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Development projects await completion
665 acres of prime land encroached upon
Chandigarh, May 3
Delay in gathering public consensus is coming in the way of demolition of religious structures, which have stalled the completion of several prestigious projects in the city.
The Chandigarh Administration has identified about 20 such sites where religious
structures were proving to be an impediment to the development works.
New taxi service from May 9
Chandigarh, May 3
The new taxi service in the city is likely to become operational from May 9, a senior official in the State Transport Authority, said here yesterday.
CTU cautious on starting AC buses
Chandigarh, May 3
Apprehensions about the success of the proposed AC bus service in the city by the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking has led to several amendments in the original plans, including sizeable cut in the number of routes and number of buses.
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School bus drivers flouting court directions
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Chandigarh, May 3
School buses continue to move towards mishaps despite a safety drive launched by the traffic wing of the Chandigarh Police. In one such case, a school bus today pulled down an electricity pole in Sector 45 after it got entangled with the overhead wires.
A school bus got entangled with electricity wires, bringing down a pole in Sector 45, Chandigarh, on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan
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Drive against sirens, hooters soon
Chandigarh, May 3
The Chandigarh Traffic Police will launch a special drive against the use of hooters and siren. Besides this, in an effort to avoid accidents involving slow-moving vehicles, it will also launch a campaign to promote the use of slow-carriage ways among pedestrians, cyclists and rickshaw-pullers.
Blood cancer patient in search
of messiahs
Chandigarh, May 3
Parwanoo resident Yashpal has not known a moment’s rest since March this year. He has no time to grieve over fate’s “unfair dealings”. with no time to rest, he is on his toes practically all day, running around arranging finances to fund his son, Rishab’s, treatment for blood cancer at PGIMER.
Rishab, a Himachali boy, who suffers from blood cancer, needs monetary help.
Functioning of gaushala comes
under cloud
Dera Bassi, May 3
The functioning of a gaushala being managed by a mahant at Mukandpur village has come under cloud with six cows dying in the past three days.
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Survey finds 24,000 slum dwellers eligible for tenements
Chandigarh, May 3
The Estate Office yesterday froze the data of the bio-matrix survey of the 18 slum clusters in the city.
In the survey, which concluded recently, about 24,000 slum dwellers have been
found to be eligible for getting tenements.
Sewing machines distributed
Chandigarh, May 3
The Handicap Welfare Association distributed sewing machines free of cost among the needy and handicapped girls in Palsora colony, here today. The chairman of the association and the chief guest, Mr Bahadur Singh, gave away the machines.
Mr Bahadur Singh gives away sewing machines to handicapped girls at Palsora village on Wednesday.
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