A TRIBUNE INVESTIGATION
Sukhna is dying, save it!
n Chandigarh Admn, Haryana Govt share the blame for its sorry state
n Much of lake catchment area denuded, check dams silted over
n Pernicious weed throttling Sukhna, poor rainfall another woe
Chandigarh, June 2
You can play soccer on the drying bed of Sukhna today, the lake where the Senior Asian Rowing Championship was held in 1989, and which was famous for its rowing channel being the longest in Asia.You really don’t need statistics to tell you that Sukhna is dying - just take a walk - on it! 


With the Sukhna lake water receding, residents now even walk and play football on its drying bed. Tribune photos: Pradeep Tewari

WHY SUKHNA IS DYING- I
Catchment neglect
Chandigarh, June 2
Sukhna, the landmark waterbody of the City Beautiful, is dying. The water level of the lake has receded from 18 feet in 1958 to approximately four-and-a-half feet today.

Mamata derails CPM in Bengal civic polls
Kolkata, June 2
Trinamool Congress today dealt a stunning blow to the ruling Left Front by sweeping the Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls, results for which were announced today. Also, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) won a majority of the 80 other municipalities in the district, 17 of them in alliance with the Congress.
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee flashes the victory sign in Kolkata on Wednesday. — PTI

Trinamool fades CPM’s red
Left Front accepts defeat but rules out early Assembly elections
New Delhi, June 2
For the Left Front, it was yet another day in the long, weary journey to introspection that began with last year’s Lok Sabha polls when Mamata Banerjee led-Trinamool Congress stormed Bengal’s red bastion. 
(Details on Nation page)

Cong bows to Mamata, orders CBI probe into train tragedy
New Delhi, June 2
The ruling UPA coalition led by the Congress today bowed to the demand of its key-yet-tempestuous ally, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. On her demand, a CBI probe has been ordered into last Friday’s train accident in which 148 persons lost their lives at Jhargram in West Bengal.

4 suspected Naxals held

Art of Living Foundation resents PC’s remark
Bangalore, June 2
The Art of Livng (AoL) Foundation headed by Sri Sri Ravishankar has taken a strong exception to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram’s remark that the AoL guru was not the target of the shooting incident at the ashram on May 30.

New houses, jobs for Mirchpur victims in two months, Haryana assures SC New Delhi, June 2 The Haryana Government today assured the Supreme Court that it would provide within two months new houses to Dalit families whose houses were damaged in the April 21 violence in Mirchpur village in Hisar district. Nation page: Mirchpur Dalits manhandle Hisar DC