31052024-CT-01.qxd 5/31/2024 12:40 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune HAVE COME TO GIVE KEYS OF BULLDOZER TO SHARMA: YOGI CITY POWER DEMAND HITS ALL-TIME HIGH AT 438MW BSP NOMINEE GATECRASHES CONGRESS PRESS MEET UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses rally in Kharar in support of Dr Subhash Sharma. P2 With daytime temperature soaring to 44.9°C, the power demand in the City Beautiful has surged. P3 Dr Ritu Singh tells Cong candidate Manish Tewari that she accepts his challenge for a debate. P6 » » TRIBUNE PHOTO: NITIN MITTAL CHANDIGARH 175 PANCHKULA 269 MOHALI 254 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD INBRIEF MAN POSTS FAKE JOB MESSAGES Chandigarh: A man has been booked for posting fake messages regarding job opportunities at the State Election Commission’s office in Chandigarh. The police said Akhil Sharma of Sangrur allegedly posted fake messages regarding requirement of data entry operators at the Election Commission’s office in Sector 17. A case has been registered. TNS MOBILE PHONE SNATCHED Chandigarh: Two scooterborne miscreants snatched the mobile phone from a man in Sector 50. Prince reported that the incident took place near the sports complex. A case has been registered at the Sector 49 police station. TNS RESIDENT DUPED OF ~19 LAKH Chandigarh: A fraudster has duped a local resident of Rs 19.12 lakh on the pretext of providing him online part-time job. Ashwani Kumar Gupta, a resident of Mauli Jagran, reported that he had received a WhatsApp message from an unidentified person, who offered him a part-time job. He ended up losing Rs 19.12 lakh to the fraudster. A case has been registered at the cybercrime police station and investigation started. TNS Congress supporters take a selfie during a march in Chandigarh on Thursday. PHOTO: NITIN MITTAL Padyatrasmark last day of campaigning Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 30 Campaigning in the city came to an end this evening with main candidates holding their respective padyatras. As many as 19 candidates are in the fray. The main contenders are debutant BJP leader Sanjay Tandon and two-time Congress MP Manish Tewari, who had represented Anandpur Sahib and Ludhiana constituencies. With the campaigning coming to an end at 6 pm today, the UT Administration has imposed a ban on unlawful assemblies and holding of public meetings in connection with election during the 48 hours ending with the hour fixed for the closure of polling at 6 pm on June 1. However, there is no restriction on doorto door campaigning. District Magistrate Vinay Pratap Singh, exercising powers vested under Section 144 Candidates can campaign door to door, non-voters asked to leave city ❝ Vote for the BJP will mean rewarding the murderers of democracy in Chandigarh. I am confident that the INDIA bloc will win here with a record margin. The alliance is all set to come to power at Centre. — Manish Tewari ❞ ❝ We reached out to every segment of society and addressed their needs. Our campaigning instilled a sense of unity and solidarity among residents towards the common goal of progress and development. The BJP will emerge victorious. — Sanjay Tandon ❞ of the CrPC, has ordered that unlawful assemblies and public meetings in connection with election campaigning are prohibited in Chandigarh. Not more than five persons may assemble or move together in the area in this respect. The order came into force from 6 pm today and will be 4K cops to be deployed on polling day Chandigarh, May 30 Elaborate security arrangements have been made by the UT police for polling on June 1. Around 4,000 police personnel will be deployed to ensure peaceful voting. These personnel include 16 DSPs, 16 SHOs, 29 inspectors, 14 police post in-charge and staff of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs). They will be deployed at polling stations and 38 inter-state border checkpoints. The police said a total of 56 reserves and 32 patrol parties had also been constituted to keep a close watch and maintain peace during polling. Their duties will start at 8 am on May 31 and continue till the polling process concludes on June 1. Inter-state border nakas have been operational round the clock since May 20, said a police official. Adequate law and order arrangements have been made at the polling stations and the Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET), Sector 26, where the EVMs will be kept in a strong room and counting will take place on June 4. During a brief today, City SSP Kanwardeep Kaur asked the personnel to be extra vigilant. —TNS MAX 45°C | MIN 30°C YESTERDAY MAX 44.9°C | MIN 30.1°C SUNRISE SATURDAY 5.22 AM TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD