles, cakes and other desserts. 

The Robin Hood Army is a zero-funds volunteer organization that works to get surplus food from restaurants and communities to serve the less fortunate. “Robins” are largely students and young working professionals – everyone does this in their free time. The lesser fortunate sections of society they serve include homeless families, orphanages, patients from public hospitals and old age homes.

Free rapid testing for Covid-19 for GCG students

Friday: 9th October 2020 at 3:23 PM  

 Iron, Folic acid and Zinc tablets were also distributed    

Ludhiana: 10th October 2020: (Kartika Singh//Punjab Screen)::                     

A team of doctors from Punjab Health Department organized a camp, conducting free rapid testing for Covid-19 as a precautionary measure at Govt. College for Girls, Ludhiana. Dr. Seema Kaushal, Medical Officer UCHC, Jawaddi conducted Corona Awareness Drive to make people aware of the causes of infection so that the recovery rate gets better and mortality rate comes down. She gave valuable tips on nutritious and healthy diet. Moreover, to build a strong immunity against this virus Iron and Folic acid tablets and Zinc tablets were also distributed. The camp successfully accomplished under the able guidance of Officiating Principal Dr. Gurpreet Kaur and Dr. Sukhwinder Kaur, Incharge Student Council.  

On Income Tax Day, Special effort by IT Department

24th July 2020 at 5:48 PM

IT distributes masks, kadha and soaps amongst people

Ludhiana: 24th July 2020: (Punjab Screen Bureau)::

Income tax department Ludhiana, under its 'Income Tax Social Responsibility’ (ITSR) initiative, is taking proactive steps to help contain the spread of COVID-19. The department in association with the “Golden Hearts” of Ludhiana and volunteers has called upon people to “Join the MASK MOVEMENT” called “मास्क लगाओ, कोरोना हराओ” on Income Tax Day that is 24th July 2020 with multiple objectives of creating mask awareness, immunity awareness, environment awareness along with awareness of the citizens regarding their duty to contribute to nation building by paying their due taxes.

This “Join the MASK MOVEMENT”  involves distribution of at least one lakh masks to people, as also distribution of Ayurvedic 'Ayush Kadha’ for immunity and 'Soap' for personal and hand-hygiene. 

Priority is being given to families living in slums and labour colonies,  to raise their level of awareness and ensuring their protection from COVID19. 

The first lot of masks, kadha and soaps were flagged off by Mr Binay K.Jha, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Ludhiana from Aaykar Bhawan, here. The event was organised following proper social distancing and hygiene norms.

The masks are being distributed from the currently closed NGO schools in labour colonies,  and being given to devotees visiting Gurudwaras and Temples.

As a part of the anti-corona kit, Along with the face  masks  and kadha, the income tax department also distributed 10,000 handwash soaps to the local slum areas. Sh BK Jha , chief commissioner said that as research has shown that the corona virus is destroyed by 20 seconds of hand washing,  soap is an important component in the fight against corona.

Greeting all taxpayers and citizens on Income Tax Day, CCIT Jha says: “There is an urgent need to provide reusable cloth masks and immunity-boosting KADHA to people, not only to protect them from COVID-19, but also to spread awareness among the public on the need to use masks with social distancing. We have to win this war against the virus. I am also happy that a large number of these masks have been made by women’s self-help groups in Punjab with the result that the MASK MOVEMENT is also generating Income for people in need, thus boosting economic immunity for them. Also we have organised around 25,000 trees-saplings for Jammu and Kashmir that are being planted by the BSF. 9000 trees have been provided today. The target is to plant at least two lakh trees. I am happy that more and more IT employees, including Patiala and Jalandhar Charges, the Bar members, taxpayers and volunteers are coming forward to join and support the initiatives. Every Indian, taxpayer or otherwise, should come forward and contribute towards the effort for winning this crucial battle for India . And we are committed to protecting the health and building economic community for our nation.”Senior officers of the Department, representatives from the Income Tax Gazetted Officials Association, Income Tax Employees Federation, District Taxation Bar Association, Taxation Bar Association and Punjab Taxation Bar Association were present.

1 Containment & 5 Micro Containment Zones in Ldh.

  14th July 2020 at 4:46 PM

 All Areas Sealed & All necessary actions being taken:DC 

Ludhiana: 14th July 2020: (Kartika Singh//Punjab Screen)::

Under the Mission Fateh of the Punjab government and to check the spread of Covid 19, one containment and 5 micro containment zones have been declared in district Ludhiana. 

