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HEALTH

Dispensary amidst filth, squalor
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, July 29 — The civil dispensary in Dadu Majra Colony is functioning amidst filth and squalor. The dumping ground, located adjacent to it, besides emanating foul smell, is responsible for the outbreak of various diseases.

A visit to the dispensary today revealed that the upkeep and maintenance of the building is no better. The approach road to the dispensary is marked by slush and dingy pools of stagnant water, which are perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes. The drainage system in this area hardly exists as water gets accumulated during the monsoon. The choked sewerage further contributes to the unhygienic conditions.

The doctor on duty points out that the incidence of asthma and skin diseases is high among the residents of this area. During a medical camp organised recently by the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, GMCH-32, it was observed that 80 per cent of the residents of Dadu Majra Colony were suffering from one or the other lung disorders. They had indicated that the poisonous gases emitted by burning of polythene, plastic and other such materials was the cause of this.

The rag pickers, who keep sifting through the garbage day in and day out, report to the RMPs and civil dispensary with various skin ailments. These children are under constant threat of acquiring deadly diseases if the authorities do not do something about the dumping ground, which is a storehouse of infected hospital waste, besides routine garbage.

Few women patients at the dispensary say life is virtually hell for those residing here as mosquitoes do not let them sleep at night. It is difficult to sit out in the open after 7 pm, says one of them. The rearing of pigs by certain households is also creating nuisance for the dwellers as these further contribute to the unclean surroundings.

The staff working in the dispensary say during the monsoon, it becomes difficult to sit and attend to the patients due to the foul smell which comes in through the broken window panes. There is only a part-time sweeper, who is not keeping the entire compound clean. The wild growth of congress grass on all sides of the building also poses a health hazard.

Few residents complain that they do not get medicines and have to buy these from outside at exorbitant prices. The dispensary should have adequate basic infrastructure for the benefit of the residents, they add.

SPORT

Sukhman steals the show
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, July 29 — Sukhman Ghuman stole the limelight on the final day by winning the maximum number of medals in the girls section in the Chandigarh swimming tournament (inter-coaching centre), organised at Government Yoga Centre swimming pool, Sector 23, here today.

The two-day tournament evoked a massive response. Four boys and four girls were declared best swimmers in this meet — Karan Bhai, Vivek Yadav, Sidhharth Sehdev, Abhimanyu Tiwari, Himanshi Bakshi, Prerna Sharma, Sukhman Ghuman and Gurvoor Kang. Ms Balvinder Garcha gave away the prizes.

