Ambala-Chandigarh national highway reopens after three weeks

Chandigarh: The Ambala-Chandigarh national highway that was closed for the last three weeks to prevent the entry of protesting farmers from Punjab who wanted to march to Delhi, has been opened, officials said on Tuesday. However, the Haryana-Punjab border in Shambu near Ambala continues to remain barricaded. The Ambala administration opened a single lane of the Ambala-Chandigarh highway near Sadopur late Monday night, removing the barricades to enable traffic movement. Earlier, commuters had to take various diversions to reach their destinations. The protesting farmers have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points after their “Delhi Chalo” march was stopped by security personnel.

Hry DGP instructs SPs to control crimes

Chandigarh: Instructing the Superintendents of Police (SPs) to deploy police forces effectively to control crimes, Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Kapur on Tuesday asked the senior police officers to go to the field and be in direct contact with their subordinate policemen. Presiding over a meeting with the senior police officers of the state through video conferencing, DGP discussed with them in detail regarding dealing with criminals and eradicating crime. He said that all senior police officers should personally monitor the action taken by the police in their respective districts in serious crimes like robbery, loot, snatching, and ransom cases. Besides, they should go to the field more and more and be in direct contact with their subordinate policemen. He said that nakas (checkpoints) and PCR policing are very important, so attention needs to be paid to their deployment.

Chandigarh MC to speed up Animal Birth Control programme in city

Chandigarh: Having capacity of 310 kennels at Animal Birth Control Centre, Raipur Kalan, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has planned to speed up the sterilization of dogs in the city. City Mayor Kuldeep Kumar accompanied by Isha Kamboj, Joint Commissioner and Medical Officer of Health alongwith Health Supervisor visited the ABC centre at Raipur Kalan to take stock of progress work.  The officers apprised the Mayor that the kennel capacity is 310 and the centre has a dog care unit also where injured canines are treated. It has a laboratory, a hospital and an operation theatre. Besides sterilization, vaccination of feral dogs is also carried out. While speaking on the occasion, the city Mayor said that the residents of Chandigarh will soon get relief from the stray dog menace as the staff has been asked to speed up the ABC programme, which will help in controlling the population of stray dogs. He said that the Municipal Corporation has sufficient vehicles to pick up stray dogs and sterilize them.