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April 10, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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Drain clean-up drive from April 16 Chandigarh, April 9 This annual exercise will be about three-month-long with stress on clearing drains in low-lying areas where water accumulates in rains. The Chief Engineer, Mr Manmohanjit Singh, said, “Most drains get blocked because sweepers throw muck, silt and leaves in these. The problem is acute in areas where rag-pickers steal or break drain covers and all waste flows into drains. About 70 employees will be deputed under the charge of the Executive Engineer, Mr Shyam Singh, to carry out the drive. The CE said a trunk storm-water drain had been provided to take care of flood water along Himalayan Marg. This would stop accumulation of water on the V-3 roads between Sectors 17 and 18, 21 and 22, 33 and 34, 43 and 44, and upto the
N-choe in SAS Nagar. The overflooding of drains would lead to traffic blockades in the area, particularly near roundabouts. He said, after this, water would not enter houses in Sector 35-C, near Hotel South End, Sector 18-D, shops in Sector 22C and D along Hotel Sunbeam and the main bus stand in Sector 17. Besides this, storm-water-drainage system will also be improved on all slip roads on Madhya Marg. In the rehabilitation colony of
Karsan, additional road gullies and new drainage line at a cost of Rs 65 lakh have been provided. Similar preventive measures will also be taken in all areas that face the problem of accumulation of water. These areas include Hotel South End in Sector 35, dividing road of Sectors 36 and 37, 24 and 25, slums in Bapu
Dham, Dadu Majra, the Transport Area parking lot and Mani Majra. Mr Singh said, to ensure that micreants did not take away covers of road gullies, a new design of these had been approved. The Medical Officer of Health
(MOH), Dr S.S. Cheema, has also been asked to direct sweepers not to throw muck in drains. |
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PGI interviews
for faculty posts Chandigarh , April 9 As many as 200 interview letters have already been dispatched to the eligible candidates who have been asked to appear before the selection committee. On April 16, candidates appearing for cardio-vascular and thoracic surgery, neurosurgery, general surgery, including transplant surgery, will be held. Selection for departments of ophthalmology, orthodontics, community and preventive dentistry, prosthodontics, oral surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, orthopaedics, ENT, paediatric surgery, plastic surgery and forensic medicine will be conducted on April 17. On April 18 candidates for cardiology, dermatology, gastroenterology and community gastroenterology, nuclear medicine, pulmonary medicine, internal medicines and clinical psychology will be screened. Selection for neurology, histopathology, immunopathology, blood transfusion medicine, community medicine and paediatrics and neonatology will take place on April 19. On April 20, interviews for medical microbiology, virology, biochemistry, experimental medicine and biotechnology, biophysics, pharmacology and clinical pharmacology and radio-diagnosis will be held. Interviews for radio-therapy and anaesthesia will be held on April 21. |
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MC organises free medical camp Chandigarh, April 9 Keeping in view the persistent demand for organising more camps at regular intervals and to provide much-needed medical facilities to the poor sections of society, the camp was organised in association with the Bharat Vikas Parishad. A team of doctors comprising child specialists, Dr Bhupinder Gupta, Dr Pinkesh Verma, gynaecologists, Dr Anita Verma and Dr Geeta Verma, skin specialists, Dr Nikita Arya, examined the patients. The camp was organised under a centrally sponsored scheme called swaran jayanti shahiri rozgar yojana. |
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Camp to check up
heart patients Kharar, April 9 According to Mr Rakesh Gupta, project chairman, and Mr Balwant Singh Rangi, president of the club, doctors examined the patients and it was found that more than 50 per cent of people were suffering from heart diseases. An awareness seminar on heart diseases was also organised. |
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568 patients examined SAS Nagar, April 9 Nine doctors, including Dr Maninder Singh of Homoeopathic Medical Centre, examined patients. Mr Kulwant Singh, President, Municipal Council, and Mr N.K. Marwaha, councillor, were present. Nearly 568 patients were examined and 100 persons were given hepatitis-B vaccination. Besides this, sugar and ECG tests were conducted free of cost and free medicines were provided to patients.
