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| Tuesday, January 9, 2001, Chandigarh, India |
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Will General Hospital have a
functional phone exchange? CHANDIGARH Tenders for the new telephone exchange will be screened tomorrow by a committee for the third time in the past three years. The authorities say the charge for annual maintenance of the in-house exchange, about Rs 84,000 per annum, was deposited with the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) in the early 80s till 1997. Since the exchange in the hospital was being looked after by DoT, it was their duty to warn the authorities of an impending failure. By 1997, half of the lines were unserviceable. Sources added that the Deputy General Manager, DoT, informed the hospital authorities that the system was outdated and no spare parts were available. The process of winding up the old exchange took three years, which the authorities added, were not due to lack of funds. They said it was the system — involving a long procedure of floating tenders, screening by opening committee, assessment by technical committee, approval and recommendations by purchases committee and placing of orders by DHS — that had taken such a long time. The delay was also due to retendering being ordered following objections by the applicant whose tender was rejected. Sources added that the matter would be simplified if all hospital items were purchased through rate contracts by the firms approved by the Director General Supplies. The hospital has five direct lines. One each is with the offices of Director, Health Services, MS and DMS. In a way, there is just one telephone connection with the emergency ward of the hospital. The reception too is connected via telephone number 102, which like everything else in a government set-up, functions at its own sweet will. People trying to contact the hospital late at night often find it busy. |
Udit, Himmat emerge
winners CHANDIGARH “We want to come again” “It has been wonderful” These are some of the exuberant rumblings heard on the concluding day of the CGA-sponsored two week junior golf coaching camp. It was indeed an exciting experience for the organisers of the camp to have 66 young and enthusiastic boys and girls of seven prominent schools of the city competing with each other to hit the longest ball or to hole a difficult put in one stroke. And how well they succeeded. The proof was the final day putting competition, which was held in two groups of above and below 12 years of age. The senior group winner was decided after a fierce three-way thrice-repeated tie between Stephenian school mates Sahil Thapa, Aswin and Udit and it needed a single stroke 25-foot-long curling put from Udit to emerge winner over the fighting Aswin. The under-12 competition was equally engrossing where 11-year-old Himmat Sandhu from New Public School prevailed over Vaibhav Gupta of Vivek High School after four nail-biting play-off holes. And as a prize, in addition to small token gifts, they were permitted to enjoy free use of the driving range for one more week. Col (retd) Nirmal Singh, Director of the Hero Honda CGA Golf Academy, who was in charge of the camp was a satisfied man having handled a very trying venture with remarkable success. In his young wards, his experienced eyes see a host of budding golfers who were identified and recommended for further training. As many as 32 children were short-listed for this privilege. In fact, it was with a very heavy heart, that he had to restrict his choice. Given a chance, he would love to have all of them and perhaps even a few more under his charge. Col (retd) BS Chahal, Joint Secretary, CGA, and who has been teaching golf in Canada, emphasised the need to build sound fundamentals to initiate the youngsters to play golf. No doubt, with the two colonels in charge of training, the children got nothing but the best attention. Apart from the thrill of ‘flying the ball’, the camp covered vital aspects of discipline, honesty and sportsmanship. There was even a session on important golf rules and etiquettes as well. “Inshah Allah” that time will also come very soon, says Mr D.P. Azad, President of the CGA. The inspired management of the CGA have come up with a novel scheme wherein the young hopefuls, who take up further training, have been offered one year free membership of the Driving range. |
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Sunil ranked 26th CHANDIGARH He said in league with Paes En Sport, CLTA, has designed a comprehensive training programme to groom Sunil who was one of the bright hope in Indian tennis. Mr Kashyap said Sunil was at present in Australia where he will be taking part in the junior event of the 2001 Australian Open from January 22. But prior to that he will also take part in the Victorian Junior Championship and the Australian Hard Court Junior Championship. Mr Kashyap the CLTA had taken the responsibility of raising financial resources for training, travel and participation in all international events of Sunil. He said this village boy originally hailing from Punjab has proved that hard work and determination were the real barometer of success. |
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Chandigarh Police to raise athletics
team CHANDIGARH Addressing a press conference at the Police Headquarters in Sector 9, the Inspector General of Chandigarh Police, Mr B.S. Bassi said the “best of the best” would be identified from traffic and security, even from operations for the team. He revealed that the Deputy Inspector General of Chandigarh Police, Mr Ajay Kashyap, was in touch with the authorities at the Sports Authority of India for training sportspersons in a professional way. The IGP added that “technical expertise” was being sought from the SAI for providing coaching to the selected personnel and an attempt was being made to persuade SAI authorities to send coaches for training. Giving details, he said the members of the team would be posted to the Police Lines in order to enable them to concentrate on sports. “They would be kept as reserve force and used only when necessary,” the IGP stated. A police official, Dilbagh Singh, he added, had been provided complete exemption from active duty. Others were being sent to the lines thrice a week for practice sessions. Regarding the tournaments, the IGP stated that he was in touch with the Director Generals of Punjab and Haryana Police for organising regional meets on friendly basis. The annual sports meet, he asserted, would be held in the last week of February. |
HUDA removes
encroachments PANCHKULA Most of these units in the Industrial Area had encroached upon over HUDA land and were carrying out sale from there. Despite open violation by these units, the HUDA had not done much to check increasing encroachments. The employees of the Enforcement Wing took away rolls of clothing material lying in the area. Besides, they removed jhuggis which had been put up in the open spaces in Sector 8 and 14. The Estate Officer, Mr D.P. Singh, when contacted, said the surprise drive was essentially aimed at discouraging the businessmen who had put up counters on HUDA land. |
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