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HEALTH

Project to monitor communicable diseases
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 14
The UT Health Department will soon initiate a pilot project to monitor communicable diseases in the city. The project, under the National Surveillance Programme for Communicable Diseases, will monitor diseases like cholera, acute diarrhoea, hepatitis-B, malaria, dengue and Japanese encephalitis.

For this purpose, a state-level team has been formed under the Assistant Director, Malaria, Dr G.C. Bansal. Dr Bansal will be the state nodal officer for the project. Other members of the team include three doctors, an entomologist and an epidemiologist. The six-member team will be trained by experts of the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New Delhi.

For surveillance, the city has been divided into three zones with headquarters at the Primary Health Centre, Mani Majra, Poly Clinic, Sector 22, and Sector 45. In future, whenever, dispensaries registers a case of any of these communicable diseases, they will report it to the respective zonal centre which in turn will alert the State Nodal Office. The State nodal Office will forward the information to the Government of India.

The Government of India has allocated Rs 5.75 lakh for the project.

SPORTS

SWAC lift weightlifting trophy
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 14
South Western Air Command (SWAC), with 139 points, won the overall championship trophy in the Air Force Weightlifting Championship, which concluded at the Air Force Station here today. Western Air Command (WAC), with 127 points, and Maintenance Command (MC) with 121 points, were placed second and third, respectively.

Sgt Maheshwari (EAC) was adjudged the best weightlifter of the tournament.

On the concluding day today, CPL A.K. Das of Eastern Air Command (EAC) set a new record in the clean and jerk event of 105 kg category by lifting 175 kg to improve his own earlier record of 160 kg.

Chairman, Air Force Sports Control Board, Air Vice Marshal, M.S. Brar gave away the prizes.

On the basis of the performance in this meet, 16 probables have been selected for the Air Force team for the forthcoming Inter-Services Weightlifting Championship of be held here from July 31 to August 3. The probables will attend a coaching camp here under coaches, WO Harnam Singh and WO S.P. Mehta.

The probables: Nasurdeen, Sajesh Kumar, A.P. Duttan, Jai Prakash, Jasbir Singh, Ramesh, Harikrishan, A.Kumar, K.Murgan, Srinivas, Maheshwari, Mavai, Jatinder Singh, P.K. Sharma, A.K. Das and Nayak.

Today’s results: 105 Kg category: Snatch : P.K. Sharma (SWAC 132.5 kg) -1; Jatender Singh (WAC 130) -2; Rajesh (WAC 100 kg) - 3; Clean and Jerk: Jatender Singh (WAC, 165 kg ) -1; P.K. Sharma (SWAC, 145 kg)-2, Rajesh (WAC 125 kg )-3. Total weight: Jatender Singh (WAC, 295 kg)-1; P.K. Sharma (SWAC 277.5 kg )-2, Rajesh (WAC, 225 kg)- 3.

(+105 kg category: snatch: A.K. Das (EAC, 130 kg )-1, Veeramani (WAC 92.5 kg )-2, P. Kumar (90 kg)-3; Clean and Jerk: A.K. Das (EAC, 175 kg) -1, P. Kumar (TC, 122.5 kg)-2, Veeramani (WAC 120 kg) 3. Total : A.K. Das (EAC, 305 kg)-1, P. Kumar (TC, 212.5 kg )-2, Veeramani (WAC 212.5 kg ) - 3.

Office-bearers

The Chandigarh Throwball Association elected its office-bearers according to a press release by the secretary of the organisation. Following are the office-bearers: president — Jagmohan Singh Kang; senior vice-president — Ajit Inder Singh Mofar; vice-presidents — Gurjeet Singh Lehal, Kuldeep Singh, S.S. Chandel; general secretary — Rajpal Singh; joint secretaries — Sarvan Kumar, Narinder Singh; treasurer — Arunesh Kumar; executive members — Dr Jagjeet Singh, Dr H.S. Bedi, Mr Mohinder Singh, Mr K.S. Thakur, Jagmal Singh, Sudershan Kumar, Ajit Chaudhary and Yoginder Kumar; PRO — Darshan Singh.

Coaching Centre-16 win

A fine bowling performance by Varun Khanna (6 for 21) enabled Coaching Centre 16, to beat Lawrence Public School by 10 wickets in a one-sided match in the first Joseph Cricket Trophy being played at DAV School 8 ground here yesterday.

Lawrence School won the toss and opted to bat first. They lost their first wicket at 10 and wickets fell at regular intervals. Maninder Singh, not out, was the only batsman to show some resistance to the opposition’s bowling attack. Lawrence School were bundled out for 81 runs in 20.5 overs.

