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| Sunday, December 3, 2000, Chandigarh, India |
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Sports day at St John’s CHANDIGARH, Dec 2 — Rubal Soni, of Class VI was adjudged the best athlete in under-12 section, on the basis of his performance in high jump and long jump, in the annual sports day and drill display of St John’s High School, Sector 26, here today. Vishal Jhatta, a Class IV student, excelled in cross country, 100 metres, 200 metres and long jump in under-12 section. Others who were chosen best athlete in various sections were: under-12 — Aditya Malhotra (100m, 200m); under-14 — Abhinav Singla (100m, 400m, 200m, long jump); Suraj PS Bajwa (shot put, discus throw, cycle race, high jump); under-16 — Aditya K Sharma (1500m, 200m, 400m, cross country, long jump). Badminton tourney Basketball meet |
Census duty staff yet to get paid Chandigarh,
Dec 2 — Even as census training is scheduled to start on December 5, about 2,000 UT employees who participated in the house listing process in April are yet to be paid their honorarium. Each of the employees of various UT departments were to be paid Rs 700, but have , so far, been paid only Rs 400. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs , in its letter in January this year, fixed Rs 700 as the payment for house listing. In the first week of September, the employees were paid Rs 400 each and were promised that the remaining sum would be paid within 10 days, but no money has been given since. The money has been sanctioned and sent to the Chandigarh Administration, but is not being passed on, allege employees. They are to get Rs 1,500 for performing the second round of census duty. |
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READERS WRITE I have read with interest the letter “Who cares for pensioners” (The Tribune, Nov 16). I would like to bring to your notice the plight of non-pensioners also. Those who have retired from Panjab University are being treated with indifference and neglect by the authorities concerned. They had been contributing to the CPF throughout their service, but little has been done to compensate them. They continue to await justice in the matter of their salaries, P.F. contributions and retirement benefits. In 1993, the PU did formulate a pension scheme, but it was not implemented for reasons unknown. Several other universities whose employees are governed by similar rules and regulations have introduced pension schemes. Neither the courts nor the Union Human Resources Development Ministry have shown any interest in resolving this problem. A new pension scheme formulated by the PU, excludes all employees who retired before 1998. This scheme has yet to receive the final approval of the HRD Ministry. If approved, it will be an injustice to those who are not covered under this scheme who are all above 63. TRILOCHAN SINGH MAINGI Mohali traffic Built on the lines of Chandigarh, the township of Mohali offers a free field to devils on wheels. The drivers have scant respect of road manners. This will be evident to any one who cares to spend a few moments at the bus stand-PUNCOM-Industrial Area main road. The traffic police is conspicuous by its absence and even if a policeman is there he is seen sitting near a rehri and is not bothered by violations of traffic rules such as red light jumping etc. Unless you run over somebody, you do not have to fear the law. At times, the policemen give you a surprised look if you stop at the traffic lights. The motorists are often on the wrong side of the road driving at break-neck speed. One wonders why there are so few accidents. The police has the standard explanation of not having adequate man power. But does the state not have the responsibility to protect the lives of the citizens on the roads? If the police starts
challenging all offending drivers, especially the bus drivers, the problem can be solved. RAJDEEP SINGH Traffic cops Air pollution levels in Chandigarh are crossing all limits. The major source of this pollution is the vast number of vehicles on the city’s roads. We have more than 5,50,000 vehicles in an area inhabited by 10 lakh persons. And nearly 200 new vehicles are added to this number every day. The result is an enormous increase in noise and air pollution, vehicular traffic and the number of accidents and accident deaths, traffic jams and parking problems. In this situation, the health and fitness of the traffic policemen posted at roads and crossings to man this burgeoning traffic needs special attention. They stand in a polluted atmosphere for hours, without any protection. It has become imperative that Chandigarh Police like the Delhi Police should provide face masks to policemen on traffic duty to protect them from the effects of polluted air. The practice of deploying school children for managing traffic should be abandoned. PARMOD SHARMA Water meters All residents of the Modern Housing Complex, Manimajra, have purchased water meters and installed them in their flats. Still the Municipal Corporation is collecting water meter rent from them. This is the obviously wrong and also against the rules. The Administrator should direct the authorities concerned to stop this wrong practice. RAVI SABHARWAL |
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