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City roads turn into rivulets
Child dies in
roof collapse; youth electrocuted Jatinder Kumar, a 12-year-old child of Janata Nagar in Mani Majra, was killed when the roof of the house collapsed late tonight following incessant rain. Mr Mahadev (22), a resident of Kajheri village, was electrocuted at the roof of his house in the wee hours here today. Mr Mahadev, died on the spot while placing a polyethene sheet on the roof to plug leakages. He came in contact with live wires adjacent to the roof.
Chandigarh, July 5 The incessant rain continued throughout the day, dribbling on either in the form of a drizzle or as sudden spurts of showers and from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm, the city recorded 34 mm of rainfall. The maximum temperature plummeted to a pleasant 25.2° Celsius and the minimum temperature recorded was a low 20.4° Celsius. The heavy showers were caused by a depression over south-west Uttar Pradesh and adjoining north Madhya Pradesh with a cyclonic circulation extending up to 7.6 km above sea level. A western disturbance over Pakistan and adjoining Jammu & Kashmir and upper air cyclonic circulation extending up to 4.5 km above sea level also contributed to the heavy rainfall. Upper air cyclonic circulations over Haryana and its neighbouring areas extending up to 3.1 km above sea level, over North West Rajasthan extending up to 0.9 km above sea level and the centre of axis of the monsoon trough roughly passing through Anupgarh, Churu Alwar and Agra have all caused the rain spell. According to Mr Chattar Singh, Director of the Meteorology Department in Chandigarh, “Heavy rains will continue over the next 24 hours and warnings have been issued to Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to expect heavy rains.” The city’s inability to deal with its first real brush with the monsoon rain came as no surprise to the residents who were not expecting any better. Swati Mehta, a call centre team leader, took almost two hours to get from Sector 15 to her office in Mohali today. Even Haryana Finance Minister Birender Singh was not spared the vagaries of the torrents of rain when he got caught in a traffic jam in Panchkula today. All essential services were adversely affected by the rains. The emergency ward at the PGI was flooded as was the Radio Therapy Department. All colonies and sectors in the low lying areas were flooded over and residents had to wade through almost knee-deep water in some areas. The roads were flooded with most roundabouts jammed with stalled cars. Schools recorded low attendance and in some cases even closed down for the day. Even telephone lines were not spared and the digging going on all over the city resulted in flooded holes which could not be discerned thereby proving to be a hazard for pedestrians. Low-lying colonies in the periphery took the brunt of the downpour today. Residents had a tough time saving their belongings from getting spoilt as rainwater entered some houses. Several residents braved the rains on the one hand and looked for safe spots for their children, they had their hands full keeping the water out. Colonies severely hit by today’s rains included Charan Singh Colony in Mauli Complex, Sarangpur, Baltana and the CRPF complex where fire tenders had to be pressed into service to pump out the water. The chronic problem spot, Palika Bazar in Sector 19, too had its share of the rainwater problem which flooded the entry of the shops. Here too, the firemen came to the rescue of the shop-owners. Though most parts of the city seemed to have escaped the fury of the monsoon rain, water swirled around the roundabouts and flooded the roads for as long as the downpour continued. It seemed all rainwater management of the Municipal Corporation and its claims had gone for a toss as the rainwater preparedness got washed down the drains which seemed inept to handle the downpour. Several vehicles were seen stranded on the roads in knee-deep water. The MC officials attributed this flooding to minimum capacity storm water drains in the city which can flush out half an inch of water in one hour in the northern sectors and one inch water an hour in the southern sectors. However, the road in front of the Chief Minister’s residence (Punjab), Rajendra Park, the Secretariat was flooded and water even entered the houses of some ministers on that stretch of road. MC officials attributed this to the