In 2015, PU student elections, a majority of students had voted for not allowing students’ four-wheelers in academic zones in Sector-14 and Sector-25 campuses. This sounds good that authorities are coming with innovative ideas to make campus clean and noise free.

Traffic Management Would Be Done Properly:

To manage traffic properly and to make university noise free they came up with some ideas and that would be implemented soon.

• Outsiders will have to park their vehicles at gate number 1,2, and 3 and e-rickshaws (paid) or buses will also be available there.
• For academic block entry would be through gate 1and who want to visit market, bank and health centres they have to go through gate 2. For residential area gate, 3 will be available.
• At gate 1 the parking capacity is 200 vehicles.
• Three entries have been proposed for academic zone i) Near Gandhi Bhawan ii) Near V-C office iii) Administrative block  iv) From Ankur School’s side

‘Cycle-Dock Stations’ at PU

This facility will be available for everyone and you do not have to pay for this service. It is totally free. Anyone can pick cycle from the sites and after using these cycles they have to place them at any nearest Cycle-Dock Stations.

• PU is going to introduce ‘Cycle-Dock Stations’ in the Sector 14 campus for the future public transport.
• In PU there will be 15 sites on the campus with 10 cycles each
• XEN-1 will be carried out all the Feasibility study for implementation of the plan.
• This facility for all the campus students will be free.
• Any Student can pick it anytime and after using it they have to park it nearest ‘Cycle-Dock Stations’
• The cycle would be coloured in a different way that no student would be able to take this outside the campus.
• 10 regions are decided to make them ‘Cycle-Dock Stations’.
• PU have taken the lessons from Punjabi University Patiala to manage the traffic on campus.
• Various checkpoints and barriers to be installed on the campus.

The executive engineer will get the parking area marked with a white line. Parking will be allowed only on one side of the roads through the varsity. As of now, people on campus are parking on both sides of the roads. This is the great move and this will help to avoid noise pollution and also traffic will be managed properly.

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How The Accounts Branch Gutted By Fire

The authorities and the Fire Department are yet to ascertain the exact cause of the fire. Authorities of Punjab University said there was severe power fluctuation and also there was a power outage at around 4 pm. At around 4:30 pm, the employees left their respective offices as there was no power. Some appliances may thus have been left switched on, which caused a short-circuit at night, so officials said that short circuit in electric wires could be the reason of fire.

How The Situation Got Under Control:

This fire broke out at around  2:45 AM and unfortunately fire alarms were not working. But some students noticed that smoke is coming out from the first floor and without wasting a minute they informed security about the fire. Officials said that hydraulic system installed in the building only functioned for 10 minutes because there was no power back system in the place. When Chief Security Officer got the information he called  Fire Station and around 3.15 am in the morning fire engines sent to the spot. It took eight fire engines three hours to put out the fire. However, the fire engines stayed on till 1 pm and kept sprinkling water on the burning debris.

Wake Up Call For Administration:

According to the officials, they were not ready for such situation and their preparation to control such situation was not proper. They were not conducting the periodical checks and that was the reason that they were unaware that the fire alarms were not working. But now officials said that this is the wake-up call and to avoid any big incident because of the lack preparation they need to assess every building and they will also prepare them to tackle such situation.

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