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HEALTH

Separate hospital for ex-servicemen sought
Our Correspondent

Kharar, May 20
The Union and the state governments should solve the problems faced by the ex-servicemen and their demands including one rank one pension, said Col J.S. Mand, President, Indian Ex-Sevices Leagse, Punjab and Chandigarh, while addressing a press conference.

While talking about one rank one pension demand, he said that they have been demanding it since 1991 but nothing has been done so far inspite of various promises made about this. He demanded separate hospitals for ex-servicemen both at the sub-division and the district levels and the medical expenses should be reimbursed to them as in the case of civil pensioners.

He also demanded that the last drawn pension of the jawan should be the family pension and a separate pay commission should be set up for them. The Union Government should create a separate fund for them and various grants should be uniform and permanent rules should be framed for this, he added.

PGI employees defer mass leave plan
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 20
The PGI Employees Union, at a meeting held today decided to defer its proposed mass casual leave scheduled for May 22.

The call had been made by the union following dismissal of its General Secretary, Mr Ashwini Munjal.

According to a press release by the union, this decision had been taken following an appeal by Mr Sursh Chandel, MP and member of the institute body. According to Mr Subhash Chander, President, PGI Employees Union, deputation of the local BJP leaders had assured them that the previous orders passed by the Union Health Ministry on October 4, 1999, and April 26, 2001, would be implemented within a week.

In October, 1999, the then Union Health Minister, Dr A.K. Patel, had reinstated 12 union leaders from retrospective effect.

And last April, the appellate authority of the institute had stayed the orders of the PGI Director on the dismissal of Mr Munjal.

Employees to hold gate meeting
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 20
The General Hospital and allied dispensaries Class III, Employees Union will organise a gate meeting in Sector 16 General Hospital on May 22 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. to pressurise the administration to take action against the “erring” doctors and repeal the repatriation orders of Mr Sandeep Jindal, a pharmacist, in Sector 22 polyclinic.

The president of the union, Mr Kanwal Jit Singh, in a release issued here said that the repatriation of Mr Sandeep Jindal was totally unjustified and an outcome of personal grudge against him.

The union has in a letter written to the Director Health Services, UT, sought the repatriation of SMO, Dr B.D. Chugh, and Medical Officer, Dr Y.P. Singla in Sector 22 polyclinic.

SPORTS

Badminton camp begins
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, May 20
A large number of shuttlers for the All-India North Zone Junior Badminton camp, being organised by the Badminton Association of India and the Sports Authority of India, arrived here today.

The players had a brief interactive and physical training session on the opening day at the Panjab University gymnasium hall in Sector 14. Three national coaches —Surinder Mahajan (Chandigarh), Sudhir Kumar (Jaipur) and Malwinder Dhillon (Delhi) — were there to supervise the camp, which will continue up to June 15.

Mr Mahajan said the boys and girls would be given training in physical and other aspects of the game. The camp is for under 13 and under 16 age players. Mr T.P.S. Puri, former chief national badminton coach, and Mr D.K. Mukerjee, founder of the Chandigarh Badminton Association, had an introduction with the players and interacted with them.

Those attending the camp are: Vijenderjit Singh, Amit Saini (both Rajasthan), Mayank, Himanshu Chawla, Vaibhav, Rajeev Bajaj and Nitin (all Delhi), Guru Baksh, Raj Kumar, Mayank Behl and Akshey Bhanot (all Punjab), Piyush, Anshul, Gaurav, Saurav (all Haryana), Oscar Bansal (Chd).

Girls-Samarika and Nishu( both J&K), Anita, Kannu, Roma (all Haryana), Shradha Chhabra, Deepti Ranjan (both Delhi), Arti Verma (Pb), Mala Gaba, Neha and Harleen (all Chd) and Sehar Chadha.

Chess tourney

Baijnath Prasad of the Regional Sports Board, Chandigarh, got the better of Balaji D of RSB Hyderabad at 1-0 in the individual championship of the ongoing All-India Civil Services Chess tournament that began here on Sunday at the badminton hall in Sector 42.

Winners of today’s matches included Hari Om, Manish Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, R.K. Mishra, Ebenezer Joseph, Deepak Rajput, S.K. Sinha, Vinod Bhagwat, R.C. Rastogi, S. Bhhattacharya, G.N. Abhey, M.K. Sahu, Milind Gawade, P.P. Harsh, G. Vivekanand, R.D. Tyagi, Subhash Srivastava, Pritpal Singh, Kapil Saxena, T.K. Sridharan, Dr Krishnappa, Birendra Kumar, Vijay Verma, Satyanarayanan, Krishna Prashad, M.S. Satyanarayan, V. Kamseshwar, G.V.R. Murali, Mohd Ahmed, Moses B, J.P. Srivasatava, A.K. Kalsyan, Baijnath Prasad, R.K. Duhan, P.M. Upadhayaya, A.K. Jagdeep, M.M. Saxena, Kartich C. Bedi, V.G. Bendi, Manmohan, R.K. Roy, Vijay Singh, M.S. Saintiwali, Rajeev Vasudev, Kulwant Singh, D.D. Tandel, Prem Babu and K. Sirajjudeen.

Today's sports events

May 21, 2001
*North zone junior badminton camp; Gymnasium Hall, Panjab University; 6.30 am and 4 pm.

*Chandigarh state lawn tennis championship; CLTA, Sector 10; 8 am.

*All-India civil services chess meet; Sector 42 Badminton Hall; 9 am

*Chandigarh Wushu Association: Trials; Shishu Niketan SS School, Sector 22; 5.30 pm.

Panel for finalising wards
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, May 20
The Haryana Government has constituted a committee comprising the Additional Director Urban Estates, the Executive Officer of the Municipal Council and the District Revenue Officer as a representative of the Deputy Commissioner, for the finalisation of the wards in the town.

While the area is to be divided into 31 wards, 11 of these will be reserved for women and the rest for candidates of the general category, the SCs and the OBCs. The elections, sources said, were to be held before January 25 next year.

Sources said, while the survey work for the purpose was already in progress, the committee was likely to come up with a proposal by June, after which, objections would be invited. The final notification in this regard is expected by August 15. On the completion of this process, the voters’ list will be finalised.