18052022-CT-01.qxd 5/18/2022 12:28 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY | 18 MAY 2022 | CHANDIGARH ITBP’S K-9S CHIP IN TO ASSIST CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS PAGE 2 ITBP canine warriors chip in to help out children with special needs in the city, much to their joy and delight. FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY FRAUD: FRESH CASES AGAINST GUPTA BUILDERS & PROMOTERS PAGE 2 Chandigarh Police register more cases against GBP for duping a Sec 20 resident and 28 other investors. MAX 41°C | MIN 27°C | YESTERDAY MAX 39.8°C | MIN 27.5°C SUNSET WEDNESDAY 7:11 PM PAGE 2 CONG, SAD COUNCILLORS UNITE TO FIGHT AAP IN ZIRAKPUR Arch rivals Congress, SAD councillors come together to protest demolition of staircase of house in Preet Colony. SUNRISE THURSDAY 5:27 AM TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Farmers’ protest has commuters hassled Weekly vax count Say won’t budge till their demands are met; draw electricity from main lines to power fans drops 65% in city Tribune News Service Naina Mishra Tribune News Service Mohali, May 17 The road connectivity between Chandigarh and Mohali is likely to remain affected tomorrow at Shaheed Lt Col Bikramjit Singh Shaurya Chakra Chowk, also known as YPS Chowk, due to the ongoing farmers’ protest in support of their demands. Hundreds of farmers, along with their tractor-trailers, jeeps and trucks, choked the road leading to Chandigarh today. Members of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and youths gathered at Gurdwara Amb Sahib this morning and started a march towards the Punjab Chief Minister’s residence in Chandigarh stating that their demands had remained unfulfilled for over a month. The protesters broke barricades installed by the Mohali police, but were stopped at the barricades installed by the Chandigarh Police at a small distance. The police had made massive arrangements and deployed personnel, including anti-riot police, in large numbers to thwart any attempt of crossing the barricades. Farmers said they had come prepared with tents, mattress- TRICITY COVID REPORT CHD P’KULA MOHALI POSITIVE 92,243 44,275 95,946 RECOVERED 91,003 43,839 94,739 NEW CASES 8 5 7 ACTIVE 75 22 59 CHANGE 4 3 5 DEATHS 1,165 414 1,148 NEW 0 0 0 AIR QUALITY INDEX CHANDIGARH 135 PANCHKULA 136 MOHALI 103 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD INBRIEF MAN ARRESTED WITH 8.5-KG GANJA Chandigarh: The police have arrested Balwinder Singh, alias Sonu, a resident of Raipur Khurd village with 8.5 kg of ganja. He was nabbed from near the Makhan Majra barrier. A case has been registered against him at the Mauli Jagran police station. TNS TWO NAILED FOR SNATCHING PURSE Chandigarh: The police have arrested two youths on a charge of snatching. The complainant, Akram, a resident of Kajheri village, reported that two unknown persons snatched a purse containing documents and a mobile phone from him on the rear side of the ISBT, Sector 17. The police were informed and a case registered at the Sector 17 police station. Later, the suspects, Parmod Yadav (22) and Subham (21), both residents of Dhanas, were arrested. TNS Protesters sleep on the road at YPS Chowk in Mohali. A road closed due to a protest by farmers in Mohali on Tuesday. TRIBUNE PHOTOS: VICKY ROAD LEADING TO CITY CHOKED Hundreds of farmers, along with tractor-trailers, jeeps and trucks, choked the road leading to Chandigarh. Members of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and youths gathered at Gurdwara Amb Sahib on Tuesday morning and started a march towards the Punjab Chief Minister’s residence in Chandigarh stating that their demands had remained unfulfilled for over a month. es, coolers, refrigerators, kitchen utensils, water tankers and groceries. The common talk among the protesters, with charpoys laid on the road, was to make the AAP government accede to their demands or be ready for a repeat of a Singhu-like protest. More than 100 tractor-trailers clogged the road leading to YPS Chowk with a jam-like DUMPING GROUND ISSUE HC calls for another action-taken report Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 17 Nearly six years after the alleged dumping of environmental and other health concerns by the authorities in the Dadu Majra area were brought to the notice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a Division Bench today asked the Municipal Commissioner to share another action-taken report after 30 days. The Bench of Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha and Justice Arun Palli was hearing petitions filed against the UT Administration and the corporation by city resident Amit Sharma in person and Dipti Singh through counsel Ranjan Lakhanpal. As the case came up for resumed hearing, counsel for the Municipal Corporation placed before the Bench an affidavit by Commissioner Anandita Mitra, giving details of action taken and to be tak- WHAT THE MC AFFIDAVIT STATED ■ As the case came up for resumed hearing, counsel for the MC placed before the Bench an affidavit by Commissioner Anandita Mitra, giving details of action taken and to be taken regarding the dumping ground at Dadu Majra. ■ Among other things, the affidavit said the waste was being regularly covered and sprayed with 4,000 litres of “EM solution of bio-nutrients and bio-organisms” to minimise the stench. en regarding the dumping ground at Dadu Majra. Among other things, the affidavit said the waste was being regularly covered and sprayed with 4,000 litres of “EM solution of bio-nutrients and bio-organisms” to minimise the stench. It further submitted that leachate was being sucked out by suction tankers and taken to the STP continued on page 2 Farmer supporter Baba Laabh Singh at the protest site near YPS Chowk in Mohali on Tuesday. situation for sometime near Fortis Hospital. Most of the road users on this stretch were in for a surprise after seeing barricades and police presence this morning. Traf- fic remained minimal on the Sector 51/52 light point to the Mataur barrier after 10 am. A Sector 44 resident, Shrishti Mehra, who is a schoolteacher in Sohana, said, Jewellery stolen from Sec 23 house Chandigarh, May 17 To fight the drug menace, the