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1 runaway
girl traced CHANDIGARH, July 15 — The police has traced Nisha (16) one of the eight inmates of Nari Niketan, Sector 26, who ran away from the premises last morning. A judicial inquiry has been instituted by the Chandigarh Administration. One of them, Jayanti, had returned to Nari Niketan yesterday itself. According to reports, Nisha was traced from Sector 25, an area from where she had been picked by the police almost three years back to be taken to Nari Niketan. Latest reports said that she was being examined at the PGI. Sources also revealed that another girl who absconded had been spotted at the Sector 22 bus stand, but is yet to be caught. The sources said that all the girls who ran away were together till the Sabzi Mandi, Sector 26, after which they disbursed. They are believed to be in and around Chandigarh. The Superintendent of Nari Niketan, Ms Sarojini Gill, who had reportedly sought pre-mature retirement in February, after serving at this home for 21 years, was relieved only this afternoon. In her place, Ms Vijay Shukla of Hoshiarpur has joined. Meanwhile, Nari Niketan tells a sad story, with its huge jail-like grills at the entrance, a dilapidated building, dirty and unkempt dormitories, lack of adequate staff, and mentally-retarded inmates residing along with the normal ones. The authorities claim that most girls here either have a "criminal background or a mental disability, both of which this place is not equipped to handle". It was in March that a TNS team had visited Nari Niketan and found it hosted 19 inmates, most of who had been labelled mentally retarded by the authorities and who were also being examined by a team of psychiatrists, visiting the home regularly. Out of these 19 inmates, 52-year-old Anita, was shifted to the Home for the Old and Destitute, Sector 15, in April. And Malti who had been in the home for more than 10 years and had developed a skin disease with sores all over her body, reportedly due to the side effects of drugs being taken by her as part of her psychiatric treatment, expired recently. Out of those who escaped last night, 35-year-old Dheeraj had been brought to Nari Niketan almost three years ago. She was found to be "wandering aimlessly" at the Rock Garden. Most inmates sent here are charged under Section 109, CrPC, (roaming under suspicious circumstances). The women come to this home only on the order of the Administration, which simply directs Nari Niketan to "keep the girl till further orders". No case histories are presented. Another inmate, Durga (16), who has absconded, had been here for almost five years. She had earlier also attempted to run from the home in 1997 but had been caught. When the TNS team last talked to her some four months back, she claimed that she was left here by her sister since she used to run away from home. "My brother-in-law was not nice to me and used to trouble me", she had said. Her friend Babli, alias Sita (25), who a couple of months ago had claimed to be 18 years old, had said that she was a maidservant at Bapu Dham and had been brought here in 1998. The authorities had denied this story of hers, and had instead said that since she was involved in immoral trafficking and was frequenting various dhabas of the city, she had been picked up by the police. Both Durga and Sita had spoken about their fondness for films and film-stars and dislike for studies. The two showed their room pasted with posters of Hindi film stars. According to official sources, the purpose for which Nari Niketan was set up was quite different from that it is serving at present. The home was meant only for "deserted women", and not for the mentally disabled. Equipped with one superintendent, one cashier-cum-clerk, one craft teacher, four chowkidars, and only one attendant, Nari Niketan has no full-time doctor. There is a provision of visiting doctors, including a psychiatric, who visit once every week, "but the Health Department has to be reminded every now and then," sources said. The official sources also point out that since this place was meant only for 'maltreated' women, there is no provision of a cook or a gardener. The concept of a Nari Niketan, according to them, is to have a home-like environment where women would get together and cook for themselves. The home has a yearly budget of Rs 1.64 lakh as contingency fund. The wire mesh and the
glass panes which had been broken by the eight girls last
morning are still to be repaired, as per the reports. Two
chowkidars have been placed on guard at the main door. |
Two cops
suspended CHANDIGARH, July 15 — Two traffic policemen have been suspended for accepting a bribe from a taxi driver. According to sources, the SI Azad Singh and Constable Ashok Kumar were on duty near the Housing Board roundabout in Mani Majra, where they stopped a taxi coming from Chandigarh. They then reportedly asked for Rs 200 for letting the driver go. Following a written complaint by the driver a fortnight ago, a departmental inquiry was ordered in which it was held that the two were on duty at the time and place mentioned in the complaint. A perusal of the duty rooster for that day also proved this. Mr S.S. Randhawa, DSP of
Traffic, also confirmed that the two had been suspended. |
DC issued
