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School bullies take to violence CHANDIGARH, July 25—It was recess time. Students, with tiffin in hands, ran out of their classes for the much-awaited break. A Class V student, too, ventured out of class to have his share of fun. Only, his idea of fun was different. Spotting the timorous boy of the class, he went straight to him, and after pounding his frail body with punches without reason, drew out a cutter and pointed it threateningly at the boy, half dead with pain, as other students looked on. Later, the boy writhing on the ground with agony, was rushed to the hospital and the bully suspended. This happened a couple of days back. In another incident, a boy selling smack in school, despite being caught red-handed, denied involvement in the matter. His parents were summoned to school immediately but refused to believe their child could be involved. However, when the threat of being given to the police seemed real, the boy in question gave in and disclosed that a man outside the school premises had instructed him to distribute the packets of smack among his class fellows. He was referred to a drug de-addiction centre. Around Divali, a few boys with a desire to get noticed, thought of a novel way. These students planted a powerful bomb in the bathroom. When it exploded, it left behind broken wash basins and slabs along with shattered windows. The boys ran away and other students, partly in awe of their daring act and partly because of what might happen to them, chose to keep mum. For want of evidence, these boys went scot-free. Not reproduced clippings of Hindi movies, these instances are some of the many principals in schools face day after day. The threat of children resorting to violence for entertainment and thrill is for real and is here to stay from the looks of it. The master player in the game is cable television. The invasion of young minds by violence which is omnipresent on numerous channels at the push of a button plays the catalyst. In an effort to imitate their reel-life heroes and to become real-life heroes themselves, students in schools put into action what they see on television. As one wise-crack puts it,"You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it. And, we, the young, love to be popular and so what if it comes for a price ? Muscle-men are ruling the roost everywhere whether it be politics, the silver screen or even a family.'' Principals and teachers perpetually have their thinking caps on and are working on ways and means to curb this growing menace. Mr Karan Singh, Principal, says, "The problem of students indulging in violence is more acute among students at the plus-two level. However, it is slowly trickling to the lower classes and children, with little care for the damage they might do, are going all out to make a statement of sorts and easy access to television channels is the root cause of undoing of society.'' He adds that the heterogeneous group which comes in at the plus-one level, poses the biggest threat since teachers do not know the students in most cases and parents are not willing to accept the wrong-doings of their children. Psychological handling of students is the only possible solution and needs to be deliberated upon. Another Principal, Mr Jagdish Jaiswal, states, "What they see on television is what we get from them. In the situation of shrinking job opportunities, students have lost the will to study. An empty mind is a devil's workshop and dwells on creating mischief. Slowly, these students are plummeting into the depths of squabbles, drugs and despair.'' Also, in a run after material possessions, most parents are losing sight of their responsibility towards children, leaving them at the mercy of friends. Co-education has emerged as another potential aspect of the rising instances of misadventure among students. "To create an impression on the girl students of the class, the boys do not hesitate to 'roll in mud', exchange a couple of blows at the drop of a hat and even pull out weapons they have access to by virtue of their parents' positions,'' a principal contends. Mr Harbir Singh, a teacher in a co-educational school, says, "The large number of students in one class is a deterrent in the way of giving individual attention to each one which results in bullies locking horns once in a while. Also responsible to a great extent for inciting violence and vulgarity among the students is television. With cultural invasion at its peak, very few students are aware of morals and values but are in tune with what is latest on the fashion front or the movies.'' The parents who are liberally giving money to their children to throw their weight around has been ascertained as another cause. "With little to do with that money, these