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NEIGHBOURHOOD

Boost for industry
Govt amends PRTPD Act for Dera Bassi and Lalru
Tribune News Service

Dera Bassi, July 8
In an effort to boost the industry of the area and provide job avenues to residents, the Punjab government has amended the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act (PRTPDA), 1995. The amendments have been made in the Act enforced in Dera Bassi and Lalru areas of Mohali district.

The decision in this context was taken by Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal in a meeting including Sukhbir Badal, Anil Joshi, NK Sharma and some other senior officers of different departments.

Apart from some other amendments in the Act, now the industrialists have to satisfy norms laid down by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) for setting up of industrial units in the area.

Earlier, the industrialists had to seek permissions from various departments to set up industrial units which a tedious task. There was a specific area earmarked for the industrial units.

In the meeting for approval to amend the existing master plans for Zirakpur, Dera Bassi, Lalru and parts of Mohali that fall in Zirakpur area, to a micro-level master plan of the areas was also granted, said area MLA, NK Sharma.

Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, Sharma revealed that the government has asked Jurong International Limited, a Singapore-based company, to prepare a blue print of the micro-level master plan of Zirakpur, Dera Bassi and Lalru municipal areas.

Under this plan, there would be earmarked areas for hospitals, administrative complexes, sports complexes, health and educational institutions, parking sites, for water storage tanks, sewerage system, solid water collection centres and dump yards, informed the MLA.

The government is focusing on a planned development in 15 villages that were recently included in the Dera Bassi municipal limits.

Meanwhile, Dera Bassi Industries Association (DBIA) has expressed its resentment against the government for not taking the industrialists into confidence before taking the decision in this regard.

Rakesh Rattan Aggarwal, general secretary of the association, claimed that the PRTPDB did not circulate a draft of the proposed amendments in the PRTPD Act before giving it a final shape.

“The government had formed a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) here for boosting the industry and generating employment opportunities for local unemployed youth without taking the industrialists into confidence. The SEZ failed to fulfill the purpose and the government was forced to scrap it,” claimed Aggarwal.

Manch chief comes to the rescue of HMT staff

Pinjore, July 8
Shivalik Vikas Manch chief Vijay Bansal has asked the Ambala MP Rattan Lal Kataria to help the staff of HMT, who are awaiting salaries for more than one year. The HMT has two plants–Machine Tools and Tractor Plant—units operating from the same premises. The Congress government has opted different set of rules to deal with the employees of both the units, he alleged.

While a financial package was given to the Tractor Plant, hike in salaries and age limits of its employees while the employees of the Machines and Tools unit were not paid salaries even, Bansal said.

He apprised the MP that HMT Pinjore was given step-motherly treatment by the Congress government. The government had acquired 842 acres of land for setting up the HMT. Out of the total land 446 acres is still laying non-utilised for the past over 50 years, he revealed.

He appealed Kataria to pursue a case for setting up of a Rail Coach Factory (RCF) here which would not only help in proving job avenues to the youth of this backward area of the state. — TNS

COURTS

Godrej penalised for failing to deliver washing machine on promised date
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 8
Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has been penalised by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum for failing to deliver washing machine ordered from HomeShop18 within the promised date to a Sector-15 resident.

The forum has directed the company to refund Rs.22,410 with interest, paid online by the complainant, and to pay Rs 5,000 as compensation for mental agony, in addition to Rs 3,000 as cost of litigation.

The complainant, Gaurav Prakash, stated that he ordered a Godrej Glitz Washing Machine by making online payment of Rs 22,410, through his SBI card, on the website of Homeshop18, on November16, 2013. The washing machine was to be delivered by November 24, 2013. However, when the machine was not delivered by the stipulated date and there was a delay in delivery of the machine, he sent several e-mails to the opposite party (Godrej) to cancel the order and refund the amount, but to no avail.

The opposite party, in its reply, admitted the factual matrix of the case and pleaded that the delay occurred due to extra time consumed in manufacturing and quality checks. “The Complainant had also been given an option to either wait for the machine ordered or to take any other model similar to the model ordered by him. The request of the complainant for refund was received on December 14, 2013.” “The opposite party has held its ground that having refunded the amount received from the complainant, no cause is made out against it for which the complainant can be awarded interest on the amount along with the compensation and litigation expenses. However, the party has not placed on record any document to prove that it had promptly answered the queries of the complainant. The party may have refunded the amount on January 17, 2014, but there is no proof on record for us to believe that the complainant was in full knowledge of the receipt of this amount at the time of filing of the present complaint. The party failed in its promise.”

CRIME

Man hit by vehicle, dies

Chandigarh, July 8
In a blind hit-and-run case, a CTU bus conductor died after he was hit by an unidentified vehicle at the Sector 20/30 light point today.

