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Cordless
phones for wounded soldiers CHANDIMANDIR, June 29 — The Rotary Club of Chandigarh presented two cordless telephones and a cheque for Rs 75,000 for the benefit of jawans injured in Kargil, presently convalescing at the Command Hospital, Western Command, here today. The instruments and the cheque were handed over by Mrs Kawal Bedi, president of the club to Maj- Gen Virendra Singh, Commandant of the hospital. The contribution was made after consultations with the staff attending on the patients as they had to carry the patients, who could not move, to the lone instrument shared by the inmates of two wards. The inconvenience to the patients had been solved with the instruments, Mrs Bedi said. She said the British Airways and the Jet Airways, had given complimentary air tickets to the club to help raise funds for various service projects. Besides, Mr Rommell Valles, Head of the British Airways in India, has given two free return tickets to the USA, while Mr J B Singh, area manager of the Jet Airways, has also sent two tickets for their domestic routes, for helping the club in raising funds for community-related projects. The Aggarwal Sabha donated Rs 2 lakh to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. A cheque for the amount was handed over by Mr Prem Chand Gupta, President of the sabha, to the Deputy Commissioner. Two minutes of silence were also observed for the Kargil martyrs today. The staff of the
Government Institute for Mentally Retarded Children,
Sector 32, and the UT Health Department has decided to
donate a day’s salary to the Prime Ministers Relief
Fund for the welfare of those fighting in Kargil.
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600 animal
inspectors to be deputed CHANDIGARH, June 29 — With a view to checking irregularities committed during booking of animals for transportation to slaughter houses at railway stations, the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has decided to depute about 600 inspectors all over the country. This decision was taken during a meeting of the board in Chennai last week. It was taken in the light of the directions of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to the board to evolve methods to discourage increasing irregularities committed by some unscrupulous traders while loading animals for transporting these to different slaughterhouses in the country. What had disturbed the ministry was gross violation of norms by traders, particularly in the North India. Here an absence of proper checks have encouraged the practice of booking small and sick animals for different slaughterhouses with an active involvement of the Railways staff. As the ministry had asked the board to take preventive soon, including recruitment of inspectors, the process of their appointments was likely to be finalised within three months. "The administrative staff of the board has already been directed to work out the cost involved in the process and to chalk out other modalities of appointments such as requisite qualification of the inspectors," said Mr Jasbir Ralhan, an executive member of the AWBI and President of the local unit of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty against Animals (SPCA). He said animal lovers, with graduation as the minimum qualification and having adequate knowledge of law would be considered for appointment as inspectors. He said though initially, there was a proposal to appoint about 600 inspectors, who in addition to their duty would also be involved in animal welfare activities, but the number of vacancies would depend on actual requirement and the nod of the ministry to which the case was being sent for final approval. For this purpose, the board has been asked to identify major loading centers in different parts of the country. To create awareness among people and supervise the activities of various NGOs engaged in animal welfare, the AWBI has also decided to set up its offices at regional level, including one office in the northern region at Chandigarh as well. The regional offices, to be set up within three months, will try to establish at least one branch of the SPCA or an NGO at the district level. "As we have adequate space at our Daddu Majra rehabilitation centre, I have proposed that the regional office should be set there," said Mr Ralhan. He added that regional offices would also come to the rescue of people, who though desirous of working for animal welfare by setting up NGOs, were not aware how to arrange funds from the AWBI after registering themselves with the board. The number of
registrations of NGOs, including branches of the SPCA and
the People for Animals (PFA) with the board has increased
manifold this year. Against a total of 214 such
organisations already registered with the board so far,
240 such new bodies have been registered by the board
during this year. Any NGO, receives a token amount of Rs