inability of the Punjab Government to respond to their demand of cleaning the nullah to ensure the free flow of water. While the water receded after the rains stopped, the trenches dug along the roads resulted in a lot of grime piling onto the roads and even ended up choking the storm water drains. BSNL telephones in the entire Sector 7-C exchange were badly hit by the torrential rains. Telephones of the entire area from Bapu Dham colony, Sector 26, Grain Market and the Transport Area besides Sector 7 remained dead all through the day after water entered the telephone cable which had been laid only recently. It resulted in over 1,000 phones going dead even as employees of the exchange tried to rectify the fault. Poor attendance in offices, schools:
The traffic jam led to poor attendance in offices as most people got stuck in the jam which lasted for over three hours while some chose not to venture out at all. Similarly, attendance in schools remained poor with very few students reporting for classes a day after schools re-opened after the summer vacation. Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, declared a holiday today in view of the inclement weather. Flights cancelled, trains delayed:
A senior official of the Indian Airlines said the flight scheduled to arrive at 1.40 p.m. was cancelled due to heavy water on the ground. Sources said the flights of Air Deccan and Jet Airways earlier during the day were also cancelled. Downpour delayed trains on the Chandigarh route. The 2925 Paschim Express scheduled to arrive at 2.15 p.m. arrived after 6 p.m. The 4096 Himalayan Queen scheduled to arrive at Chandigarh station from Kalka was delayed by more than half-an-hour in the afternoon. Power woes:
An official at the complaint centre in Sector 7 said “we received information about the wires snapping at different places in the area under our supervision. We sent the teams and did not face any major trouble”. Sarangpur village area witnessed certain collapsed electricity poles at different places. The complaint centre of Sector 40 received complaints about “minor individual troubles which were definitely on a higher side because of the bad weather”. The complaint centres of Mani Majra, Industrial Area Phase II and Sector 40 also confirmed increase in number of complaints during the earlier part of the day.
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Woman washed away in Chandi Mandir
Panchkula, July 5 Fortyfive-year-old Leela Kanwar, an Upper Divisional Clerk in the Systems Branch at Western Command Headquarters, Chandi Mandir, was washed away in a seasonal rivulet at Chandi Mandir, while she was on way to office in the morning. According to eyewitness accounts, Ms Kanwar, who was driving to work on a scooter, went off track on the culvert, which was submerged in the nullah. She drove into the overflowing nullah and was washed away. A passer-by, who saw her tried to help her, but to no avail. He then informed the police and the Western Command Headquarters. Rescue teams, including the quick reaction team of the Western Command Headquarters, were rushed to the spot and rescue work continued for several hours in the cantonment area and later along the Singh Nullah Choe in Sectors 4 and 12 . Though the victim’s scooter was recovered later, there was no trace of her till the time of filing of this report. The district administration flashed a message till Ambala, all along the course of the rivulet, for tracing the victim. Ms Kanwar’s uncle, Mr
R.S. Verma, however, expressed his dissatisfaction with the rescue work, and said fishing nets and other scientific methods should be used to recover her. Elsewhere in the city, two jhuggis were washed away near the nullah flowing near Rajiv Colony. Most of the roads in various sectors remained waterlogged, and water entered in some houses in Sector 19. Officials of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) led by the Superintending Engineer, Mr S.K. Sachdeva, took a round of the city and assessed the time taken for the drainage of rainwater. Power supply hit:
Rainwater also entered the premises of sub-divisional office of the nigam at Barwala. Three poles of Raiwali feeder emanating from Barwala sub-station were also damaged. There was also a report of damage of an H-pole at Garhi feeder emanating from the Raipur Rani sub-station. Officials say that efforts were on to repair the damages and to restore the power supply to the affected areas.
