Thursday, July 15, 1999
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Eight
escape from Nari Niketan CHANDIGARH, July 14 — As many as eight women inmates escaped under mysterious circumstances from the Sector 26 Nari Niketan in the wee hours today morning. Even as Jayanti, one of the those who escaped from the place, came back and reported the matter to the Nari Niketan authorities, the UT Administration ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident. The chowkidar, Gobind Singh Rawat, was placed under supension for ‘committing an act of serious misconduct and negligence’. It was not for the first time that such an incident took place. The organisation remained in the centre of controversy for several such successful and unsuccessful attemps by inmates. Most of them had been charged under Section 109 Cr PC (roaming under suspicious circumstances) Inquiries revealed that the incident occurred around 3 am while the chowkidar was ‘fast asleep’. The incident came to the notice of the chowkidar only when Jayanti returned at around 6 am and informed him about the escape of other inmates. He informed the police, which lauched a hunt to locate these girls. The police search parties went to the railway station, the Mansa Devi temple, the bus stand, labour colonies and a few other spots visited by the inmates during earlier escape bids. Sources revealed that these girls, who had been watching television till late, first broke the wire mesh of the door of the inner room and later broke the top glass pane of the main door. They escaped after scaling the backyard wall. This incident once again brought to the fore the chinks in the functioning and supervision of the Nari Niketan, where lack of proper supervision in the past too had apparently been responsible for such incidents. The way the things have been turning were clear from the fact that the Lady Superintendent, Ms Sarojini Gill, sought premature retirement. Sources in the UT Administration revealed that it had been a common tendency on the part of inmates to run away. As most of them were orphans, and women discarded by their families, and were even forcibly brought here, they treated the place like a jail for themselves. The seven inmates who are yet to be traced are Sita (15), Durga (16), Nisha (16), Babli (17), Vineeta (16), Kamla and Dheeraj (35). Durga is a second-time offender. She had earlier escaped in 1997, but was brought back. Vineeta has been there for two months. Some of the girls had earlier escaped with the help of a sweeper, but this time it was suspected that they managed to flee with the connivance of an employee of the institution. A case has been registered under Section 224, Cr PC (running away from lawful custody). The police is investigating into the matter. Meanwhile, the UT
Administration has asked the Punjab Government to relieve
Ms Vijay Shukla, presently working at Hoshiarpur, who
will substitute Ms Gill as Lady Superintendent of the
Nari Niketan. The UT Adminstration has also deputed Mr
Ashish Kundra, SDM (East), for holding an inquiry into
the incident. He has been asked to submit his report
within 15 days. |
PU fee
hike put on hold CHANDIGARH, July 14 — Panjab University, on reconsideration, has decided that the new fee structure will be kept in abeyance till it is considered and approved by the Syndicate. Till then the fees to be charged from students will be according to the existing fee structure. This applies to teaching departments of the university and affiliated colleges. So went the statement issued by the Registrar, Prof Paramjit Singh, after members of various students organisations, up in arms against the fee hike, bolted the door of the main office and the door in the basement, bringing work to a standstill. Passersby peeked in to have a look while those inside tried to catch a glimpse of the events outside. Activists of Haryana Students Association (HSA), National Students Union of India (NSUI) and Students Federation of India (SFI) forced closure of fee counters to protest against the fee hike, raising slogans against the Vice-Chancellor and the university. Members of Students Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU) bolted the door leading to the staircase of the main office, raised slogans and prevented entry to office. Later, members of HSA, NSUI and SFI marched towards the Student Centre. After raising slogans at the centre, they burnt copies of the proposed hike. It was all over within an hour after it was conveyed to the protesting organisations that the university had decided to withdraw the proposed fee hike after consideration. Members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and Panjab University Students Union (PUSU) submitted a memorandum to the Registrar, pressing for the withdrawal of the proposed fee hike. The proposed fee hike will now first go to the Syndicate meeting scheduled for July 30. The Vice-Chancellor had, in anticipation of the approval of the Syndicate, approved the rates of the tuition fees and other fees, along with hostel charges. Mr Chand Singh Madan, Chairman of HSA, and Mr Sunder Pal accused the authorities of delaying the opening of the hostel mess and canteen. They stated that if these were not opened with immediate effect, another agitation was on the anvil. Amidst the protests for withdrawal of fee hike, students of Masters of Finance (Part II) continued their protest by holding a dharna outside the office of the Vice-Chancellor, which entered its second day. They were protesting against the rejection of their plea for re-examination in international finance. Along with them sat some
