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Upward revision of water tariff on the cards
Chandigarh residents to pay Rs 11 crore per annum
Chandigarh, July 10
The Municipal Corporation proposes an upward revision of water tariff in the city. The water tariff was last revised in June, 2000. The revenue earned from the existing water tariff is outstripped by expenditure. The direct expenditure and revenue figures reveal a shortfall (deficit) of Rs 16.4 crore in 2000-01 and Rs 17 crore in 2001-02.

Admission to distance education courses

Chandigarh, July 10 While admissions for regular classes at Panjab University and affiliated colleges are underway, the university has fixed September 30 as the last date of admission to the Correspondence Studies courses for the forthcoming academic session (2002-2003).

Students discuss details of the entrance test for admission to the English Department at Panjab University, Chandigarh, on Wednesday. — Tribune photo Pankaj Sharma

illegal construction
MC slaps Rs 12 lakh fine on engineering college
Dera Bassi, July 10
The local municipal council has slapped a penalty of Rs 12,15,100 on the Sukhmani Institute of Engineering and Technology for constructing buildings without official approval on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway near here.

TROUBLE IN CRUSHER ZONE
Sprinklers sans water fail to settle stone dust
Burj Kotian, July 10
Water scarcity in the district has had an unprecedented fall out. Water-starved sprinklers have led to unhealthy increase in the level of Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) here. It is learnt that most of the stone crushers in the district, including those in the crusher zone here, are unable to use water sprinklers in order to settle down the dust. 

Top commercial area lacks basic facilities Chandigarh, July 10 Unkempt roads, no streetlights, little space to park vehicles and complete chaos. Welcome to famous “hotel-line” of Sector 35 where the Chandigarh Administration’s dream of promoting tourism lies shattered.

Bad roads and congestion are bane of Sector 35, where it is increasingly becoming difficult to park vehicles. — Tribune photos Parvesh Chauhan

FILING OF RETURNS
PAN application must for new assessees
Chandigarh, July 10
New assessees may file their returns without a Permanent Account Number (PAN) but the existing assesses will be informed about the status of their PAN application at the spot while filing their returns. For new assessees the application for PAN was mandatory.

COMMUNITY

Stone of sewage treatment plant laid Chandigarh, July 10 The UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), here today laid the foundation stone of a Rs 4.5-crore sewage treatment plant in Raipur Kalan with a capacity to treat 5 mgd affluents. Mr V.K. Bhardwaj, Chief Engineer, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh, explains the functioning of the proposed 5MGD sewage treatment plant to the Punjab Governor and U T Administrator, Lt-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), before the Governor laid the foundation stone of the plant at Raipur Kalan on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph.

Ram Darbar residents rue poor water supply
Chandigarh, July 10
Women and children of Ram Darbar here today staged a sit-in strike in front of Mayor Lalit Joshi’s office, protesting against insufficient supply of drinking water for the past eight months.

Police Lines — a graveyard of unclaimed vehicles
Chandigarh, July 10
The Chandigarh Police is finding it hard to dispose of unclaimed vehicles decaying at Traffic Police Lines in Sector 29 here. The number of two-wheelers alone stands at around 300. The parking of the vehicles, including the autorickshaws and four-wheelers, is posing problems. 

Power failure hits BSNL cash collection
Chandigarh, July 10
One may not believe that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, the telecom giant which is going to launch mobile services in the region soon, has not made adequate arrangements even to collect cash bills from telephone subscribers at the Sector 34 exchange and other offices in the city. In case of power breakdown, which is too frequent these days, the BSNL has no sufficient back -up facility to run the computer network.

Computer chip with bluetooth technology developed
Chandigarh, July 10
Local lad Jatinder Grewal claims to have made his very own chip, which incorporates the latest bluetooth technology. The chip can be installed in a number of things. To demonstrate the flexibility and power of this chip he claims to have developed two bluetooth gadgets, which can “wirelessly communicate”.

Tension over running school on temple premises
Chandigarh, July 10
Tension prevailed at Dadumajra village for several hours here today over running of a school on a temple premises. The persons running the school, however, maintained that they had legal permission to run the school in the temple while the opposite party consisting of market associations and others wanted the school to be shut.

An example in inhospitality
Chandigarh
News of a new bar opening in a restaurant should come as a pleasant one for Bacchus lovers and they would be expected to throng the joint with great expectations of getting some good premium brands as also cocktails.

‘Install statue of first Defence Minister’
Chandigarh, July 10
The World Sikh Intellectual Council urged the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, here today to get a statue of first Defence Minister Baldev Singh, installed at the Army headquarters and to released a postal stamp to commemorate his centenary.

Wadhwa’s office gheraoed
Panchkula, July 10
Irate residents of Madrasi Colony in Sector 23 today gheraoed the office of the Chief Administrator of HUDA, Mr N.C. Wadhwa, in protest against the demolition drive in the colony a few days ago.

CRIME

Goods worth Rs 70,000 stolen
SAS Nagar, July 10
Goods worth Rs 70,000 were stolen from a spare parts shop, Harjit Motors, in Industrial Area here late last night. The thieves broke into the shop through the ceiling and took away a large number of spare parts from the shop, besides some cash.

Foul play suspected in man’s death
Chandigarh, July 10
Phool Chand (20), a resident of Mauli Jagran, had died allegedly of excessive beating by his employer on July 4. However, the police allegedly did not take prompt action even after a complaint was lodged at the police post of the area. The body of the victim was taken to his native place in Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh, where a case of murder under Section 302 of the IPC was registered after performing a post-mortem on the body.

