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Patiala solid waste management plant all set to become reality
Patiala, May 19 Notably, on a daily basis, 240-MT per day waste was being generated in Patiala alone and dumped at an open dumping ground on the Sanaur Road for the past five decades. The city presents a shabby look, as even the garbage from various other city areas are not being lifted on a daily basis. One can see heaps of garbage on many vacant plots. A perusal of the files pertaining to the project shows that for the past couple of years, the Patiala MC authorities were making claims that search to identify site for setting up of a solid waste treatment plant was on but nothing concrete was done. Now, the civic functionaries have once again shown interest in taking the project to a logical conclusion. Giving details of the project, Patiala Mayor Ajit Pal Singh Kohli said, “The solid waste management project will be set up on a public-private-partnership (PPP) mode. The land will be provided by the Patiala MC and rest of the cost, which is likely to be Rs 100 crore, has to be borne by the private company that will be awarded the project.” Kohli expressed his hope that once the procedure to acquire the “shamlat” land of Dudhar village, required for the project was complete, the global tenders would be floated to invite the companies interested in setting up the plant on the basis of the PPP mode. “After the allocation of tenders, the project is likely to be commissioned within a year’s time.” The MC functionaries added that the door-to-door collection of garbage would be done by the company. “The entire garbage will then be taken to the solid waste management plant. Whatever the company earns after selling the compost etc made from the garbage, will go to the company”, he added. |
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Residents oppose MC’s decision
Bassi Pathana, May 19 Pawan Kumar and Hukam Chand told The Tribune that the site was meant for a park and even the council had sanctioned Rs 50,000 as grant for the same, but to their surprise after constructing the boundary wall, the council started dumping garbage there.
They demanded immediate lifting of the garbage from the site. They said despite being a Prachin Shri Ram Mandir in the area, the council started discharging dirty water in the old tank (sarovar) of the historical temple. They added that devotees had to face a great difficulty while entering the temple. They staged a protest and shouted anti-government slogans. Surjit Singla, president of the temple committee, said repeated pleas fell on deaf ears. He added that they had even taken up the matter with the Chief Minister during his sangat darshan programme at Bassi Pathana, but to no avail. When contacted, councillor of the ward Amarjeet Singh said he was not aware of the council’s decision. He said he would take up the issue in the council meeting. The civic body had already passed a resolution to hand over the work of lifting the garbage from the town to a private company of Mohali, so there was no question of making any permanent dumping ground at the site, he added. Rs 50,000 sanctioned The site was meant for a park and the council had sanctioned Rs 50,000 as grant for the same, but to their surprise after constructing the boundary wall, the council started dumping garbage there
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Memo submitted to SDM
Dera Bassi, May 19 After dharna they held a march in the city and submitted a memorandum to Dera Bassi SDM. Dr Pritpal Kaur and Bhag Singh said students of the area and other adjoining villages were at the receiving end due to no government senior secondary school here. They said though Dera Bassi had received a status of sub-division 12 years ago, but it was running without government senior secondary school. |
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Harichand first in drawing contest
Patiala, May 19 A drawing competition was organised for special children of Vani Integrated School for Hearing Impaired and winners were awarded prizes. Harichand, Pratiksha and Ashok stood first, second and third, respectively. All winners and participants were given SRS goodies. |
Consumer court rap for mobile phone companies
Chandigarh, May 19 In three separate cases, the consumer forum has ordered the respondents to pay compensation to tricity residents who were not only allegedly sold defective mobile handsets but also had to suffer humiliation at the hands of the arrogant manufactures or retailers. The forum (II) directed Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication and Chawla Brother to refund the entire price of mobile handset of Rs 13,650 to a Panchkula resident, Karan Mehta, for not replacing the defective handset with new one. The forum also directed them to pay a compensation of Rs 5,000 for causing mental agony and pain and Rs 2,500 as the cost of litigation to him. In his complaint, Karan Mehta stated that he had bought a Sony Ericsson mobile from Chawla Brother on October 24, 2009, but it stopped working on April 13, 2010. It was sent to the Sony Ericsson service centre where it was repaired after a month. But it again developed a snag and was handed over to service centre on June 5, 2010. After repairing the handset, they returned it to the complainant on June 9, 2010. But it again became defective and could not be repaired and made functional to the satisfaction of the complainant. As no one appeared on the behalf of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication and Chawla Brother, the court proceeded ex-parte against them where as the service centre of Sony Ericsson had filed a written reply. In another case, the forum (II) directed Spice Communication and Spice Mobility to refund the cost of mobile handset of Rs 10,050 for not replacing the defective handset to a city resident, besides paying a compensation of Rs 2,500 for mental agony and harassment. In his complaint, Mohit Kochar stated that he had purchased Spice D-88, Gold Dual Mode (GSM+CDMA) handset on May 10, 2009. Soon after its purchase, it started giving problems. He approached the Spice service centre and handed over the mobile set for repair. After a few days, the mobile set was returned to the complainant on the ground that he violated the terms and conditions of warranty by trying to get it repaired other than the authorised service centre. The complainant stated that he never got it repaired from any other source as the set was under warranty period. He urged them to replace the mobile set as it was not working properly, but to no avail. As no one appeared on behalf of Spice and its service centre, the court has proceeded against ex-parte. However, Spice Mobility filed a written reply in which they admitted the warranty period of one year of handset but stated that the nature of damage to the handset was not covered under the warranty. In the third case, also an ex-parte order, the forum (I) directed Samsung India Electronics Ltd and Himalayan Photo Store to replace the defective mobile handset of Mohali resident with new one and if the same model is not available, refund the cost of handset to him, besides paying the compensation of Rs 1,500 for harassment. In his complaint, Iqbal Singh stated that he had purchased a Samsung mobile worth Rs 3,450 from Himalayan Photo Store on June 19, 2010. After a few days, it started giving problems and became non-functional. He went to store and was advised to visit their care centre “Expert Communication” at Patiala. But the problem was not resolved even after visiting the centre. The complainant urged them several times to repair it, but to no avail.
