Articles by Harshraj Singh
Violations galore in fire-prone Ludhiana, MC fails to rise from deep slumber
Even as five hosiery units have been destroyed in fire incidents in the past one month owing to lack of safety equipment, the municipal corporation (MC) continues to remain in deep slumber over the violations of building bylaws and safety norms at such units.

Updated on May 16, 2016 02:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Illegal hoardings dot Ludhiana, but not a penny paid to civic body
Even as 100s of illegal political religious hoardings continue to flood the city’s landscape, information obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has revealed that there are only 21 spots where hoardings and that too of religious nature can be installed legally. It has also been revealed under the information that the MC has not granted any permission to allow political hoardings.

Updated on May 13, 2016 03:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
After three drug deaths, cops lay siege to Ludhiana village
A strange calm prevails in Kul Gehna, a tiny village in the Bet area on the banks of the Sutlej. Its streets are filled with gun-toting policemen, some of them wielding lathis, signalling every visitor to a halt.

Updated on May 09, 2016 06:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | , Kul Gehna(ludhiana)
Harshraj Singh and Avtar SinghQuality control tests mandatory for development projects in Ludhiana
To rein in on private contractors and keep a check on the quality of material used by them for projects under the Punjab Urban Development Mission, technical adviser to the chief minister has issued an order to conduct quality control tests of the material to be used in the development projects in city.

Updated on Apr 27, 2016 12:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Naked, hanging wires a threat to commuters on Ludhiana streets
Wire joints remain uncovered, posing threat of electrocution

Updated on Apr 26, 2016 10:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Locals soon to get relief with laying of sewer from Phullanwal to Lalton
With the installation of the sewer lane from Phullanwal Chowk to Lalton on Pakhowal Road, residents of the areas that fall under Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) will get a big relief.

Updated on Apr 24, 2016 10:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Ludhiana: Potable water a distant dream for Preet Nagar residents
Learning no lessons from the diarrhoea outbreak in Preet Nagar on Tajpur Road last year, the municipal corporation (MC) has failed to ensure safe drinking water to the area.

Updated on Apr 16, 2016 01:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Cleanliness still a distant dream for EWS Colony
Despite the city securing a 34th rank out of 75 cities in a survey on cleanliness under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan earlier this year, the municipal corporation (MC) has failed to ensure cleanliness in Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Colony and adjoining areas on Tajpur Road, where the risk of water borne and vector borne diseases is high.

Updated on Apr 14, 2016 03:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Ludhiana plastic ban: Enforcement teams formed for implementation
To ensure the implementation of ban on polythene carry bags and thermocol items (excluding packing material) from April 1, the municipal corporation (MC) has constituted enforcement teams to conduct special drives in all four zones of the city.

Updated on Apr 01, 2016 12:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Firefighters continue to face risk without proper equipment
The recent fire incidents at various places in the city have exposed the ill-equipped fire wing of municipal corporation (MC), as the government has failed to provide equipment required to douse fire.

Updated on Mar 28, 2016 01:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Notice to NGO for delaying construction of public toilets in Ludhiana
The municipal corporation (MC) has slapped a notice on non-government organisation (NGO) Karuna Foundation for delaying the project of construction of 40 public toilets in the city. The NGO had started construction of first public toilet near city bus stand a few months ago, but it is has not been completed till now.

Updated on Mar 26, 2016 11:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
As deadline nears, 50,000 Ludhiana residents yet to pay property tax
With less than a week left for the deadline to pay property tax for 2015-16 without penalty, more than 50,000 city residents are yet to pay their taxes.

Updated on Mar 26, 2016 11:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Major fire at hospital, 600 evacuated
A major fire broke out at Mohandai Oswal Cancer Hospital around midnight on Sunday, resulting in panic for scores of patients, their attendants and hospital staff, who were timely evacuated and a major tragedy was averted.

Updated on Mar 22, 2016 12:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
PUDA-approved colonies cry for development, admn apathetic
With several colonisers of the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) approved colonies failing to ensure maintenance, and thus, not getting completion certificates from GLADA, thousands of the families living here are feeling cheated owing to the lack of access to basic amenities in these areas, which are outside the MC limit.

Updated on Mar 21, 2016 01:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Ludhiana: PWD under lens as bridge develops cracks
Cracks have started appearing on the newly constructed railway overbridge under Southern Bypass, which has raised a question mark on the quality of material used by the public works department (PWD) to build the bridge.