Deputy Commissioner Mr Varinder Sharma informed that due to 25 positive cases, Ashok Nagar in Salem Tabri has been declared as a containment zone, while the micro-containment zones include Kucha No 5 of Field Ganj due to 9 positive cases, Street No 3 in Vijay Nagar due to 8 positive cases, B & C Blocks of GK Estate due to 8 positive cases, from Lucky Hairdresser to RS Model School in Navi Abadi due to 5 positive cases and from house no 37-76 in Kidwai Nagar due to 6 positive cases. 

All these areas have been sealed and the concerned departments have been directed to take necessary action.

Mr Sharma informed that as per the directions of the health department, a district level committee comprising MC Additional Commissioner Mr Sanyam Aggarwal, Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga, District Epidemiologist Dr Ramesh Kumar and Medical College head Dr Clarence Samual, to identify containment and micro containment zones have been formulated in the district. He said that containment and micro containment zones are declared on the basis of recommendation of this committee.

Mr Sharma appealed to the residents to follow all directions of the Punjab government and if they would stay indoors, they would not only stay safe themselves, but would also contribute in keeping everyone around safe.

93 New Cases Reported in Ludhiana During Last 24 Hours

13th July 2020 at 9:48 PM

 Peoples should follow all directions and sta home-DC 

Ludhiana: 13th July 2020: (Kartika Singh//Punjab Screen)::

Image taken by Engin Akyurt of Pexels on March 28, 2020 8:17 pm

Deputy Commissioner Mr Varinder Sharma today informed that under the “Mission Fateh” of the Punjab government, the number of COVID 19 patients getting cured in district Ludhiana is increasing with each passing day. He said that 93 new cases have been reported in district Ludhiana at present. Out of these cases, 80 are from district Ludhiana while 13 are from other districts.

He further said that till date, a total of 43954 samples have been taken in the district. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 1411, while 265 patients are related to other districts/states.

He said that unfortunately 32 people from Ludhiana and 28 from other districts have lost their lives. He informed that 221 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district today.

He said that whenever District Administration and Health Department Ludhiana finds out that about any positive or suspected COVID 19 person, their samples are immediately sent for testing. Similarly, 616 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.

Mr Sharma appealed to the residents to follow all directions of the Punjab government and if they would stay indoors, they would not only stay safe themselves, but would also contribute in keeping everyone around safe.

‘Lets Defeat COVID-19’ was released at DMC

21st June  2020 at 12:44 PM

 Awareness is very much required at this crucial hour 

Ludhiana: 21st June 2020: (Punjab Screen Bureau)::

A booklet on preventing spread of COVID-19 infection entitled ‘Lets Defeat COVID-19’ was released by Secretary of DMCH Managing Society-Sh Prem Kumar Gupta. Also present on the occasion was Medical Supdts. Dr Ashwani Chaudhary, Medical Supdt. (HDHI) Dr Bishav Mohan and Professor of Medicine-Dr Rajesh Mahajan.  

Dr Rajesh Mahajan and Dr Bishav Mohan co-authored the book under the guidance of Secretary Sh Prem Kumar Gupta. Vice-Principal and Chief Cardiologist Dr GS Wander, Dr Sarju Ralhan from Department of Cardiac Surgery and Dr Sahil Goel from Departemt of Ophthalmology also gave their valuable advices and suggestions for the publishing of booklet.  

In his message, Secretary Sh Prem Kumar Gupta said that DMCH as a major tertiary health care centre of Northern India took this initiative of publishing a booklet on making people aware about symptoms of Coronavirus and adopting preventive measures to be safe from this infection.

Dr Bishav Mohan and Dr Rajesh Mahajan, co-authors of the book, said that awareness is very much required at this crucial hour to make people know about the symptoms and preventive measures to beat COVID 19 infection and stay safe and healthy.

According to them, maintaining proper Social Distancing of atleast 1 metre between yourself and others and wearing of masks properly close to the bridge of your nose and all the way under your chin are two most important factors responsible for controlling the spread of COVID 19 infection.

Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu honoured by Gurdawara

15th June  2020 at 6:51 PM
Honoured due to his efforts in providing ration to the needy 

Ludhiana: 15th June 2020: (Punjab Screen Bureau)::

The management of Gurudwara Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Ji in Model Town Extension have honoured Punjab Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Mr Bharat Bhushan Ashu for his efforts in providing ration to the needy during the COVID 19 pandemic.

Mr Amarjit Singh Tikka, Chairman, PMIDB, and trustee of the Gurudwara Management Committee, informed that Mr Bharat Bhushan Ashu worked wholeheartedly for providing ration to the needy during the COVID 19 pandemic. He said that even the wheat procurement under Mr Ashu completed smoothly, due to which the Punjabi farmer is thanking the Capt Amarinder Singh led Punjab government.

