Living on brink of disaster SAS NAGAR, Sept 25 — Residents in a pocket of Sector 71 are virtually living on the brink of disaster after a big chunk of land caved in following a breach in a sewer line. The breach, noticed by the residents of the area about a month ago, has yet to catch the attention of the PUDA and the Public Health wing of the Public Works Department.

A chunk of land which caved in after a breach in a sewer line in Sector 71 of SAS Nagar. The depression is posing a threat to the adjoining houses. — Tribune photo by Parvesh Chauhan

Lok Adalat ‘‘remedy for delays’’
CHANDIGARH, Sept 25 — The Indian judicial system is not only inadequate to dispense justice to the litigant public but is also very costly, observed Mr Justice N.K. Sodhi, a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court who is also the Executive Chairman of the Chandigarh Legal Services Authority, while inaugurating a Lok Adalat at the local District Courts today.

Resumption notices cancelled
CHANDIGARH, Sept 25 — The estate office has cancelled resumption notices it had issued on grounds of purported ''wrong allotment'' to 63 residential plots holders in the southern sectors of the city.

Automation to ensure speedy results
CHANDIGARH, Sept 25 — Today when students in Panjab University crib about delay in declaration of results, introduction of automation for checking entrance examination on computer, faster than the existing service, should give some relief to students.

Dowry victim's husband, father-in-law get RI
DERA BASSI, Sept 25 — Mr M.S. Chauhan, Additional Sessions Judge, has sentenced two persons to eight years of rigorous imprisonment in a dowry death case.

Experts discuss contact lenses
CHANDIGARH, Sept 25 — All types of contact lenses are medical devices and there could be nothing more disastrous for the eyes than "ready-to-pick-from-the-shelf" lenses, without consulting an authorised eye practitioner.

Ad hoardings removed
ZIRAKPUR, Sept 25 — The owners of the advertisement hoardings have started removing hoardings, sign boards, neon signs and other boards displaying advertisements along the National Highway, here as per the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

4 chargesheeted for trespass
KHARAR, Sept 25 — Mrs Neelam Arora, Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Kharar, has chargesheeted four persons, including a woman, for causing injuries and trespassing on the house of a retired major Harmohinder Singh.

6 hurt as truck, fire engine collide
SAS NAGAR, Sept 25 — At least six persons were injured in a collision between a fire engine of the local fire station and a truck of a Chandigarh-based dairy at the Kumbara traffic lights here yesterday.

Hindi Week ends
CHANDIGARH, Sept 25 — Celebrations in connection with the Hindi Week concluded at the Sector 47 Kendriya Vidalaya here today.

Vegetables become cheaper

SPS teams enter semis

Rickshaw bylaws not enforced
CHANDIGARH, Sept 25 — The administration has done little to implement the rickshaw bylaws in the city.

Leaders vow welfare steps
CHANDIGARH, Sept 25 — The 24-year-old D.P.S. Randhawa hails from Gurdaspur district. He became the President of SOPU in 1998, when the organisation was floated a fortnight before the poll.

From theatre to veejaying
CHANDIGARH, Sept 25 — "I am an actor first, and am essentially a presenter today and not just a veejay", said Yudhistar, a Channel V veejay, who was in the city today.