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May 3, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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Fruit juice or health hazard? Chandigarh, May 2 In many cases, the juice sellers are adding water or extra ice in the juice. They are also using rotten fruits to extract juice and are adding colour in juice. The number of unauthorised vendors selling juice has significantly reduced in the city during the past few days, as evident from the absence of some of the regular juice sellers in Sectors 17 and 22 due to increase in prices of oranges and kinnows. Mr Darshan Kumar, who runs a juice bar in Sector 17, says when the prices will come down, the unauthorised juice sellers will reappear. According to him, because of the unauthorised vendors, the regular shop owners are losing business. Another juice seller in the Sector 17 market says he too is losing business because of the unauthorised sale of juice, but is of the view that the people are buying diseases from juice sellers sitting in the open. In most of the cases, pomegranate juice contains added colour. A glass of this juice is sold at between Rs 20 and Rs 25. A juice seller in Sector 15 admits that he adds colour in the juice. He claims that it is necessary to add colour as the customer is not satisfied if the colour of the juice is not dark red or maroon. He further claimed that the colour they use is not harmful for health. The variety of pomegranate available in India gives a juice of white or pink colour and not dark red or maroon, which is sold at the various juice shops in the city. Pomegranate giving reddish juice is grown in Kandahar, in Afghanistan and is being sold at between Rs 300 and Rs 500 per kg. A juice seller in Sector 15 informs that the colour is available at Rs 200 per 400 gram. In most of the cases, the vendors do not bother to properly clean the glass in which juice is served. In Sectors 14 and 17, the juice sellers are not cleaning the glasses properly as they have a limited supply of water. Mr Tara Chand, proprietor of a juice bar in Sector 15, says he personally keeps a watch on the working of his servants so that they maintain cleanliness. Last but not the least, there is a specific reason why most of the fruit juice counters are placed above eye height. According to the manager of a restaurant in Sector 17, by doing this, the juice seller hides from the sight of the customers what they are doing behind the counter. In most of the cases, the juice sellers display best fruits, but use fruits of poor quality.
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Special clinics at
Sec 22 polyclinic Chandigarh, May 2 According to Dr B.D. Chugh, Senior Medical Officer, in charge of the Polyclinic and Chest Clinic, Sector 22, the clinics will operate on the specified days from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
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“Western lifestyle causes asthma” Chandigarh , May 2 As many as 150 million people, the world over are suffering from the disease, out of which 15 to 20 million asthmatics live in India alone. According to Prof Janmeja, asthma cases have almost doubled during the past decade. The major risk factors for developing asthma in early childhood include exposure to indoor allergens due to adoption of
western lifestyles, like domestic mites in bedding, carpets, stuffed toys furniture, pets and cockroaches. Besides, certain painkillers, respiratory infections, low birthweight, cold air, extreme emotional expression and exercise too can initiate a asthma attack. Patients and care-takers need to be informed in detail about the disease with a particular emphasis on its early detection and appropriate treatment, asserts Prof Janmeja. Keeping this in mind, the Department of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis, GMCH, is organising an asthma awareness workshop for educating patients about treatment, latest drug-delivery devices, their maintenance and effective use. The workshop which is to be held in the OPD Block (ground floor) between 9 a.m. to 1p.m. will also aim towards a better partnership between doctors and patients, besides using lectures and discussions as a medium to create awareness about environmental factors to make asthma control easy. Asthma attacks all age groups and is characterised by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing, which vary in severity and frequency from person to person. During the attack, the lining of airways swells and walls undergo constriction, making them narrow, subsequently reducing the volume of air passing in and out of the lungs. |
Skaters on golden wheels Chandigarh, May 2 Pallavi , a class X student, said it was in 1997, that inspired by her younger sister’s performance she took to skating. Both, Pallavi and Rajni, have created wonders at national level in speed events and roller hockey. In National School Games held at Moga and Panchkula in 1999 and 2000, respectively, she helped her state to win gold medal in the under-14 section. Then at the 38th and the 37th Senior National Skating meets held at Faridabad and Chandigarh, they secured gold medal in roller hockey. She won the gold medal in the Haryana State Skating Meet. Pallavi said she wanted to become doctor, but would like to grow with skating. Her younger sister, Rajni, took to skating one year before Pallavi and now she was also aiming high to continue winning gold medals in future meets. Rajni had also achieved number of gold medals like Pallavi in roller hockey. She said it always looked nice to play along with her sister as they could discuss their weaknesses while sitting at home. Geetika Anand and Navita Anand also helped their school, district and state win laurels in speed and roller hockey. Geetika astonished all with her stupendous achievements in road races by capturing silver medal in under-14 section. She said it was in Class IV that she took to skating while studying in this very school. She said her principal encouraged them a lot in this regard. Geetika never shirked practice and her dedication won her the first place in the Haryana Skating Meet in rink race I and II. Navita, now just 11 years of age, was also following footsteps of Geetika and she for the first time took part in the sub-junior section (below-12 years) in the 37th National Skating Meet at Chandigarh and won gold medal. She was also selected for the 45th National School Games held at Moga in 1999 and was a member of the Haryana schools’ team which bagged the gold medal. Then at the 38th National Roller Skating Meet at Faridabad, she enabled her team to secure the first place in the below-12 years section. All of them are being trained by the Haryana Sports Department coach, A.D. Sharma. They are happy at the facilities being provided at the school skating rink. Ms R. Bhatnagar, Principal of the school, when contacted, said she was trying her best in giving all sort of encouragement to sportspersons by allowing fee concessions and other benefits. |