Results: 100 m butterfly — boys: under-14 yrs — Pankaj Chauhan 1, Ankit Kalia 2, Abhimanyu Tiwari 3; girls: Gurnoor Kang 1, Saru Bhardwaj 2, Ruhani Sood 3; boys: under-12 yrs — Sidharth Sahdev 1, Yadvinder Rawat 2, Gagan Preet Singh 3; girls: Sukhman Ghuman 1, Isha Kalia 2, Shruti Sharma 3; 50 m breast stroke: boys: under-12 yrs — Vivek Yadav 1, Samrat Dutta 2, Angad Singh 3; girls: under-10 yrs — Prakriti 1, Kalyani 2, Mehar 3; 25 m breast stroke: boys : under-8 years — Karan Bhai 1, Parminder Singh 2, Kunal Bhardwaj 3; 25 m breast stroke — girls: under-8 yrs — Himanshi Bakshi 1, Harsimran Kaur 2, Chitra Sharma 3; 100 m freestyle girls: under-14 yrs — Gurnoor Kang 1, Pooja Chauhan 2, Saru Bhardwaj 3; 50 m freestyle:boys under-12 yrs — Sidharth 1, Gaganpreet Singh 2, Yadvinder Rawat 3; boys: under-8 yrs — 50 m freestyle — Karan Bhai 1, Kunal Bhardwaj 2, Raghvinder Rawat 3; girls — Himanshi Bakshi 1, Harsimran 2, Chitra Sharma 3; 200 m freestyle — boys: under-14 yrs — Abhimanyu Tiwari 1, Pankaj Chauhan 2, Ankit Kalia 3; girls: Gurnoor Kang 1, Saru Bhardwaj 2, Amanpreet Bhoparai 3; 100 m freestyle boys: under-10 yrs — Vivek Yadav 1, Angad Singh 2, Samrat Dutta ; girls — Prakriti 1, Kalyani 2; under-12: boys — Sidharth 1, Yadvinder 2, Gaganpreet 3; girls: Sukhman Ghuman 1, Isha Kalia 2, Shruti Sharma 3; 25 backstroke: boys: under-8 yrs — Parminder 1, Kunal 2, Karan Bhai 3; girls — Himanshi Bakshi 1, Harsimran Kaur 2, Chitra Sharma 3; 100 m backstroke: boys: under-14 yrs — Abhimanyu Tiwari 1, Pankaj Chauhan 2, Ankit Kalia 3; girls: under-14 yrs — Gurnoor Kang 1, Pooja Chauhan 2, Suninendha Sharma 3; 50 m backstroke boys: under-10 yrs — Vivek Yadav 1, Angad Singh 2, Aspreet Singh 3; girls — Kalyani 1, Prakriti 2, Amardeep Kaur 3; 100 m backstroke: boys: under-12 yrs — Gaganpreet 1, Yadvinder 2, Sidharth 3; girls: Sukhman Ghuman 1, Jugneet Kaur 2, Isha Kalia 3; 200 m individual medlay: boys under-14 yrs —Pankaj Chauhan 1, Ankit Kalia 2, Vaibhav 3; girls — Gurnoor Kang 1, Saru Bhardwaj 2; Ruhani Sood 3; 25 m butterfly : boys: under-8 yrs — Karan Bhai 1, Parminder Singh 2, Kunal Bhardwaj 3. girls; under 8 yrs — Himanshi Bakshi 1, Harsimran Kaur 2, Chitra Sharma 3; 200 m freestyle; boys: under-12 yrs — Sidharth 1, Gaganpreet 2, Yadvinder 3; girls — Sukhman Ghuman 1, Isha Kalia 2, Shruti Sharma 3; 50 m butterfly: boys: under-10 yrs — Vivek Yadav 1, Angad Singh 2, Aspreet Singh 3; girls: under-10 yrs — Kalyani 1, Prakriti 2; 100 m breaststroke — boys: under-14 yrs — Pankaj Chauhan 1, Ankit Kalia 2, Abhimanyu Tiwari 3; girls — Gurnoor Kang 1, Sumedha Sharma 2, Ruhani Sood 3; boys: under-12 yrs — Aman Sharma 1, Yadvinder 2, Sumeet Heer 3; girls — Sukhman Ghuman 1, Isha Kalia 2, Shruti Sharma 3.

CLTA tennis

Geetanjali created a flutter when she upset Satvika Saboo 8-6 in the girls under-16 match on the second day of the CLTA open tennis tournament played here today at CLTA courts, Sector 10. In another match Sanjana Kapoor defeated Amanpreet 8-7.

The results are: Girls under-12: QF — Sanjana Kapoor b Navjot 8-2; Inayat Khosla b Sonia Sharma 8-0; Chandni Thakur b Mehak 8-3; Taskeen Bains b Aanchal 8-0; Under-14 — Neha Singh b Inayat 8-2; Isha Toor b Taskeen Bains 8-1; Simmer b Alipt Sandhu 8-1; under-16 — Neha Singh b Amanpreet 8-1; Mallika Malhotra b Bahar Paul 8-4; Simmer Singh b Gungeet Bains 8-2; Boys: Under-16 — Ardaman Sidhu b Yuvraj 8-5; Jitin Bishnoi b Sanam K Singh 8-7 (2); Ankit Raj b Sahil Thapa 8-2; Harneet Singh b Gurdit Singh 8-3; Under-14 — Yuvraj b Simranjeet 8-0; Ardaman Sidhu b Simarveer Singh 8-1; Jitin Bishnoi b Gurdit Singh 8-4; Harneet Singh b Dilpreet Gill 8-4; Under-12 yrs — Kinshuk Sharma b Anshul Kadian 8-1; Gursher Harika b Navjot Singh 8-2; Pritam Singh b Jai Vinod 8-4; Simmer Vir b Shiva Sangwan 8-0; under 10 — Anshul Kadian b Gauravinder 8-1; Chetanya Verma b Sandeep Chugh 8-1; Uday Karan Puniha b Arjun Sehgal 8-2; Shiva Sangwan b Sohael Verma 8-3.

