18072024-CT-01.qxd 7/17/2024 11:45 PM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune HARYANA CM INAUGURATES PHASE I OF PINJORE MANDI MOHALI COPS ARREST TWO WITH SEVEN WEAPONS VICKY KAUSHAL, TRIPTII DIMRI PROMOTE THEIR FILM The Chief Minister said it would be Asia’s biggest mandi and help boost business in the region. P2 Both arms suppliers, who had links to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, were nabbed in Dera Bassi area. P2 Dressed in ethnic Punjabi attire, the Bad Newz starcast takes Chandigarh by storm. P4 » » AIR QUALITY INDEX CHANDIGARH 89 PANCHKULA 55 MOHALI 76 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD INBRIEF IMMIGRATION AGENTS BOOKED Chandigarh: Two more immigration consultants have been booked by the UT police for duping people on the pretext of sending them abroad. Navraj Singh, a native of Rajasthan, alleged that Aman and others of AVM Global, Sector 9, cheated him out of Rs 11.65 lakh on the pretext of arranging study visa of Australia. The other complaint, Ashish Sharma of Punjab reported that Jai Karan Joshi and others of Golden Overseas, Sector 9, duped him of Rs 8 lakh. Both cases have been registered at the Sector 3 police station. TNS CYCLIST INJURED IN HIT-&-RUN Chandigarh: A car sped away after hitting a bicycle. Param Singh reported that a car hit a cyclist near the St Kabir School light point. The victim sustained injuries and was admitted to a hospital. A case has been registered at the Sector 26 police station. TNS TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Year on, CHB fails to convene High Court stays proceedings meet over relaxation in norms against UT cop Owners of 70K houses are seeking one-time settlement on Delhi pattern NEED-BASED CHANGES MURDER Dushyant Singh Pundir CASE Tribune News Service Chandigarh, July 17 Residents’ demand for relaxation in need-based changes in CHB houses on the Delhi pattern notwithstanding, the CHB has failed to convene a meeting of its Board of Directors for the past more than a year. Owners of nearly 70,000 houses have carried out such changes in their units. During the last meeting of the board held in May last year, the non-official members had written to the chairman to convene a meeting at the earliest to discuss certain clarifications regarding the need-based changes allowed in January last year. Last year, the CHB had allowed 28 need-based changes, superseding all such previous orders, on payment of applicable charges. The CHB, however, rejected the major demand of onetime settlement policy on the “Delhi pattern”, but allowed a number of relaxations related to building violations. Owners have been oppos- SIPPY Tribune News Service EXPANDING FAMILIES NEED MORE SPACE Expanding family needs necessitated changes. Small rooms, kitchens and bathrooms have been extended or constructed within the plotted area. ❝ ❞ AC Dhawan, PRESIDENT, RESIDENT WELFARE CHB houses with changes in original structure in Sector 41. TRIBUNE PHOTO: PRADEEP TEWARI IMPLEMENT ONE-TIME SETTLEMENT SCHEME Nearly 90% owners have made necessary changes. These should be regularised under one-time settlement on Delhi pattern, so that a maximum of violations can be covered in one go. TAKE A CUE FROM OTHER STATES In other states, even colonies on government or private lands are regularised, but need-based changes are not allowed to occupants of CHB houses within the plot area. ❝ ❝ ❞ ❞ Nirmal Datt, CHAIRMAN, CHB RESIDENTS’ WELFARE FEDERATION ing the 2023 notification, claiming it reverses previous relaxations and categorises these as violations. Allottees had been demanding need-based changes/addi- SOCIETY, SECTOR 45-B, CHANDIGARH VK Nirmal, SECY GENERAL, CHB RESIDENTS’ WELFARE FEDERATION tional construction in residential units be regularised and one-time settlement intro- duced on the Delhi pattern. Of nearly 70,000 houses continued on page 2 Chandigarh, July 17 Issuing notice of motion to the UT of Chandigarh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed further proceedings before the trial court with regard to Assistant Superintendent of Police Guriqbal Singh Sidhu in a matter related to the Sippy Sidhu murder case. The order by Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul of the High Court will stay in operation, at least, till July 29, the next date of hearing in the case. The matter involves alleged destruction of evidence. It was placed before Justice Kaul after Sidhu filed a petition seeking the quashing of order dated February 26 passed by Special Judge, CBI court, Chandigarh. Senior advocate Bipan Ghai with counsel Nikhil Ghai and Prabhdeep S Bindra contended on his behalf that the CBI court erroneously set aside the order passed by a WHAT’S ON CHANDIGARH Exhibition on sports and sciences: Alliance Francaise, Sector 36 A video grab of the van lying on the roadside in Sector 25, Panchkula. MOHALI APNI MANDI: Sector 76 PANCHKULA APNI MANDI: Sector 5 Two lose ~25L to fraudsters Chandigarh, July 17 Two more residents of the city have fallen prey to cyber fraudsters and lost a total of Rs 25 lakh. Pushkin Sharma, a resident of Sector 38 (West), reported that he was looking for a job. Surfing job websites, he came across an unidentified person, who assured him of a part-time job. Pushkin sent him Rs 17 lakh, only to realise later that he had been duped. The police have registered a case at the cybercrime station. In the other case, a woman of Sector 56 alleged that she came across a person who assured her of good returns on stock investments. She ended up losing Rs 8.70 lakh. The police are investigating the case. — TNS Judicial Magistrate and remanded the matter back to appreciate afresh the allegations levelled in the protest petition. Ghai submitted the impugned order was inherently illegal and flawed, as the relief granted exceeded the relief sought. It was asserted that the CBI conducted further investigation leading to the presentation of a supplementary challan against accused Kalyani Singh, “rendering alternative prayer for cognisance qua the petitioner–accused not maintainable”. He added: “Despite the facts, the CBI court, Chandigarh, erroneously set aside the order passed by the special Judicial Magistrate and remanded the matter back.” The bullet-riddled body of national-level shooter and lawyer Sukhmanpreet