Friday, December 10, 1999
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Centre
clears Ganguly’s name NEW DELHI, Dec 9 — The Centre is understood to have acceded to a request from the PGI, Chandigarh to allow Dr N.K Ganguly to work as Acting Director of the prestigious institute. An approval to this effect is understood to have been given today after a meeting of the institute body here yesterday decided to recommend the appointment of Dr Ganguly to the post, informed sources said today. The procedural
formalities in this regard were being worked out, in view
of the High Court order which had stayed the operation of
the earlier order of the Centre appointing Dr Ganguly,
the Director General of Indian Council of Medical
Research as the acting chief of the institute. |
Ganguly’s
main concern image of institute CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — Prof Nirmal Kumar Ganguly, Director-General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), is all for maintaining the PGI as a referral institute. This was stated by him when Chandigarh Tribune interviewed him recently in the city. According to information from Delhi, the Centre is understood to have acceded to a request from the PGI to allow Dr Ganguly to work as Acting Director of the prestigious institute. Professor Ganguly, who has been associated with the PGI for the last 31 years, specialises in microbiology and immunology. After doing his MBBS from Calcutta University, he did his post-graduation in microbiology from the PGI. He served as Assistant Professor and Associate Professor for 13 years before taking over as Professor and Head, Department of Experimental Medicine and Technology. He continued in this post till he was appointed Director-General, ICMR, in March, 1998. His contributions to the fields of microbiology, immunology, parasitology and molecular biology have made him bag various national awards, honours and fellowships. He has also occupied several important administrative positions in his career and has many publications to his credit. Talking about the PGI’s image of being a referral hospital for the region, he said that while it is not possible to turn away the poor and needy patients, steps of the Chandigarh Administration to strengthen the infrastructure of the GMCH-32 and the Sector 16 hospital will definitely help ease out the general rush from the OPDs. Professor Ganguly is also in favour of upgrading the institute technologically since it is recognised for its super specialisations. With a view to providing the best patient care, the PGI should keep investing in the latest gadgets, besides stimulating academic research. In his capacity as DG, ICMR, he was in August, 1998, appointed Director-in-charge, National Institute of Biology, New Delhi. Following the retirement of Professor B.K. Sharma as Director last month, he was appointed as the Acting Director of the institute by the PGI. Answering a question as to how he plans to monitor the functioning of the PGI along with the charge of the national level post at Delhi where as many as 26 institutions like the PGI come under his purview, he said that he would spend at least half of the week in the city and set up a small office in Delhi to keep constant touch with the institute, till he has the charge. He will also be available on Sundays for all kind of official work. “It sure is not going to be difficult, for, the PGI has a well-oiled machinery with senior professors enjoying considerable autonomy in the functioning of their respective departments,’’ said Professor Ganguly. The job of the Director, according to the PGI structure, is mainly to plan, give directions and supervise. Known for academic
excellence at various levels, Professor Ganguly said that
his focus would be more on teaching, training and
research so that the institute could retain its academic
primacy. He would also concentrate on some of the
unfinished projects of the outgoing Director, including
the shifting of the OPDs to the newly constructed block. |
PGI
union's suit dismissed CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — The civil suit filed by the PGI Employees Union, challenging Dr I.C. Pathak's appointment as the chairman of the standing selection committee, was today dismissed by the UT Civil Judge (Junior Division) Mr A.K. Bishnoi. Claiming non-maintainability, the counsel for the PGI had earlier stated that the employees union had no locus standi to file the suit. In its reply submitted before the court, the counsel had stated that the rights of the employee's union were not being affected by the appointment and the suit was "not in the nature of a public interest litigation". The counsel had further stated that the process of selection had been completed on November 20 and the governing body had already met on December 8. Regarding the plaintiff's contention that the Director-General of Health Service "should be a member of the selection committee", the counsel had said the DG was invited but could not attend the meeting due to "previous engagement". The counsel had added that the presence of the "president of the institute, who was the highest functionary, and the Union Minister", during the meetings was not even mandatory. Quoting the PGIMER Act, the counsel had also stated that "no act done or proceedings taken by the institute could be questioned merely on the ground of non-existence of a particular person, be it the president or the Director-General of Health Services or the Director of the PGI". The union, in its suit, had earlier sought directions for declaring as "illegal and against the PGI Act", the appointment of Dr. I.C. Pathak as chairman of the standing selection committee. The plaintiff had also
