The site of fire on Sunday. (Photo: Kamleshwar Singh)
A day before her wedding, a bride’s hutment along with over 12 hutments were completely damaged after a fire broke out in colony number 4 on Sunday afternoon. Although no loss of life was reported, all belongings got damaged in the fire.
Rupali, the bride, was in her hutment and her haldi ceremony was going on when relatives saw some smoke coming from the rear side of the hutment.
“Gradually, the hutment caught fire. The fire spread to other hutments as well. Nothing was left. Everything has been gutted,” Rahul, a relative of the bride, said.
Condolence meetings in Haryana to recall farmers’ ‘sacrifice’
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Chaudhary Joginder Ghasi Ram Nain said as many as 28 farmers from Punjab and Haryana, who were part of the protests, have lost their lives since November 26. December 21, 2020 3:50:17 am
Though in Punjab, both unions had earlier also organised many programmes jointly, they have never sat together to address the media or issued joint statements. (File picture for representation)
CONDOLENCE MEETINGS were held in different villages and towns of Haryana on Sunday to pay tribute to protesting farmers who lost their lives amid the agitation against the Centre’s farm laws since November 26.
Chandigarh: MC makes road recarpeting estimate worth Rs 74 cr
The Municipal Corporation had signed an MoU with NITTTR on December 3, 2019, regarding technical recommendations for carrying out renewal course for re-carpeting of various roads as well as quality control consultancy. December 21, 2020 2:57:38 am
Accordingly, each and every road needs inspection by NITTTR to frame the estimates accordingly on the recommendations of NITTTR, it was said. (Representational)
Even as the existing roads have not been repaired properly, the civic body has made a new estimate for road recarpeting for 2021-22 worth Rs 74 crore.
The Municipal Corporation had signed an MoU with NITTTR on December 3, 2019, regarding technical recommendations for carrying out renewal course for re-carpeting of various roads as well as quality control consultancy.
“The way China threatens us today requires us to dynamically improve national economic capacity, not only the military capability, in partnerships with intensive international coalitions for which QUAD could be the central fulcrum for the time being,” Raja Mohan said.
Moderating the discussion, Admiral Sunil Lanba expounded on the genesis of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad as a club of four nations comprising India, US, Japan and Australia which was mooted by the then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2007. Forged in the wake of coordination amongst these four democracies during the 2004 Tsunami, the ambitious grouping went into limbo owing to Australia’s reluctance to antagonise China then. Its prominence in 2017 has been a response to China’s assertiveness in the region, he said.
65 new cases, one death reported in Chandigarh
One person succumbed to the virus, taking the total number of fatalities to 306. The UT has 494 active cases, as 105 people were discharged from various facilities. December 20, 2020 4:17:41 am
Meanwhile, as per the latest available data, 16,098 out of every 10 lakh people in Chandigarh have tested positive for the virus. (Representational)
Chandigarh reported 65 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally of cases in to 19,044 cases.
One person also succumbed to the virus, taking the total number of fatalities to 306. The UT has 494 active cases, as 105 people were discharged from various facilities.
A 57-year-old man, a resident of Sector 44, a case of severe acute respiratory infection, expired at GMCH 32.