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February 6, 2002, Chandigarh, India
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Sachin was a great help, says Mongia SAS Nagar, February 5 “Sachin Tendulkar, if batting at the other end, relieves the other batsman of so much pressure as he keeps on scoring runs,” stated Mongia who looked very happy while batting in the company of the Mumbai maestro at the other end during the match. Asked about the help he received from the seniors in the team, the southpaw said Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath were all very cooperative. “Sachin advised me to stand two yards further ahead of the stumps while facing pacer Ben Hollioke and lift the ball straight over the fielder. Though I could not get the elevation right and was unable to hit boundaries it certainly helped me a lot,” recalled Mongia about the tips he received from Tendulkar. Asked who among the England speedsters was the most difficult to handle, Mongia said all were different type of bowlers. “Andrew Caddick, because of his height, gets the ball to bounce more, Darren Gough can be very effective with the old ball, while Andrew Flintoff was the most economical and nippy throughout the series . But Matthew Hoggard really bowled really well.” “England has a good pace attack. Though they have no big names to boast of, collectively they have done well,” he said. About his utility to the squad as a left-arm bowler Mongia was candid enough to admit that he never got the opportunity to bowl at this level. About his promotion as an opener during the recent Challengers Trophy matches Mongia stated: “Anil Kumble (skipper) asked me if I can open the innings as they were an opener less and I just agreed to the proposal.” About left-armer Ashley Giles proving India’s nemesis in the New Delhi match Mongia replied: “He got a stick from Ganguly early on but later came out well to claim five wickets. These things happen in cricket.” Mongia was all praise for Yograj Singh, saying that the former India fast bowler had contributed a lot for the development of the game in Chandigarh. He lamented having failed to give worthwhile contribution as a batsman in the last two one-dayers which India lost by wafer-thin margins. 
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Archery to get boost in city Chandigarh, February 5 Mr Talwar felt that since this sport was not popular here, there was a problem in roping in sponsors. He said with more interest to be generated by the association and with permanent coaching centre for trainees at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, the game was likely to grow. He said this year they had made some plans to promote the same, with the latest being the conducting of the Panjab University inter-college archery championship, which was held three days back. He said boys DAV College, Sector 10, emerged winners while archers from place like Abohar also had come to participate. Mr Talwar said Aditya Kant, a trained and qualified coach from the National Institute of Sports, Patiala, had been given the charge of coaching city archers. He told that the costly equipment for archers was purchased last year. Next month, the city would send its junior team for the Junior National Archery Meet, likely to be held in West Bengal. Talwar said recently in the 31st National Games held at Patiala where archery events were hled, and the rise of a Patiala boy stunned everyone when he won a gold medal. He hoped schools in the city might introduce archery.
He added that the day was not far when the city could produce more Limba Rams. He further said girls could take to the sport. |
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Audit Haryana Football Club wins Chandigarh, February 5 Earlier, Audit Haryana Football Club gained 1-0 lead when in 17th minute of the match, Rajesh Sharma scored a goal. After lemonbreak, Chandigarh Football Club made a comeback when in 50th minute, Jagmohan helped in equalising the score which was maintained till the end. Mr Ashwani Atrri, Accountant General (Audit), Haryana gave away the prizes. Volleyball meet The Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26, and the Government College for Girls, Sector 11, surged ahead when they outclassed Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, 25-7, 25-3, 25-13, and the Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, 25-09, 25-10, 25-09, respectively, in the Panjab University Inter-college zonal volleyball tournament (women) played here today at the PU grounds. The four college teams have made their way to the PU inter-college inter-zonal tournaments going to begin here tomorrow are. These are, GGS College for women, Chandigarh, MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, Government College, Hoshiarpur and Government College for Girls, Sector11. Yoga team The Chandigarh Amateur Yoga Association has selected a 14-member UT yoga team which will participate in the National Yoga Championship to be held at Hyderabad on February 9 and 10. Following players were selected in the teams: boys: (14-20 yrs) — Munish Kumar, Manoj Kumar and Gaurav Malik; (20-30 yrs) —Kamal Grover, Jatinder Singh and Atul; girls: (12-18 yrs) — Shivani, Gagan and Anupam; (18-25 yrs) —Meena, Rajinder and Anupama Kaushal. Mr Subhash Tekchandani, secretary of the association, will accompany the team. Appointment welcomed Mr G.S. Banga, vice-president, Chandigarh Cricket Association, which is affiliated to the Punjab Cricket
Association has welcomed the appointment of a seasoned world known cricketer, Kapil Dev, as the organising secretary of the UT Cricket Association. Banga said in a release that the guidance of person of the stature of Kapil Dev will act as a boon for the cricket youngsters of the city. He said
the views expressed by Kapil the other day that his main aim will be to improve the cricket in the city and not only the direct affiliation of the UTCA with Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), was highly commendable. |