contempt notice CHANDIGARH, July 15 — The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued contempt notice to the Deputy Commissioner of Chandigarh, Mr Ram Shekhar for his failure to appear in court at 10 this morning. And when the Deputy Commissioner appeared in the court of Mr Justice Swatantar Kumar at 1.45 p.m. as per directions of the court, the Judge told him that he would not withdraw the notice. He directed the Deputy Commissioner to file reply to the contempt notice. The Judge, who was hearing a petition about the enforcement of traffic rules in the city, ordered the Deputy Commissioner to remove the water tank installed in Sector 24. He also directed him to clean the entire area and report compliance on Monday at 10 a.m. Mr Justice Swatantar Kumar also directed the Chandigarh Administration to issue the necessary notification about the dignitaries who were entitled to use red lights atop their vehicles and place a copy of the notification before him on Monday. “If the notification was not issued by Monday,” the Judge warned the Deputy Commissioner, “the court has the power to summon the highest officer of the Administration in the court. And the order, if this direction is not complied with, will be harsh.” The Judge also told the Deputy Commissioner that the Chandigarh Administration misrepresented facts before the Supreme Court for the purpose of getting stay of the High Court order. Earlier, the Deputy Commissioner placed before the Judge a copy of the stay order handed by the Supreme Court which, inter alia, said: “Interim order to continue. We further stay that part of the order of the High Court in so far as it directs the demolition of two booths (No 180 and 190) in Sector 24 and also directions which require the construction of a traffic island in the said Sector.” The Judge recorded that the Supreme Court had stayed the demolition of the booths and the traffic island which was not in the order. The traffic island had been existing for the past 20 years. Thus the Administration would be entitled to the benefit of the order and no further action was called for. “List it on July 19
at 10 a.m.”, the Judge ordered. |
‘Smart’
cards for vehicles CHANDIGARH, July 15 — The system of licensing and registration for vehicles in the city is all set to go hi-tech with smart cards shortly replacing the conventional laminated driving licences presently in use. In fact, Chandigarh will be one of the few cities to adopt such an advanced technology for the purpose of issuing these documents. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr M. Ramsekhar, when contacted, said this was being done with a view to streamline the functioning of the UT Licensing and Registration Authority. The department has decided to go in for a system of issuing the smart cards, polyvinyl chloride cards (PVCs), in place of the present colour printouts . The card will have an embedded chip of 1 kilo byte capacity, which will have all the requisite data, besides the basic information embossed on it. The signature of the licensing authority will also be in a digital form. The cards will be virtually tamper-proof, and the easy availability of the record stored in the chip will make the work of weeding out forged documents easy. The information contained in these cards will also enable the authorities to compile the data base of all vehicles, the number of challans and other related aspects. The existing computerised system is also being upgraded to have a better data base and back-up server. He further said that the new system of making these cards with the state-of-the-art technology and software had been given to Delhi-based Tata Infotech on the build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis for a period of five years, following which the department will take over the entire set up and operate it on its own. This would save huge amounts of investments on part of the department to instal such a project. Moreover, after the completion of the contract period, the staff associated with this exercise will have the expertise to operate the system independently, he added. With the system likely
to become operational in the next two-three months, the
authorities concerned claim that they would be able to
give licences in about 10-15 minutes. |
They
arrive long after martyrdom CHANDIGARH, July 15 — They fought like lions, made the supreme sacrifice for the sake of the motherland, but had to wait for more then a month for a funeral. The bodies of Havildar Raj Kumar, Havildar Kashmir Singh and Rifleman Pawan Kumar, all of 14 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, were retrieved on July 13 and brought to Leh. From there, they were brought to Chandigarh by air and accorded full military honours at N Area, here this morning. According to Subedar Clerk Balbir Singh Pathania, the three were part of an assault team which was assigned the task of clearing Bajrang Peak in the Kaksar subsector on June 5. The men fought bravely but were killed in hand-to-hand combat while fighting the well entrenched enemy at a height of 16,550 feet. Since the peak and nearby high points were occupied by infiltrators and were being continuously pounded by enemy guns, it was impossible to retrieve the bodies, he said. It was only after our troops overran enemy positions in another assault a couple of days ago, that the bodies were retrieved and brought to base camps. The bodies of these martyrs were then sent to their native places with full military honours. Havildars Raj Kumar and Kashmir Singh belonged to Bagloo and Ohal villages in the Hamirpur district. Rifleman Pawan Kumar hailed from Bambotar village in the Hoshiarpur district. Wreaths were laid on behalf of the Army Chief, the Air Chief and the Western Army Commander by Brig S.K. Sinha, Air Commodore S.K. Banerjee and Colonel Shakti Parshad, besides Col P. Datta and Subedar Pathania. The bodies were sent by
