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| Monday, August 09, 2004 |

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Dial a cop in traffic distress

Caught in a traffic jam? Call the traffic police on its new helpline at 98300 10000 or 98300 11111. The cops will suggest a way out. If required, a sergeant from the nearest outpost, too, may come to your rescue. he helpline will be commissioned on Monday. “The idea is to re-direct traffic from a route facing a blockade or clogged with vehicles. It helps a lot if one gets information about alternative routes,” said joint commissioner of police (traffic) Banibrata Basu. he traffic police have joined hands with a private telephone service provider to launch the helpline. A call on this line will be automatically re-directed to the Traffic Control Room at Lalbazar, where an officer will receive it. he helpline will also enable traffic cops reduce the “response time” in case of an emergency. With every call, the Control Room will get an idea of the traffic mess at a particular spot, and can send a team before things get out of hand.

Passport application

The passport application collection centre at 2, Ballygunge Park Road will only accept forms from candidates living within the Calcutta Police area. Candidates from elsewhere will have to deposit forms at collection centres in their districts or at the Regional Passport Office in the city.

Madarsa exams

The High Madarsa, Alim, Fazil, Kamil and M.M. examinations of 2005 will begin on March 1. Madarsas will collect admit cards from distribution centres on February 18 and hand them over to the examinees. Private candidates will get admit cards from examination centres.

Motor sport 100

The Calcutta Motor Sports Club will organise the centenary celebrations of motor sport in India this month. The celebrations start on August 27 with a motor sport film festival. The main draw will be the August 29 Centennial Run: a rally of Formula cars.

Sit-and-draw

The Eastern Railway (ER) on Saturday organised a sit-and-draw contest to mark 150 years of the Indian Railways. Altogether, 710 schoolchildren, between five and 14 years, took part in the contest. The ER will also organise a philately exhibition, a quiz contest and a torch run as part of the anniversary celebrations. The philately exhibition will be unveiled at the Sealdah New Station building on Monday. The quiz contest is scheduled on August 12 at Dr BC Roy auditorium, Sealdah. The torch run on August 14 will be kicked off at Gholsapur railway colony, Behala, and will end at the ER sports complex on James Long Sarani.

Seminar

A seminar on ‘The Importance of Bachelor of Business Administration Course: An Industry-Academic Interface’ will be held on Monday at Scottish Church College at 11 am. The panel includes Bishwadeep Gupta (president of Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry), N.R. Banerjee (CESC), Bhabatosh Banerjee (dean of commerce, Calcutta University), and Father Mathew (principal, St Xavier's College).

Building rules

The Calcutta Municipal Corporation has relaxed building rules, increasing the height limit for four-storey buildings by 0.5 metres from 11 metres. Mayor Subrata Mukherjee said the decision was taken to address technical problems being faced by builders in constructing G+3 buildings with garage space.

Enteroquinol

Enteroquinol is manufactured by East India Pharmaceutical Works Ltd and not Stadmed, as had appeared (Pharma firms in fight fake drive) in the July 26 edition of the Metro. The error is regretted.

Thumbs Up

TO TRIPURA GOVENOR DN SAHAY for a scheduled visit to Manovikas Kendra Rehabilitation Centre for the physically disabled