SPORTS

KVM athletics meet
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, January 31
The 59th Annual Athletics Meet of the Kundan Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, will be held on the school campus on February 2, according to a press note issued by Ms I. Kumar, Principal of the school. The former captain of the Indian cricket team, Bishen Singh Bedi, will preside over the inaugural ceremony and Mr Sat Paul, IRS, Commissioner Income Tax, will distribute prizes to the winners.

Sports festival

The Annual Sports Festival of Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology, Gujarkhan Campus, Model Town, will be held from February 4 to 8, according to a press note issued by the college Principal, Mr A.S. Bansal. Competitions in badminton, table tennis, athletics and volleyball will be held during this festival.

Weightlifting meet

The Ludhiana District Weightlifting Championship will be conducted at the Body Building Club, Rakh Bagh, here on February 3, according to a press note issued by Mr Parvesh Sharma, general secretary, Ludhiana District Weightlifting Association (LDWA).

Body weight will be done at 7.30 am and the competition will start at 9.30 am. Dr Iqbal Singh, president, LDWA, will inaugurate the meet, while Mr Tara Singh, an Arjuna awardee and general secretary, Punjab Weightlifting Association, will give away prizes.

Snooker tournament

A two-day snooker tournament will be organised at the Lodhi Club for its members and their dependents on February 2 and 3, according to Mr B.M. Mahajan, its general secretary.

Sports club’s plea to CM
Our Correspondent

Ahmedgarh, January 31
The Bawa Sports Club, Chhapar, has sought the Chief Minister, the Sports Minister and the DGP’s intervention in its sports kit worth Rs 1.25 lakh, which was taken away by the Latala police three years ago.

According to Mr Ravinder Singh Roomi, Mr Sukhdev Singh and Mr Sarabjit, all office-bearers of the club, the chowki in charge taken away the kit from the club on February 2, 1999, on the pretext of providing office accommodation for higher police officials for a few days. However, the kit was never returned. Club members has warned that it will protest with black flags at SAD election rallies if the authorities do not take any action immediately.

ADMINISTRATION

Ludhiana district to have 2,140 booths
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, January 31
For the first time the votes in all Assembly segments in Punjab would be polled through electronic voting machines (EVMs), which besides saving time also assure relatively less manipulations. The EVMs were displayed at the Deputy Commissioner’s office today, where election officials were given training about the use of machines.

Addressing a press conference here today, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr S.K. Sandhu, the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr S.R. Kaler, the Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development), Mr A.K. Sinha, and the Assistant Commissioner, Mr H.S. Brar, said for 2,140 polling booths in 10 constituencies of the district there were 2,400 EVMs. On an average there is one EVM for a single booth. However, in case the number of contesting candidates is more, there can be two EVMs.

Demonstrating the EVMs, they said all care had been taken that there was no tampering with the machines. “In fact, the machines have been developed like that and these would be operated in the presence of polling agents of all contesting candidates”, Mr Sandhu said.

In the 10 constituencies there are 19,24,993 voters. As many as 11,902 employees have been deployed for the duty. Mr Sandhu said the EVMs would be prepared from February 4 to 8 for the final use. He said the EVMs would be guarded by the CRPF. There would be two keys for the storeroom, while one key would be with the Deputy Commissioner, another key would be with the Election Observer of the particular constituency. Whenever, the store would be opened, it would be entered into the log book.