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Causeway, bundh washed away
Chandigarh, July 5 The rainwater also washed out a kutcha bundh on the north of the village and put the residents to a great hardship after entering the streets and internal roads this morning. The UT Administration had repaired the bundh after heavy rains washed it on June 25 thus bringing misery to the villagers. The strong water current also washed away a portion of the road on either sides of the causeway that links the village with the City. The trenches dug by some telecommunication companies along the road also caved in uprooting the electricity poles. The water level was three to four feet up from the surface of the causeway here. The flooded choe also washed out soil and other vegetation along its banks. The problems in the village again compounded as huge trash carried by the rainwater blocked pipes, under the culvert of a bridge on the
Chandigarh-Kishangarh-Suketri road, which created a flood-like situation in the village. The rainwater entered the houses and left goods submerged. Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, the villagers said officials of the UT Administration had promised to deploy persons in the village to monitor the flood situation in the monsoon, but not to avail. They demanded a permanent solution to the problem. The rainwater also entered over 100 houses in the Govind Pura area in Manimajra and threw life out of gear. Two to three feet deep water entered the houses and put the residents to a great inconvenience. Mr Bahadur Singh, a dairy owner, complained that the blockage of a nullah on the Chandigarh-Manimajra road caused floods.
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Rain pours misery in Zirakpur
Zirakpur, July 5 The High Land Housing Society in Bartana village and the Badhawa Nagar Colony were flooded following blockage of natural course of stormwater. The muddy water also entered some houses. The colony residents had to put gunny bags on the main gates as well the streets to divert the course of the rainwater. Water accumulated in internal roads in the Badhawa Nagar Colony in Bartana village. Scooterists and motorcyclists had a tough time crossing the roads. Due to the level in the Sukhna Choe witnessing a rise, traffic on the Bhabhat-Bartana road that links Bartana village with Chandigarh-Zirakpur was disrupted for hours. Schools and government offices recorded thin attendance.
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Flood control centres in place, says ADC
Banur, July 5 Mr Dhillon also inspected the water level in other seasonal rivulets in Dhanksu and Jhajjon areas. While talking to Chandigarh Tribune, Mr Dhillon claimed that the district administration was all set to tackle the floods. The ADC disclosed that flood control centres had been created at district and division levels. The officials concerned had been asked to be alert during the rains. The officials had also been asked not to leave their station without getting permission from the Deputy Commissioner. He also asked the migrant labourers, gujjars and others persons residing at various deltas on the river bed to shift to safer places. Mr Dhillon said officials of the Drainage Department had been asked to guard their post round the clock and supply information to the flood control nodal at Patiala. The administration had created the flood control centres at Rajpura and Dera Bassi with telephone numbers (01762) 224132 and 283224. He was accompanied by Mr Narinder Sangha, Sub Divisional Magistrate, Dera Bassi, Mr A.P.S. Virk, SDM, Rajpura, and officials of the Drainage Department.
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Iran-India gas pipeline by 2010
Chandigarh, July 5 “We are awaiting a positive response from Pakistan for the proposed pipeline formula that will be coming from Iran to India through Pakistan, following which the construction of the project will begin early next year,’’ he said maintaining that
the region was likely to get $3.5 billion worth of energy by this project. Since relations between India and Pakistan were cordial as of now and Pakistan would also benefit from the project, they are hopeful of getting a nod from Pakistan for the pipeline. The cost of the project is estimated to be $ 10 million and even China had shown eagerness to join the project. He ruled out the possibility that some elements in Pakistan would obstruct the pipeline by saying that, “Pakistan will also get gas through this pipeline, hence the flow of gas is not likely to be disturbed.’’ The length of the pipeline would be approx 2,000 to 3,000 km depending on the areas in Pakistan through which it passes. Allaying fears on the security of proposed gas pipeline, he mentioned that the partnering countries would give the security guarantee in addition to other technical and commercial insurances. Presently, we are in the process of identifying routes of this gas pipeline, he added. “The relationship between Iran and India is not merely of a buyer and seller but a strategic relationship encompassing all spheres of the economy,” he said. He also referred to the roadmap for Indo-Iranian relationship, which emphasises potential areas of mutual interests — pharmaceuticals, transportation and defence etc. There is also scope for trade between the two in spareparts, garments, dry fruits and steel industry. Trade between Iran and India is growing very fast as the total trade has increased from $ 600 million to $ 3.2 billion within a span of four years, he added. Welcoming CII suggestion on formation of a joint task force to identify projects for joint cooperation, Mr Yaghoubi said “we can promote our business relationship through this forum”. He invited a business delegation from the region to visit Iran. Mr Yaghoubi listed the incentives they were offering to entrepreneurs from India who want to set up businesses in Iran. These include relaxation of visa requirements and regulations. He said the business community would be issued a visa within a day.
