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City slum areas susceptible to
weather-related diseases
Chandigarh, July 31
With the Municipal Corporation (MC) failing to clear slush and filth even as the monsoon continues in its full form, close on the heels of diarrhoea and cholera cases in the city, viral diseases, dengue, malaria, Japanese encephalitis and other hygiene-related diseases stare the city slums and villages.
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| Filth and unhygienic conditions prevail in the Sector 25 Kumhar Colony of Chandigarh.
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IN FOCUS
New hope for slum children
Panchkula
The company of books is giving new meaning to the lives of Panchkula’s slum children who relish attending evening classes in Hansraj Public School in Sector 6.
FAUJI BEAT
Air Force pilots have low stress
level
Chandigarh
An in-house IAF study, has revealed that stress levels among aircrew is low, but it has cautioned that this situation can be dangerous. “This could lead to a false sense of security as even a single mistake while flying could end in a disaster,” says the study, conducted under the aegis of the IAF’s Institute of Aviation Medicine.
Create market-oriented designs:
Annie
Chandigarh, July 31
A former Femina Miss India-World Annie Thomas urged the aspiring designers to be focussed and create market-oriented designs, while inaugurating the School of Art and Fashion Technology (
SAFT) in Sector 44 here today.
Annie Thomas, a former Femina Miss India-World, signs autographs after inaugurating the School of Art and Fashion Technology in Sector 44, Chandigarh, on Tuesday.
— Photo Pankaj Sharma
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New post office
soon
Chandigarh, July 31
Residents of Modern Housing Complex of Mani Majra will soon have a post office in their area. They had approached various authorities with the demand for this much-needed service.
Independent status for Chandigarh
sought
Chandigarh , July 31
Chandigarh should be given the status of an independent and permanent Union Territory while Punjab and Haryana should be asked to build their respective capitals thus relinquishing their claim on Chandigarh.
Sec 29 traders stage
dharna
Chandigarh, July 31
A scuffle between traders and MC staff removing encroachments in Sector 29- D market this afternoon led to the angry traders staging a dharna in front of the Industrial Area police station. They were protesting against the “high- handed attitude “ of the enforcement staff of the MC.
Gen Shergill
retires
Chandigarh, July 31
Lt-Gen M.S. Shergill, Director-General, Mechanised Forces, retired today.
Major-Gen Awasthy retires
Chandigarh, July 31
Punjab Regiment officers bade farewell to the Colonel of the regiment, Major Gen S .K. Awasthy, who retired today after putting in 38 years of service.
Residents plant saplings
Panchkula, July 31
Residents of the New Kuteer Group Housing Society, Sector 5, Mansa Devi Complex, launched a sapling plantation drive under the aegis of the horticulture wing of the Haryana Urban Development Authority, Panchkula, on July 30. About 58 saplings were planted along the roadside.
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