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Chandigarh: Water conservation is going high-tech in the city. In a unique initiative, the MC is set to commission a Rs 20-crore computerised project for the conservation of water with the objective of providing water supply round the clock.

Installed under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission of the ministry of urban development, the system –SCADA–will go a long way in saving water and resources of the civic body. The project is likely to save about Rs 4.25 crore for the civic body, sources told The Tribune today.

They said the project would provide electromagnetic flow meters, besides providing sluice valves with actuators.

In addition, remote terminal units would be provided in all water works and over 200 tubewells in the jurisdiction of the civic body.

Flow of any pump in the water works and tubewells would be known at the click of the mouse by the staff sitting at the centralised office at the MC office in Sector 17, the sources said.

Mayor Pardeep Chhabra claimed that the project was the result of efforts by minister of state for finance Pawan Bansal to bring world class technology to the city.
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Chandigarh: Air Marshal PK Barbora, Air Officer Commanding¿in¿Chief (AOC-in-C), Western Air Command (WAC), Indian Air Force, will arrive in the city on Wednesday on a two-day visit to the Air Force Station here.

During the visit, Barbora would address the personnel of the station besides inspecting various squadrons and flights. He will also interact with the media during his visit and Air Commodore S R K Nair, AOC, 12 Wing Air Force would make a station presentation to WAC Chief.

Arundhati Barbora, president, Air Force Wives Welfare Association (AFWWA)-Regional, will accompany Barbora. During her stay, Barbora would interact with AFWWA members besides visiting Umeed, the Air Force school.

Born on December 1950 in Shillong, Barbora was commissioned a fighter pilot in June 1970. An experienced flier, Barbora has flown over 3,500 hours and also been a part of the 1971 war. A qualified flying instructor and a fighter combat leader, Barbora is a graduate of the College of Combat, Moscow.

During his service career, he has had the distinction of being part of the team during formation of the first Jaguar Squadron of the IAF and also inducting the air combat simulator in the IAF, the first of its kind in Asia.
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Chandigarh: Three doctors of the Advanced Eye Centre of the PGI were awarded in Banglore recently.

While centre head Prof Amod Gupta was awarded the P. Sivareddy International Award for intraocular tuberculosis, Dr Sushmita Kaushik, assistant professor was given the D.B. Chandra Award for his paper on glaucoma.

Dr Nishant Sachdeva was awarded the N.A. Rao Award for best paper on uveitis, according to a press note issued here, today.

Source: TNS

Mohali: The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) is making use of a hydraulic road sweeping machine as part of its sanitation programme in four sectors of the town.

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The hydraulic road sweeping machine at work in Mohali on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

GMADA officials claimed that the authority was the first organisation in the area to make use of an advanced method for carrying out sanitation work in Sectors 66 to 69. They said such a machine had not even been used in Chandigarh so far, although efforts were now being made to go in for the hydraulic machine. The officials added that the road sweeping machine was mounted on a truck and cleaned the area with brushes fixed on three sides. A width of four metres was covered at one time. It has a tank with a capacity of 1,000 litres that sprinkled water before sweeping the road so that dust does not cause inconvenience to residents. Suction boxes on both sides draws in waste.

Earlier, sanitation work in the area had been allotted to a Jaipur-based company by GMADA.

Two drivers are being provided training on how to use the machine. Sanitation work in other parts of the area is being carried out manually by contractors engaged by the municipal council.

Source: TNS

Chandigarh: The affordable housing scheme for residents of the city will be launched within next week, sources in the Chandigarh Housing Board today said. The scheme, announced some time back, will provide for about 2,000 houses in Sector 63 and will have something for all sections. Such a scheme is coming after 2005-2006 when houses were provided in Sectors 48 and 49.

“This time the designs will be better, the houses will be built by private architects and they will have more green spaces. Layout plans are being worked out along with the cost structure. The scheme is likely to be announced within a week,” said a CHB official.

Source: TNS