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Official support lacking: Nek Chand
Setting up of aquarium in Rock Garden
SAS Nagar, June 14
Officialdom often comes in the way of creativity and plans for Rock Garden-type projects in places outside Chandigarh usually go up in smoke, Nek Chand said here today.
Nek Chand, Creator — Director of the Rock Garden in Chandigarh, said the Punjab Government had at one time proposed the setting up of a similar garden at SAS Nagar for which the site had also been selected.
BHANKHARPUR OVERBRIDGE
Traffic woes far from over
Dera Bassi, June 14
The construction of the railway over bridge on the busy Chandigarh-Ambala highway at Bhankharpur level crossing has adversely affected the vehicular traffic headed towards Ramgarh-Panchkula and Shimla from Ambala.
Joint operations by police to check tribal gangs
Panchkula, June 14
Summers mean a busy time for the local police and its counterparts in Chandigarh, Kharar and Zirakpur, with apprehensions of “criminal tribes” from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and parts of Haryana surrounding Rajasthan heading for the region. The four police departments have now started joint operations to keep the gangs with criminal intent at bay.
All kids, no parents
gets the party going
Chandigarh, June 14
Strictly for kids, adults not allowed — the message cannot be seen on the entrance to venues for all-children parties but the presence of all kids and no parents makes it evident that so many birthday bashes being thrown by the tiny tots all over the city are not meant for daddies and mummies.
Residents’ plea to Jacob
Chandigarh, June 14
Impatient at the delay in development and maintenance works being undertaken by the Municipal Corporation and with the monsoons approach residents of, Sectors 34 and 40 have asked the UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), and his Adviser, Ms Neeru Nanda, to intervene in the matter and get their grievances redressed.
Crippled yet fighting for a cause
SAS Nagar, June 14
Getting confined to a wheelchair for the past 10 years following a crippling terrorist attack has not discouraged Harpal Singh from thinking for others. He is a man living for a cause despite his condition.
Literary treat for Naipaul
admirers
Chandigarh, June 14
The British Council Library has a literary treat in store for Chandigarhians. A pictorial retrospective on Nobel Laureate Sir V.S. Naipaul, conceived and curated by Shoma Chaudhury, Literary Editor of Tehelka.com, will soon be displayed for public viewing at the library hall in Sector 8 on the first week of July.
Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom day observed
Chandigarh, June 14
The martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev was observed with religious fervour in the city today.
Sweetened water and ‘prasad’ was distributed in various “chhabeels” organised in different parts of the city .
Rain and storm that lashed the city on Friday afternoon failed to dampen the spirits of volunteers offering sweetened milk at chhabeels set up on the occasion of Guru Arjan Dev’s martyrdom day.
— A Tribune photograph |
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Implement court
order, say retd officers
Chandigarh, June 14
The Haryana Government Retired Officers Welfare Association, in a press note issued here yesterday, urged the state government to ensure the implementation of different rules and court rules in letter and spirit so that retired employees were not harassed at the fag-end of their life.
Awareness camp concludes
Chandigarh, June 14
The Indian Council of Social Welfare, Chandigarh Chapter, organised an awareness generation camp at Dhanas for rural women from June 6 to June 13.
The Director, SOSVA, Mr P.H. Vaishnav, was the chief guest. He lauded the efforts made by the ICSW for organising such camps.
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