City page for June 16

WEATHER

Forecast (June 16): Rain/thunderstorm at many places in plains and low hills, rain/thunderstorm at many places in medium hills, and rain/snow at a few places in high hills

Temperatures:

Shimla: 25.6 (max), 15.9 (min) Degrees Celsius, Sunrise: 05:18am, sunset: 07:28 pm

Dharamshala: 27.8 (max), 17.4 (min) Degrees Celsius

Manali: 26.8 (max), 12.6 (min) Degrees Celsius

Readers say

Choked drain emits foul smell

A street in ward number six of the town has turned into a stinking street as the sewerage gutter on the stretch gets choked time and again. It is for the fourth time that this street has been dug up to clear the blockage. The repeated problem is creating inconvenience to the residents of the ward. It is unfortunate that the ward representative of the area has also turned a blind eye to this situation. — Rajeev Kumar, Hamirpur

Erratic water supply

About 30 houses of Chobees Meel village of Pundar gram panchayat in Nurpur subdivision are getting erratic drinking water supply for the past many years. New taps are being installed under the Jal Jivan Mission, but the problem has not been resolved. In this village, a water pipe was laid, but residents do not get piped supply. A complaint was also filed on the CM helpline, but in vain. — Sukh Dev, Chobees Meel village (Nurpur)

Education Notes

Ensure vaccination of students: SFI

The SFI has demanded that the government should ensure free vaccination of students at their educational institutes. Stating that education had suffered during the pandemic, the SFI said this move would help restart all institutions at the earliest. The students’ body further demanded that as the cases were coming down, the HPU should be opened for all students.

Webinar on ‘Science behind yoga’

Shoolini University organised a webinar on ‘Science behind yoga’, in which Dr Mantu Saha, head, exercise physiology and yoga laboratory, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), DRDO, was the keynote speaker. Saha explained the role of DRDO research in yoga. Representatives of Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Uttrakhand, explained the concept of artificial intelligence and the laws of happiness. Shrinivas Murthy, founder, Yog Bharti, spoke about the significance of yoga.

SFI, ABVP blame each other

The SFI and the ABVP blamed each other for the recent clash between their activists at HPU. While the SFI alleged the RSS workers and HPU Vice-Chancellor were responsible for the clash, the ABVP claimed the SFI was a habitual offender. Meanwhile, the SFI claimed the RSS held a meeting in the university recently, in which the plan for attacking SFI activities was hatched.