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Queues lengthen
at pollution centres
CHANDIGARH,
April 8 In anticipation of a vigorous
checking drive, pollution checking centres at
various petrol pumps in the city today witnessed
long queues, with people bringing their vehicles
for the precious slip that would mean a saving of
Rs 1,000 if one were to be challaned for not
possessing one. |

People get their vehicles checked for specified
pollution levels at a filling station in
Chandigarh on Thursday. A Tribune
photograph |
Quackery
a thriving business
CHANDIGARH,
April 8 Quackery is good business in the city and
the increasing number of ``medicine men
propping up tents all over the city and their
concentration along the Chandigarh-Panchkula road, there
are four of them within a few metres of each other,
vouchsafe for the statement.
Capturing
planned cities on lens
CHANDIGARH,
April 8 For someone who has been photographing for
magazines like The Vogue, Vanity Fair, Architecture,
House and Garden, Architectural Digest, it is natural to
say, I like to photograph people and buildings,
because both are about form, structure and
expressions.
Pop music like a temporary
wave
SAS NAGAR,
April 8 Pop music is like a wave which just comes
and goes. It does not need much riaz.
Zor ke gana reveals that a person cannot sing
properly, according to E.R. Das, a ghazal singer from
Sialkot in Pakistan, now settled in the USA.
Garbage heaps worry residents
MULLANPUR-
GARIBDASS, April 8 Heaps of garbage and cow dung
near the market of the village here are a cause of
concern for the local residents.
Stained glass art her forte
CHANDIGARH,
April 8 " The first thing that impressed me
about City Beautiful is the landscaping of Dr M.S
Randhawa for the city can easily pass off as the emerald
city, " says Mrs Surinder Hayer Warboys, an artist
from England who is here these days. 
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