He said that for his efforts during the pandemic, the management of Gurudwara Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Ji honoured Mr Bharat Bhushan Ashu. They informed that the Gurudwara management committee worked hard to ensure the preparation of langar for more than 2000 people daily & given to police for distribution. Besides, the persons preparing langar were also given health insurance cover of Rs 25 lakh from the gurudwara committee.

Prominent among those present on the occasion included Gurudwara President Rajinder Singh Bindra, Chairman Baba Ajit Singh ,Trustees Surinder Pal Singh Bindra, Sukhwindar Pal Singh Lally, Harpreet Singh Rajdhani, Amarpal Singh Sarna, Navpreet Singh Pareeti, Kawaljeet Singh Bindra, Gurcharan Singh Khurana, Dara Babbar, besides several others.

30 more positive cases reported in Ludhiana

13th June 2020 at 6:27 PM

 5 more patients have been declared cured 

AMURT team headed by Dada Ashok Chawla continuously reaching in slums of Ludhiana to  fight Corona

Ludhiana: 13h June 2020: (Kartika Singh//Punjab Screen):: 13th June 2020 at 6:27 PM

Deputy Commissioner Mr Pradeep Kumar Agrawal today informed that under the “Mission Fateh” of the Punjab government, the number of COVID 19 patients getting cured in district Ludhiana is increasing with each passing day. He informed that 5 more patients have been declared cured in last 24 hours. He said that till now, the total number of patients discharged from hospital has reached 195.

Besides, 30 more positive cases have been reported in the district, out of which 26 are from Ludhiana and 4 from other districts.

He further said that till date, a total of 16304 samples have been taken, out of which report of 15149 samples has been received, of 14693 samples is negative and report of 1155 samples is pending. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 337, while 119 patients are related to other districts/states.

He said that unfortunately 11 people from Ludhiana and 8 from other districts have lost their lives. He said that 195 patients related to district Ludhiana have been discharged from hospital after treatment.

He informed that till date, 9597 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons is 2654. Today, 358 persons were sent for home quarantine.

He said that whenever District Administration and Health Department Ludhiana finds out that about any positive or suspected COVID 19 person, their samples are immediately sent for testing. Similarly, 1104 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.

He appealed to the residents to follow all directions of the Punjab government and if they would stay indoors, they would not only stay safe themselves, but would also contribute in keeping everyone around safe.

In the meantime Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) reaching the slum areas to save the poor peoples who are not getting any type of govt help in practice. Bhukti Pradhan Dada Ashok Chawla motivating and doing the all required arrangements for the purpose. AMURT team started its efforts immediately after the lockdown announced.

Three Positive cases reported in Ludhiana in last 24 hours

ICMR team does random sampling in District

Ludhiana: 26th May 2020: (Kartika Singh//Punjab Screen)::

Deputy Commissioner Mr Pradeep Kumar Agrawal today informed that two new positive cases have been reported in district Ludhiana in last 24 hours. He informed that till date, a total of 6143 samples have been taken, out of which report of 5968 has been received, report of 5701 samples is negative and report of 175 samples is pending.

He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 181, while 86 patients are related to other districts/states. He said that unfortunately 7 people from Ludhiana and 5 from other districts have lost their lives. He said that 139 patients related to district Ludhiana have been discharged from hospital after treatment.

He informed that out of the total three positive cases reported in last 24 hours include a husband-wife duo, residents of village Khanpur near Dehlon. Both of them had returned from West Bengal on May 23, 2020, a 50 years Male, who works as Security Staff in Air India and is a Permanent Resident of Delhi. He had come back from Delhi on May 25, 2020 by domestic flight at Sahnewal Airport. The report of other 10 passengers is negative.

He informed that till date, 6312 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons is 2031. Today, 68 persons were sent for home quarantine.

He said that whenever District Administration and Health Department Ludhiana finds out that about any positive or suspected COVID 19 person, their samples are immediately sent for testing. Similarly, 116 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.

He appealed to the residents to follow all directions of the Punjab government and if they would stay indoors, they would not only stay safe themselves, but would also contribute in keeping everyone around safe.

Random Sampling Done b ICMR Team in Ludhiana

Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) team from Delhi under the guidance of Mr Balbir Singh Sidhu, Health Minister, Punjab, visited various areas of the district. Blood samples were taken at random to check the level of immunity against COVID.

Giving information in this regard, Civil Surgeon Ludhiana Dr. Rajesh Kumar Bagga said that today ICMR team from Delhi visited village Baddowal under block Sudhar, Majri village under Sidhwan Bet, Doraha under Payal, Ghungrali village under Manupur, Sham Nagar area in the city and random samples of people's blood have been taken for testing. He said that the main purpose of taking samples is to check the level of immunity of the people against COVID.