students have lost direction and any difference of opinion is enough for them to see red and they instantly come to blows and hurl out a vitriolic attack,'' opines Mr Ramakant Sharma, a teacher. He also adds that in the absence of opportunities to display their talent, these students resort to destructive ways of displaying their bottled up energy. Teachers in schools contend that their hands are tied with regard to punishment after the Pinki episode which proved the turning point in changing the teacher-taught relationship. "Three teachers were suspended after, Pinki, a student in a government school, committed suicide. With the best intentions, sometimes, our ideas backfire and we are in the soup for no reason,'' a teacher rues. "The other solutions at our disposal are inculcating moral values, requesting parents to spend quality time with their wards and screening their friends while helping children get the right kind of counselling which is essentially lacking in schools," she adds. The DPI Schools, Mr D.S. Saroya, explains, "Principals, teachers and the police need to work in tandem to administer a bitter medicine to make these children understand. The schools must channelise the students' energy towards constructive activities like sports. Since the spread of violence is penetrating to the lower classes, we must put our heads together to deal with the situation.'' He particularly emphasises that it must be made clear to school bullies that they will be accorded punishment for the wrongs they do in spite of their connections and will not be allowed to escape with impunity whatever happens. The Education Secretary,
Mr N.K. Jain, says, "Teachers must deal with the
problem psychologically and parents must believe that the
welfare of the child is at heart when a teacher is being
strict. Teachers, too, must ensure they deal with such
cases sternly while ensuring it does not cause
humiliation to the child. This issue can be discussed at
length at a seminar to work out efficacious solutions, if
need be.'' |
Heavy agenda awaits PU
Syndicate meeting CHANDIGARH, July 25 — The agenda of the next meeting of the Panjab University Syndicate, scheduled for July 30, is probably the heaviest in recent years. It has 116 items on it, including items of the adjourned meeting on May 25. The cause of the adjournment of the last meeting — the issue of termination of services of superannuated persons employed by the university — is on the agenda and is accompanied by justification for their employment. Also cited is the cost the university will have to bear after termination. The issue of appointment of three deans — Dean Student welfare, Dean Foreign Students and Dean Alumni Relations — which has been hanging fire since April, could not be discussed at the last meeting of the sub-committee held on July 15. The Vice-Chancellor had recommended that the previous deans continue for another year. A dispute arose about the presence of the Vice-Chancellor as Chairman at the meeting and the matter was referred to the Syndicate. The new fee structure will be another topic at the meeting. Earlier, a revised fee structure was approved by the Vice-Chancellor in anticipation of approval by the Syndicate. But it had to be kept in abeyance after students' organisations raised a hue and cry about the proposed fee hike under various heads. Also awaiting approval are appointments made by selection committees. There are 52 appointments and promotions — temporary and permanent — of lecturers and readers in various disciplines of the university. These must have the approval of the Syndicate before these are implemented. Following the submission of an inquiry report about allegations against some officials of the university for wrong declaration of result of BA I with respect to five candidates, the matter will be put before the Syndicate. The penalties in the case of the employees will also be decided. Also on the agenda is the issue of granting provisional extension of affiliation to 25 colleges for the first year and four colleges for the second year of BBA and BCA courses. Provisional extension of affiliation, extension of affiliation and permanent affiliation to various colleges will be discussed. The recommendations of the periodic inspection reports of seven colleges will also be taken up. Raising the fee for additional chance given to candidates of BA, BSc and BCom for all three years to clear compartments to Rs 1,000 will be deliberated upon. The recommendations of the Library Advisory Committee regarding revision of fee for duplicate passbook, identity card and reader's ticket from Rs 2 to Rs 20, Rs 2 to Rs 10 and Rs 2 to Rs 5, respectively, will come up for discussion. The establishment of a
centre for environment studies will also be considered.