20,000 as soon as it is registered with the board. The
board had given a grant of Rs 5 lakh to the local unit of
the SPCA for the current financial year, said Mr Ralhan. |
3 private
schools get sites CHANDIGARH, June 29 — The long-pending issue of allotment of sites to private schools has been resolved with the Chandigarh Administration recommending three private schools for four primary and high school sites in the city. However, there have been fewer takers for bigger sites compared to the smaller ones. According to sources, a site measuring 1.54 acres for a high school in Sector 44-D has been allotted to the St Joseph Educational and Charitable Trust, the second site measuring 1.37 acres in Sector 47-B for a primary school has been allotted to Mount Carmel School, Sector 46. While Saupin’s School has been recommended for the allotment of another primary school site, measuring 1.54 acres in Sector 32-A the same is yet to be allotted following some clarification. Interestingly, since there were no eligible takers for the high school site measuring 4.48 acres in Sector 46 A, the same has not been allotted yet. These allotments were made following the recommendations of the screening committee in April, 1999. The UT Estate Office had earlier in Nov/Dec’98 advertised these sites with a view to encourage schools functioning from residential areas to have their own premises. They had invited applications from the educational institutions for the allotment of these four sites on a leasehold basis for 99 years. The applications were to be submitted by January 10, 1999. There were a total of 11
applicants for these sites, which included the St
Joseph’s Education and Charitable Trust; Mount
Carmel School; S.R. Public School; Saupin’s School;
St Mary’s School; Darbari Lal Foundation; Modern
Ways Adarsh High School, Guru Govind Singh Educational
Society; Indian Institute of Model Educational Society
and Dhanpetmal Virmani Educational Trust and Management
Society, which applied for two sites. Of these, the first
five were found eligible as they had fulfilled the
condition of paying 10 per cent of the total cost as
earnest money. The land has been allotted under a
Chandigarh Administration notification and the buildings
will have to be constructed in accordance with the plans
approved by the Chief Architect. |
Colourful
end to workshop CHANDIGARH, June 29 — A colourful cultural programme was presented by first-year students at Punjab Engineering College, Sector 12, here today to mark the end of their month-long training workshop. The three-hour programme was held at the college auditorium. The programme was a medley of songs, dances and skits. It began with a welcome dance by Samisha Samra, followed by a Rajasthani dance by Krishna, Aradhna and Sonia. Dances on popular numbers like "Gallan Gorian", "Chhama Chhama", "Koi mil gaya" and "Steps (5,6,7,8)" were presented. Tejinder Singh Virk danced to a Michael Jackson number "Scream". boys danced "bhangra" in their colourful attire. Girls presented "giddha". The students also staged three skits. One skit dealt with the workshop, the second was based on scientific principles and the third revolved around a cricket match between India and Pakistan. Mr Rajnish Prakash, Principal of the college, said the programme was organised at a time when no cultural activities were being held in any college. He added that this checked ragging and promoted talent search among students. Mr Balbir Singh, SP (Traffic), was the chief guest. Dr V.P. Singh,
superintendent of the workshop, claimed that ragging had
been wiped out from the PEC campus. This had inculcated
confidence among students, led to greater interaction
among faculty members and students and promoted
co-ordination among students, he said. The workshop
comprised training classes on skills like electroplating,
fitting, smithy, electric, carpentry, pattern making,
automobile, foundry and welding. |
"Three
recognised polytechnics in city" CHANDIGARH, June 29 — "There are only three recognised polytechnics in the city. These are Central Polytechnic, Sector 26, Government Polytechnic for Women, Sector 10, and SGGS Polytechnic for Pharmacy, Sector 26." This was stated here today by Dr S.K. Aggarwal, Director, Technical Education. He said these polytechnics were recognised by the All India Council of Technical Education while the Punjab State Board of Technical education was examining body. He added that all others were misusing the name "polytechnic" and were only "coaching academies" for the subjects they taught. The Directorate had sent performas to these, seeking information and feedback about what they were doing and whether their certificates were recognised. Only a few had replied. Dr Aggarwal, who visited
some of these, said, "These institutes, in their
present form, cannot be granted recognition because they
do not have the infrastructure specified by AICTE."
