Tuesday, August 3, 1999
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Hoardings
exist despite HC orders PANCHKULA, Aug 2 — While hoardings and signboards erected on the land of the Public Works Department (PWD), along the section of Ambala — Shimla National Highway passing through the town, have been removed by the National Highway (NH) wing of the PWD (B and R), the Haryana Urban Development Authority is yet initiate action on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Hoardings, signboards and neon signs continue to exist within the specified 15 feet-distance along the roads inside the town despite the High Court orders. Acting on the orders of the High Court, the Haryana Government issued directives to the heads of different departments, including the local authority — Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) — to implement these. The violations are not only restricted to the main roads, but sign and advertisements boards face the side roads in different sectors. The maximum number of violations are on the road dividing sectors 10 and 15. The occupants of the Haryana Housing Board dwelling units in Sector 15, which are being used to run illegal commercial activity, have erected signboards right up to the point where the road ends. The road dividers also account for a number of signboards and small hoardings. Such signboards have surfaced on the road divider facing the Sector 11 market. A number of sign boards of various banks, indicating their location in the respective sectors, can also be noticed along the roads. Another clause of the High Court order directing the authorities concerned to remove all the articles placed by the shopkeepers and occupants of various houses within 15 feet from the point where main road ends also appears to have escaped the eye of the authorities. In fact, certain occupants of Haryana Housing Board (HHB) dwelling units have extended their houses right up to the road, leaving little space for essential services. The officials of the enforcement wing of the HUDA say that hoardings, signboards and small hoardings have been removed on the directives of the High Court in the second week of July. Besides, rehris, which
as per the High Court order, are not be permitted within
15 feet of the point where the road ends and pedestrian
way starts, appear daily along the main road coming from
Chandigarh, affecting the flow of traffic. |
NTPC to do
power project survey CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — The Chandigarh Administration has decided to commission the NTPC for the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) of the captive power generation of its proposed 120-MW project. Based on the preliminary feasibility report submitted by the NTPC to the administration some months ago, a high-power committee under the chairmanship of the Adviser to the Administrator has been set up. This high-power committee held its first meeting late last week where preliminaries of the prestigious project were gone through. Other members of the committee are the Finance-cum-Engineering Secretary, Commissioner of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation; Chief Engineer of the Chandigarh Administration; Superintending Engineer of the Electricity Operations Cell; and the Deputy Commissioner, besides others. The local discussion was mostly about three issues — funding, fuel and the Environment Impact Assessment study. Since the funding has to be tied, the administration may have to take the project to the Planning Commission to get it in the Plan. The NTPC has in its feasibility report recommended naptha-based 120-MW captive generation of power by basing the project at Kishengarh. To get the project going, the administration will also be required to get its quota of naptha sanctioned from the Union Ministry of Petroleum. It was decided at the last meeting of the high-power committee to approach the Ministry of Petroleum with an initial projection of about 80,000 tonnes of naptha for the first phase of the project which will generate about 60 MW of power. Based on the projection by the administration and clearance from the Planning Commission, the Petroleum Ministry may make regular annual allocation for the project which after the first phase may be shifted from naphtha to gas. Since the land acquisition will be no problem as the NTPC has recommended a minimum of 120 acres, the administration has accepted the recommendation to base the project at Kishengarh because of a number of reasons, including availability of water. Sufficient quantities of water will be required to run the power generation units. Besides, Kishengarh will also be most feasible for railway siding. The preliminary meetings between senior rail functionaries and the administration have been positive. To cut the cost, it has been suggested that the existing track to Kalka can be extended to the proposed site at Kishengarh than going for a new siding track from Chandigarh Railway station. Laying of the additional rail track for the power station alone will involve heavy capital expenditure as the Rail Overbridge, in that case, would also require widening and extension. Since the proposed power generation unit will have a a minimum of 45 metre high chimney, it was also decided to approach the Air Force authorities for clearance as the proposed site, though away from the thistle funnel of the airbase still needs clearance from the Ministry of Defence in general and the Air Force in particular. Once the EIA is