post-graduates in biotechnology to protest against the
university decision to allow candidates from other
streams to appear in interviews for post of lecturers in
Department of Biotechnology. |
CHB is
here to stay CHANDIGARH, July 14 — Clouds of uncertainty over the future of Chandigarh Housing Board? Not really. Although the issue of its relevance and continuance as an independent house building entity in view of the changing times has been frequently debated in unofficial circles in recent times, nothing conclusive has emerged so far. The merger of the Punjab Housing Development Board with PUDA and the move for a similar merger of Haryana Housing Development Board with PUDA has once again raised questions about the future of the Chandigarh Housing Board. In Chandigarh, the problem of house building is complicated by the fact that there is paucity of land in the Union Territory. Hemmed in by Punjab and Haryana from all sides, Chandigarh has no elbow room to expand. The city as designed by Le Corbusier has almost reached the saturation point. And whenever new land is acquired by the Administration, there is a scramble among different agencies for allotment. In newly-carved sectors like 50 and 51, there is demand for land not only for residential purposes also for commercial, industrial and institutional purposes. And for land earmarked for residential purposes, there is competition between the Chandigarh Housing Board and the Estate Office. While the housing board wants the land to be given to it so that it could build more houses, the Estate Office wants it for itself so that it could develop plots and auction them. As matter of fact, selling residential and commercial plots of land is the main, if not the only, source of revenue for the Estate Office. The emergence of cooperative house building societies for group housing in Chandigarh in recent years has further circumscribed the role of the Chandigarh Housing Board. However, unlike in the neighbouring Punjab and Haryana where the housing boards appear to have lost much of their utility and have either been merged with the state urban development authority or are in the process of being merged, the Chandigarh Housing Board remains on strong wicket. Intelligent planning, quality work and aggressive marketing coupled with the fact that there is no urban housing development authority here on the lines of similar bodies in Punjab and Haryana has helped it to remain in business by creating work for itself on a continuing basis. This is the reason why it continues to be active in the field of developing new housing colonies, building new houses, developing infrastructure for the cooperative house building societies and even resurfacing roads built earlier by the Engineering Department of the Chandigarh Administration. Dr Mahavir Singh, Chief Executive Officer of the housing board, says that there is no reason to be apprehensive about the future of the board. There is plenty of work. Right now it is executing two major projects, including construction of 504 EWS and LIG houses in Sector 52, construction of an exhibition hall in Sector 31 and Kala Gram in Mani Majra. The Administration has
also decided that the Chandigarh Housing Board should be
focussing more on villages around the city. But the
problem has so far been the non-acquisition of land by
the administration. |
2 martyrs'
bodies received CHANDIGARH, July 14 — The mortal remains of Naik Krishan Bahadur Thapa and Sepoy Daljit Singh were received with full military honours here today before being despatched to their native places. The former belonged to 4\3 Gorkha Rifles and was killed due to injuries to his head and left arm in enemy shelling on July 11 in the Yaldor sub-sector. The latter was from 108 Engineers Regiment and was killed in a landmine blast on July 11 at Siachen. Naik Thapa belonged to Selakeri village in Dehradun district. Sepoy Daljit Singh hailed from Rama Mandi in Jalandhar cantonment. The bodies were brought by air from Leh this morning and accorded full military honours. An army contingent reversed arms as the buglers sounded the last post. Wreaths were laid on behalf of the Army Chief, the Air Chief and the Western Army Commander by Brig S.K. Sinha, Wing Commander S. Chandra and Colonel Shakti Parshad, respectively. Wreaths were also laid
on behalf of the Punjab governor and UT Administrator by
Major (retd) Deepak Chaudhry, OSD, Raj Bhavan, on behalf
of the Punjab Rajya Sainik Board by Col R.S. Shergill,
Deputy Director of the board, besides Col P. Datta, CO,
322 AD Regiment and Col D.S. Deol, CO, 28 Rashtriya
Rifles. |
14
