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Cheering up kids with magic CHANDIGARH, May 27 It was a magic show with a difference. In the audience at the Advanced Paediatric Centre auditorium at the PGI were 150-odd children admitted to the centre. The programme, including an hour-long magic show, was aimed at bringing cheer to the children amidst their trauma while being admitted to the centre for their treatment. The entire show was sponsored by Ms Pooja Krishan, a young mother herself, and a dedicated volunteer. She, otherwise, spends her Monday mornings with the children at the centre. It was in 1998 that two friends Munisha Gandhi and Ruchika Majithia both young mothers, decided to do something different for the sick children at the newly commissioned Advanced Paediatric Centre. Working under the guidance of Dr Lata Kumar, head of the department, and Dr R.K. Marwaha, along with a social worker, Mrs Sarkar, both Munisha and Ruchika helped to set up a playroom for the outpatient department filled with toys, games and swings collected from her friends and family. Seeing the popularity of this playroom, she was encouraged to set up a second larger play centre for the patients admitted to the centre. Friends were mobilised to paint murals on the windows of the wards. Volunteers started to spend time with the children, playing games and doing puzzles, distributing colouring books, fruit etc., etc. on various occasions. The entire project is met through donations received in cash and kind. Efforts are also being made to raise money for some poor and needy children who are hardpressed for resources. Todays programme made children not only cheerful and laughing but relaxed and happy also.
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hectic schedule CHANDIGARH, The PGI Employees Coordination Committee in its memorandum demanded early settlement of their claim about the hospital care allowance, revision of their pay scales and grant of allowances on the pattern of doctors and nurses, grant of clinical research allowance, opening of more promotional avenues, cadre review. |
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127 donate blood DERA BASSI,
Majority of the donors were employees of different industrial units. Besides the local residents, employees of banks, small-scale industries and other companies also took part in this noble cause. Earlier, Mr Mathur, an industrialist, inaugurated the camp, while Mr Yasho Vardhan Saboo, another industrialist, presided over the function. A tricycle was also donated by the Parishad to Mr Jugal Kishore (26), who had lost his legs in a train accident at Mubarikpur a couples of month ago The
chief guest, Mr Sher Singh Sidhu, SDM, urged the residents to participate in such camps so that persons fighting for their life could be saved. |
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Hyperactivity, conduct disorders discussed at workshop CHANDIGARH, May 27 Issues like hyperactivity, conduct disorders, social problems, attitude of society, learning disabilities, aggression, self injurious behaviour and eating problems were discussed at a one-day workshop for parents of mentally retarded children organised by the Sector 32 Government Institute for Mentally Retarded Children. The workshop was inaugurated by Mr Prithi Chand, Subdivisional Magis-trate (Central) and Additional Deputy Commissioner (Develop-ment). Dr B.S. Chavan, Joint Director of the Institute, briefed the parents about the new activities introduced at the institute, including daily mentally retarded clinic, expansion of vocational wing, community based orientation programmes, home based training programme, orientation of teachers working in normal school for early identification and sheltered workshop for the children. Mr Prithi Chand talked about various schemes introduced by the Directorate of Social Welfare. He said that the Administration has received grants from Union Government for training of volunteers who can further impart training and help parents in identification of mentally retarded children. Dr S.K. Verma, Consultant Clinical Psychology of the Department of Psychiatry, spoke on intelligence and IQ tests, different IQ at different stages and answered questions from parents. Ms Harpreet Kaur, also of the same Department, spoke on various conduct disorders among the mentally retarded children, including causes and handling of these problems. She also spoke on various behavioural techniques which are useful in handling common conduct disorders. Dr Rachna Bhargava, Play Therapist talked about causes of hyperactivity and restlessness among the mentally retarded children, including causes, and guided the parents how to handle hyperactivity at home. Dr Charu Malhotra spoke on common behaviourial problems encountered by the parents when some guests and relatives are around and the parents feel embarrassed due to the conduct of their mentally retarded children and suggested how such situations be handled. Ms Manreet Riar talked about the attitude of the society and parents towards mentally retarded children. Most of the parents participated in interactive sessions after each presentation and it was agreed that such workshops should be organised at regular intervals. |
