08102024-CT-01.qxd 10/8/2024 12:27 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune CONG PROTEST TRIGGERS TRAFFIC JAM IN DERA BASSI PADDY PROCUREMENT BEGINS IN MOHALI MANDIS SINGHAM AGAIN MAKERS RELEASE FILM TRAILER Congress workers and candidates for the panchayat poll protest near the BDPO office in Dera Bassi. P2 DC Aashika Jain assures farmers and commission agents of seamless purchase of crop across dist. P2 Singham Again trailer released on Monday has essence of Ramayana with a 'contemporary twist'. P4 » » WHAT’S ON APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sectors 29, 56 and Dhanas Mohali: Sector 71 Panchkula: Sector 15 Please send information about events in tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com INBRIEF TWO ARRESTED FOR THEFT AT HOUSE Chandigarh: Two persons, including a juvenile, have been arrested for a theft. Sandeep Kumar had reported that he was employed as driver by a Sector 21 resident, who had been in Australia for the past two months. Tenants informed him a windowpane of the washroom was broken. He visited the house and found the rooms rasnsacked. Several valuables, including laptops and a mobile phone, were stolen. A team of the District Crime Cell nabbed Prem Sagar of (UP) and a juvenile for the theft. Three laptops, an I-Pad, a mobile phone and other valuables had been recovered from the accused. TNS MAINLY CLEAR SKY MAX 34°C | MIN 21°C YESTERDAY MAX 33.9°C | MIN 20.7°C SUNSET TUESDAY 6.00 PM SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 6.20 AM » TUESDAY | 8 OCTOBER 2024 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Emergency admissions halted Clear ~75 cr dues in 2 mths, MC tells 7K street vendors as attendant roughs up PGI doc LICENCE FEE Tribune News Service Dushyant Singh Pundir Chandigarh, October 7 Doctors refused fresh admissions to the PGI Emergency after an attendant, accompanying a 40-year-old woman patient, allegedly manhandled a Resident Doctor on Monday night. However, normal service was restored after a few hours as senior doctors spoke with the agitating staff. According to sources, the 40year-old patient, who complained of uneasiness, reached the Emergency. The attendant rushed her inside the Emergency. When the doctors allegedly asked him to wait, heated arguments took place between them. Sources said the attendant allegedly slapped a senior resident doctor on duty. Soon after the incident, the doctors gathered and demanded action against the attendant. Members of the Resident Doctors Union also gathered outside the Emergency and called for police action against the attendant. The doctors had refused to take fresh admissions for about three hours. “The patient was admitted to the (Emergency) Ward C Tribune News Service Patients wait outside the PGI Emergency on Monday night. TRIBUNE PHOTO: PRADEEP TEWARI and was stable. However, tempers ran high as the attendant manhandled the doctor,” said one of the doctors. While the doctors halted work and gathered in unity, the patients kept waiting outside Emergency. After a complaint by the doctors, the police detained the attendant. EMERGENCY SERVICES NORMAL: PGI An altercation occurred between a Resident Doctor and an attendant in Hall C of the Emergency complex, briefly disrupting services. The incident was promptly reported to the PGI police post, Sector 12, with a request for filing an institutional FIR against the attendant of the patient. Emergency services are functioning as normal. — PGI spokesperson ❝ ❞ c m y b Chandigarh, October 7 The Municipal Corporation (MC) has set a two-month deadline for 7,308 registered street vendors to clear their fee dues. The decision was taken during a meeting of the Town Vending Committee (TVC), which was held today, after nearly 16 months. The meeting was chaired by Municipal Commissionercum-Deputy Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh. Of 10,903 street vendors registered in the city, only 3,595 are regularly paying the vending fee. As many as 7,308 vendors have fee dues amounting to Rs 75 crore. Nearly 2,352 vendors have not paid the fee even once. “The MC has taken serious note of the non-payment of fee by 7,308 vendors, with dues reaching Rs 75 crore. These vendors now have a two-month time to settle their dues. Failure to comply with the deadline will result in strict action, including the cancellation of licence,” said an MC official. The committee also clarified that only those vendors, who have no fee dues, would be eligible for the draw of lots for site allocation. A vending zone in Sector 22, Chandigarh. FILE PHOTO About the financial struggles faced by some vendors, there were suggestions to waive fine. However, the officials stated that there was no provision to waive the penalty with the committee, and any such decision would require amendments to the relevant laws. The committee resolved to crack down on vendors who have illegally sub-let the spaces allocated to them. The MC enforcement wing has been instructed to closely monitor such cases and take immediate action, including revoking the licence. Anish Garg, a TVC member and representative of the Chandigarh Residents’ Association Welfare Federation (CRAWFED), suggested deployment of vending marshals in each sector to assist the enforcement wing in identifying defaulters. “We proposed that CRAWFED can provide a retired government officer or a policeman can be deployed as a marshal in each sector. The idea was well-received. We will provide full support in this initiative,” said Garg.