He added that the Directorate was not against these
institutes but wanted to ensure that these did not
mislead the public. |
Fund
scheme for ex-servicemen CHANDIGARH, June 29 — The Directorate General of Resettlement of the Ministry of Defence has introduced a National Equity Fund Scheme, while previous schemes have been plagued by hard conditions imposed by banks. Under this national-level scheme, loans of upto Rs 10 lakh will be given to deserving ex-servicemen and borrowers will have to make a contribution of only 10 per cent. To make the scheme more attractive, no interest will be charged on 25 per cent of a loan amount. This was stated by Dr A. N. Dubey, Director of the Directorate General of Resettlement of the Ministry of Defence, while addressing ex-servicemen at a well attended seminar on SEMFEX schemes at Sainik Rest House in Sector 21 here today. Also present were Col G. S. Dhillon, Zila Sainik Welfare Officer, Mr G. S. Rein, CGM of Punjab and Sind Bank and Mrs Rajni Sood, AGM of SIDBI. He said benefits under the scheme could also be taken by disabled servicemen and widows of soldiers. The loan amount can be used to establish units in rural and urban areas and will cover all types of manufacturing establishments and units in the service sector, besides nursing homes, diagnostic centres and hospitals. A subsidy of 30 per cent is now being offered under SEMFEX III scheme by the KVIC. The scheme, which is operative at present, will be financed by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). A meeting in this context was held on May 18 between Maj-Gen Ugrasen Yadava, Director General of Resettlement, and Dr Sailendra Narain, MD of SIDBI, who accorded immediate approval to the scheme. Elaborating on the limited success of SEMFEX I, II and III schemes, Dr Dubey said it was due to a lack of awareness. Very few ex-servicemen were able to get benefits in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. The maximum benefits under the schemes have been availed by ex-servicemen of Uttar Pradesh. Nationwide success of these schemes can be gauged from the fact that only 7,000 persons have benefited from SEMFEX I, 700 from SEMFEX II and 1,700 from SEMFEX III. The schemes were started in 1987, 1988 and 1991, respectively. The amounts disbursed under the schemes were Rs 200 crore, Rs 100 crore and Rs 4 crore, respectively. Discounting slackness on part of regional and district-level set-ups of sainik boards, he mainly attributed the failure of the schemes to banks. He says that the reason is that banks insist on more collateral, in most cases more than 200 per cent, from borrowers, which in this case are ex-servicemen with limited resources. On its part, the DGR has taken up the issue with banks and has urged them to treat ex-servicemen as a special target group instead of equating them with businessmen. Its view is that besides giving preferential treatment to ex-servicemen, the asset created should be made the collateral in such cases. It has also asked the banks to disburse loans of upto Rs 50,000, in case everything is in order, within a month's time. It has also decided to launch more schemes to benefit the next of the kin of those killed or disabled in Kargil. The DGR will shortlist deserving candidates for alloting them petrol pumps and LPG agencies. Their claim in the present quota of dealerships is only eight per cent. Among banks, the
management of Punjab and Sind Bank had agreed to give
priority to self employment schemes for ex-servicemen, Dr
Dubey said. |
Telephone
snags not rectified CHANDIGARH, June 29 — Several telephones under Manauli and Mullanpur rural telephone exchanges have been badly affected since Saturday after two consecutive days of rainfall. Subscribers complain that it has become a regular problem of phones being affected after showers. They alleged that several telephone lines in the area had developed snags but these had not been rectified. A common problem faced by many subscribers was of difficulty in getting the desired numbers. Numerous telephone subscribers said the facility of dialling ‘912’ creates problems for them. The line gets disconnected after a few minutes and it becomes difficult to get it again. Meanwhile, the telephone department maintains that the main reason behind the frequent disruption was lack of sufficient lines. The Mullanpur exchange lacks sufficient place as the rented accommodation leaks during rainy season. Also lack of maintenance staff is worrying the department. Both exchanges have subscribers in more than seven villages each, while there are four persons posted there. Public Call Office (PCO) owners of the area complained of losses in their business. A PCO holder said due to regular faults in the lines, their telephones remain non-functional. Meanwhile, residents of Shingariwala village, near Mullanpur village, complained of indifferent attitude of the authorities towards the village. Mr Kaka Singh, the sarpanch of the village, complained that the village had not been provided a telephone connection for the gram panchayat. Several villagers said they had not been allotted connections despite having submitted their applications. Mr Balwinder Singh, a
local resident, submitted his application for a telephone
connection on September 2, 1997, but he has not been
provided it so far. Though all nearby villages, including
Perch and Seonk, have been allotted telephones,
Shingariwala seems to have been ignored by telephone
officials even after years of applying for telephone
connections. |
Panel on