completed, the administration will go ahead with the
proposed site and get the necessary clearances and
sanctions, including finances, from the Union Government. |
Truck
falls in Ghaggar; villagers make hay BHANKHARPUR, Aug 2 — Three persons were injured when a truck laden with fish plunged into the Ghaggar from the bridge here this morning. The Delhi-bound truck was carrying 30 quintals of fish from Nangal. The vehicle first hit the embankment and then rolled over into the water. Three occupants of the truck had a narrow escape. The injured persons are Mr Kulwinder Singh and Mr Prakash Chand of Nangal and Mr Mohammad Naheen from Jama Masjid in Delhi. Mr Muhammad Naheen, the fish agent and Mr Prakash Chand were rescued by the police from the submerged truck by breaking open the door. To rescue Mr Kulwinder Singh, the truck driver, the steering had to be smashed, said Mr Rampal, a home guard jawan who was on duty on the bridge. The injured were taken to Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi. They were discharged after they were given initial treatment. The fish were scattered over the spans of the bridge while much of it was washed away by the water current. The villagers and labourers who were loading sand and gravel in their trucks from the river bed took away the scattered fish. Some of them also swam some distance to catch the fish. Some of the passers-by
also loaded in their vehicles whatever fish they could
retrieve. |
Students
continue protest CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — Protests by various students' bodies against the implementation of the new fee structure, approved by the Syndicate at its meeting on July 30, began with renewed vigour at the Panjab University campus here today. The police, in apprehension of breach of peace, rounded up nine activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. The protest began with a forced entry by activists to the cash counter where students were depositing fee. After stopping work at the counter, the activists locked the door connecting the basement with the Administrative Block. They raised slogans against the fee hike and the university authorities for raising the amount considerably, demanding immediate withdrawal. On the intervention of the security officer, the protesters demanded that the Registrar should come to the basement to collect the memorandum. Though several messages were sent to them from the Registrar's office, inviting them to his room for submission of the memorandum, the boys refused to move. At this point the police intervened and sent the boys out of the basement. They squatted outside the basement and finally were arrested for trying to disrupt normal working. Those rounded up by the police include Harinder Bir Singh, Navtej Singh, Chand Singh, Paramjit, Aadil Raza, Amarjot Singh, Anil, Jatar Singh and Devinder Kumar. In the evening, they were released by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Mr P.S. Gill. Meanwhile, Munish Anand began an indefinite fast at the Student Centre in the morning. Activists of the Panjab University Students Union (PUSU), Haryana Students Union (HSA), Students Federation of India (SFI) and National Students Union of India (NSUI) were among those who sat with him throughout the day. ``We will not use violent ways to make ourselves heard. We will definitely intensify our protest if no action is taken soon,'' Mr G.S. Grewal, Chairman of PUSU, said. The activists of these organisations have started visiting classes in various departments to mobilise student support and inform them of the hike in detail. Mr Suresh Thakur of the SFI added that the student community was at the receiving end with this new fee structure which would make education unaffordable to a common man. Further, he appealed to all students' organisations to join hands and fight from a common platform. Meanwhile, the
Registrar, Prof Paramjit Singh, said that the fee hike
had the approval of the Syndicate and the university
authorities could do very little in the matter. He said
that the hike could neither be withdrawn nor kept in
abeyance by the university authorities.``The Syndicate is
the only deciding or reconsidering authority in the
matter,'' he added. |
Sikh women
