Punjab declares festival interest-free loan
Chandigarh: Punjab Government has declared Rs 7,000 festival interest-free loan to its fourth class employees for 2013-’14, the notification of which has been issued. The loan amount would be withdrawn till 30 November 2013, and would be recovered in seven equal instalments, from December 2013 salary. A spokesman clarified that only regular fourth class employees would be given loan amount. “Work charge employees, who had been regularised after five-year service completion, would also be eligible for loan,” he added.
Rs 300 crore projects for Ambala soon
Chandigarh: New projects involving an investment of Rs 300 crore will be dedicated to the people in Ambala as Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of some projects on October 31. A spokesman said Hooda would inaugurate a newly constructed railway over bridge costing Rs 28 crore and would lay the foundation stone of a bus stand costing Rs 12 crore in Ambala city. He would also inaugurate a canal-based drinking water scheme and a sewerage treatment plant costing Rs 255 crore in Ambala.
Para-legal volunteer honoured
Chandigarh: District legal Services Authority, Faridabad has been adjudged as the best in the country for helping a large number of people to have access to justice and a Para-legal Volunteer (PlV) of Jhajjar, Satyavir has also been declared as the best para-legal volunteer in the northern region of India for his exemplary work in helping marginalised sections of his area to access justice from various agencies. Commendation certificates and trophies were presented by Justice P Sathasivam, Chief Justice of India, who is also patron-in-chief of the National legal Services Authority (NlSA). So far, 315 persons were benefitted through helpline services and 690 persons were benefitted under the legal aid prosecution scheme for women and children by District legal Services Authority, Faridabad.
Infantry Day celebrated in Chandimandir
Chandigarh: October 27 is celebrated as the Infantry Day to mark the accomplishment of the infantry in the first few months of Independence. Dignity and nostalgia marked the celebrations of Infantry Day at Headquarters Western Command at Chandimandir. In the early hours of the morning, Chief of Staff, Headquarters Western Command lieutenant General TS Gill, laid the wreath at the Veer Smriti as a mark of respect and to honour the gallant soldiers who laid down their lives in the line of duty for the Nation. This was followed by a special sainik sammelan — wherein, Brigadier RR Raina, Station Commander Chandimandir addressed infantry troops in Manekshaw auditorium. A social evening was organised at Khetrapal Officers Institute, Chandimandir where serving infantry officers got an opportunity to interact with their predecessors, the infantry veterans, living in and around Chandigarh. Barakhana for troops was also organised in all infantry battalions within the station.
RWAs should connect residents with govt
Chandigarh: The city MP Pawan Kumar Bansal said the Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) have a key role to play in the city by connecting the residents with the Government. Interacting with RWA of Sector 39 HIG houses, he said the Resident Welfare Associations had an important role in upkeep of the their respective sectors. The MP was also the chief guest at the Guru Nanak Khalsa Senior Secondary School in Sector 30B here on Sunday where the school extravaganza had been organised. Bansal hailed the initiative of the school to provide good quality education and also for reserving 25 per cent seats for the economically weaker sections.
Over 125 kids participate in a carnival
Chandigarh: Masoom Duniya, a kids carnival of its own kind was organised at SMD little Champ School, Sector 2 Panchkula, which was well attended by over 125 tiny toddlers of the tricity. The objective of this event was to provide a platform for nourishing the budding talent of little ones. Event consists of all ingredients to make it a perfect one, which includes painting competition, baby show and mental math quiz. Abacus specialist Priyanka conducted the math quiz, which saw little ones solving mathematical trivia in no time.
Sector 15 gets new roads, drain pipes
Chandigarh: Giving the best Diwali gift to Sector 15 residents, area councillor Saurabh Joshi provided them with new and wide roads — fulfilling their long pending demand. Joshi maintained that even as the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation claimed to widen and lay anew all roads of the city, the roads and streets in Sector 15 cheap houses have not even been touched for the past six decades. Besides proper roads, it was also ensured that proper rainwater drainage pipes are laid to allow draining of rainwater in area to the tune of Rs 6 lakh.
Cong ignoring development of GHS: Jain
Chandigarh: Satya Pal Jain, former city MP and national chairman of BJP’s Committee on legal Affairs and Election Commission Issues, has accused the Congress of ignoring the development of the areas of Group Housing Societies located in Sector 48 to 51, which has resulted in lack of even basic facilities like roads, hospital, school. He assured the representatives of the societies that if BJP comes to power in the Centre, he will ensure that the job of developing these areas is done by the Government itself and not left to be done by the societies. He said that the local Congress MP, Congress councillors and Mayor have failed to carry out any development in these areas.
Haryana RWA to celebrate Haryana Day
Chandigarh: Haryana Residents Welfare Association (RWA) will celebrate Haryana Day on November 1. A function will be organised at Mehta Ground, Sector 56, Chandigarh. The chairman of the association Ishwar Dutt Sharma said that the president of Grain Market Sector 26 will be the chief guest while Chandigarh Senior deputy Mayor, Darshan Garg will also attend the function. He said a cultural programme will also be organised on the occasion and renowned Haryanvi singer Satyawan Kaushik will perform.