27042022-CT-01.qxd 4/27/2022 12:28 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY | 27 APRIL 2022 | CHANDIGARH PANJAB UNIVERSITY SENATE PASSES ALL 3 AGENDA ITEMS PAGE 2 POLICE REMAND FOR COP ARRESTED ON GRAFT CHARGE Creation of a firm for operation of multipurpose auditorium complex coming up in Sec 25 was on agenda. FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY TRICITY COVID REPORT CHD P’KULA MOHALI POSITIVE 92,022 44,163 95,762 RECOVERED 90,802 43,741 94,576 NEW CASES 15 5 12 ACTIVE 55 8 38 CHANGE 14 2 10 DEATHS 1,165 414 1,148 NEW 0 0 0 A traffic policeman, posted with Mohali PCR wing, was held for taking a bribe of ~200 from a taxi driver in Kharar. MAX 40°C | MIN 24°C | YESTERDAY MAX 39.1°C | MIN 23.2°C SUNSET WEDNESDAY 6:57 PM No online classes, say private schools Unvaccinated children to be marked absent AIR QUALITY INDEX Naina Mishra 149 PANCHKULA 164 MOHALI 133 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD INBRIEF 2 DRUG PEDDLERS IN POLICE NET Chandigarh: Two drug peddlers have been arrested with 650 gm of charas. A police team, led by SI Neeraj Kumar, was on patrolling duty in Sector 42 when it noticed two youths, who tried to flee on seeing it. The police nabbed the suspects, identified as Rohit Jambal (24) and Raman Thakur (21), both residents of Bilaspur district in HPr. The police said while 350 gm of charas was seized from Rohit, the remaining was seized from Raman. TNS Chandigarh, April 26 Private schools in the city have decided not to hold online classes for schoolchildren eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine, but who have not taken it. Such students will be marked absent and no arrangements for online classes will be made for them. To protect unvaccinated children from exposure to Covid, the UT Administration had yesterday decided to restrict unvaccinated students in the age group of 12 to 18 from attending physical classes from May 4. HS Mamik, president of the Independent Schools Association (ISA), Chandigarh, said, “We have decided not to hold online classes for unvaccinated children and will continue with offline classes only. Running the classes in the hybrid mode will have its consequences in the conduct of the exams as well.” Some schools have written to the Education Department, seeking a clarification on whether they should run SUNRISE THURSDAY 5:43 AM CASES IN DOUBLE FIGURE AFTER 52 DAYS IN MOHALI Mohali:Fresh Covid cases once again touched the double figure in the district as 12 more persons were found infected on Tuesday. Before this, 11 cases had surfaced in the district on a single day on March 5. Two persons were cured of the disease, while no new death was reported on Tuesday. TNS MOHALI CIVIL SURGEON ISSUES ADVISORY A student of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10, Chandigarh, being inoculated on Tuesday. PHOTO: PRADEEP TEWARI WHAT SCHOOLS SAY ❝ We have decided not to hold online classes for unvaccinated children and will continue with offline classes only. Running the classes in the hybrid mode will have its consequences in the conduct of the exams as well. HS Mamik, PRESIDENT, ISA ❞ classes in the “hybrid mode” for unvaccinated children. Kavita Das, Principal of St John’s High School, said, “We have sought clarity from the Education Department on whether children below 12 years of age will be allowed to attend physical classes or not as they are also in the category of unvaccinated children.” Atul Khanna, Director of Strawberry Fields High School, said, “We are going to operate classes in the physical mode only. The order issued by the Administration continued on page 2 c m y b PAGE 2 FATEHGARH SAHIB POLICE NAIL TWO NIGERIANS WITH HEROIN Fatehgarh Sahib police arrest two Nigerians with 515 gm of heroin. They used to supply contraband in Punjab. Tribune News Service CHANDIGARH 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 PAGE 2 With fresh cases touching the double figure in Mohali district, the Health Department again asked residents to follow Covidappropriate behaviour. Civil Surgeon Adarshpal Kaur, in an advisory on Tuesday, said basic guidelines such as wearing mask, keeping social distance and frequent handwashing should be followed by all. TNS UT SEES 15 FRESH CASES Chandigarh: The city recorded 15 fresh coronavirus cases on Tuesday. The active case count now stands at 55. The death toll remained unchanged at 1,165. Meanwhile, only one person was cured of the disease. TNS 5 TEST POSITIVE IN P’KULA Panchkula:Five fresh cases of Covid, including three males and two females, surfaced in the district during the past 24 hours. There was no fresh fatality while three patients were cured of the disease. There are now eight active cases in the district. TNS TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE No new diarrhoea case in Zirakpur Zirakpur, April 26 No new case of diarrhoea was reported from Zirakpur on Tuesday. Health officials said reports of stool samples had ruled out the presence of cholera. The Health Department, however, organised a medical camp at Gazipur to attend to patients. More than 100 patients, including children, had complained of diarrhoea-like symptoms on Monday due to contaminated water supply. — TNS Workers try to fix a fault in a water pipeline after the diarrhoea outbreak at Gazipur village in Zirakpur, on Tuesday. NITIN MITTAL Submit documents in seven days, Admn asks Colony No. 4 residents Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 26 The UT Administration today granted another opportunity to residents of Colony No. 4, who were eligible for allotment of EWS flats, but missed the chance in the earlier round. The Administration has asked them to submit their documents within seven days for allotment of flats under the Chandigarh Small Flat scheme. Yashpal Garg, Chief Executive Officer, Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB), said a list of pending cases for allotment of houses under the ALLOTMENT OF EWS FLATS scheme was prepared in August last year. He said at that time, 122 cases of Colony No. 4 were pending, which now reduced to 58. The main reason for pendency of the cases was that the applicants were not coming forward with requisite documents, he said. All these 58 applicants had again been asked to reach the CHB office between 10 am and 12 noon within next seven days along with their identity proofs, voter ID, Aadhaar card and other relevant documents to complete the formalities so that the allotment could be made to them, he added. Meanwhile, seven residents of the colony were today allotted flats under the scheme in a computerised draw. Garg said these residents were declared eligible by the Estate Office for allotment of flat at the Housing Complex, Maloya. Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Harmohan Dhawan, Pardeep Chhabra continued on page 2