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Youth thumb down poll
Those under 20 form less than 1 pc of voters in Mohali
Mohali, September 12
Youngsters aged 18 and 19 comprise less than one per cent of the total voters registered in Mohali district with the Election Commission of India. These worrying figures released by the district electoral officer show that, despite regularly conducted enrolment drives, only 4,715 first-time voters have signed up so far.

Bureaucrats pull strings to evade music
UT Chief Architect’s deputation extended third time
Chandigarh, September 12
When it comes to obliging certain officers with extended tenures in City Beautiful, the UT administration does find a way. But what is surprising is that it uses the same excuse year after year and still no one questions the fact that if a job has not been completed for three long years, what is the guarantee that it will be completed in a year.

Cops sit over forgery by HCS officers
Panchkula, September 12
The Haryana Police is tight-lipped over a case of forgery involving two HCS officers. The case pertains to the distribution of compensation for shamlat land at six villages in Pinjore worth crores.

Filling fuel? Be careful
Chandigarh, September 12
The police today arrested an employee of Hindustan Petroleum at the Sector-39 petrol station and booked another for withdrawing money of customers by swiping their credit cards twice.

Chock-a-block on the highway

A traffic jam on the road separating Sector 29 and Phase I of Industrial Area in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Welcome to Mullanpur
It’s official -- green signal to urban estate
Mohali, September 12
The much-awaited 740-plot phase I of the Mullanpur urban estate will be floated on September 21 and applicants will be given a month to apply under the scheme. The site is located 7 km from the PGI in Chandigarh.

From kabaddi ground to drug peddling
Punjab cop-turned-NRI his aide
Panchkula, September 12
One of the drug peddlers arrested by the Panchkula police from a house at Sector 9 here on Saturday night is a kabaddi player who has represented Punjab in matches against Canada and England.

No reply at MC complaint centre
Chandigarh, September 12
The complaint centre that the municipal corporation had set up with a great fanfare has been without a head for the past one week due to shortage of manpower. An employee who had been tasked with attending grievance calls has been assigned census duty, with the result there is no one to take calls and forward them to the department concerned for resolving the complaint.

COMMUNITY

N-choe chronic ailment for Phase-IX residents
Mohali, September 12
The passing of the N-choe through parts of Phase IX has proved to be a chronic ailment for residents of the area apart from broken roads, improper sanitation and wild growth in vacant spaces.

From hardcore criminals to chefs
Dacoits, murderers, thieves to learn the art of cooking in jail
Chandigarh, September 12
Convicted for the triple murder of an elderly couple in Kajheri and their servant, Rajiv Kumar, facing life term in prison is now learning to cook mouth -watering delicacies. Courtesy a unique initiative by Burail jail authorities in which hard core convicts will be taught to cook, Rajiv hopes to become self reliant once he is released from jail after his term gets over.

Jail inmates dressed in cooks’ uniform all ears to a cookery lesson at Model Jail in Chandigarh on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

tooth Extraction 
Clean chit to doc
Chandigarh, September 12
The GMSH-16 authorities today gave a clean chit to dentist Dr Neeta Mahajan, who was accused of extracting a wrong tooth from the jaw of a young girl, Suhani. The inquiry into the incident was ordered after Suhani’s parents alleged that instead of extracting a decayed tooth from the left side of the jaw, a healthy tooth was taken out from the other side. The inquiry, which was conducted by the head of the dental department, found nothing amiss and an eight-page report is likely to be submitted to the Director, Health Services, tomorrow.

Civic body seeks dismissal of PIL
Stray cattle menace
Chandigarh, September 12
Seeking dismissal of PIL filed in connection with the stray cattle menace, the municipal corporation today filed its reply in the Chandigarh district courts stating that it was performing its duty to check cattle menace.

Paver Blocks 
MC choking trees in name of beautification
Chandigarh, September 12
The municipal corporation’s policy on laying paver blocks in various sectors has not gone down well with the UT environment department. UT’s Director (Environment) Santosh Kumar says large-scale laying of paver blocks is adversely affecting the green cover of the city.

There is little space to breathe for this tree at Sector 48, Chandigarh, even as the municipal corporation in on a spree to lay paver blocks. A Tribune photograph

Garbage mess: a problem of plenty for tricity
UT top brass pushes, MC moves
Chandigarh, September 12
Years of torment faced by residents of living amidst stench emanating from the garbage dumping ground could not move the municipal corporation (MC) as much as a whiff of stench did when it reached the top UT administration officials.

A mound of waste with residential area in the backdrop at the garbage dumping ground in Dadu Majra, Chandigarh. Tribune photo: S Chandan

Panels, panels & more panels
Chandigarh, September 12
Strange as may it sound but it is a fact that reports of all expert committees constituted for improving the functioning of the garbage processing plant located at Dadu Majra are lying in cold storage.

