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P4 » » AIR QUALITY INDEX CHANDIGARH 52 PANCHKULA 35 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD WHAT’S ON CHANDIGARH YATRA: Nasha Mukt Sankalp Yatra, Punjab Governor-cum-UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria to flag off; Leisure Valley, Sector 10; 6.15 am RELEASE: PANJ Foundation to release, “State of Punjab”, data story of 15 years; Press Club, Sector 27-B; 11.30 am FEST: Five-day Kala Mahotsava to celebrate, promote rich diversity of Indian music, dance and theatre; Navrang Theatre, Bal Bhawan, Sector 23; 6-9 pm (till Oct 11) APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sectors 34, 56 and Ram Darbar Mohali: Sec 88 and Phase 8 Please send information about events in Tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com PARTLY CLOUDY MAX 32°C | MIN 24°C YESTERDAY MAX 32.9°C | MIN 24.2°C SUNSET THURSDAY 6.00 PM SUNRISE FRIDAY 6.20 AM » THURSDAY | 8 OCTOBER 2026 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST /THETRIBUNECHD FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Come November, apply Afternoon showers break dry spell online to register property Tribune News Service Also check draft deed on UT Estate Office portal Dushyant Singh Pundir Tribune News Service Chandigarh, October 7 The UT Administration is set to make property registration available online from the next month, in line with several other property-related services that have already been shifted online. The new system is aimed at reducing repeated visits by property owners to the Estate Office and tehsildar’s office, and making the registration process more paperless and transparent. According to Estate Office officials, eight to 10 properties are registered in the UT every day. Under the proposed system, the registration process will be brought online, with the required procedure and documents made available on the portal. As part of the new arrangement, a draft of the registration deed will be available for download on the portal in advance, enabling the applicants to check the details, thereby reducing the chances of errors and the need to visit the office repeatedly for corrections or clarifications. Applicants will have to visit the office only to have A view of the Estate Office in Sector 17. FILE their photograph taken. At present, people have to visit the tehsildar’s office for property registration, with the process often taking two to three hours. In case of missing documents or discrepancies, applicants may have to make additional visits. The online system is expected to reduce this inconvenience, officials stated. The new system will also curb the role of middlemen who often charge applicants for facilitating property registrations. The UT Administration had recently launched “e-Sampada CHD” mobile application and the Faceless Service Delivery facility. The application allows residents to access Estate Office services directly from their phones. Through this app, citizens can look up details of a property, check the status of an application already submitted, view dues against a property and lodge or track a grievance online, without having to visit the Estate Office in person. The Faceless Service Delivery facility enables applicants to submit applications and supporting documents online, without the need for an appointment or a visit to the Estate Office, with the documents being digitally forwarded to the concerned branch for processing. Under this facility, propertyrelated services of the Estate Continued on page 3 c m y b Chandigarh, October 7 Afternoon showers brought a break to the dry spell in Chandigarh and Panchkula on Wednesday. Panchkula recorded 16 mm rainfall, highest in the Punjab-Haryana region, and Chandigarh 7.8 mm. The rain also pulled down the day temperature in Chandigarh to 32.9°C, 1.9°C lower than the previous day and 0.3°C above normal. The minimum temperature, too, remained 3.3°C above normal at 24.2°C, though it was 0.4°C lower than the previous night. Panchkula recorded a maximum temperature of 31.8°C, 0.9°C lower than yesterday, while its minimum fell to 22.2°C, also 0.9°C lower than A woman braves the rain in Chandigarh on Wednesday. TRIBUNE PHOTO: RAVI KUMAR the previous night. Mohali recorded a maximum temperature of 33.3°C and mini- mum of 23.7°C, both lower than the previous day. The rain came as the Day after raid, CBI back at Gohal’s door Gaurav Kanthwal Tribune News Service Mohali, October 7 A seven-member team of the CBI returned to alleged cashfor transfer scandal “liasoner” Nitin Gohal’s flat in Western Towers, Kharar, on Wednesday evening. The team, accompanied by a senior female officer, resumed its probe after getting the flat unlocked in the presence of Gohal’s wife and father-in-law. The CBI sleuths walked into Team leaves after two-hour stay the ninth-floor flat around 6.30 pm and finally left the place around 8.40 pm. Officials had remained tight-lipped about the proceedings on Tuesday. They did not disclose the details of their visit to the flat on Wednesday either. Sources said Gohal’s family members had locked the house after the CBI raid on Tuesday and left for an undisclosed location. Gohal remained untraceable during the proceedings. Sources said the CBI made amends in the legal proceedings of Tuesday’s raid. In May this year, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had stayed put in the ninth-floor flat for 48 hours after two bags of cash were flung out from its balcony moments before its sleuths stepped in. Videos of the incident had surfaced on Continued on page 2 region continued to experience above-normal warmth, Continued on page 3 Police to raze 104 illegal properties of drug peddlers in UT Nitin Jain Tribune News Service Chandigarh, October 7 The UT police have identified 104 illegal constructions belonging to alleged drug peddlers, both residential and commercial, which will be razed as per law. The action is being taken under the anti-drug drive launched on September 11 Continued on page 2