The recommendations of the committee constituted by the
Vice-Chancellor to suggest measures for augmenting income
from teachers' holiday homes in Shimla and Dalhousie and
the Faculty House on the campus, in view of the growing
expenditure on salaries, electricity and water bills,
will also be taken up. |
Leakage in super flats SAS NAGAR, July 25 — Residents of the Sector 70 MIG Super Flats, constructed by the Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA) are a dejected lot owing to leaking roofs of their houses and and the 'indifferent' attitude of the PUDA authorities towards their complaints. A majority of the houses, particularly the top-floor ones, have been suffering from seepage during rains, since the past six months when their possession was handed over to the allottees. The problem has aggravated to such an extent that some residents have been forced to take corrective measures on their own, as the PUDA authorities failed to do anything to contain the menace of leaking roofs even after a number of complaints. Mr Navin Ahuja of House Number 4602 said the problem of leaking was so acute that his family has to put buckets under the leaking points whenever it rains to stop the water from spilling to other parts of their house. He alleged that initially officials of the PUDA repaired the roof, but later they stopped coming as instead of offering any solution, it aggravated the problem. While alleging that the problem was there even before he took the possession, Mr Ahuja, said that he was fed up of visiting the PUDA office as no one paid heed to his complaints. Ultimately, he got his house repaired by spending money from his own pocket. Mr Swaran, another resident, maintained that water trickles down to his drawing room whenever there are slight showers. "But keeping in view the apathetic attitude of the authorities concerned, I have decided not to lodge any more complaints," he added. The story of the second-floor house of Ms Tirlochan Kaur is not different. "The leaking bathroom has led to tension among us and the people living on the first floor, as though the seepage is the result of a leaking top-floor roof, they think it was some leaking pipe in our bathroom, which was leading to seepage in their house," she added saying that due to the leaking problem they have started using the bathroom as a store. Abhorring PUDA' s attitude towards the problems, she lamented that it seems that they have unnecessarily spent a whopping amount of Rs 7.5 lakh on a house, which has been leaking since day one. Same was the case with
the house of Mr Gurpal Singh as the bathroom of his house
was also leaking profusely when this correspondent
reached the spot. His wife said due to frequent dripping
of water from the roof, costly goods in the adjoining
store have got damaged. Though no senior official of PUDA
was available for comment, the residents held a meeting
here today and decided to adopt a course of agitation if
the PUDA failed to take corrective measures without any
further delay. |
Protests against helmet continue CHANDIGARH, July 25 — Protest rallies by various Sikh organisations against the compulsory wearing of helmets by both women drivers and pillion riders of two-wheelers entered its second week today. A large number of Sikh women on two-wheelers and men took out a procession from the Sector 34 Gurdwara. The procession moved through Sectors 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 23, 22, 21, 20 and 33. The processionists were raising slogans against the Chandigarh Administration demanding immediate withdrawal of the order. They reiterated that all those challaned for not wearing helmets should submit their challan forms at any outlet of the agitating Sikh organisations which will contest the cases in the Court of Law. For the second day today, protesters were stopped from entering Sector 24 as all entry points to the Sector were sealed. Speakers maintained that when Sikhs, including women, had been exempted from wearing helmets in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana, why were they being forced to wear these here. More than 20 Sikh organisations had joined the protest today. Tomorrow a demonstration will be held at the Sector 17 Plaza where members of various women employees unions will also participate. Helmet issue: Jain flayed CHANDIGARH, July 25 — Mr Amrinder Singh and Mr Devinder Singh of the local unit of the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal in a joint statement assailed Mr Satya Pal Jain, member of the dissolved Lok Sabha, for his continuos silence on the helmet issue agitating Sikh masses. They reminded Mr Jain that he had won twice from Chandigarh with the support of Sikh voters and his failure to take up the issue with the Chandigarh Administration had fully exposed his double standards. They condemned the attack on innocent women by the activists of the Shiromani Akali Dal near the Sector 22 intersection this afternoon. "The attack was an act of cowardice and exposes the true face of the SAD which is the ruling group in Punjab and is in alliance with the BJP at the Centre,'' they said They appealed to the
Chandigarh Administration to defer the challaning till
the pendency of the writ petition filed in the Punjab and
Haryana High Court here. |
BJP nominees on Aug 2, 3 CHANDIGARH, July 25— The BJP central election committee will meet in New Delhi on August 2 and 3 to decide party candidates across the country for the ensuing Lok Sabha poll. Addressing a press conference here today, BJP Vice-President Krishan Lal Sharma said the party high command had directed all its state units to reach New Delhi with the lists of probable candidates on August 1. Reiterating that the BJP would abide by the common manifesto of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) instead of having its own manifesto, he clarified that no precondition of any party, which wished to join the NDA, would be entertained. The final decision to get the breakaway Janata Dal into the NDA fold would soon be decided by the coordination committee of the BJP and its allies, he said while responding to a querry. Mr Sharma said that stability and performance of the Atal Behari Vajpayee government would be the main poll issues of the BJP. “A stable government with a firm and capable Prime Minister would be the slogan of the BJP,” he added. He expressed confidence that the next government at the Centre would be formed by the BJP and its allies. Mr Sharma criticised the Congress and the Left parties for their “negative role” throughout the Kargil operation. “Pakistan has been isolated at the international level and the Congress and the Leftists at the national level,” he said. Asked whether the BJP would join the Chautala government in Haryana, he said a final decision on it would soon be taken by the party high command. Talking about
seat-sharing in Punjab, he made it clear that the
Jalandhar seat belonged to the Akalis and his party had
no differences with the Akali Dal regarding seat
adjustments. |
Gurdwara honours war heroes'
families CHANDIGARH, July 25 — A special function and kirtan darbar were organised for the Kargil heroes by Gurdwara Sri Guru Teg Bahadur, Sector 34, Chandigarh, in association with the Guru Granth Sahib Sewa Society at the gurdwara last evening. Bhai Jasbir Singh Khalsa specially participated in the programme. Homage was paid to the martyrs by the sangat. Cutting across barriers of religion and caste, 14 families of heroes of the region were also honoured by giving them financial help. The emotion-packed speeches brought tears to the eyes of women as the ardas prayed that the Almighty give the families of martyrs strength to bear the loss. The heroes honoured were
Maj. Haminder Pal Singh, L/Naik Maluk Chand, Hav. Tarsem
Singh, Hav. Bikram Singh, Sep. Gurpinder Singh, Sub.
