The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

SPORTS

CMC swimmer for world meet
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, June 20
Dr Amarinder Singh of Christian Medical College and Hospital will represent the Indian Medical Students (IMS) in swimming (butterfly and breaststroke) at the upcoming World Medical Games in France from June 23 to 28, 2001. Dr Sanjay Chand, the spokesperson of the CMCH, said in a press note today that Dr Amarinder Singh had also won seven gold medals at ‘Pulse,’ an event of All India Medical Colleges. He was also declared Mr Pulse for 2000.

“I am thankful to my alma mater and to the principal for motivation and support,” said Dr Amarinder Singh.

ADMINISTRATION

4 police posts to be upgraded
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 20
In order to control crime effectively in the city, the state government has approved a proposal to upgrade four police posts to police stations and re-demarcate the boundaries of several others for better policing. It has also provided 30 new Gypsies and vans, 50 motor cycles and 80 new wireless sets to the district police.

This was disclosed by Mr Kuldip Singh, SSP, Ludhiana, while speaking at the first sangat darshan of the state organised at Shimla Puri area in the city. The SSP also announced that the government had cleared all pending telephone bills of the city police and the more than 100 dead telephones of the department would be functional soon. He said the police post at Shimla Puri would be upgraded to a police station. The police was discussing the three other areas.

The three-hour sangat darshan, which began at 6 p.m., witnessed more speeches by public representatives than complaints by the residents. The few complaints which were received by the SSP were disposed of at the function only by ‘referring’ these to the police officer concerned with ‘certain’ directions.

The speeches made by the public representatives delibrated on the problems of the police, like lack of infrastructure and shortage of staff, instead of concentrating on specific cases or the law and order problem. Most of the speakers eulogised the police officers of the city.

The problems of the area that came to the fore during the speeches revealed that the area was a major crime centre. Drugs were available freely here and immoral trafficking was widespread. Several cases of kidnapping were also reported from the area. Some of the persons said traffic regulation was the major problem.

The people also expressed dissatisfaction at the manner in which the sangat darshan was organised in a hurried manner. A number of persons said they learnt either in the morning or in the afternoon about the programme and many others who would have brought complaints could not know about it.