College gymnastics

The DAV College, Sector 10, today had an impressive display by young gymnasts from seven years onwards on the college campus. Mr India Junior Hardeep Singh also impressed the spectators. Dr P.C. Kashyap, director incharge, of regional office SAI, was the chief guest. He said that he will try his best to provide facilities for the growth of sports in college. Mr Ravinder Chaudhary, secretary of the Amateur Athletic Association, Chandigarh, demanded athletics coaching centre for the college.

Carrom championship

The 10th Chandigarh State Carrom championship began here today at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45 with all the seeded players advancing into the next rounds. In the inaugural function, Ramanpreet Pahwa, a budding player of city, was honoured by the Chandigarh Carrom Association for her achievement in the sub-junior nationals. It also felicitated Mahesh Sekhri, secretary of the association in recognition of his services for the promotion of the game in the city beautiful.

Results: men singles: (Ist round) — Annu Papneja b Abhinav Mehta 25-00, 25-02; NS Pahwa b Harjit Singh 25-00, 25-02; Sudhir Sidhu b SP Janjua 25-05, 25-02; Deepak b Charanjit Kler 25-0, 24-21; Gurinder b Amrinder Dhillon 25-06, 25-04; Taranpreet Pahwa b Ashok Bangar 25-15, 25-09 veteran’s men; Subash b SP Dobhal; Ramesh Wadhwa b Suraj Kohli 25-00, 25-00; junior boys singles — Ramanpreet Pahwa b Tarlok Singh; Joseph Sammuel b Naresh ; Annu Papneja b Rahul Nanda; Deepak Bishnoi b Baninder Singh ; Amandeep Bawa b Abhinandan ; Amrinder Dhillon b Praveen; Hardeep Harnal b Sumit Kharbanda; Taranpreet Pahwa b Ankur Kapila; Sumit b Richi; Ravinder Kumar b Amit Kumar; Paramdeep Singh b Varun; Dhruva b Vaibhav Goel; Abhey Bedi b Neeraj Sharma; sub-junior singles — Taranpreet Pahwa b Abhinandan; Akram Khan b Paramvir Singh; Amrinder Singh b Rahul Bisht; Hardeep Harnal b Rahul Peter; Suraj Kumar b Ankit Aggarwal; Agamdeep Singh b Ankit; Gurinder Sidhu b Yatin Gupta; Sumit Aithani b Dheeraj Sharma; Hargun b Aditya Mohan; Ravinder b Varun; Neeraj Sharma b Dhanesh Arora ; Harmanpreet b Yadpreet Singh; Rahul Nanda b Shashank Kaushik.

Badminton championship

Pallavi and Prerak Sharma sailed into the finals of the under-10 singles section on the second day of the District Badminton championship being played at Sector 7 community centre, Panchkula. Pallavi will meet Mohini while Prerak will take on Dhruv in tomorrow’s finals.

Results: girls under-10 — semi-finals: Pallavi b Divya Sood 11-0, 11-2; Mohini b Muskan Aggarwal 11-6, 11-0. boys: Dhruv b Akshit Mahajan 15-11, 9-15, 15-4; Prerak Sharma b Raghav Jain 15-10, 15-6; men singles: PQF — Vivek Vermani b Rasil Antinus; Devinder b Saurav Kapoor; Puneet b Manu; Peeyush b Dr Bhardwaj; Sachin Garg b Varun Parmar; Christopher b AK Matta; Vikrant Chaudhary b Rajan Arora; boys singles (under-16) PQF — Sachin b Gaurav Kumar; Bharat b Karan Syal; Peeyush b Abhishek Goel; Gaurav Kapoor b Adit; Prateek Sharma b Mayank; Munish Garg b Adhiraj Neogi; under-13: QF — Anshul b Bhanu Malik; Prateek Mittal b Adhiraj Neogi; Saurav Kapoor b Ankur; Salil b Sanchit; girls under-13: QF — Kannu b Vimmi; Ishleen b Sohal; Shruti b Tannu Sood; Pallavi b Dimple; SF — Kannu b Ishleen; Pallavi b Shruti; women singles: QF — Samritika b Tarundeep; Preetika b Yamini; Gauri b Kannu; Nidhi b Ankita.