Harshraj Singh is a staff reporter in Ludhiana. He covers civic issues and politics.
Articles by Harshraj Singh
Sarabha Nagar traders start paying parking fee for visitors
Declining footfall at the popular Sarabha Nagar market has forced many shopkeepers and showroom owners at the market to reimburse the parking fee for visitors. The paid parking was started at the market on June 5 after the auction of the parking lot.
Updated on Jul 01, 2014 02:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Road caves in due to telecom firm negligence, major tragedy averted
With a stretch caving in on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh Road on Sunday night, around 30 feet long and 6 feet deep crated was formed on the road near Hotel Nav Classic. However, a major tragedy was averted.
Updated on Jul 01, 2014 02:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Under-construction road leaves commuters hassled
Protests by hassled commuters have become a routine as the under-construction road from Sua Road to Baddowal (via Threeke) is giving them jitters. The work on the road had started in July 2011 and the work was to be completed in six months. Thirty months have passed but the metalling work on a 1.6-km stretch has not been completed.
Updated on Jun 29, 2014 11:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Sarabha Nagar shopkeepers start paying parking fee for visitors
Declining footfall at the popular Sarabha Nagar market has forced many shopkeepers and showroom owners at the market to reimburse the parking fee for visitors. The paid parking was started at the market on June 5 after the auction of the parking lot. After the auction, the shopkeepers had witnessed a sudden decline in the footfall at the market that became a reason to worry.
Updated on Jun 28, 2014 08:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Sewage being pumped into nullah to clear pipes
Despite spending over Rs 65 lakh to clean up the Buddha Nullah, the municipal corporation (MC) has little to show for its efforts.
Updated on Jun 26, 2014 11:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Shortcut-happy residents level dividers at will across city
In this fast-paced life, people always look for shortcuts, not realising that they were doing it by risking their lives. Dividers at numerous places in the city have been levelled to gain an easy excess to the other side of the road, making these spots accident prone.In this fast-paced life, people always look for shortcuts, not realising that they were doing it by risking their lives. Dividers at numerous places in the city have been levelled to gain an easy excess to the other side of the road, making these spots accident prone.
Updated on Jun 23, 2014 12:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Parking lots manned by MC: visitors to Feroze Gandhi Market a happy lot
While there is a flurry of complaints regarding overcharging from various parking lots in the city, visitors to the Feroze Gandhi Market are a relieved lot as the parking lots here are being temporarily managed by the municipal corporation (MC).
Updated on Jun 23, 2014 11:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Register of expenditure on mayor's office lost, says MC
Municipal corporation (MC) has claimed that an important register containing information about purchase of furniture, curtains and other items for the mayor’s office has gone missing.
Updated on Jun 22, 2014 12:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Installation of barrier aggravates traffic problem at DMCH
The barricades installed to prevent people from illegally parking vehicles around the public park outside Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), Ludhiana, have failed to provide relief from traffic snarls, as vehicles are now being parked in the middle of the road.
Updated on Jun 20, 2014 11:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
26-year-old deceased's family struggles to get body from hospital
Kin of the 26-year-old Ram Swaroop, who died of illness on Tuesday, are a harried lot, as they have not received his body.
Updated on Jun 19, 2014 07:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Missing covers, litter render drains useless
Though monsoon is around the corner, the newly constructed gullies (drains) on both sides of the Pakhowal Road to curtail waterlogging have not been covered. As a result, they have become dumping grounds, besides being an open invitation to mishaps.
Updated on Jun 19, 2014 11:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Old commission rate on postal orders leave customers baffled
Even 15 years after implementation of revised commission rates, the Indian Postal Orders (IPO) being issued at various post offices in the city still carry the old commission rate as 50 paise, leading to confusion and quarrels.
Updated on Jun 18, 2014 08:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Overlooking its own terms, MC fails to take action
Even though it has received several complaints about overcharging at the parking lots located on Ferozepur Road, the municipal corporation (MC) has not made any move to ensure parking attendants stop shortchanging visitors.
Updated on Jun 18, 2014 10:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Only 2 doctors for 6 MC dispensaries
Municipal corporation (MC) dispensaries continue to be plagued by staff shortage.
Updated on Jun 18, 2014 10:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Surprise check by local bodies minister keeps officials on toes
Surprise check by the local bodies minister Anil Joshi kept the municipal corporation officials on their toes on Monday. The minister conducted this surprise check to know the problems being faced by the public.
