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City flooded, device shows only
3 mm rainfall
 Chandigarh, August 4
Even as most parts of the city were virtually flooded with rainwater, an observatory at the Air Force station, located in the south of the city, recorded only just 3 mm of rainfall.
An unending list of woes
Chandigarh, August 4
The land adjoining Subhash Nagar, Manimajra pocket 9, falls under Kishanpura village that was acquired by the Administration for setting up an information technology park. However, in the past month, the rainwater has become stagnant. In addition to this, the streets are in a bad condition and the filth spread by “illegal” dairies in an eyesore. Irregular supply of water is also a cause of concern.
Ghaggar in spate threatens villages
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Dera Bassi, August 4
The Ghaggar river that has been in spate after the recent rains has left a trail of destruction in the area. The gushing waters of the river have damaged crops, vegetables, fodder over several acres of agriculture land besides endangering over a dozen villages located along its banks.
A farmer shows the damage caused by the Ghaggar river in Bhaura village near Dera Bassi in Patiala district on Monday.
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FAUJI BEAT
New employment avenues for ex-servicemen
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ABOUT 60,000 armed forces personnel retire every year. The majority of them are in their thirties. All of them are well-trained, well-disciplined and highly motivated. To utilise this manpower to the best advantage of the country, a new set-up called the Army Placement Agency was established at the Army Headquarters and in all Command Headquarters in 1998.
Col Harpartap Singh, Deputy Director, Army Placement Agency, discusses job availability with an Army man
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Warm memories of a frozen life
Chandigarh, August 4
"Flt Lt. M.S. Bains was full of life and vigour," this is how Col P.S Lehl remembers his cousin who was on board the AN-12 transport aircraft of the IAF that went missing while on a sortie to Leh 35 years ago. Time has failed to dim the memories of a dear one even as the recent events have revived the pain of loss, says Colonel
Lehl, a S A S Nagar resident.
Traders gear up for city bandh
Chandigarh, August 4
Traders in the city are gearing up for a complete bandh in the city on August 8 in protest against the amendment to the Rent Act. A rally of traders will be held at the Sector 17 piazza and the former Union Law Minister, Mr Ram
Jethmalani, will address the gathering.
Demand to remove encroachment
from school
SAS Nagar, August 4
The Gram Sudhar Committee, Sohana, has demanded the removal of an encroachment from Government Elementary School in the village and also a grant from the government to construct a boundary wall of the institution.
Readers write
Refresher
course for cops
ON July 31, I received a
call from my wife that she is waiting to be picked up from outside the
British Library in Sector 8. On reaching there I pulled over to the
side and waived out to her as she had moved into the corridor as it
was drizzling. Soon after, a motorcycle pulled over and two traffic
personnel snapped at me, that I had parked the car on a no-parked
slip-road.
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