road to the respective villages of the martyrs. |
Appointment
of PU Deans deferred CHANDIGARH, July 15 — The appointment of the three Deans of Panjab University has been deferred till the meeting of the Syndicate scheduled for July 30 as the seven-member committee appointed by the Syndicate and authorised by the Senate could not arrive at a consensus on the appointments as also on whether or not the Vice-Chancellor is a member and Chairman of the committee at a meeting held on the campus here today. The decision was taken after one of the members objected to the presence of the Vice-Chancellor in the meeting, stating that it was nowhere mentioned that the Vice-Chancellor was part of the committee constituted by the Syndicate and approved by the Senate. Following this, a discussion ensued and the meeting was adjourned to enable members to work out an amicable solution to the problem. During the adjournment, while the members of the committee tried to establish whether or not the Vice-Chancellor was a member of the committee, talk also revolved around Dr R.S. Grewal, the candidate the Vice-Chancellor wants to see as the Dean Student Welfare, a member stated. He is not acceptable to certain members as also most student organisations have joined hands to press against his reappointment. The informal discussion could not break the stalemate and the Vice-Chancellor decided that since the committee could not arrive at a consensus, the issue be referred back to the Syndicate. “The members could not reach a consensus on the issue. Hence the matter of appointment of Deans be referred back to the Syndicate meeting scheduled for July 30,” the official spokesman stated. While Dr Deepak Manmohan Singh, said the appointment of Deans had been referred back to the Syndicate and could be sent to the Senate if the need arises, Prof V.K. Bansal opined that a dispute arose over the Vice-chancellor’s presence. “The appointment of the Deans ought to have been a combined effort since he has to be the presiding officer of any committee. Also, appointments of Deans have never been made without the presence of the VC. The Syndicate and the Senate have not appointed anybody as the Convenor which implies that the VC would chair the meeting. If that was not the case, the two bodies would have come up with some alternative arrangements,” he added. Mr Rajinder Bhandari said, “The Vice-Chancellor stuck to his guns about chairing the meeting when his name does not figure anywhere on the list of the members appointed by the committee.To my knowledge, nothing like this has ever happened before and the Syndicate is only likely to decide on the issue of whether or not the VC can chair the meeting since the matter of appointment of Deans can be discussed only in the Senate.” “Whether or not the VC is a member of the committee has become a controversial issue and the Syndicate will decide what the rules say and what the convention has been. The committee failed to arrive at any discussion even after it was adjourned to work out the technicalities involved and hence the Syndicate has come in,” Dr Rabindra Nath Sharma stated. Another Member, Mr Rajinder Deepa, opined, “We are very sad that the committee could not arrive at a conclusive decision on the issue of appointment of the three Deans. This happened only because the VC is not willing to accept that he is not a member of the committee as also imposing his choice of the DSW on the members of the committee. He ought to leave the matter to the wisdom of the Syndics and Senators on the panel and we will follow the calendar to the letter. We have the welfare of the university at heart and will appoint a Dean who can work in tandem with the VC. He must trust our judgement on the matter.” He also contended that the matter was out of the preview of the Syndicate since the committee had the stamp of the Senate on it thereby implying that only the Senate is the competent authority which can review the decision. Mr Ashok Goyal, reflecting upon the developments at the meeting, stated, “It is very unfortunate that the important decision of appointments of Deans is being taken so casually and members are shifting the blame on others’ shoulders. It is because the VC is adamant on appointing the man he wants as the DSW. In the process the calendar and the proceedings which confirm the seven-member committee are being brushed aside which is regrettable.” He argues that if the VC was a member of the committee there was absolutely no need for him to make a decision on the recommendations of the committee. Since this clause is there in the proceedings, it proves that our argument holds water. “The decision to refer it to the Syndicate will not serve the purpose because the committee has the approval of the Senate. Then if it is referred to the Senate meeting, it will be very late,” he adds. The next meeting of the Senate is due by the end of September and he expresses his concern on how everyday working will go on till then. Before the meeting got underway, over 100 activists of the HSA, SFI, NSUI and PUSU raised slogans against the appointment of Dr R.S. Grewal and have stated that they will be forced to begin an agitation if he is reappointed. They also alleged that the students were unduly being harassed in the absence of the DSW. “The contractors have not yet come in, the messes are closed and students are confused about whom to approach in solving their problems in the absence of a regular DSW,” Mr Lakhjit Singh explained. Representatives of all
organisations have added that they will gherao the
members of the Syndicate and ensure their demand is met.
