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Rainwater entered inside the Chandigarh Club after Sunday’s heavy rainfall. Tribune photo: Karam Singh |
Rains pour diseases too
Chandigarh, June 30
Everything comes for a price! So does monsoon. The rains have brought respite to city residents but the flip side has been the spurt in number of water and vector-borne diseases, including gastroenteritis and malaria.
Travel by Jan Shatabdi to cost less from today
Chandigarh, June 30
Travel by Jan Shatabdi Express from Nangal Dam to Delhi via Chandigarh will become cheaper than bus from tomorrow onwards. Now, the fare of the second-class sleeper will be Rs 147 and that of the AC chair car will be Rs 455.
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Mammen K.I, senior foreman (AC dept), The Tribune, who retired on June 30 after putting in 20 years of service. He was given a warm
send-off by his colleagues. His services to the institution were lauded by Vinay
Verma, deputy general manager.
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Anrudh Parshad, senior head daftri, The Tribune, who retired after putting in about 41 years of service. He joined the institution in 1967 at Ambala. He was given warm send-off by his colleagues.
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Faulty drainage, recarpeting of roads choke streets
MC wakes up, sets up flood control centre
Chandigarh, June 30
Heavy rain caused chaos in the city for the second day today. Though, no death was reported from the city today, sunken roads, uprooted trees, waterlogged streets, both in commercials and residential areas, led to chaotic traffic conditions with a few roads witnessing severe traffic congestion.
Alarmed: Officials inspect IT Park, defence area
Chandigarh, June 30
The defence area adjoining the airport also got flooded due downpour here today. Alarmed at the worsening situation, the Chandigarh Administration today convened meet defence officials to find a solution to the long-pending problem. Sources said the natural rivulets had got blocked due to the construction of high security walls around the defence establishments.
Farm debt
waiver scheme implemented
Chandigarh, June 30
The Rs 71,000-crore agriculture debt waiver and debt relief scheme, which has been implemented today, is also being used by the UPA government to earn the favour of the farming community.
Chandigarh registers 30 pc increase
in HIV+ cases
Chandigarh, June 30
The increase in the number of HIV cases in the region is becoming a major cause for concern for health authorities in the city. In the past two years, the city hospitals have recorded as many as 2,333 HIV + cases, an increase of almost 100 cases.
On a peace mission
Chandigarh, June 30
Fifty-year-old Ravinder Lakhe is on a mission to spread the message of peace, national unity and brotherhood among the people of the country.
For the purpose, he has aimed to pedal across the country to cover over 50,000 kms in three years.
Industrial area’s development
MC okays Rs 11.34 cr
Chandigarh, June 30
The monthly general house meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh
(MCC) today passed a few agenda, including Rs 11.34 crore as rough cost estimate for improving and up-grading the Industrial Area’s infrastructure, which has been pending for the past two years after the UT administration failed to release the funds.
Doctor’s Day Today
Prof Wig, Dr Dhiman to receive BC Roy award
Chandigarh , June 30
Two Chandigarh-based doctors will receive BC Roy Award for outstanding contribution to medical sciences on Doctor's Day at Rashtrapati Bhawan tomorrow.
ISBT-43 parking lot inundated
Chandigarh, June 30
In an unusual turn of events, car owners who had parked their vehicles at the parking lot at ISBT, Sector 43, here had to use rickshaw to make it to their vehicles as the area was inundated due to rain.
Baby falls in pot of boiling milk
Panchkula, June 30
A one-and-a-half-year-old baby was killed when he fell in a pot of boiling milk at Abhaypur village near here. The police after getting the post-mortem conducted handed over the body of the baby to his parents today.
11 jhuggis washed away in Mohali
Mohali, June 30
Rainwater entered houses in many parts of the town even as 11 jhuggis of Amb Sahib colony were washed away after a downpour lashed the town early this morning. However, no loss of life was reported.
I’m still in SAD: Sharma
Zirakpur, June 30
It was not just about a victory but also about a grand victory. The NK Sharma group candidates here did not merely win but triumphed with big margins.
Narinder Kumar Sharma, independent candidae of ward no. 6, in a jubilant mood after winning the municipal council election at Zirakpur on Monday. A Tribune photograph
Erratic power supply in Zirakpur
Zirakpur, June 30
Within hour of the Municipal Election polling coming to an end and with the results declared now, residents of the Zirakpur and surrounding villages was facing power cut of six to seven hours.
The power supply remained erratic whole day with residents claiming that after every 10 minutes or so, the supply was disrupted.
According to the PSEB sources that it might be some error in line and power supply would be start in few hours—OC
e wild wild web
Internet addiction on the rise
During the last three years, there have been six incidents of suicide by students of the IIT, Kanpur. A study indicates that mobiles with Internet used by students at odd hours leave the students unsettled.
Letters
Help accident victims, save life
The news of road accidents on city roads has become a daily routine. Even in surrounding areas like Kharar and
Zirakpur, negligent driving is rampant resulting in tragic deaths every now and then.
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Monday Misery: City held up |
A fire tender, pressed into service for dewatering, was stuck at the Chandigarh airport parking lot on Monday. |
Road damaged in Sector 26, Transport Chow |
Long queue of vehicles on the Madhya Marg-Mani Majra road
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Motorists have a tough time to make their way through the flooded parking at the Chandigarh airport |
An elderly woman being carried on a wheel chair by attendants at the flooded Chandigarh airport. |
JCB clears the debris at Bapu Dham bridge.
— Tribune photos by Manoj Mahajan |
PU Notes
Admit cards dispatched
Chandigarh, June 30
Admit cards of the eligible candidates who are to appear in MEd (regular and through correspondence), BEd (regular and through correspondence) and MPhil/PhD entrance test-2008, to be conducted by Panjab University, Chandigarh, on July 6, have been dispatched by registered post. Those who do not receive the admit cards by July 3, they may get duplicate admit cards from the university office (CET Cell, Aruna Ranjit Chandra Hall, near post office) on July 4 and July 5 after completing pre-requisite requirements as detailed in the concerned prospectus.
Honour for Panjab University professor
Chandigarh, June 30
Panjab University professor S.K. Kulkarni has been identified among the top 10 most productive scientists in a status report released by the National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. Kulkarni teaches pharmacology in the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University.
St Anne’s to reopen on July 7
Chandigarh, June 30
St Anne’s Convent School, Sector 32, will reopen after summer vacation on July 7 instead of July 2, due to unavoidable circumstances.
PUTA fast: Stalemate continues
Chandigarh, June 30
Prof B.S. Brar, Dr Pampa Mukherjee and four students Suresh Jaglan, Sunny Kumar, Simranjit Kaur and Jaspal Singh sat on the fast which entered the 85th day today. In addition, three teachers from the department of physics
M.M. Aggarwal, Bivash Bihera and G.S.S. Saini also sat on the fast.
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