Updated on Jun 17, 2014 12:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
MC sits tight as tyres lie unmoved at market
While the health department is conducting drives to check presence of denguecausing mosquitoes across the district, shopkeepers at the Tyre market near city railway station are least bothered about tyres lying on their rooftops. These tyres can become breeding ground for mosquitoes.
Updated on Jun 17, 2014 11:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Ghumar Mandi shopkeepers meet minister, paid parking called off
Ludhiana: Following protests by shopkeepers and their meeting with local bodies minister Anil Joshi at MC Zone-A office on Monday, paid parking has been temporarily suspended in Ghumar Mandi.
Updated on Jun 16, 2014 06:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Civic body, police turn blind eye to wrong parking in service lanes
With the Ludhiana municipal corporation and traffic police failing to check haphazard parking in the city, service lanes on the Ferozepur Road are choked with illegally parked vehicles. The authorities have turned a blind eye to the illegal parking, despite it being a blatant violation of the Punjab and Haryana high court order.
Updated on Jun 15, 2014 12:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
MC sits tight while parking contractors have their way
Fleecing has become synonymous with parking contractors when it comes to Ludhiana. Even though the municipal corporation (MC) on Friday swung into action and arrested an employee of a contractor at a Ferozepur Road parking lot, visitors are far from getting relief.
Updated on Jun 14, 2014 01:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
MC fails to fill pits inviting mishaps
Against the expectations of residents, the municipal corporation has still not filled the pits dug up by a telecom company on the back side of the bus stop on Jalandhar bypass, as they are openly inviting mishaps.
Updated on Jun 13, 2014 03:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
MC’s iron hand fails, fleecing continues
Less than a week after the municipal corporation (MC) auctioned a parking lot at Malhar Road with a warning to the contractor to refrain from overcharging, Radha Raman Contractor Pvt Ltd is doing exactly that.
Updated on Jun 13, 2014 12:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Sump pending, underpass to take two more months
Though the construction work on the underpass on Lodhi Club Road in Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, Ludhiana, is almost complete, the commuters would have to wait for another two months for its opening.
Updated on Jun 12, 2014 11:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Contaminated water in unforgiving weather leaves locals at wits’ end
Residents claim several complaints to the state’s department of water supply and sanitation had fallen on deaf ears. As a result, around 250 factories located in Industrial Estate and residents living there are a harried lot.
Updated on Jun 10, 2014 11:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
City bus service employees continue strike on Day 3
Once again the passengers faced inconvenience, as the staff of the city bus service continued their strike on the third day on Monday. The conductors of city buses are opposing the installation of new software for computerised ticket machines by the MC. With this system MC wants to end discrepancies in ticket issuing.
Updated on Jun 09, 2014 08:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Six parking lots go under the hammer, fetch MC Rs 3.17 crore
While providing relief to cyclists by providing them free parking facility, municipal corporation (MC) fetched Rs 3.17 crore for six months from six parking lots during an auction organised at MC’s Zone-D office on Thursday.
Updated on Jun 06, 2014 12:46 PM IST
None | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Disease-prone areas in city cry for civic body’s attention
The municipal corporation has once again failed to meet its claims of ensuring proper sanitation and fogging in the highly disease-prone areas of the city.
Updated on Jun 05, 2014 12:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Faulty manholes potential death traps, MC unfazed
Faulty manholes in various areas of the city are open invitation to mishaps. Many of the manholes structures have either been constructed above the road level or have been constructed below the road level, thus taking shape of potholes.
Updated on Jun 04, 2014 04:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Manholes constructed 2 feet above road level leave residents anxious in Ludhiana
Much to the bewilderment of locals, sewer manholes are being constructed two feet above the road level in street number 2 of Thapar Colony, with further ‘assurance’ of raising the road level.
Updated on Jun 02, 2014 01:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
High court pulls up LIT, MC for not taking action against illegal change of land use
The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the municipal corporation (MC) and Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) to take necessary action against violators, who had illegally changed land use.
Updated on Jun 01, 2014 05:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Shiv Sena accuse PWD minister's son of running business of illegal advertisements
The Municipal Corporation has admitted that the advertisements are being displayed outside malls across city without its permission. However, it has failed to take action to stop such violations due to the alleged political pressure.
Updated on May 29, 2014 08:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana