06112024-CT-01.qxd 11/5/2024 11:59 PM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune FIRE AT BITUMEN PLANT OF PRIVATE FIRM IN ZIRAKPUR SAD HOLDS PROTESTS OVER TARDY PADDY PROCUREMENT CAST OF HEY SIRI, VE SIRI UPBEAT ABOUT THE PLOT Three large containers were engulfed in flames. Two fire engines were pressed into service. P2 SAD leader Ranjit Singh Gill staged a protest near SDM office, submitted a memorandum to officials. P2 Punjabi film is about a family from Punjab settled in the UK and opting for a 'help' from back home. P4 » » Fifth edition of the Tricity Theatre Festival: Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, the play ‘Black Leaf’ to be staged on November 6, 6:30 pm, entry by ticket PANCHKULA INBRIEF SEC 17 SHO SENT TO POLICE LINES Chandigarh: Inspector Sarita Roy, Sector 17 SHO, along with Satish, posted at the station as ‘munshi’, was transferred to the Police Lines, Sector 26, on Tuesday. Sources said the the sudden transfer stemmed from an immigration fraud complaint that was under investigation at the station. TNS Motorists going to Shimla from Ambala side to benefit Dushyant Singh Pundir Tribune News Service Rachna Verma, wife of UT Adviser Rajeev Verma, with students during a flash mob on "Beggar-Free Chandigarh" in Sector 17 on Tuesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: VICKY 20 rehabilitated under ‘Beggar-Free Chd’ drive Chandigarh, November 5 As part of the ongoing “Beggar-Free Chandigarh” drive, an initiative of the Department of Social Welfare, a flash mob, in collaboration with the Government College for Girls, Sector 11 (GCG-11), was held at the Sector 17 Plaza today. Under the drive, the Social Welfare Department, in collaboration with the Department of Police, Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, and the District Child Protection Unit, has rescued and rehabilitated around 20 persons, including children, who were involved in beggary. Through their energetic performance during the flash mob event, the students raised awareness about the importance of curbing beggary by discouraging public acts of giving, which often perpetuate a cycle of poverty and exploitation. The flash mob intended to bring atten- 59-year-old run over by train Tribune News Service A woman and a child beg alms at a traffic light point in Sector 8, Panchkula, on Tuesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: RAVI KUMAR tion to the deeper social issues linked to beggary and foster a sense of social responsibility among the residents of the city. Rachna Verma, wife of UT Adviser Rajeev Verma, was the chief guest at the event. She was joined by officers, including Anuradha Chagti, Secretary, Social Welfare; and Palika Arora, Director, Social Welfare, in lending their support to this drive. Chandigarh: The UT police have registered a case on a complaint filed by Deep, Chief Security Officer, PGI, against unidentified persons who had staged a protest near Kairon block from October 30 to November 4. A case under Section 4 (penalty for illegal strikes) of the Essential Services Maintenance Act has been registered at the Sector 11 police station. TNS Mohali, November 5 A 59-year-old native of Bihar, Bajinder Mandal, died after being run over by a train near Mohali railway station around 7 am today. The victim was residing in Kambala village. The railway police took the body in their possession and shifted it to the Phase 6 Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination. The police said further proceedings were being carried out according to the Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). This effort aligns with provisions under relevant Acts to protect vulnerable individuals from exploitation and help them integrate into mainstream society through targeted rehabilitation programmes. Many of those rescued are from the neighbouring states or other outstation locations, underscoring the need for a holistic approach to address the migration of beggars into the city. Chandigarh, November 5 Conceived 11 years ago, the much-awaited Zirakpur bypass will finally see the light of day with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) inviting bids for the construction of a six-lane bypass. The bids will be opened on December 3. The project, likely to cost nearly Rs 1,329 crore, will provide an alternative route to commuters going to Shimla from Ambala side. During a recent meeting of the 23-member Unified Metro Transportation Authority (UMTA), chaired by UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria, the NHAI gave a presentation on the project. The NHAI stated that a plan had been prepared to construct a bypass connecting Zirakpur and Panchkula. The route will provide a direct connection to traffic heading to Himachal Pradesh, thus reducing congestion in the tricity area. Moreover, the bypass is strategically important as it will offer a signalfree connectivity from the Chandimandir Western Command Headquarters to the Chandigarh airport. The proposed bypass will span nearly 19.2 km in Punjab and Haryana. It will start from the Patiala-Zirakpur traffic lights and end at the old Panchkula light point on the Zirakpur-Parwanoo road. It will cross the McDonald’s outlet on the Ambala-Zirakpur highway, pass through Peer Muchhalla, Sanoli, Gazipur, Former Dist Bar Assn chiefheld Allegedly made casteist remarks against woman lawyer Tribune News Service CASE AGAINST PGI PROTESTERS FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Zirakpur bypass step closer to reality, NHAI invites bids Tribune News Service Abhivyakti Season 4: AWWA Lit Fest, from November 8 to 10, Chandimandir APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sectors 15, 40, 46 and 52 Mohali: Phase 11 Panchkula: Sector 25 Please send information about events in tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com MAX 31°C | MIN 17°C YESTERDAY MAX 30.5°C | MIN 17.2°C SUNRISE THURSDAY 6.41 AM TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD WHAT’S ON CHANDIGARH 46th Annual Chandigarh Sangeet Sammelan: To be organised by the Indian National Theatre in collaboration with the Durga Das Foundation from November 8 to 10, Strawberry Fields High School auditorium, Sector 26. On Day 1, classical vocalist Rutuja Lad will perform at 6 pm, followed by vocalist Atul Khandekar. MAINLY CLEAR SKY SUNSET WEDNESDAY 5.32 PM » WEDNESDAY | 6 NOVEMBER 2024 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST Chandigarh, November 5 A former president of the District Bar Association, Ravinder Singh Bassi, was arrested by the UT police today, nearly a month after he was booked for allegedly misbehaving and making casteist remarks against a woman lawyer in the parking lot of the district courts, Sector 43. The woman lawyer had complained that on October 7, she, along with her colleague, had gone to pick her scooter from the parking lot when Ravinder and another lawyer allegedly started misbehaving with her. In the meantime, advocate Neeraj Hans (41) arrived there and tried to intervene, following which he was allegedly punched in the chest. Hans died a few hours after the incident. Three FIRs were filled in connection with the incident. An FIR was registered against Ravinder and two others for culpable homicide not amounting to murder on a complaint filed by Neeraj’s brother Hardeep Hans. Another one was filed against Ravinder, on a complaint by the woman lawyer, under Sections 74 (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 315 (2) (criminal intimidation) of the BNS. Later, Section 3 of Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was added to it. On the basis of Ravinder’s complaint, a case was also registered against the woman lawyer and her colleagues for hurting religious sentiments and voluntarily causing hurt. PGI team flies to Jodhpur to save patient’s life Tribune News Service A PGI team with the donated organs at the Jodhpur airport. Chandigarh, November 5 Doctors of the PGI conducted a simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant yesterday after the Regional Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisations (ROTTO North), All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur, allocated organs of a brain-dead patient to the institute here. Led by Dr Ashish Sharma, Prof and Head, Department of Renal Transplant Surgery, a team of the PGI undertook a challenging journey to make this organ-retrieval mission possible. Overcoming logistical hurdles, the team travelled by road overnight to Delhi and Returns the same day with donated organs; transplant done next day took a 6:45 am flight to Jodhpur on November 3. After the successful retrieval of the organs, the team took a flight from there the same day. They handed over one kidney to a team of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), Delhi, at the Delhi airport en route to Chandigarh. After landing at Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, the team reached the PGI here at 7:05 pm the same day through a green corridor. The family of a 23-year-old c m y b man, who sustained serious injuries and was declared brain dead despite efforts by the doctors of AIIMS, Jodhpur, consented to donating his organs. Since there was no matching recipient for the kidneys and pancreas locally, the ROTTO (North) allocated two organs to the PGI for a simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant and gave the second kidney to the ILBS, New Delhi. The liver was transplanted on a matching recipient at AIIMS, Jodhpur. The success of this mission is a testament to the power of organ donation and the lengths medical professionals go to in their commitment to saving lives. The Zirakpur-Panchkula road that will be part of the proposed bypass. TRIBUNE PHOTO: RAVI KUMAR Nagla and Punchkula before merging with the ZirakpurParwanoo road. An official said the project, a part of the ring road to be developed around Chandigarh, would remove traffic bottlenecks from several places in Zirakpur and Chandigarh, including the Zirakpur-Patiala light point, Big Bazar traffic lights, K Area crossing and the Airport Road traffic lights. To further reduce travel time for Himachal Pradesh residents coming to the PGI, the NHAI is all set to construct a four-lane road from Majri Chowk in Mullanpur to TO SPAN 19.2 KM IN PUNJAB, HARYANA The proposed bypass will span 19.2 km in Punjab and Haryana. It will start from the PatialaZirakpur traffic lights and end at the old Panchkula light point on the Zirakpur-Parwanoon road. It will cross the McDonald’s outlet on the Ambala-Zirakpur highway, pass through Peer Muchalla, Sanoli, Gazipur, Nagla and Punchkula before merging with the Zirakpur-Parwanoo road. Baddi via Siswan. This 18-km stretch is also part of the ring road to be constructed around Chandigarh. At present, motorists have to take a single road from Baddi to New Chandigarh to reach the PGI. During the meeting, the NHAI had highlighted that the rapid development of Mohali, Zirakpur and Panchkula had increased traffic in the area. Further, Dera Bassi, Kharar, Morinda, New Chandigarh and Pinjore towns had also developed as suburbs. To decongest the traffic, the NHAI has prepared a plan for the development of the ring road around the tricity area. He said six projects were under the execution stage, while the DPR of one project was being prepared.