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Question your councillor The five-year term of the Municipal Corporation is drawing to a close. It is time for
stock-taking.What did the councillors promise at the time of elections? And, what has been their performance? Have they been able to deliver? Have they been able to come up to your expectations? Today, we publish third interview in the series Interactive in which a councillor has been questioned as regards his promises vs performance. You are invited to question your councillor by 8 p.m. on Wednesday either through e-mail:
question_tribune@yahoo.com or at phone number 680345 for one-and-a-half minutes of recording on the Tribune interactive voice response system
(IVRS).
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INTERACTIVE
‘I am satisfied with my performance’
Chandigarh, August 5
Mr Des Raj Tandon, Councillor of Ward Number 3, is leader of the BJP-SAD combine in the House. Mr Tandon is one of the seniormost party leaders who came into politics through the Jana Sangh, the
earlier `avatar’ of the BJP and was Senior Deputy Mayor of the Municipal Corporation last year. In his election manifesto, he had resolved to be easily accessible to the people. Looking back, he feels he has been able to honour his commitment.
STATE OF ROADS
Road even pedestrians prefer to avoid
Chandigarh, August 5
The persistent rains during the monsoon have further damaged majority of the internal and external roads of Sector 45. In fact, the condition of the V-3 road separating Sectors 44 and 45 and Sectors 44-C and 45-D have deteriorated to such an extent that a part of this road has almost vanished at the T-junction before it meets the outer Dakshin Marg.
NRIs in Punjab “not secure”
SAS Nagar, August 5
The Indian Overseas Youth Congress, UK, and Europe, has said that the families of NRIs living in Punjab are not secure and have a grievance against the state government in this regard.
150 alcoholics attend meeting
Chandigarh, August 5
The Disha Group of Alcoholics Anonymous organised a special meeting of its members at the Sector 10 Museum and Art gallery today to celebrate its second anniversary. About 150 members and their families attended the meeting where they were introduced to those who had joined them today itself.
Minister grants Rs 21,000 to yoga sabha
Chandigarh, August 5
Yoga is a panacea for body and mind. It could keep the mental balance perfect and body resistant to many ailments, provided it is practiced under the supervision of an able yoga practioner, said Prof M. Lal, a yoga exponent, here today.
Residents serve ultimatum on Admn
Chandigarh, August 5
A meeting of the Chandigarh Housing Board Residents Federation (CHBRF) here yesterday served a month’s ultimatum to the Chandigarh Administration to implement its major demands, including delinking the issue of regularisation of alterations, and warned that if it was not done, its struggle would intensify.
 A project inspired by peace
Chandigarh, August 5
The road to peace has never been easy, but here is something which offers the much-required guidance on how to take it. Life Positive magazine, the dream project of Parveen Chopra, who left mainstream journalism to pursue a deeper cause in life, has now been around for five years, with a promise of hope and peace to its readers.
Panchkula needs pepping up
Panchkula, August 5
Evenings in the city are not a classy affair which one would expect in the city often referred to as the Paris of India. Bereft of rollicking music, clicking of glasses and neon lights, the city leaves little for residents to do after sunset.
Iskcon extends “jhoolan yatra”
Chandigarh, August 5
The local unit of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness ( ISKCON) today organised a nagar kirtan programme at Panchkula as a part of Janamashtami celebrations.
Strange are the ways of the Chandigarh Housing Board(CHB). While it provides a particular facility to certain allottees, the same facility is denied to other allottees belonging to the same category.
A case in point is the “faulty” design of the LIG flats in Sector 44-C. While the board has provided garages to the first floor and second floor and corner ground floor allottees, the other ground floor allottees are not that lucky. |
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Nothing will happen
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Green action plan
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Exhibition
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Now buffets in open
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ID gift
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A wet experience
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“Khula darbar”
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Telecom blues
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Headless
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Road to nowhere
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Posted out
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