Updated on Mar 20, 2016 03:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Ex-SGPC member Sarbans Singh Manki joins AAP
Giving a setback to the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member Sarbans Singh Manki, who had resigned from the membership of the SGPC and SAD in context with desecration of Sri Guru Granth Sahib in 2015, joined the Aam Aadmi

Updated on Feb 22, 2016 08:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Ludhiana to get cycling, jogging tracks and static compactor system
Irrigation minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon laid the foundation stone of the cycling and jogging projects and static compactor system project for solid waste management on Monday.

Updated on Feb 15, 2016 09:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Ludhiana residents have high hopes from MC Budget this time
As the municipal corporation (MC) officials are busy in preparing the Budget to be presented before the MC House next month, residents want from the civic body to ensure well-constructed roads, safe drinking water supply, storm sewer system, solid waste management, sanitation, developed parks and public transportation.

Updated on Feb 09, 2016 10:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Ludhiana lone city from region on first smart list
Ludhiana is the only city from the region that has made it to the first list of 20 cities to be developed in 2016 under the smart city project.

Updated on Jan 29, 2016 09:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , Ludhiana
Harshraj Singh and Arjun SharmaBus shelters flayed for ‘improper’ design, location
Punjab legislative assembly’s deputy leader of opposition Bharat Bhushan Ashu raised questions over the construction of new bus queue shelters during the meeting of the vigilance and monitoring committee headed by Member of Parliament (MP) Ravneet Singh Bittu at the Circuit House on Wednesday.

Updated on Jan 21, 2016 06:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Ludhiana residents forced to move courts amid LIT apathy
Amid apathetic attitude of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) staffers, the residents in large numbers are forced to move courts or consumer commissions to get their issues resolved.

Updated on Jan 11, 2016 11:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
New bus shelters violate MC advt bylaws, says traffic adviser
Punjab traffic adviser Navdeep Asija, during his recent visit to the city, has found the construction of the bus queue shelters faulty. Talking to HT on Thursday, Asija said, “In accordance with the Ludhiana municipal corporation’s outdoor advertisement bylaws 2014, the bus shelters, due to their inappropriate size and locations, violate majority of the road safety criteria given in the Clause 4.”

Updated on Jan 07, 2016 11:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | , Ludhiana
Gagandeep Singh Gill and Harshraj SinghIllegal hoardings with mayor’s photos surface, MC unaware
The city has been grappling with the problem of illegal hoardings for years and the residents often accuse the municipal corporation (MC) of turning a blind eye towards this. But the civic body this time faces a bizarre situation as several hoardings carrying the photos of mayor Harcharan Singh

Updated on Jan 01, 2016 01:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh
Protesting against MC’s drive, vendors block traffic for 1 hour at Chaura Bazaar
Opposing municipal corporation’s (MC) anti-encroachment drives, the rehri-pharis vendors

Updated on Dec 27, 2015 09:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Protesting against MC’s drive, vendors block traffic for one hour at Chaura Bazaar
Opposing municipal corporation’s (MC) anti-encroachment drives, the rehri-pharis vendors

Updated on Dec 27, 2015 07:53 PM IST
HindustanTimes | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Following HC orders, MC team removes encroachments from Chaura Bazaar
Following the directions of Punjab and Haryana high court, the municipal corporation (MC) on Monday finally came into action to remove the encroachments on the roads or beyond the shutters of the shops in Chaura Bazaar. The MC has also deployed different teams to keep a check on the encroachments at the old and prominent markets in the city.

Updated on Dec 21, 2015 07:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Following HC orders, MC removes grills obstructing zebra crossings
On the directions of Punjab and Haryana high court, the municipal corporation (MC) would correct faulty

Updated on Dec 15, 2015 11:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Overcharging continues at 100m from MC headquarters
Though the state government had issued a notification to reduce the fee at parking lots to provide relief to the visitors, the municipal corporation (MC) has failed to keep a check on the ongoing overcharging at the multi-storey parking lot, which is just 100m away from the offices of mayor, commissioner and additional commissioners.

Updated on Dec 14, 2015 10:03 PM IST
HindustanTimes | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Gynaecological problems a reason for abandoning cows
Out of the large number of stray cows seen wandering on the roads, many are suffering from gynaecological problems, as per the claims of veterinary experts. Majority of the cows are abandoned when they stop producing milk.

Updated on Nov 29, 2015 08:16 PM IST
HindustanTimes | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Violating norms, councillor installs hoardings welcoming SAD leaders
In a blatant violation of the directions of the Punjab and Haryana high court, hoardings displaying pictures of ward number 57 councillor Veeran Bedi’s husband and son and other SAD leaders were illegally installed on the Ferozepur Road on Friday.

Updated on Nov 28, 2015 12:29 AM IST
HindustanTimes | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana