16012023-CT-01.qxd 1/16/2023 12:40 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune CHAHAL, VIRK TO VIE FOR TOP POST OF CITY GOLF CLUB ENSURE PRESENCE OF CBSE REGIONAL OFFICER: COURT PARAMJIT HITS TON, HELPS BIHAR SCORE 293/7 ON DAY 1 Incumbent CGC president Lt Col HS Chahal (retd) and Major Rajinder Singh Virk (retd) will vie for the top post. P3 HC directs the Panchkula police chief to ensure the presence of the CBSE’s regional officer on January 20. P3 Bihar’s Paramjit hits an unbeaten ton to trouble UT bowlers on opening day of Col CK Nayudu Trophy. P3 » » TRICITY COVID REPORT CHD P’KULA MOHALI POSITIVE 99,358 48,434 1,01,163 RECOVERED 98,173 48,013 99,991 NEW CASES 2 0 0 ACTIVE 4 0 4 CHANGE 1 0 0 DEATHS 1,181 421 1,168 NEW 0 0 0 MAX 17°C | MIN 7°C YESTERDAY MAX 17.4°C | MIN 6.7°C SUNRISE TUESDAY 7:19 AM TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Token system to end queues BJP, AAP to slug it out as Cong, SAD may abstain at Advancedissue slips to patientsCentre Cardiac for registration Vending machine set up to MAYORAL POLL Sandeep Rana Tribune News Service AIR QUALITY INDEX Naina Mishra WORKING ON HOSPITAL SOFTWARE Tribune News Service CHANDIGARH 228 PANCHKULA 64 MOHALI 190 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 MAINLY CLEAR SKY SUNSET MONDAY 5:45 PM » MONDAY | 16 JANUARY 2023 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD INBRIEF TWO POSING AS COPS NABBED Mohali: Guramrit Singh, alias Amrit, a Sector 85 resident, and Gurvinder Singh of Sector 87 have been arrested for impersonating a public servant and cheating by posing as cops near the Jawaharpur exit on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway near Dera Bassi. The police said Guramrit, who owns a club, and Gurvinder, a bouncer, were coming from the Ambala side in an SUV when they were pulled over. They flashed an ID, posing as policemen. A pistol and three rounds were recovered from the vehicle. A case under Sections 170, 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC and Arms Act has been registered. TNS Chandigarh, January 15 In order to save patients the ordeal of waiting in long queues for registration, the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGI) has installed a vending machine at the Advanced Cardiac Centre through which they can generate a token. This token will enable the patients to get their registration card made after a slip bearing a number is generated by the vending machine. After obtaining the token, patients can relax in the waiting area for the token number to flash on the display. Once the number appears on the screen, they can approach the window for registration. On any given day, the cardiac centre witnesses a huge rush of patients, who start queuing up outside the OPD registration counter as early as 6 am. The patients can now generate a token from the vending machine and when the OPD registration counter opens, the same can be shown at the counter to get the card made. This way, patients will no longer have to stand in the queue for long periods of time. ❝Oncehospitalsoftwareis introduced, manual token system will be integrated with online system, allowing patients to get token for doctor’s room as well. Token system is currently being worked out at eye and cardiac centres to reduce queues. — Prof Vivek Lal, DIRECTOR, PGI HOW IT WILL WORK slip/token bearing a number to patients arriving for registration ■ They can then relax in the waiting area for the token number to flash on display screen ■ Once the number appears on the screen, they can approach the window for registration ■ Every day, the centre witnesses a huge rush of patients, who queue up as early as 6 am 22-YEAR-OLD HELD WITH100-GMHEROIN Prof Vivek Lal, Director, PGI. The institute is also planning to have a patient mobile application that will have the facility of provisional outpatient department (OPD) registration, special clinic appointment, patient queue status, investigation report view, online payment and mobile payment. Besides, there will be a ‘doctor desk’ mobile application, containing OPD prescription scanning, patient report view, investigation and treatment order and a doctor’s dashboard. In the later stage of the implementation of the project, a digital token system will be introduced through the mobile application. Tribune News Service SPIC MAY DO HIRING GOLDEN GLOW After days of foggy weather, cyclists are silhouetted against sunlight