Singh Sidhu, alias Sippy Sidhu (35), was found in a park in Sector 27 on September 20, 2015. Sippy was the grandson of the late Justice SS Sidhu, a former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge. The case was later transferred to the CBI in April 2016. Despite poor infra, electric vehicle sales on the rise Tribune News Service CHANDIGARH APNI MANDI: Sectors 34, 56 and Ram Darbar MAX 35°C | MIN 26°C YESTERDAY MAX 32.3°C | MIN 27.9°C SUNRISE FRIDAY 5.33 AM Dushyant Singh Pundir Art exhibition, “The Sikh Empire”: Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26 PARTLY CLOUDY SUNSET THURSDAY 7.24 PM » THURSDAY | 18 JULY 2024 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST School van overturns, four students injured Tribune News Service Panchkula, July 17 Four students of a private school were injured when a school van overturned near the Sector 25 police post here today. The driver and four students were taken to government as well as private hospitals. None suffered any major injury. The incident took place around 8.30 am. An eyewitness said the van, which was ferrying eight kindergarten students, hit the road divider and overturned. Abhishek, in charge of the Sector-25 police post, said the driver and the students were discharged after treatment. The police had not received any complaint in the matter when the reports last came. Chandigarh, July 17 Poor infrastructure for electric vehicles (EV) in the city has failed to dampen the spirit of buyers. Since the implementation of the EV Policy in September 2022, as many as 3,281 electric two-wheelers and 1,785 four-wheelers have been registered in the city till July 15. The UT Administration had notified the five-year EV Policy with the goal of gradually halting the registrations of fuel-run vehicles to encourage people to shift to ecofriendly transportation. On November 23 last year, UT Administrator Banwarilal Purohit revoked the capping on non-electric vehicle registrations, including twowheelers, four-wheelers and commercial vehicles. According to the data provided by the Registration and Licensing Authority (RLA), 352 electric two-wheelers and 114 four-wheelers were registered from September to December in 2022. The highest number of 2,103 electric two-wheelers and 1,013 fourwheelers had been registered Chargers at the Sukhna Lake parking have become outdated and will be replaced. PRADEEP TEWARI 658 CARS SOLD SO FAR THIS YEAR Category 2022 2023 (From Sept) Two-wheeler Four-wheeler 252 114 2024 (till July 15) 2,103 1,013 in 2023 and 826 two-wheelers and 658 four-wheelers till July 15 this year in the city. On March 8, the UT Administrator had stated that all 53 charging stations would be made functional by month- 826 658 OUTDATED CHARGING UNITS In response to a complaint filed on the government portal, officials of CREST have stated that there are plans to upgrade the existing charging units at the Sukhna Lake parking. These units, provided free of cost by the Ministry of Power, were installed in 2016. end. Later, the authorities had stated that the stations would be made operational by the April-end. While eight charging stations have been made functional so far, at least 20 more would become opera- tional by the end of July. With regard to mode of payment at these stations, officials of the Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST) said the charging stations had been made functional and handed over to a company. It was the responsibility of the operating agency how it collected fee. According to the CREST officials, eight charging stations, including those in Sectors 44-C, 44-D, 43-B, 7, Mani Majra and Lake Sport Club, have been provided with power connection and the rest would be made operational in a phased manner. The main reasons for the delay in making the charging stations functional was time taken in getting approvals from various departments, they added. An impasse between the local Municipal Corporation and the UT Administration over the installation of charging stations in parking lots had earlier delayed the project. The officials said 20 charging stations had already been installed and made operational in private establishments and three petrol pumps. Nearly 8,000 electric vehicles have been registered in the city so far. PU eyesore: Condemned furniture put up to demarcate no-parking zone Deepankar Sharda Tribune News Service Condemned furniture put up to demarcate a ‘no-parking’ zone outside boys’ hostel No. 6 and 7 on the Panjab University campus. TRIBUNE PHOTO: DEEPANKAR SHARDA c m y b Chandigarh, July 17 Panjab University, which has got the A++ grade from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), is using condemned furniture to demarcate noparking zone outside the boys’ hostel No. 6 and 7. The broken study tables, chairs and drawers have been put up on the road to prevent people from parking their vehicles there, giving an ugly look to the entrance to both hostels. PUT UP BARRICADES INSTEAD “This broken furniture gives an ugly look to the university, which is awarded the latest A++ rating by NAAC. The university should, at least, use barricades, with messages such as “green campus”, to prevent people from parking vehicles on the roadside,” said a senior faculty member of the university. “This broken furniture gives an ugly look to the university, which is awarded the latest A++ rating by NAAC. The university should, at least, use barricades, with messages such as “green campus”, to prevent people from parking vehicles on the roadside,” said a senior faculty member of the university. Both hostels are facing parking issues. Located on a narrow road and right in front of the kitchen of other hostels, residents of these hostels also face traffic problems. As there is no proper parking lot near these hos- tels, people park their fourwheelers right in front of the entrance or on the roadside. “This surely gives an ugly look to the campus. Such unplanned placement of temporary barricades cover much space on the already narrow road. The authorities should place proper barricades around these hostels,” said a resident. “This area of the campus has a number of hostels and departments. The road leading to the PU cricket stadium passes through it,” he added.
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