Kuldeep Singh, L/Naik Narata Ram, Sep. Jaswinder Singh,
Cap. Amol Kalia, Sep Gopal Singh, Maj Sandeep Sagar,
Depty Com Joy Lall, Sep Manjit Singh and L/Naik Gurmail
Singh. |
Villagers in piquant situation ZIRAKPUR, July 25 — Residents of seven villages that form the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat are in a quandary because of the Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952, which hangs over their heads like the Damocles' sword. They are not given power connections in spite of an assurance of Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance Minister, Punjab, at a function on May 22 that these problems of the villagers would be solved. But the problems of the residents have multiplied manifold since the formation of the Nagar Panchayat. The authorities of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) are not sanctioning power connections to residents of these villages and the Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA) has failed to regularise the constructions of their houses. The residents of the seven villages — Zirakpur, Bartana, Lohgarh, Himmatgarh, Bishangarh, Biahanpura and Dhakoli — which were merged to form the Nagar Panchayat, still are not given power connections for domestic and commercial purposes by the Electricity Department as per the directions of the state government. They complain that though the basic purpose of forming the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat was to provide shelter to the residents of the villages, yet no progress has been made in this regard and the hazards of the Periphery Act remain the same. The residents thus feel cheated by the leaders who made tall promises to provide them with security against PUDA's bulldozers. The authorities of the Electricity Department often turn down their applications for power connections in the absence of a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the PUDA authorities, which refuses to issue these certificates for domestic or for commercial power connections, saying they have no such instructions. While PUDA has not made its policy about the Periphery Act clear as far as the Nagar Panchayat is concerned, a number of property dealers continue to sell plots at inflated rates. The Revenue Department has registered about 600 small and big plots since the announcement made by the Finance Minister in May. Mr Surjit Singh, Administrator, Nagar Panchayat, says that the release of power connections is the job of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB). The Nagar Panchayat is in contact with PUDA with regard to the issue of NOCs for the grant of power connections. It has also asked PUDA to list detailed instructions in this regard. Mr Hardev Singh, General
Manager (Regulatory), PUDA, refused to comment on the
issue, while Mr Dipinder Singh, Additional Chief
Administrator, PUDA, was not available for comments. |
PWD removes hoardings on
highways LALRU, July 25 — The Punjab Public Works Department, PWD (B and R) has removed hundreds of big and small hoardings, sign boards and other boards displaying commercial advertisements along the four national highways in Punjab and Chandigarh as per the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. More than 95 hoardings and sign boards within a distance of minimum 31m from the edges on both sides of National Highway-22 were removed near Panchkula to Jharmari village on the Haryana border. Headed by the Deputy Executive Engineer, Mr K.S. Bhinder, the enforcement team which was assigned the Kalka-Ambala highway, removed 32 big and 63 small sign boards from Zirakpur to Jharmari village on the Haryana border, covering a stretch of 30 km, excluding 17 advertisement hoardings on private buildings in Zirakpur town, which were owned by private advertising agencies. Out of these, four were pulled down till late in the evening. The department has directed the owners of these 14 hoardings to remove these from the private buildings otherwise a first information report (FIR) would by filed with the local police against them, said Mr Bhinder. Besides hoarding and sign boards, the enforcement team also removed unauthorised structures and some tents pitched on departmental land along the highway. Some of the private agencies removed their sign boards themselves while a few were seen arguing with members of enforcement team in Lalru and Lahali villages. Four enforcement teams of PWD employees along with JVC machines and trucks were put in to operation on the Chandigarh-Rajpura National Highway, Chandigarh-Ropar National Highway up to Kurali, Chandigarh-Ludhiana National Highway up to Khamano and Kalka-Ambala National Highway up to Jharmari village, by the Superintending Engineer, Mr C.J. Lal on July 23. The department also removed 45 small and nine big hoardings on the Chandigarh-Rajpura National highway-64. The hoardings of Khalsa tercentenary celebrations were not removed as per the directions of the Punjab Government, according to Mr J.S. Jhaj, Executive Engineer. According to sources, the enforcement teams would again check hoardings tomorrow and the remaining hoardings would be removed tomorrow. The department also