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Water consumer gets relief from paying Rs 17,700
Mohali, May 19 Apart from it, the complainant will also pay charges from April 1990 to May 1990 to the tune of Rs 60 due at the time of submission of his application for the disconnection submitted on May 7, 1990. The orders were passed on a case filed by Ajaib Singh, a resident of Dhire Majra village, Dera Bassi, he stated that he got the water connection for his house and started paying the water charges regularly. At that time, the water supply was being received from Jarout village, and was irregular and therefore he was forced to arrange for alternative water facilities on his own. Subsequently, he moved an application for disconnection on May 7, 1990. The complainant arranged an alternative water supply by installing an electric motor in a well at his house. After that he never used the water being supplied by the department. On December 28, 1990, he received a notice from the department demanding a sum of Rs 775 as water charges due up to November 1992. He, however, asserted that the water supply to his house stood already disconnected therefore there was no question of payment of any water charges by him. In 2009, he again took the water connection from the department as his own tank failed to supply water. He received a bill of Rs 17,890 in which previous arrears of Rs. 17,700 had been claimed from him. He contested that the demand was illegal, as his water connection had already been disconnected. After hearing arguments of both parties, The forum quashed the demand of the department for arrears of Rs 17,700. “ The complainant shall be liable to pay to the department water consumption charges at the prevalent rates with effect from February 2, 2011, onwards regularly failing which the department shall have the right to proceed against him in accordance with law”, the forum further observed.
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Runaway couple gets protection
Panchkula, May 19 Prithi said Jyoti was working at a gift shop located near Nadda Sahib gurdwara from where she left with Malkit on Tuesday. The couple, reportedly, tied the knot at Pinjore on May 17 against the wishes of the girl's parents.
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SUV set afire, neighbour booked
Chandigarh, May 19 Singh was not present in the house when the incident took place. The case has been registered on the complaint of his mother. The police said Umedh and Nadeem had a tussle over parking their vehicles five days ago and since then both were filing complaints against each other with the police. Today, Nadeem was agitated because Umedh had filed a complaint against him alleging that he was being threatened by the former. The damaged Tata Safari has been seized being a case property.
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naib court Assault
Chandigarh, May 19 Lawyers are making all possible attempts to compromise with the police constable Ram Karan, deployed as naib court, who was beaten up by lawyers in public. “We are trying to reach a compromise, but in case the police is bent on arresting lawyers, the entire District Bar Association (DBA) will surrender,” said NK Nanda, president DBA. Meanwhile, vice-president of the DBA had requested all members of the bar association not to make any statements to the media.
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St Soldier Football Trophy
Chandigarh, May 19 In their match against St Kabir team, St Soldier team put up a good show and drew first blood through Padma in the 16th minute. Anuj Yadav contributed a fine brace by scoring in the 27th and 37the minutes. In between, Sumit had made it 3-0 in the 31st minute. Ashish struck in the 48th minute. Rahul Dahiya was denied a 'goal, as he was ruled off-side. However, his briliiant header of a floater from Padma from the left flank, was a superb try. After taking an unassailable 4-0 lead, St Soldier virtually gave up before the lemon break. St Kabir School’s consolation goal came through Aditya Jindal.Earlier, St John's
School proved too good for Saupin's School. Krishna scored the first two goals for his team by netting in the 25th and 27th minutes. Praseaj (29th), Krishna (32nd) and Anew (38th) helped the team to register a fluent victory. Semifinal results St John's beat Saupin's School, Sector 32, 5-0, while St Soldier got the better of St Kabir School, Sector 26, by a comfortable 5-1 margin. In their match against St Kabir team, St Soldier team put up a good show
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City lad shines in junior golf
