Hospital gate rally hampers work
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 10
As many as 150 Class IV employees of General Hospital, Sector 16, held a gate rally lasting more than two hours, causing inconvenience to patients in the lunch and post- lunch hours here today.

The employees were supported by the Class III employees along with the Safai Karamchari Union. For almost two hours, the hospital working slowed down substantially.

The employees were reportedly protesting against the suspension of Mr Surinder Singh, chairman of the Class IV Health Workers Union, School Health Scheme, Sector 19, yesterday by the GH-16 Medical Superintendent after the former, along with some other employees went to see him for their demands.

The rally ended after a delegation of employees met the DHS and MS in the afternoon and the matter was resolved. According to the hospital MS, Mr Surinder Singh had been reinstated. He stated that the demands of the Class IV employees of the hospital were under consideration.

MCM girls rout GCG team
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, January 10
MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, outplayed Government College for girls, Sector 11, 16-6 in the Panjab University Inter Zonal Handball (Women) Tournament played here at the PU grounds, Chandigarh.

The first half score was 5-2. The scorers for the winners were, Jaspreet (7), Sandeep (4), Ashdeep (3), Sarabjit and Rajinder (one each) and losers — Sushma (2), Sunita (2), Rajwinder and Pooja (one each).

In another match, Guru Gobind Singh college for women, Chandigarh, defeated DAV College, Garhshankar 8-0 with first-half score of 6-0. Asha Kumari and Mandeep Kaur scored five and three goals, respectively, for the winners.

In yet another match, GTB Khalsa college for women, Dasuya, beat LR DAV College, Jagraon 12-0.

ADMINISTRATION

PUDA anti-encroachment drive catches people offguard
Tribune News Service

SAS Nagar, January 10
Occupants of housing board’s flats were caught offguard when a demolition squad of the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) started removing encroachments in front of the houses at around 2 pm here today. By evening, 90 unauthorised structures were removed in front of the HE and HB category of the housing board flats.

An official of PUDA said a total of 320 flats of HB, and HE category were surveyed by the demolition squad. Earlier the PUDA staff, while removing encroachments in front of PUDA houses in Phase 1, had left the housing board houses due to non-availability of their architectural control maps.

“The drive was today started after we got the architectural control sheets”.

After demolishing 90 structures, the drive was stopped for the day as the Municipal Councillor of the area, Mr BB Maini, sought a day’s time to allow the residents to remove their structures.

The drive would continue tomorrow. An official of PUDA said the front boundary wall in front of the HL and HM category of houses was allowed.

Repatriated
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, January 10
Secretary of the State Transport Authority of the UT Administration, Mr Chander Shekhar, has been repatriated to his parent cadre of Haryana. He was today posted as Secretary, HAFED. He is from the Haryana Civil Services.