14092024-CT-01.qxd 9/13/2024 11:34 PM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune SEC 27 SCHOOL WIN GOLD IN INTERSCHOOL KHO-KHO MEET NEWLY ELECTED PU STUDENT COUNCIL TEAM SWORN IN NATIONAL MEET ON GASTRO EMERGENCY STARTS AT PGI Government Model Sr Secondary School, Sector 27, beat Sri Guuru Gobind Singh School, Sec 35 P3 Four office-bearers of the council, five executive members, department representatives take oath. P6 The conference is being organised by the Department of Gastroenterology headed by Prof Usha Dutta. P6 » » TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD TRIBUNE PHOTO: VICKY WHAT’S ON CHANDIGARH PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 32°C | MIN 23°C YESTERDAY MAX 29.5°C | MIN 23.3°C SUNSET SATURDAY 6.35 PM SUNRISE SUNDAY 6.04 AM » SATURDAY | 14 SEPTEMBER 2024 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Mohali areas reel under power outages as staff strike work Kharar, Zirakpur, Dera Bassi, Lalru witness 15-hour cuts; water supply hit too Gaurav Kanthwal Tribune News Service A jam-packed parking lot at the railway station. Play “Madhavi”: Directed by Abhishek Sharma, Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, September 15, 6:30 pm. Entry is free Exhibition ‘Smoke & Clay’: Alliance Francaise, Sector 36A, on till September 14, 9 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 7 pm Silk India: Exhibition of traditional handlooms, Kisan Bhawan, Sector 35, on till September 17 Exhibition ‘The Dreamland’: By Navpreet Kaur, Lalit Kala Akademi’s Open Hand Art Studios, Le Corbusier Centre, Sector 19, on till September 15 APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sec 40, 43 and 49 Mohali: Sector 82 Panchkula: Sector 14 Please send information about events in tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com INBRIEF PURSE SNATCHED Chandigarh: A scooter rider snatched a purse containing a mobile phone and ~5,000 from a woman in Sector 37. Nina Bhardwaj was returning home from the market when the snatcher targeted her. TNS HOUSE BURGLED Chandigarh: Sadanand Wani has reported that silver utensils and ~5,000 were stolen from his house in Sector 44 around 3.10 am on Thursday. The thief, who entered the house by scaling the boundary wall, was captured on CCTV camera. The police have registered a case. TNS Visitors suffer parking blues at railway station Akashdeep Virk Tribune News Service Chandigarh, September 13 People visiting the Chandigarh Railway Station to drop or pick their near and dear ones have been inconvenienced as they find it hard to park their four-wheelers in the designated parking spot on the Chandigarh side. The parking space provided right in front of the entrance to the station has been reduced considerably due to the ongoing redevelopment of the station. People complain by the time they find a spot to park their vehicles, they miss their train. “I run a gifting business for which I travel to Delhi frequently. Earlier, I used to park my car in the parking lot as I return the same day. For the past few days, it has been get- Space has been reduced due to ongoing work PROJECT DEADLINE MISSED TWICE The railway station, which caters to people from Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula, has been in news lately due the ongoing redevelopment project, which has missed deadline twice. The work is being undertaken at a cost of over ~500 crore under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. The April 10 deadline was extended to May 31 and further to three more months. ting so hard to find a parking spot. The parking area used to be spacious but has been limited due to the ongoing construction work,” said 37-year-old continued on page 6 Mohali, September 13 With several unions of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) striking work, most parts of Mohali, Kharar, Zirakpur, Dera Bassi and Lalru witnessed outages, for more than15 hours in some areas, today. Parts of Zirakpur and Dera Bassi had remained without supply from 3 am to 5 pm. The ongoing strike has left everyone reeling under power cuts. Water supply is the first casualty, while work at hospitals, schools, banks, industrial units, government offices and households has been affected badly. Lalru town had been without power for the entire day today and yesterday with power trickling in tranches at some places at night. The Chandigarh-Ambala National Highway here had remained shrouded in darkness for two nights. A former chairman of Dera Basi Market Committee said the Jeoli feeder near Lalru had been shut for the past three days. Dozens of vil- Civic body plans underground parking in Sec 9, 22 markets Tribune News Service Chandigarh, September 13 To resolve the problem of parking in commercial areas, the Municipal Corporation (MC) has decided to carry out a demand assessment study for construction of underground