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Living
in fear of falling bricks
Sector 39 govt houses in need
of repair |
Chandigarh, June 23
Punjab government employees
living in II and III type houses in Sector-39 C&D are in
constant fear of life from falling bricks and cracks in the
ceilings of the houses. The Residents Welfare Association of
Sector-39 D has identified 27 vulnerable houses, but the
government has expressed its inability to take up the repair work
due to “shortage of funds”.
Car
damaged in cantilever collapse |
Bricks from the cantilever of a house fall on a car and damage it in Sector 39-D, Chandigarh, on Sunday night.
— Photo Pankaj Sharma |
Police
denies arresting Randhawa
SAS Nagar, June 23
The SAS Nagar police did an
about-turn today, stating that they have not arrested Mr B.S. Randhawa,
one of the eight trustees of the Institute of Engineering and
Technology, Bhaddal, on charge of abetment of murder of the Gurcharan
Singh, Chairman of the Institute, on Saturday morning.
MC
legal panel opposes draft bill points
Chandigarh, June 23
The Legal Affairs Committee of the
Municipal Corporation has expressed its opinion against several
recommendations of the Draft Specimen Municipal Bill prepared and sent
by the Central Government for seeking comments of all municipal bodies
of the country.
 Another
claimant for biggest hands
Chandigarh, June 23
He is not an artist, no sportsman
or intellectual and yet Mr S.K. Yadav stands out in the crowd. His
towering frame of 6 feet 10 inches is one of the reasons though it is
not the only one. His claim to fame is bigger, broader, heavier and it
comes from having one of the largest hands.
Ranbaxy
asked to obtain NOC
SAS Nagar, June 23
The Deputy Director of Factories,
Mohali, has directed Ranbaxy Laboratories not to carry out any
manufacturing process in the Module 1A and 1B of the factory here till
it obtains a no-objection certificate from the Chief Inspector of
Factories, Punjab. This direction is part of the interim report given by
Mr Hardayal Singh, Deputy Director Factories to the Director of
Factories, Punjab.
 Platform:
Save water
LET
us all start conserving water from our homes. As the saying goes,”
Little drops of water make the mighty ocean. “To start with, when you
brush your teeth use a mug, when you wash your car and water the plants,
use a bucket.
Park-and-pay
system suggested
Chandigarh, June 23
A committee on parking has
suggested the introduction of a “park-and-pay” system in the paid
parking lots in Sectors 17, 8 and 9. The committee at its meeting held
today said the parking contractors must issue tokens to the visitors to
the paid parking lots and if there was no space, visitors must be told
about the unavailability of space.
Talk
about drugs on June 26
Chandigarh, June 23
The Narcotics Control Bureau in
collaboration with the Chandigarh police will organise a series of
functions to observe the International Day against Drug Abuse and
Illicit Trafficking on June 26.
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