HEALTH

Medical conference from today
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, June 18 — A two-day super technical medical conference will be inaugurated by Mr Gautam Kaul, Director-General of the ITBP, at Base Hospital, Ramgarh, near here, tomorrow.

According to Dr M.V.K. Rao, Commandant of the hospital, the main objectives of the conference are to interact and exchange clinical experiences acquired from the activities among the ITBP troops in the local and far-flung high altitude areas in the inhospitable terrains of border areas.

Experts from the PGI and the GMCH, Sector 32, will take part in the conference.

SPORT

Harkiran, Kriti win titles
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, June 18 — Harkiran Singh and Kriti Puri won three and two titles, respectively, in the 10th Pepsi skating carnival, organised by Rollerbones, which concluded here this evening. In roller hockey, the teams of Skateland Club won majority of the titles, followed by Sector 10 team.

Harkiran clinched rink race II in his age group, besides road races. Kriti Puri won rink race I and II in 12-16 years section, while she finished second in road race in her section. Mehak Paul in 6-9 years (girls) and Digpal Singh in under-4 years (boys) section won two titles each in rink races I and II.

Results: — road race — under-4 (boys) — Digpal Singh Rana 1, Anuj 2, Abhishek 3; 4-6 yrs (boys) — Shivam Thakur 1, Naman Nanda 2, Rohit Sharma 3; girls — Nupur Arora 1, Shivani 2; 6-9 yrs — boys — Manjit Singh 1, Achal Bhatnagar 2, Aseem Jindal 3; girls — Mehak Paul 1, Aastha Sharma 2, Nourin Midha 3; 9-12 yrs — Gulsagar 1, Gulrajan 2, Sameer Gupta 3; girls — Harjapjee Kaur 1, Geetika Anand 2, Shakun Salwan 3; 12-16 yrs — boys — Harkiran Singh 1, Daksh Gadi 2, Gautam Narang 3; girls — Pallavi 1, Kriti Puri 2, Chetna Bhatt 3; above-16 yrs — boys — Nirmal Nanda 1, Navdeep Puri 2, Vikas Rajput 3; girls — Meenur 1, Raysha 2, Priyanka 3.

Rink race II — under-4 yrs — boys — Digpal Singh 1, Abhishek Duggal 2, Anuj 3; 4-6 yrs — boys — Shivam Thakur 1, Naman Nanda 2, Vipin Mohan 3; girls — Salony Bhardwaj1, Nupur Arora 2; 6-9 yrs — boys — Manjeet Singh 1, Achal Bhatnagar 2, Aseem Jindal 3; girls — Mehak Paul 1, Neyhal Salwan 2, Nourin Midha 3; 9-12 yrs — boys — Sameer Gupta 1, Gulrajan 2, Vaibhav 3;girls — Harjapjee 1, Shakun Salwan 2, Geetika Anand 3; 12-16 yrs — boys — Harkiran Singh 1, Chetan Kumar 2, Varun Kumar 3; girls — Kriti Puri 1, Pallavi 2, Chetna Bhatt 3; above-16 yrs — Navdeep Puri 1, Nirmal Nanda 2, Kunal Garg 3; girls — Priyanka 1, Meenu 2, Raysha 3.

Roller hockey — sub-junior boys — Sector 10 1, Roller Falcon, Yamunanagar 2, Blue Bird Club 3; junior boys — Skateland Club 1, Sector 10 2, Roller Falcon, Yamunanagar 3; junior girls — Skateland Club 1, Blue Bird 2, Sector 10 3; senior girls — Skateland 1, Blue Bird 2.

Cricket tourney: A knock of unbeaten 67 runs by Ajay Banerjee in 51 deliveries enabled Videocon XI to overpower Bedi Cricket Club by five wickets to enter the semi-finals of the Samsung league cricket tournament being played in the memory of late Samuel Banerjee and organised by Chandigarh Cricket Association. Bedi CC batted first and scored 170 runs in the allotted 25 overs. Chasing the target, Videocon XI batsmen began well. Ajay Banerjee hit nine fours and a six. He had a useful partnership with Ankur, who scored 28 runs. They reached the target in 24.2 overs, with five wickets in hand. In another match, Bhupinder Singh’s fine score of 57 runs helped Godrej Cricket Club in beating Life Insurance Corporation XI by four wickets, reaching the last four of the tournament.

