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Sweat & sulk — the city mood sinks to new low
Chandigarh, June 23
 Twentynine-year-old newlywed Poonam Chauhan has to rush home from office every day to cook dinner before power cut is imposed at night.
A resident of Sector 42, Poonam says she has a joint family, but cooking dinner is her duty. Making chappatis for eight family members in the absence of power is very difficult, she says, adding that she cooks in the evening, but serves dinner in candlelight at night.
A family in Sector 44, Chandigarh, is forced to have a candlelit dinner following a cut. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Doors shut for hundreds of ex-addicts
Chandigarh, June 23
Punjab is facing a major challenge in rehabilitating hundreds of drug addicts as there is no scheme to provide them with employment after they undergo detoxification, said representatives of the Punjab State AIDS Control Society, Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres and NGOs implementing targeted interventions (TIs) for injecting drug user (IDUs) during a workshop here today.
Residents protest water problem
 Chandigarh, June 23
Residents of the Central Government Employees Colony at Sector 7 here protested against the municipal corporation (MC) authorities here today for not supplying adequate water in the area.
Residents of Sector 7 protest against water shortage in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
Scheduled power cuts are back in Mohali
Mohali, June 23
Scheduled power cuts are back in the town. From now on, power will remain suspended from 9 am to 10 am and from 1 pm to 2 pm in the town while its peripheral villages will witness a three-hour cut in two shifts everyday.
In Industrial Area, there will be a 48-hour power cut from 8 am on Saturday every week.
Charred remains: A view of the car that was burnt due to a short-circuit at the road separating Sectors 34 and 35 in Chandigarh on Saturday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
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Tricity scan
Chandigarh scan
Poster-making competition: Indian Council for Child Welfare is organising a poster-making competition as a part of a three-day awareness programme on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking at Bal
Bhawan, Sector 23, from June 24. Children till the age of 16 years would participate in the competition. On the first day, a poster making competition would be held at
Snehalaya, Maloya, and Juvenile Home, Sector 25. The winners would
participate in the final competition on June 25 at Bal Bhawan.
Why should people pay more for less?
Panchkula, June 23
With the district reeling under power cuts for the past two weeks, the Haryana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) has questioned the UHBVN why the people of the state should “pay more for less?”
359 illegal colonies in Mohali
Mohali, June 23
As many as 359 illegal colonies have come up in Mohali district. Fatehgarh district is also not far behind. As many as 118 illegal colonies have come up in Fatehgarh district followed by Roopnagar where there are 84 illegal colonies. Patiala has 32 such colonies.
The mushrooming of illegal colonies came to the notice of GMADA when a survey of the
areas falling under the development authority was conducted.
Mohali MC gears up to deal with monsoon
Mohali, June 23
With the monsoon about to set in, the Mohali administration has begun its preparations to cope with waterlogging and other problems.
A special cleanliness drive has been initiated in the town under which all curve channels, road berms, water drains and sewerage systems are being cleaned up by the local municipal corporation and public health department. Besides, the municipal corporation has put in extra manpower of about 100 officials to deal with the wild growth in the town.
Illegal structures videographed
Chandigarh, June 23
After passing demolition orders against 300 illegal structures at Khuda Ali Sher and Kaimbwala that fall in the catchment area of the Sukhna Lake, the Land Acquisition Collector (LAC) of the
Chandigarh Administration has videographed illegal structures.
Policeman on duty at ‘naka’ has narrow
escape
Chandigarh, June 23
A Chandigarh Police ASI on duty at a 'naka' set up to check drunk driving here had a narrow escape when a person driving a vehicle recklessly missed hitting him and sped away last night.
The 'naka' was laid by the traffic police near the road separating Sectors 33 and 34. The person driving a speeding car almost hit ASI Manjit Singh.
PU gets tough ON help desks
Chandigarh, June 23
Panjab University, for the first time, has taken an undertaking from the student leaders as per which any incident of violence would lead to cancellation of the help desks of the parties involved in
the violence.
A PUSU member distributes helpline number at Panjab University,
Chandigarh. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
Fellows urge varsity VC to fill posts
Chandigarh, June 23
A deputation of fellows has urged the Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University to convince the Punjab government to fill the teaching posts that have been lying vacant for last several years.
PU to train career counsellors
Chandigarh, June 23
A five-day training workshop 'Appraisal to Aspirations' is being organised by the Department of Education, Panjab University, from June 25.
The workshop aims to make the participants capable of conducting assessment and appraisal tests for providing informed guidance and counselling to students.
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Panchkula, June 23