asked for declaring as "illegal, unjust and
unconstitutional" the selections made by the
standing selection committee. Directions for restraining
the defendant "from transacting any business in the
governing body and the institute body meeting" had
also been sought. |
Melting
the heart with chocolate CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — A couple of years ago the opportunity for a young boy to meet a young girl or vice-versa was provided by their two bicycles bumping into each other, or even the boy and the girl, carrying their text-books, colliding into each other, and then bending down together to pick each other’s books! Today the Generation-X has invented their own platforms and opportunities to bump into each other. Hence, the reason for a plethora of celebration of days like Chocolate Day, Flower Day, Balloon Day and even a Compliment Day. Today was the day of Chocolate Day at Panjab University, where chocolates and toffees and hordes of boys and girls, waiting to both gift and receive these goodies, formed the backdrop of the English Department. A few days earlier, it was time for celebrations yet again, when the students passed on “sweet nothings” on chits of papers to their loved ones on a day that was aptly called Compliment Day! Who would not want to queue up in a place where a ‘Don Juan’ or a ‘Casanova’ could pass you a small piece of paper with ‘Your smile makes the sun shine’ or ‘Your walk makes me swoon,’ written across it? Well, for all the uninitiated ones, this is what happens on a Compliment Day. “These are special days which are meant for special friends. Days which are meant to express our true feelings for our special friends”, said Kamaljeet, a student of the Punjabi Department, seen exchanging toffees with her friends today. Why the expression of true love, or ‘true feelings’, only during the celebration of these days? “Of course”, added her classmate, Kuljeet: “It is just that the ambience becomes such that everyone gets into a particular kind of mood. So the season and the reason to do this kind of a thing just seems so right”. Said Anisha, a student of the Psychology Department: “All this is just a fad. Actually, most of the students do not want any chance of having fun go by. So whatever day, it does not mean anything really. Simply a time for most of us to stand and stare at whatever is happening”. For the ones who simply stand and stare, the mood is one of expectation and anticipation — expectation of receiving chocolates and apprehension of not receiving the same. “I used to feel the apprehension during Flower Day, because there were some classmates of mine who used to receive not roses but cauliflowers on this day! Gawd!! The fear of receiving a flower like this in front of others was too much,” said an old-timer, Cherry, of PU, who added that she participated in everything from a Flower Day to a Balloon Day. And what does one do on Balloon Day? “Well, just present balloons to your friends. Just like various colours of roses, different colours of balloons also could mean different things”, Cherry added. So, for all those who think that flowers and chocolates are too predictable for gifting to their sweethearts, balloons could certainly be another possibility. Commenting on such celebrations, where youngsters are provided with an opportunity to “really interact” with the opposite sex, Prof Jagat Mohan Jerath of the Psychology Department, PU, said: “Even in our times, we used to have the concept of melas, where youngsters used to meet each other, and get the chance of, if not interacting, then at least looking at each other. But I think that things have now changed rapidly, and also for the better. Earlier such situations were very tense, and behaviour quite skewed”. Though maintaining that celebration of such affairs was more of a western concept, Professor Jerath added: “Today the whole environment is more open and more relaxed. So much more fun”. According to Ms Pam Rajput, Director, Centre for Women Studies, PU: “One can really question the basis of all these ‘Days’, since all such celebrations are quite alien to our culture”. Emphasising on the simple nature of most students studying in the university, Ms Rajput added: “Today the whole system is geared towards market economy. But then I do believe that at the same time it is also fun to have a good time at this age. Otherwise, the various cultural programmes held in the campus do provide an ample opportunity for the young to meet and interact”. But for the time-being
both colour and merriment are provided to the lives of
the young and the restless, with balloons in the air,
chocolates in the baggy pockets, roses and chits of
compliments in their hands, waiting to be passed on to
their admirers and sweethearts! |
UT to