UT Administration has decided to have a dedicated anti-narcotic task force. The decision was taken during the second state-level Narco Coordination Centre (NCORD) meeting, chaired by UT Adviser Dharam Pal, here today. After a detailed discussion on the drug situation in Chandigarh, it was decided to initiate various steps to check the flow of drugs in the city. The Adviser said it was decided to have a dedicated Students, volunteers to be roped in anti-narcotic task force, to be headed by an IG-rank officer. A dedicated anti-dark net cell would also be set up by the cyber cell of the Chandigarh Police to check the drug trade through dark web and prevent the spread of its tentacles in the city. In this project, college students and volunteers People complacent in absence of Covid surge UT SEES 8 FRESH CASES Chandigarh: The city witnessed eight new cases of Covid on Tuesday, taking the active caseload to 75. While there was no fresh fatality, 12 patients recovered from the disease. TNS 7 INFECTED IN MOHALI Mohali: Seven fresh Covid cases surfaced in the district during the past 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases to 95,946, while 12 patients were cured of the disease. No new death due to the virus was reported on Tuesday. TNS 5 TEST +VE IN P’KULA Panchkula: Five fresh Covid cases surfaced in the district during the past 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases to 44,275. No new death due to the virus was reported on Tuesday. Of the 44,275 positive cases reported from the district so far, 43,839 patients have been cured. There are 22 active cases. The death toll stands at 414. TNS RLA to auction leftover numbers Chandigarh, May 17 Burglars targeted a triplestorey house in Sector 23 and decamped with gold jewellery, diamond ornaments and other valuables worth several lakhs. Three brothers are residing in the house, one on each floor. The theft took place when the entire family had gone to attend the silver jubilee marriage ceremony of one of their daughters in Delhi. Three families had left for Delhi on Saturday night. They returned on Monday night and found that all three houses were ransacked. The police said apparently burglars entered the house from the rear side after breaking a glass door. Sources said there were no CCTV cameras installed in the vicinity of the house. Burglars entered the houses on all floors but stole valuables from two houses on the ground floor and the first floor. The brother who stays on the top floor reported that though locks were found broken, valuables were intact, said police sources. — TNS To fight drug menace, UT to have anti-narcotic task force Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 17 The vaccine uptake has again slowed down in the city registering a decline of over 65 per cent in the inoculation of weekly doses. As many as 23,439 doses were administered from April 30 to May 6, which declined to 8,547 doses in the following week (May 7 – May 13). This is the lowest vaccination figure in the past six weeks. A majority of the eligible recipients for the Covid-19 vaccine belong to 18 years and above age group for the booster dose, but there have not been many takers for it. The remaining beneficiaries are teenagers in the age group of 12 to 18 years, who are to get their first or second dose. Around 30 per cent of children aged from 12 to 14 years are awaiting their covid-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, private hospitals say that there was a lack of eagerness for the booster shot among the public. Dr Neeraj Kumar from Chaitanya Hospital, Sector 44, said, “The response to the booster dose had picked up pace when the cases had would also be involved. The Adviser said sniffer dogs and scanners would be deployed at major mailing hubs to check drug smuggling through post/courier. All pubs and restaurants in Chandigarh would have to mandatorily display “antidrug signage”. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) would provide a dedicated control room number to deal with complaints of drug smuggling and drug smuggling-prone routes or borders of the city would be patrolled by the police regularly. “Capacity building to continued on page 2 c m y b Chandigarh, May 17 The RLA will hold re-auction of leftover fancy/special registration numbers of previous series from May 28 to 30. The registration process for the re-auction will be from May 21 to 27. The reauction will be held for the “The road was open in the morning, but when I was going back home around 3 pm, I had to take a long detour to under the scorching sun.” continued on page 2 CH01CH, CH01CG, CH01CF , CH01CE, CH01CD, CH01CC, CH01CB, CH01CA, CH01BZ, CH01BY, CH01BX, CH01BW, CH01BU, CH01BT and the CH01BS series. The bidding will start on May 28 at 10 am and continue till 5pm on May 30. —TNS started rising, but after seeing no bigger surge in cases, people, who are yet to take a continued on page 2 A girl gets the Covid-19 vaccine at the GMSH-16. PRADEEP TEWARI RIGHT TO SERVICE ACT Clear pendencies, Adviser asks HODs Chandigarh, May 17 Over non-delivery of timebound services, UT Adviser Dharam Pal today discussed the issues regarding pendency of applications (March month) beyond the prescribed time frame under the Right to Service Act. The Adviser asked the Heads of Departments (HODs) concerned to clear all pendencies in a stipulated time period and deliver timely services to the public. The Ministry of Home Affairs had extended the Punjab Right to Service Act, 2011, and the Punjab Right to Service (Amended) Act, 2014, to the UT on August 14, 2017, to deliver public services to the people of Chandigarh in a transparent, efficient and time-bound manner. At continued on page 2 Pedestrian hit by car in Sec 43, dies Chandigarh, May 17 A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a car in Sector 43. The complainant, Poonam Rajput, a resident of Sector 43, reported that her husband Ravi Kumar was returning home from the market when a speeding Swift hit him from the rear near the house. The victim was reportedly tossed in the air and fell on the road before hitting the windscreen of the car. 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