To this, Dr Deepak Manmohan Singh says,
“Exploitation of students is not justified. It only
amounts to blackmailing the authorities to succumb to
pressure.” |
No lifting
of ban now CHANDIGARH, July 15 — The access to Army telephone networks from civilian lines will remain barred “for at least another fortnight “. Although the hostilities have ceased following a declaration by the Pakistan government regarding the pullout of the infiltrators, the military authorities are not taking any chances by lifting the ban at the moment. Sources said there had been some incidents of attempts by some unknown parties not only to elicit information about certain officers, their whereabouts and location of units, but also the movements of strike formations and their sub-formations. However, no one has so far been taken into custody for trying to get information that could be of any value to the enemy. Sources said the decision had been taken by the Army authorities to plug possible security leaks in view of the heavy military deployment and movement of troops all along the border with Pakistan in the wake of Operation Vijay in the Kargil sector. While the authorities are zealous in implementing the decision in the “larger interests of national security”, there have been murmurs of protest from the family members and relatives of officers and men who are part of the ongoing operations. According to a newly wedded bride, “I am on tenterhooks as my husband has not called for the past many days. The fact that even I can’t trace him adds to my anxiety.” While the reluctance to disclose the location of the personnel posted at the border is “understandable”, what prevents the authorities from letting us know the well-being of officers posted elsewhere in the country, says another wife whose husband is posted somewhere in Uttar Pradesh. “I have been trying to get through him but all I get is that “the lines are busy” or he is not here at the moment and would get back to me, please leave your name and telephone number. It is very disconcerting “, she adds. Sources said a majority of Army exchanges are still being manned by operators and do not have the terminal system by which the calls could be automatically transferred to the person or the department concerned. The present system is very slow and has the added disadvantage that it is unable to record the number of the calling party so that the calls could not only be monitored by screened as well. This shortcoming was one of the reasons why a record of all the calls is being maintained and the ban is in place, the sources added. No exceptions have been made to the rule even in case of death, serious illness or any other emergency in the family. One still will have to go through the routine channels and the officer concerned will decide whether to entertain the call or not. As of now, the old system of direct access from a civil exchange to an Army exchange by adding a prefix has been discontinued. For its own needs, the
Army has a separate nationwide telephone network, the
Army Static Communication Network (ASCON), operated by
the Corps of Signals. This network cannot be accessed by
civil exchanges and is free from tapping as it has its
own land lines connecting different stations in the
country. |
Major’s
last letter to family PANCHKULA, July 15 — The Kargil conflict may be receding with every passing day but for the family of martyr Major Sandeep Sagar who sacrificed his life at the frontiers on June 25, the grief seems to be a never ending saga. The inconsolable family was in tears when recently it received a letter written by the officer five days before his death. The heroic and patriotic thoughts in the letter were shared by the aggrieved family with the children and staff of Woodland’s House School Sector-8, here, which had organised a ‘Havan’ here today as a mark of respect to brave soldiers defending our borders. “I assure you that there is nothing to worry. We are on a dominating ground here and the enemy will be given a bloody nose. They would never succeed in their nefarious ideas—-’’, read the last letter from the brave officer. Children of the school
expressed their support and respect to the brave officers
by performing the ceremonies and rituals of the
‘Havan’ all by themselves and recited quotes
from holy books of all religions. The academic in charge
of the school Ms Baksh said the school would offer free
admissions for the wards of the martyrs as a mark of
respect and solidarity. Mr Harbans Lal, father of Major
Sagar, had apprehensions that the sacrifice of so many
martyrs would be forgotten soon and that something should
be done to keep alive their memories forever. |
Punjabi
play staged CHANDIGARH, July 15 — The Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi today presented a Punjabi play ‘Khambha Wali Kudi’ at the open air stage of Punjab Kala Bhavan. Directed by Gursharan Singh, the grand old man of theatre of this region, the play was based on a story written by Gul Chouhan. Belonging to the school of street theatre that believes in giving a message to the audiences, Gursharan Singh’s plays are always replete with moralistic rhetorics. And so was today’s play, which told the tale of a village girl who tries to fight the patriarchal system of both the house she lives in and the society she has to answer to. But the theme of the play held relevance more for a rural audience, a target audience which today’s production appeared to focus on. Also Gursharan Singh’s actors seem to have a set stock of emotions which they display in every production, making one appear no different from the other. ‘Khambha Wali Kudi’ was all about a young girl wanting to marry by her own choice rather than her family’s, but is not even supported by her brother in this decision. This Punjabi play was