Khalsa celebration CHANDIGARH, June 29 — The Chandigarh Administration has constituted a 33-member state-level committee for the celebration of the tercentenary of the birth of the Khalsa. The committee will have 12 official and 21 non-official members. The committee will be headed by the Administrator of Chandigarh, Lieut-Gen B.K.N. Chhibber(retd), while the Adviser to the Administrator, Mrs Vineeta Rai, will be the Vice-Chairperson. Among the notable omission from the list is the Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee chief and former MP, Mr Venod Sharma, while three of the former members of the Lok Sabha from the city, Mr Satya Pal Jain, Mr Harmohan Dhawan and Mr Pawan Bansal, have been nominated on the committee. Also nominated on the committee is the present Mayor, Mr K.K. Addiwal. Interestingly, the notification issued by the Administration also includes the name of Mr Harbhajan Halwarvi, former Editor of Punjabi Tribune, besides the Editor of The Tribune, Mr Hari Jaisingh, and the Editor of Dainik Tribune, Mr Vijay Saighal. The other members of the committee are Mr Moti Lal Jindal, Mr Trilochan Singh Trehan, Mr Gurpartap Singh Riar, Mr H.S. Sawhney, Mr Sukhjit Singh Brar, Mr Harbhajan Singh, Mr Manmohan Singh Kohli, Mr Himmat Singh Gill, Mr Shiv Singh, Mr G.S. Channi, Mrs S. Dhillon, Mrs Vijay Lakshmi and Mr Piyush Behl. The official members are
the Director, North Zone Cultural Centre, the
Secretary/Registrar of the Pracheen Kala Kendra, the Home
Secretary, the Finance Secretary, the Chief Engineer, the
Inspector-General of Police, the Deputy Commissioner, the
Director, Public Instruction(Colleges), the Director,
Social Welfare and the Director, Public Relations. |
Hindi
magazine for women CHANDIGARH, June 29 — A Hindi monthly magazine for women, Nari Pehchan, was launched at a ceremony held at Gandhi Smarak Bhavan, Sector 16, here today. The magazine, bought out by Manu Multimedia, was released by Mr Hari Jaisingh, Editor, The Tribune. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Hari Jaisingh said a social revolution was needed today which should be fair and put an end to the exploitation of women, since they were being exploited not only by men but also by the system. Stressing on revolutionising society, he added that the problems of women would not be solved by giving them 33 per cent reservation but by removing the prejudices against illiteracy and ignorance. Lauding the efforts of all those behind the launch of Nari Pehchan, Mr Hari Jaisingh said that the educated women should lead their illiterate sisters and make them aware of their rights. He said that in today's world since information flow played a very important role, so does the Press in enlightening society at large. The Editor and publisher of the magazine, Mrs Ved Nanda, said that Nari Pehchan would not only highlight the basic problems faced by women but would also focus on the current issues, women rights and personal experiences of successful women. Mrs Nanda said that though a lot of women magazines already existed in the market, the only focus seemed to be fashion, food and fads with the ''real identity'' of the woman getting relegated to the background. Sheila Didi, a well-known woman activist, stressed on the empowerment of women and also talked of various existing laws which favoured women. Another social activist, Mrs Sethi also focused on empowering women and said that society would be able to function properly only if women were given respect and honour by all. The others who were present at the function included Mr G. L. Nanda, Director, Manu Multimedia, Mrs Neena Singh, Assistant Vice-President, Times Bank and Ms Oshima Reikhy, President, Punjab Istri Sabha. The huge women gathering was entertained with a kathak performance and later a skit on the issue of rape, which was written and directed by Tejinder Kaur Bajwa. Later Mrs Chando Bai, a
90-year-old woman and victim of the 1947 Partition, who
has been living in an old-age home at Rajpura, was
felicitated at the function. She shared her memories of
the Partition days with the audience. |
Entrance
tests results out CHANDIGARH, June 29 —Panjab University has declared the results of the entrance tests conducted for admission to Bachelor of Laws on the campus and to university Regional Centre at Muktsar and for admission to Master of Laws, according to a press note issued by the Controller of Examination here today. The candidates can make
enquires about the results from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from
the new Enquiry Building, adjacent to the Administrative
block. The information about the result can also be had
at telephone numbers 541053 and 541441 (extensions 1104
and 1340). The result is available on the internet at http://www.puchd.ac.in/result. |
Overseas
posting for Bhagat Ram CHANDIGARH, June 29 -- Mr Bhagat Ram, Regional Passport Officer, Chandigarh, who also held the additional charge of the Jalandhar RPO for 15 months, has been appointed First Secretary, Indian High Commission, in London. Mr Bhagat Ram is expected to assume charge by the middle of next month. He will relinquish charge here tomorrow. When Mr Bhagat Ram joined here nearly five years ago, the working of the passport office here was in bad shape. At that time it used to take nearly one year for an applicant to get a fresh passport made. There were several complaints of corruption and mismanagement in the office leading to registration of several cases against certain employees and agents by the Central Bureau of Investigation. "I have tried to do my best in streamlining the functioning of this office," Mr Bhagat Ram claimed. At present a fresh passport is issued in eight to 10 weeks of submission of a complete application form. Mr Bhagat Ram had an unprecedented working style. He would meet the public by standing outside the office every morning from 10 to 1 p.m. He would listen patiently to grievances, requests and complaints from the public. He was successful in breaking the nexus between touts and agents on the one hand and some employees of his office on the other in his endeavour to streamline the functioning of the RPO. Another feature of his working was that he would not allow the staff to leave office during working hours. Mr Bhagat Ram was given the additional charge of the RPO, Jalandhar, which he continued to hold for 15 months. His place here will be
taken by Mr Suresh Babu in August.
