The city experiences acute water shortage and groundwater depletion in summer months. To tackle this, the MC has prohibited washing vehicles and courtyards, watering lawns through morning supply, using booster pumps on the main water supply line among other non-essential purposes between 5.30 am and 9 am, from April 15 to June 30. Besides, residents will also face the music if leakage is found in tanks, coolers etc.
The complainant had stated that on September 19, 2022, he had booked a “moto connect” ride through the Uber mobile app from Sector 21-A to Modern Housing Complex, Sector 13, Chandigarh. The fare shown at the time of booking was ₹53. However, the driver had charged him ₹80
Of the total fine, the two parties will pay ₹15,000 as compensation to complainant Vaibhav Sharma, a Chandigarh resident, for causing him mental agony and harassment, and ₹10,000 as cost of litigation
Located in the suburbs of Hamirpur town, the Lambloo panchayat is headed by Kartar Singh Chauhan, a former educationist who has formed drug-free committees in the panchayat wards, entrusting the responsibility to eradicate drug abuse to women workers.