meet Chhibber CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — A delegation of the Sikh Nari Manch led by its President, Mrs Harjinder Kaur, met the Administrator of Chandigarh, Lieut-Gen B.K.N. Chhibber (retd), and demanded the immediate withdrawal of the order of compulsory wearing of helmets by women, both while driving and pillion riding two-wheelers. While the delegation demanded a permanent solution to the problem, General Chhibber informed that the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court was awaited. The Adviser to the Administrator, Mrs Vineeta Rai, was also present. Meanwhile, the manch and other Sikh organisations, including the local unit of Shiromani Akali Dal, have decided to start the "jail bharo" andolan from tomorrow in protest against the helmet order. Six women — Ms Mohinder Kaur, Ms Darshan Kaur, Ms Lakhvinder Kaur, Ms Pritpal Kaur, Ms Bhupinder Kaur and Ms Sukhvinder Kaur — have volunteered to court arrest. A large number of Sikh women and men gathered at the Sector 37 Gurdwara and took out a procession in defiance of the helmet order. The procession moved through various parts of the city before terminating in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner in Sector 17 where a large number of employees and members of various other organisations joined the protest rally. Mr Gurpartap Singh Riar, President of the local unit of the Shiromani Akali Dal, announced that from tomorrow, the protesters would violate the prohibitory orders and court arrest. The chain fast started by various Sikh organisations at the Sector 34 Gurdwara entered its fourth day today. Five more volunteers joined the fast. The Chandigarh District
(Urban) Mahila Congress has also demanded immediate
withdrawal of the helmet order. In a statement, Ms Minnie
Sidhu, President of the unit, said that the traffic
police should improve road safety rather than infringe
upon religious rights of the people. |
Cop
suspended CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 —
A constable of the Chandigarh police has been suspended
for drinking at a public place. According to sources,
constable Amrik Singh was suspended today after he was
found drinking in Sector 20. |
Govt
colleges short of staff CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — Four government colleges of the city are facing a shortage of 68 teachers, most of which are in the humanities stream. However, in commerce, the number of teachers is in consonance with the strength of students. Though the number of students has shown a meteoric rise in arts, especially in a few "favourite'' subjects like history, public administration and psychology, the number of students pursuing science at the graduation level has considerably dwindled. While this implies over-crowded and unmanageable classes in a few subjects in humanities, it also means redundant teachers on the science faculty of most colleges. Faced with the situation, most principals are tiding over the shortfall with help from the guest faculty. In Government College, Sector 11, there are 16 vacant posts in a teaching faculty of over 120. Dr S. N. Singla, Principal, says,"The vacancies are because a few teachers have retired and some have been promoted as principals to various colleges of Punjab.'' He adds that most of the vacancies are in the science stream where the posts have become redundant in the absence of students. Most of the guest faculty is employed for the recently started courses of Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA) and Bachelors Computer Application (BCA). Two teachers are helping out with teaching English and one for maths. Posts are vacant in all science subjects and one each in economics, English and maths. Conversion of additional posts of the science faculty to subjects where more teachers are needed is also on the agenda. The Government College for Girls, Sector 11, has 158 sanctioned posts. This includes 28 vacant posts against which seven part-timers and 17 persons from the guest faculty are keeping the work going. "The number of students has increased manifold and public administration, maths, geography and history have emerged as favourite subjects with students over time. BBA and BCA are a few others where total help from guest faculty is sought. In the remaining subjects, we usually go in for conversion of posts to other subjects depending on the workload,'' Mrs Vijay Lakshmi, Principal, informs. There are four vacancies in English, four in history, two in home science, one each in public administration, maths, geography, fine arts, Sanskrit, commerce, psychology, sociology, music (instrumental), political science, botany, Hindi, economics, zoology, Punjabi, physical education and chemistry. In the Government College for Girls, Sector 42, there are 14 vacancies in a teaching faculty of 101 members. "With only an 87-member faculty, we can hardly manage work. The workload has increased immensely and we are forced to accommodate more than is permissible because of this,'' Mrs Mohini Sharma, Principal, says. There are three vacancies each in psychology, history and physical education while the college is short of four teachers in Punjabi and there is a vacancy in chemistry. Mrs Sharma informs that even though there is no vacancy in sociology, an extra hand is urgently required to manage the growing number of students taking this subject. Government College in Sector 46 has a strength of 56 teachers while 10 posts are lying vacant. The posts in sociology and economics fell vacant recently after two teachers retired. There are two vacancies in history, one in fine arts, two in English, two in economics, two in commerce and one in physical education. The Principal, Mr D.P.