year-old boy missing CHANDIGARH, July 14 — Mr S K Pant, a resident of New Colony, Dariya, has lodged a complaint with the police that his 14-year old son is missing since today morning. According to the father, Pankaj Pant, is a class IX student of MDAV School, Sector 22. He reportedly left for school along with his younger brother and sister in an autorickshaw. He was dropped near the school, but he did not go inside, according to the school authorities. He is carrying Rs 500 which was given to him to be deposited for his fees in the morning. He is four and a half feet tall of thin build and is wearing a sky-blue shirt, royal blue trouser and sports shoes. The parents have
expressed their apprehensions that he might have run away
to Mumbai since he is very fond of acting and is a good
dancer. |
Senior
citizens go without pension SAS NAGAR, July 14 — Getting old age pension at regular intervals has been a dream for hundreds of old persons of nearby villages. The Punjab government has allegedly failed to release pension money for about eight months. Under a scheme envisaged by the Punjab government, the Social Welfare Department has been giving Rs 200 as old age pension to each person after his attaining the age of 65 years. But the scheme has ceased to serve the purpose for which it has been formulated. A large number of persons have been going without pension for a couple of months. Enquiries reveal that besides scores of old people from nearby villages, 126 persons of Mattaur village have been devoid of their pension for the last about eight months. Most of the old persons of Sohana, Mattaur and other villages reveal that they have not received their pensions since October last year. Their queries with the state Social Welfare Department have failed to get any satisfactory response. "Whenever we visit the office, they tell us they have no money. Now we have stopped enquiring as we have been left with little hope and money to spend for travelling to district headquarters at Ropar. We are fed up and have left everything to God," says an old man of Mattaur village in a dejected tone. He laments that what is the need for the government to make hollow promises and to formulate policies which cannot be practically implemented by it. He says it is for the first time that the payment has been delayed for such a long period. Ms Maya Devi of Sohana village says she is fed up of covering a distance of about two km on foot to reach the State Bank of India branch at Mattaur, only to listen that as the bank has not received the pension amount, it cannot be extended to beneficiaries. "You can understand how difficult it is for an old woman to walk to another village to be told that there is no money against her pension," she says. She criticises the authorities concerned for their indifferent attitude towards senior citizens. Ms Sumitra Devi, 70, has been left to fend for herself and six of her grandchildren after the death of her son last week. she has not got the so-called social security amount after Diwali. Now her fears are that how she will be able to pull along her large family, especially when she is not getting the meagre money. "Could you please help in getting pension for the widow of my son," she asks. She says in absence of pension and any other source of income, she is running her family by making envelopes. Ms Baljit Kaur, Manger
of State Bank of India, Mattaur branch, which caters to
Mattaur and nearby villages, confirms that old persons
have not been getting their pensions for the amount had
not been released by the department for last seven
months. She claims that these persons are likely to get
their pensions within a day or two as the bank has got
the payment from the department. "We are planning to
pay the amount to pensioners from tommorow," she
adds. |
Traders
donate Rs 2.64 lakh for Kargil CHANDIGARH, July 14 — Members of the Traders Association of Sector 17, have contributed Rs 2.64 lakh towards various funds set up by the government for the benefit of jawans fighting at Kargil. The money has been collected by them from various business establishments in the sector. Cheques for varying amounts, making the total amount, were presented to Lieut-Gen B.S. Malik, Chief of Staff (COS) of the Western Command, at the WC Headquarters, here today. The delegation also urged the COS to forward a list of names of children of martyrs of this region to the association so that they could be provided with scholarships. The General assured them that he would take up the matter and provide them with the requisite information. Teaching staff of Government College, Sector 11, have contributed their one day's salary to the Army Central Welfare Fund, according to Dr S.N. Singla, Principal of the college. Members of the Panchkula Welfare Association, Sector 8, have contributed Rs 52,501 towards the Army Central Welfare Fund, according to Mr H.K. Sharma, General Secretary of the association. Writer's solo effort Members of the Senior Citizens Welfare Society, Sector 21-A and B, have donated Rs 50,000 towards the PM's Relief Fund for the welfare of Kargil jawans. Baij Nath Sharma, a freelance writer, alone collected Rs 10,000 by going door to door in the sector. A cheque