tribuneindia...Chandigarh

Saturday, April 10, 1999

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Hottest-ever onset of summer
Chandigarh, April 9 — The day-time temperature during the first few days of April indicates that this year has been the hottest-ever beginning of summer the city has witnessed.

S N I P P E T S

Demand to probe arrests

Lawyers not to work on Saturdays

FCI employees hold rally

...later, two-wheelers were allowed
Chandigarh, April 9 — The experiment of the Traffic police to divert slow moving traffic, including two-wheelers, onto the slow carriageways along Madhya Marg and Himalaya Marg dividing Sectors 21 and 22 posed a number of problems.

Ramnik, Rishi top in middle exam
CHANDIGARH, April,9—Ramnik Kaur of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, and Rishi Kaushal of Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, have secured first position in the annual middle standard examination conducted by the Education Department, Chandigarh Administration, in the model school and ordinary school category, respectively.

Police drive against driving by minors
Chandigarh, April 9 — Further tightening the noose around the people not following traffic rules, the Chandigarh Traffic Police, today wrote letters to all school principals asking them to ensure that the date of birth on the licences of all children driving vehicles to schools is verified and tallied with the date of birth record available with the schools.

Suggestions on autos sought
Chandigarh, April 9 — The Chandigarh police has invited complaints and suggestions to improve the working of autorickshaws which operate without meters and taxi drivers who refuse to carry passengers at rates fixed by the Administration.

Office order on building rules challenged
CHANDIGARH, April 9 — The Punjab and Haryana High Court admitted a petition challenging the order passed by the Chief Administrator allowing the construction of double storey buildings in single storey zones in case of one kanal houses in Sector 2 to 30 of Chandigarh.

EC orders revision of electoral rolls
CHANDIGARH, April 9 — The Election Commission has ordered a revision of electoral rolls of the Chandigarh parliamentary constituency with January 3,1999, as the qualifying date.

The ring master puts hif forearms in the mouths of lions at a show presented by Empire Circus in the city on Friday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan.

‘Big top’ in city
CHANDIGARH, April 9 — The roar of lions was an unusual sound in Sector 17 of the City Beautiful.

Bank told to pay ‘returns’
CHANDIGARH, April 9 — In a case of its kind, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II has directed a mutual fund company to pay the complainant an amount equal to the “assured minimum returns’’ as redemption value and burdened it with costs of Rs 1500.

Man booked for cheating
Chandigarh, April 9 — A man who hid his source of income to get a booth allotted in the Sector 20 rehri market has been booked by the police for cheating.

Expressive sketches
CHANDIGARH: Pencil sketches could be so vivid and expressive, it is hard to imagine. That too by the students of classes, eight, nine and ten. They have to be seen to be believed. No, the students are not of a local school but of Moti Lal Nehru School of Sports, Rai, Haryana.

Potato price decreases
CHANDIGARH, April 9 — While potato, cabbage and cauliflower have become cheaper, the price of tomato has increased in the local market during the past two days.

Problem of leaking joints
CHANIDGARH, April 9 — The total length of the underground water pipelines is more than 1300 km in the Union Territory of Chandigarh with a total area of 114 sq km. It means that every sq km territory has more than 11. 25 km of underground pipelines.

Decision on revised water scheme by month-end
CHANDIGARH, April 9 — A decision on the enlarged and revised fourth phase of the Water Supply Augmentation Scheme for the Union Territory of Chandigarh is expected by the end of this month.

Water crisis building up in city
CHANDIGARH, April 9 — With the rise in mercury, drinking water has started eluding residents of the city, particularly those living in the southern sectors. The situation is grimmer for those living on first and second floors. They have to suffer irregular water supply and low pressure of water everyday.

Power cuts hit water supply
PANCHKULA, April 9 — Each summer it is the same story when it comes to the condition of water and electricity supply in the township. This season also complaints of erratic power supply, low water pressure and leakages in the supply lines have already started to pour in from different sectors here.

Heat of power, water cuts begins
SAS NAGAR, April 9 — Even as the summer has just set in, the residents of the city have already been bearing the heat caused by scarcity of drinking water and power for the past 15 days.

Flying high with kites
CHANDIGARH, April 9 — “Propagating kite flying, collecting kites of different countries and organising kite festivals in India and abroad is my hobby” says artist-turned-kite man, Bhanu Shah, who is here for an exhibition of his paintings and to display the skills involved in kite making.

Sale of lottery tickets on despite ban
CHANDIGARH, April 9 — In the absence of a concerted drive by the police, the sale of lottery tickets which was banned by the Chandigarh Administration, continues in the city. The volume of sales can be gauged by the fact that tickets worth more than Rs 70 lakh are reportedly sold by wholesalers and retailers every day.