City Page for Jan 25

WEATHER

Forecast (Jan 25): Weather will be mainly dry in plains and low and middle hills, rain/snow at isolated places in high hills

Temperatures

Shimla: 10.8 (max) 2.1 (min) Degrees Celsius Sunrise: 07:17 am, sunset: 5: 51 pm

Dharamshala: 14.8 (max), 2.2 (min) Degrees Celsius

Manali: 10.4 (max), 0.8 (min) Degrees Celsius

Readers Say

Ropeway link sought for Mangla (Pix)

People of the Mangla area, located on the banks of the Ravi river, have urged the state government to construct a ropeway to link the area with the nearby Chamba town. The Mangla area is about 10 km by road from the town but the ropeway will reduce the distance to just two km. The ropeway will be very beneficial to daily commuters – Vikas, Chamba

Old buses releasing smoke

Many old private buses in Shimla release dark plumes of smoke, especially while being plied on uphill stretches. The release of this toxic smoke not only affects the air quality, but also makes people travelling in vehicles right behind them, especially those on two-wheelers, uncomfortable – Rajan Gupta, Dhalli

Education Notes

ABVP pays tribute to Netaji (Pix)

The ABVP paid tributes to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birth anniversary outside the DC office on Saturday. On this occasion, the ABVP talked about his life and contribution in the freedom struggle. The ABVP celebrates the occasion every year and this time the government celebrated the day as ‘Parakram Divas’.

Students selected

Joginder and Madhvi, the students of Springdale School, Rampur, have been selected for national-level Inspire Standard Plan. The competition was organised by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, and National Innovation Foundation, Ahmedabad. They were selected after they participated in the state-level ‘Exhibition Project Competition’, which was organised on January 21 and 22.

Teachers request to CM

The Himachal Government Teachers Association has urged Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur to the make financial provision in the budget of the next financial year to implement the recommendations of the new pay commission. The association further hopes that the CM, as per the BJP’s election manifesto, will reduce the contract period from three years to two years.

HPNLU holds acupressure session (Pix)

The Campus Mentoring Cell, Himachal Pradesh National Law University, organised a day-long online acupressure session for its students, staff and members of the public on Saturday. The internationally recognised expert of the technique, Dr Ketan V Shah, elucidated upon pressure points in various parts of the body and their connections with the main organs. He trained the participants and stressed upon the significance of these organs and their role in determining our social, emotional and mental lives. Prof Nishtha Jaswal, Vice-Chancellor of the University, offered her views on positive attitude and healthy lifestyle and delivered the vote of thanks.