A Greener PAU Campus Infuses New Vigour &Vitality

17th May 2020 at 7:48 PM

 Now PAU camps even more inviting than before 

Ludhiana: 17th May 2020: (Kartika Singh//Punjab Screen)::

Even as the world fights the COVID 19 pandemic, and humanity sits tucked away indoors, it is nature at its spectacular best at the 494 hectare Punjab Agricultural University Campus that has adorned an all new invigorating look with sprawling rich greenery and a gay bloom of hundreds of varieties of fragrant flowers, shrubs and avenue trees;  Says Dr Dr. R.K. Dubey, Professor of Landscaping and in- charge P.A.U. Landscape Nursery that the lockdown has catapulted our lifestyle in to the basic necessity mode that has directly lead to healing of nature. Often labeled as the lungs of the heavily polluted Ludhiana city, the university campus that has not seen the usual hustle and bustle for about two months now due to the lockdown, is greener and even more inviting than before. Ornamental trees such as Red Gulmohar, Neeli Gulmohar, Amaltas and Mahogany lining the roads; shady trees such as Neem, Mango , Molsari, Satpatia, Pilkan, Dhrek beautifying hostels and departments; Shrubberies like Murraya , Bougainvillea, Hamelia , Cassia , Clerodendrone , Mor-pankh , Tecoma , Stenolobium , Pili kaner, Lantana, Jasmine,Rat ki rani, Din ka raja adorn walkways and parks, adding esthetic beauty and fragrance to the surroundings.

Expressing delight at the newly enhanced natural bounty, PAU Vice Chancellor and Padam Shri Awardee, Dr B.S. Dhillon remarked that nature is the best subordinate to the human economy and its value can never be measured by money. He said as the world starts to prepare getting used to living life with the Corona virus, there are important lessons to learn from our natural surroundings that have sustained us, despite our detrimental actions. With lockdown being lifted to give impetus to the country’s economy and uncertainty gripping the citizens; it is the colour, fragrance and vivacity of the campus plantation ready to welcome back its people, while giving the message that one should be patient in dealing with life’s challenges. That is the ultimate victory of life,” remarked Dr Dhillon.

It may be mentioned that as per Punjab Government instructions, all offices of the university have resumed functioning to take up urgent functioning with effect from today with 33% strength.

The DGP paid tributes to ACP Anil Kohli

Sunday: 10th May 2020 at 7:49 PM

The First Punjab Police Corona Martyr

*DGP Visits Ludhiana to take stock of Covid-19 Situation

*He also reviewed Police Arrangements

*He Attends the Bhog of ACP Anil Kohli 

*Gives Cheque to deceased's wife and Appointment letter to Son 

*Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, MLAs Rakesh Pandey and Surinder Dawar also attended Bhog.

*Honours 11 Police personnel with ‘DGP’s honour for "Exemplary Sewa to Society" Certificates. 

Ludhiana: 10th May 2020: (Punjab Screen Bureau)::

Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta on Sunday visited Ludhiana Commissionerate to take stock of the ground situation in the district and review the arrangements made by the police to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

The DGP also paid tributes to the first Punjab Police Corona martyr ACP Anil Kohli, a frontline Covid worker who died on April 18. He attended the Bhog ceremony of Kohli and expressed profound grief and solidarity with the bereaved family. He also handed over an appointment letter to Paras Kohli s/o Anil Kohli and a cheque for financial assistance to deceased officer’s wife, Palak Kohli. Prominent among those present on the occasion also included Punjab Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Minister Mr Bharat Bhushan Ashu, MLAs Mr Rakesh Pandey and Mr Surinder Dawar, Deputy Commissioner Mr Pradeep Kumar Agrawal, Commissioner of Police Mr Rakesh Kumar Agrawal, besides several others.

Due to ongoing Covid-19, restrictions, more than 20000 people and police officers from across the state  joined the Bhog Ceremony through live telecast on the internet.

These included ADGPs, IG/DIGs and all SSPs of the state.

Earlier, chairing a meeting of senior police officers of Ludhiana Police at Police Lines, Gupta assessed the prevailing situation and the measures taken for strict enforcement of Covid guidelines. He directed the officers to intensify the enforcement of curfew and Covid guidelines.

Commissioner of Police Rakesh Agrawal informed the DGP that district police had been strictly implementing the COVID restrictions and was dealing firmly with curfew violators. The district police had registered 426 FIRs for various curfew related offences and arrested 732 violators. A total of 14,806 persons had been taken to Open Jails, while 7088 traffic challans had been issued in the city against those going around in vehicles without any valid reasons, with 1265 vehicles being impounded.

The CP further informed the meeting that since Ludhiana is an industrial hub, which had lakhs of migrant labourers from across the country, the police had also accepted the tough challenge of serving them and other needy persons cooked food. As many as 57,85,793 persons had been served food and 39,837 food kits had been distributed among the needy during this period.

