28032023-CT-01.qxd 3/28/2023 12:52 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune IMMORAL TRAFFICKING RACKET BUSTED, 4 LAND IN POLICE NET LAWYER LOSES ~87,000 TO ONLINE FRAUD IN CITY MAN CONVICTED OF RAPING MINOR STEPDAUGHTER Police bust immoral trafficking racket being operated in the disguise of spa centres in Sector 8 here. P3 A lawyer allegedly loses ~87,000 to online fraud. Police register an FIR three months after incident. P3 Swati Sehgal, Judge, Fast-Track Special Court, convicts man of raping stepdaughter several times. P3 » » AIR QUALITY INDEX CHANDIGARH 91 PANCHKULA 73 MOHALI 54 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD INBRIEF 2 SNATCHERS NABBED Chandigarh: Two scooterborne youths were nabbed by passersby for snatching a mobile phone. A woman alleged that two persons riding a scooter snatched her mobile phone near a bus stop at Ram Darbar. The suspects, identified as Jatin (19) and Rahul (21), both residents of Sector 38 (West), were nabbed and her mobile recovered. TNS PURSE, LAPTOPS STOLEN FROM CAR Chandigarh: Unidentified persons stole a purse from a car near stairs No. 2 of the Sukhna Lake. Auchitya Sharma, a resident of Ambala, reported that two laptops, a mobile phone and a purse were stolen from his car. The purse contained documents and debit and credit cards. TNS TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD New norms for dog sterilisation Sandeep Rana Tribune News Service Chandigarh, March 27 Amid the rising cases of stray dog bite and doubts over the municipal corporation’s claims on dog sterilisation, the civic body is set to entirely change its strategy by taking new steps, including informing local residents before carrying out dog-catching and sector-wise sterilisation drives. An animal complaint cell at Animal Birth Control Centre (ABCC) has been planned for receiving complaints of bites by street dogs suspected to be suffering from rabies. A dedicated helpline is also on the cards. Before catching street dogs for sterilisation and immunisation in a locality, the civic body will inform local residents through public notices, announcements or banners. These dogs will later be released in the same area. Dogs from only one area will be brought to the centre at a time. Collars carrying numbers will be put on these dogs upon their arrival at the centre. These collars will help maintain record to ensure that each dogs are released in the same area from where these were captured. A ‘V’-shaped notch will be made on the right ear of each Residents to be informed in advance, helpline soon PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 28°C | MIN 15°C YESTERDAY MAX 27.5°C | MIN 14.3°C SUNSET TUESDAY 6.38 PM SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 6:16 AM » TUESDAY | 28 MARCH 2023 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE UT may cut reserve price of liquor vends by 6-10% Dushyant Singh Pundir Tribune News Service Chandigarh, March 27 After getting a poor response to its third auction in a row of the remaining liquor vends, the UT Administration is considering reducing the reserve prices of the leftover 36 vends by 6-10%. 4,735 Dog bite cases from Jan 1, 2022, to November 30, 2022, which are far more than cases reported in 12 of the UTs/ states in the country this year. CENSUS The last dog census conducted by the UT Animal Husbandry Department in 2018 has identified 12,920 feral canines in the city. However, the MC claims to have sterilised 20,799 dogs between 2015 and November, 2021. NEW NORMS ■ Residents to be informed before holding a drive to catch dogs ■ Sterilisation to be conducted sector-wise in the city. ■ Animal plaint centre to be set up dog during sterilisation surgery. Such clipping of the ear will help in the identification of sterilised dogs. The Centre notified many such norms this month and the corporation is going to adhere to these. continued on page 2 c m y b During an auction held here today for the remaining 41 liquor vends, the Excise and Taxation Department was able to sell only five liquor vends located at Maloya Colony, Sector 24, 34 and 40 and Mani Majra despite reducing the reserve prices by 3-5%. Unable to sell its liquor Only 5 liquor vends, of the remaining 41, auctioned in 3rd attempt on Monday vends, the UT Administration was planning to reduce the reserve price of the remaining 36 vends by 6-10% for the next auction scheduled for March 31, said an official. In the first auction held on March 15 for the allotment of liquor vends under the Excise Policy 2023-24, the department was able to auction 43 vends of a total of 95. Similarly, in the second auction held on March 21, the department was able to auction only 11 liquor vends. To attract buyers to the remaining 41 liquor vends, the department had reduced the reserve price by 3-5%, but drew a poor response due to the Punjab Excise Renewal Policy, added the official. continued on page 2