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Kajauli to augment city’s water supply
Work likely to be completed before schedule
Chandigarh Morinda, June 30
Work on the fourth phase of the Kajauli Waterworks is progressing speedily and is likely to be completed by March, 2005, provided the project is not hit by paucity of funds. 
Ms Kamlesh (extreme right), Mayor of Chandigarh, inspects the Kajauli Waterworks along with other councillors on Wednesday. 
— Photo by Pradeep Tewari

 How Sagar cracked kidnap case
Chandigarh, June 30
It was a 12-hour tense operation of a Chandigarh Police team led by Mr S. C. Sagar, DSP (South), to force captors of banker Lekh Raj to release him with the help of the US police.

• Tribune copy produced in US court
• Kidnapping case: driver arrested

Airline business booming in Dehli-city sector
Chandigarh, June 30
Airline business on the Delhi--Chandigarh sector is booming as never before. Two scheduled airlines operating on this circuit, Indian Airlines and Jet Airways are reporting a record passenger traffic this year. Needless to say, revenues on this heretofore unlucrative sector too has gone up.

COMMUNITY

SSC ‘discontinues’ clerical cadre test
Chandigarh, June 30
Thousands of job aspirants for the post of the lower division clerks will be a disappointed lot with the Staff Selection Commission discontinuing the examination. The examination, which was an annual feature, has not been held by the SSC for the second year in row, giving sleepless nights to thousands of unemployed youths.

Power shutdown irks Panchkula residents
Panchkula, June 30
Residents of the district were forced to sweat it out because of frequent power breakdowns in the past 24 hours. The power supply to Panchkula, Kalka, Pinjore, Ramgarh and Barwala has been erratic and frequent power breakdowns were witnessed since yesterday. 

17 Survey of India officials retire
Chandigarh, June 30
Seventeen employees of the Survey of India were given a warm send-off on their superannuation here today. Maj-Gen M.J.S. Virk, Additional Surveyor-General of the Haryana Geo-spatial Data Centre, Chandigarh, was the chief guest on the occasion. He appreciated the sense of dedication to duty of the retired officials.

Some of the Survey of India officials after their retirement in Sector 32, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Panchkula Diary
Cactus park inaugurated
Panchkula, June 30
The Chief Secretary, Haryana, Mr A N Mathur, today inaugurated the Cactus park developed by HUDA near the Sector 10 and 11 roundabout. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Mathur appreciated the efforts of HUDA authorities to develop and beautify the corners of sectors. 

Rajyoga camp on July 4
Mohali, June 30
A novel technique of Rajyoga meditation has been evolved by the international institution of Brahmakumaris for self-empowerment of those who face mental tension and worries.

Husband, son tested HIV positive too
Panchkula, June 30
The husband and four-year-old son of the woman, who was detected as HIV positive by doctors in General Hospital last week, have also tested positive. The woman, who is a mother of three, was admitted to the hospital, for brain tuberculosis on June 20. 

Tribune journalist retires
Chandigarh, June 30
Mr Ashok Kumar Puri, Senior Sub-Editor, The Tribune, retired here today after putting in more than 41 years of service. Mr Puri joined The Tribune at Ambala on June 24, 1963, as a proof-reader.

Tribune employee retires
Chandigarh, June 30
Mr Ram Samajh Singh, senior head havildar, The Tribune, retired here today after serving the organisation for nearly 38 years.

CRIME

Hit-and-run victim succumbs to injuries
Mohali, June 30
Manjit Kaur, a hit-and-run accident victim, died at the PGI today. Fifty-year-old Manjit was a resident of Sector 27, Chandigarh. She, along with her husband, met with an accident on Monday evening near the Swami Ram Tirath School while on their way to meet someone in Phase V.

Flesh trade: two nabbed
Chandigarh, June 30
Continuing its drive against flesh trade in the city, the Chandigarh police today arrested two persons, including a teenaged girl, behind the Sector 17 petrol station this evening while the kingpin managed to escape.

BUSINESS

Growth area in industry ‘in hi-tech sectors’
Chandigarh, June 30
The growth area for industry in Chandigarh lies in hi tech ‘clean’ sectors like services, IT, ITes, BPO and biotechnology, according to Mr R S Gujral, UT Home Secretary. Addressing an interactive session with members of the CII Chandigarh Council here today, he urged traditional industry to go in for upgradation and modernisation to develop a competitive edge in the emerging economic scenario.

Placement cell at ITI
Chandigarh, June 30
A placement cell has been set up at the Sector 28 Industrial Training Institute. Various leading industrial houses like GE Motors (India) Ltd., Faridabad; Sigma Freudenberg Nok, Mohali; and Micro Turners-II, Barotiwala; have conducted campus interviews here. 

EDUCATION

Heavy rush at university
Chandigarh, June 30
The last date for submission of forms for admission to courses being offered by Panjab University saw the usual serpentine queues and the endless wait to submit forms, here today. The hub of all activity, the enquiry and the fee counters of the university, came alive with student chatter.

Student rush at a fee counter in Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. 
— A Tribune photograph

Ayurvedic college gives students fee shock
Chandigarh, June 30
It came as a bolt from the blue for the students seeking admission in the degree course in ayurvedic medicine at the counselling sessions at Government Medical College, Sector 32, here today, as the only ayurvedic college in the city, SD Ayurvedic College, Sector 46, at the last minute decided to charge Rs 80,000 per annum as fee from each student instead of Rs 55,000 mentioned in the prospectus.

Children from SOS Village School have a gala time
Chandigarh, June 30
Pain does not seem to find any expression in their eyes. Belying their tragic past the 60 children from SOS Children’s Village, Rajpura, today spilled joy all over the places they visited as part of their day-long jaunt in the city.

Children of SOS Children’s Village, Rajpura, enjoy creations of Nek Chand at the Rock Garden during their day-long jaunt in Chandigarh on Wednesday. 
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Fun time for children
Panchkula, June 30
It was fun time for the 100 odd children of the Chandigarh and Panchkula branches of Eurokids at the grand finale of the month long summer club. Children between the age group of three years to 10 years from the two branches of the school, participated in the cultural function. They put up several dance performances in the show.

Eurokids children are all cheerful at the concluding function of a summer camp at Panchkula on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Swimming camp ends
Mohali, June 30
The swimming training camp organised at the Golden Bells Public School Sector 77, Mohali, ended here today. The aim of the camp was to train students in swimming. Instructors deployed by the school ensured that all the participating students learnt how to swim before the camp ended. 

Month-long summer camp concludes
Mohali, June 30
The month-long summer camp organised by Saranglok, Phase XI, Mohali, ended here today. Gaiety and colour marked the conclusion of the camp. A large number of workshops were organised for children of all age groups. 

• Summer camp ends

Students attend awareness programme
Chandigarh, June 30
A consumer awareness programme organised by Kendriya Vidyalaya at the Air Force station, Chandigarh, for staff and students of the school proved to be a great success.

COURTS

BSNL told to pay compensation
Chandigarh, June 30
The Permanent Lok Adalat (Public Utility Services) has ordered the BSNL to pay a compensation of Rs 5,000 for deficiency in service to a Mani Majra resident. In their order, Mr R.P Bajaj, Chairman, and Mr K.C. Jaggi and Mr J.S. Kohli, both members, directed the BSNL to pay the amount within a week for wrong disconnection of the telephone and the costs of the case.