Thursday,
September 13, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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Meeting to review malaria
situation Chandigarh, September 12 Speaking on the occasion, Dr P.K. Phulan, Additional Director, NAMP, Delhi, emphasised the need to sort out border issues for the containment of malaria . The role of the IEC in the control of malaria was also emphasised by the delegates. The meeting is being organised with the joint efforts of the office of the Assistant Director ( Malaria), UT, and the office of the Senior Regional Director, Regional Office for Health and Family Welfare, and representatives of Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Delhi are participating in the meeting. Focus areas in the three-day meeting include developing joint action plans for effective malaria control in border areas and drafting modalities for monitoring and evaluation of implementaion of joint action plans. |
Power supply affected in PGI Chandigarh, September 12 According to PGI officials, problem continued from 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. However, services were completely back to normal and remained so till late night. “Anyway, we have emergency power backup already in place to meet any requirement for emergency services,” they added. |
GCG-11 win softball
meet Chandigarh, September 12 In another match, A.S. College for Women, Khanna, outplayed S.D. College for Women, Moga, at 12-1. Sunaina, Amarjit, Gagandeep and Simerjot scored two homes each for the winning team. Earlier yesterday, in the PU Inter-College Cycling Meet, Kirandeep Kaur of MCM DAV College for Women, was adjudged the best cyclist. She won two gold medals.
Cricket tourney Chandigarh piled up a huge total of 438 runs in the PCA Katoch Shield Cricket Tournament match played here today between the Chandigarh District Cricket Association and Combined team of Minor districts team. After winning the toss, Chandigarh decided to bat first. Test star Dinesh Mongia hammered 107 runs which included 12 fours and a six. Harminder Kaku also scored a
century with 104 runs while Yuvraj Singh hammered 89 runs with 14 boundaries and two sixers. Brief scores: Chandigarh — Harminder Kaku 104, Yuvraj Singh 89, Dinesh Mongia 107, Amandeep 57 n.o., Bhageshwar Visht 47, Kailash Sawal 3 for 128.
Football meet from Sept 21 The Chandigarh Sub-Juniors Football Championship for Guru Teg Bahadur trophy which was being sponsored by Guru Teg Bahadur School, Sector 15, will be organised from September 21 to 24. Girl players born on or after January 1,1986, will be eligible to take part. Entries close on September 18, said Mr Rakesh Bakshi, Secretary, Chandigarh Football Association.
TT tourney from Sept 21 Rotary Chandigarh Central and New Public school, Sector 18, will jointly organise 2nd Chandigarh Ranking Table-tennis Tournament under the aegis of the Chandigarh Table Tennis Association at TT hall, Sector 23, from September 21 to 23. The events to be held in singles section such as, men, women, junior boys and girls (below-17), sub- junior boys and girls (below-14) and cadet boys and girls ( below-12).
Taekwondo championship As many as 14 medals were won by taekwondo team led by B.S. Thapa from Haryana Choi Kwang-Do-Martial Arts in the recently held Ist Inter-state Taekwondo Championship organised by the Chandigarh Taekwondo Association. The medals were bagged by Surjit Singh, Rudal Kumar, Gaurav, Gurpreet, Priti, Minisha, Dakshi, Purva, Ramesh, Romi, Kritika, Nitesh. Earlier in July this year, the team had proved its worth in a karate championship held at Shimla. |
Draft list of polling
stations revised Chandigarh, September 12 The Joint Election Commissioner, Mr D.M. Khaneta, said fresh list of polling stations of ward Nos; 19 and 20 have been given to those who had filed the objections. Mr Khaneta who conducted a spot visit of the two wards yesterday, made the changes in consultation with the concerned Returning Officers and found the same to be genuine, However, since there is doubt over one polling station, a decision in this regard will be taken after another visit of the area tomorrow. Mr Khaneta further pointed out that as per the revised list, there are 25 polling stations in ward No 19 instead of 44 earlier and 39 polling stations in ward No 20 instead of 18 mentioned earlier. The total number of votes in wards No 19 and 20 are 52,314 and 21,737, respectively. Mr Khaneta said the process of MC election will be completed within 27 days of the issuance of the call upon notice by the Administration. He also said that the contestants of recognised national political parties will have to give the name of two proposers for contesting the elections, while the independents will have to give the names of at least 10 proposers. |
Mayor for revival of sector meetings Chandigarh, September 12 In the letter, she has pointed out that these meetings, which were attended by senior officers of the Administration and the MCC, besides representatives of various welfare associations, were very effective in ensuring overall development of the sectors. |
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