on a cold Sunday morning in Chandigarh. PHOTO: VICKY Dense fog likely for 2 days Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Panchkula, January 15 The police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his wife, Ruby Kumari, for not bearing a child in four years of their marriage. Suspect Manoj Kumar is a native of Himmat Patti village under Sahibganj police station in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. Chandan Kumar, in a complaint to the police, claimed his sister was married to Manoj four years ago. He alleged Manoj used to beat up his sister for not bearing a child and had been threatening to remarry. He claimed Ruby had undergone treatment in this regard, but to no avail. He alleged his brother-in-law, a habitual drinker, and his sister had been living at Abhaypur village for past two years. On January 13, while Chandan was in Bangalore, he received a call from his father saying Manoj had informed him Ruby had died in sleep. He then rang up Manoj to enquire about the matter, but the latter told him their marriage was solemnised four years ago and Ruby had failed to bear a child. Manoj allegedly confessed to having killed Ruby by strangulating her so Continued on page 2 PATIENT MOBILE APP DOCTOR DESK APP ■ Provisional OPD registration ■ OPD prescription scanning ■ Special clinic appointment ■ Patient report view ■ Patient queue status ■ Investigation/treatment order ■ Investigation report view ■ Doctor’s dashboard Chandigarh Congress chief HS Lucky and party councillors with HP CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in Shimla. TRIBUNE PHOTO FINAL CALL TODAY The Congress, whose councillors are camping in Shimla, will hold a formal meeting on Monday evening to take a final call, while SAD’s senior leadership will also decide on the issue on Monday. of cross-voting are high, which may turn the tables on the party. This has prompted all three parties to herd their councillors out of the city to keep them out of reach of rival parties, knowing every single vote counts. If the Congress decides not to vote, its councillors are expected to return after the January 17 polling day. While the councillors of BJP (currently in Solan) and AAP (Ropar) are expected to return by Monday evening or early Tuesday morning. “Our councillors are getting all sorts of offers, right from being made chairman of committees or given security, 36-MEMBER HOUSE BJP AAP Congress SAD 15* 14 6 1 (*INCLUDING EX OFFICIO MEMBER i.e. MP) etc. I want to make it clear, even if one councillor of ours is poached, all remaining councillors will be directed to vote in favour of the other candidate,” claimed Lucky, the city Congress chief. BJP, AAP and SAD councillors, too, are claiming to have received offers from other parties. The saffron party has fielded Anup Gupta against AAP’s Jasbir Singh Laddi for the Mayor’s post. BJP’s Kanwarjit Singh Rana is up against AAP’s Taruna Mehta for Senior Deputy Mayor, while BJP’s Harjeet Singh is taking on AAP’s Suman Sharma for Deputy Mayor’s post. Manpower outsourcing service HP arrest: Gangster’s charge raised up to 7% by Centre aide Parry had many Aimed at curbing exploitation of hired workers, malpractices run-ins with UT cops Chandigarh: A 22-year-old drug peddler has been arrested by the Crime Branch of UT police with 100-gm heroin. Suspect Arsh Kassera, a resident of Abohar, Fazilka district, was nabbed near the underbridge in Sector 11. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered against him at the Sector 11 police station. TNS Man kills wife for not bearing child, arrested MORE ON THE CARDS AT PGI ■ Vending machine will generate a “Once the new hospital software is introduced, the manual token system will be integrated with the online software through which patients will be able to get token for doctor’s room as well. So far, the token system is being worked out at the advanced eye and cardiac centres to reduce queues,” says ❞ Chandigarh, January 15 The ruling BJP and opposition AAP will have to slug it out between themselves as the city Congress as well as SAD are likely to abstain from the mayoral polls on Tuesday. However, the two parties will take a final call on Monday about whether they will vote or not. Last year, both sides had abstained from voting in the elections. The Congress, whose councillors along with party president HS Lucky are camping in Shimla, will hold a formal meeting on