19062024-CT-01.qxd 6/19/2024 12:12 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune P’KULA FIREFIGHTERS ON TOES, GET OVER 200 CALLS THIS MONTH SHOOTER RAIZA DHILLON BOOKS PARIS OLYMPICS BERTH SECTOR 62 PARK IN BAD SHAPE, RESIDENTS IRKED Fire wing officials said they had been working in 12-hour shifts in view of high number of calls. P2 Panchkula’s Raiza Dhillon has been selected to represent the nation at the 2024 Paris Olympics. P2 Local residents said Shaheed Bhagat Singh Park had long been neglected by the Mohali civic body. P2 » » AIR QUALITY INDEX CHANDIGARH 110 PANCHKULA 158 MOHALI 160 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD INBRIEF ELDERLY MAN DIES IN HIT-&-RUN Chandigarh: An elderly person died in a hit-and-run accident near the PGI Chowk on Sunday. Devinder Chawla of Sector 70 alleged a vehicle hit his parents, who were riding a scooter, near the chowk. Both were admitted to the PGI where the doctors declared his father dead. A case under Sections 279, 337 and 304-A of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 11 police station. TNS SHUTTERING PLATES STOLEN Chandigarh: Colonel Ashish Mohan Trikha of Sector 38-D reported that six iron shuttering plates were stolen from his house on June 15. A theft case has been registered at the Sector 39 police station. TNS MAN DUPED OF ~45L IN FRAUD BJP councillors had met UT Adviser, opposed bidding move Tribune News Service Chandigarh, June 18 In a volte-face, the Municipal Corporation (MC) has withdrawn the open notice to lease out 33 acres of agriculture land in four villages of the city after councillors raised objections to the decision. The issue was discussed at a meeting of the CongressAAP alliance, which was attended by MP Manish Tiwari, chairman of Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board and co-in-charge of city Aam Aadmi Party SS Ahluwalia and city Congress president HS Lucky. Mayor Kuldeep Kumar said recently, a proposal was passed to lease out 33 acres in four villages — Chahar Tarf Burail, Khuda Lahora, Khudda ali Sher and Dadu Majra — which are under the MC. The department issued a tender for bidding without taking any necessary action. In this regard, he spoke to councillors and officials of the MC and asked them to stop the tendering process. Dr Ahluwalia said the matter was discussed with Tiwari TENDER FLOATED WITHOUT TAKING NECESSARY ACTION: MAYOR Mayor Kuldeep Kumar said recently, a proposal was passed to lease out 33 acres in four villages — Chahar Tarf Burail, Khuda Lahora, Khudda ali Sher and Dadu Majra — which are under the MC. The department issued a tender for bidding without taking any necessary action. He spoke to councillors and officials of the MC and later asked them to stop the tendering process. Municipal Corporation land in Khuda Lahora village. TRIBUNE PHOTO: PRADEEP TEWARI and Lucky during the meeting today. After a thorough discussion on leasing out 33 acres, Mayor Kuldeep Kumar was requested to consider withdrawing it, after which he ordered the officials to stop the process with immediate effect. The bidding was to be held on June 21. The MC had fixed a reserve price of Rs 30,000 per acre per annum for the land in Chahar Taraf Burail and Dadu Majra, Rs 25,000 per acre in Khuda Lahora and Rs 35,000 per acre in Khuda ali Sher for the open auction to be held at the MC office. At Chahar Taraf Burail, 5.75 acre land was available for auction for a total reserve price of Rs 1.72 lakh. For 15.5 acres at Khuda Lahora, the Chandigarh: A Mani Majra resident, Krishan Lal Gupta, reported that an unidentified person duped him of Rs 45.08 lakh in an online fraud allegedly through Fedex company. A case under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered at the cybercrime police station. TNS Rejection of MC House resolution by Admn legally questionable: Tewari FREE WATER Tribune News Service Chandigarh, June 18 Newly elected city MP Manish Tewari has stated that the decision of the UT Administration to reject the resolution passed by the Municipal Corporation (MC) to provide free 20,000 litres of water to residents is legally questionable. In a tweet, Tewari has stated that it is strange that the Chandigarh Administration has annulled the MC’s resolution to provide free 20,000 litres of water to the residents of the city by invoking powers under Section 423 of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994. “The Act envisages a mandatory show-cause notice to the MC. No such notice was given to the best of my knowledge. The said notice has to be given to the House through the Mayor or the Commissioner,” he stated. The order of the UT Administration is therefore legally questionable and stands on a weak jurispru- Manish Tewari dential