Chandigarh, December 12
In what comes as a serious blow to over 80 city private schools and thousands of anxious parents, the UT education department has stalled the ongoing nursery admission process across the schools.

In a letter shot to schools today, District Education officer Chanchal Singh has barred them from finalising the list of successful candidates either by point system or holding draw of lots or by any other procedure till further orders.

The department was witness to the recent admission fiasco at St Kabir School, following which parents filed a writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

“We have done this to ensure that St Kabir incident is not repeated in any other school. It is unfortunate that while everything right from the mode of admission to the date of declaration of results was amicably agreed upon by schools, this school went ahead with its plans. Had the admission been done in line with dates of other schools, parents would have not had such resentment. Anyways we are just trying to coordinate things better for parents,” said Education Secretary VK Singh.

St Kabir came in line of fire recently for alleged “unauthorised” reservation of its seats for alumni, siblings and other categories and conducting draw for only 18 seats.

Chandigarh, December 12
At least 44 buildings in the city have been issued notices by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation during the past three months for violating fire safety norms in different buildings, particularly business establishments and hospitals.

The list includes hotels, banks, LPG store houses, petrol stations, SCOs and a number of industrial units.

At least 20 medical outlets were issued notices in April earlier this year. Only one of the hospitals reported compliance with the MC requirements. The remaining did not respond at all, a senior official of the Fire Department said.

It is worth mentioning that Dhanwantry College and Hospital was issued a notice recently.

It is also worth mentioning that the MC has bothered very less about follow-up to notices sent to a long row of shops flouting safety norms in Sector 34, the rehri markets of Sectors 15, 18, 19 and 22. A log list of notices has also been issued to the tuition shops offering coaching classes to students, particularly in Sectors 20 and 36.

Chandigarh, December 12
Even as the UT fire department today conducted an inspection at Government Multispecialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, to check fire-safety measures, no concrete steps seem to have been taken by the hospital, which was issued a notice last year to make lives of patients and employees safer in the event of a fire.

Chandigarh Tribune, which had carried a series of articles in 2009 on inadequate fire-safety arrangements in city’s hospitals, revisited the GMSH-16 today and found that no tangible efforts had been made to improve things despite a facelift being given to the building.

In gross violation of the safety norms, the hospital’s basement, which as per rules can be used only for storage and parking, has dental and physiotherapy clinics and a laundry operating from there. Besides, inflammable material and chemicals are also stored in the basement, making it fire prone.

The basement, where the clinics operate, has no ventilation and has a single entry and exit, making it a virtual trap in the event of a fire. There are also no water sprinklers installed in the basement, which as per rules, are mandatory.

Believe it or not, while the administration is spending crores of rupees on the renovation of the dental and physiotherapy clinic and construction of a new OPD building, the hospital does not even have a public address system to alert the patients, their attendants and the staff in the event of any eventuality. The ‘exit’ signs are also not displayed properly in any part of the hospital, making it a complicated maze to a newcomer.

The emergency ward and the OPD, which have the maximum number of footfalls, have single entry and exit points, even though these are interconnected through a very narrow corridor.

The seven-storeyed building, which houses the wards for the indoor patients and operation theatres, has access through a ramp only till the first floor. For seriously ill patients, evacuation could be problematic without the ramp, admit insiders. The hospital authorities claim that approval has been obtained from the administration for extending the ramp to all floors, but the work is yet to commence.

The hospital also has no trained staff to deal with a fire incident. This point was also noted by the fire officials during their inspection today and they have asked the authorities to hire at least four trained people for the job.

Chandigarh, December 12
A solution to the Kajauli waterworks disagreement seems to have finally flowed in. Chandigarh and Mohali will both get 40 million gallons per day (MGD) each, as per an agreement reached between the UT Administration and Punjab.

This has been made possible with an increase in the diameter of the pipeline from Kajauli to Chandigarh. Its existing size has been increased to 5.50 feet to permit the flow of 80 MGD, instead of the initially planned 40 MGD. The decision was discussed during a meeting recently.

The development was significant as land acquisition would not be required now for laying the additional pipeline. Information to this effect was provided to the Punjab and Haryana High Court by way of affidavits filed by the UT Administration and GMADA.

The high court had earlier asked Punjab and Chandigarh to put their heads together to resolve the Kajauli issue.

