29042026-CT-01.qxd 4/29/2026 12:43 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune SAINI URGES VOTERS TO BACK TRIPLE-ENGINE GOVT MINOR HELD FOR STABBING YOUTH TO DEATH IN P’KULA DOSANJH SET TO RETURN TO FALLON’S THE TONIGHT SHOW Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini campaigns for BJP mayoral candidate Shyam Lal Bansal. P2 16-year-old stabbed a youth of Rajiv Colony to death over an old rivalry on Monday night. P2 Actor Diljit Dosanjh is set to return to The Tonight Show, starring Jimmy Fallon, two years after debut appearance. P4 » » Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 28 The Chandigarh Administration on Tuesday put all 83 private unaided schools in the city on a one-month notice, directing them to remove encroachments and restore designated parking areas to their approved use and strictly comply with free admissions for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) students under lease conditions — or face stern action. The warning came from Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav, who also holds the charge of Estate Officer, while chairing a meeting to review and strengthen the implementation of the Safe Transportation Policy for Students (STRAPS) across all private educational institutions in the Union Territory. “We will start checking all schools after the expiry of the one-month notice period,” Yadav told The Tribune. Parking converted into classrooms, chaos outside Officials noted that several schools had altered their layouts without obtaining approval for Revised Building Plans (RBP). In many cases, Get one month to clear encroachments in parking areas, ensure in-campus student drop-off 83 UNAIDED recognised private schools in Chandigarh WILL CARRY OUT INSPECTIONS ❝ We will start checking all schools after the expiry of the one-month notice period. Nishant Kumar Yadav, CHANDIGARH DC spaces earmarked for parking in the approved plans had been converted into classrooms, playgrounds or sports courts — shrinking on-campus parking and pushing boarding and deboarding of students onto roads. These schools witness daily traffic snarls near gates. Estate Office officials have been directed to ensure strict compliance with approved building plans. Violators will be instructed to clear encroachments within one month, failing which appropriate action will be initiated against them. The Director of School Education has been directed to issue instructions to all schools with available parking that boarding and de-boarding of students must take place strictly within school premis- 20 Minority 63 Non-minority These have been allotted government land under the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952, at concessional rates es. Under the STRAPS, schools are also required to deploy their own manpower to regulate traffic around their premises during opening and closing hours, ensuring oneway flow so that students are not required to cross roads. EWS seat compliance under scanner The Estate Office has also been directed to audit compliance with the EWS seat reservation clause embedded in the lease conditions of school land allotments and submit a detailed compliance report. As per lease conditions, all lessee schools are mandated to allocate 15 per cent of their seats to students from the Economically Weaker Sections free of cost. All 83 unaided recognised private schools in Chandigarh — 20 minority and 63 nonminority — have been allotted government land under the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952, at concessional rates for the establishment and administration of schools. The UT Administration had made its position unambiguous in a ruling last year, holding that the grant of government land at concessional rates, without auction, was strictly for charitable purpose. The 15 per cent EWS reservation constituted was not only a contractual obligation under the Chandigarh Scheme of 1996, but also a constitutional obligation under Articles 21A, 41, 45 and 46 of the Constitution — binding on both minority and non-minority schools alike, it said. MAX 35°C | MIN 23°C YESTERDAY MAX 33.8°C | MIN 24.8°C SUNRISE THURSDAY 5:42 AM /THETRIBUNECHD Admn puts private schools on notice over parking violations, EWS quota compliance PARTLY CLOUDY SUNSET WEDNESDAY 6.58 PM » WEDNESDAY | 29 APRIL 2026 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Fan moment Fans cheer for Punjab Kings as they face Rajasthan Royals at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on Tuesday. PHOTO: RAVI KUMAR P3 Fileaffidavitsorfacecoercivesteps:HCwarns Punjab over Mohali land-use survey delay Saurabh Malik Tribune News Service Chandigarh, April 28 Less than a month after Punjab was directed to file affidavits explaining why a survey to determine the actual use of denotified land in Mohali district was not conducted over 12 years, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday warned state functionaries of coercive steps for non-compliance. The Bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry observed