SPORT

A promising shooter
by Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Jan 10 — “I do meditation to increase my concentration”, a says Anu Prasher the shooting prodigy of Chandigarh who won the gold medal in the .22 open category in the Northern India Shooting Championships held here in December last.

Anu took to shooting only in November last year and she was able to score 230 out of 300 points in this tough event, according to Mr Dalip Chandel, himself a national shooter and President of the City Shooters Club, who gave shooting tips to Anu.

A BSc IInd year student of the local Government Home Science College, Anu was also chosen the best NCC cadet-2000. She said that Lt. Col. Harjit Singh motivated her to take to shooting and her career in shooting began on November 10 last. Asked if she had not taken a late start, a determined Anu said that with hard work and guidance from her coaches she hoped to be a force to reckon with in the tournaments to be held this year.

A daughter of an ex-serviceman, Anu astonished everyone by winning five medals in the Northern India meet where shooters from different states had participated.

Anu said that she would also start training for the 10-metre air pistol event. Her aim, she said, was a career in the armed forces but shooting will always remain her area of interest.

ADMINISTRATION

Chief engineer’s post: Admn to write to UPSC
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Jan 10 — After all the controversy the Chief Engineer, Chandigarh Administration, may be appointed. The Administration will be writing to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) request it to hold an interview for the post. The present incumbent, Mr R.K. Jain , a deputationist from Haryana, retires on March 31.

The Administration will be writing to the UPSC as the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has turned down a request by the Chandigarh Administration seeking to hold simultaneous interviews to select chief engineers for the Administration and the Municipal Corporation. A request had been sent to the MHA to ‘‘encadre’’ the post of Chief Engineer, Municipal Corporation. Had the MHA agreed it would have enabled the Administration to hold simultaneous interviews to the post of chief engineer, MC, and chief engineer Chandigarh Administration, respectively.

A request for simultaneous interviews had been first turned down by the UPSC which is scheduled to hold interviews on behalf of the Administration. The Administration then wrote to the MHA. The UPSC had fixed a date for selection in October, however, this was changed on the request of the Administration.

After this the Administration asked the UPSC to hold both interviews. There are two people in running for the post of chief engineer, Chandigarh Administration. One of them is Mr Puranjit Singh, who is presently posted as Chief Engineer MC. The other is Mr V.K. Bhardwaj, Superintending Engineer, Construction Circle, Chandigarh Administration. Interestingly Mr Puranjit Singh, had written to the Administrator, about two months ago, alleging that officials of the Chandigarh Administration were delaying the interview to keep him out. 

Selection of panel chief underway
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Jan 10 — Hectic preparations are on for selecting the chairman and vice chairman of various sub-committees of the Muncipal Corporation. The process for the same is likely to be initiated by January 18.

Mayor Raj Kumar Goel, who was successful in constituing these committees in 15 days is now striving hard to elect the chairman and vice- chairman. He has already chosen the contestants for the two posts in at least half of these committees and he is now selecting councillors who will be responsible for the elections in each of these committees. According to sources, most of the presiding officers will be either nominated councillors or Congress councillors. There is no such plan to select a BJP councillor as the presiding officer.

The meeting of the Finance and Contract Committee (F and CC) is also likely to be convened in the next few days. It has also been decided that the MC house will meet at the end of this month.