issue Smart Cards CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — The Chandigarh Administration will soon issue Smart Cards. These PVC cards with an electronic chip embedded on them will have the driving licence and registration certificate of the owner of the vehicle on them. Chandigarh will, thus, become the first city in the country to introduce these Smart Cards by integrating all the operations where public comes face-to-face with the government machinery for driving licences and vehicle registration. The main objective of these Smart Cards will be to provide an online service for issuing driving licence and motor vehicle registration certificate. A single window system for processing all manner of files is also envisaged under the new scheme. A press note of the Administration said that there will be multiple counters operating in a networked environment. The note further said that the Smart Cards will be tamper-proof and would offer higher level of security than the present laminated cards. The project has been conceived on a BOOT (Build-Own-Operate-Transfer) basis after Chandigarh Administration entered into an agreement with Messers Tata Infotech Limited for commissioning computer-based integrated system of issuing these Smart Cards. Mr N.K. Jain, Home Secretary, Chandigarh Administration, signed the contract document today. The entire investment in hardware and software networking would be made by Tata Infotech. The staff of the department involved in the operation would also be trained by Tata Infotech. In the first phase, the project is expected to start by January 26, 2000, and would be fully commissioned within three months of the inauguration. The endeavour of the
Administration, the Press note said, was to create a
system where a member of the public could obtain a
driving licence or registration certificate within 15 to
20 minutes without spending unduly long hours in queues,
and to make the entire process transparent and efficient. |
Tender
irks computer academies CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — Private computer education academies in the city have joined hands to show their resentment against a tender of the UT Education Department for computer education in government and non-government-aided schools and colleges for 2000-2001. Education firms which are ISO-certified and have a good record with the information technology education firms with an annual turnover of more than Rs 3 crore have been asked to apply. The tender says that Chandigarh Administration has decided to introduce computer education in all government and government-aided schools and colleges. Mr Subash Kataria, president of the Chandigarh Computer Education Association, said that ISO certificates had nothing to do with the Indian university system. In fact, there was hardly any government computer education system to do so. Mr Kataria said institutes with the limit of Rs 3 crore turnover had negligible presence in the city and region. This did not specify the quality of education. Often, even the big computer centres did not have adequate staff. A student of Panjab University said that having only major institutions to apply for permission assured education according to education board’s expectations. This signalled warning to small computer centres. However, the criteria to check the quality of education on large scale remained unclear. The Director Public Instructions (Schools) said local institutes could not grumble because hardly anyone offered ISO or other recognised certificate of the board. The grumbling institutes have not submitted their education pattern or any speciality they had had, compared to established institutes. “The scope of the rate contract is to teach computer education and information technology as approved by the Chandigarh Administration”, the tender reads.The DPI (Schools) says that complainants seemed unfamiliar with the contents of the total scheme and care that had been taken for the future of the courses. Complainants mentioned about the absence of course contents and teacher qualifications in the advertisement. Mr Kataria said smaller
firms should be given a chance. “There would be
healthy competition among firms and better education
could be expected.The tender seems earmarked only for
multi-nationals”, he said. The education association
met the Home Secretary in this regard recently. Sources
maintain that about half a dozen applications had been
received in this regard. The last date for receipt of
applications is December 27. |
Cops to
get computer training CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — The first batch of officers will start a three-day orientation course so that they could operate the computers to be installed in various police stations in the city following the approval of the policy by Lt-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), UT Administrator. The nod for the proposal to link all 11 police stations to the police headquarters had been pending for quite some time and was approved by the Administrator on December 4. It would entail an expenditure of Rs 15 lakh. Mr Ajay Kashyap, SSP, HQ, said steps had been initiated to purchase the hardware locally while the software would be supplied by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Delhi. Chandigarh is the first city to be chosen for a pilot project in view of certain unique features. He said the first batch
of 11 NGOs, one per station, who have the aptitude and
the inclination have been chosen and will join the course
from Monday. The application for having more hotlines to
the police control rooms of neighbouring states, as
directed by the Administrator, have also been submitted
and approval was awaited.` |
Environment