footing, he adds. In a blow to the AAP-Congress alliance, UT Administrator Banwarilal Purohit on June 13 rejected the resolution of the MC House on providing free water supply and parking to residents of the city. However, contrary to the stand taken by the MC, the Administrator decided that no extra parking fee will be levied on vehicles registered out of the tricity. The alliance had got the agenda pertaining to free 20,000 litre water per month per household and free parking in the market lots passed in the MC House in March Tribune News Service APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sectors 15, 40, 46 and 52 Mohali: Phase11 Panchkula: Sector 25 Ambala, June 18 The body of a youth with a bullet injury in the back was found on the Khaira village road today. The deceased has been identified as Gurpreet, a resident of Danipur village. Gurjant suffered a bullet injury in the incident. He was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. Naggal SHO Rishipal said, “We got information about a body lying on the road and another youth suffered a bullet injury.” — TNS FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE this year. It was sent to the UT Administrator for the final approval. Free water and parking was the poll promises of AAP in the 2021 MC elections, in which the party had emerged the single largest party. Free water was also one of the promises in the Congress’ manifesto during the recent Lok Sabha election. Citing reasons such as the ongoing 24x7 water supply project, for which a loan of over Rs 500 crore has been raised, total expenditure of the MC increasing on a yearon-year basis and revenue not increasing proportionately, Purohit had rejected the resolution of the MC. The MC gets most of its receipts in the form of water tariff and property tax. During 2023-24, the corporation had received Rs 176 crore in water bills only. It has a committed liability of approximately Rs 58 crore per month, which includes regular salaries, wages, pensions, electricity bills, POL, etc. The per annum expenditure on committed liabilities comes to about Rs 700 crore. Residents reel under power cuts WHAT’S ON Youth found dead in Ambala reserve price was 3.87 lakh and for 5 acres in Khuda ali Sher, the reserve price had been fixed at Rs 1.75 lakh. At Dadu Majra, 7 acre land was to be put up for action for a reserve price of Rs 2.10 lakh. The decision was opposed by AAP’s own senior leader Prem Garg and BJP councillors, expressing apprehensions that continued on page 2 MAX 44°C | MIN 30°C YESTERDAY MAX 44.5°C | MIN 31.5°C SUNRISE THURSDAY 5.20 AM TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD MC withdraws notice to lease out 33 acres in four villages PARTLY CLOUDY SUNSET WEDNESDAY 7.27 PM » WEDNESDAY | 19 JUNE 2024 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST Sector 26 Mandi to remain closed for two hours daily Chandigarh, June 18 The UT Market Committee has announced that the Sector 26 Mandi would remain closed daily from 12 noon to 2 pm for cleanliness work. During this period, no sale or purchase activities will be allowed and no vehicle permitted to enter the mandi. This decision has been tak- CLEANLINESS WORK en in response to concerns about the continuous movement of people and vehicles, which hinders cleaning operations. Despite the best efforts of the sanitation staff, maintaining proper sanitary conditions has been challenging due to illegal encroachments by vendors and the high volume of daily traffic. Approximately 500 vehicles enter the mandi every day for the loading and unloading of goods. The two-hour closure from 12 noon to 2 pm has been chosen as visitor arrival remains low due to prevailing heatwave during that time. — TNS Chandigarh, June 18 Amid sweltering heat, residents of many sectors and localities are reeling under unscheduled power cuts. Unscheduled power cuts, voltage fluctuations and frequent tripping were reported from areas across the city. Residents alleged that the Electricity Department had been imposing unscheduled power cuts for the past few days and they sometimes remained without power for hours. Residents of Daria village said the situation was worst in their area. There were frequent power cuts during daytime too. Residents of Sector 38 stated that the power supply was erratic from 6.30 pm to 2 am last night. Resident of Sector 29 said they had been facing regular power cuts. The power supply was snapped twice last night for an hour in their area. No one picked up the helpline number of the department despite repeated attempts. Residents of other areas While residents are facing power cuts, there is no check on ‘kundi’ connections in the Industrial Area, Phase 1. PRADEEP TEWARI such as Sector 22, Sector 