It had asked the state and the UT to convene a meeting and submit a detailed report on the decision taken to resolve the issue. The meeting was directed to be convened by October 3.

The matter came up for hearing during resumed hearing of a petition filed by Mohali resident Kuljeet Singh Bedi. He was seeking directions to expedite the completion of phases five and six of the Kajauli waterworks, which would bring an additional 40 MGD water everyday for areas covered under the tricity.

Apprehending water scarcity at Mohali in the coming days, municipal councillor Bedi had also sought directions for the installation of adequate tubewells at Mohali and providing hotlines to waterworks at Mohali on a priority basis.

It was contended that presently, a total of 13 MGD was being supplied to Mohali, which included 10 MGD from Kajauli canal water and three MGD from tubewells, whereas the requirement, as of date, was of 28 MGD.

The Kajauli waterworks were located on the Bhakra mainline canal near Morinda in Ropar district, from where the water requirements of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula, including Chandi Mandir Cantonment, were being met.

Mohali, December 12
In violation of rules, use of the auditorium of the State Institute of Health and Family Welfare at Phase VI here was today allowed by health department officials to host a meeting of the BJP, chaired by its state president Ashwani Sharma.

The meeting was held to mobilise party workers and supporters for the state-level rally, to be organised at Jalandhar on December 24. The principal of the institute, Jatinder Pal Kaur, was not available for comment.

Party members come out of the building of the State Institute of Health and Family Welfare; and (right) Punjab BJP president Ashwani Sharma addresses party workers inside the auditorium at Phase VI of Mohali on Monday. Tribune Photos: Vicky Gharu

Sources in the department said the use of the auditorium was allowed for inter-departmental meetings, seminars and functions by other departments, subject to payment of fee, but holding functions of political parties was not officially allowed.

Since the Health Minister is a BJP MLA, the misuse of the premises was allowed on purpose and no fee was paid, said the sources, adding that there had been previous instances of the BJP holding such functions here.

BJP district party president Goldy confirmed that the meeting was organised. He claimed that the auditorium had been booked.

The Director, Health Services, Dr JP Singh, said he was not aware of any such meeting. “I can only comment after verifying facts tomorrow,” he added.

Chandigarh, December 12
Nearly 50 per cent of doctors and faculty of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, will be on winter break for a month from tomorrow, making the going tough for patients visiting the OPDs.

Though the hospital authorities claim that the work won’t suffer in any manner, one doesn’t need to be an expert to guess that the services in these hospitals will be hit adversely in some manner or the other, if 50 pc doctors are on leave.

Dr Vipin Kaushal, Medical Superintendent of the hospital, said since this is a yearly feature, doctors make their schedule accordingly. “Limited operation dates given during these days ensure that there is no overcrowding and patients don’t suffer,” he added. Dr Kaushal may be correct in a way but problems are bound to occur in already crowded OPD with 50 pc doctors on duty.

Out of 140 faculty members, only 70 will be on duty from December 13 to January 13 as 50 percent faculty will be on leave from December 13 to 27 and the second half will be on leave from January 13 to 28.

Incidentally, 50 pc PGI doctors are also on leave. Their one-month vacation has started from December 7. PGI’s official spokesperson Manju Wadwalkar said the work was going on as per schedule without any hindrance. However, insiders admit that work does suffer due to these vacations.

According to the public relations department of the PGI, almost 75-80 surgeries are conducted on normal days and they fall by 10 to 15 per cent during the vacations. But this is common in winters, said the spokesperson.

Chandigarh, December 12
The Punjab and Haryana High Court wants to know from the National Highway Authority of India and the Panchkula Superintendent of Police the details of proposals for applying brakes to the traffic menace on the Parwanoo-Zirakpur stretch.

The High Court has also asked the municipal committee of Pinjore and Kalka to furnish the necessary details.

The directions by Justice Rajive Bhalla come less than two months after Punjab and Haryana High Court’s former Judge Justice PK Palli brought to the High Court’s notice a news report on serious traffic disruption on the national highway.

Issuing the directions, Justice Bhalla asserted: “The respondents are directed to file a reply with respect to the serious congestion of traffic on the NH-22, particularly the stretch between Zirakpur and Parwanoo, giving all material particulars, including proposals with respect to the management of traffic, the cuts allowed in the medians and all other relevant particulars that may be necessary to ensure a free flow of traffic.”