chapter planned SAS NAGAR, Dec 9 — The Punjab School Education Board plans to introduce a chapter on environment in textbooks of all classes in the near future. This was stated by Dr Kehar Singh, chairman, PSEB, at a seminar organised by Shastri Model School, Phase I, here today. The theme of the seminar was “Keep our environment clean and green”. The board chief said that protecting the environment had become the biggest challenge of the 21st century. He said he had visited many nations but the type of awareness relating to environment that was witnessed in western countries was lacking in India. “Green parties” had come into existence in those countries whose only aim was to keep the environment clean. Dr Kehar Singh said things did not work as long as there was no public pressure. As such he suggested the setting up of pressure groups for compelling the authorities to take concrete steps for keeping the environment clean. Mr Harinder Pal Singh Billa, President, Municipal Council, said if the environment of any nation had to be kept clean, education in this regard was essential from the school level. A rally under the
National Environment Awareness Campaign was also
organised by the school in which a large number of
students took part. The rally was flagged off by Mr
Billa. Fifty students from the Scouts and Guides, Punjab,
also took part in the rally. |
Workshop
begins on hospitality CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — A two-day workshop on "Strengthening hospitality and tourism education in the new millennium'' began here today at Food Craft Institute, Sector 42. The workshop which is being organised by the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology, New Delhi, was inaugurated by Mr S.P. Arora, Director Tourism and Public Relations. It is being attended by the Principals of various food craft institutes of India. Mr Arora appreciated the efforts of the national council in bringing together the heads of FCIs on a single platform. He said that the workshop will help improve the educational standards of tourism and hospitality. The Principal Director
of FCI, Chandigarh, Mr Alok Shivapuri, said that the
workshop had been organised to seek views on recently
updated course curriculum and discuss the modalities of
smooth conduct of annual examinations to be held in
April-May,2000. |
CHB
reconstituted CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — The Chandigarh Administration has reconstituted the Chandigarh Housing Board with six official and three non-official members. The Board will be headed by Chairman, Mr Balbir Singh, and will have its Chief Executive Officer, Ms Varsha Joshi; Chief Architect-cum-Secretary, Urban Planning, Mr Sarabjit Singh Sandhu; Estate Officer, Mr M. Ramsekhar; Joint Secretary Finance, Mr KAP Sinha; Regional Chief of HUDCO — all official members;Mr S.P. Grover, a former Chief Engineer of Haryana; Ms Mohinder Gupta and Mr Joginder Singh Bhogal — all non-official members. The Board has been
reconstituted under sub section 1 of the Section 3 of the
Haryana Housing Board Act,1971, as extended to the Union
Territory of Chandigarh. The term of the new Board will
be three years.
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Role of
ITBP lauded RAMGARH, Dec 9 — Battalions of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) posted in Himachal Pradesh are doing a great job and their attempts to discourage the infiltration of Kashmiri militants into the state have been greatly appreciated by people. This was stated by Mr B.L. Handa, DIG, Himachal sector, during an informal interaction with mediapersons at the Base Hospital, Ramgarh, today. He was here in connection with the inauguration of a blood donation camp, organised by personnel of the 9 Battalion of the force. He said the ITBP had successfully controlled the infiltration of militants following the Chamba massacre and one battalion had been deployed along the infiltration routes from Jammu and Kashmir to Chamba and the adjoining areas of the state. As many as four battalions were deployed along the Tibetan border. Locals greatly appreciated the hardships faced by the personnel in guarding and patrolling the area and interact with their men freely, he said. Commenting on the availability of resources, he said there was no problem in this regard and the state government besides its own organisation, ensured that there were no shortage of any sort. The infrastructure was good and the rapport with the state police and other agencies excellent. He added that a comprehensive modernisation programme of the ITBP was underway and it had all weapons and equipment needed. Those present on the occasion included Mr M.S. Bhurji, Commandant, 9 Battalion, Dr M.V.K. Rao, Commandant of the Base Hospital, Mr S.S. Bamer, Chairman of the Lions Club, PGI. As many as 88 jawans
donated blood at the camp. |
PUDA
scheme opens today SAS NAGAR, Dec 9 — The Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority has come out with a housing scheme for the economically underprivileged class of people which opens tomorrow. Under the scheme, applications are being invited for 696 LIG duplex houses being built in Sector 66 here . The houses are being offered under a hire-purchase scheme on a freehold basis. The average plot area in the case of each house is 39 sq yd while the covered area is 274 sq ft. The tentative cost of each unit is Rs 2.27 lakh. In each unit, PUDA is providing one room, a cooking room and a bathroom. Provision for one more room is also there. Besides, the ground floor units will have a verandah and a courtyard while the first floor units will have a terrace. A person having a monthly income (including the income of his or her spouse) between Rs 2101 and Rs 6000 is eligible to apply subject to other conditions. The houses are at the