23 market, Vikas Nagar, faced a similar situation. An official of the depart- ment said there was no scheduled power cut, but the outages might be due to the occurrence of a sudden fault 100 off 27 balls: Pinjore-born Sahil Chauhan scripts new T20 record in Cyprus His unbeaten innings of 144 off 41 deliveries was studded with six boundaries and 18 sixes Deepankar Sharda Tribune News Service Estonia cricket team player Sahil Chauhan Chandigarh, June 18 Five years after losing his father, Sahil Chauhan shifted to Estonia to help his uncle in managing a chain of restaurants. Little did he know that moving to Estonia will put him on the world cricket map. Playing for Estonia in a sixmatch bilateral series against Cyprus on Monday night, the Pinjore-born 32-year-old batter scored 100 off just 27 balls — the fastest century in a T20 International. He also featured on the top of the table for hitting most sixes in an innings. He hit 18 sixes against the hosts Cyprus in the match BREAKS CHRIS GAYLE’S RECORD ■ Sahil’s 18-six feat is also a new men’s T20I record for a single innings. Afghanistan’s H Zazai and New Zealand’s Finn Allen shared the previous record with 16 sixers apiece ■ Sahil broke the fastest century record of Chris Gayle (30 balls), who was closely followed by Rishabh Pant (32 balls), and Wihan Lubbe & JN Loftie Eaton (33 balls each) ■ In the double-header, Sahil was out for a golden duck in the first match before going on to score the fastest ton later in the day played at Episkopi, which is the highest in any men’s T20 innings. He remained unbeaten at 144 off 41 balls. The innings was studded with six boundaries and 18 sixes, as Estonia handed over a sixwicket defeat to Cyprus. “I’m thrilled to break the world record for the fastest century in T20 internationals and hit the most sixes in a match (18) while playing for Estonia against Cyprus. I’m incredibly grateful to God, my well-wishers, the ICC and the Estonian Cricket Association. A special thanks to all my friends for encouraging me to stick to cricket,” said c m y b Sahil while talking to Chandigarh Tribune from Episkpoi over the phone. Sahil did his schooling from DAV Senior Public School, Surajpur, and later completed his graduation from Panjab University. He completed his postgraduation from a Mohali-based private university. His family still lives in Manakpur Devilal (Pinjore) village of Panchkula. His journey to Estonia and play cricket over there is nothing less than a rollercoaster ride. After losing his father in 2012, Sahil and his brother Shakeel Chauhan used to earn money by giving tuition to students besides doing other minor works. Life had some harsh phases for the two brothers, but they didn’t give up cricket. In 2017, Sahil moved to Estonia with just one aim to make his uncle’s restaurant a success. While he would fully concentrate on his business, his friends pushed him to play cricket on weekends. His got selected in the Estonia’s national team. “We used to play corporate matches and bet matches on weekends in Panchkula. I had never thought he would make a world record,” said Shakeel, who shifted to Estonia this January. “He used to work hard in continued on page 2 caused by increased power demand in some areas. The peak power demand in city city today increased to 446MW against 427MW yesterday. Owing to the excessive use of ACs and desert coolers these days, the peak power demand had surged to all-time high of 449MW last Thursday. The maximum temperature in the city was recorded at 43.1°C, which was 6.5 degrees above normal. The Met Department has predicted partly cloudy sky with likely light rain. Meanwhile, MP Manish Tewari stated that the Chandigarh Administration had unilaterally filed a petition with the JETC to increase electricity rates without consulting the city’s residents or representatives. “This decision, made without transparency or explanation, is a blatant affront to the people of Chandigarh and shows a disregard for public engagement. I encourage the people of Chandigarh to attend the public hearing and voice their concerns.” Anuradha Chagti given Hospitality Chandigarh, June 18 In a minor reshuffle, the UT Administration has assigned the charge of Secretary, Hospitality, to Anuradha S Chagti, an officer of the Central Secretariat Service (CSS), relieving Ajay Chagti of the said charge. Upon her joining the Chandigarh Administration, Anuradha was also given the charge of Secretary, Social Welfare and Women and Child Development; Chairman, Child and Women Development Corporation; and others. Hari Kallikkat has been assigned the charge of Managing Director, CITCO, relieving Abhijit Vijay Chaudhary of the said charge. — TNS
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