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May 17, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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St Xavier’s, Dev Samaj
win Chandigarh, May 16 In the boys section, St Xavier’s 44 outplayed Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, at 50-11. Till half time score was 24-11 in favour of St Xavier’s. The stars of the winning team were, Harninder Singh and Rantej who scored 22 and 12 points, respectively. In the girls section, IS Dev Samaj humbled Vivek High School, Sector 38, 46-9, with half time score of 22-2. Shveta was the top scorer with 18 points followed by Manpreet Kaur who netted 12 points. Amandeep scored eight points and Harpreet Kaur (Sr) scored six points. For losers Avneet and Sumeet scored four and three points, respectively. The other scorers were: winners — Polly 6, Harjit 4, Jatinder 3 and Bhupinder 2. losers — Gurpreet 3, Harpreet, Karam2 and Inderjit 2.
Under-14 cricket: Brief scores:
Ist match: MCA (B): 116 all out (Charanpreet 25, Harmanjeet 3 for 29, Sandeep Kumar 2 for 19, Pinto Kumar 2 for eight); Greenfield: 85 all out in 15 overs (Ranjit Singh 24, Harpreet Singh 3 for 23). IInd match: Coaching Centre, Panchkula: 199 for five (Ridam 62, Amit 58); St Stephen’s-45: 95 all out (Gaurav 24, Ankit 18, Taranjit 5 for 18).
Baseball trials: TT tournament: Chess tourney: |
Development works to be
reviewed Panchkula, May 16 The agenda for the meeting includes various subjects ranging from the announcements by the chief minister and projects being funded by the Members of Parliament under the Local Area Development Scheme, computerisation of the district transport office, transfer of the administration of schools to the panchayati raj institutions among others. According to the information available, the administrative secretary will review projects being taken up with the funds of the five MPs, which comprise 351 public works out of which 179 have been completed, 92 are in progress, 14 are yet to take off and 10 have been dropped for non-feasibility. The final report also reveals that out of the 324 announcements of the chief minister for the district, 207 have been completed, 73 are in progress, 26 have been declared non-feasible, while 18 are pending on account of administrative approval. The officer is also likely to take up the matters of electricity line losses, thefts, recovery of pending bills and replacement of electromagnetic meters with electric ones. While a notification of transfer of schools to various panchayati raj institutions and local bodies has already been issued, it is learnt that the essentials of transfer of assets and staff will be worked in a week. The meeting is the first of its kind, with the government appointing administrative secretaries to review progress of development projects in every district. |
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Dispensary condition shocks Jacob Chandigarh, May 16 General Jacob visited the hotel to see personally whether the improvements suggested by him during his last surprise visit, four months ago, have been implemented. He was accompanied by Mr Satinder Pal Singh, managing director, CITCO. He went to the reception and checked the occupancy. He was informed that occupancy in the hotel was between 50 to 70 per cent. General Jacob suggested that the managing director, CITCO, should explore the possibility of having a
discothèque so that youth of the area could have an added attraction. A
cyber-café-cum-business center in the hotel would also be an attraction. He said that banquet hall of the hotel was being air-conditioned. It would be ready within a month or so. He said that the kitchen of the hotel had been renovated. Mr Singh informed the Administrator that infrastructure of the hotel was being strengthened and services were being improved with the retraining of the staff. The Administrator said that the Administration was exploring the possibility of getting vacated 24 suites being used as transit accommodation and handing these over to CITCO for the hotel. He said that with the addition of 24 rooms, Hotel Parkview would have 88 rooms in all. The Administrator said that the lawns of the hotel should be utilised for outdoor games such as badminton or croquet and the open areas lying barren should also be converted into lawns. General Jacob also went to various rooms and newly done up conference room in the hotel. He expressed satisfaction over cleanliness and hygiene in the hotel. He was happy to note that the Hotel was now making a profits and asked the managing director to aim for Rs 1 crore profit next year. Later, the Administrator paid a surprise visit to the Ayurvedic Dispensary, Sector 37, Chandigarh. He interacted with the patients and asked them about their problems. Dr Saras Gulati, SMO of the dispensary, informed the Governor that over 50 to 60 patients come to the dispensary daily. The Administrator went to various wings of the dispensary. The dispensary has a total strength of 13, in addition to the SMO. General Jacob felt that the staff of the dispensary was under utilised as 14 persons were attending 50 to 60 patients in a day. He took note of the stinking toilets and loose wiring in the dispensary and asked the SMO to get the things set
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Raid on Haryana Mini Secretariat Chandigarh, May 16 |
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Mayor asks councillors to cooperate Chandigarh, May 16 No business meeting of the House has been held in the last year. In the letter, the Mayor has appealed to the councillors not to stall the proceedings of the House so that the long-pending issues can be approved for the development of the city. He has also pointed out that the work of the MC has come to a virtual standstill during the last four
months. Since no business meeting of the House has been transacted during this period, the decisions taken in the vital Finance and Contract Committee (F and CC) are also awaiting a nod of the House. Though the Mayor is yet to announce the date of the meeting of the House, but he is apprehensive that the same may again be stalled by the opposition councillors. It may be recalled that the BJP councillors have been constantly demanding that the mayor should first clear the allegations levelled against him in the House, following which the business of the House be transacted. But the mayor is not keen to do so. |
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Encroachments to be removed Chandigarh, May 15 According to sources, the MC will shortly serve notices to the violators. A decision to this effect was taken following a survey conducted recently. The survey has revealed that people have developed green patches and illegal rooms in the service lanes, besides puttingup proper gates. The identified areas include Sectors 8, 15, 16 and 18 and some other old Sectors where these service lanes have been provided. The residents will be given some time to clear the encroachments, but if they fail to do so, the MC will take steps to remove these. |
Transfer of staff to MC discussed Panchkula, May 16 At the meeting, an assessment of the existing staff with HUDA was made while an estimation of the number of workers needed to maintain the sectors was made. Meanwhile, a list of the total staff was also handed over to the Local Bodies Department. Sources said engineers and staff needed for the functioning of the council would be chosen from this depending upon the requirements of the new body. Meanwhile, the sharing of funds by way of taxes levied and fee collected by the two departments was also taken up. It is also learnt that ``deficient services’’ would be provided by HUDA under the existing scheme of things. An official said that the two departments had arrived at a decision that HUDA would carry out all pending works in the sectors before handing them over to the civic bodies. After this, the maintenance would be left top the council. |
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