ROAD SAFETY Workshops ORGANISED
Chandigarh: Observing the National Road Safety Week from January 11 on the theme of When on the road, always say pehle aap, the Chandigarh Traffic Police on Tuesday organiSed road safety workshops at Vivek School, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 46, and Punjab Engineering College where about 475 students and teachers participated. Workshops for auto drivers and rickshawpullers were also organised at PGI, Sukhna lake, Sector 17 ISBT, behind Neelam theatre, and Sector 43 ISBT witnessing participation of around 675 auto drivers and rickshaw pullers. Eye testing camps were also organised with the help of Sohana Eye Hospital.
Veteran journalist sk Acharya cremated
Chandigarh: Octogenarian veteran journalist Santosh Kumar Acharya, who died after a brief illness on Monday night, was cremated on Tuesday. Assistant Media Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister, Vineet Joshi and Media Advisor to Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Jangveer Singh laid wreaths on behalf of the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal respectively, and shared the grief of the family. Meanwhile, Badal, Sukhbir and Information and Public Relations Minister Bikram Majithia expressed grief over the demise of learned journalist and prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul.
Haryana to establish cluster facility centres
Chandigarh: With a view to support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector and generate employment opportunities, Haryana Government has decided to establish Cluster Facility Centres (CFCs) in Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) mode under the Cluster Development Scheme. As many as 29 such clusters have been identified for establishment of CFCs. Spokesman said that Diagnostic Study Report have been prepared in respect of 19 clusters and submitted to the Center for their appraisal out of which six clusters at Bahadurgarh, Panipat, Sonipat and Karnal have been approved for setting up CFCs.
Corporate salary package for pu employees
Chandigarh: The State Bank of India’s branch in the Panjab University on Tuesday introduced corporate salary package for the varsity employees entailing attractive features including earning of interest at fixed deposit rate on amount above threshold maintained in savings account, walk-in facility for overdrawing up to twice of net monthly salary on a simple written request, free domestic ATM-cum-debit card with no annual maintenance charges, free issue of 20 multi-city cheque leaves per year, unlimited transactions from ATM subject to maximum limit of Rs 40,000 per day, among other things.
45,000 hamlets to power up
Chandigarh: Haryana Principal Secretary (Power) and Haryana Power Utilities chairman Devender Singh on Tuesday said that 45,000 already electrified dhanies (hamlets) will start getting electricity supply on rural domestic mode within next six months as the work of installation of specially-designed transformers for this purpose will be completed by then. Stating that present supply schedule to villages for domestic purpose is 14-hour a day, he said that to give power supply to dhanies in fields connected to agriculture feeders, a new system of power supply has been evolved by designing a special transformer.
House of Shri Gurudev opens doors
Chandigarh: Shri Gurudev Group announced the grand opening of House of Shri Gurudev on Tuesday. located in the heart of the city, Sector 17, it is a mega wedding mall bringing complete exclusive wedding products and services under one roof. The mall is home to some of the finest names in business and includes services like sweets, boutiques, cafés and outdoor catering by Govindam; exquisite jewellery by A Jewels; women’s designerwear by Adaah Couture; menswear by Puneet Arora; wedding accessories from The Wedding Trove, and Attractions; premium coffee lounge by Café Coffee Day, among other services.