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Common
memorial to martyrs planned PANCHKULA, June 29 — This elite urban estate, otherwise known for its world-renowned Cactus Garden, has certainly found a place in the glorious annals of history when it comes to producing brave sons who sacrifice their life defending the national frontiers. With the Army engaged in flushing out insurgents and Pakistan Army regulars from the Kargil -Drass sector, two more local lads have found a place in the list of martyrs who made the supreme sacrifice fighting insurgency in the country. Already, three brave sons of the town have laid down their lives to defend the honour of the nation in the past few years. As the pyre of 26-year-old Major Sandeep Sagar of 1 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry — the last hero to join the list of martyrs from Panchkula — who was killed in a landmine blast near a forward defence location in the Rajouri sector on Friday last, was being lit by his father, Prof Harbans Lal, at the Sector 20 cremation ground on Sunday, people of Panchkula raised their heads in pride and resolved to do their bit to help the soldiers fighting on the front. Major Sagar was a resident of Sector 8 here. Another brave son of the land, Deputy Commandant Joy Lall of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), who was killed in a land mine blast when he was returning from Srinagar to his base in Amritsar on May 30, was also remembered on the occasion. A number of residents urged the Haryana Government to set up a monument in memory of the martyrs. The Deputy Commissioner of Panchkula , Ms Saroj Siwatch, has already written to the Sainik Welfare Board to work out the modalities of building a memorial in the township. The memorial, feel the residents, would give an opportunity to their future generations to remember the valour of the soldiers. In this hour the
residents do not forget to remember Major Deepinder
Bhuchar, Captain Rohit Kaushal and Captain Sandeep
Shankla, who also laid down their lives fighting
anti-national elements in Kashmir over the past 10 years.
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Jerath’s
bail plea turned down CHANDIGARH, June 29 — The Sessions Judge, Mr B.S. Vedi, today turned down the bail plea of Mr K.K. Jerath, former Chief Engineer of Chandigarh. Mr Jerath was arrested in connection with an FIR registered by the Vigilance Department on March 16, 1999, alleging that certain engineers had prepared inflated estimates for the 11 KV feeder. The Sessions Judge had last week turned down the bail applications moved by Mr J.C. Gilhotra, former Chief Engineer of PSEB, who was on deputation with the Administration and Mr C.J. Rai, Superintending Engineer with the PSEB who too was on deputation with the Administration as Executive Engineer. All of them were remanded in judicial custody. The FIR also named Mr
Jagdish Mitter as one of the suspects in this case. |
No salary
since February CHANDIGARH, June 29 — "We were last paid in Feburary. Since then we have been waiting for our salaries," frustrated employees of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, complained here today. There is resentment prevailing among the employees, including sweepers, data-entry operators, file storers and security guards, against the non-payment of their salaries for the past four months. These workers have been employed on the contract basis and have been working for the hospital for the past up to four years without getting any benefits which include leave and allowances. The employees, who refused to disclose their identity because of the fear of being sacked, alleged that there was some kind of a nexus between the government and the contractor. Whereas the employees are working overtime for the hospital, the authorities seem to be least bothered about their problems. "It is the contractor's headache. The government has paid him," says the Director-Principal, Dr V.K. Kak. Because of no wages, the workers work half-heartedly and it is the visitor who has to face their wrath. They are made to run from the rregistration counter to the doctor and back for the case files. "I took leave from
office and came here at 8 a.m. for a medical check-up but
my file has not reached the doctor yet. I am sick. In
this condition I have to move up and down the stairs.