Agrawal further revealed that 20, 000 migrants had returned to their home districts through Shramik Express Special Trains in last 5 days. He also pointed out that several factories had already restarted operations in Ludhiana, and a large number of labourers had joined work. Besides, 57 Shelter Homes had been set up and around 800 migrants were residing there, with free food and stay being provided by the administration.

In the maintenance of law and order in Ludhiana city, 2020 volunteers were helping police, and their role was being highly appreciated by the people, the meeting was informed. The general public is also rendering commendable services amid COVID-19, with 276 villages and 1077 mohallas being sealed voluntarily by the people.

The Commissioner of Police further apprised the DGP that the police force on duty was being served cooked food twice a day, along with regular supply of potable water. To boost immunity of the workforce, Vitamin-B, Vitamin-C tablets, Vitamin-D, Zinc tablets, Giloy Ghanvati tablets, Homeopathic medicine Arsenic album 30 had been distributed. About one lac masks, 90,000 gloves, 50,000 bottles of sanitizers, 1700 face shields & Goggles and 564 PPE kits had also been provided to protect the frontline police personnel. As many as 12 Quarantine Centers with capacity of 478 Beds at different locations in the Commissionerate, Ludhiana, had been established exclusively for the police personnel.  Many Police jawans shared with the DGP that they had already taken HCQ as a prophylactic.

While appreciating the work done by Ludhiana Police, the DGP underlined the need to further intensify the efforts to ensure strict compliance of lockdown/curfew restrictions amid COVID-19. The DGP also interacted with the police officers across ranks, deployed at various chowks of Ludhiana. Noticing some violations of the ban on pillion riding on two-wheelers, Gupta directed the police personnel to strictly enforce the ban to ensure proper social distancing. He also asked the CP Ludhiana to run special campaigns on electronic as well as social media to educate the people about this.

The DGP also interacted with the volunteers deployed at Bharat Nagar Chowk and commended them for working with utmost sincerity & dedication for the nearly past two months without any remuneration. ACP Traffic Gurdev Singh, who is mobilising & coordinating the entire volunteer effort in Ludhiana, informed the DGP that more than 9000 volunteers were deployed with the Ludhiana Police and doing an excellent job in service towards society.

The DGP also inspected a Mobile Medical Van with the doctor, which has been detailed to carry out medical screening of cops deployed at various points in the city. He also motivated the doctor on duty and the police officers to use the Pulse Oxymeter, especially for police personnel & their families, to check for any flu like symptoms.

To boost the morale of the police force and to recognise work done by frontline men and women, Gupta presented the ‘DGP’s Honour for Exemplary Seva to Society Certificates’ to 11 personnel, including an IPS officer ADCP (Headquarters) Deepak Pareek, who is the Nodal Officer for Covid-19 in Police Commissionerate, Ludhiana. SHO Focal Point Insp Mohd Jameel, Constable Sanjeev Kumar and Ajaib Singh were also honoured for their outstanding services in the battle against Coronavirus.

SHO Arshpreet Kaur discharged from DMCH

Friday: 8th May 2020 at 3:18 PM
Senior police officials were present on the occasion

Ludhiana: 8th May 2020: (Kartika Singh//Punjab Screen)::

Ludhiana:SHO of Basti Jodhewal, Ludhiana- Arshpreet Kaur, admitted in DMCH due to COVID-19 infection got discharged today after 14 days of hospitalization in DMCH. On her discharge from the hospital, senior police officials of Ludhiana Police Commissionerate  were present on the occasion and facilitated the officer for getting back to normal well being.

Secretary of DMCH Managing Society- Sh Prem Kumar Gupta congratulated SHO Arhspreet Kaur in fighting her battle against COVID 19 infection. He lauded the effective teamwork of doctors, nursing and paramedical staff of DMCH in successfully treating the patient. Mr Gupta specially emphasized the contribution of Departments of emergency Medicine, Microbiology and Critical Care Medicine in treating patients infected with COVID 19 infection  

Professor of Medicine-Dr Rajesh Mahajan said that the patient Arshpreet Kaur had tested negative on two occasions and got successfully discharged in healthy condition today.

Dean Academcis Dr Rajoo Singh Chhina said that DMCH,under the guidance of Secretary Sh Prem Kumar Gupta is fully equipped to tackle the present situation of COVID 19 pandemic and all faculty and staff members are taking all the due precautions in creating awareness and leaving no stone unturned n winning war against COVID-19. 