Going into the background of the matter, Justice Bhalla asserted: “Mr Justice PK Palli (retd), addressed a letter to the Chief Justice on October 11 referring to a news report relating to serious disruption on the NH-22. The Chief Justice directed that the matter be treated as a public interest litigation and consequently the matter was placed before this Bench.

“On October 13, a notice was issued by the Director-General of Police, Haryana, the National Highway Authority of India, the Panchkula Superintendent of Police and the municipal committee of Pinjore and Kalka, through their executive officers/secretaries. But to date no reply is forthcoming.” Before parting with the order, Justice Bhalla also fixed December 16 as the next date of hearing in the case.

The High Court was only recently informed that the work on four laning the stretch between Zirakpur and Pinjore had been completed and stretch had been open to traffic. However, work on the Pinjore-Kalka-Parwanoo bypass was expected to be completed by December.

The court had also only recently made it clear that it wanted illegal structures on the Zirakpur-Parwanoo road removed within 15 days of issuance of notices. The Bench had asked the authority concerned to issue 15-day notice to the land owners and also to affix these at conspicuous places.

Chandigarh, December 12
Two BJP functionaries shifted their loyalties to Congress candidate Mukesh Bassi  from ward No. 17 in the runup to the municipal corporation elections here today. At a media briefing, Bassi claimed that BJP secretary (district-I) Ravinder Kumar Vij and BJP mandal president Arun Bala Vij joined the Congress today.

Bassi claimed that the BJP leaders had assured him their support in the MC elections.

He said they were critical of the BJP for not being fair in the distribution of ticket for the MC elections.

Bassi said talks were on with more disgruntled functionaries of the BJP who were keen on leaving the party in the near future.

Taking to mediapersons, BJP rebel Ravinder Kumar Vij said he had left the party at this juncture as an unknown candidate had been fielded from ward No. 17, ignoring the suggestions made by him to the senior party leaders.

On allegations of biased role of the BJP, Vij said the party had this time claimed that the RSS would not play a role in the distribution of seats for the MC elections. However, the fact is that the decision on party ticket was taken at RSS leader Amit Sagar’s residence.

However, BJP local president Sanjay Tandon denied that BJP members had lent their support to the Congress.

He said the Congress was making such statements to mislead voters. The results of the elections would clear the air about the presence of rebels in the BJP.

Taking a serious note of rebels in the Congress, Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee president BB Bahl said three more party men had been short-listed for expulsion and a final decision in this regard would be taken soon.

Meanwhile, four former office-bearers of the BJP and a BSP leader also joined the Congress today.

BJP leaders who have joined the Congress are Ghansham Das, Naresh Kumar Singla, Raghuvir Garg and Satnarayan Garg, while BSP general secretary Ajit Singh also joined the party.

Chandigarh, December 12
With just a few days left for campaigning to end, the candidates contesting the civic elections are giving it all to garner support in a bid to win the elections. Harmohinder Singh Lucky, Congress candidate from ward No. 16, today undertook a door-to-door campaigning in Sector 33 A. While addressing a public meeting, Lucky said maintenance of roads, parking, streetlights and parks would be his priority.

BSP candidate Jannat Jahaan from ward No. 23, accelerating her election campaign, undertook a “pad yatra” in Industrial Area, Phases I and II, meeting factory workers.

She went round the factories, taking stock of the working conditions there and appealing them to vote for the BSP.

BJP candidate from ward No. 26 Des Raj Gupta also held “nukad” meetings with voters of his ward.

Gupta discussed the residents’ problems and sought their support in the elections.

Also, Raj Bala Malik continued her campaigning on Monday by conducting door-to-door canvassing in Sector 2. In the evening, Malik along with party workers and supporters attended a meeting with senior citizens of Sector 8. She focussed on the problems faced in the Sector-8 residential and market areas.

BJP candidate from ward No. 3, Arun Goyal also held a “pad yatra” in Police Colony, Sector 17, and appealed to people to vote for him.

Asha Jaswal, BJP candidate from ward No 4, addressed a corner meeting in Sector 24.

BJP state president Sanjay Tandon, former MP Satya Pal Jain and health minister of Himachal Pradesh Rajeev Bindal also addressed the meeting.

