10032024-CT-01.qxd 3/10/2024 12:08 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune THREE ARRESTED AFTER ENCOUNTER IN KHIZRABAD VIJ INSPECTS PROGRESS OF SHAHEED SMARAK IN AMBALA FIRE BREAKS OUT AT HOUSE IN DHAKOLI, NONE INJURED Three Haryana residents arrested after a brief encounter in Khizrabad near Mullanpur. P6 Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij inspects the under-construction Shaheed Smarak in Ambala. P6 A fire breaks out at a locked house in MS Enclave, Dhakoli. No one was injured in the incident. P6 » » AIR QUALITY INDEX CHANDIGARH 127 PANCHKULA 54 MOHALI 118 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD INBRIEF 3 YOUTHS HELD FOR MURDER BID Chandigarh: The police have arrested three youths and apprehended a 15-year-old minor on the charge of attempt to murder. A resident of Nayagaon, Amit, alleged that Manish, alias Shvi; Anil Kumar, alias Lila; Gaurav, alias Bharat, and a minor boy, all residents of Sector 25, beat him with a baseball bat and iron angle, and damaged his car near the Tpoint on March 8. He was admitted to the GMSH-16. A case has been registered. TNS WHAT’S ON CHANDIGARH APNI MANDI: Sectors 34, 37 and Dadu Majra MOHALI APNI MANDI: Dasehra Ground, Sector 62 Spoil BJP’s plans to bring no-trust motion against Mayor Sandeep Rana ADVANTAGE ALLIANCE Tribune News Service Chandigarh, March 9 Barley two days before the Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) election, AAP councillors Neha Musawat and Poonam, who had recently defected to the BJP today , returned to their original party, giving a huge blow to the saffron party. Now, the BJP has 15, AAP 12, Congress seven and the SAD one councillor in the MC House. The INDIA bloc partners, AAP and the Congress, are leading with 19 votes against 17 of the BJP which , include the vote of ex-officio member MP Kirron Kher and that of the lone SAD councillor. The AAP-Congress alliance and the BJP have filed nominations for three seats each in the five-member F&CC. The elections are scheduled for March 11. The F&CC elections are held through secret voting by councillors in the assembly hall. They are supposed to give a preference for five candidates each. The one with the least preference will get eliminated. With two AAP councillors coming back to Now, the BJP has 15, AAP 12, Congress seven and the SAD one councillor in the MC House. The INDIA bloc partners, AAP and the Congress, are leading with 19 votes against 17 of the BJP, which include the vote of ex-officio member MP Kirron Kher and that of the lone SAD councillor. IT’S HOMECOMING living together, ❝Whileoccur at homes too. discords Now, we have decided to forget all things that happened in the past and returned home. ❞ — Neha Musawat, WARD NO. 19 COUNCILLOR HAPPY TO RETURN ❝ CM Mann's OSD RS Ghumman and city AAP co-in charge SS Ahluwalia with councillors Neha Musawat and Poonam. the party, the alliance has an edge in the elections now. With the help of three votes of Neha Musawat, Poonam and Gurcharan Singh Kala, who had quit AAP to join the BJP the saffron party had , won the posts of Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor. With the numbers on its side, the BJP had been eying no-confidence motion or persuade new Mayor Kuldeep Kumar Dhalor to jump the ship. However, Neha Musawat c m y b I have no problem now and am very happy to return to the party. ❞ — Poonam, WARD NO. 16 COUNCILLOR and Poonam have not only spoiled its plans but also caused a huge embarrassment to the party. The duo, along with Kala, had joined the BJP in the presence of the party’s national general secretary continued on page 5 MAX 24°C | MIN 12°C YESTERDAY MAX 25.4°C | MIN 11.2°C SUNRISE MONDAY 6.37 AM TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD Ahead of F&CC poll, 2 AAP councillors return to party GENERALLY CLOUDY SUNSET SUNDAY 6.27 PM » SUNDAY | 10 MARCH 2024 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE All govt buildings to have solar plants by year-end Tribune News Service Chandigarh, March 9 To make the UT a model solar city before 2030, the UT Administration has planned to install rooftop solar power plants on all government buildings by 2024 and on all private buildings by 2026. Against the ambitious target to achieve 75MWp (Megawatt peak) of solar power in UT by December 2024, the Administration has already achieved the installation of 61.82 MWp grid-connected rooftop solar power plants on 4,633 government and private sites in the city. This has helped in producing 250.45 million units (MU) and a reduction in 1,72,811 MT CO2 till January 2024. “Paryavaran Bhawan, Burail Jail complex and all government schools are net zero in terms of fulfilment of their energy requirement through solar power,” stated UT Administrator Banwarilal Purohit during a media interaction here. Paryavaran Bhawan is the first five star rated building in the city as per the Bureau of Energy Efficiency Standards. Purohit said all government buildings would have 100% installation of solar photovoltaic technology (SPV) pow- Admn sets 2026 deadline for private units 1,200 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED ■ The cost of plant will be recovered by firm during the BOT period through the sale of electricity generated by these plants ■ The authority concerned has received more than 1,200 applications for installation of plants ■ House owners will get electricity at a consistent rate of ~3.23 per unit during the BOT period. ■ Once the BOT period concludes, the ownership of the er plants by the end of 2024. The city has been conferred with First Prize in the State Energy Efficiency Performance Award 2023 (Group-4), presented by President Droupadi Murmu on December 14, 2023, in New Delhi. The largest floating solar photovoltaic technology (SPV) power plant in North India of 2000 kWp has been installed and commissioned at Waterworks, Sector 39, Chandigarh. All government schools and the Burail jail are carbon neutral, he added. The introduction of 80 electric buses has resulted in a reduction of 5300 MT of CO2 emission as on February 29, 2024, he said, adding that 100 more electric buses would be solar plant will get transferred to the consumer at no additional cost ■ A house owner will have to provide nearly 500 sq ft of space for a 5kWp solar plant introduced shortly. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has decided to frame new guidelines for the installation of rooftop solar power plants under the Renewable Energy Services Company (RESCO) model. Meanwhile, the UT Department of Science and Technology has set a target for the installation of 50 MWp gridconnected rooftop solar systems under the RESCO model on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis at residential houses in the city in two years. The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) had in January last year granted approval to the Chandigarh Renewable continued on page 5
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