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Of 70 traffic lights, 66 without battery back-up
Chandigarh, August 2
The claims of being the first planned city of the country fell flat following the northern grid failure when all the traffic lights across the city stopped functioning, resulting in chaos.
Senior standing counsel of the Chandigarh Administration, Sanjay Kaushal, added that departmental inquiries had been initiated, in cases where the Police Complaint Authorities had recommended action.
Traffic signals stopped working following the northern grid failure recently. Tribune photos: Manoj Mahajan
As rusted pipes leak, MC says it’s helpless
Chandigarh, August 2
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has failed to replace the five decade-old leaking underground water supply lines in the five oldest sectors of the city. As a result, the residents of these areas are suffering due to low-water pressure.
SS Bidda, Chief Engineer, MC
Anupama’s death wakes up authorities
Chandigarh, August 2
Tomorrow morning at 7.25 am, a special student bus will ply through Mauli Jagran and pick up school students. The bus will however miss 16-year-old Mauli Jagran girl Anupama
Sarkar, who could not survive to see how her unfortunate life-ending incident has woken up the authorities to fulfil the most common need of government schoolchildren in the city.
Youth more keen on donating eyes
Chandigarh, August 2
Going by the number of individuals pledging their eyes at the PGI’s Advanced Eye Centre, it is the youth in the city who are more enthusiastic to donate their eyes, compared to the older generation.
Residents’ body airs grievances
Chandigarh, August 2
"I called up at the police control room number "100", but could not get through to the officials," said a resident of Sector 51, SS Bhardwaj, during an interactive session held by the Federation of Sector Welfare Associations (FOSWAC) members with Chandigarh DSP (Security) Deepak Saharan today. Bhardwaj was not the only person to complain about the inaccessibility of the number, but there were many others who aired the similar grievance.
Raksha
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Girls tie rakhi on their 45-day-old brother at Sector 15, Chandigarh, on Thursday. Tribune photo: Pradeep Tewari
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Boy stuck in hospital for unpaid dues
Chandigarh, August 1
Poverty is a curse and no one can realise it more that Ajaypal who is finding it hard to get his son discharged from the Government Multi Speciality Hospital, Sector 16,
(GMSH) even sfter his treatment is over. Ajay's son is under treatment at the hospital since December last. Ajay owes about Rs 6,000 to the hospital against bed and diet charges.
Pushed to the wall, CHB expedites allotment process
Chandigarh, August 2
Pushed to the wall for not handing over possession of flats, constructed under the Slum Rehabilitation Scheme, the Chandigarh Housing Board has decided to speed up the process of allotting all such flats.
Yogesh Kumar relieved of DPR charge
Chandigarh, August 2
Opposing "ill-treatment" meted out to the state cadre officers from Punjab and Haryana in the UT Administration has cost HCS officer Yogesh Kumar dear.
Hope for disc patients
Chandigarh, August 2
Bringing relief to the patients suffering from disc problems, the Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, Sector 70,
Mohali, has started ozone therapy from today. The RSIC is the only centre after New Delhi to provide this facility in the region. The institute has recently achieved the mark of one hundred surgeries of patients suffering spine injuries.
Check purity of gold before buying
Chandigarh, August 2
The next time you buy a gold ornament, you may have to consider its purity before presuming it to be a 22-carat gold article. Out of the 500 jewellery houses across the tricity, 116 are certified under the Bureau of Indian Standards voluntary hallmark scheme.
Rare surgery helps 50-year-old patient walk after 15 years
Mohali, August 2
A rare surgery performed by a Fortis doctor here has made a 50-year-old person walk again after being severely handicapped for 15 years. At the young age of 20, Gurdev Singh from Barnala was struck down with rheumatoid arthritis and by the age of 35 his bones were bent stiff.
Industrialists discuss problems with official
Mohali, August 2
A delegation of the Mohali Industries Association met the Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner (AETC) to apprise him of the problems faced by the industry with respect to the newly introduced notification regarding the e-filing of the movement of goods within Punjab.
Office heads accountable for power wastage: Mohali DC
Mohali, August 2
The heads of all government offices, corporations and boards would be
responsible if their institutes are found wasting electricity.
DC orders removal of rehris
Mohali, August 2
Mohali deputy commissioner Varun Roojam yesterday issued directions against putting up rehris or stalls along the Ambala-Zirakpur National Highway. The project director, National Highways Authority of India, Chandigarh, has apprised the deputy commissioner that the makeshift shops on the road cause a serious traffic hazards to the commuters.
Students seek better facilities at PU arts department
Chandigarh, August 2
Members of the Student Organisation of Panjab University today submitted a memorandum to the Vice-Chancellor demanding infrastructure at the arts department of
PU. Students demanded that more water coolers should be installed and non-functional fans should be replaced with new ones.
SOPU members come out from the Vice-Chancellor’s office after submitting a memorandum at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Thursday. Tribune photo: Parvesh Chauhan
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A few days after three UT police constables were assaulted while they were on duty, last night, residents of the BDC colony in Sector 26, attacked Head Constable and a Constable with sharp weapons.
