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Pallavi Singhal
Pallavi Singhal is a Correspondent with The Indian Express, Chandigarh Bureau. She tweets @singhalpallavii
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Coronavirus outbreak: What’s on their plate?Subscriber Only
April 26, 2020 00:25 IST
For many of the migrants stuck in camps amidst the lockdown, home is often hundreds of kilometres away, a separation made worse by the lack of familiar food. Amidst protests over food in Surat, Kochi and elsewhere, The Sunday Express tells their stories over their meals in a day
Sun, Apr 26, 2020
Panchkula health team counsels addicts and cops on dutySubscriber Only
April 25, 2020 12:44 IST
As many as 10 teams of doctors have been made, where in while two are from the civil hospital, others are mostly volunteers who have been trained to counsel.
Sat, Apr 25, 2020
Panchkula industries function at two per cent capacitySubscriber Only
April 23, 2020 03:51 IST
Several associations of industrialists pinpointed many reasons for this small percentage, the prime being the registration of FIRs against them if any of their labour were to test positive. All of them say, ‘they cannot be responsible for all those who work under them at all times.’
Thu, Apr 23, 2020
Covid-19: How does a containment plan work and what will happen in a UT?Subscriber Only
April 19, 2020 04:15 IST
As cases of local transmission start surfacing across the country, The Indian Express takes a look at the containment plan that the Centre advised to the states and UTs.
Tue, Apr 21, 2020
Villagers struggle to pay off debtsSubscriber Only
April 19, 2020 03:16 IST
The ongoing lockdown has not been kind to people of Billah village that falls under Panchkula. Most of its 2,000 odd residents are daily wage earners and several families now are under debt of local grocery shops, from where they buy ration and food.
Sun, Apr 19, 2020
Sector 15 of Panchkula sealed as couple test positiveSubscriber Only
April 16, 2020 01:59 IST
The area was sanitised at least twice by MC officials and health teams have been conducting a door-to-door survey.
Thu, Apr 16, 2020
Panchkula: ‘Have all comfort here, but our kids are hungry at home’Subscriber Only
April 15, 2020 17:27 IST
The extension prompted several migrant labourers who had hoped of reuniting with their families to go on hunger strike at the government school turned shelter home, housing around 60 of them.
Wed, Apr 15, 2020
Five held for attack on health worker in PanchkulaSubscriber Only
April 13, 2020 14:25 IST
As per the FIR, communal slurs were used against a woman health worker and she also was told to "go back to Pakistan and do her duty there" by the accused, who are residents of her village.
Mon, Apr 13, 2020
Panchkula admin ensures sanitary napkins supply for women in slumsSubscriber Only
April 08, 2020 03:41 IST
Within the span of two days, as many as 2,000 such packets have already been donated. Each packet has four stick-on napkins which cost around Rs four per packet. These are being procured from Jan Aushadhi Kendra, a PSU by the Government of India.
Wed, Apr 08, 2020
In coronavirus battleground, Panchkula’s army of women doctors on the frontlineSubscriber Only
April 06, 2020 01:07 IST
It has been more than 20 days since Dr Jasjeet and her team started working together at Panchkula Civil Hospital to combat the pandemic.
Mon, Apr 06, 2020
Panchkula residents also dealing with sirens ringing through the nightSubscriber Only
April 05, 2020 04:54 IST
According to operators at the PCR, several calls have been received about the police sirens and residents have asked them if large number of police personnel were deployed in the area because of an untoward incident.
Sun, Apr 05, 2020
‘Employers have refused to pay us, all that’s left to eat is roti and salt’Subscriber Only
April 05, 2020 04:11 IST
These people, hailing from Uttar Pradesh’s town Aligarh, used to work as daily wage earners and have nothing to their name. They live on borrowed land under temporary huts. With the industries shut and ration running short, they live in constant fear of having nothing to eat very soon.
Sun, Apr 05, 2020
Back from Tabligh events, for some, a long wait for home in quarantineSubscriber Only
April 04, 2020 05:45 IST
Now sitting in a guest room at the historic Nada Sahib Gurdwara here, which was recently converted into a quarantine facility, he counts the hours and days. It is already day 14 since his return, but there seems a slim chance of him getting permission to leave before another 14 days, he says.
