City page for July 21

WEATHER

Forecast (July 21): Rain with thunderstorm/lightning at most places in low and middle hills, rain and snow at many places in high hills

Temperatures:

Shimla: 24.1 (max) 17.6 (min) Degrees Celsius Sunrise: 5:32 am, sunset:7:24 pm

Dharamshala: 28.8 (max), 18.8 (min) Degrees Celsius

Manali: 30.0 (max), 12.8 (min) Degrees Celsius

READERS SAY

Waiting for metalled road with photograph

Residents of Basa-Kanoti village in the Dol gram panchayat in Jawali subdivision have been waiting for a metalled road for the past two decades. The 1.5 km-long kachha road connecting this remote village with the metalled road was built 20 years ago. Residents are facing a lot of inconvenience as the road connectivity gets affected during the monsoon season. A temporary culvert built across the Basa khud by the Public Works Department also gets washed away during the monsoon every year, forcing villagers to cross the flooded khud risking their lives. The state government should redress this problem. –Bakil Singh and Hakam Singh, residents of Basa-Kanoti

No potable water

Residents of Karsha village under the Behna panchayat in Kullu district are facing an acute shortage of potable water for the past few days. The water source from where the Irrigation and Public Health Department was providing the supply to the villagers has dried up. Until the problem is fixed, the IPH Department should make alternative arrangements to provide potable water to residents. Without the water supply, it is getting very difficult to manage the situation. –Bharat Bhushan, resident of Karsha village

EDUCATION NOTES

Knowledge sharing series for law students

On the occasion of International Criminal Justice Day, the School of Law, Shoolini University, launched a ‘Knowledge sharing series’ in which legal luminaries like jurists, advocates, academicians and corporate professionals would be interviewed on topics like cybercrime, fundamental rights, human rights, etc. Prof Sebastian Lafrance from Canada addressed the first session on ‘How similar are Indian and Canadian laws?’. He said India and Canada are long-lost siblings as there are many similarities in their laws. He added that in the field of criminal laws, there are various differences and similarities. The provision of anticipatory bail is unique in the Indian Penal Code as it is not provided by the Canadian Criminal Code. The death penalty still exists in India but the Canadian Criminal Code doesn’t entail capital punishment. Nandan Sharma, Head, School of Law, moderated the session.

Teachers slam VC order

The Himachal Pradesh University Teachers Welfare Association has registered its protest against the Vice-Chancellor’s order asking university security guards to check whether or not the professors were present. The association said the VC had insulted the teaching community and he should not forget that he himself was a teacher. The association said while work from home was being encouraged elsewhere, the university administration was on the contrary trying to gather teachers in the university.

Shimla varsity adopts villages

The APG Shimla University joined the Advanced India Campaign under the banner of Ministry for Human Resource Development here on Friday. Vice-Chancellor Prof Ramesh Kumar Choudhary said under the campaign, villages of Shimla’s Byolia gram panchayat would be adopted by the university. “The main objective of the programme is to develop local rural areas and communities using technology and solve their challenges,” said Choudhary. He said the aim was to link higher education institutions with villages so that institutions could contribute to the economic and social betterment of these communities.

Admissions on in St Bedes College

The admission for classes B.A./B.Sc./B.Com.-I started in St. Bede’s College, Shimla, via online mode from July 13. The interested students could log on to www.stbedescollege.in for detailed information.