Politicians should rise above party lines-Ravneet Bittu

 Everone should come forward to support everyone 

Ludhiana: 6th May 2020: (Kartika Singh//Punjab Screen)::

Ludhiana MP Mr Ravneet Singh Bittu today said that in view of COVID 19 pandemic, the politicians should rise above party lines and should come forward to support everyone around them. He said this while speaking to media persons at the Isolation Centre set up at Meritorious School, here today. He was also accompanied by Mayor Mr Balkar Singh Sandhu, MC Councillors Mrs Mamta Ashu, Mr Sunny Bhalla and Mr Jai Parkash Sharma, besides others.

On this occasion, they distributed necessary items amongst the people staying in this isolation centre, here. Mrs Mamta Ashu donated 5000 packets of biscuits along with 50 PPE kits. Earlier, Mrs Mamta Ashu has donated 250 PPE kits along with other items for the people staying here.

Mr Bittu said that there is no shortage of funds when it comes to providing best healthcare to the residents. He informed that on the basis of demand provided by District Administration, medical equipment worth Rs 1 crore has already been provided to the health department out of his MPLAD funds.

Mr Ravneet Singh Bittu said that due to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic, he had asked the health department officials to provide list of medical equipment required to fight this pandemic. He informed that when the list was submitted, he immediately released Rs 1 crore from MPLAD funds for this purpose.

Mr Bittu said that he has offered more funds if the health department wants to purchase additional equipment. He assured that there is no shortage of funds and hailed the doctors and health department officials who have been on the forefront in fight against COVID 19.

Shri Narendra Modi lighting the lamp

Express solidarity with people 

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi lighting the lamp on 9 PM to express solidarity with people of the country in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, in New Delhi on April 05, 2020.

Deputy Commissioner warned shopkeepeers

27th March 2020 at 9:15 PM

Licence of Shopkeepers not offering home delivery to be cancelled

Ludhiana: 27th March 2020: (Kartika Singh//Punjab Screen)::

In view of the lock down in district Ludhiana, the District Administration and Municipal Corporation Ludhiana have decided that any shopkeeper who does not offer home delivery, their license would be cancelled. The shopkeeper would have to follow the rules of the license at every cost.

While chairing a meeting to review the arrangements, Deputy Commissioner Mr Pradeep Kumar Agrawal said that they have come to know that some shopkeeper are not offering home delivery to the residents despite taking license in this regard. He said that strict action would now be taken against such shopkeepers.

Mr Agrawal further said that the retailers/shopkeepers can now bring kiryana from Kesar Ganj Mandi themselves and assured that the police would not harass them. He said that nodal officers from police and civil administration have been deputed in Kesar Ganj Mandi as well as Pindi Street.

He also clarified that if the trucks used for supply of essential commodities are stopped by the police or some other official, they should complain at state-level helpline number 112, which is being monitored directly by the Chief Minister. For the  benefit of suppliers, shopkeepers and retailers, one branch each of every bank would open in the city from 11 am to 2 pm on Saturday. All the banks have been directed that there should be no shortage of cash in the ATMs. He said that soon, mobile ATM facility would be started in the district.

During the meeting, it was also decided to open drug de-addiction centres in district Ludhiana. He informed that these centres would be opened from 9 am to 3 pm and only those patients can take medicine, whose registration is of before March 20, 2020. New registration would be done only at government OOAT centres.

The Deputy Commissioner said that the health department today took seven samples, whose results are awaited. He informed that till date, 58 samples have been taken, out of which 56 are negative and 2 are positive.

Door-To-Door Home Delivery of Essentials Starts

25th Mar 2020 at 9:14 PM

Suppliers Strictly have to take Necessary Permission

Ludhiana: 25th March 2020: (Kartika Singh//Punjab Screen)::

In view of Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19), the door to door delivery of essential commodities have started in district Ludhiana. For this purpose, the suppliers would strictly have to take necessary permission for the district administration in advance. The suppliers of essential commodities are being given temporary permissions, besides helpline numbers 0161-2401347, 9464696757 have also been issued.

While providing information, Deputy Commissioner Mr Pradeep Kumar Agrawal have informed that to ensure that the door-to-door delivery of essential commodities starts in the district, a list of 674 kiryana shops, medicine shops, LGP, green fodder for animals etc have been uploaded on websites, www.ludhiana.nic.in and http://main.mcludhiana.gov.in. You may also see Trade License List here by clicking the latest information in details of Trade License List.

The District Administration is taking help of best price shops, Swiggy, Zomoto and other online companies and they will also be supplying grocery items door to door. But when they reach in any locality, people should not crowd the vendor vehicle and should wait for it to come to their home. They should maintain the distancing norm of 5 feet while making purchase from them. All of them must wear mask and only one person should come out of the home to purchase from the cart. Try to make payment online as far as possible.

The list of medicine shops have also been uploaded on the above mentioned websites. The work of issuing curfew passes to medicine shop owners have been given to Zonal Licensing Authority (98720-08040).

