BJP supports UT employees' demand

Chandigarh Tribune
Chandigarh, October 30: The local unit of the BJP, has supported the demand of bonus to the UT employees and urged the Union Home Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, to take an immediate decision on the demand.
The unit also welcomed the UT Administrator's move of sending a letter of the demand to the minister. In a joint statement, Mr Yash Pal Mahajan, Convener of the BJP Ad hoc Committee, Chandigarh, Mr Satya Pal Jain, former Member Parliament and Mr Dharam Paul Gupta, former president of the unit, said the local MP, Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, had proved unsuccessful as an MP. They also condemned the MP for "supporting" the strike by the UT employees union even after it was postponed sine die.
The statement said the employees had earlier met Mr Jain with their demands and the latter had forwarded the memorandum to Mr Advani.

Capital region plan 'will help city grow'

Chandigarh Tribune
Sudhir Kalia,TNN
19 Oct 2001, Chandigarh: Long-standing economic and political issues concerning Chandigarh have once again brought focus the question: Why is the not thinking in terms of constituting Chandigarh Capital Region? The CCR envisages comprising Union Territory of Chandigarh and surrounding areas including Panchkula, Mohali, Zirakpur etc. This is to be on the lines of the National Region (NCR) formed to deflect population pressure from Delhi to neighbouring towns in the states of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. ...
... Pleading for the constitution of CCR at earliest, former Chandigarh Member Parliament Satpal Jain points to Chandigarh and its satellite towns Punjab and Paryana have become interdependent in terms of medical, transport, drinking water and housing facilities. "A well coordinated effort can ensure a more balanced and faster development of these facilities in these areas. For this, it is essential to constitute some sort of authority on the lines of the NCR Development Board without infringing on territorial jurisdiction of the concerned state ", Jain explained while cautioning that Chandigarh and its surrounding areas are bound to experience greater pressure on their infrastructure in times to come. ...
... Two such projects hanging fire are construction of a Dam on the Ghaggar river and the recently mooted Electric Trolley Bus project. Though all three governments of Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh recognise that a dam on ghaggar will help in resolving the problem of drinking water shortage in the region, yet the project stands stalled for for the last few decades. Regards the trolley project, Haryana has agreed in principle to participate in the project. But Punjab has expressed its unwilingness citing financial constraints. It is precisely in the case of projects that the CCR Development Board or Authority can play a significant role by coordinating the efforts of the three governments supplemented by central government's expertise and funds in the form of loans and grants, analysts point out.