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Envoy of Iran meets Rodrigues
Chandigarh, July 5 General Rodrigues told the visiting Ambassador that Chandigarh has emerged as a destination of choice for the IT industry and for tourists from all over the world. He said in relation to the changing needs, a harmonious development of the city was in progress. General Rodrigues said the Chandigarh Administration had set up a world class IT Park which has been declared as a Special Economic Zone by the Government of India. He said entrepreneurs all over the world had shown keen interest to join in IT ventures.
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Governor for action plan on child care
Chandigarh, July 5 These and more concerns were at the heart of the Punjab Child Welfare Council meeting which wrapped up on a decisive note today with the Punjab Governor asking for formulation of a state and district level action plan for child care. He also decided that a state level function would be held at Punjab Raj Bhavan on the occasion of Children’s Day this year. Presiding over the meeting, Punjab Governor Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd) directed Director, Health Services, Punjab, to collaborate with the Child Welfare Council in providing health cover to children of the state. Each member of the council was also asked to enroll five life members to expand the network of the Child Welfare Force. Further, Secretary, Social Security, Punjab, was told to coordinate the activities of the Child Welfare Councils by strengthening the communication network between state-level Bal Bhavans and district Bal Bhavans. Asking the members to coordinate their activities with the Rotary and other clubs, he said the effort would help in creating a network to improve the lives of needy children. Another direction given to the members of the state level body and to social activists was active involvement in child care
programmes, particularly for the disadvantaged. In his opening remarks, the Governor said the problem of childcare was universal in nature and a major effort was required to tackle it. He said various programmes aiming to uplift children had been made integral part of economic and social development plans. “The approach to this tremendous task, which is growing with the rapid increase in population, needs a holistic view combined, with dedicated endeavours at all levels to ensure the future of the Nation. On these lines, the Governor stressed the need to identifying the potential of the children, saying that they had a remarkable intelligence and vision. Government and non-government organizations were also asked to undertake comprehensive and thoughtfully planned programmes for nurturing children’s development.
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Celebrations despite rain
Chandigarh, July 5 For Ms Karnail Kaur from Kajheri village, it was a close finish. She won by 80 votes against her nearest rival, Ms Paramjeet Kaur. The Secretary, UT Election Commission, Mr V.K. Harit, said 53 candidates filed their nominations. After scrutiny, 36 candidates were left in the fray in the 10 constituencies of the Zila Parishad. Elections were held for nine constituencies. Mr Manmohan Singh was elected unopposed from Khuda Lahora. At the counting centres, tight security arrangements by the Chandigarh Police prevented the supporters from starting their victory processions from inside the premises of the centres. Due to frisking by the police, very few supporters could make it to the counting centres. Mr R.S.Verma and Mr H.S. Kandola, both returning officers, told The Tribune that no untoward incident took place during the counting.
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Cong emerges winner
Chandigarh, July 5 In the last Zila Parishad, seats were equally divided among the Congress and the BJP-supported candidates. Mr Manomohan Singh, who was elected unopposed from Khuda Lahora, is a known supporter of the Pawan Bansal group. Ms Karnail Kaur, is the wife of sarpanch Anand Singh, who is with the Youth Congress. Another winning candidate, Ms Rajwant Kaur, is the wife of former sarpanch Rajbir Singh. Mr Dharminder Singh is also with the Congress. Ms Kulwant Kaur is the wife of Pancahayat Samiti Chairman Didar Singh. The other three candidates — Hukum Chand, Bhajan Singh and Jai Chand — have allegiance with the BJP. The winning candidate from Maloya, Mr Rajinder Singh Saini, is yet to decide on the issue.