In reply, Coaching Centre-16 opening batsmen Nitin Rathi and Anupam Gambhir reached the target easily, against poor bowling from Lawrence School and the target was easily achieved in the 9th over.

Brief scores: Lawerance Public School: 81 all out in 20.5 overs.

Maninder Singh 23 not out; Varun Khanna 6 for 21, Raj Angad 2 for 25. Coaching Centre-16: 85 for no loss in 8.2 overs.

Nitin Rathi 47 not out, Anupam Gambhir 15 not out.

ADMINISTRATION

Encroachments removed
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 14
In a major anti-encroachment drive, the roads division and enforcement staff of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, today removed unauthorised constructions on MC land in Marhiwala town in Mani Majra.

Low boundary walls from in front of 12 houses and two toilets were razed to the ground since these were extending more than six feet from the road.

The area falls in the ward of the Mayor, Mr Raj Kumar Goyal.

The drive was conducted under the supervision of the XEN (Roads) and an SDO amidst heavy police deployment.

Though there was resistance from the residents, no untoward incident was reported.

The officials maintained that verbal warnings had been given to the people well in advance. The drive was carried out prior to the recarpeting of these roads.

The drive, which began at 9.30 a.m., continued for few hours in the morning. A DSP and an SO were also present.

A JCB loader, two trucks and 20-odd labourers, including beldars of the roads wing, took part in the operation. The platforms within the boundary walls were not removed today since stiff resistance was expected from the residents, but would be removed at the time of recarpeting.

Meanwhile, 105 challans were issued in various part of the city.

PSIEC, MC lock horns over waterworks site
Tribune News Service

SAS Nagar, June 14
A waterworks station in Phase IX of the Industrial Area has become a bone of contention between the Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation (PSIEC) and the SAS Nagar civic body.

While the civic body has decided to construct a cattle pond at the site, the PSIEC has carved out at least five industrial plots of different size. Officials of the civic body said the site was in the possession of the MC for the past eight years ever since the maintenance of the industrial area was handed over to it. The civic body has constructed two staff quarters, an overhead tank and a tubewell at the site.

The overhead tank was being used to supply water to the industrial area. Mr Kulwant Singh, President of the civic body said, “We have been looking after the site since 1992 after the area was handed over to the civic body by the PSIEC. We have already sanctioned funds to construct the boundary wall of a cattle pond”.

He said they had taken up the matter with the PSIEC authorities. Showing a layout plan of the site, an official of the engineering wing of the civic body said five plots had been carved out.

It could, however, not be confirmed whether the physical possession of the plot had been handed over to the allottee. An employee of the civic body at the waterworks confirmed that some employees of the PSIEC had come for demarcation.

A similar case of the Punjab State Electronics Development Electronic and Production Corporation earmarking plots at a waterworks site in ELTOP area of Phase VIII has also come to light.

UT employees hold dharna
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, June 14
Hundreds of workers of the UT Subordinate Services Federation and the Federation of UT Employees and workers held a dharna in Sector 17 here today. The employees were protesting against the indifferent attitude of the UT Administration towards their long-pending demands.

The employees and workers of Municipal Corporation, Punjab Government, Electricity Department, CTU, Government Press, CITCO, Building and Maintenance Department, General Hospital, ICCW, Museum and Art Gallery, PEC and many other departments also participated in the dharna and raised slogans against the administration.

The leaders demanded release of 4-year bonus, stopping of privatisation of public sector units like transport, electricity and CITCO, scrapping of contract system, stopping the reduction of the staff in the government press, treating the employees of MC as on deputation, appointments on compassionate grounds, filling of vacant posts, regularisation of daily-wage workers and release of DA to them as per court order, deduction of EPF, CHB housing scheme for UT employees, withdrawal notification of April 3 introducing private mini-buses in UT, PCA to general, hospital staff grant of OT to CTU drivers and conductors, promotional scales enhancement in allowance including cycle allowance to class 3 field and equal DA to all.

Addressing the gathering, the leaders condemned anti-employee policies of the government, privatisation of the public sector, reduction in the rate of GPF, cut in staff strength, levying the licence fee at the rate of 15 per cent on government house, non-raising of income tax limit and reduction in staff strength of government, and demanded the revival of the post of UT Chief Commissioner.

The rally was addressed by Mr Ramesh Kumar Chandolia, Mr Bhag Mal Rana, Mr Raghbir Singh Sandhu, Mr Sant Singh Saini, Mr Sat Pal Sharma, Mr Narain Singh, Mr Surinder Singh and Mr Bhupinder Singh, among others.