Chandigarh, April 9 According to a press note by the department, voluntary organisations, social clubs, educational institutions, religious bodies and individual donors are requested to donate blood and save precious lives. The Blood Donor Complex remains functional from 9 a.m. to 7.30 p.m., from Monday to Friday and upto 7 p.m. on Saturday. |
Experts visualise bright future
for Indian sport Chandigarh, April 9 Mr Rajan Kashyap, Chairman of the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association, said more exposure to the players in national and international, tournaments have improved the quality of sports in the country. Mr Kashyap, who was instrumental in organising many international tennis tournaments in the city, said unless one has professional approach for any work relating to sport, it cannot grow. The talent was abundant and the population of India will certainly feed more top class sportspersons in the times to come, he added. Mr D.K. Mukherjee, founder of the Chandigarh Badminton Association, felt proud with this great showing by Indian sportspersons. He said there was much hidden talent in India and it was not being
tapped at the right time. Mr Mukherjee, who had long career in badminton for more than five decades, opined that Indian players lacked exposure. He said the recent superb achievement at world-level was the result of various factors responsible for attaining desired standards. No individual could perform with its own efforts and it was combined help which gave desired results. Mr Desh Prem Azad was highly in praise for personal efforts made by players. He admired Gopichand of his achievement which has happened after nearly 21 years. He attributed it to the efforts of individuals who proved their worth. If we track down the role of respective national sports federations, it could be well argued that they were not yielding the desired results. Mr Azad called for developing second line of sportspersons so that such heroic performances were repeated year after year. Mr P.S. Chhabra, Secretary General of the School Games Federation of India, said the boys had done well by making India proud and kudos to them for their hard earned victories. Mr Chhabra said the SGFI, which was controlling the whole of school sports in the country, was always for making a line of talented players but their talent goes into drain when they reach at the college-level. He said there were many deserving sportspersons, who due to lack of proper financial help, were not able to show their full potential. He said the recent winning of titles and showing world class performance can be repeated only if we accord due respect and regard to the players. |
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Aerobics duo goes places Chandigarh, April 9 In the individual section (seniors), Jai Prakash secured second place, while Ajay Kaushal was placed third. In the junior section, Navjot of Air Force School, Chandigarh, won the first position, while Karan Modhi of Vivek High school, Sector 38, was at second place. In junior doubles, Navjot and Karan Modi of Chandigarh won second place, while Isha and Harnoor of Vivek High School, Chandigarh got third place. Jai Prakash and Ajay, who had earlier won state colours in gymnastics, quit the same to take up active training in aerobics. Mr N. Shashi gymnastics coach at the sports complex, Sector 7, under whom the duo underwent training, said, “It was Christropher from the American Aerobics Association, who infused interest in Indians regarding Aerobics as a full-time sport. He had been regularly coming to India during the annual national sports dance meet and this year also, he was present at Patiala.” The zonal master pairs bridge tournament which was organised by Chandigarh Bridge Association at Hot Millions, Sector 17, last evening evoked a massive response from teams who had come from neighbouring states like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh. Col A.B. Singh, president of the association, said this was the largest-ever participation in any pairs tournament ever held in the region. The following is the result of 54 deals played. Results: North-South — Maj Gen G.S. Bains and Namit Sharma (1); Deepak Dutta and Er T.B. Verma (2); Jagmohan Singh and P.K. Seth (3); EastWest — Er G.S. Hara and P.K. Nayar (1); Brig Ramesh Chander and Lt Col RS Bajwa (2); B.S. Sidhu and Ashok Huria (3). Athletics meet Heena and Gurmit Singh clinched the first places in the 100 meter race at the third Children Athletic Meet organised by the Residents Welfare Association, Phase 3 B-2, SAS Nagar, last evening on the grounds opposite Hanuman Mandir, Phase 3 B-2. The flag was hoisted by Harbhajan Singh Takkar, president of the association. The meet was declared open by Mr Gurdial Singh, a former president of Gurdwara Sacha Dhan and a social worker of SAS Nagar. Results — boys :100 m — Gurmit Singh (1), Karamjit Singh (2), Jagjit Singh (3). 200m — Mandeep Singh (1), Arshdeep (2), kanwarjit (3). 400 m — Jaspreet (1), Kamalpreet (2), Aseem Gill (3). Girls: Heena (1), Navjot kaur (2), Jasbir Kaur (3). 200 m: Mithu (1), Simpy (2), Sandeep (3). 400 m: Sandeep Kaur (1), Sangeeta Rani (2), Saroj (3). Eagle Club beat Sahil XI Eagle Club defeated Sahil XI by one wicket in the MSWS Triangular Series Cricket Tournament organised by the Masters Sports Welfare Society today at Government College for Men, Sector 11, Chandigarh. |