for the amount was presented to Mrs Vineeta Rai, Adviser to the Administrator, here today, according to Mr O.P. Sharma, General Secretary of the association. Members of the Kumaon Sanskritik Samiti have collected Rs 3,490 towards the Army Central Welfare Fund for the welfare of Kargil jawans by going door to door, according to Mr Dham Singh, General Secretary of the samiti. Blood donation Members of the International Association of Lions Clubs, in association with the Traders Association, Sector 17, today held a blood donation camp in the sector here today. As many as 250 units of blood was collected. KHARAR Day's salary given Workers, staff members and officers of Kharar Textile Mills, Kharar, a Government of India enterprise here, have sent their one day's wages and salary for the benefit of jawans fighting in the Kargil sector. According to a press note issued here today by Mr N.K. Shriwastwa, Labour Welfare Officer of the mill, a draft for the amount has been sent to the National Security Fund. Also, members of the local Rotary Club have sent Rs 5,100 to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund for the benefit of families of martyrs of the Kargil war. All 'Safai karamcharis',
staff and officers of the Municipal Committee of Kharar
have sent Rs 13,670 towards the Punjab War Heroes Family
Relief Fund today.
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Roadways
staff hold dharna CHANDIGARH, July 14 — Members of the Roadways Karamchari Union, Haryana, staged a dharna-cum-rally against the anti-employee stance of the state government and in support of their demands here today. Protesters from various parts of the state assembled in front of the office of Secretary, Transport, and raised slogans against the government. They demanded that the privatisation of the transport sector by the government had sounded the death knell of public service undertakings in the country. This move was fraught with danger and the ill-effects would be felt in the time to come, they said. Those who addressed the protesters included Mr Pratap Singh Sangwan, Mr Ajit Singh Bagri, Mr R.S. Sidhu, Mr M.L. Sehgal and Mr Dara Singh. The leaders alleged that rickety roadways buses were not being changed as it would affect the plying of more than 45,000 matadors and buses which were being plied illegally all over the state under political protection. This was one of the major reasons behind the continuous losses being suffered by the roadways. Other demands of the protesters were regularisation of daily wage workers, revamping of faulty service rules, confirmation of the employees who had put in 240 days of service, acquisition of 3,000 new buses to replace the fleet of old buses, release of bonus for the past three years and increase in night allowance. It was also resolved
that a state-level rally would be held at Rohtak on
August 22 in case their demands were not met till then. |
552
students get admission CHANDIGARH, July 14 — A total of 383 students were admitted in the humanities stream and 169 students took admission in vocational courses at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 18, the venue for the Class XI admissions in the two faculties, here today. There was chaos at the venue when some students, who had applied afresh, were misguided to believe that their forms had been sent to the schools where they had applied for admission. These anxious students ran to the respective schools, only to discover that their forms were not there and that interviews were being held only at GGSSS in Sector 18. Students having compartment could be seen running around, enquiring whether their admissions were slated for today as most of the schools preferred to avoid students with compartment in the examinations. "If there are seats in the schools when these students are interviewed, they will definitely be accommodated in the school of their choice," an official stated. Ms Rajesh Chaudhary, Principal of the school, said the rush and chaos was primarily due to ignorance of the students about the admission schedule. "All of them choose to come to the school even if they are not scheduled to be interviewed. This is the primary cause of all confusion," she added. Students with marks between 40 per cent and 42.9 per cent would be interviewed in the arts faculty while those with less than 40 per cent would be interviewed in the vocational stream at the school for the remaining seats. The process of
admissions was likely to go on for a few more days since
most of the students applying in these streams were
concentrated in the below 50 per cent category. |
Mangal
Dhillon’s new project CHANDIGARH, July 14 — After the making of the docu-drama titled “Khalsa”, popular actor and serial maker Mangal Dhillon announced the making of another docu-drama, a two-and-a-half film on the “History of the Golden Temple”. While addressing a press conference here today morning he revealed that he intends to complete the project in six months and release it to mark the closing ceremony of the tercentenary celebrations of the birth of the Khalsa. His next venture is to show “Khalsa” in 561 towns and villages of Punjab, which would be a three year project, starting off from Anandpur Sahib. “The audience of Chandigarh will be able to see Khalsa in the first week of August at Tagore Theatre,” he said. He further disclosed that the script for his mega project “Sikh to Singh” was ready, which traces the 300-year old history of Sikhs till date. However, the project would take another seven to eight years. Talking about his latest