SAD candidate from ward No. 19 Raj Kishore held a “pad yatra” in tenement houses and Police Lines of Sector 26 and appealed to the residents to vote in his favour.

Chandigarh, December 12
With barely a few days left for the campaigning to end for the municipal corporation elections, slated for December 17, prominent political parties in the city have finally realised the need for pulling out their election manifestoes to woo the over five-lakh voters in the city.

While the Congress released its manifesto yesterday, the BJP will come out with its set of promises on Tuesday.

Waking up from the deep slumber, the parties have finally realised that the civic elections are contested on manifestoes. Although the candidates are almost through with their door-to-door canvassing, which has been on since December 2, they have surprisingly done it without any agenda.

A number of senior prominent party leaders and even candidates have been holding public rallies and “nukad” meetings with just one slogan “Vote and support me (or their candidate)” in the elections.

Even as they have been assuring voters of performing efficiently, almost all of them have failed to present before public the vision of their parties for the city.

Sahil Chauhan, a Sector-15 resident, says both prominent parties don’t have a vision for the city. Their agendas should have reached people when the canvassing started, he adds.

“The candidates and supporters have visited my house twice but the agenda was not discussed by any candidate. What’s the use of a manifesto that is not known to the voters,” he adds.

“I wonder if I will vote in the MC or Lok Sabha elections as the issues discussed by the parties in rallies are directly related to the Centre. The leaders want to charm the voters with tall promises, ignoring the local issues,” says Geetika, a resident of Sector 51.

Chandigarh, December 12
While seeing candidates do door-to-door campaigning is commonplace, the scene is “pretty” different in ward No. 26, for candidates have added glamour to their campaign by introducing beautiful faces to canvass for them and discuss the problems of voters in colonies.

Leaving no stone unturned, the candidates contesting the civic elections are going all out to draw the support of the electorate.

Arshad Khan, Congress candidate from ward No. 26, has roped in young girls to boost his campaigning in colonies.

A team of girls donning T-shirts and caps, bearing the Congress symbol, can be seen walking across the bumpy lanes of various colonies, making the voters understand why they should vote for their candidate.

The ward comprises Dhillon Complex, Motor Market, pocket No. 8, Darshani Bagh, Subhash Nagar, Adarsh Nagar, Pipliwala town, Gawala Colony, Indra Colony, old Indra colony, Race Course and IT Park.

One of the girls campaigning in the ward says she is a student and has temporarily joined the campaign for the Congress candidate.

These young faces are also being asked to carry out surveys across the ward and give a feedback on the problems faced by the residents.

Candidates have even hired PR agencies to strategise their campaigning and ensure adequate media coverage.

BJP candidate from ward No. 16 Rajesh Gupta, who has hired a PR firm, says the trend has changed now. Besides the conventional door-to-door campaigning, candidates have started focussing on promotion to reach out to the masses.

“Everything needs planning, elections too. We need to have a specialised team,” Gupta said.

A number of other candidates are relying on teams of professionals to plan their election strategy and media coverage in a bid to reach out to maximum number of voters.

Chandigarh, December 12
Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorists Jagtar Singh Hawara and Paramjit Singh Bheora were produced in the district courts amid tight security in the jailbreak case today.

Following the attack on Hawara during the last hearing, the UT police had this time made elaborate security arrangements both inside and outside the courts complex.

The police took both the accused in a police Gypsy directly inside the court premises from the Sector-17 police station.

Meanwhile, DSP Jagbir Singh and Inspector Diwan Singh recorded their statements in the jailbreak case.

Hawara and Bheora were brought from Delhi’s Tihar Jail amidst tight security. The two have already been convicted in the Beant Singh assassination case. Bheora and Hawara were shifted from the Burail Jail in Chandigarh to Tihar Jail in New Delhi for the hearing in the 2004 bomb blasts case in New Delhi.

Hawara, and his associates Jagtar Singh Tara and Paramjit Singh, all three accused in the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, had escaped after digging a 104-foot-long tunnel in the Burail Jail in 2004. An undertrial, Devi Singh, had also escaped. While Hawara and Bheora were arrested, Devi Singh is still at large.