parking lots in Sector 9 and 22. During a meeting of the UT Administrator’s Advisory Council held in August last year, a member had pointed out a severe parking problem in Sectors 8, 9, 22 and other sectors. The administration should consider the provision of underground parking in the crowded sectors having hotels, banks and shops. Such lots should be equipped with power lifts and air conditioning in Sectors 8 and 9, he had added. In the action taken report, to be presented during the meet- To conduct demand assessment study Vehicles parked haphazardly in Sector 22 market. PRADEEP TEWARI ing of the council scheduled for tomorrow, the MC has stated that a demand assessment study for construction of underground parking lots in Sector 9 and 22 will be conducted over three months. “As of now, there are a total of nine underground parking facilities under the jurisdiction of the MC. Seven lots, two in Sector 8 and 5 in Sector 17, are in a dilapidated condition and kept shut. One underground parking lot in Sector 8 is under repairs and will become operational soon,” stated the MC. The UT Administrator, Gulab Chand Kataria will chair his continued on page 6 Trust lost, marriage over: High Court upholds family court order on divorce Saurabh Malik Tribune News Service Chandigarh, September 13 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear trust is the foundation of marriage and a couple cannot live together if faith in each other is missing. “The relationship of husband and wife is based on trust, and if one spouse loses the trust in the other, they cannot live together under one roof,” the Bench ruled. The assertion came as the Bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Sudeepti Sharma upheld a family court’s decision to grant divorce to the husband under the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act after citing a complete breakdown of trust between the couple. HUSBAND-WIFE RELATIONSHIP BASED ON TRUST ❝ The relationship of husband and wife is based on trust, and if one spouse loses the trust in the other, they cannot live together under one roof. Bench The Bench took note of the fact that the couple had been living separately since November 4, 2018. The court was of the view that the prolonged separation, now approaching six years, was a crucial factor as neither party made any effort to reconcile or resume their marital relationship clearly indicating an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. The Bench observed that the husband claimed he had entirely lost trust in his wife. The loss of trust was exacer- ❞ bated by serious allegations made by the wife against her father-in-law. In her complaint to the women’s cell, she accused her father-in-law of outraging her modesty on multiple occasions and alleged that he harboured evil intentions toward her. But the family court, after examining the evidence and witnesses, found the allegations to be unsubstantiated, further weakening the wife’s case. The Bench also took note of the fact that the family court disbelieved the wife’s denial of extramarital affair after examining the evidence presented by the witnesses. It held that the act of appellant-wife in making secret phone calls to another man amounted to mental and physical cruelty. The court emphasised that trust was the cornerstone of any marriage. Once this trust was lost, it became impossible for the couple to continue living together. The Bench also noted that the wife’s behaviour, particularly the serious and unfounded allegations against her father-in-law, posed a potential danger to her husband and his family. If the marriage were to continue, it could lead to further harm. The court also took into consideration the welfare of the continued on page 6 c m y b A street shrouded in darkness during a power cut in Zirakpur on Friday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: RAVI KUMAR lages have become powerless and waterless. Many housing societies and commercial areas complained of no water supply as tubewells and motor pumps did not function during outages. “There had been no power in continued on page 6 6,243 PLAINTS FILED IN MOHALI CIRCLE As many as 16,319 power outage-related complaints were registered with the PSPCL in Punjab on Friday, of which 12,504 were pending at 8:30 pm. More than 14,000 workers below the SDO level are on strike. In Mohali circle, 6,243 complaints (8:38 pm) were registered, of which 6,143 were pending. The complaints against the unassigned status stand at 5,970. The striking employees met Power Minister Harbhajan Singh in the evening and they were likely to call off the strike soon. PEOPLE FORCED TO BUY PACKAGED WATER “There had been no power in Sunny Enclave and Zirakpur from 3 am to 7 pm on Friday. The entire area had no water supply. People are forced to buy bottled water from market,” said SC Dhall, a local resident