Brief scores — first match: 170 for 8 in 25 overs (Rakesh Purang 56. Jagdish Dhawan 29 n.o., Bhupinder 18, Ramandeep 3 for 23, Gurpreet Singh 3 for 20, Ravinder Singh 2 for 25, Charanpreet Singh 2 for 7; Videocon XI 175 for 5 in 24.2 overs (Ajay Banerjee 67 n.o., Ankur 28, Munish Chadha 17, Happy 2 for 18); second match: LIC XI 151 all out in 20 overs (Ravi 58, Ravi Kumar 38, Chandan 19 n.o., K V Singh 2 for 21, Vijay Pal 2 for 26); GCC 155 for 6 in 18.4 overs (Bhupinder Singh 57, Vaneet Soni 29, Lalit 2 for 30, S. Sodhi 3 for 13).

Garry Walia win: Garry Walia outplayed Tribune XI by nine wickets in the final match of the under-14 summer cricket tournament played here today at Sector 15 grounds and organised by Masters Sports Welfare Society. Nikhil Sharma, who scored 51 unbeaten runs and claimed four wickets for 12 runs today, was declared man of the series. Brief scores — Tribune XI 78 all out in 14.1 overs (Nikhil Sharma 4 for 12, Mohinder Singh 2 for 17); Garry Walia 79 for 1 in 8.1 overs (Nikhil Sharma 51 n.o., Damanpreet 15 n.o.).

Tribune chess: The primarily round of the first Tribune chess tournament was held on Sunday on the Tribune premises. Six participants reached the final round — group A: Narinder and Harish Handa with 4 points and Manish Mehta with 3.5 points and in group B V.P. Gupta with 6 points, Pardeep Sundriyal with 5 points and Madan Singh with 3 points. The final round will be held on Monday.

A clarification: Chandigarh Women Boxing Association will conduct the first women boxing championship in September and not the Chandigarh Amateur Boxing Association. this was clarified by CABA Secretary C.K. Jerath.

ADMINISTRATION

Plan to remove encroachment
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, June 18 — The Environment Department has chalked out a plan to remove encroachment by migrants along Dakshin Marg, especially near the roundabout of Sectors 21, 22, 35 and 36.

According to sources in the department, a plan has been drafted to convert the triangles carved after the recent construction of slip roads into parks. Besides this, the road divider on Dakshin Marg will be developed into a green belt.

A high-level meeting, sometime in the near future, will determine terms and conditions for inviting private parties to beautify this eyesore in the middle of the city.

These encroachments have become a menace in the past couple of years. All efforts by the Estate Office to remove these have failed miserably.

Hundreds of migrants from the areas bordering Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are living under the open sky all along this stretch on the southern end of Sectors 21 and 22. However, it is their concentration around this roundabout which is alarming.

There is always a heavy traffic at the roundabout and the incidence of accident is high here. The encroachment by these migrants has added to the problem. At any time of the day, children can be seen running and playing on these slip roads.

The problem doesn't end here. For persons living in houses near Piccadily Chowk in Sector 21, it also means a sense of insecurity. While migrant women and children here beg for a living, men indulge in minor thefts and similar small-time anti-social activities.

Besides this, persons cooking, defecating and bathing semi-clad in the open area do not present a good picture the City Beautiful, especially for tourists passing by the city on National Highway 21 en route to Manali.

According to sources in the Environment Department, asking private parties to develop these stretches will serve two purposes. "Since the Estate Office has not been able to deal with this problem effectively, we hope that private agencies will be able to do so. Moreover, this roundabout has become one of the most polluted areas in the city. Hopefully, a well-maintained green belt will take care of a part of this problem," they said.

CISF to take over aerodrome security
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, June 18 — Security of the Chandigarh Civil Aerodrome is likely to be taken over by a unit of the Central Industrial Reserve Force (CISF) on June 22, replacing the local police.

The officials and men of the CISF are presently undergoing familiarisation exercises and have been temporarily billeted in rented accommodation at Zirakpur. The force has taken over the security of many major and small airports in the country following a review of the security of airports. The CISF is also guarding the Punjab and Haryana Civil Secretariat.

According to sources, the airport will be guarded by a unit of 106 members comprising an SP, four Inspectors, 18 Sub-Inspectors and 83 other ranks (ORs). Presently, the local police and personnel of the Punjab police and two sections of the Special Security Bureau (SSB) are on duty round the clock.

Meanwhile, the local Police Department is yet to issue any formal orders for the posting of more than 50 cops posted at the airport.