He further informed that orders for keeping petrol pumps open in the district have also been issued, but only three persons would be able to work at a given time there. The supply of LPG cylinders and vegetables through street venders is also going on. The milk men are supplying milk to the residents without any problem during both morning and evening time. The authorities of Verka Milk Plant have already been directed to ensure uninterrupted supply of milk.

He stated that for issuing various permissions, the Municipal Corporation have formed 95 ward wise teams, that are issuing permissions to the residents. Similarly, the SDMs are giving these permissions in sub divisions.

For taking permission in this regard, the suppliers would have to submit their details such as name, firm name, address, email ID, mobile number (having WhatsApp account), proof of reason, timing for which permission is required at district administration’s email ID “curfewpermission@gmail.com" or on WhatsApp number 93572-00786. The delivery of commodities would be allowed only after getting proper permission.

Besides this, all vehicles of government departments, vehicles ferrying milk, vehicles ferrying food grain, vehicles ferrying vegetables, bread vehicles, vehicles of LPG supply, vehicles supplying diesel/petrol, vehicles carrying green fodder, have been allowed to operate during curfew. He also stated that these vehicles should not have more than three persons, should have a hand sanitiser in it, and every person should be wearing a mask.

Mr Agrawal further informed that officials of PSPCL, PSTCL, BSNL and other telecom services, sanitation workers of Municipal Corporation and Verka Milk plant Ludhiana having official identity cards (on the production of official identity card) are exempted from the orders passed related to curfew.

However milk, vegetables and other essential goods will be supplied to them at their home door to door by milkman, vendors and rehris etc. General public is not allowed to come out of their homes during curfew. If anybody requires any pass to move in the curfew he should apply in the DC or Commissioner of Police offices online.

However Doctors & other Hospital Staff of Govt and Private Hospitals, Electricity and water supply Department Employees, Municipal Corporation Staff, ATMs/Banks, Private Security Guards going to duty in uniform, Patients having Medical Emergency cases, Telecom Company Employees on duty during office hours, All types of Goods/Fodder/Supplies carrying vehicles including Interstate goods vehicles, petrol Pumps  (06:00 AM to 08:00 PM), Hawkers of Recognised News papers (05:00 AM to 08:00 AM), LPG delivery vehicles for door to door supply (06:00 AM to 08:00 PM), Milk Plant vehicles and their Employees on duty can come out without passes during curfew but some ID card of the Individual is mandatory.

Following category of persons will require passes to move in the curfew but till the time passes are made they can move without passes. Milkmen  with milk cans (06:00 AM to 09:00 AM & 05:00 PM to 08:00 PM), Rehris/carts/vans used for Door to door supply of Vegetables & Fruits  (06:00 AM to 08:00 PM), Door to door Medicines delivery (06:00 AM to 08:00 PM), Door to door delivery of Breads/Grocery Goods (06:00 AM to 08:00 PM), Factories making essential food products, Media persons with ID cards, Wholesale Sabzi Mandi  (3 AM to 2 PM) to enable rehri persons to buy from them and sale vegetables door to door to public, Wholesale Karyana Store (06:00 AM to 08:00 PM) to take online orders and supply door to door, Employees of Flour Mills and bread companies.

All others will require prior permission from DC Ludhiana or CP Ludhiana or Commissioner Municipal Corporation Ludhiana or SSPs of Ludhiana (Rural) and Khanna to operate in curfew. One can apply online at curfewpermission@gmail.com and passes will be sent online after approval. During the Door to door supply of items, the person should wear masks and use soap or hand sanitisers to clean the hands after every house, whereas the person coming out of the house to buy should also wear masks.

The District Administration has assured that there will be no shortage of essential supplies.

One Patient tests Positive:

The Deputy Commissioner further said that out of total 45 suspected patients in the district, only one have tested positive, while report of one patient is pending till date.

Curfew Relaxation Starts From 25th March Wednesday

Monday: 23rd March 2020 at 9:51 PM

Complete  Curfew in Chandigarh too on 24th March 

Ludhiana: 23rd March 2020: (Punjab Screen Bureau)::

To ensure that Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19) does not spread in the district, District Magistrate-cum-Deputy Commissioner Mr Pradeep Kumar Agrawal, while exercising his powers under section 144 of CrPC have ordered curfew in district Ludhiana from 2 pm onwards today, i.e. March 23, 2020 till further orders.

The District Magistrate had decided to give three hour relaxation to public (from 6 am to 9 am) for buying necessary items/essential commodities, but as Chandigarh Administration is observing complete curfew on March 24, 2020, so now the relaxations in curfew would be applicable only from MARCH 25, 2020 (WEDNESDAY) ONWARDS.