Redress public grievances: DC Panchkula, April 9 Mr Monga ordered the Executive Engineer, National Highway, and the DFO, Pinjore, to discuss the matter of an 11-KV line passing over residential areas in Pinjore with him and chalk out a plan for diverting it. He said that action should be initiated against those officials who had not acted on the complaint of the people. He ordered for a detailed report from the Electricity Department for not giving an electricity connection to a tubewell installed nine years ago and said that needful should be done immediately. Complaining against discontinuity of bus service from the gram panchayats of Kajampur and Bharauli to Ambala, residents said that it was a source of inconvenience. The Deputy Commissioner ordered Haryana Roadways, Chandigarh, to start bus service between these places. Mr Jagdish Kumar from Nanakpur village complained that his land had been taken over by the Forest Department. Mr Monga ordered the DFO, Pinjore, to award compensation to the villager within two months. Twelve of the 15 complaints taken up were disposed of on the spot. Earlier, the Deputy Commissioner, addressing officials of the Food and Supplies Department, asked them to make adequate arrangements to procure wheat and ensure that the farmers were not put to any inconvenience. Before the meeting, tributes were paid to former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal. A two-minute silence was observed as a mark of respect.  |
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MC seeks list of Kashmiri allottees from CHB Chandigarh, April 9 The Residents Welfare Association of Sector 40 recently met the Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen JFR Jacob (retd) and pointed out that they were not being able to use the community centre as it is still being occupied by a Kashmiri family. The Governor had directed the DC, who in turn had assured them that the same will be vacated and the families will be asked to move into the
allotted CHB houses. It may be recalled that these centres have been occupied by these migrants much before they were handed over to the MC after its formation in 1996. According to the information available, most of the Kashmiri families have already taken the possession of the dwelling units, the LIG houses in Indira colony, Mani Majra after depositing the required payment and only a few families are yet to take possession of the same. |
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Water resources to be tapped: Jyoti Arora Panchkula, April 9 Speaking to Chandigarh Tribune, Ms Arora said that though it was too premature to comment on any changes to be brought about in the working, she would implement a few projects to harness the water available in the hilly terrain. “As MD, Minor Irrigation Tubewell Corporation, I had developed a few projects to utilise the available water resources in the area having a large number of choes. While some of the projects have been implemented, the rest have been buried in files. I plan to take these up after I have adjusted to the new set-up,” she said. “Education is another area of concern. Though it will take some time to get a complete picture of the education scenario in the district, I feel we could do with setting better standards in the district. The level of education being imparted is very low and something needs to be done to improve the deteriorating standards.” Ms Arora discussed the route of the entourage carrying the former Deputy Prime Minister’s Devi Lal’s ashes at the first meeting after joining the office. Her immediate concern would be that of awarding compensation to drought-hit farmers after the work of identifying them and preparing an estimate of their compensation. |
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Implementation of promotion scheme demanded Chandigarh, April 9 Sharing their views with Chandigarh Tribune, many senior professors commented that when the clause related to the promotional scheme implemented, it will result in a situation of reverse pyramid and other related problems. Strengthening the argument, they said the scheme, apart from affecting the line of command, will discourage the hardworking candidates because everybody will be promoted within a stipulated period. Most senior faculty members feel any such step would eventually create different heads of command in the same department, thereby disrupting the clear-cut chain of command. “If everyone becomes a general, whom are they going to lead?” questions a senior professor on the condition of anonymity. Stating examples of several junior doctors, who have been promoted through shortcuts, senior professors said the decision would be harmful as it would help undeserving additional professors in becoming professors. “Professors have to be selected on the basis of global advertisement and not through inbreeding in the same institute. In our cases, many of us had an experience of 25 to 30 years to reach this stage where these youngsters would find themselves in half the time,” adds another senior professor. However, senior professors also agree that implementation of the promotion scheme would also prove beneficial for those faculty members who have not been promoted due to lack of senior post vacancy in respective departments. Meanwhile, sources add that the additional professors in All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, have already been given the two increments. The governing body of the PGI had approved the promotional scheme for 50 per cent additional professors of the PGI, who had seven years of experience as professor, as per the decision of the Cabinet Council of Political Affairs on January 12, 2000. Minutes of the governing body meeting held later in the year had clearly stated that the promotional scheme will be applicable with effect from July 1, 2000. However, the matter kept getting delayed due to administrative reasons. These promotional avenues are in addition to the regular jobs of professors in the institute. |
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