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| Wednesday, January 26, 2000, Chandigarh, India |
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Pulse polio drive comes to a close CHANDIGARH, Jan 25 — As many as 1,15,230 children below the age of five were administered polio drops during the fourth and the final round of the intensified pulse polio immunisation programme, which concluded here today. On the concluding day, 2,146 children under five years of age were given these drops during the door- to-door campaigning. Even though it was raining for most part of day, the medical personnel, besides visiting the houses, also stopped and vaccinated children. This exercise was done to ensure maximum coverage of the city’s population. As many as 11,556 children below the age of five were administered these drops on the second day yesterday. And over 219 children above five years of age were also administered these drops. According to Dr M.P Minocha, coordinator of the programme, the people who could not get their children vaccinated during this round can still visit the government hospitals and dispensaries . He appealed to people to come forward on their own and thereby co-operate in eradicating polio by the year 2000. The next phase of pulse polio programme would be held in October 2000. Meanwhile, as many as
3799 and 592 children were given Vitamin A solution in
the slums during the second and the third day of the
campaign when the teams visited the houses. According to
Dr H.M Swami, the campaign achieved an overall coverage
of 98.7 per cent covering 27,275 children in the age
group of 1-5 years. Children below one year were excluded
from the campaign, which was organised by the Department
of Community Medicine, GMCH-32, in collaboration with the
Health Department, UT, and UNICEF along with the fourth
round of pulse polio immunisation. |
Camp impresses participants CHANDIGARH, Jan 25 — "It was a memorable experience and being my first camp, I was able to learn much," said Gauri Sharma of Hansraj Public School, Panchkula, who attended a Northern India camp in badminton at Jalandhar. The camp was conducted by Surinder Mahajan of Sports Authority of India, posted at Panjab University, and Kartar Singh of Punjab Sports Department. Seventeen boys and eight girls in under-16 and under-19 age groups from Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir attended the camp, organised by the Badminton Association of India and the Sports Authority of India. According to Surinder Mahajan, the daily schedule was divided into three phases, physical fitness programme, stroke practice and court crafting. Theory classes were also conducted. He said stress was on building strength, endurance and agility. Evenings were devoted to games. Matches between participants were held. Results are as follows: under-19 boys — Vivek Sharma (Chandigarh) 1, Sukhwinder (Haryana) 2; under-19 girls — Parnita Verma (Chandigarh) 1, Sandhya (Punjab) 2; under-16 boys — Puneet Bansal (Chandigarh) 1, Sumit Dahiya (Haryana) 2; under-16 girls — Mala Gaba (Chandigarh) 1, Madhvi Jolly (Jammu and Kashmir) 2. Mr Rajinder Kalsi, Treasurer of the BAI and Secretary of the Punjab Badminton Association had a special word of praise for the coach. He said, "Players must have learnt new things for improving their skills." Campers gave their views
in writing. Heena Kapoor of Jalandhar said, "Food
served was good, besides coaching." Satvender
Sangwan of Bhiwani said, "The coach was friendly and
told us to remove shortcomings." Navneet Kaur of
Jalandhar said, "In my whole life, I will not forget
the camp." Sanjeev Shandil of Solan said the camp
was an eye-opener for him. Kamini of Solan said, "We
were ignorant of many things in the game." Madhvi
Jolly of Jammu and Kashmir said, "Food, training and
accommodation were fine." Vikrant Saini of Jammu and
Kashmir said he was given much knowledge about the game. |
Sharma is referee CHANDIGARH, Jan 25 — Arun Sharma a former Punjab Ranji player, has been appointed referee for the Prof D.B. Deodhar tournament match between South zone and Central zone at Mumbai on January 28, as per information received by him from Mr Sharad Diwadkar, Executive Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. He has been asked to reach Mumbai by January 27. He will be entitled to free travel and other pocket expenses by the BCCI. Sport day |
PCS, HCS postings CHANDIGARH, Jan 25 — The Chandigarh Administration today reshuffled four PCS and HCS officers, besides ordering the repatriation of Mr S.K. Sharma, Assistant Estate Officer, to his parent state, Haryana. Mr S.P. Arora, Director, Information, Public Relations, Hospitality and Tourism, and Controller, printing and Stationery, has been transferred and posted as Assistant Estate Officer in place of Mr S.K. Sharma, who has been repatriated to his parent state of Haryana at the end of his deputation period. Mr S.K. Vasistha, Assistant Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, has been given the additional charge of the Assistant Estate Officer-II. Mr Gurmel Singh, Joint
Secretary, Home, has been transferred and posted as Chief
General Manager, Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism
Development Corporation, in place of Mr Ashok Sangwan who
has become Secretary to the Adviser to the Administrator
and Joint Secretary, Home and OSD Vigilance. He will also
hold the additional charge of the post of Director,
Hospitality and Tourism; Public Relations, and
Controller, Printing and Stationery. |
PUDA to auction plots in Feb,
March SAS NAGAR, Jan 25 — Residential plots in various sectors of this urban estate will be auctioned by the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) in February and March. In the first phase, at least 25 plots in two sectors would be put under hammer on February 3. The plots would be auctioned under the PUDA policy to dispose of 20 per cent of the plots in open auction and draw of lots for the remaining 80 per cent. A spokesman of PUDA said that of the 25 plots, at least 10 plots —one kanal (2), 16 marla (2), 12 marla (3) and 10 marla ( 3) — were in Sector 68. The remaining 15 plots — one kanal ( 11), 16 marla ( 3) and 12 marla ( 1) — in sector 69 would be auctioned on March 1. The reserve price of plots has been fixed at Rs 3,600 per sq yard and in case of preferential plots, the reserved price would be enhanced by 10 per cent. The auction of commercial sites in Sector 70 would be held on February 9. A commercial site in Sector 60 — measuring one acre — which has been christened as a millennium site would also be auctioned. The spokesman further said that the draw of lots for the 31 HIG houses and 696 LIG houses in the township would be held on February 7 and 17, respectively. PUDA is also planning to
auction a five-star hotel site in Sector 62. |
Civic body’s denial CHANDIGARH, Jan 25 — In a written statement filed in the civil suit for directions to make the State Health Education bureau functional, the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh today “vehemently denied” that Bureau was lying close. Claiming the carrying out of health activities through their own resources, the MCC stated that most of the health education work “was being undertaken by the programme officers themselves”. Regarding the funds, the counsel for MCC stated that a total grant of Rs. 1,65,000 was initially “sanctioned by the Central Health Education Bureau, Government of India, Ministry of Health, for running the Bureau”. The amount, the counsel
added, was utilised by establishing the office and
purchasing various health education accessories like the
audio-visual aids, furniture, audio cassettes and other
items required for the education activities”. |
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