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Tribune News Service

Bassi Pathana, July 26
A local social organisation, ‘Go Green My Mother’, planted saplings at different places here.

Bibi Satwinder Kaur Dhaliwal, chairperson of the District Planning Board, was the chief guest. Maninder Pal, president of the organisation, presided over the event.

Addressing the gathering, Dhaliwal said it was the need of the hour that every section of society took up some responsibility and waged a war against pollution.

“The level of pollution had reached its peak and if we do not take appropriate steps immediately to check it, our coming generations will suffer,” he said.

Deepak Khanna, press secretary of the organisation, said saplings were planted at Balmiki Basti on the Khamano road. He said the organisation had decided to plant more than 10,000 saplings this year.

A local residents’ club also organised a function to mark vanamahotsava and formally launch a plantation drive in and around the town.

Janak Ralhon, president of the club, planted saplings of ‘tulsi’, ‘neem’ and ‘peepal’ on the ITI grounds and Ram Park to mark the occasion.

Gurdeep Sohal, secretary, Kamal Gupta, project chairman, and Tirlok Gupta, member, also planted saplings at various places in the town.

Chandigarh, July 26
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today refused to vacate stay on the construction of Tata Camelot project.

As the case came up for resumed hearing this morning, Acting Chief Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice A K Mittal did not favour the plea by the counsel for Tata Housing Development Company for the vacation of stay.

The case also saw counsel for the State of Punjab seeking time to file a report on the project. The counsel for the petitioner in the case also informed the Bench that the master plan for the City Beautiful, being prepared by Chandigarh, along with the States of Punjab and Haryana, should soon be completed.

The counsel claimed that once the master plan was complete, the picture with regard to the Tata Camelot project would become clear, as the master plan would give a finding on the project.

He added that a public interest litigation on the preparation of the master plan was coming up for resumed hearing in the first week of September. The Bench, as such, should adjourn the case challenging the Camelot project to any date after the hearing of the PIL.

The case now stands adjourned to second week of September.

The Bench, on the previous date of hearing, had segregated the Tata Camelot case from the master plan matter. Senior counsel appearing for Tata Housing Mukul Rohatgi had requested the court to hear the matter for vacation of the interim stay on the project, while pointing out that the project approvals were taken under an existing master plan.

In an affidavit filed before the court, Tata also defended its upcoming multi-storey project at Kansal village. The affidavit said the project neither fell in the catchment area of the Sukhna Lake, nor was it in the violation of Punjab’s New (Periphery) Control Act.

The High Court had earlier heard that the environmental clearance to the Housing Project had not been accorded; as such the construction could not commence at the site.

The affidavit, by the Director, Northern regional office of Ministry of Environment and Forests, categorically said it had not accorded the environmental clearance. Elaborating, the affidavit said the project was located within the 10 km periphery of Sukhna wildlife sanctuary.

Hence, a clearance would also have to be obtained from the standing committee of National Board for Wildlife, in addition to environmental clearance before the work could commence on the site.

Mohali, July 26
The Mohali District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has awarded a compensation of Rs 7.5 lakh to the family of Binoo Gupta who had died of swine flu in October 2009 at Silver Oaks Hospital, Phase
IX, Mohali.

Holding the hospital guilty of negligence, the forum comprising of BS Mehandiratta, president, Dr SS Dhaliwal and HK Ghuman, both members, directed Silver Oaks Hospital through its managing director and Dr Akhil Bhargava to jointly pay the compensation to complainant Capt Anil Kumar, husband of
the deceased.

In a complaint before the forum, the husband of the deceased stated that on October 15, 2009, she complained of breathlessness and fever. She was taken to the Civil Hospital, Solan, from where she was refereed to Silver Oaks Hospital, Mohali. He further alleged that the deceased was showing symptoms of swine flu. However, the hospital’s staff informed him that she was suffering only from lung infection or pneumonia and started her treatment accordingly.

However, the doctors failed to treat her for swine flu. They did not shift her to the isolation ward nor informed the district health authorities at SAS Nagar, which was mandatory.

The hospital failed to follow the guidelines issued by the directorate general of health services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, regarding sample collection and handling of human clinical samples for laboratory diagnosis of H1 N1 influenza.

Chandigarh, July 26
Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) JS Sidhu today convicted Dilraj Singh Dhaliwal, director of Hi-point Amusement Private Limited, in connection with a forgery case. Quantum of sentence will be pronounced tomorrow.

CBI counsel Tarun Goyal said Dhaliwal had fraudulently obtained a loan of Rs 115 lakh from Indian Overseas Bank, Chandigarh. But the CBI through its sources came to know about the forgery and lodged an FIR in 2002 against Dhaliwal.

Thereafter, the CBI had filed a chargesheet against Dhaliwal in CJM court and court today convicted him under the forgery charges.

Chandigarh, July 26
The UT Police today booked two residents of the city in a forgery and cheating case.

The police booked two residents, identified as Akshay Grover and Ajay Grover of Sector 18, for allegedly committing forgery and duping Atul Grover of Rs 4 crore. An FIR was registered on court directions.

The complainant and alleged suspects are partners in KLG Hyundai, Industrial Area.

Atul Grover alleged that Atul and Akshay had taken Rs 4 crore from him on the pretext of general power of attorney (GPA) of plot number 7 in the Industrial Area, but never gave possession of the plot.

Panchkula, July 26
A resident of Indira Colony, Mani Majra, has lodged a complaint with the police that Vajeed Khan, a bus driver employed with the Haryana Roadways, tried to rape her.

Acting on her complaint, the police has regist station.

The police said the 44-year-old woman, who was on her way to Chandigarh from Delhi, was supposed to get down at the Housing Board Chowk, Mani Majra, but driver didn’t stop the bus and took her to the Sector 5 bus stand. When conductor of the bus started misbehaving with her, she brought it to the notice of the driver (Vajeed Khan), who then scolded the conductor.

At the Panchkula bust stand, the driver offered her a lift and took her to Haripur village, where Vajeed Khan, along with his three friends, tried to rape her, but the woman managed to escape and reported the matter to the police following which a case under Section 376 (rape) and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) was registered against Vajeed Khan and three other accused. 

Chandigarh, July 26
Ganesh Kumar, a resident of the Industrial Area, Phase II, was allegedly robbed by two unidentified persons last night.

In his complaint to the police, Ganesh alleged that he was near the railway track when two unidentified persons attacked him and robbed him of his cell phone. A case was registered at the Industrial Area police station. The police has failed to identify any of the accused.

According to sources, the deceased was returning from fields where the snake bit him. He was immediately rushed to GMCH-32, Chandigarh, where he died while undergoing treatment this morning.

The body of the deceased has been handed over to family after conducting a post mortem. An inquest proceeding has been initiated.

Chandigarh, July 26
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37, (GMSSS-37) got the better of Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, to win the Pre-Nehru Hockey Tournament for Girls (U-15) here today.

GMSSS-37 thrashed Shivalik Public School 4-0 in the final match held at the Hockey Stadium, Sector 18.

Savita and Aman guided the team to victory with their contribution of two goals each.

In the final of the girls’ (U-17) category, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 18, (GMSSS-18) outperformed Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37, (GMSSS-37) by a margin of 5-0 to qualify for the main tournament to be held in Delhi.