Harshraj Singh is a staff reporter in Ludhiana. He covers civic issues and politics.
Articles by Harshraj Singh
MC fails to repair broken traffic lights, timers
Owing to the lackadaisical attitude of the municipal corporation (MC) authorities, various traffic lights have been crying for repair for the past some time.
Updated on Dec 08, 2014 10:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Staff crunch, lack of safety gear cripple fire department
With only 27 firemen working against the sanctioned strength of 86 and eight drivers against 19 posts, the Ludhiana fire department is struggling with acute staff shortage, besides equipment.
Updated on Dec 07, 2014 10:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
No garbage dump in Aggar Nagar hassles residents
Residents are a harried lot due to the non-availability of space for dumping garbage in Aggar Nagar. Members of the Ludhiana Aggarwal Co-operative House Building Society Limited, Aggar Nagar, alleged that the municipal corporation (MC) had failed to make provision of a dump where garbage of the area can be disposed.
Updated on Dec 06, 2014 03:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
2 contradictory reports raise doubt over safety of students in schools
Two contradictory reports submitted by the department of school education, Punjab, and local government, Punjab, in the Supreme Court and Punjab and Haryana high court have raised questions over seriousness of authorities concerned regarding the safety of students.
Updated on Dec 06, 2014 01:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deepa Sharma Sood and Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
No garbage dump in Aggar Nagar: residents hassled
Residents are a harried lot due to the non-availability of space for dumping garbage in Aggar Nagar. Members of the Ludhiana Aggarwal Co-operative House Building Society Limited, Aggar Nagar, alleged that the municipal corporation (MC) had failed to make provision of a dump where garbage of the area can be disposed.
Updated on Dec 05, 2014 10:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
55 slum beneficiaries moved to flats in Giaspura
The municipal corporation (MC) demolished the slums at Labour Colony on Deepak Hospital road here on Thursday morning and later rehabilitated 55 beneficiaries to flats in Giaspura.
Updated on Dec 05, 2014 01:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Streetlight scam: Contractors begin corrective step, installing MH lamps
Contractors, who had cheated the civic body by installing cheaper merc ur y bu lb s i n th e s t re e t - lights of major city roads, have finally come into action and started replacing these cheaper lamps with mandated metal-halide (MH) lamps on various points.
Updated on Nov 30, 2014 03:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Civic body goes innovative to recover dues
In a bid to recover water and sewerage bills from tax defaulters, the Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) has started conducting surveys through geographic information system (GIS) and scrutinising unauthorised connections.
Updated on Nov 30, 2014 03:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Civic body expresses satisfaction over feasibility report on 24x7 water supply
The municipal corporation (MC) authorities expressed satisfaction over the feasibility report prepared by the consultants of the World Bank for project of 24x7 water supply in the city, up to large extent.
Updated on Nov 29, 2014 03:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Councillor writes to mayor, seeks MC House meet
Expressing his dissatisfaction over the municipal corporation’s (MC) failure to conduct House meet, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor has written an open letter to mayor Harchran Singh Gohalwaria concerning the general issues of the city.
Updated on Nov 29, 2014 03:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
MC multi-level parking in a shambles
While broken ramps, lack of proper lighting system, non-functioning lifts and old fire-safety system of the municipal corporation (MC)’s multi-level parking are crying for urgent repair, the proposal for renovation is awaiting nod from the finance and contract committee (F&CC).
Updated on Nov 28, 2014 08:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Encroachments by industries not on MC radar
The municipal corporation (MC) of Ludhiana recently issued notices to 156 encroachers (who made permanent encroachments) of the industrial area A near Cheema Chowk, but it failed to pay attention towards encroachments raised by industries in the area.
Updated on Nov 27, 2014 11:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
India-Russia air force exercise held near Jagraon
Personnel from the Russian Federation Air Force (RFAF) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) participated in the second phase of their first bilateral exercise, named ‘AVIA-INDRA 1’, at the Sidhwan Khas range near Jagraon in Ludhiana district on Tuesday.
Updated on Nov 25, 2014 11:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Sidhwan Khas (ludhiana):
Councillors fume over MC’s failure to hold meet
There is resentment among councillors over non-convening of municipal corporation (MC) House meeting as various development projects in the city have been hanging fire for the past nine months.
Updated on Nov 25, 2014 04:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
LIT revokes allotment of land given to two welfare societies
After much delay, the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) has finally cancelled the allotment of two community centres in H-I blocks and C block of Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar. The action came after the welfare societies, maintaining these centres, failed to fulfil the requirements.