removed 65 big and small hoardings at Kharar and Kurali
on NH-21. Besides, 50 big and small hoardings on the
Chandigarh-Ludhiana up to Khamano were also removed,
according to Mr S.L. Gupta, SDO. |
'People's power needed' CHANDIGARH, July 25 — A former President of the all-India Sarv Seva Sangh, Mr Yashpal Mittal, has stressed the need for setting up a society for equals where the power rested with the people and not with the rulers. Delivering a talk on "Gandhiji and empowerment of the people" at Lajpat Rai Bhavan here today, Mr Mittal referred to Gandhiji's last resolution which wanted seven lakh "lok sevaks" to work in seven lakh villages of India and Pakistan. The ultimate decision-making should lie with the "lok sevaks". He wanted the people's power as an alternative to the state power. to achieve this, he wanted to dissolve the Congress and convert it into the Lok Sevak Sangh which would work for the education and awareness of the people. Gandhiji wanted these "lok sevaks" to be people's servants with faith in God and truth and transparent in money matters and devoted to the education and service of the people. Mr Shadi Lal Malhotra, former Chairman of the Department of Gandhian Studies of Panjab University, wanted a proper direction to be given to the people's movement and for that he wanted an institutional framework to be built up so that the rule of the few was replaced by the rule of the people. Mr Onkar Chand, Secretary of the Servants of the People Society, pleaded for more powers to the village-level institutions through a constitutional amendment. The convener of the Jan
Shakti, Dr P.P. Arya, wanted Gandhiji's ideas of swaraj
and sarvodaya to be implemented in their true sense for
the Indian masses. |
Seats offered to war widows CHANDIGARH, July 25 — The Principal of Dev Samaj College, Sector 45, Ms Vimal Bhargava, has offered seats in undergraduate courses run by the college to widows and wards of defence personnel who laid down their lives in Kargil, free of cost. She has also offered to admit candidates to the vocational courses run by the college at the polytechnic. Besides, Mr Surinder Bhabhoo, Chairman of "We Care", and Mr Brij Khanna of SP Gupta Group of Companies today donated Rs 2 lakh to Lieut-Gen B.S.Malik of the Westerrn Command for the Army Central Welfare Fund. The staff and students
of Kendriya Vidyalaya No 3, New cantonment, Amritsar,
have donated Rs 10,000 for the Army Central Welfare Fund. |
Tubewells fail to solve water
problem PANCHKULA, July 25 — In spite of the public health wing of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) operating at least 70 deep bore tubewells to meet the water requirements of the township, complaints of low water pressure continue to pour in. Residents say water does not reach the second and third floors. The problem is compounded when the water supply fails due to announced power cuts. Most of the deep bore tubewells are dependent on power and there is not any stand-by arrangement to run these. Mr Ashutosh, a government employee living on the third floor of a house in Sector 10 here, said that at times he had to fetch water from the ground floor. Residents feel that the problem of low water pressure had compounded after the public health department started direct supply of water from tubewells, bored over the years in different pockets to meet the requirements of the fast developing township. Another reason for the problem, according to sources, was due to laying of plastic pipes in certain sectors. Fear of pipes bursting due to a high water pressure forced it to remain low — a fact denied by the officials of the public health department. The Citizens Welfare Association has urged HUDA to add more overhead tanks-cum-boosting stations to solve the problem of low water pressure. Mr S.K.Nayar of the association said the problem had surfaced after the department started to pump water directly from the tubewells. The overhead tanks ensure proper water pressure at the tail-end. At present, there are only three boosting stations — in Sector 1, 8 and Industrial Area, Phase-I. The problem of low water pressure is more acute in the area where the water has to be pumped against the natural gradient. Another problem faced by residents in some areas was muddy water supply. Mr Mukesh Mittal of Sector 16 complained that muddy water came in the taps for a short while when the water supply starts. Doctors living in the residential quarters in the Sector 6 General Hospital have also complained of muddy water supply. Leakages in the supply lines at different points resulted in sucking of mud and other unwanted matter when the supply lines are dry. When supply starts the mud mixes with water. Besides, residents have
demanded uninterrupted power supply to the tubewells.
