City page for December 23

WEATHER

Forecast (December 23): Weather will remain dry in the lower, middle and higher hills.

Temperatures:

Shimla: 13.8, 2.6 Degrees Celsius Sunrise: 7:16 am, sunset: 5:24 pm

Dharamsala: 12.6, 2.8 Degrees Celsius

Manali: 10.4, – 3.0 Degrees Celsius

READERS’ SAY

Dhaba owners fleecing travellers

Eating joints on the Sanwara-Dharampur stretch, authorised by the HRTC for the halt of buses going towards Chandigarh from Shimla and vice versa, are overcharging passengers. I took two paranthas with a cup of tea and was charged Rs 80. When I enquired about the price, the person at the cash counter said a parantha cost Rs 35. HRTC buses stop at places, which are far-off from the main town, and dhaba owners get a chance to fleece travellers. The authorities should take action against such dhaba owners. –Tushar, Shimla

Public toilet in bad shape

The public toilet at Avahdevi, Sarkaghat, Mandi district,is in bad shape. It is not cleaned on a regular basis and also needs to be repaired. Foul smell emitting from the toilet further aggravates the situation. The panchayat should make efforts to improve the condition of the toilet.Sant Ram, Mandi

EDUCATION NOTES

Fancy dress competition

A fancy dress competition was organised at DAV Centenary Public School in Mandi. Students of UKG were dressed as Swami Dayanand Saraswati, polybag, Ardhnarishwar, social media, hot air balloon, teacher, newspaper and onion. UKG pine section’s Gourisha and Sidhant won the first prize, Aganya, Anirudh, Prakhyat, Sai Nandini stood second, while Avninder, Mohit and Ayansh got the third position. In UKG oak section, Aryan, Advika and Riyansh stood first, Anhad, Pavika, Devansh and Pranil stood second, while Satvik, Prisha, Vivan and Parvani bagged the third position. UKG rose section’s Advika and Mishka got the first position, Ishanvi Thakur and Ishanvi Sharma stood second, while Darshik and Abhinav stood third. Principal KS Guleria congratulated the students.

Clothes distributed among labourers

The Shimla district unit of the ABVP distributed clothes among 94 labourers working at the construction site of a cancer hospital at Bhattakufar near Dhalli on the outskirts of Shimla. The ABVP had set up cloth banks in all four colleges. The labourers were also given medical kits, said district ABVP convener Sachin. As many as 44 students of Government College, Sanjauli, 31 from the RKMV, 41 from Government College, Kotshera, and 20 from Sanskrit College participated in the event.

NSUI’s new working panel

The NSUI has constituted its new working committee at Government College, Sanjauli. Nimish was elected president and Bhawana Bharadwaj general secretary. The meeting was presided over by district general secretary Shubham Verma. Ayush Rangata and Ronit Verma were elected assistant secretaries and Pradeep Thakur co-incharge.

Awareness on CAA with photograph

The ABVP unit of Himachal Pradesh University took out a march on the campus to create awareness about the CAA. Activists said Left organisations were creating a confusion, resulting in violence all across the country. Unit president Vishal said the ABVP supported the decision to give citizenship to minorities.

WHAT’S ON

Government to celebrate two years in office on December 27 at The Ridge, 11 am onwards

State Credit Seminar and Release of State Focus Paper- 2020-21, Hotel Holiday Home, Shimla, December 24, 10 am