Mr Agrawal has informed that it was earlier decided to give these relaxations from March 24, 2020, but as complete curfew has been imposed in Chandigarh on March 24, 2020, it was been decided that the relaxations in curfew in district Ludhiana would be applicable only from March 25, 2020 onwards.

He clarified that on March 24, 2020, no person would be allowed to come out of their houses and complete curfew would be observed. He again clarified that the relaxations in curfew in district Ludhiana would be applicable only from March 25, 2020 onward only. He has requested the residents of district Ludhiana to follow the curfew strictly.
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No Suspected or Confirmed Case in Ludhiana Till Now

18th March 2020 at 7:08 PM

2000 Teams have been formed in this regard

Ludhiana: 18th March 2020: (Pradeep Sharma IPTA//Ludhiana Screen)::

Deputy Commissioner Mr Pradeep Kumar Agrawal today clarified that there are no suspected or confirmed cases of Novel Corona virus (COVID 19) in district Ludhiana till now, as has been wrongly reported in some sections of the media. The Deputy Commissioner warned of strict action against any person misreporting news items without verification by the competent authority or spreading false news on social media.

The Deputy Commissioner today held a meeting with the representatives from media houses and also addressed a press conference later. He was also accompanied by Commissioner of Police Mr Rakesh Kumar Agrawal, ADC (General) Mr Iqbal Singh Sandhu, ADC (Khanna) Mr Jaspal Singh, ADC (Jagraon) Mrs Neeru Katyal Gupta, Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga, District Public Relations Officer Mr Prabhdeep Singh Nathowal, besides other senior officials of the district administration. Before the press conference, he also chaired a review meeting with senior officials of the district administration at his office, here today.

The Deputy Commissioner clarified that a total of 11 suspected cases were reported in district Ludhiana, out of which 10 were negative and the report of one is still awaited. He said that there is no other suspected or confirmed case of Novel Coronavirus in the district. He said that as of now, there are no suspected “missing” persons in the district.

He further informed that to make the masses aware about this disease, a large scale awareness drive on the lines of Pulse Polio campaign would be held in the district from March 19-26, 2020. He said that this drive would be led by the health department and would have officials from education, aanganwari and cooperative departments. He said that more than 2000 teams have been formed for this purpose and they would visit all houses in the district and educate the masses about ways to protect themselves from Novel Coronavirus.

The Deputy Commissioner informed that training of all department heads was held yesterday, in which they were trained about ways to save themselves from COVID 19. He said that the SDMs have been directed to check whether any person is hoarding masks and hand sanitisers in the district, or is selling fake/sub standard ones. He said that now, both masks and hand sanitisers have been added in Essential Commodities Act and strict action would be taken against any person who either hoards it or sells fake.

He said that 54 isolation wards and 81 quarantine areas have been set up in government and private hospitals of the district.

He further said that directions have also been issued to the factory owners in which factories having 50 or more employees would appoint a nodal officer who would educate the staff/labour about COVID 19, their hands should be cleaned using a hand sanitiser at the entry point, not more than 50 staff/labour would be allowed to enter the factory at one point of time and the second batch would have a difference of atleast 15 minutes with each other, the workers should have at least 2 metres distance amongst each other at the work place, bio metric attendance should be stopped etc. He said that a meeting in this regard with the representatives of industrial organisations was held in his office today.

The officials of District Food & Civil Supplies Controllers have been asked to keep ample amount of food items are arranged so that they can be used if need arises, all government offices would have hand sanitisers at entry points for public, government departments that are actively working in this regard have been asked to set up 24X7 control rooms in their respective offices and depute staff.

In view of the advisory received from the Government of India for checking the spread of COVID19, all the shopping complexes, Malls, Museums, Local Weekly Kisan Mandis have been closed down besides requesting all the Religious Institutions, Dera Heads to postpone their religious congregations till March 31, 2020.

He said that the state government has also decided to restrict the gathering at the marriage function being organised at the marriage palaces (must not increase beyond 50 persons). He said that directions have also been issued to all the Restaurants, Hotels, Dhabas and Food Courts in the district to implement Hand Washing Protocol and proper cleanliness of frequently touched surfaces besides ensuring physical distancing of 1 meter between persons and tables.

All the Shopping Complexes and Malls, Cinemas would be closed in the state till March 31 but the chemists and grocery shops in Malls have been exempted from the shut down. Similarly all the Local Weekly Kisan Mandis in the state have been closed in a bid to restrict people to gather in large number at one place. The government has allowed the rehriwalas to sell the vegetables in the streets for the convenience of the public.

The School Education Department and administrative bodies of other private educational institutes have been directed to postpone the examinations. In case there is dire need of conducting the examinations, the particular institute and school would inform the district administration and would also ensure that one meter distance is maintained between two students.