Monday evening to take a final call, while SAD’s senior leadership will also decide on the issue on Monday. The Congress has six councillors, while the SAD has one in the MC House. Should the Congress vote in the polls, it will emerge as the kingmaker. If the Congress stays away, the SAD’s lone vote may make or mar the plans of the two contesting parties to get their Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor elected. Reason: The contesting sides — the BJP and AAP — have 14 councillors each, but the ruling party has the edge with the vote of ex officio member i.e. local MP Kirron Kher. With the saffron party having an extra vote, chances Chandigarh, January 15 Dense fog is expected to prevail in the tricity for the next two days. “A fresh Western Disturbance is likely to affect the western Himalayan region from the night of January 18. It will make the weather clear,” said a weather official. With the city receiving a fair bit of sunshine today, the maximum temperature of 17.4 °C was witnessed today, over four notches higher than yesterday’s 13 °C. This is still 3.3 degrees below normal. The minimum temperature was, however, recorded at 6.7 °C, which is five notches below yesterday’s 11.4 °C. This is 1.4 degrees above normal. The temperatures are not expected to see major changes in the coming days. Chandigarh, January 15 Complaints of exploitation of outsourced employees and malpractices in their recruitment may soon be a thing of past with the Ministry of Finance ordering fixing of the minimum service charges for the procurement of manpower outsourcing service at 3.85% (3% profit plus transaction charges, which are 0.85% at present), as proposed by Government eMarketplace (GeM). “The procuring entities can also fix the service charge above 3.85% with proper justification on file, wherever required. However, such charges should not exceed 7% (including transaction charges) in any case. Least cost system (LCS) may be Hiring through outsourcing has further been proposedthrough the Society for Promotion of IT in Chandigarh (SPIC). It may take up the matter at its next meeting. It had been proposed to get SPIC listed on the GeM for recruitment of outsourced employees. Following which, different UT depts will prefer hiring outsourced staff from SPIC. SERVICE CHARGES 0.85% 3.85% 7% CURRENT LOWER CAP UPPER CAP considered for procurement, wherever appropriate, especially in high value cases,” stated the order. The UT is going to follow these directions while recruiting outsourced staff. In some UT wings such as the Municipal Corporation, only .1% service charges in the procurement of manpower outsourcing service is being taken. “This was leading to instances wherein contractors were asking for Rs 10,000 each per year from those hired by them. Because on .1% profit they had nothing much to earn and were solely dependent on getting fee from hired staff in form of processing fee,” said an official. However, the civic body had recently mandated that if a contractor got changed, the manpower would remain the same and no charges would be taken from the existing staff. The staff have been facing the problem of delayed salaries. Tribunal allows HSVP to axe 3,500 trees in Sec 20 Sanjay Bumbroo Tribune News Service Panchkula, January 15 In a major relief to the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has decided in favour of the estate agency for cutting down 3,500 trees from the forest area of Sector 20 in the city. The NGT, while hearing a case pertaining to the forest area in Sector 20, in its order said the area was not earmarked as a green belt. It allowed the HSVP to carry out any construction work on its own, provided prior proper permission for felling of trees would be obtained from the authority concerned on behalf of the HSVP . The NGT gave the direc- ASHIANA FLATSRWA to challenge NGT decision in High Court 4,500 UNITS TO COME UP FOR THE POOR U-TURN BY OFFICIALS ■ The Sector 20 RWA had filed a case in the NGT against The HSVP Administrator and Estate Officer, appearing in HC in the matter, had claimed site for Ashiana flats would be changed. Its officers have now made a U-turn in NGT court. the construction of 4,500 Ashiana flats for economically weaker sections by felling trees ■ Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran told the NGT court the area was not reserved for a green belt and houses for poor were to be built under central scheme ■ After hearing arguments of both sides, the court decided the area was not a reserved area and that the HSVP could execute any development work there; trees could be felled after taking approval tions while hearing the matter on January 12 in New Delhi. The office-bearers of the Residents Welfare Association (RWA), Sector 20, had filed a case in the NGT against the construction of 4,500 Ashiana flats for economically weaker sections by felling trees in the forest area. The NGT had summoned both sides for hearing their views in the matter and deliver its final judgment. Estate Officer Gagandeep Singh along with executive engineer and four advocates were present on behalf of the HSVP while the RWA, Sector , 20, was represented by its c m y b ❝ — Yoginder Kwatra, VICE-PRESIDENT, RWA ❞ vice-president Yoginder Kwatra and general secretary Avinash Malik. HSVP’s EO Gagandeep Singh told the NGT court the area was not reserved for green belt and that houses for the poor were to be built under the ambitious plan of the Prime Minister and Haryana Chief Minister. After hearing arguments of both sides, the NGT court decided the area was not reserved for green belt and that the HSVP could execute any development work there on its own. Kwatra, however, said the matter was going on in the Punjab and Haryana High Court as well, in which they had demanded change of site of the Ashiana flats. He claimed the Administrator and Estate Officer, appearing in the HC on behalf of the HSVP had claimed , the site for Ashiana flats would be changed. The HSVP officers in the NGT had now made a Uturn. He said they had decided to challenge the matter again in the HC. A petition in this regard would be filed soon. Amit Sharma Tribune News Service Chandigarh, January 15 An active member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and aide of Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar, Inderpreet Singh, alias Parry, who has been arrested by the Punjab Police from a Sundernagar hotel in HP, was nabbed by the UT police in March last year for making extortion calls to businessman, club and hotel owners. Parry, a Sector 33 resident, has had several run-ins with the UT police over the past one decade. Parry was nominated in at least five cases in Chandigarh, of which he was acquitted in two. A case of assault, rioting and Arms Act registered on June 29, 2011, is among the oldest ones against Parry, in which Bishnoi was also an accused. The matter is sub judice. Parry and Bishnoi, both of whom were classmates in college, entered the world of crime during their graduation days at DAV College, Sector 10. The recent case was registered against Parry and five other Bishnoi gang members on charges of making extortion calls, which had led to his arrest. During the crackdown on their extortion racket, the Operations Cell led by Inspector Amanjot Singh had nabbed Parry from his house in Sector 33 on March 16, 2022. A pistol and 10 live cartridges were recovered from him. His interrogation had further led to the recovery of a Glock pistol and 10 live cartridges and a USmade rifle and 10 live cartridges. The recovery of weapons had left the cops shocked as Glock is used by country’s special forces and Was last held with illegal arms in 2022 extortion case, bailed out later INDERPREET SINGH, ALIAS PARRY 2011: Booked for rioting, assault and Arms Act at Sec 39 police station; matter is sub judice 2013: Booked under Sections 336, 435, IPC, & 25, 54 and 59, Arms Act, at Sec 3 police station; acquitted in 2019 2014: Booked under Sections 307, 452, 506, 336, 397, 323, 34, IPC, and Arms Act at Sec 26 police station; acquitted in 2018 2017: Booked in an Arms Act case at Sec 49 police station; matter is sub judice 2022: Arrested in extortion & Arms Act case registered at Sec 26 police station; probe on the Chandigarh police. A few months after his arrest, Parry, son of a retired Punjab Police Inspector, was released on bail. This was not the first time Parry had landed in police net. In July, 2017, he was arrested along with a gangster carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on him. Parry along with gangster Bharat Bhushan, alias Bhola Shooter, was nabbed from Sector 63 by Inspector Ranjodh Singh, who was then the SHO of Sector 49 police station. A fortnight prior to his arrest, Bhola Shooter was involved in the murder of Lavi Deora, a member of the Vicky Gounder gang, at Kotakpura in Punjab.