05122022-CT-01.qxd 12/5/2022 12:45 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh TRIBUNE MONDAY | 5 DECEMBER 2022 | CHANDIGARH MC MOOTS RENOVATION OF SECTOR 41 MEAT MARKET PAGE 3 The enforcement wing has been asked to remove illegal meat and fish vendors sitting outside the market. FORECAST MAINLY CLEAR SKY TRICITY COVID REPORT CHD P’KULA MOHALI POSITIVE 99,338 48,431 1,01,150 RECOVERED 98,155 48,009 99,980 NEW CASES 1 0 0 ACTIVE 2 0 2 CHANGE — – DEATHS 1,181 421 1,168 NEW 0 0 0 MAX 24°C | MIN 8°C | YESTERDAY MAX 25.2°C | MIN 9°C SUNSET MONDAY 5:22 PM Chrysanthemum Show to be plastic-free event Digital screens, food court, kids’ play area new features Tribune News Service CHANDIGARH 204 PANCHKULA 146 MOHALI 193 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD POWER SHUTDOWN MOHALI 9 am to 5 pm: IT City, Aerocity, Babhat and godown area, Ramada hotel and nearby areas, Gurdev Nagar, Jarnail Enclave (Phase-1), New Defence Colony, Victoria City, Highland Park, Astha Apartment, Lohgarh, VIP Road, Singhpura, Ramgarh Bhudda, Shatabgarh, Silver City (main), Cosmo Plaza, Badal Colony, Sigma City and Balaji Towers. Chandigarh, December 4 There will be many firsts to the city’s popular Chrysanthemum Show this time — A food court, a children’s play area and 10 digital screens to make people aware of various varieties of chrysanthemum. A total of 270 varieties of chrysanthemum will be on display during the festival from December 9 to 11 at the Terraced Garden in Sector 33. The municipal corporation will spend about Rs 20 lakh on the show. With a view to making the event plastic-free, the civic body has decided that no flex boards will be used during the event this time. Big flex boards, used in the garden and at the exhibition venue every year, would be replaced by digital walls this year. The 10 digital screens to be put up at the first enclosure of the garden will run pictures in the slide-show mode giving information about various varieties of chrysanthemum. The second enclosure at the garden will be dedicated to martyrs. It will be decorated with beautiful flowers. Third PAGE 3 TWO CITY SCHOOLS MAKE IT TO B’BALL SEMIS IN BOYS’ MEET The police arrest the wife of the owner of a house in Sector 15 for theft of jewellery from tenant’s room. Sandeep Rana AIR QUALITY INDEX 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 WOMAN ARRESTED FOR THEFT AT TENANT’S ACCOMMODATION MC workers make preparations for Chrysanthemum Show at Terraced Garden, Sector 33, on Sunday. PHOTO: PRADEEP TEWARI ~20 LAKH WILL BE SPENT ON SHOW FROM DEC 9 TO 11 270 CHRYSANTHEMUM VARIETIES TO BE ON DISPLAY New Public School, Sec 18, Gurukul Global School, Mani Majra, in semis of Rao Jai Singh Memorial meet. SUNRISE TUESDAY 7:04 AM City logs only 38 cases in Nov Chandigarh, December 4 The city has witnessed the lowest number of monthly Covid-19 cases in November, with a 60 per cent decline against the previous month. While 38 cases were recorded this month, the number was around 95 in October. There was a decline of 75 per cent in Covid cases in October compared to the September cases of 387. The average number of cases reported in the past week is less than one and the average positivity rate is 0.21 per cent. The overall positivity rate of Chandigarh stands at 7.47 per cent with 99,337 positive cases. — TNS PAGE 3 TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Star performer Bollywood singer Shaan performs at Chandigarh Carnival on Sunday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: VICKY P3 Sector 77-76 road not repaired for year ‘WILL MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING EXPERIENCE’ NO RESPITE IN SIGHT Besides making it a zero waste and plastic-free event, we are introducing many new things to make it more interesting and appealing to the public. Anindita Mitra, MC COMMISSIONER This is the least expect ❝this patch will betorepaired that ❝ ❞TICKLE YOUR TASTE BUDS WHY DIGITAL SCREENS The 10 digital screens (replacing flex boards made of plastic), to be put up at the first enclosure of the garden, will run pictures in the slide-show mode with information about various varieties of chrysanthemum. section of the garden will entirely have a children’s play area. The last and fourth enclo- The last and fourth enclosure will have a food court where pan-India cuisines such as “litti chokha” and “chhole bhature” will be served. sure will have a food court where pan-India cuisines such continued on page 3 c m y b soon. People have been daily inconvenienced for more than a year, but the authorities concerned have turned a blind eye to the poor condition of the road. Darshan Kamboj, BROKEN STRETCHES MOHALI Gaurav Kanthwal Tribune News Service Mohali, December 4 The road separating Sectors 77 and 76 is dotted with big potholes on both sides near the Sohana hospital and Radha Soami Satsang premises. The road stretch has not been A road in a bad shape at Sector76 in Mohali on Sunday. PHOTO: VICKY repaired for more than a year. It also leads to the District Administrative Complex. All pleas of local residents for its repair have fallen on deaf ears. ❞ A RESIDENT OF SECTOR 77 The big potholes suddenly appear, taking the road users continued on page 3