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Mini basketball meet begins today Chandigarh, May 2 Mr K.S. Bharti, secretary of the Chandigarh Basketball Association, admitted this flaw. He said when the players went to play at national championships, they got confused and could not display their best on small-height poles and baskets, as they were not used to play on such courts. Ms Sumati Kanwar, an international basketball player and the Principal of the host school, where the above tournament will be held, said when she was asked by the CBA for holding the mini meet in her school, she spontaneously agreed to host the same by agreeing to adjust the poles to the desired height of 2.60 m. The ground size in that case remains the same. She said in future she might go in for special courts with small-sized poles and baskets for the children below 13 years of age. Meanwhile, eight teams in girls’ section and 10 teams in boys’ section have confirmed their participation in the UT Mini Basketball Championship beginning from tomorrow at the IS Dev Samaj Girls Senior Secondary School courts, Sector 21. Twelve boys and an equal number of girls will be selected after the meet for the National Mini Basketball Meet going to be held at Kapurthala in the first week of June. The teams have been divided into two pools as follows: Girls section: pool A — Government Model Senior Secondary school, Sector 16, Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, and Carmel Convent School, Sector 9; Pool B — Government Model High school, Sector 26, St Anne’s Convent School, Sector 32, Sacred Heart School, Sector 26 and Rishi Public school, Mani Majra. Boys’ section :pool A — DAV Public School, Sector 8, GNP School, Sector 36, St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, St John’s High school, Sector 26, and Government High School, Sector 26. pool B — Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, MRA Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, St Xavier’s SS School, Sector 44, Shishu Niketan SS School, Sector 22, and Rishi Public School, Mani Majra. All the matches will be played on league-basis and top team from each pool in both sections will play in the finals. The first match will be played tomorrow between GMHS, Sector 26, and St Anne’s Convent School, Sector 32.
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150 encroachments removed from Sec 27 Chandigarh, May 2 The drive, which was conducted under the supervision of Executive Engineer ( Roads), Mr Mukesh Anand, also comprised sub-divisional engineer, Mr Gurinder Singh; section officer, Mr Ram Lal, enforcement Inspector of the area, Mr Kali Ram, three sub-inspectors and personnel of Chandigarh police. The drive, which started at 9 am ended peacefully without any report of untoward incident. The civic pesonnel simultaneously removed the malba from the sites. As many as 50 personnel, including beldaars and MC police staff, used two loaders and three trucks to carry out the drive. After the removal of platforms the internal roads became much more wider. Meanwhile, the staff challaned over 70 persons in different parts of the city for encroaching upon the MC land.
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FCI steps up wheat procurement Chandigarh, May 2 According to market sources, the FCI was procuring about 90 per cent of the total wheat, which measured up to its specifications, received at the market at the government-fixed price of Rs 610 per quintal. Over 5000 quintal of wheat was being received at the market daily and the “rejected” 10 per cent was being procured by the flour millers and other private agencies at the rates varying from Rs 580 to Rs 590, Mr Sushil Kumar, a commission agent informed. Mr Mewa Singh, a farmer, said that they had no choice except to sell the wheat even at Rs 580 per quintals as taking the wheat back would not be of much help.
However, certain farmers were even taking the “rejected” wheat back to other grain markets so as to fetch a good price for the produce. It may be recalled The Tribune had highlighted on April 24 that the FCI was not procuring wheat on the plea that the wheat had higher moisture content, while the FCI had insufficient quantity of jute bags then. Mr Bhupinder Singh Badheri, spokesman of the market committee, Chandigarh, had send a fax to the Union Minister for Food and Civil Supplies to direct the FCI officials here to start procuring wheat. The local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal, had also taken up the matter with the Union Minister. The sources informed that till date the market had received over 1 lakh quintal of wheat and the arrival was likely to pick up in the days to come since the harvesting operations were almost over in the region. |
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MCC finance panel to
meet tomorrow Chandigarh, May 2 During the last meeting, only three of the total 20 items were discussed and the remaining were postponed for the next meeting. The issue regarding the privatisation of streetlights in the city, had figured in the agenda of the committee nearly three times before, but had never been discussed. The other long-pending issues pertaining to use of open spaces adjoining hotels and review of cable network policy would also come up for discussion. Sources said that members would discuss the strategy to handover the operation and maintenance of streetlights to private parties. A decision was also likely to be taken as regards permission for using the open spaces adjoining the hotels and the annual charges for using the same might also be fixed. The hoteliers, who had sought that the land adjoining the hotels might be offered on annual lease to them , maintained that this would not only check the misuse of open spaces, but also ensure a fixed income for MC. The members would also take a note of the MCC budget approved by the administration and the issue regarding the location and rates to be charged from the watermelon sellers to sell melons from the V-4 and V-5 roads’ sides. The other items on the agenda included disposal of institutional sites in pocket no: 1, Mani Majra, purchase of sanitation items for day-to-day use by the field staff, publication of quarterly newsletter of the MCC; estimate for purchase of one Gypsy in lieu of the condemned Gypsy under the charge of XEN, Public Health Division No: 1 and auctioning the condemned vehicles/machinery of the road wing of MCC. The members would also discuss the allotment of land for group housing society in pocket no: 2 and 3 Mani Majra and recarpeting of the road opposite Raen Basera in Mani majra at an estimated cost of Rs 11.16 lakh. The supplementary agenda items included approval of estimates worth Rs 67.80 lakhs for augmenting the pumping machinery at water works, Sector 32. The item pertained to replacement of old pumping machinery, since the water works cater to the population of approximately 2.5 lakh. The procurement of spare parts of pumps and motors for augmenting the water supply scheme of phase 3 at Kajauli water works and tenders for supply of ordinary cement 43 grade for MCC would also be considered. |
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