that the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) had already filed its affidavit in terms of the order passed on April 7. “As a matter of last indulgence, 10 days’ time is granted, on the request of Salil Sabhlok, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, to comply with the order dated April 7,” the Bench asserted. Before parting with the matter, the Bench made it clear that coercive steps would be taken against the state functionaries concerned, in case fresh affidavits were not filed in terms of the order. The matter will now come up for further hearing on May 18. The development took place about two months after the High Court had admonished GMADA for failing to present a “complete picture” on unauthorised constructions across Mohali district, including Siswan village. The Bench, among others, was assisted in the matter by senior advocates DS Patwalia and Anand Chhibbar along with counsel Gauravjit S Patwalia. continued on page 2 Two held with stolen vehicles Aanavi Singh Arya Chandigarh, April 28 The UT police have arrested two persons for vehicle theft. A police team arrested 27year-old Sumit Kumar, a labourer from Mohali, who was found in possession of an e-rickshaw, which had reportedly been stolen from a parking area in Sector 49-C recently. In another case, 30-year-old Shobhit, a salesman residing in Zirakpur, was arrested for allegedly stealing a twowheeler belonging to a resident of Sector 63. Rain brought relief to residents of Chandigarh on Tuesday morning. TRIBUNE PHOTO: PARDEEP TEWARI Showers snap heatwave spell Chandigarh, April 28 Tricity got relief from the week-long heatwave spell with the region recording scattered showers in the early hours of Tuesday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has kept its orange alert for thunderstorm, gusty winds and the possibility of scattered rain in place for Tuesday and Wednesday. The department has sounded a yellow alert for a similar weather activity for Thursday. Friday will be the only dry and clear day in the week ahead. The yellow alert for thunderstorm, lightning, gusty winds and isolated rain returns for Saturday, Sunday and Monday — stretching the relief window through the first full week of May. The IMD forecasts a fall in maximum temperature from three to four degrees over the next four days. Season’s warmest night The night before the showers arrived turned out to be the warmest of the summer season so far in Chandigarh. The minimum temperature on Monday night touched 24.8° Celsius — a jump of four degrees from Sunday night — the highest minimum temperature recorded in the Mercury dips 6.4 degrees to 33.8°C in Chandigarh FIVE-DAY TRICITY FORECAST Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula will see partly cloudy sky with thunderstorm, lightning and rain on Wednesday with the maximum remaining at 35° Celsius and the minimum at 23° Celsius. Thursday continues with thunderstorm, lightning and rain — the maximum easing to 36° Celsius and the minimum to 22° Celsius. Friday turns partly cloudy and dry — the only rain-free day in the week — with the maximum temperature of 37° Celsius and the minimum of 21° Celsius. Saturday brings thunderstorm, lightning and rain back with the maximum at 38° Celsius and the minimum at 21° Celsius. Sunday turns partly cloudy with the maximum temperature of 37° Celsius. city this season. Light rain with thunderstorm hit isolated places across Punjab and Haryana overnight and early Tuesday morning. Tuesday’s maximum temperature in Chandigarh crashed to 33.8° Celsius — a dramatic drop of 6.4 degrees from Monday’s 40.2 degrees — one of the sharpest singleday falls recorded this season. It was 3.1 degrees below normal. Relative humidity climbed to 71 per cent in the morning and held at 37 per cent by afternoon. The city recorded trace rainfall in 24 hours up to 8:30 am on Tuesday and 1.6 mm by 5:30 pm. Chandigarh’s seasonal rainfall since March 1 nudged up to 75 mm — 130.8 per cent above the seasonal normal. The heatwave, which began around April 20, kept Chandigarh’s maximum temperature above 40° Celsius for five consecutive days — touching the season high of 41 degrees on both April 24 and 25. Punjab’s average maximum fell six degrees on Tuesday — the sharpest singleday drop of the season — and was appreciably below normal by 3.2 degrees. Abohar topped Punjab at 37.6° Celsius, followed by Faridkot at 37.2° Celsius, Patiala at 36.5° Celsius and Ludhiana at 34° Celsius. The highest minimum temperature in Punjab was recorded in Bathinda at 28.3° Celsius. In Haryana, Rohtak logged 41.3° Celsius but the state’s average maximum fell 3.7 degrees — now near normal. — TNS Digestive Care Surgical Expertise Gastro & Liver Care Backed by advanced technology and an experienced team of Gastro Specialists. Man posing as MC inspector held The police have arrested 35year-old Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Sector 41-D, for posing as an MC inspector and issuing fake vendor licences. 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