Though a separate feeder line for the tubewells exist,
power failures make the things worse. Installing stand-by
generator sets at all tubewells has been demanded by
residents. |
Modular training for engineers
stressed CHANDIGARH, July 25 — Dr R.C. Chauhan, Director of the Sant Langowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET), has emphasised the need for modular training for the engineers at all levels. Delivering the third Autar Singh Sekhon memorial lecture at the Institution of Engineers in Sector 19 here today, Dr Chauhan said continuos update of the technical education was a must for the engineers. Stressing the need for ethics in working, Dr Chauhan said the R&D should minimise costs so that better and cheaper goods could be produced. A former Punjab Chief Engineer (Irrigation), Mr Harbans Singh, while pleading for sincerity in work, wanted the engineers to fight corruption at all levels since they were technical persons. Mr R.S. Gill, a renowned engineer, who urged the participants to observe a two-minute silence to pay respects to the Kargil martyrs, spoke on competence in the educators and students. Mr Jagman Singh, a close associate of Sekhon, gave a brief sketch of the former Chief Engineer of Punjab in whose memory the lecture had been instituted. Mr G.S. Bachhal,
President of the Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Chapter
of the Institution of Engineers, welcomed the guests. Dr
S.C. Sharma, Secretary, presented a vote of thanks. |
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Charges framed
against four According to the charge sheet, Surinder Nindra, a Naya Gaon-based property dealer, Mahl Singh, a resident of Fazilka, Devinder Singh and Ajit Singh, both residents of Naya Gaon and Karoran, cheated Rajwinder Kaur, wife of a late Brigadier, who had sold 17 marlas of land to the four. The four allegedly forged the sale deed showing that the lady had sold five kanals 17 marlas and not 17 marlas only. They also induced her to deliver the possession of the land for which they were booked by the SAS Nagar police on December 12,1996, under Sections 420, 467, 471 and 120-B of the IPC. Lions Club adopts 61 students Mr Jasbir Ralhan, the induction officer, who conducted the induction ceremony, administered the oath to a number of new members. Mr Ralhan said the tradition and values of the organisation, which was serving people in more than one ways, should be upheld by each member. Mr N.K. Grover, installation officer, said ''Lionism'' was nothing but a feeling of love and compassion towards the fellow beings. Mr J. S. Bhatia, the newly elected President of the club, listed various social welfare activities undertaken by the club in the past. Earlier, Mr Bhatia was facilitated by members. The club also decided to adopt as many as 61 school children of Daddu Majra village to whom the club will provide fees, stationery for the ongoing academic session. Villagers want road repair Big potholes on the road, lament villagers, have remained unattended for the past several months. During rains the problem for the road users compounds. Parts of another road constructed along the village phirni has started sinking. The road constructed by the PWD three months ago at a cost of Rs 3 lakh has not laid as per the procedure, allege the villagers. Instead of constructing open drains on both sides of the road to carry rain water, the PWD constructed curve channels, which is proving to be insufficient to carry the rain water. Demanding repair of the road immediately, Mr Gursewak Singh, a resident of the village, said the village road served as a bypass for the people coming to Panchkula from the northern sectors of Chandigarh. Villagers' other demands
include a tubewell in the village and raising of a wall
of the government school. |
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