Moreover, there is no separate queue for the ladies at
the counter," says a woman patient. |
SNIPPETS Trekking expedition flagged off CHANDIGARH, June 29 — Members of the newly formed Punjab Police Adventure Sports Club were flagged off by Mr Sarabjeet Singh, DGP, on a nine-day trekking expedition to Markha Valley in the Zanskar range. The aim of the club is to organise adventure sports activities like mountaineering, skiing, trekking, hot air ballooning and para sailing. The club has been formed to cultivate the spirit of teamwork, adventure and coordination among its members, besides building up their mental and physical endurance. A group of eight trekkers, Vinod Chopra, Surjit Bhardwaj, Ramesh Sharma, Hari Om Sharma, Inderjit Singh, Inder Kumar, Rajiv Malhotra and Jagjit Singh, will trek to the valley at Leh at height of 12,000 ft. College union flays Pak CHANDIGARH, June 29—The executive of the GGDSD college teachers union , at its meeting held here today , condemned Pakistan for unleashing an undeclared war on India by sending armed intruders into the Kargil sector and vitiating the peace and tranquility in the region. In a press statement, Prof IK Chopra, Prof BS Moondi and Mrs Manpinder Kaur, President, Secretary and Joint Secretary ,respectively, appealed to the International Human Rights Commission to investigate the inhuman and barbaric acts of the Pakistan intruders in violating the Geneva Convention and demanded punishment for those who had mutilated bodies of Indian soldiers. The union leaders stated that the members had expressed their solidarity with the armed forces, who are fighting in an inhospitable and difficult terrain. It was decided to contribute Rs 25,000 towards the Army Welfare fund . Municipal staff suspend stir KHARAR, June 29 — Employees of the local municipal committee suspended their strike and resumed duty yesterday after a resolution suspending one of their workers passed by the committee was stayed. The Kharar Municipal Committee at its meeting here on June 24 had passed a resolution in which Mr Avtar Singh, Secretary of the employees union, was placed under suspension for submitting a bogus bill. The resolution was passed amid protests from Opposition members. According to sources, the resolution was stayed by the Director, Local Self-government, Punjab. The Director has ordered an inquiry which is to be conducted by the Deputy Director, Ludhiana. Solidarity rally today CHANDIGARH, June 29—A rally to express solidarity with the families of the Kargil victims and the soldiers stationed at high altitudes will be held in the basement of the Panjab University Administration Block at 7 a.m. tomorrow. A “Kargil Victim Assistance Fund” will be created by the Panjab University Non-Teaching Employees Federation. The money collected by the federation will be distributed to the families of the deceased and the permanently disabled soldiers, a press note issued by the eight non-teaching federations said here today. ‘Remove’ Congress grass
from houses CHANDIGARH, June 29 — Mr S.M. Amrit, Superintending Engineer, CPWD, says that it is the responsibility of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation to remove the Congress grass and unauthorised encroachments from the Central Government houses in Sector 32 here. Similarly, the removal of garbage from the dustbins and maintaining the water supply were also the responsibilities of the CMC. For the Central Government houses in Sector 7, he said that the routine maintenance was done by the CPWD. For the removal of the Congress grass from the houses, the necessary action was being taken regularly at an appropriate time. The CPWD only boosted the water supply it received from the local civic body for supply to the residents of Central Government houses, he added. The problem of sub-letting houses was not dealt with by the CPWD but by the Estate Department, he added. Admn urged to withdraw order CHANDIGARH, June 29 — A delegation of eminent Sikhs which met the Administrator of Chandigarh, Lieut-Gen B. K. N. Chhibber (retd) yesterday, urged the administration to withdraw the order which made it compulsory for Sikh women to wear helmets while driving or riding two-wheelers in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The delegation comprising Col Jasmer Singh Bala, Mr Joginder Singh Sawhney, Mr Hardip Singh, Mr Amrinder Singh, Mr Devinder Singh and Mr Manmohan Singh Kohli appreciated the decision of the administration to defer challaning of Sikh women not wearing helmets till July 15. It said even the rules, as notified by the administration, also exempted Sikh women from wearing helmets. Stop unfair labour practices' CHANDIGARH, June 29 — Members of the Syndicate Bank Employees Union staged a rally in front of their regional office in Sector 17 in support of their demands here today. According to Mr Dharam Singh, Chairman of the zonal committee of the union, the main demands are stopping unfair labour practices like transferring union activists and implicating them in false cases. They also condemned the pressure by the management to avail of the voluntary retirement scheme by all section of employees. In case their demands
were not met, the union will participate in the
nationwide strike scheduled for July 6, he added. |
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