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I’m ready to take over as Cong chief: Birender
Panchkula, July 5 Talking to mediapersons here, he said though it was for the Congress President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, to decide on the state party President, he was ready to shoulder the responsibility. “Earlier too when I was the Revenue Minister, I had offered to resign and take on the responsibility of the PCC chief,” he said. He said the main focus of the Congress government was in social reform and building infrastructure. “Fortysix per cent of the annual Budget of the state has been earmarked for the social sector and 39 per cent for infrastructure so as to speed up the developmental activities. “In order to avoid delay in clearing financial matters, the secretaries of all departments had been delegated financial powers up to Rs 50 lakh,” he added. Mr Birender Singh said significant changes were being made in the education, sector to improve the quality of education, including setting up of model schools in every district of the state. He said while recruiting teachers, besides written test and interview interest in performing this noble task would also be judged. He said it had been decided to recruit one teacher for 40 students so as to improve the quality of education. The Finance Minister, who heads the committee on power reforms, clarified that villages which fell within the municipal limits would not be covered under the scheme of waiving off arrears of electricity bills. But villages getting power, including urban electricity feeders, would be benefited by the scheme. The scheme of waiving arrears of electricity bills amounting to Rs 1600 crore had generated an encouraging response. There was a great rush at the cash collection centres of corporations as consumers were coming in large numbers to deposit their bills. Efforts were on to improve connectivity between Panchkula and Chandigarh. Work on the fly-over on the national highway in Panipat had commenced, while another flyover would be constructed on the Badarpur (DELHI) - Faridabad highway. The minister assured that the state was in good fiscal health.
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Disowned by family, penniless man looks for kidney donor
Chandigarh, July 5 Walking the thin line between life and death, the poor father of a four-year-old daughter was left with no chance but one - reaching out to society for help. He arrived at The Tribune office this evening and the very first thing he mentioned was enough to prove the miserable state he was in. “I have sold belongings worth Rs 50 to reach The Tribune office. You are my last hope.” For three months now, Raj Kumar has not been able to buy the medicines prescribed by PGI doctors. “They have asked my husband to be on dialysis, but we don’t even have the money to feed our child what to talk of buying medicines. His parents disowned him soon after they came to know about his illness. Now, we have nothing to our name. We are selling our household items one by one.” On the verge of ruin, Raj Kumar tells of how it all happened. “I often had stomach aches but I never cared to get myself examined. Normally the attitude is to neglect minor pains and problems. So I kept indulging in self medication until one day I had a severe headache extending up to my spine. I didn’t know all had been lost.” That was when Raj Kumar was working as a ward boy in Fortis Hospital at Mohali. The ultrasound confirmed that he had lost both kidneys to a prolonged illness and bouts of high blood pressure, which he never got checked. Says the hapless colony resident, “Even if I had known the repercussions of my ailment, I could not have got myself treated because I never had enough money.” In April, Raj Kumar was first put on dialysis in Fortis Hospital where he had to pay through the nose. That was when his parents also disowned him. “Ever since I got discharged from Fortis, I had not gone to work. I cannot work because of my medical problems. Now I don’t even have a single donor. I have parents, two brothers, two sisters but none are willing to spare a kidney for me,” said Raj Kumar. The doctors have told Raj Kumar to arrange a kidney (with O + blood group) at the earliest or at least go on regular dialysis. But he neither has money, nor a kidney. On top of that, he is under pressure to vacate his tenement in 1487, Sector 45, Burail, whose rent he has not paid for three months. “I have to pay Rs 2700 this month and rent instalments for the past two months. But I have no source of income. I don’t even know if I will live long enough to live in a house,” a pensive Raj Kumar winds up.
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Kataria blames UPA govt for attack
Panchkula, July 5 He warned Pakistan that the peace process and cross-border terrorism could not go hand in hand. He blamed the UPA government and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the lapse in internal security. Members of the Shiv Sena today led a protest march in Sector 7 in the evening. They raised slogans against the Congress government and the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.
