28012026-CT-01.qxd 1/28/2026 12:32 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune MODERN CONCERT CENTRE TO COME UP AT SARANGPUR BANK STAFF STRIKE WORK OVER 5-DAY WEEK DEMAND LOGGING OUT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE NEW POWER MOVE 25-acre project will have latest infrastructure for hosting national and international events. P2 United Forum of Bank Unions went on strike and staged a protest at Bank Square in Sec 17. P2 Celebrities are quietly logging out. Actors are stepping back from social media to protect themselves. P4 » » AIR QUALITY INDEX PANCHKULA 171 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD City wettest in region |Showers expected today Tribune News Service WHAT’S ON CHANDIGARH LAUNCH: ‘Project Saathi’, a holistic wellness initiative for school students; UT Secretariat, Sector 9; 10:30 am APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sectors 15, 40, 46 Panchkula: Sector 25 Please send information about events in tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com POWER SHUTDOWN CHANDIGARH 10 am to 1.45 pm:Parts of Sector 44 10 am to 2 pm:Parts of Sec 51, Palsora 11 am to 3 pm: Milk Colony, Housing Board (Dhanas), Dhanas and Maloya village FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Mercury plunges as rain lashes Tricity 139 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 MAX 16°C | MIN 9°C YESTERDAY MAX 15.5°C | MIN 10.1°C SUNRISE THURSDAY 7.16 AM /THETRIBUNECHD State honour CHANDIGARH RAIN SUNSET WEDNESDAY 5.54 PM » WEDNESDAY | 28 JANUARY 2026 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST State awardees at the 77th Republic Day celebrations in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Monday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: PARDEEP TEWARI Modern police stations for IT Park, Mauli Jagran; to cost ~29 crore Tribune News Service Chandigarh, January 27 Highlighting drug abuse as the most pressing challenge facing Chandigarh and Punjab, Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria called for innovative and stronger measures to effectively combat this menace. The Administrator, accompanied by UT Chief Secretary H Rajesh Prasad, today laid the foundation stones for two state-of-the-art police stations at IT Park and Mauli Jagran. The Governor said both projects aligned with the vision of “Future-Ready Chandigarh 2030 and Beyond” and underscored the Administration’s commitment to citizen-centric, responsive and modern policing. The IT Park and Mauli Jagran police stations will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 9.81 crore and Rs 19.51 crore, respectively. They will be equipped with modern facilities, including women help desks, separate lock-ups and barracks for men and women, interrogation rooms, armoury, conference halls, canteens, parking facilities and barrier-free access to persons with disabilities. The buildings will have provision for rainwater harvesting and solar lighting. c m y b Chasing kite, two boys run over by train Zirakpur, January 27 Two boys were run over by a train while they were chasing a kite near Harmilap Nagar, Baltana, on Sunday evening. They have been identified as Shivam (14) and Arush Kumar (10), both residents of Harmilap Nagar. Railway police officials said the bodies had been shifted to the Civil Hospital, Panchkula, for post-mortem. — TNS Chandigarh, January 27 Rain again lashed the Tricity on Tuesday, dragging temperatures down sharply. Moderate showers, caused by fresh western disturbance, turned into heavy rain after 8 pm in several parts of the city. Scattered rain is expected in the region on Wednesday. Even as Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula woke up to a partly cloudy sky with shallow fog and the sun playing hide and seek, light to moderate rain set in around 9.30 am. Chandigarh recorded 40 mm rainfall till 8.30 pm, making it the wettest city in the region. Power supply was disrupted in many areas after 6 pm, with large parts of Mohali remaining without electricity till the filing of this report. The evening spell turned noisy and biting, with loud thunderclaps and chilly winds further intensifying cold wave conditions across the region. Chandigarh’s maximum temperature plunged by 5.4 degrees to settle at 15.5 ALL SRINAGAR FLIGHTS CANCELLED Mohali: Owing to bad weather in Srinagar, the arrival and departure of ChandigarhSrinagar flights were cancelled at Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport here on Tuesday. The arrival and departure of the Leh flights were delayed by about two hours. The Dharamshala flight was rescheduled from 2:10 pm to 4:25 pm.—TNS degrees Celsius, slipping to 3.9 degrees below normal. The minimum temperature, however, rose sharply by 3.9 degrees to 10.1 degrees Celsius, standing 2.3 degrees above normal. Seasonal rainfall in the city stood at 64.6 mm, around 54 per cent above normal. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for cold wave and dense fog at isolated places over the next three days. Scattered showers are likely at isolated places on Wednesday, while Thursday and Friday are expected to remain largely dry. A yel- low alert has again been issued for Sunday, when fairly widespread light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds of 30-40 kmph is expected. There is also a possibility of isolated showers on Saturday and Monday. Minimum temperatures are likely to fall by 3 to 5 degrees over the next two days, after which no major change is expected. For the next five days, the Tricity is likely to see maximum temperatures ranging between 16 and 22 degrees Celsius and minimums between 8 and 10 degrees. Chaos on roads Traffic chaos was witnessed at almost all roundabouts in Chandigarh in the evening as roads remained waterlogged. Rajesh, a resident of Mohali, said it took him an hour to reach home from Sector 17 in Chandigarh. Amarnath, a resident of Sector 46, said the roads in his area were in a pathetic condition that worsened with each spell of rain.