HEALTH

CMO inaugurates workshop
From Our Correspondent

PANCHKULA, Feb 5 — A five-day training workshop on “Integrated management of childhood illness” was inaugurated here on Monday. It was organised by the Survival for Women and Children Foundation. According to a spokesman, the main aim of the workshop was to equip health workers with technical skills.

Dr HC Nagpal, Chief Medical Officer, who inaugurated the workshop, said India had a very high infant mortality rate as compared to other countries. He said the main causes were diarrhoea, pneumonia and malnutrition. Besides anganwari workers, medical officers also participated in the workshop.

198 persons vaccinated
From Our Correspondent

KHARAR, Feb 5 — As many as 198 persons, including children, were vaccinated against hepatitis-B in a camp organised by the Lions Club, Kharar, on Sunday. The next doze of the vaccination will be given on March 4.

SPORT

Spice, HDFC in semis
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — Connect, Spice and HDFC bank yesterday made it to the semi-final of the inter-corporate cricket tournament. Batting first, HDFC Bank put up a total of 145 for the loss of six wickets. Sanjeev took two wickets for the Spice team, who achieved the target by losing just five wickets. Amit scored 50 unbeaten runs, Sanjeev 39 runs and Samit made 27 runs.

In a Pool II match, Connect and HDFC confirmed their berth in semi-finals defeating Indian Express and IDBI Bank teams respectively with a huge margin.

Brief score:Connect- 207 for seven (Darvesh 50, Anish 39 n.o.) Indian Express 71 all out (Darvesh 5 for 18).

HDFC: 230 for 3 in 20 overs (Sanjay 109, Ajay Sharma 80 n.o.) IDBI bank: 65 all out (Monu 5 for 25, Amit 3 for 10).

Officials promoted
Ms Lalita Sharma and Mr Sanjeev Sharma, Assistant Directors, Northern Centre, Sector 42, Sports Authority of India, have been promoted Deputy Director, Sports Authority of India.

TT tourney
Surinder Puri and Rajiv Bajaj entered in the final of above-40 category on the third day of the Tribune Open table tennis tournament played here today.

Results: open singles:- Sunil Dutt b Chand Parkash 21-13, 21-9; Rajiv Sheokand b Raju 21-6, 21-16; Prakash Gousain b Dharmindra 21-14, 21-17; above-40: — Surinder Puri b Vinod Jaidka 21-18,21-13; Rajiv Bajaj b Parmood Lama 21-13, 21-9; Open Doubles:- Ajay and Navtej b Sushil and Prakash 21-15, 21-13.

Basketball meet
The Chandigarh Basketball Association will organise a senior state basketball championship from February 22 to 24 for men and women at Sports Complex, Sector 7. According to Mr K.S. Bharti, secretary of CBA, only bona fide Chandigarh players will be allowed to take part. Entries close on February 15 with secretary, CBA.

DERA BASSI

Athletics meet
The 24th annual athletics meet of Government College, Dera Bassi was opened, here today. Ms Kamla Sood, Principal, took salute of the marchpast of athletes.

Results — Race (800 metres) boys — Jaswinder Saini 1, Balkar Singh 2 and Harjinder Singh 3; girls — Prem Rani 1, Navita Gulati 2 and Navneet Kaur 3; high jump (girls) — Sapna 1, Jagdeep Kaur 2 and Kamaljit Kaur 3; Javelin throw — Kulbir 1, Jagdeep 2 and Jaswant Singh 3.

ADMINISTRATION

Grant for colonies enhanced
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — The UT Administration has enhanced the grant-in- aid for providing services to rehabilitated colonies from Rs 1.2 crore to Rs 2.2 crore. An intimation in this regard has been received by the Municipal Corporation only last week.

A senior official in the Accounts Department said “the additional amount of Rs 1 crore stands sanctioned in the revised estimates for the current year. The same will be made available shortly as the request for releasing the amount for the last quarter has been sent.”

Congress councillor, Mrs Kamlesh, when contacted, said she alongwith Mrs Suneeta had recently met the Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Lt Gen (retd) J.F.R. Jacob, and had asked him to sanction an increase in grant-in-aid for upgrading services in rehabilitated colonies and for carrying out other developmental works in the slum areas. They had pointed out that the work had been suffering as no grant was being received from the Central Government for the past two years. They had urged that till the Central Government resumed the grant, the UT administration should make these funds available.

Mrs Suneeta while expressing her gratitude said the work in the colonies had been neglected due to constraint of funds and now the enhancement would enable the authorities to undertake all pending works. She added that the number of people staying in these colonies was fairly large and authorities should attend to their needs.

Community centre to be opened on Feb 9
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — The Adviser to the UT Administrator, Mrs Neeru Nanda, will inaugurate the newly-built community centre in Sector 46 on February 9, following which it will be thrown open to the public for bookings.

Built at a cost of Rs 25 lakh, it has provision of two community halls, rooms, a library, kitchen and store, besides an office and other infrastructure. It has been furnished at a cost of Rs 1 lakh. The lawns will be available for Rs 1500 per day, the halls for Rs 1000 per day and both lawn and hall for Rs 2000 per day. A five per cent service charge will also be levied on these charges.

The centre has been lying as such even though it was completed six months back. Officials attribute the delay to the constraint of funds in furnishing the same.

It may be recalled that the MC Commissioner, Mr M.P Singh had last month passed orders that bookings be opened in six new community centres in Sectors 46, 41, Mauli Jagran, Palsora, Maloya and Indira colonies, even before the formal inaugurations. Bookings were subsequently started in Sectors 46 and 41, but only for a day. The two bookings made, one each in both the cases were cancelled the very next day due to some opposition and it was decided that the same would be thrown open only after formal inaugurations. The same is the fate of other community centres, for which the inauguration dates are yet to be fixed.

Plan to recarpet village roads
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — The Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, is now planning to strengthen and recarpet internal roads of the four villages namely — Butrela, Ottawa, Badheri and Burail. The condition of these roads had deteriorated during the past few years and residents had been persistently demanding the repair.

According to the Executive Engineer, Mr S.K Chadha, the work in Butrela village was undertaken last month at an estimated cost of Rs 4 lakh and is likely to be completed by February 10. He further disclosed that wherever in the narrow lanes the road roller cannot go, cement tiles will be laid. The work on the roads of Ottawa will also be completed before March at an estimated cost of Rs 5 lakh.

Since the estimated cost of carrying out the work in Badheri village will be over Rs 10 lakh, the same is being referred to the Finance and Contract Committee for approval. While the strengthening of all circular roads in these villages have been completed, the repair of the internal roads of Burail village will be undertaken shortly.