In the absence of a separate lane for general parking, confusion prevails among visitors unaware of the new pick up and drop off system introduced at the Chandigarh Railway Station.
While the order allowing a six-minute window to vehicles for free pick up or drop off at the Chandigarh Railway Station gate is aimed at easing congestion, commuters feel there is a need to stretch the window, besides lowering the exorbitant charges levied for a longer halt.
Confusion prevails over the actual beneficiaries of compensation to be given to the victims of the fire that ravaged the kiosk market in Sector 9 here on September 1, as most of the shops have been sublet or sold by their owners.
For Ashima Khurana, who ran a shop at the rehri market, the fire incident couldn’t have come at a worse time, as she had barely started putting her life back on track after losing her husband a few months ago.
The retrenched employees of HMT Ltd have decided to file an appeal against the High Court decision, wherein their petition challenging the “biased” approach of the Centre while introducing the VRS for employees was rejected.