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VHP holds protest at Sec 17 plaza
Chandigarh, July 5 Shouting slogans against Pakistan and the UPA government, the protesters burnt the effigy of Islamic jehad and the Pakistani flag. Since the whole area of the Ram Janmabhoomi has been acquired by the Central Government, it was government’s responsibility to protect it, Col Dharam Vir (retd), president of the local unit, and Mr Vijay Singh Bhardwaj, media in charge of the VHP, Punjab unit, alleged. Meanwhile, the BJP today demanded the resignations of the Union Home Minister and the UP Chief Minister for lapse on their part. It is serious security lapse on the part of the UPA and the UP Governments, Mr Kehar Singh Koundel, BJP spokesman, said.
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Basanti Devi award for Prof Talwar
Chandigarh, July 5 Prof Talwar, a renowned cardiologist and currently the Head of Department of Cardiology,
PGIMER, has made original contribution in heart muscle diseases at the international/national levels. He initiated the technique of endomyocardial biopsy
(EMB) at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, and had extensively used it to study various tropical heart muscle diseases. This work has been presented and published in various international journals. Prof Talwar studied the use of endomyocardial biopsy in takayasu
arteritis, rheumatic heart disease, endomyocardial Ffibrosis and dilated
cardiomyopathy. For the first time in the world literature myocardial involvement has been studied using endomyocardial biopsy in takayasu
arteritis. In dilated cardiomyopathy, the common heart muscle disease, he studied the clinical, histological and immunological aspects in our population. He has also studied the role of beta-blockers and immunosuppressive therapy in
myocarditis.
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Press Club expedition flagged off
Chandigarh, July 5 The team, led by Adventure Committee chairman Sukhvir Singh, comprises Pritam Singh Rupal, Manmohan Singh, Swadesh Talwar, Tejinder Sehgal, Vishal Gulati, Paramvir Singh Bains, Umesh Ghrera, Pankaj Vasudeva, Pradeep Dhull, Dr Joginder Singh, Arun Naithani, Amarnath Vashisht, Pankaj Sharma, Rohit Avasthi, and Narinder Singh. The expedition is being sponsored by the Bank of Punjab, Hutch, NIFD, Central Bank, Markfed and Nestle.
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2 buffaloes killed as shed collapses
Mohali, July 5 A four-day old calf, however, did not get even a scratch even when it was pulled out of the debris hours after the incident. The animals belonged to Mr Jasvir Singh, who ran a dairy farm in the area. He has suffered a loss of about Rs 1.25 lakh in the incident. Mr M.L. Sharma, SDM, visited the village and expressed his sympathies with the affected family. Two veterinary officers, Dr Pawanpreet Kaur and Mr Kuldeep Singh, went to the village to provide treatment to the injured animals. Dr Ram Singh, Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry Department also visited the village.
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Amarnath Yatra registration
Mohali, July 5 Daily timings for registration would be 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on all working days and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on all working Saturdays. It would go on till July 15.
