SPORT

Khalsa school girls bag hockey title
From Our Sports Reporter

LUDHIANA, Oct 11 — Khalsa Girls Senior Secondary School (KGSSS) brought laurels to the city by winning the Ludhiana District Senior Secondary School Under-19 Hockey Tournament which concluded yesterday at Rara Sahib. KGSSS thrashed Anand Ishwar Public School, Ahemadgarh, 6-0 in the final.

The members of the team are Rupinder Kaur, Parminder Kaur, Sapinder Kaur, Chandni, Monika, Harjit Kaur, Navneet Kaur, Gagandeep Kaur, Parvati, Nitin and Manisha.

Under-16 cricket trials on Oct 13
From Our Sports Reporter

LUDHIANA, Oct 11 — The trials to select the Ludhiana district under-16 cricket team for the Mancan under-16 inter-district cricket tournament will be held at 2.30 p.m. on October 13 at the Arya College of Boys. Mr Vinod Chirkara, general secretary, Ludhiana District Cricket Association, said in a press release issued here today that players born on or after September 1, 1984 are eligible to participate in the tournament. 

ADMINISTRATION

Centre for pensioners to be set up
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Oct 11 — The Punjab Pensioners’ District Advisory Committee meeting was held on October 10 in the Mini Secretariat. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr S.K. Sandhu, presided over the meeting. Assistant Commissioner, Ms Anita Darshi (Grievances) acted as convener with committee members, Mr B.R. Kaushal, Mr Hazoor Singh, and Mr M.S. Duggal.

The Deputy Commissioner agreed to set up of a pensioners’ information-cum-welfare centre with the necessary infrastructure in the Mini Secretariat adjoining the District Treasury Office and to write to heads of 14 nationalised banks undertaking pension disbursement to introduce a ‘Pensioners’ Loan Scheme’ as in vogue at present in the SBI at concessional rate of interest of 12 per cent.

The Deputy Commissioner agreed to write to all heads of office dealing with the public such as the PSEB, Post and Telecommunication, Roadways, Municipal Corporation etc to allow separate queues for senior citizens and display a board at a conspicuous place on the premises. He agreed to send to the government a 15-point charter of demand of the Punjab State Pensioners’ Confederation based on the Punjab Fourth Pay Commission report for implementation. 

MC removes generators
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Oct 11 — In a major crackdown, official of the municipal corporation removed generators from several local bus shelters in the city on Tuesday, which were being used to illuminate display boards, put up by the agency responsible for the construction and maintenance of the bus stops.

To have private participation in the civic amenities, the sites for bus shelters were provided by the MC for construction and maintenance to a private agency, which in return was authorised to put up advertisement sign boards on these bus stops.

The agency, instead of going in for power connections, which might have been difficult to obtain, opted for the easier way out and installed a power generator each in these bus shelters. The installation of diesel generators within the bus shelters proved a nuisance for the waiting commuters, besides causing inconvenience in the form of noise and pollution to residents living around these bus stops.

The MC Additional Commissioner Mr Dilip Kumar, who had ordered the removal of the generators, told Ludhiana Tribune that the shelters were put up for the convenience of the waiting bus passengers but with most of the space occupied by the generators and the accompanying noise and air pollution were defeating the entire purpose of the bus stops.

The agency was authorised to put up advertisement boards and if it needed to illuminate the sign boards, it could obtain a power connection. The civic body could not become a party to inflicting noise and environmental pollution upon the residents, he maintained.