Chandigarh, December 12
The issuance of the Unique Identification (UID) cards is going on at a snail’s pace, as only around 3.38 lakh cards of the total 10.52 lakh registered people in the city, according to the 2011 Census, have been issued.

According to an official of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), on the condition of anonymity, the main reason for this was incomplete documents and details submitted by residents.

He said the details were being forwarded to their Bangalore-based office for compiling of data besides checking the duplication of cards.

According to sources, around 5.93 lakh residents have been enrolled for the project so far.

Nationalised banks, including State Bank of India, State Bank of Patiala, Central Bank of India, United Bank of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce and Indian Overseas Bank, were enrolling the residents in the city.

The sources added that the banks were being paid Rs 50 for a successful enrollment. In all, Rs 2.25 crore had been spent so far on the project. Out of the 3.38 lakh cards issued, the SBI had successfully enrolled 2.7 lakh residents, while Central Bank had enrolled 1.05 lakh persons.

The UIDAI has already generated data of over 70 million (seven crore) residents and issued over 50 lakh unique identity cards.

While its budget for the current year is Rs 1,660 crore, the entire project is estimated to cost Rs 17,864 crore. Nandan Nilekani heads the UIDAI and holds a cabinet minister’s rank.

The sources further said the project of enrolling the residents in the country would continue till March 31, 2011.

Mohali, December 12
Allottees of plots in Sectors 76 to 80 staged a dharna and raised slogans in front of the GMADA office here today.

They accused GMADA of not taking possession of 102 acres from farmers and handing over plots to the remaining allottees.

Sucha Singh Kalour, president of the Sectors 76 to 80 Sangharsh Committee, and Bhupinder Man Singh, its vice-president, said the entire land of the sectors under question was free of litigation.

They said the Punjab and Haryana High Court had dismissed the petition filed by farmers about eight months ago, but GMADA had failed to take possession of the land.

They further said some farmers had gone in appeal to the Supreme Court against the ruling, but it had not granted a stay so far.

Chandigarh, December 12
With the minimum temperature plummeting to this season’s lowest of 7.8 °C, chill has set in the tricity region, forcing people to take out their gadgets to make their houses warmer.

However, the region is yet to touch the minimum temperature of 5.7 °C witnessed on December 15 last year. The main reason for this has been attributed to the dry conditions and western disturbances. The winds were passing at higher latitude causing warming in the region.

The weatherman has predicted the minimum temperature to tumble down further in the next few days with fog and haze engulfing the area during early morning and evening hours in view of the heavy snowfall in various parts of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. However, the region will not see dense fog in the coming days.

Surinder Paul, director, Indian Meteorological Department Chandigarh, while predicting normal winter this year, as compared to last year, said there would be a gradual decline in the minimum temperature.

In view of the dry weather and western disturbances, the minimum temperature is likely to remain above normal, he added.

Meanwhile, the maximum temperature of 21.6 °C was recorded on Monday, while the minimum temperature was 7.8 °C on Sunday night, one degree above normal.

Chandigarh, December 12
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has withdrawn the letter issued to private toll operators in Punjab that defence personnel would not be exempted from paying toll tax if they are not in uniform.

The letter was withdrawn after a complaint was made to the NHAI Chairman that it was in utter contravention of the Indian Tolls (Army & Air Force) Act, 1901, and directions of the Union Government and the law laid down by the Supreme Court.

The letter, issued on November 24 and withdrawn this week, stated that the toll exemption to private vehicles of defence personnel would only be provided when the person would be in uniform.

Defence sources said that there was no such statutory requirement and the exemption was actually applicable to both on-duty and off-duty defence personnel whether in uniform or not. — TNS

Visitors await their turn at the office of DTO in Phase VI of Mohali. Tribune Photo: Vicky Gharu

Mohali, December 12
The office of the District Transport Officer (DTO) here has been witnessing a rush of visitors, seeking driver’s licences and vehicle registration documents.

The reason is there has not been a regular DTO for the past few days. As a result, the pendency in the department is up.

The Transport Commissioner has failed to appoint a regular DTO. Two officials have been given charge of DTO in the past few days.

Panchkula, December 12
The district police has ruled out the role of Nisha, a resident of Sanaur, who allegedly stole a newborn from the General Hospital in Sector 6 here, in taking away a 10-month-old boy from the Mansa Devi temple.