Little respite for trans-Ghaggar residents
Panchkula, September 12
As the Panchkula municipal corporation and the district administration have failed to find a proper site to dump town’s garbage, residents of trans-Ghaggar sectors i.e. 23 to 28 are literally at the receiving end. The authorities are currently dumping garbage in an open space near Sectors 23 and 25 and have turned this site into an illegal dumping ground, forcing trans-Ghaggar residents to live amidst stench.
A JCB machine fills garbage at a landfill site in the Sector-23 dumping ground of Panchkula. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Dump recommendations, MC policy
Chandigarh, September 12
Is the municipal corporation really interested in containing the stench emanating from the dumping ground at Dadu Majra? The question stares the MC authorities in the face, as even after one year, they have not bothered to implement the recommendations given by an expert committee appointed by the UT administration.

Mohali solid waste management in nascent stage
Mohali, September 12
Setting up a solid waste management facility for the town is still a distant dream for residents. For, the process to set up the ambitious solid waste management facility for the Mohali cluster of 19 civic bodies at a 50-acre site in Samgauli village, near Dera Bassi, is in its initial stages — the environment assessment study is under progress.

The dumping ground at Industrial Area, Phase VIII, Mohali, is set to move out once a permanent site comes up near Dera Bassi. Tribune photo: Vicky Gharu

Tricity Scan

EDUCATION

Teachers agree to disagree
Controversy surrounding meeting
Chandigarh, September 12
The controversy surrounding ‘organisation’ and ‘cancellation’ of a meeting at School of Communication Studies, Panjab University, refuses to die down. In an official e-mail addressed to chairperson and all faculty members, Dr Mohanmeet Khosla, a senior faculty member, has asserted that she was telephonically informed by the office this morning that an academic and administrative meeting had been called with immediate effect. “I had a previously scheduled practical assignment with the first year students.

Violation  of rules
Notices to eight schools
Chandigarh, September 12
The Chandigarh State Transport Authority (STA) today issued show-cause notices to eight schools for violating traffic rules.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Electricity pole endangers lives of commuters
Zirakpur, September 12
An electricity pole in the middle of a newly constructed road near Hem Vihar at Baltana, Zirakpur, poses a threat to life of commuters, especially in the dark. During the past few days, many accidents involving the pole have been reported.

An electricty pole that stands in the middle of a road near Hem Vihar at Baltana, leading to road mishaps. Tribune photo: Nitin Mittal

Cantt Board superintendent held for taking bribe
Ambala, September 12
The CBI here today nabbed Renu, a superintendent of Cantonment Board, while accepting Rs 7,000 as graft from an employee of railways for issuing a birth certificate.

COURTS

Drug Peddling
British national indicted
Chandigarh, September 12
Additional District and Sessions Judge Lalit Batra today framed charges against a British national, Napper Ned ’O Conner Tandy, in connection with a drug peddling case.

CRIME

Gangrape: Cop accused of cooking up story
Panchkula, September 12
Levelling allegations against the Sector 14 police station’s Station House Officer, two accused in a gangrape case filed bail application in a local court here today. On their application, District and Sessions Judge Manjit Singh has issued a notice to the Panchkula Police to file its reply.

Rape accused’s father booked for threatening victim
Panchkula, September 12
For threatening the rape victim, the police here has registered an FIR against the accused’s father. Earlier, the police had booked accused Gagandeep, a resident of Sector 44, Chandigarh, under Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.

Girl accuses classmates of molestation
Chandigarh, september 12
High drama prevailed at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, today when a Class VI girl alleged that two of her classmates had been molesting her for the past three years. She accused a girl and even the school support staff of conniving with the boys.

Police personnel deployed outside St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan

SPORTS

kho-kho  meet
PG govt college eves begin campaign with win
Chandigarh, September 12
PG Government College for Girls, Sector 42, defeated National College for Women, Machhiwara, Ludhiana, in the first match of the Panjab University Inter- College Kho- Kho (A-Division) Tournament for Women being held at Panjab University Grounds, here today.

Players in action during the Panjab University Inter- College Kho- Kho Tournament at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune photo S. Chandan

Pargat Singh elated at Indian victory
Changes in coaching pattern key to win
Chandigarh, September 12
The chairman of the hockey India disciplinary committee, Padma Shree Pargat Singh, congratulated the Indian team on winning the inaugural Asian Hockey Tournament, held at Ordos (China) on Sunday.

Soccer  tourney
PG govt college lads register victory
Chandigarh, September 12
Post Graduate Government College, Sector 11, defeated Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, in the first match of Panjab University Inter-College Football (A-Division) Tournament for Men, being played at Panjab University grounds, here today.

A football match between BAM Khalsa College, Garhsankar, and GNN College, Doraha, in progress at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Black Elephant defeat Pandove academy
Patiala, September 12
Black Elephant defeated Dhruve Pandove Cricket Academy (DPCA) by three wickets to clinch Puma Trophy of Double League (U-14) Cricket Tournament organised by the Patiala District Cricket Association.

No takers for shooting in city
Chandigarh, September 12
The city might have produced an ace shooter like Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra, yet there are no takers for the sport here.  

Shooting coach JS Dhillon shows the bad condition of the shooting range at Patiala ki Rao in Sector 25, Chandigarh. A Tribune photograph.