City wrestlers for national camp CHANDIGARH, May 27 Eight grapplers of the city, including four girls, have been selected by the Wrestling Federation of India for a national junior camp in preparation for the World Junior Meet in France from July 7 to 9.All of them are being coached by Darshan Sharma of the Sector 30 coaching centre. Darshan said out of these wrestlers, three boys and two girls will certainly make it to the team for the world championship. Those selected are as follows: Girls Chetna (below 50 kg), Kulwinder (below 54 kg), Sumita (below 46 kg) and Dimple (below 43 kg). The camp for girls will be held in Delhi from May 29 to July 1. Boys (freestyle) Niranjan (below 58 kg), Ramesh (below 67 kg), Kulbir Singh (above 97 kg). Greco Roman Gurmel Singh (below 58 kg). About 45 boys selecetd from all over India will attend a camp at Patiala from May 29 to July 1. Darshan Sharma was also appointed one of the four coaches for the boys' camp. League cricket: The second round of the Inter-District Summer League Cricket Tournament comprising teams of Ludhiana, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Patiala and the minor-districts champion, will be held from June 7 to June 25 at various venues in these cities.According to Mr M.P. Pandove, Secretary of the Punjab Cricket Association, the teams have been divided into two pools. Ludhiana, Amritsar and Jalandhar are in Pool A, while Chandigarh, minor-districts champion and Patiala are in Pool B. Chandigarh will play against MDC on June 7 and 8 in the city. The MDC team will play against Patiala on June 10 and 11 at Patiala. The Chandigarh versus Patiala match will be played on June 13 and 14 at Patiala. The first semi-final will be played between the winner of Pool A and the runners-up of Pool B on June 17, 18 and 19 at Amritsar. The second semi-final will be played between the winner of Pool B and the runners-up of Pool A at Patiala on the same dates. June 22 to 25 are scheduled for the final match at Patiala.  |
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Carrom tourney begins CHANDIGARH,
The highlight of today's matches was the black slam (century) scored by Gagandeep, a top-rank player against S.N. Sen. In a close tie, 10-year-old Taranpreet gave a tough time to D.S. Aithani, but, the latter won, 19-20, 25-12, 18-14. Results: Second round Gagandeep b S.N. Sen, 25-0, 25-0; Shahil Makkar b Nanu Chandel, 25-0, 25-0; Sanjay Negi b D. Das, 25-14, 25-6. First round Ashish Dey b Rajesh Pathak; Amit Chopra b Ankur; Shahil Makkar b Tanuj Peter; Rajat b Chetan; D.S. Aithani b Taranpreet; K.S. Patwal b Abhishek; Rubin b S.R. Batra; Jagdish b Ravinder; S. Mukerjee b S. Chatterjee; D. Chakarborty b Partap Roy; Vinod b Hardeep; N.K. Arora b S.K. Yadav; Sudhir b Gurinder. Women's singles Anjali Negi b Raj Lakshmi, 23-5, 6-25, 16-15; Shikha b Anita, 25-0, 25-0; Ritu b Shikha, 25-2, 21-15; Inder Kanta b Somali, 25-0, 25-0; Sushila b Veena, 25-6, 16-18, 24-6; Pallavi b Shikha, 25-12, 25-0. Fine spell:
In another match, ICC XI beat Panther CC by two wickets. Brief scores: MCC 149 for nine in 25 overs (Harpreet Singh 24, Parminder 21, Kamal Walia 17, Vijay Rattan 3 for 21, Sunil 2 for 16); Evergreen XI 116 all out (Inderpreet 32, Rahul Panta 25, Sumit 15, Sarabjit 5 for 16, T. Singh 2 for 20). Second match: Panther CC 85 all out in 25 overs (Major Singh 15, Jitender 14, Parveen Sharma 5 for 13, Ravinder 2 for 10); ICC XI 86 for eight in 22.2 overs (Randhir 2, Ravinder 15, Major Singh 3 for 25, Devi Singh 2 for 16, Kulwinder 2 for 12). |
Housing plan for class III, IV employees SAS NAGAR, May 27 Acting on a long-pending demand of housing for its employees, the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) will now offer the low income group ( LIG) and middle income group (MIG) category houses to its class III and IV employees under a new housing scheme.A decision in this regard was taken at a finance and accounts committee meeting of PUDA held recently. The town will be the first place where the scheme is being offered to the employees. The department is planning to allot about 10 acres of land for the construction of around 450 three-storeyed flats in Sector 65-A here. An earlier housing scheme providing a reservation of 2 per cent of houses for its employees has been discontinued. Sources in the department said to frame the new scheme, a committee comprising the Additional Chief Administrator ( headquarters), Additional Chief Administrator ( P and C), Chief Engineer and other PUDA officials had been formed. It is learnt that the class III employees would be offered the MIG category of houses and the class IV employees would be offered the LIG category of houses. A survey conducted last year by the department at different stations showed that in case of SAS Nagar there were 460 applications. For urban estates of Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Bhatinda and Amritsar, the number of applications were 107, 74, 12 and 8, respectively. The eligible employees have been divided into three categories. Those of the erstwhile Punjab Housing Development Board and now employees of PUDA are in the first category. Those belonging to urban estate department who were on deputation and had not been merged because of certain reservations and those employees who were serving on deputation from other departments have been put in the second and third category. While the class III employees would be entitled to a house building loan of Rs 7 lakh, the class IV employees with 10 years of service would get a maximum of Rs 6 lakh as house building loan. An income criteria has been fixed for the employees. The applicants would have to pay an earnest money of Rs 10,000 for LIG house and Rs 20,000 for MIG houses. |
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Probe ordered into construction SAS NAGAR, Recently, in a khula darbar, the residents had complained to the minister about the poor construction of the flats. The issue was discussed at a meeting of PUDA officials at Punjab Bhavan in Chandigarh yesterday. The minister also instructed the officials to review structure of the transfer-fee being charged from the occupants of these flats and bring it at par with the transfer-fee charged on plots. Representatives of the residents who were present on the occasion, also sought construction of a community centre, development of green belts, repairs of roads, cleaning of the sewer and storm-water lines. The residents also raised the issue of enhanced prices of the independent MIG flats. Meanwhile, the local unit of the Rashtriya Raksha Dal has protested against the minister holding khula darbar in Sector 70. It has alleged that this was done at the behest of a person who was contesting the forthcoming municipal elections from the area. |
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