passion of involvement in Sikh history he said that he
had lot of other projects, TV serials and films but
expressed satisfaction at his latest project “Noor
Jehan,” a 152-episode TV serial produced by
Cinevista. “I am very excited about playing Akbar in
this serial,” he said. |
Panchkula
gets Internet PCO CHANDIGARH, July 14 — An Internet PCO was inaugurated by Mr Prithipal Singh, Principal General Manager, Telecom, Chandigarh, today at the Telephone Exchange building in Sector 7, Panchkula. Another Internet PCO is already working at the Telephone Exchange building Sector 17, Chandigarh. The PCOs would be manned from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Internet PCO can be used by the public to surf the web by paying Rs 21 for 15 minutes or less, Rs 37 for 30 minutes and Rs 65 for an hour. Maximum one-time booking for two hours is permitted. This time is extended if no other customer is waiting. The customers will not be allowed to use their floppy diskettes to take a backup of their down-loaded files. There is a plan to open
more such Internet PCOs. |
Endless
wait for PU results CHANDIGARH, July 14 — Panjab University has not succeeded in declaring the results of undergraduate and postgraduate classes even though the last day of submission of admission forms is tomorrow. Earlier, the university, keeping this and the demand of various students' organisations in mind, had extended the last date of submission of forms from July 1 to July 15. However, the results are still not out and the situation is as before. Students continue submitting forms for departments and affiliated colleges without the result being out and are uncertain of whether the university will stick to the admission schedule, circulated to colleges and departments. The admissions which were slated to begin on July 14 have been shifted to July 23 and will go on till July 28. However, 'late admission' candidates which are to be granted approval of principals will be held between July 29 and August 3. Admission of those seeking the approval of the Vice-Chancellor are slated to be held between August 4 and 31. Also, according to the schedule, the "on-going classes'' were slated to commence on July 14. This has not happened, whereas, admission of 'new admissions' cases is likely to commence on July 29, which seems impossible considering the flow of results, a university official said. Meanwhile, principals of affiliated colleges are considering granting provisional admission to students of their institutions to get on with the new academic session. "We will grant provisional admission to students of second and third years if the results are unduly delayed. Whatever the circumstances, I can only afford to wait till August 1 for admissions to begin. Beyond that, I will begin the new academic session, result or no result,'' Principal A.C. Vaid of SD College said. Mrs Harjeet Khanna, Principal of Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, says she will take a decision with regard to provisional admission if the declaration of results go beyond a certain date, after taking approval of the university. Principals of government colleges, however, stated that they would not allow provisional admissions even for on-going classes, but would wait for the result to be declared. Dr S.N. Singla, Principal of Government College, Sector 11, said that the admission process for these classes would get underway once the result was declared. "We will give three days to the candidates to apply when the result is declared and carry out admissions within that time.'' The Registrar, Prof Paramjit Singh, said that granting of provisional admissions was not an extraordinary situation. "It has been happening in the university and colleges previously and it can be resorted to, if need be,'' he said. He added that classes in various departments following the semester system would certainly get underway by July 19. In its circular, the
university has also stated that the first academic term
would be from July 14 till September 25, then from
October 10 to December 24, while the third term would be
from January 1 to March 31 next year, totalling 185
teaching days. This, considering the present
circumstances, cannot be followed by the university on
account of delay in declaration of results and beginning
of the new academic session. |
