CITY PAGE FOR FEB 23

WEATHER

Forecast (Feb 23): Weather will be mainly dry in plains and low hills, rain/snow at isolated places in middle hills, rain/snow at a few places in high hills

Temperatures

Shimla: 20.9 (max) 11.5 (min) Degrees Celsius

Sunrise: 06:55 am, sunset: 06:15 pm

Dharamshala: 20.4 (max), 9.4 (min) Degrees Celsius

Manali: 17.2 (max), 5.4 (min) Degrees Celsius

READERS’ SAY

Focus on providing parking spaces

The Municipal Corporation should focus on enhancing parking facility in the forthcoming budget. The city needs as many parking lots as possible to facilitate the commuters, residents and tourists. All other facilities prove almost meaningless when a person has to face so much of inconvenience for being unable to find a place to park his vehicle. Ashwani Sharma, shimla

Uncovered dustbins irk residents (PIC)

The Nurpur Municipal Council has placed dustbins on the streets and markets to help the residents dispose of waste and garbage. However, these dustbins have become a public nuisance with monkeys and stray cattle rummaging through them as most of these bins are either open or without lids. The open dustbins invite monkeys and stray cattle, posing a huge threat for passers-by and commuters. The MC should immediately solve this problem and ensure installation of covered dustbins in the town. Parul, nurpur

EDUCATION NOTES

Ph D entrance exam postponed

Himachal Pradesh University has postponed the Ph D entrance examination date. The exam was scheduled for February 26 but now it will be conducted on March 10.

NSUI opposes café at state library (PIC)

The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) has alleged that the Shimla Municipal Corporation was doing a disservice to the students with its proposal to start a café at the historic state library building on the ridge. NSUI state general secretary Mohit Thakur demanded that the library be converted into an e-library under the Smart City Mission. Thakur asked since there were already a number of cafés running close to the library, what was the need to start a new one at the library?

SFI submits memo for hostel fee (PIC)

The Students Federation of India (SFI) submitted a memorandum to the Registrar, demanding that the students who had deposited the hostel fee from February to July should not be charged continuation fee as the one already paid had not been used anywhere by the administration. The SFI also demanded the opening of hostels at the earliest so that the students do not face any problem.

Closure of school opposed

The student-parent forum held a protest against the closing down of Ankur Day Public School on Monday on the premises of the school in Chotta Shimla. Representatives of the firm also met the Education Joint Director and submitted a memorandum against the closing of the school. Alleging that the school management had arbitrarily closed the school, forum convener Vijender Mehra said not only it was illegal but also anti-people move. He said the parents had bought books and school uniform for their wards and the school management did not intimate them about its plan to close down the school.