PU restricts timings of botanical garden

Chandigarh | Wednesday | 11th December, 2019

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To remain open from 9 am to 5 pmNaina MishraTribune News ServiceChandigarh, December 10In the wake of the molestation incident reported at the crack of dawn from Panjab University’s botanical garden, the Vice-Chancellor has ordered to restrict the timings of the garden. The molester had tried to drag the woman journalist towards the low-height wall in the adjoining pharmacy garden. This is not the first time that the university botanical garden is in the news for the wrong reasons. The low-height wall of the pharmacy garden adjoining the botanical garden allows easy entry to trespassers. Last year, a PU student had submitted a complaint to the Panjab University Committee Against Sexual Harassment (PUCASH) alleging that a gardener was hiding behind a tree naked while she waited for her friends at the botanical garden..