staged as part of the regular weekly cultural programme
that the Punjab Sangeet Natak Akademi hosts every
Thursday. This play was earlier staged a couple of months
back at the Tagore Theatre. |
New court
likely in September PANCHKULA, July 15 — The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge is likely to start functioning from the judicial complex in Sector 1 here by the first week of September. At present, the court of the Civil Judge (Senior Division) and two courts of Civil Judges (Junior Division) are functioning from the newly constructed judicial complex. The functioning of the Additional District and Session Court, when functional, will partially fulfil the demand of the District Bar Association which has been seeking a full-fledged District and Sessions Court here. The Secretary of the District Bar Association, Mr Amit Singla, said a District and Session Court was required in the wake of pendency of cases, running in over 3000. Moreover, litigants in a number of cases of compensation claims, accident cases, land acquisition cases, matrimonial disputes, appeals against the decision of the lower courts and session trials had to go to Ambala. Mr Singla stated that the Inspecting Judge of the district courts, Justice V.K. Jhanji, had given an assurance to provide two Additional District Judges. Members of the Bar Association said that the building, to which two more floors could be added, had been designed to accommodate a full-fledged District and Session Court. On the ground floor, space had been provided for District and Session Judge, Additional District and Session Judge, Civil Judge (Senior division), besides other requisite infrastructure. Meanwhile, the Bar
Association has also demanded appointment of members of
the District Consumer Forum at the earliest as the work
of the consumer court was suffering after the quashing of
the appointment of previous members of the forum by the
Punjab and Haryana High Court. |
Plea for
more environment courts PANCHKULA, July 15 — The District Congress Committee (legal cell) here has appealed to the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to make a provision for environment courts in the district. In a letter to the Chief Justice, the President of the committee, Mr Vijay Bansal, said litigants and their counsels had to face a lot of inconvenience, as for every case, offence and appeal they had to appear before only two environment courts in the state. There are only two environment courts in Haryana — one at Hisar and the other at Faridabad. All concerned cases in Panchkula district are under the jurisdiction of the courts at Hisar. Earlier, there were under the jurisdiction of the CJM. The Shivalik belt which
covers a large part of the district, including Morni,
Pinjore, Sudhora, Chichroli, Bilaspur and other forested
areas, has many environment -related cases every year and
for every offence, the case has to be presented before
the courts at Hisar which proves expensive and
inconvenient for litigants here. |
249
students admitted CHANDIGARH, July 15 — The admission for Class XI is on its last legs now with students getting above 40 per cent being interviewed at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 18, here today. While 249 students were admitted to the arts stream, 100 students took admission in the vocational stream. The Convenor of the
admissions, Mrs Rajesh Chaudhary, informed that there
were some 600 cases of students seeking admission to the
arts faculty which would be dealt with first. “These
students with marks between 50 to 80 per cent are
scheduled to be admitted tomorrow. Following this,
students who have applied under the reserved category
will be called in on Saturday.’’ |
SNIPPETS HUDA order on hedges PANCHKULA, July 15 — Yet again the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has decided to give 15 days’ notice to the residents to remove all sorts of encroachments, such as hedges, fencing, grills, and tow walls from road berms in front of their houses in the urban estate. A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of officials and the local Estate Office here late last evening. The 15 days’ period would end on July 31. Earlier, HUDA had set June 30 deadline for the removal of hedges. An officials of HUDA said after the lapse of the 15 days’ period the demolition drive, which was carried out in Sector 6 earlier, would be resumed Vote
for Rakhra, says Captain DERA BASSI, July 15 — The Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiromani Akali Dal alliance will win the parliamentary seats in the state during the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, claimed Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance Minister, Punjab, while addressing the public in Saidpura village, about 2 km from here. He held the Congress responsible for corruption, unemployment and political and economical imbalance in the country during its rule. The Congress lost popularity in the country as it cheated the public whenever it came in power, he claimed. "The snail's pace development in the Banur Assembly Constituency is due to the negligent behaviour of the Congress which remained in power for many years", alleged the Minister. He also criticised the Congress for putting extra expenditure of crores of rupees on the exchequer. On other hand, the Captain listed the development works completed during the past two-and-a-half years of the Akali government in the state. Introducing Mr Surjit Singh Rakhra, a candidate for the Patiala Parliamentary seat, in the next Lok Sabha elections, the Finance Minister urged the people to cast their vote in his favour on September 4. Police told to check parking of