finishing stage and will be ready for possession soon.The
scheme closes on January 8 next year. |
3 of
family killed in fire incident PANCHKULA, Dec 9 — Three persons of a family were burnt alive in a major fire that took place around 1 a.m. in a labour colony, near Barwala town, today. Three ‘jhuggis’ were gutted in the incident. The deceased were identified as Anoro Devi alias Chotti (26), her five-year old daughter Sangeeta and one-and a-half-year-old son Om Prakash. Anoro Devi’s husband Akhilesh who received burn injuries, was rushed to General Hospital in Sector 6, Panchkula. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained immediately. Mr S.K. Monga, Deputy
Commissioner, Panchkula, has announced an ex gratia of Rs
10,000 for Akhilesh and Rs 1,000 to the owners of each
jhuggi gutted in the fire. |
'Government
will revive Punwire' CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — A spokesman of the Punjab Government said here today that though the state government is not a partner in Punwire, but it was determined to revive this blue chip company facing financial crisis and other problems. Mr Darbara Singh Guru, Director Industries, who has been made managing Director, has been asked to make arrangement of finances for Punwire. Already negotiations have been initiated with banks through the PSIDC for raising a loan of Rs 20 crore. He said the PSIDC which
had earlier more than 50 per cent share in the company
had now 31 per cent stake in it. The Rs 20 crore loan
would be enough to execute orders worth Rs 90 crore from
the defence forces. The company would be back on the
rails following the execution of the order. |
4-year-old
girl’s body found; rape not ruled out CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — The police today recovered the body of a four-year-old girl who had been reportedly strangled and dumped near a brick-kiln in Sector 51. She had been missing from her home since last evening. Shivani used to roam about in the area all day. When she did not turn up even in the evening, her parents made a frantic search but could not trace her. Her father, Sat Pal, who runs a small tea shop, informed the police in the evening. Her father alleged that “his daughter has been murdered by Ram Dhan, who is known to the family and used to frequent their shop for the past many months”. The accused reportedly had a tiff with Sheetal, his wife, in the afternoon. He gave the girl a cream roll from the shop which was objected to by her mother who said that he was spoiling her habits. He was allegedly under the influence of liquor at that time. “He had been nursing a grudge since then and took it out on my innocent daughter “, Sat pal alleged. According to the police, an eyewitness, who sells eggs on the roadside, told the police that Ram Dhan had brought a small girl and had bought three eggs for her. He then took her away. While rape was not ruled
out, a preliminary examination of the body revealed that
she had been strangled. However, it would be clear once
the post mortem report was received, the sources added. |
Arrest
stayed in fake tickets’ case CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — The UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr B.S. Bedi, today stayed the arrest of a Ludhiana-based railway contractor, Suresh Manchanda, till December 14 while issuing notice for the same date in the case pertaining to the alleged sale of fake parking tickets at the railway station here. Seeking grant of anticipatory bail to Manchanda, his counsel had earlier stated that no offence of cheating or forgery was made out against him. Counsel had added that the Chandigarh police had no jurisdiction as the contract with the Railways was under the jurisdiction of the Government Railway Police. The Chandigarh police, it may be recalled, had earlier registered an FIR under Sections 420, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code. According to the
prosecution, two co-accused in the case, Ram Vinay and
Naval Kishore, were caught red-handed after a decoy
customer was sent by the police. Several fake tickets of
Rs 10 denomination were seized from the accused, the
prosecution had added. The two were subsequently directed
to be released on bail by the CJM after furnishing
personal bonds of Rs 15,000 each along with sureties of
the like amount. |
Woman
gets bail CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — The mother-in-law of a 23-year-old housewife who allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself on November 23 was granted bail by the District and Sessions Judge, Mr BS Bedi today. The accused was directed to be released after furnishing a bail bond of Rs 30,000 and a surety of the like amount. Earlier, two accused — Ravinder Goel, husband, and Pawna Devi, mother-in-law of the victim — were booked by the Chandigarh Police for dowry death and for subjecting a married woman to cruelty under Sections 304-B and 498-A of the Indian Penal Code after one-month pregnant Shilpa hanged herself in her room. Seeking their release on
bail, the defence counsel had stated that the accused was
being implicated in the case. He further added that the
mother-in-law was an aged lady. |
Arrest