Sat, Apr 04, 2020
70-year-old who came in contact with raagi put in isolationSubscriber Only
April 04, 2020 02:01 IST
According to officials of the health department, the 70-year-old, hailing from Sector 12 of the city, reported himself claiming he had come in close contact with the Raagi during kirtan at a Chandigarh house. He has also developed symptoms, sources in the hospital said.
Sat, Apr 04, 2020
Panchkula gets 50 hand wash basins to fight coronavirus spreadSubscriber Only
April 03, 2020 02:59 IST
The Panchkula civic body, on March 16, started mapping the existing facilities and found that almost 30 community toilets as well as public toilets already had hand washing facilities including the several parks of the district as well.
Fri, Apr 03, 2020
Bellies filled with food, hearts longing for home: Story of migrant labourers at a shelter homeSubscriber Only
April 02, 2020 04:24 IST
Several migrants, who started walking from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh towards their homes soon after the 21-day lockdown was announced, were picked up and put at several shelters beginning March 29.
Thu, Apr 02, 2020
Panchkula: Nurse tests positive for COVID-19 after coming in contact with phone of first positive patientSubscriber Only
April 01, 2020 02:22 IST
It was on the evening of March 20 that a 40-year-old became the first person to test positive in Haryana’s Panchkula district.
Wed, Apr 01, 2020
Chandigarh: Staff facing acute lack of protective gears, not enough people being tested, say GMCH-32 resident doctorsSubscriber Only
March 31, 2020 03:38 IST
Even as 12 persons suffering from the coronavirus disease are being treated at the hospital, the hospital staff faces a shortage of PPE, as claimed by a senior resident doctor of the hospital’s Anesthesiology department, Dr Dinesh Kumar.
Tue, Mar 31, 2020
Panchkula: Emergency ward vacant, spike in cases of anxiety, common fluSubscriber Only
March 30, 2020 09:07 IST
The hospitals’ doctors say that the number of persons suffering from anxiety regarding coronavirus has sharply risen in the past few days.
Mon, Mar 30, 2020
Chandigarh: On DM’s orders, 12 schools to turn into shelters for labourersSubscriber Only
March 29, 2020 13:42 IST
The District Development and Panchayat Officer has been directed to make necessary arrangements of food, water and sanitation for shelter homes located in rural areas.
Sun, Mar 29, 2020
Not a paisa earned in a week, 11 start for Ballia, 500 km awaySubscriber Only
March 29, 2020 11:11 IST
The men, with small bags on their back, only have a few pairs of clothes and a small water bottle inside. With torn slippers on their feet, red handkerchiefs covering their mouth and a few hundred rupees in their pockets, they seem hopeful of reaching their home in the next four or five days.
Sun, Mar 29, 2020
Rationed rotis, watered daalSubscriber Only
March 29, 2020 04:30 IST
Out of money, short on space, low on patience, a slum in Panchkula with one case and 9,000 quarantined people is watching its supplies dwindle.
Sun, Mar 29, 2020
Even if virus spares us, we will die of hunger, say those without roof on their heads in PanchkulaSubscriber Only
March 28, 2020 13:11 IST
Several homeless still lie on the streets and under sheds in abandoned or under construction showrooms, seeking shelter from the COVID-19 sans any help they say from the district or the government. The homeless, mostly migrants, have nowhere to go and are even running out of supplies.
Sat, Mar 28, 2020
One case of Swine flu in Panchkula: What it means in time of coronavirusSubscriber Only
March 28, 2020 10:11 IST
Both the viruses are contracted in a similar way, through direct contact or exchange of saliva/droplets in any form, but the spread of corona is much faster than that of swine flu, warns Dr Rajesh.
Sat, Mar 28, 2020
Panchkula residents complain about supply, say essential items still not easily availableSubscriber Only
March 28, 2020 09:04 IST
It is not just the grains that have been emptied out by the residents of the city but also the pre-packaged food items. Maggi, chocolates, Lays, cold drinks, pasta & easy-cook meals, including soups, have been sold out.
Sat, Mar 28, 2020Journalism of Courage
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