school buses PANCHKULA, July 15 — The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has written to the police to check the pattern of unauthorised parking for school buses in front of the schools in the township. This follows recent guidelines issued by the Haryana Government regarding the implementation of the Punjab and Haryana High Court for the implementation of the traffic regulations. HUDA in a communiqué to the police authorities has pointed out that during the opening and closing hours of the school, school buses are parked on the roads outside the schools causing hindrance in the smooth flow of traffic. According to the information available, HUDA has been asked to earmark proper bus stops for the school buses on the main roads and inner sector roads. New Chairman joins CHB CHANDIGARH, July 15 — Mr Balbir Singh, an IAS officer of 1971 batch, today took over as the Chairman of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB). Mr Singh was posted at New Delhi before his present assignment. Meanwhile, the Chandigarh Administration today ordered the transfer of three PCS and HCS level officials. Mr Abhey Singh Yadav, an HCS official , working as Divisional Manager and Director, Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) has been posted as Secretary, Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) against a vacant post. Dr Amar Pal Singh, a PCS official, replaces Mr Yadav. Mr Amarpal Singh was working as Secretary of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC). Mr T.S. Dhaliwal, who has just joined the Administration on deputation from Punjab, has been posted as the Secretary of the MCC. Army recruitment rally from July
20 PANCHKULA, July 15 — The Army will organise a recruitment rally for the youth of Panchkula and other districts of the state from July 20 to July 23 at the Kharga stadium in Ambala cant. The Recruitment Officer, Commander Vinod Kumar, in an official notification said the recruitment would be for various regiments including Gorkha, Sikh,Jat, Rajput etc. on different dates. July 23 had been fixed for the recruitment of wards of ex-servicemen. New PGI academic session from
today CHANDIGARH, July 15 — The new academic session of the PGI will open at 8 a.m. tomorrow. Dr Manju Sharma, Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, will be the chief guest and will speak on “interaction of medicine and biotechnology.” Dharna
by YC workers CHANDIGARH, July 15 — Activists of the Chandigarh Territorial Youth Congress (Urban) today manned the parking lot adjacent to the KC Theatre in Sector 17 here in order to check the illegal parking fee charged by certain unscrupulous contractors.. Earlier in the morning, the activists came to the parking lot and removed the barricades put up by the contractors manning the illegal parking lot. They manned the parking lot for the whole day and did not allow anyone to charge parking fee from the general public. They educated the people regarding the illegality of parking charges Demanding the arrest of those charging the illegal parking fee, the activists sat on dharna. They also demanded the recovery of average amount collected by the contractors. According to a press note, the activists will keep on manning the parking lot for some more days. Thereafter, the party workers will move to other unauthorised parking lots and force the contractors not to charge money from the public, the President of the Youth Congress, Mr Chander Mukhi Sharma, said. Chlorination being done
‘properly’ PANCHKULA, July 15 — The public health wing of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) today claimed that proper chlorination was being carried at different tubewells in the township. An official said the chlorination tests were carried out regularly. He said the health authorities could work in tandem with the public health wing to carrying out the sampling exercise so as to monitor the entire process in the right manner. Meanwhile, the contractor, Mr Akhil Sharma, who has been given the contract of mixing chlorine in the water said proper record of chlorination at different tubewells was being maintained. The samples taken from the Rajiv and Indira Labour Colony, he maintained, might have failed as the water supply line has been punctured by the residents. PU admission date extended CHANDIGARH, July 15 — Panjab University has revised the schedule of admission for the session 1999-2000 for B.Sc. (hons school)/MA/M.Sc/M.Sc (hons school), M.Com, Ll.B (first year) and all other post-graduate courses (except B.Sc (Engineering), M.Phil, Certificate and Diploma Courses) in the teaching departments and affiliated colleges. A late fee of Rs 100 will be charged from students seeking late admission with the permission of the Chairman of the Department while Rs 500 will be charged as late fee from students seeking admission with the permission of the Vice-Chancellor. GMCH timings CHANDIGARH, July 15
— The Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH)
Sector 32 will revert to its normal timings from July 17
as the summer vacations come to close.The working hours
will be from 9 am to 5 pm. The OPD timings will be from 9
am to 2 pm. Registration of patients will be carried out
from 8 am to 11 am on all working days while emergency
services will be available round-the-clock. |
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