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Drinking water crisis in
PGI Chandigarh, May 15 Patients complain that the PGI, despite having crores of rupees in its budget, has failed to meet the basic need. PGI officials also admit that the problem exists. Administrative officials blame the engineering department for the problem. Although the PGI is in the process of procuring 17 new water coolers, the officials are finding it difficult to find a suitable place for these as on several of the floors, especially in the Advanced Paediatric Center (APC), there is no provision for outlet of water. Moreover, the points provided are either near toilets or in narrow corridors, they add. All this is causing inconvenience to more than 3,000 patients who visit the new OPD, APC and the Nehru Hospital every day. This number does not include those admitted as indoor patients. Add to this the number of attendants, accompanying relatives and the administrative staff and the number swells up to 10,000. Now, consider the drinking water facilities. In the newly built Rs 22 crore five-storeyed OPD, there are only two water coolers, one at the main reception and the other on the third floor, “B” Block. In the APC, there is one water cooler each on the second, third and the fourth floors, respectively. Interestingly the Nehru Hospital, where till March last all the OPDs were operating from, has only three water coolers and all of these are on the ground floor. So those visiting doctors, clinics or those in the wards have to fend for themselves or buy bottled water. Officials say the issue has been discussed in detail and it has been agreed upon that there should be a water cooler on every floor. The PGI Superintending Hospital Engineer, Mr G.S. Rosha, says PGI is in the process of setting up chilling units at the roof tops and it will be functional from the next year, “Our objective is to provide a water cooler at each floor, subject to availability of funds,” PGI administrative officials said. |
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PGI OPD timings Chandigarh , May 15 The counters will function from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. till July 15 on all working days. According to the hospital administration, the emergency services will function round the clock as usual and the OPD will remain open till the last patient has been examined. |
100 take part in skating mela at
Panchkula Chandigarh, May 15 Dr B.K. Sinha, IPS and Director Sports Haryana, was the chief guest. He appreciated the efforts of the skaters and later in his speech asked them to combine their efforts in sports, education and cultural sphere for their overall development. Ms R. Bhatnagar, Principal, of the school also spoke on the occasion. Later outstanding skaters of the school, Pallavi, Rajni, Anuradha, Geetika, Navita, Shubham, Karan, Mudit, Naman, Jatin, Ashi, Nourin, Mayank, Saurabh, Neha, Ankit, Ankush, Harry, Shamit, Vishal, Sunny and Neha were all honoured for their achievements at various national and state-level championships. Today’s results: Rink race (girls-below six years): Tanya Verma 1, Grima Gupta 2, Surbhi Rajan 3; (8-10 years); Kishika 1, Pooja Dhiman 2, Shruti Tayal 3; (10-12 years); Tanu Papneja1, Archana 2, Charu Sharma 3; (boys, six to eight years) Ankush Dadwal 1, Rakshit Singal 2, Nitish Kapoor 3. Lovish 1, Harsh Chopra 2, Abhishek 3; (10 to 12 years): Rohit Goyal 1, Saurabh Dhiman 2, Sahil Thapar 3. Obstacle race (girls’ below-six years) Tanya Verma 1, Aina Chawla 2. (six to eight years): Anu 1, Kashish 2, Aradhana 3; (8 to 10 years): Neha 1, Sumit Pal 2, Pratiksha 3. Boys (below-six years) Anirudh 1, Gurpreet Singh 2, Harshit Singla 3; (six to eight years) Rakshit 1, Akshay 2, Piyush 3; (eight to ten years) Mohit Singal 1, Harsh 2, Karan 3. (10 to 12 years): Kamal Chopra 1, Sahil Thapar 2, Anshul Chauhan 3.
Under-14 cricket Satluj Cricket club and St Joseph’s Cricket Club surged ahead when they won their respective matches against Lawrence Public School and St John’s Cricket Club by winning by 63 and 79 runs, respectively, in the MCA Under-14 Cricket Tournament which began here today at the PCA Stadium, SAS Nagar. Brief scores; First match: Satluj Club: 257 all out (Raman 41, Karan 24, Shankie 24, Maninder 4 for 48, Ajay Pal 2 for 22). Lawrence Public School- 194 all out in 31.3 overs (Maninder 48, Sandeep 43, Ajaypal 32, Dinesh 3 for 31, Ankush 2 for 29, Chandan 2 for 34, Harjit 2 for 35). Second match : St Joseph-44: 155 all out in 32.1 overs (Akash 22, Akash Deep 20, Jasdeep Singh 5 for 11, Anhad Gill 2 for 25). St John’s-26: (Rohan Mittal 17, Arjun Talwar 10, Akash Deep 3 for 19, Hardeep Singh 3 for 22, Rishi Sharma 2 for 10).
Chess tourney The All-India Civil Services Chess tournament will begin here tomorrow at the Sector 42 badminton hall. The nine-day tournament is being organised by the UT Sports Department. Eighteen teams have so far confirmed their participation in the tournament. |
Kiosks, jhuggis
removed Chandigarh, May 15 According to information available, 70 challans were issued in and around the weekly Apni Mandi in Sector 40. The violators mostly included the rehri and phari vendors and others who had encroached upon MC land. About 23 challans were issued in the Mani Majra area beyond the railway station traffic lights, right upto Panchkula, in which the focus was on the roadside vendors, besides others. According to police sources, that an enforcement inspector was reportedly manhandled by the shopkeepers during the drive. Nearly 71 challans issued in Sectors 17, 18, 19, 28, 29, 30, 32, 46 and 47, mostly to the shopkeepers who had displayed their products in the public corridors. The Enforcement Magistrate, UT, Mr Ishwar Singh, said the staff would be targetting the apni mandis in different sectors so as to get rid of these encroachers. These encroachers had a tendency to fleece the customer by charging higher prices and selling not so fresh products. All this brought a bad name to the apni mandis. The unauthorised vendors, who did not have a stay would also be targetted in the Sector 26 kisan mandi in the next few days. The concept of apni mandi was introduced in the city by the present Chief Election Commisioner, Dr M.S. Gill. He was the Agriculture Commissioner of Punjab then. The idea behind this was to encourage the
small farmers to get their produce to these mandis and sell them directly to the consumers at reasonable prices. |
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Draw of lots for HUDA plots Chandigarh, May 15 A spokesman of HUDA said registration cards had been despatched to all eligible applicants. |
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Probe ordered into
graft case Panchkula, May 15 The inquires will be conducted by the District Development and Panchayat Officer, Mr Rajesh
Jogpal. The lineman has been accused demanding money for installation of pilferage-proof electronic meter in place of the existing electromagnetic meters in one of the houses. Meanwhile, according to the decision of the committee constituted to decided the fate of the new meters installed by the Electricity department eight houses have been identified for the purpose of installation of electromagnetic meters alongside the newly installed meters to record reading of the same load for 10 days. This has been done following complaints that the new meters record more units than are actually being consumed by the residents. It was decided to observe the readings for 10 days for the satisfaction of the residents. The department had decided to hold a khula darbar to attend to the grievances of the public from Ramgarh and adjoining areas and settle the matter of faulty meters though other complaints will also be taken up. Passport applications Chandigarh, May 15 |
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