SNIPPETS Former Assistant convicted CHANDIGARH, July 14 — The Special CBI Judge, Mr S.S. Lamba, today convicted D.C. Bajaj, a former Assistant with the Chandigarh Administration, under Section 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Mr Lamba, sentenced Bajaj to two years’ imprisonment, apart from slapping a fine of Rs 2,000. In default of fine, he would undergo a further six months imprisonment. According to the prosecution, Bajaj had demanded Rs 3,000 for getting a “no objection” certificate issued to Mr Inder Singh for seeking a loan. On November 18, 1994, Mr Inder Singh, accompanied by a CBI sleuth, went to meet Bajaj to pay Rs 1,000, a part of the illegal gratification demanded. He was nabbed while taking the money and a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against him. Bajaj (59) has since retired from service. B.Sc (III), MBBS (I) results today CHANDIGARH, July 14 — The results of B.Sc. (General) III year and M.B.B.S. (Final) I year examinations, held by Panjab University in May 1999, will be declared tomorrow, according to a press note issued by the university. The copies of the result gazette will be available at the New Enquiry Building of the university for consultation by the students on all working days. Deaf artist’s salute to
Kargil martyrs CHANDIGARH, July 14 —Manmeet Pal Singh, a deaf and dumb budding artist of the City Beautiful, paid his homage to all the war heroes of Kargil by contributing Rs 5,100 by saving from his sale of paintings. He is the son of a war hero, Lt-Col K.P.S. Mohli (retd) who was in the thick of the Bangladesh war himself. Manmeet has put up six exhibitions in the north, including three exhibitions at Chandigarh. His paintings reveal some suppressed power yearning to find expression which seems when he sits down to paint, his entire being is absorbed in his work. He is no much moved by seeing on television and reading in newspapers about the soldiers fighting and their heroic deed, that he has decided to paint on the Kargil episodes out of his imagination. He has already painted a surrender scene of the Pak army soldiers to the 4 Sikh Regiment in Bangladesh which has a place of pride at the Sikh Regiment Centre, Ramgarh. New Congress Party organises yatra CHANDIGARH, July 14 — Members of the New Congress Party took out a ‘pushpanjali yatra’ through various parts of the city to express solidarity with the jawans fighting in Kargil and pay homage to those who have made the supreme sacrifice. The yatra began from Sector 20, passed through various sectors, villages and colonies before ending at Ram Darbar. People bowed their heads and paid floral tributes, besides raising slogans in favour of the unity of the country and against the “evil” designs of Pakistan. The marchers also expressed their sympathies with the bereaved families. Mr Ram Pal Hans, President of the party, said the administration should raise a memorial for the martyred jawans. He urged the government to provide concessions and ex gratia amount within 15 days of the death of any soldier. Dera Bassi MC vice-chief chosen DERA BASSI, July 14 — After three months of conflicts among municipal councillors of the local Municipal Committee, Mr Brijesh Gandhi was elected its Vice-President for the second consecutive time, here today. The conflicts between councillors could only be solved after an urgent meeting of their's called by Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance Minister of Punjab, just an hour before the scheduled election time. Including the MLA, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, the Municipal Committee of Dera Bassi, has 14 members. Out of these, six are associated with the Congress, four with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the rest with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). According to sources, a lack of understanding had developed between three councillors of the SAD and the four of the BJP on some issues. The angry councillors had also showed their lack of confidence in the leadership of Mr Gandhi. When asked about the delay in the elections, Capt Kanwaljit Singh said that it took some time to solve differences among the councillors. Foreign students meet DPI CHANDIGARH, July 14 — A delegation of the Foreign Students Association met the DPI Colleges, Mr K.A.P. Sinha, regarding the demand for a separate hostel for foreign students. The Assistant General Secretary of the African Students Association of the Chandigarh Chapter, Mr Kisira Moses Daniel, in a statement, said the delegation was told by the DPI Colleges that the Home Secretary had been urged to write to the PGI authorities to get the rooms in the foreign students' hostel in Sector 15, vacated from the PGI doctors residing there. SDM assures help to family KHARAR, July 14 — Mr Amarjit Singh Dhindsa, SDM of Kharar, visited Sekhpur village of Kharar tehsil and shared the grief of the family whose three members were washed away in a river flowing near the village on July 12. Mr Dhindsa said here today that the deceased would be treated as flood affected persons and all type of assistance would be given to the aggrieved family by the administration. Santoshi, her daughter
and grandson were washed away when they tried to cross
the river. Mr Dhindsa said that he had asked officers of
the Drainage Department to repair the causeway and
construct a fence there. He said that he had written to
the department concerned to plan construction of a bridge
over this river. |
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