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HEALTH

Sealed medicine bottle found empty
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, May 26 — Mr Harbans Lal, a resident of Sector 20-C, was shocked when a sealed bottle of Shilajit capsules he purchased from a Sector 20-D chemist, was found empty. The sealed bottle of Dabur was sold to him against a cash payment of Rs 74.

Vaid Satparkash Sharma, who practises Ayurveda outside the chemist shop, verified on the cash memo that the sealed bottle was empty. Bottled in March,1998, it carries the batch no 8010.

Earlier, also in a similar complaint, a sealed bottle of honey had the cap of another company.

SPORT

Tourists want water sport in city
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, May 26 — The need for the creation of water-sport facilities, including that for river rafting, is felt by tourists who visit the city in the summer. Chandigarh is a transit point for most tourists going towards Shimla and beyond. They usually come from West Bengal, Gujarat, Maharashtra and UP. Then, there are those who come from the nearby states to spend vacations with relatives.

Most of them want the creation of recreational facilities at places of tourist interest in the city like Sukhna Lake. Mr Rajesh is an NRI, originally from Ludhiana, who lives in Sweden now. He is visiting the city as his wife, Manu, belongs to this place. He said though boating, toy train and games at Sukhna Lake had impressed them, water sport could also be added to these. He said facilities for sport like waterpolo and river rafting in the city would attract foreign tourists.

Mirant Parikh of Ahmedabad is also here with his family for a week. He said the Lake Club offered many facilities, but, was open to members only. He said the Gymkhana Club in Panchkula which had a swimming pool could also allow the guests to use the facility and charge them for it.

Similar views were expressed by some tourists from Ghaziabad. They said it would have been better if the city had water-sport infrastructure as well, besides the boating facility at Sukhna Lake. Mr R.S. Awasthy, one of the tourists, said though the tourists had been told that a resort offered water sport 20 km from here, it was too far for them.

Akhilesh Mishra and his three friends, students in Muzzafarpur, appreciated Rock Garden, the lake and the city's clean air. However, they said water sport was now an in thing. They said tourists now had to travel as far as Kulu for river rafting and water skiing.

Balkar Singh and his family of Kurali near Ropar said the lake was beautiful, but, more facilities were needed here. His son Satkarpreet said he wished that places like Essel World and Water Kingdom were created in the city.

More than 900 attend trials
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, May 26 — More than 900 boys and girls attended the trials at Polo Grounds in Patiala today for the summer coaching camp to be organised by the Punjab Education Department (schools) from June 2 to 22 at Sundernagar and Pandoh in Himachal Pradesh. Mr P.S. Chhabra, state Sport Organiser, in a fax message, said the trials were like a "big mela" of young sportspersons. In all, 145 boys and girls attended the athletics and gymnastics trials.

The senior secondary students attended athletics, handball, volleyball, gymnastics and basketball trials. The maximum participation was in athletics trials, followed by the handball trials.

The number of boys and girls selected is as follows: (Secondary level) athletics (20 each); handball (18 each); volleyball (16 each); gymanstics (10 each); and basketball (18 each).

Primary level: athletics and gymnastics (10 boys and girls each).

Mr Chhabra said the kabaddi, kho-kho, judo, badminton, table tennis and hockey trials would be held tomorrow.

Tennis tourney

The third Lake Club Open Tennis Tournament jointly organised by the UT Sports Department and the Chandigarh Sports Council will be held from May 29 to June 1 on the Sector 6 Lake Club courts. Prizes worth rupees 9,000 will be given to the winners and the runners-ups.

The events will be conducted in the under-12, under-14 and under-16 age groups. Entries close with Mr Sandeep Singh, coach at the Lake Club on May 28.

Carrom meet

The Bangiya Sanskritik Sammilani will organise a singles carrom tournament for men and women under the aegis of the Chandigarh Carrom Association on May 27 and 28 in the Sector 35 Bangia Bhavan. The tournament will be held in the memory of Gour Roy.

In all, 50 men and 17 women of the region will participate in the tournament. The prominent among them include Gagandeep, Tejinder Harry, Ramanpreet, Sanjay Negi, Dhruva Chakravorty, Paramdeep and Mukesh Piplani in the men's section and Anjali Negi, Saroj, Veena Dumra and Inder Kanta in the women's section.

St Stephen’s Academy back with soccer title
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, May 26 — The under-10 players of the city’s only football academy run by St Stephen’s School could not have asked for more. They are just back after winning the title in the under-10 lightning football tournament organised by the Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs and the Goa Football Association at Nehru Stadium in Fatorda (Goa).

The victory came their way via the tie-breaker after the Stephanians were locked in a 1-1 draw with Arpora Anjuna Football Academy. In the tie-breaker the Stephanians nosed out the Goa boys with a 4-3 verdict.

In the semi-finals St Stephen’s trounced Monovikas 4-0 while Arpora Anjuna Football Academy got past Duler Centre with a 2-0 margin.

The Stephanians got three individual prizes. They were best goalkeeper (Harbir Singh), best midfield player (Lakhvir Singh) and best player of the final (Aita Ram)

The Goa Chief Minister , Mr Francisco Sarinha, gave away the prizes.