stayed in suicide case CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — Issuing notice for December 14, the UT District and Sessions Judge, Mr B.S. Bedi, today stayed till then the arrest of a school teacher in Pinky suicide case. The applicant — Nirmal Singh — was apprehending arrest in the First Information Report registered on December 3 with police station 39 under Indian Penal Code’s Section 305 (abetment of suicide committed by a child) after school student Pinky set herself on fire. Seeking the grant of anticipatory bail, the counsel for the applicant had stated that the applicant’s involvement in abetting the suicide “could not be inferred even remotely from the circumstances of the case”. Claiming the applicant
to be innocent, the counsel had added that the director
of social welfare, Prithi Chand, while inquiring into the
suicide had not called the teacher. The applicant was not
teaching Pinky’s class, the counsel had added. |
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businessmen discharged CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — The UT Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr. S.S. Lamba, today discharged two city business man, accused of possessing 50 bags of flour. The Judge, however, charge-sheeted a fair price shop owner under the Essential Commodities Act. The two discharged accused — Mohinder Pal and Jai Bhagwan — were earlier booked under the Essential Commodities Act after the police reached the Grain market on the complaint of Inspector of Food and Supplies — Sunil Kapoor. According to the prosecution, 50 bags of flour were recovered from the shop of Mohinder Pal and Jai Bhagwan. Pronouncing the orders in the open court, the Judge observed that the two were not liable to be chargesheeted for offence under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act as possession of flour has not been described as an offence in a notification dated June 6, 1997. The Judge also observed
that the prosecution ought to have impleaded the two as
prosecution witnesses to prove their case against the
other accused. The Judge added that Om Parkash was liable
to be chargesheeted as there was strong presumption
regarding the flour being sold by him. |
Bail plea
dismissed CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — The bail application moved by a rickshaw-puller from UP, accused of being involved in a Delhi businessman’s murder here, was today dismissed by UT District and Sessions Judge B.S. Bedi. The accused — Ram Asre — was earlier booked by the Chandigarh police for murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code after the businessman’s body was found lying on the road dividing Sector 17 and 18 on September 18. The driving license recovered from the spot, the prosecution had added, had indicated that the deceased was Satish Kumar Mehra of Tagore Garden at Delhi. The prosecution had also stated that according to the complainant, Mehra had boarded a rickshaw from Sector 22 for the bus-stand after finishing his business here, but had not reached home. He had added that Mehra used to come to the city regularly for collecting money for the goods supplied. Today, seeking the grant
of bail, the defence counsel had alleged that the accused
was being implicated in the case. Claiming the
petitioner’s name to be missing in the FIR, he had
added that about 500 rickshaw-pullers had been
“hauled up” by the police. |
SNIPPETS Kirtan procession CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — To commemorate the martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur, a colourful nagar kirtan procession will be taken out on December 11 from the Sector 22 Gurdwara at 11.30 a.m. and will terminate at the Sector 37 Gurdwara at 7.30 p.m., Mr Amarjit Singh, General Secretary, Chandigarh Gurdwara Asthapan Committee, said today. Salaries to be released today KHARAR, Dec 9 — As many as 200 employees of the Health Department sat in a dharna on the fourth consecutive day here today outside the Treasury office to protest against the non-payment of salaries to about 400 employees of Primary Health Centre, Gharuan (Kharar), and of Civil Hospital, Kharar. Meanwhile, the Treasury Officer told media persons in the afternoon that the required sanction of the budget for making the payment had been received today and the salaries would be released tomorrow. Tailoring classes for poor CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — The Lions Club Chandigarh Greater will conduct free tailoring and stitching classes for poor women residing in and around Karsan village at the Lions Multipurpose Project, Karsan. The President of the club, Mr Gurcharan Singh, said the club had reached an understanding with Usha International for starting regular six-month diploma batches of sewing, stitching, embroidery and tailoring classes at their vocational training centre in Sector 30 with effect from January 1, 2000, for physically handicapped girls free of cost. The club will also help them raise finances to buy sewing machines in order to enable them to earn their livelihood. 211 given medicines CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 —
As many as 211 patients received medicines free of cost
and blood samples of 56 persons suspected to be suffering
from STDs/RTIs were collected during a camp organised by
the State AIDS Control Society in collaboration with the
Harinder Welfare Society in Kajheri village today. As
many as 850 persons were made aware of HIV/AIDS/STDs and
RTI related issues. A team of doctors from GMCH-32 and
counsellors/nursing interns from the Department of
Nursing, PGI, counselled the people about risk behaviour
and need of behavioural change. |
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