Updated on Nov 24, 2014 04:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Residents raise questions over carpeting of road
With many streets across the city crying for repair, the municipal corporation (MC) has failed to pay attention towards even those roads that are being carpeted.
Updated on Nov 24, 2014 03:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Notices served on 156 encroachers of industrial area
As the time to file affidavit regarding removal of encroachments is approaching, the Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) has served final notices on 156 encroachers in Industrial Area which falls under Zone B.
Updated on Nov 23, 2014 04:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Missing file case: ATP gets notice
The municipal corporation (MC) has issued a show-cause notice to assistant town planner (ATP) Monika Anand after she failed to file a satisfactory reply regarding the missing file of an under-construction building on Chandigarh Road.
Updated on Nov 22, 2014 11:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Deputy mayor’s exposé reveals embezzlement by MC lights wing
In what has come as an eye-opener, it has now emerged that contractors in connivance with some officers of the municipal corporation (MC) lights wing have installed cheaper mercury bulbs instead of the mandated metal-halide (MH) lamps in the streetlights of major city roads — Ferozepur Road and elevated road from Jagraon Bridge.
Updated on Nov 21, 2014 12:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
MC doesn’t have record of seized goods
The municipal corporation (MC) of Ludhiana has failed to maintain record of goods that have been seized during various drives against temporary encroachments in the city.
Updated on Nov 14, 2014 09:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
MC officials get notices for accepting fraudulent solvency certificates
The municipal corporation (MC) of Ludhiana has served show-cause notices to a number of officials for accepting alleged fraudulent solvency certificates by firms that were allotted tenders for construction of flats for slum-dwellers.
Updated on Nov 13, 2014 10:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Shopkeepers encroaching on roads again not being fined by MC
Despite the orders of Punjab and Haryana high court, the municipal corporation (MC) has failed to start charging fine of `500 per day from the persons again encroaching upon the roadside area that is a common scene across the city.
Updated on Nov 12, 2014 04:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
MC fails to follow HC directions to take fine from roadside encroachers
Despite the orders of Punjab and Haryana high court, the municipal corporation (MC) has failed to start charging fine of Rs 500 per day from the roadside encroachments that are a common scene across the city.
Updated on Nov 11, 2014 07:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Paying regularisation fee still residents wait for amenities
Though the government has given three more months for getting the plots and buildings regularised, residents of various unapproved colonies who have paid regularisation fee last year are still waiting to avail basic amenities such as water supply, sewerage system, roads, streetlights and sanitation.
Updated on Nov 10, 2014 10:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Advertisers make a fast buck from illegal ads at bus shelters
Unauthorised advertisements continue to be displayed at bus shelters across the city. Though these bus shelters are already in a poor shape, advertisers continue to use them to earn money illegally that too under the nose of the municipal corporation (MC).
Updated on Nov 07, 2014 10:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Railway underpass thrown open to public
The much-awaited railway underpass on Lodhi Club Road which had been constructed at a cost of around Rs 37 crore was finally thrown open to the public on Thursday.
Updated on Nov 07, 2014 10:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Finally, Lodhi Club underpass opens today while other projects hang fire
With the much awaited rail underpass near the Lodhi Club in BRS Nagar scheduled to be inaugurated on Thursday, the city’s harried residents have now begun hoping work on other long delayed civic projects like flyovers and rail overbridges would begin soon.
Updated on Nov 06, 2014 10:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Completed after much delay, underpass now awaits opening
Even after its completion, the much-awaited underpass (railway under bridge) on the Lodhi Club Road is waiting to be opened, owing to the delay by the district administration. Having completed the construction work recently, the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) had written to the deputy commissioner (DC).
Updated on Oct 30, 2014 12:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana
Safe drinking water still a distant dream for village residents
The thousand odd residents of this village, located 30 km from Ludhiana, have become dependent on just two hand pumps for their daily requirement of water, both for drinking and washing purposes.
Updated on Oct 29, 2014 03:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Talwandi Nau Abad (ludhiana)
Rise in air pollution recorded in commercial areas
Not only noise pollution, the industrial city also witnessed an increase in air pollution level on Diwali night. Despite 50% decline in the sale of crackers this year, the respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) was recorded slightly increased in the sensitive and commercial zones as compared to the last year.
Updated on Oct 29, 2014 04:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Harshraj Singh, Ludhiana