AIR QUALITY INDEX MAINLY CLEAR SKY SUNSET FRIDAY 7.18 PM » FRIDAY | 31 MAY 2024 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE UT employees to get flats at 2008 rates, rules HC Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 30 Nearly 16 years after a housing scheme was launched for UT employees, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that the applicants would get the flats at the brochure rates applicable then. The order was pronounced in the open court today, but detailed judgment by the Bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Lalit Batra was awaited. “The High Court has allowed employees’ petition. In the open court, the Bench said the rates given in the 2008 brochure would be applicable. It also said the 2012 MHA notification on land to be given on commercial rates would have prospective effect,” said senior advocate Anupam Gupta. He was one of the counsel in the matter. The proposal to allot land to the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) was approved in 2019, paving the way for construction of apartments for no less than 3,930 allottees. The development took place on a petition filed by Phool Kumar Saini and other petitioners against the CHB and another respondent. The petitioners were seeking MHA NOTIFICATION ON LAND “The High Court has allowed employees’ petition. In the open court, the Bench said the rates given in the 2008 brochure would be applicable. It also said the 2012 MHA notification on land to be given on commercial rates would have prospective effect,” said senior advocate Anupam Gupta directions to board and another respondent to implement the Self-Financing Housing Scheme-2008 on a leasehold basis for 99 years for employees of the Chandigarh Administration. The court was told that the housing scheme for the employees was launched in February 2008 by the Union Territory, Chandigarh. The draw of lots was held on November 4, 2010, and approximately 3,950 employees were successful. But nothing was apparently done by the CHB. Even acceptancecum-demand letters were not issued to the successful appli- cants and “the bureaucrats at high level were sleeping over the matter”. The petitioners had added the CHB was apparently more interested in providing houses to encroachers. They were getting houses and tenements free of cost as “in all this the CHB gets an opportunity to do bungling”. On the other hand, the successful applicants like the petitioners having a legitimate right to get a house by making payment as prescribed in the brochure were “left in doldrums”. The petitioners claimed they were also being “prejudiced severely”. effective up to 6 pm on June 1. Meanwhile, the District Magistrate has asked the political functionaries, party workers, campaign managers, who are not voters here, to leave the constituency by 8 pm today. On the closure of campaign period, no continued on page 6 DR. MANMOHAN SINGH Former Prime Minister of India Appeal By Dr. Manmohan Singh I had a personal relationship with both parents of Manish Tewari namely Late Dr VN Tewari & Dr Amrit Tewari. Both served the people of Chandigarh in the Panjab University & PGI Chandigarh. WHAT’S ON APNI MANDI CHANDIGARH: Sectors 24 and 46 Manish's father Late Dr VN Tewari was tragically assassinated by the terrorists on 3rd April 1984 in Chandigarh as he stood against the forces of extremism and separatism who were trying to weaken the unity and Integrity of India. MOHALI: Kumbhara PANCHKULA: Sector 20 Manish Tewari served in my Government as Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in the Government of India. 1,423 bottles of cough syrup seized Manish is an able parliamentarian with a deep understanding of the problems of Chandigarh and has a keen interest in National & International affairs. He would be an able representative of Chandigarh in the Lok Sabha. Tribune News Service Chandigarh, May 30 Police have seized 15 boxes containing 1,423 bottles of cough syrup from a shop at Bapu Dham Colony (BDC), Sector 26, and arrested two persons. The police said the bottles were illegally stored at a shop namely Ganesh Studio. Two persons, Rakesh Kumar, a resident of Sector 44, who runs a medical store at the BDC, and his accomplice Parmod have been arrested. The police said both accused had procured the stock from a company in Gujarat and it was to be sold in Chandigarh. A case under the NDPS Act has been registered at the Sector 26 police station. I request the voters of Chandigarh to elect him to Parliament. He would serve you with dedication, integrity and compassion. Manmohan Singh ãæÍ Â¢ Á Ô · æ ÂãÜæ ÕÅÙ ÎÕæ°¢ चुनाव च c m y b · 梻ýðâ, ¥æ× ¥æÎ×è ÂæÅèü ¥æñÚ §¢çÇØæ »ÆÕ¢ÏÙ ·ð â¢æÛæ𠩐×èÎßæÚ