Nisha was presented before Sarita, mother of the missing boy, who denied her role in the incident. The police arrested Nisha from her house at Sanaur on Saturday and restored the newborn to his parents.

After her arrest, the police traced her location, through the scrutiny of her mobile phone call details, to Panchkula on September 29.

This led to the suspicion that she was involved in the theft of babies. During interrogation, she told the police that she wanted to have a son, which made her to steal the newborn.

Anil and his wife Sarita of Pinjore visited the temple on September 29. They were standing in separate queues to pay obeisance to the deity.

Sarita handed over her son over to a couple as she had to go to drink water. On her return, she found that the couple had vanished with the baby.

Chandigarh, December 12
Clothes worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in a fire, which broke out in Sector 20 in wee hours this morning. A fire team reached the spot at 4.40 am when a passerby called the police control room (PCR).

Fire department officials said as fire tenders reached the spot on time, fire was doused in an hour. As per the fire department report, owners did not install any fire safety equipment due to which no alarm blower alerted watchman near the building. As per the report, three fire tenders were sent to the spot. An official said the cause of fire had yet to be found by the team.

Chandigarh, December 12
Young vocal classical virtuosos Ritesh Mishra and Rajneesh Mishra, sons of legendary Pt Rajan Mishra, interacted with students during a programme organised by the Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture among Youth (Spic-Macay) at Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, on Saturday.

Both Rajneesh and Ritesh Mishra explained and delineated the concept, structure of pracheen raga shudh sarang. Earlier, at the Institute for the Blind in Sector 26, the maestros held an interactive session with special children on Friday. They elucidated the nuances of raga yaman before its exposition through an alaap and a composition.

Chandigarh, December 12
The hard-pressed schedule of VIPs flying in for PU convocation will take the “shine” out of the success of scores of students who will have to go without a gold medal yet again on this convocation.

In what appears to be on its way to become the convocation ritual, PU will only hand out regular degrees even as toppers of over 80 PU departments will have to wait for another month or so to get their hard-earned medals, as the distinguished guests do not have enough time to confer the same along with the degree.

Though just like last year, PU has promised to hold a seperate function to give out the medals, it has left students fuming.

“The university has probably forgotten the definition of convocation, which is meant to recognise the spirit of students’ success and not appease VIPs. Last year also, same thing happened and the students had to wait for two months for a VIP to hand out the medals. It’s a mockery of their effors and the varsity’s essence. The students will have to come to campus again to get medals,” said Sukhjeet Brar, PUSU president.

While all attempts to contact PU Vice-Chancellor RC Sobti at his office and residence turned futile, a senior official said, “We should not blow the matter out of propotion. If we hand out medals with degrees then it will be more than six-hour long convocation.”

A similar situation rose on February 14 this year during the annual function, in which 471 students received degrees and even toppers were ironically not honoured with gold medals then.

Chandigarh, December 12
House examinations in seven non-government colleges of Chandigarh have been postponed due to the ongoing agitation of teachers and non-teaching staff.

The colleges would be rescheduling the examinations after the winter break that would end on January 2. The exams of over 170 PU affiliated colleges in Punjab will also be postponed due to the three-day strike starting from tomorrow till December 15.

The exams that were scheduled in next three days have been postponed. The students are thrown at the receiving end, as this is the second instance when the exams have been postponed due to the ongoing agitation. Earlier the exams scheduled on December 8 and 9 were postponed, however, it had led to confusion among the students who after reaching the college found that the exams have been postponed.

The demands of joint action committee (JAC) include lifting of ban on recruitments, implementation of pension and gratuity scheme approved by the state government in 2001, implementation of revised pay scales of non-teaching employees from January 1, 2006 and releasing arrears from 2006 bringing unaided staff in the ambit of security of Service Act, 1974.

The seven city colleges that are hit by the teachers’ strike include DAV College, Sector 10; MCM College, Sector 36; GGDSD College, Sector 32; Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26; Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26; Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45, and Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36.

Jaspal Singh Randhawa, convener of JAC, said the staff and principal of all colleges would observe cease work for next 72 hours. “On the first day of the protest, a candlelight march will be observed, on the second day, protest rallies outside residences of ministers of Punjab will be held and the final day of the protest will observe a ‘rasta roko’ programme,” he said.