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‘Need to revive Indian systems of medicine’ Chandigarh, January 21 It was decided by those attending the workshop that a campaign would be launched to create awareness about the Indian systems of medicine. The workshop also considered ways and means to carry Ayurveda to the common man with its curative efficacy and to bring it within the reach of the people. The workshop, which was inaugurated by Prof Gurdev Singh, Additional Director, SOSVA (N), who emphasised the role of NGOs in the promotion of Ayurveda. Dr M.V. Acharya, Assistant Director, incharge Central Research Institute (Ayurveda), Government of India addressed the workshop and informed about various government schemes. Dr Madan Gulati, Assistant Director (Ayurveda), UT, gave a presentation on diagnosis and treatment in ayurveda. He also dwelt upon the policies of the Administration to open more ayurvedic dispensaries. Dr Sukhdev Singh, former Commissioner, Agriculture, GoI, discussed the need for establishment of plant clinics as had been started by PAU, Ludhiana. Dr Parveen Bansal, Research Officer, Biochemistry, Central Research Institute, Ayurveda, GoI, Patiala emphasised the importance of classification and registration of various herbs for their scientific propagation. Dr Arun Gupta, Lecturer, Panchkarma Department, Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College, talked about medical emergencies and ayurvedic treatment. Dr R.P. Kaushal, Dr Ramakant Angiras were among the others who addressed the participants. |
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UT achieves
97 per cent
target in vaccination Chandigarh, January 21 The door-to-door vaccination campaign will continue tomorrow to reach the rest of the target population. “We expect to reach more than 2,000 children tomorrow and try and have 100 per cent achievement of target. I appeal to those city residents whose children below the age of five are yet to be vaccinated to reach the nearest government clinic and help us,” says Dr Manocha, Director Family Welfare, UT Administration |
STC women’s teams win laurels Chandigarh, January 21 Hockey girls gave the pride of place to this region when they won the coveted Tomyemar All-India Women Hockey Gold Cup held at Mumbai by beating Western Railways 3-0 in the final. In the semi-final, they defeated Delhi 5-0. In the previous matches, they got the better of Poona and Air India, Mumbai team 12-0 and 4-0 respectively. Saba Anjum of STC-18 was given the Best Player award and a cash prize of Rs 5,000. In volleyball, the SAI STC-18 girls got first place in the SAI inter-hostel meet involving other STC centres located at Badal (Muktsar) and Dharamsala (HP). The STC-18 outclassed both the above centres with ease in their respective matches. The team comprised Mukta, Sapna, Poonam, Shivani, Aman, Kruti, Mini, Shefali, Priyanka, Nisha, Rachna and Reena. Mr Shiv Bedi, SAI volleyball coach accompanied the team. PEC XI win Superb bowling by Abhey Pathania and Nitesh who claimed three
wickets each, enabled Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, to beat Government College, Sector 46, by 28 runs in the opening tie of the Kapil Dev trophy played here at the Sector 16 Cricket stadium today. Brief scores; PEC XI — 164 runs all out (Deepak 53, Nitesh 26, Parvesh 22, Nobel Dhingra 21, Bharat Bhushan 3 for 28, Gagandeep Singh 3 for 32, Gaurav 2 for 15). GC-46—136 runs all out (Kamal Behl 42, Bharat Bhushan 37, Harman 13, Nitesh 3 for 17, Abhey Pathania 3 for 26). Cricket tourney The Godrej Cricket Club outscored Mohali Gymkhana XI by three wickets to enter the final of the VIIIth JAL Cup cricket tournament played here
today at the JR Institute of Cricket Technology, Barwala, near Panchkula. Brief scores; Mohali Gymkhana:196 runs for six (Sukhvinder Tinkoo 65, Harjeet Bobby 64, Narinder Kwatra 49, Arun Tuli 3 for 28, RP Singh 2 for 27) Godrej CC: 197 runs for seven (Gaurav Gupta 60, Arun Tuli 49, Rakesh Jolly 23, Amit Kakria 22, Kamal Walia 3 for 27, Jagdish 2 for 37). Tennis meet Panjab University, Chandigarh, team has made it to the last four of the North East Zone Tennis Championships played here today at the Panjab University campus courts. Other teams that have entered the semi-final include, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and Delhi University, Delhi. Both the semi-final matches will be played on January 23 when Delhi will vie with AMU, Aligarh, while the hosts PU will cross swords with GNDU, Amritsar. Kabaddi federation Capt J.S. Randhawa of Punjab was unanimously elected as the president of the Amateur Circle Kabaddi Federation of India at its general body meeting yesterday. The federation decided to hold more national and international-level tournaments to promote this sport. The other office-bearers are: senior vice-president — Gurdeep Singh, vice-presidents — N.D. Parmar, Rana Ranjit Singh, Dr Joginder Singh, Partap Hoon, Rajiv Bali. treasurer — Subhash Tekchandani. Chess tournament The Chandigarh Chess Association will organise a prize-money chess tournament for Chandigarh, SAS Nagar and Panchkula on January 26 and 27 at the Jawahar Navodya Vidyalya, Sector 25. Entries close with Mr Vipnesh Bhardwaj, secretary of the association at Phone-746078. |
Admn goes in for water harvesting Panchkula, January 21 Water harvesting structures such as low cost farm ponds, nullah bunds, check dams and percolation tanks will be constructed under this scheme. This will help raise the water table in the region, which is depleting at a rapid rate. This ambitious project has been launched by the district administration for Kiratpur-Sirsa, Ram Nagar, Nanakpur Nadies and Surajpur Cho at a cost of Rs. 483.48 lakh for integrated development of 8058 hectares in Pinjore block. Besides aiming at bringing the maximum area under cultivation, this will help improve irrigation facilities in these areas. This project will also include afforestation, including block plantations, shelter belts and sand dune stabilisation. This will help in recharging the ground water, besides ensuring that land erosion is minimised. Sources say daily drinking water requirement of Panchkula, including Panchkula Extension and Mansa Devi Complex, is of the order of 78.27 mgd. The present availability of water is 27.48 mgd. There is an additional daily requirement of 50.74 mgd. The authorities claim that alternative sources of water need to be tapped. At the present rate of ground water consumption, water is estimated to last only for the next 20 years. It is not possible to augment this shortfall by installing more tubewells, which may further deplete the underground water, lead to overdraws and lack of charging. The project of constructing a dam in Ghaggar had been stalled by the state government a few years back. This dam, which was to have been constructed jointly by the Governments of Punjab and Haryana and the Chandigarh Administration, could not take off because of the high cost of construction, amounting to several hundreds of crores. The authorities maintain that even after Panchkula gets its share of the Bhakra Main Line Water, there will be a shortfall of 28 mgd of water, for which alternative scheme for augmentation of supply (tapping of Ghaggar water by constructing low height dams) is being considered. The proposed lake along the guide bunds on upstream and downstream side of New Ghaggar Bridge will also help in tapping ground water. But for now, the construction of these water harvesting structures under the Watershed Development Project will bring immediate relief. With the administration having received Rs 5 crore, the work on these structures is likely to begin within the next two months.  |
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