The victim Sandeep Singh, a resident of Sector 20-C, Chandigarh, was crossing the road when he was hit. A passerby, who saw the body lying on the road called the police control room.

Sandeep was rushed to the Government Medical College and Hospital Sector 32 where he was declared brought dead. The police could find no eyewitness who had seen the offending vehicle hit the conductor.

Even the passerby who called the control room stated that he just saw the victim lying on the road and had not seen the vehicle which hit him. The police have registered a case of causing death due to negligence against unidentified accused at the Sector 19 police station. — TNS

SPORTS

CLTA-AITA Men’s and Women’s rS 1 Lakh Tennis Tournament
Ranjeet gets better of Dheer Anush
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 8
Sixth seed Ranjeet Singh defeated a former local trainee, Dheer Anush Bhatti, in straight sets during a match of the ongoing CLTA-AITA Men’s and Women’s Rs 1 lakh Tennis Tournament being held at the CLTA courts in Sector 10 here today.

Ranjeet Singh defeated Dheer 6-1 and 6-4.

Ranjeet dominated the first set by conceding only one game. He had an early break and was leading 2-0 in the second set but Dheer rallied and took a 4-2 lead. However, Ranjeet kept his cool and won the next four games to close the set and the match.

In another major upset of the day, Aditya Tiwari defeated eighth seed Bhavesh Gaur 3-6, 6-4 and 7-6 (5). The match lasted 3 hours and 35 minutes.

In a women’s event, Megha Sehrawat upset second seed Sanya Madan. The former after losing the first set 3-6 raised her level of game and conceded only three games in the next two sets to win the match 3-6, 6-1 and 6-2.

Women’s main draw pre-quarter finals (Singles)

Aastha Balasaheb bt Dikshita Patel 6-1, 6-4; Anjali Thakur bt (6) Manya Nagpal 6-3, 6-2; Nida Kamal bt (8) Gayatri Kumaraiah 7-5, 7-5; Rajbir Kaur bt Charvi Saxena 6-2, 6-3; Baani Singh bt Anupreet Bedi 6-2, 6-2; Anukriti Chaudhary bt (4) Vineeta Singh 6-1, 6-1; Megha Sehrawat bt (2) Sanya Madan 3-6, 6-1, 6-2; and (3) Rimpledeep Kaur bt Abhilasha 6-1, 6-2.

Men’s main draw pre-quarter finals (Singles)

Param Pun bt Ankush Arora 6-3, 6-4; Aditya Tiwari bt (8) Bhavesh Gaur 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5); (6) Ranjeet Singh bt Dheer Anush Bhatti 6-1, 6-4; Vikrant Dahiya bt Digvijay Pratap 6-3, 6-2; (2) Elwin Anthony bt Basil Khuma 6-1, 6-3; Tarun Nath bt Kamal Kishore 6-1, 6-2; (7) Brahmjot bt Pranav Suri 6-2, 6-3; and (3) Rubal Shandilya bt Kunal Vazirani 7-5, 6-2

Men’s main draw pre-quarter finals (Doubles)

(1) Bhavesh Gaur and Aditya Tiwari btVarchasav and Jairaj Sirohi 6-0, 6-2; Elwin Antony and Ramakrishnan bt Yuvraj Chaudhary and Pardeep Panth 6-0, 6-3; Basil Khuma and Rakshit Rishi bt (4) Ranjeet Singh and Jagtar Singh 6-4, 4-6, 12-10; Rubal Shandilya and Vikrant Dahiya bt (3) Rahul Belwal and Brahmjot Singh 7-5, 4-6, 10-7; Rohit Ranglani and Nasir Malik bt Govind Mourya and Aditya Vishwakarma 6-4, 7-5; Parmveer Bajwa and Param Pun bt Shrey Gupta and Avishek Gaur 6-3, 6-2; and Vidit Vaghela and Kunal Vajiranit bt Deepak Singh and Romit Sharma 6-0, 6-0.

Women’s main draw pre-quarters (Doubles)

Aarushi Kakkar and Baani Singh bt Pious Mudgil and Preetnain Grewal 6-1, 6-2; (3) Gayatri Kumaraiah and Vineeta Singh bt Anjali Thakur and Shubhi Dwivedi 6-2, 6-2; Stuti Tomar and Anupreet Bedi bt Meenu Pandey and Arti Kashyap 6-2, 6-2; Aarushi Basin and Nida Kamal bt Disha Dang and Sanya Sinya 6-3, 6-1; (4) M Arthi and Abhilasha Vishwanath bt Manisha Sahani and Sitara Sahani 6-0, 6-0; (2) Ranbir Kaur and Rimpledeep Kaur bt Anandita Mitra and Ananya Jha 6-2, 6-1; and Charvi Saxena and Saumya Saxena bt Sanya Madan and Megha Sehrawat 7-5, 6-4.