Singh, says that he will have to bank upon the guest
faculty to ensure students don't suffer when classes
begin though there are redundant vacant posts in
economics, commerce and physical education. |
Parking
fee issue on hold CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — The record of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) in passing resolutions is outstanding but their implementation leaves much to be desired. The resolution levying parking fee in Sectors 8 and 17 falls in this category. Only a feeble attempt was made to implement it with the result that the imposition of parking fee was later suspended. At a meeting of the civic body on June 5 last year, it was decided to introduce the system of paid parking. Nine parking lots in Sector 17 and two in Sector 8 were auctioned in August and the paid parking was introduced on September 1. However, the paid parking system proved to be jinxed from the very beginning. In the face of protests from government employees and traders of Sector 17, it could be only partially enforced. Opposition parties made it a political issue. This, coupled with a lack of strong will on part of the corporation authorities to implement the decision, only gave a fillip to the agitation which was in any case not widespread. The agitation was dying down by the time the then Mayor, Mr Gian Chand Gupta, suspended the paid parking on September 25. Surprisingly, the announcement regarding the suspension of the paid parking was made after a meeting at the BJP's Sector 33 office, "Kamalam". This interference of the party in the affairs of the civic body drew flak from various quarters. Later, a committee comprising, among others, former MP, Mr Satya Pal Jain, and Mr Gupta, was formed to study the issue. But its meetings were erratic and it did not submit a formal report and the issue was put in cold storage. Even as contractors demanded refund of their earnest money and securities, the matter could not be taken up in the House since the meetings were repeatedly adjourned on October 30, November 30 and December 4. The MCC only woke from
its slumber after one of the contractors slapped a legal
notice on it. Ultimately, the corporation relented and
decided to refund the earnest money to contractors at one
of the meetings earlier this year. |
Stone
crushing units to be revived PANCHKULA, Aug 2 — At least 20 stone crushing units at Chandi Mandir, which had been lying unoperational due to the minimum distance criteria from the lal dora of a village, will now be revived. The Haryana Pollution Board has decided to issue no-objection certificate to the units. Sources in the board said despite a notification issued by the Haryana Government in October 1998, in which certain parameters had been removed, the stone crushing units at Chandi Mandir could not become functional due to the minimum distance criteria of 400 metres from the lal dora of a village. Now the pollution board sought information from the revenue department about the existence of the lal dora of the village in the vicinity of the stone crushers. The patwari concerned had written to the board that as there were less than 40 houses in the area, it could not be considered a village. Following this, the
board decided to issue no-objection certificates to the
units. |
Pesco
lockout condemned CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — The Punjab State Cooperative, boards, corporations workers and Employees Maha Sangh today condemned the decision of the management of the Punjab Ex-Servicemen Corporation (PESCO) in declaring a lockout in the auto workshop unit of the corporation at SAS Nagar. The maha sangh said the decision was because of the industrial dispute pending before the Industrial Tribunal. Mr Nirmal Singh Ghuman and Mr K. Sivadaasan, President and General Secretary of the maha sangh, said the decision would be strongly opposed. They also urged the Punjab Government to conduct a high-level inquiry into the functioning of the PESCO so that this public sector undertaking could be saved from mismanagement. The lockout had put a question mark on the career and livelihood of 40 families. The maha sangh urged the
government to revoke this lockout order within two days. |
Orientation
course for teachers CHANDIGARH, Aug 2—A two-day orientation course for teachers of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, to prepare students to participate in the third National Youth Parliament Competition to be held in October, began at the ICSSR complex at Panjab University, here today. The course is being attended by 40 teachers in charge of the Youth Parliament Scheme in their respective schools. The delegates have come from Jaipur, Lucknow, Shillong and Patna regions of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, besides the city. A team led by Mr I.D. Sharma, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, will brief delegates during the two days. He informed that the Youth Parliament Scheme was started by the ministry in 1966 in the senior secondary schools of Delhi. The scheme evoked a positive response from the students and teachers. He added that in 1988, a
separate National Youth Parliament scheme for Kendriya
Vidyalayas was launched and two new national schemes, one
for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya and another for
universities, were started. The objective of the scheme
is to inculcate respect and understanding of the
principles of parliamentary democracy in the younger
generation. The youth will imbibe the virtues of
representative leadership, respect for the views of