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Police turns a blind eye to ‘killer’ buses
Chandigarh, July 5 Though senior officers refuse to hand over the exact figures, the sources in the police headquarters admit that buses — both local and the ones coming from outside — are involved in a substantial number of road mishaps. Sources also add that Sunday morning accidents, in which two persons, had died were not isolated cases. Quoting rough statistics, they assert that approximately 2,389 accidents took place in Chandigarh from January 2000 till April this year. In a majority of mishaps, buses were involved. A majority of accidents involving buses were reported from the stretch in front of the Grain Market in Sector 26 on the Chandigarh-Panchkula highway and the Industrial Area. Reports of several accidents have also been received from the inter-state bus terminus in Sector 17 itself. The sources add that in almost all accidents, the victims were the ones riding slow moving vehicles. Giving reasons behind large-scale involvement of buses in the mishaps, the sources assert that drunken driving and pressure on the drivers to meet the schedule are among the main reasons behind the accidents. Also, “mild punishment” for erring drivers fails to act as a deterrent for others. Elaborating upon their contentions, sources asserted that the presence of liquor vends in bus stands, besides the ones dotting the highways, in neighbouring Punjab, are encouraging the drivers to have “one more for the road”. A senior Chandigarh police officer admits that the vends are existing in violation of the directions issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He added that the vends were usually located right on the roads, even though a minimum specified distance from the highway has to be maintained, according to the judgement issued by Mr Justice Swatanter Kumar and Mr Justice Sat Pal in the traffic regulation and pollution control case. Yet, the traffic police has done hardly anything to ensure the removal of liquor vends. This is not all. The officer asserts that the traffic police too has not been conducting refresher courses for the drivers and helpers of buses and trucks, as is being done in Punjab. He adds that a recent study carried out by the Punjab police had confirmed that heavy vehicles — accounting for just seven per cent of the total automobile population in the state — were involved in 70 per cent of the road mishaps. Reacting to the situation, the traffic wing of the Punjab police had, recently, launched an ambitious project to ensure road safety by training the drivers and helpers of such heavy vehicles. The officer further adds that the Chandigarh police has not even been challaning long-route buses entering the prohibited zone. “Even though the buses are not supposed to ply on certain roads like the one dividing Sectors 18 and 21, the drivers are violating the rules blatantly in the absence of traffic cops to check their movement,” he concluded.
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Youth held for theft
Chandigarh, July 5 Harsh Kumar, alias Sonu (20), a resident of Phase II, Ram Darbar, was arrested today. He was later produced before a local court, which remanded him to judicial custody till July 8. Sources in the police said Mr Naresh Kumar Bansal, owner of a shop, reported to the police early this morning that thefts had been committed in eights shops in Phase II, Ram Darbar, by breaking open the locks. He reported that the thieves have made away with cash and goods worth thousands of rupees. Mr Bansal told the police that thieves decamped with 24 wall clocks from his shop, 24 watertaps and other sanitary items from a hardware shop, Rs 1000 from a chemist shop and Rs 300 from a provision shop.
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Sec 47 resident hangs himself to death
Chandigarh, July 5 Jagdev Singh, a driver with the Bhakra Beas Management Board, was spotted hanging down the parapet of the third floor terrace of his residence early this morning, said the SHO of Sector 31 police station. Jagmohan Singh, brother of the deceased, told the police that he found his brother missing early morning and began to look for him. When he could not find Jagdev anywhere in the house he went upstairs to the terrace on the third floor of the house, he found the chappals of his brother lying near the water tank. But, to his surprise Jagdev was not there. However, he noticed a rope tied with the water tank leading toward the parapet of the building. Jagmohan said he followed the rope and to his utter shock he found his brother hanging from the terrace. He immediately informed the police about the incident. The police recovered the body. The SHO added that Jagdev might have committed suicide before it started raining last night. He reasoned that it was difficult to tie a knot in slippery conditions. The body has been sent to the General Hospital for post-mortem. The police has initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of CrPC in this regard. Jagdev was living with his brother and is survived by his 14-year-old daughter. His wife died about 10 years ago in a stove burst. Jagdev had also sustained burn injuries in that accident. He was undergoing depression of late, the police said, while quoting Jagmohan.
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School bus overturns, 6 hurt
Chandigarh, July 5 As many as six students and the driver of the bus, Daleep Kumar, sustained minor injuries. The injured were shifted to the General Hospital, Sector 16. They were discharged after first-aid. The police has registered a case of rash and negligent driving against the bus driver.
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4 vehicles stolen
Chandigarh, July 5 In another incident of vehicle theft, Mr Akhilesh, a resident of Sector 15-A, reported to the police that his LML Freedom motor cycle (HR-24-G-8411) was stolen from his residence during the night of July 3. Meanwhile, Mr Gopal Mahajan of Sector 47 filed a complaint to the police that his Bajaj Chetak scooter (CH-01-F-1822) was stolen from near Hanuman Mandir in Sector 19 on Sunday. Held for eve-teasing:
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