Though senior citizens form a mere 6% of city’s population, their number at PGI psychiatry OPD has doubled in a decade; 15% of them have dementia, making it the second most common illness.
State government is in panic as more and more deaths are being reported daily from across Punjab. HT reporters put faces to victims of suspected drug overdose.
The gigantic heap of garbage in the city extension continues to pollute both air and possibly water as planners struggle to find the right place for a treatment plant far from the city.
Though the Mohali MC claims it has cleaned 80% of the road gullies and is ready to take on the monsoon, the ground reality seems shaky and the councillors are worried.