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Residents sweat as power evades them
Zirakpur, August 1
Residents of various colonies within the Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat jurisdiction and surrounding areas have been facing frequent power cuts during odd hours over a month. This has forced them to burn kerosene oil, candles and use generators in their houses and business concerns.
MC bays for funds, powers
Chandigarh, August 1
The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, starved of funds in spite of the recent tax-collection measures, may get a breather, as the Chandigarh Administration is planning to relieve it of the burden of Rs 15 crore pension and post-retirement fund.
The Adviser to the UT Administrator, the Mayor and councillors meet in the UT Guest House, Chandigarh, on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph
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Cholera danger lurks,
MCC ignorant
Chandigarh, August 1
Leakage of water lines wreaked havoc in Sector 52 but it does not seem to do so in front of the filth-filled plot No 182/64 in the Industrial Area, Phase I, where the people have been using free water for the past one and a half years.
It is not a spring, but a leaking water pipeline in the Industrial Area, Phase I, Chandigarh, from where people have been drinking.
— Photo Parvesh Chauhan |
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Police backs cop caught taking bribe
Chandigarh, August 1
The Chandigarh Police, unhappy with the arrest of the in charge of Sector 24 police post, Gurmukh Singh, for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe, seems to have waged a war against the Central Bureau of Investigations.
Making gel candles her passion
Chandigarh, August 1
What began as a hobby for Panchkula-based Parul Bir has now almost attained the flavour of a passion. For over three months now, this young girl has been actively involved in giving shape to her dream trade.
Another ammo blast victim dies
Chandigarh, August 1
The last Saturday's blast at the Dappar ammunition depot today claimed its second victim when Vir Singh, a civilian helper employed with the depot, succumbed to his injuries at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32.
Visit to Khardung La on Kinetic Challenger
Chandigarh, August 1
Mr Kaleem, an environmentalist, is driving from Hyderabad to Khardung La — the highest motorable road in the world, on a Kinetic Challenger. He was in the city today, and visited CMPL Motors. He claimed that his aim was to study the impact of tourism on environment on the way to Himalayas.
Workshop on fruit preservation ends
Chandigarh, August 1
A free two-week workshop for women on fruit and vegetable preservation and nutrition at Anganwari in Sector 41 concluded today. It was organised by the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development for Women of Canara Bank, Sector 34, in collaboration with the Government of India’s Food Preservation and Nutrition Board.
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In a case of high-handedness, a group of octroi men beat up a local municipal councillor after chasing his vehicle up to his house here late last night.
The municipal councillor, Mr Sardari Lal, while driving back home from his factory at Mubarikpur Focal Point, was signalled to stop by the octroi staff on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway adjacent to the railway overbridge at about 9.30 p.m.