Chandigarh, May 19 The Faldo series Asia winner finished the third round at 213. Honey Baisoya goes into the final round with a three-day tally of 211 (73-67-71). Bangalore’s Trishul Chinappa and Amanaraaj of Patna are tied for the third slot, three strokes behind Tarundeep at 216. Chandigarh’s Aadil Bedi and Karan Pratap from Faridabad were tied for the first slot with identical two-day totals of 156 in the U-10 category for boys and girls. Scores Category A and B (boys) - Honey Baisoya 211, Tarundeep Chadha 213, Aman Raj and Trishul Chinnappa 216 and Manpreet Mann 218. Category C (boys) - Arjun Prasad 230, Arjun Puri 236, Karthik Sharma 237, Tanvir Kahlon 244 and Karandeep Kochhar 246 Category A and B (girls) - Vrishali Sinha 229 (winner), Raksha Phadke 232 (runners-up) and Millie Saroha 232 Category C (girls) - Suchitra Ramesh 258 (winner), Riya Ahuja 262 (runners-up); Category D (boys and
girls)- Kran Pratap Singh and Aadil Bedi 156 each, Manav Bais 168. |
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Top seed Gurinder to take on third seed Ajay Yadav
Chandigarh, May 19 Gurinder and Yadav ousted their rivals, Manpreet Singh Chawla (6-2, 6-0) and Tushar Sharma (3-6, 6-3, 6-1) in the semifinal matches played today. Yadav took time to settle down against Sharma after surrendering the opening set by 3-6. He came from behind, and clinched the second set by 6-3. In the decider match, Yadav held his nerves and outclassed Tushar in all departments of the game to clinch the set 6-1. The women's singles semifinals fixtures witnessed the biggest upset with eighth seed Manya Nagpal of Uttar Pradesh upsetting hot favourite and top seed Ravnoor Kaur of Chandigarh in three sets6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-0. Second seed Abhilasha Ahuja of Haryana had an easy passage into the final. She beat qualifier Ashima Garg of Chandigarh in straight sets 6-1, 6-2. Results Men’s singles (semifinals):Gurinder Singh (PB) bt Manpreet Singh Chawla (DLI) 6-2, 6-0, Ajay Yadav (CHD) bt Tushar Sharma (PB) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. Women’s singles (semifinals): Manya Nagpal (DLI) bt Ravnoor Kaur (CHD) 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-0, Abhilasha Ahuja (HAR) bt Ashima Garg (CHD) 6-1, 6-2. Men’s doubles (semifinals): Tushar Sharma (PB) and Ranjeet Singh (CHD) bt Nasir Mailk (CHD) and Kamal Kishore Maderna (RAJ) 6-3, 6-2, Ajay Yadav (CHD) & Gurinder Singh (PB) bt Arjun Tomar (DLI) and Manpreet Singh Chawla (DLI) 6-2, 6-4. Women’s doubles (semifinals): Ikttesh Chahal (CHD) and Harsimran Kaur (HAR) bt Manya Nagpal (DLI) and Abhilasha Ahuja (HAR) 6-0, 1-6, 10-4, Anukriti Chaudhary (DLI) and Renu Sharma (HAR) bt Bhavika Wadhawan (CHD) and Bhavya Wadhawan (CHD) 6-4, 6-4. |
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Malkan Trophy
Mohali, May 19 Earlier, Chandigarh skipper Shivam Bhambri won the toss and elected to bat first. The move, however, boomeranged as Chandigarh lost their first wicket in the shape of their in-form skipper Bhambri at 10. Bhambri was snapped by wicketkeeper Anmol while chasing an away swinger from Ashutosh with his individual score of six. Ashutosh struck again when he disposed of other opener Bhagminder by having him caught in the slips for 16 with the team’s total reading 35 for two. Chandigarh kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and at one stage they were in deep trouble with half the side back in the pavilion with total reading 89 in 33.5 overs. At this stage, Arvinder Chauhan who had come at number four, was joined by Vineet Dhaka and the duo started the repair work. Both batsmen added 117 runs for the sixth wicket. Chauhan lost his wicket after accumulating 65 runs. Medium pacer Ashutosh Kumar was the pick of Patiala bowlers, as he scalped three for 87, while Gurtek Singh, Tanish Gill, Sahil Gupta, Navendu Sharma and Sagar Kumar picked one wicket each. Scores Chandigarh: 324 for 9 in 107 overs (Vineet Dhaka 96, Arvind Chauhan 65, Sanjot Singh 43 not out, Saiyam Sareen 29 and Arjit Singh 21; Ashutosh Kumar 3 for 87, Gurtek Singh 1 for 44,
Tanish Gill 1 for 47, Sahil Gupta 1 for 56, Navendu Sharma 1 for 30 and Sagar Kumar 1 for 24). The second day match will resume tomorrow at 7.30 am at the PCA Stadium, Mohali. |
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Archer Anil selected in Indian team
Till last year, Anil and his wife Shweta Arya were trainees at this centre before the former joined the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. The elated coach Vikas Shastri said he was proud of his pupil. Terming Anil a natural talent, Shastri said: “He came to me in 2004 and took on “Indian Round”, the event meant for beginners. But soon, he graduated to compound event. Though he not so disciplined, he was good in the sport. Anil became serious in 2008 and the result is here,” said the proud coach. Anil’s selection in the Indian team has boosted the morale of other local archers, who have been honing their skills at the centre, said Shastri. Anil, who hails from Narnaul, Haryana, has completed his higher studies at Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26. |
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