2 girls held for immoral trafficking
Chandigarh, July 10
In its campaign against flesh trade in the city, the UT police today arrested two more girls for immoral trafficking from Sector 41, this evening.

BUSINESS

Local brands of goods have not given up hope
Chandigarh, July 10
When the domestic and international brands in all durable goods market have replaced the local manufactures through attractive finance schemes and advertising campaigns, some of the local companies, manufacturing assembled air-conditioners are still trying to give a hard competition to the emerging leaders.

EDUCATION

Meritorious students given prizes

Chandigarh, July 10 The students of the Central Institute of Engineering and Vocational Studies, Sector 35, secured 100 per cent pass percentage in the first semester examination conducted by the Punjab Technical University recently. Members of the faculty of the Central Institute of Engineering and Vocational Studies, Sector 35, Chandigarh, with meritorious students at the institute on Wednesday.

PLUS ONE ADMISSIONS
Commerce hot favourite of students
Chandigarh, July 10
The commerce stream remained the hot favourite of students at the venue of centralised admissions for the plus one at GMSSS-23, here today.

Students get airline training diplomas
Chandigarh, July 10
An upcoming airlines management training institute, Flying Angels, in Sector 35, awarded diplomas to its first batch of trainees at a function held on the institute premises, here today.

• PU to start new course

• PU orientation course

• Rally by PU employees
  

HIGH COURT
SP told to register case against 3 cops
Chandigarh, July 10
Just over six years after a Lalru resident was allegedly tortured to death by the police in an attempt to make him confess a crime he had never committed, Mr Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed Haryana’s Superintendent of Police (Crime) to register a criminal case against two Inspectors and an Assistant Sub-Inspector.

• Family pension

Lawyers complain of corrupt practices
Kharar, July 10
A deputation of local lawyers led by Mr Amrik Singh Baidwan, senior advocate, met Mr Sukhwinder Singh Gill, SDM, Kharar, yesterday and apprised him of prevailing corruption in the tehsil complex. They demanded action against erring employees. Amongh others Mr Natrajan Kaushal, Mr Darshan Dhaliwal, Mr Avtar Singh Dhanoa, Mr Iqbal Singh Todermajra and Mr Vijesh Chaudhry were present.

One remanded in judicial custody
Kharar, July 10
Mr Roshan Lal Chouhan, Judicial Magistrate, Kharar, today remanded Gurbaj Singh in judicial custody till July 24. The Vigilance Bureau has registered a case against him under Section 420, IPC.

• One acquitted

CULTURE

True to the tradition of melody
Chandigarh, July 10
It was a delightful evening of mellifluous ‘bhakti’ compositions of Meera Bai and heart-warming ghazals by Dinesh K. Mahavir which held sustained attention of a select crowd at the Pracheen Kala Kendra here today.

Mohanty to perform Odissi today
Chandigarh, July 10
Odissi, one of the oldest classical dance forms of India, is the highlight of the monthly ‘baithak’ of the local chapter of the Pracheen Kala Kendra scheduled for tomorrow evening.

Shammi Kapoor nite on July 14
Chandigarh, July 10
A musical nite of Shammi Kapoor’s hits will be held on July 14 at Tagore Theatre in Sector 18 here. The show will comprise fast songs from films of Shammi Kapoor.

HEALTH

‘Check sale of substandard medicines’
Chandigarh, July 10
Expressing concern over the sale of substandard and generic medicines in the market, the Punjab and Chandigarh Medical and Sales Representatives Union has urged the Administration to check the sale.

Stress on developing strategy to tackle malaria
Chandigarh, July 10
Stressing the need for focusing on a sound strategy to control malaria, instead of getting entangled in targets and objectives, experts feel that despite touching the eradication level decades back, the disease had shown resurgence in recent years.

Lecture on preventing heart diseases
SAS Nagar, July 10
More than 100 persons attended a lecture on ‘Preventing heart diseases’ organised by Fortis Heart Institute as part of its first anniversary celebrations here today.

Have small families, appeals minister
Chandigarh, July 10
In a message issued on the eve of World Population Day here today, the Minister of State for Health, Dr M. L. Ranga, urged the people to have small families to control population explosion.

• PGI staff poll in August

SPORTS

Summer sports workshop ends
Chandigarh, July 10
The month-long summer sports workshops comprising skating, karate and cricket camps concluded here this evening at the Kailash Bahl DAV Centenary Public School with a valedictory function. Mr B.S. Bahl, senior vice-president of the DAV College Managing Committee was the chief guest. He appreciated the efforts made by Ms Madhu Bahl, Principal of the school, in organising this activity.

• Hockey academy

• Invited

• Badminton meet

• Handball tourney

‘Mental training must for sportspersons’

Chandigarh, July 10 It is mental management and psychological factors which help a sportsperson to enhance his performance. This was stated by Amit Bhattacharjee, a research scholar of the World Health Organisation, and coach of Abhinav Bindra. He was of the view that: “If a player has to reach his optimum level, then the factors other than normal physical activities and sports development, it is the mental toughness which will prove its worth”.

Olympian Abhinav Bindra at his residence shooting range along with his trainer Amit Bhattacharjee.

ADMINISTRATION

Rs 7 cr for improving water supply
Panchkula, July 10
With a view to provide sufficient drinking water, the district administration will spend nearly Rs 7 crore for installation of new tubewells, strengthening of booster system and replacement of pipelines in the district during the current financial year.

MC demands meat market for Mohali
SAS Nagar, July 10
The Municipal Council has demanded the construction of a meat market in the town on the same pattern as has been built in Sector 21, Chandigarh.