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UT to outsource delivery services
Chandigarh, March 24
The Chandigarh administration has initiated the process of outsourcing a number of services in the city with a view to strengthening delivery services to the citizens. The main services which will be outsourced include the cleaning of premises, horticulture, housekeeping, transport and maintenance of buildings, besides others.
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Chandigarh, March 24
A pair of white tigers will charm the visitors to Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park at Chhat Bir on the Chandigarh-Patiala highway, near here.
In fact, it was a big day for the zoo management today as it got a male and a female tiger aged about one
each, besides other animals, under an exchange programme with the National Zoological Park, New Delhi. |
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One of the white tigers received from the National Zoological Park, New Delhi, at Chhat Bir Zoo, near Chandigarh, on Saturday.
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Land Acquisition
Rights lawyers want regulatory body
Chandigarh, March 24
Questioning the wisdom of the Chandigarh administration in acquiring land, a body of human rights lawyers today
demanded setting up of a land resource regulatory authority.
Members of the Lawyers for Human Rights International address a press conference in Chandigarh on Saturday.
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Speaking Out: Paid Parking
Vehicle safety, staff conduct paramount
Chandigarh, March 24
The issue of paid parking may have become a bone of contention for parties but for the common man it is a cause for worry.
While parties are only concerned about fulfilling their election promise of removing paid parking, city residents are interestingly not bothered about it. On the other hand, they are more keen on seeking friendlier staff and getting more parking space.
Heritage structures losing sheen
Three symbols of city’s identity in neglect
Chandigarh, March 24
Pt Jawaharlal Nehru dreamed of a city “unfettered by the traditions of the past - an expression of the nation’s faith in the future”.
His words on Chandigarh, delivered in 1952 stand tremulous today with the city’s very character - its architectural heritage - facing neglect and indifference.
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THE LOST GLORY: The symbolic structure in Sector 9, marking the spot from where Pandit Nehru surveyed the land for Chandigarh, surrounded by dead leaves and flowers; (centre) Rubbish and overgrown shrubbery characterise the cube that marks the second phase of Chandigarh in Sector 35; and (extreme right) The cube in Sector 34 lies unkempt and uncared for.
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MC to cap city’s dump
Chandigarh, March 24
The municipal corporation, Chandigarh, will cap the area where municipal solid waste of the city is being dumped.
It will also develop a sanitary landfill for future dumping of the city garbage after garbage processing unit.
Workshop on project report making
Chandigarh, March 24
Chandigarh municipal corporation mayor Harjinder Kaur yesterday inaugurated a one-day workshop on “Preparation of detailed progress reports” under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission at the UT guesthouse.
Honest to the core
Chandigarh, March 24
For S.N. Hans, train superintendent, Kalka Shatabdi Express, honesty is a way of life. Already decorated with the general manager Railways award for outstanding service, he has now been recommended to the railway minister for higher honours.
And the one recommending him is renowned orthopaedic surgeon Dr O.N. Nagi,
associated with Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. |
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Fire at Sector-15 house
Panchkula, March 24
Goods worth Rs 1 lakh were destroyed in a fire at a house in Sector 15, here today.
The owner, Om Prakash, said he had lit an earthen lamp during his morning prayers after which had gone downstairs for some work.
A little later he noticed smoke billowing out of one of the rooms and
immediately called the fire brigade.
Goods destroyed in a fire at a house in Sector 15, Panchkula, on Saturday.
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