others, skills of debate and feeling for social justice
and responsibility. |
Lok
Shakti to fight all Haryana seats PANCHKULA, Aug 2 — The Lok Shakti, Haryana, today decided to contest all the 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state and make poll adjustments with the Janata Dal and the Samata Party . This was decided at a meeting held here to discuss important matters concerning the forthcoming parliamentary elections. Mr Bharat Raj Bairagi, General Secretary, Haryana unit of the party, said that a committee would soon be constituted to select candidates for the elections. The Lok Shakti also
decided to welcome persons from other political parties
who would like to join the party. |
Bail
rejected in rape case CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr S.S. Lamba, today turned down the bail plea of Dhani Ram and two more liftmen of the Sector 16 General Hospital who had allegedly molested a woman of the Ropar district. According to the prosecution, the victim had visited the hospital on July 17 in connection with her treatment. The doctor who had diagnosed her had asked her to get certain tests conducted. Therefore, she again visited the hospital on July 18. One of the liftmen volunteered to help her in getting her tests conducted. He first took her to a pharmacist and got an injection administered. Later, he took her to the top of the floor of the hospital in the lift. He was followed by two other liftmen. The lady was raped in a vacant room. Later, when the lady was seen weeping, she was taken to the Medical Superintendent, who took congizance of her complaint. However, when the suspects apologised to her, she pardoned them. But later on, she narrated the entire incident to her husband who got an FIR registered on July 24. The stand of the
defence, on the other hand, was that the accused had been
falsely implicated. The FIR was got registered after a
gap of seven days. |
New maths
method found SAS NAGAR, Aug 2 — A senior mathematics teacher of the local Yadavindra Public School, Mr R.N. Maggo, claimed here today that he had found a new method which could be used in the factorisation of large numbers. Mr Maggo, who declined to reveal details of his method immediately, said it could be used to find the factors of Mersenne numbers, Fibonacci numbers and Fermat numbers. He said whereas it took months on the computer to obtain the answers, it took only a few minutes or hours, depending on the number, using his method. Mr Maggo, who had called newspersons to the school to make his claims, said he had also found an easy way to check whether a given Fermat number was prime or not. He further said he had fully solved Pell’s equation, which was 2,400 years old, using an elementary method. The teacher went on to claim that he could break the world record in finding a prime number larger than what was given in the Guinness Book of World Records. Mr Maggo denied that his
methods were based on Vedic mathematics and said he would
reveal details in 7 to 12 months. |
Workshop
for teachers SAS NAGAR, Aug 2 — A seminar and workshop for teachers began at Government Senior Secondary School in Phase III BI here today. The five-day seminar on a special orientation programme for elementary teachers is being organised by the SCERT. Fifty teachers from five districts of Punjab will participate in the seminar. The 20-day workshop for
Hindi language teachers has been organised by the Central
Hindi Institute, Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Government of India. Forty teachers from Ropar district
are taking part in the workshop. |
Kargil
donations pour in CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — The Rock Garden Rehri Phari Workers Union today donated Rs 5,000 to the Army Central Welfare Fund. Mr Mahavir Prasad, President of the union, presented a cheque for this amount to the Adviser to the Administrator, Mrs Vineeta Rai, here today. Meanwhile, employees of
Jagat Theatre contributed Rs 2,400 as their one day's
salary towards the Army Central Welfare Fund. |
Track
suits for blind cricketers CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — Members of the Lions Club of Panchkula Central Chandigarh yesterday distributed track suits among members of the cricket team of the Sector 26 Institute of Blind and planted more than 125 saplings on the premises of Government Primary School, Indira Colony, Mani Majra. They also donated two sewing machines to the anganwari of Indira Colony besides presenting a steel almirah to Haryana Public School in Sector 10, Panchkula. Mr Jaswinder Singh and
Mrs Harcharan Kaur were installed as Presidents of the
Lions and Lioness units of the club, respectively. |
Seminar
on language press CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — Asia Media Information Centre, Singapore, and Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Germany, are organising a seminar on "Indian Languages Press: Today and Tomorrow" on August 7 and 8 at the Chandigarh Press Club. The programme has been divided into four sessions for discussions on the topics of "Language Press in North India", "Problems Faced by Language Press", "Readership, Technology and New Vistas" and "Future of Indian Language Press." Mr Hari Jaisingh, Editor
of The Tribune, will deliver the inaugural address. The
other key participants include Mr Gurbachan S. Bhullar,
Editor of the Punjabi Tribune, Mr Kanwar Sandhu, Resident
Editor of The Indian Express, Dr J.S. Grewal, former
Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Prof Gulzar
S. Sandhu and Prof B.S. Thakur. |
Ex-servicemen
plan new political party CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — Retired defence personnel have decided to float a new political party of their own. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of ex-servicemen held here today. Among those who attended the meeting were Lieut-Gen B.S. Randhawa, Brig Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, Brig H.S. Ghuman, Brig Harwant Singh, Col J.S. Rai, Col H.S. Hans, Col K.S. Ludhra, Col Harsharan Singh Sandhu, Lieut-Col B.S. Sekhon and Cpl Jaswant Singh Kumbra. "The ex-servicemen are disillusioned the way the Government has handled national security leading to the Kargil crises. Therefore, they have decided to establish the Chandigarh unit of the Rashtriya Raksha Dal," a press note issued on behalf of the new party said. The formal election of the office-bearers and launching of the party will take place on August 7. The aims and objectives of the new party would include formulation of the national security doctrine with inputs from the chiefs of the three services headed by the Chief of the Defence Staff. The other objectives include : the armed forces must be fully equipped to face the threats to national integrity; donation by the nation in the form of cash and blood should be accounted for; ensure viable and proper rehabilitation of disabled ex-servicemen and war widows; live honourably after limited service in the armed forces; help develop true nationalism; and eradication of corruption and end to misgovernance. Food trolleys donated CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — In a unique gesture, the Sector 28-D Welfare Society has presented 10 food trolleys for the use of soldiers convalescing at Command Hospital, Chandi Mandir, near here. The trolleys, costing about Rs 18,000, were presented by a delegation of the society comprising Maj-Gen Avtar Singh (Retd), President of the society, Mrs J.S. Chaudhury and Mrs M.S. Chawla, to the Commandant of the hospital, Maj-Gen Virendra Singh, today. General Avtar Singh said the trolleys were an appropriate gift since these could also be used for other purposes such as writing letters by injured soldiers. The society has also
contributed Rs 60,000 to the Army Central Welfare Fund. |
SNIPPETS Essay contest on dental diseases PANCHKULA, Aug 2 — To educate school children about dental diseases, the Dental Health Awareness Society has decided to hold an essay writing contest. Dr Rita Kalra, Secretary of the society, said to launch the awareness campaign an educative programme would be held for students and dentists. The topic of the essay competition, to be held for the age groups of 7 to 10 years, 11 to 13 years and 15 to 18 years, will be "My friendly neighbourhood dentist". Dr Kalra said the entries should reach the office of the society by August 16. The society also plans to hold an awareness programme for senior citizens. Eye camps from today CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — The Sohana-based Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib Eye Hospital will organise nine eye camps from tomorrow to August 25 at various places in and around Chandigarh under its "Pay if you can" programme. According to Mr A.K. Suri, Manager of the Guru Harkrishan Charitable Trust, the first camp in the series will be held at Maloya tomorrow followed by the second one at Udham Singh Colony in Phase I, Industrial Area, while the third camp will be held at Dadu Majra Colony on August 5. Other camps will be held at Panjokhra Sahib (August 6), Khuda Ali Sher (August 10), Colony No 5 (August 11), Kaimbwala village (August 13), Ram Darbar (August 18) and Kajheri (August 25). HUDA 'ignoring' Sector 19 PANCHKULA, Aug 2 — The House Owners Welfare Association, Sector 19, here has criticised the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) for ignoring the sector so far as provision of basic amenities is concerned. Drawing the attention of the authorities towards unhealthy environment in the sector, the General Secretary of the association, Mr C.L. Yadav, said certain units in the industrial estate, located adjacent to the sector, had been causing pollution. Residents lamented that roads had not been repaired for long and the sewerage was choked. Open spaces along the Chandigarh-Ambala rail line passing through the sector were being used for throwing untreated industrial waste by some units. A better bus service, provision of a community centre, dispensary and a public park have also been demanded by the residents. Cassette released CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — A cassette — ‘Oh God Bless Me’ — by Mr Tarlochan Singh, an engineer working in the Bhakra Beas Management Board, was released at the Sector 8 Gurdwara here yesterday. Mr Prithipal Singh, Principal General Manager Telecom, Chandigarh, released the cassette. Maj-Gen R.R. Oberoi, Chairman, Bhakra Beas Management Board, presided. The cassette is dedicated to the tercentenary celebrations of the birth of the Khalsa. Mr Tarlochan Singh has recited some of the shabads of Guru Gobind Singh both in Punjabi and English. Dismissed nurses’ fast
continues CHANDIGARH, Aug 2 — The relay fast by seven dismissed nurses of the Multi-purpose Health Workers Farg Union continued today. At a rally here, various speakers, while demanding the reinstatement of the dismissed nurses, condemned the adamant attitude of the Punjab Government. In the evening, the
protesters held up traffic near the small roundabout of
Sector 34-35 for a short while. |
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