MC staff to collect water bills SAS Nagar, February 5 By doing this the civic body will be able to adjust its octroi staff which had become surplus after the abolition of octroi in the state in December last year. This will also help the council in cutting down establishment charges. The president of the civic body, Mr Kulwant Singh, said the council would go in for privatisation if any agency came forward to carry out the work of water supply and related maintenance at a lower cost. He said the Public Health Department was carrying out the work of distribution of water supply and related maintenance as a deposit work for the council from the past several years. But the establishment charges shown by the department were far too high and they had been asked to cut down the expenses. He said the Public Health Department had sent a detail of expenses amounting to Rs 3.55 crore for the year ending March 31, 2002, to his office about two days back. He said the department had incurred the expenses without getting an approval from the civic body which should have been done by March 31,2001. The meeting also cleared a proposal regarding the taking over the tubewells sunk by the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board in various parts of the town. Four of the five tubewells sunk by the board were giving water discharge far below the estimates. The president of the civic body said that the council was ready to take over the tubewells if they gave 75 per cent of the estimated discharge. However, certain councillors objected to this and said the tubewells should be taken over only after they gave the estimated water discharge. A proposal to organise a contest of architects for designing its new office building in Sector 68 has also been cleared by the council. It has been proposed that architects recognised by the Council of Architects and having a minimum of 10 years’ experience should be invited to the design contest. Those who present the top three designs should be given awards by the council. Later tenders should be invited only from these three top designers and the work be assigned to one giving the lowest quotation. |
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PGI employees demand conveyance allowance Chandigarh, February 5 One of the main issues was of conveyance allowance for employees living on the campus, the PGI Medical Technologists Association, the PGI Nurses Welfare Association and the Safai Karamchari Union attended the meeting. A demand for risk allowance would also be presented before the Standing Finance Committee, scheduled to meet on February 11. Dr D. Behara was assigned to listen to the grievances of nurses. The issue of nurses demanding four posts of nursing superintendent was raised. The meeting was held at the committee room, Kairon Block. It was chaired by Dr
I.C. Pathak, former Director of the PGI. The local MP, Mr Pawan Kumar
Bansal, and the Director of the PGI, besides senior functionaries of the
PGI, attended the meeting. A joint secretary level official from the Union Ministry of Health did not turn up for the meeting. Though the PGI Employees Association did not attend the meeting, a list of demands was submitted. These included demands and grievances accepted under the settlement dated February 5, 1997; grant of ad hoc increments; grant of Punjab pay scales to the remaining 50 per cent employees; rationalisation of working hours; grant of interim relief; constitution of anomaly committee; eviction of illegal subletted and shared houses of the
PGI; construction of more houses; maintenance of residences and campus; shopping centre in the residential area in Sector 12; boundary wall around residential area and posting of security staff at sarai gate; streamlining of medical facilities; and implementation of cadre review report with effect from March 1, 1992, after necessary amendments. The demands put up by the Medical Technologists Association included implementation of part B of the V Central Pay Commission to the medical technologists of the institute; payment of hospital patient care allowance and washing allowance to technologists and technical assistants; and proper implementation of the II cadre review. |
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Rs 84 lakh given away as financial assistance Panchkula, February 5 The Deputy Commissioner, Ms Jyoti Arora, said that Rs 70 lakh had been
provide to Panchayati Raj institutions under Employment Assurance scheme and Rs 76 lakh to gram panchayats under the Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana for wage employment to rural poor by creating of durable community assets such as streets, school rooms, irrigation pools and retaining walls and desilting of existing village ponds. She said Rs 13.50 lakh had been provided for construction of 260 new houses for BPL families under the Indira Awas Yojana and Rs 3 lakh for upgradation of 30 houses. |
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Not paying conversion fee? Face resumption! Chandigarh, February 5 In the past five days, the Chandigarh Administration resumed at least four residential sites for allowing guest houses to function on the premises. The guest house owners had shifted to commercial areas. The Administration had fixed a conversion fee of Rs 50 lakh for permitting change of trade from general category to boarding and lodging sites. Officials of the Administration had been directed that anyone applying for conversion of commercial site to run guest house should be looked into immediately. Parameters like adequate light, ventilation, fire safety and exits would be kept in mind before granting permission. To meet the demand of budget tourist the Administration had permitted various social bhawans spread across the city to let out rooms. |
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Probe into parking contractor’s practices Chandigarh, February 5 This is for the first time since January 7, the introduction of paid parking, that the Municipal Corporation has shown a tough attitude towards the contractor in the wake of repeated complaints from the people. Mr Bhardwaj directed the contractor not to collect parking payment at the entry point itself and take it on the exit point. The contractor was alleged to have taken unilateral decision of offering different rates annually and for different zones. The corporation last week confiscated stickers issued by the contractor for vehicles at a charge of Rs 5. A recent allegation was that the parking staff was not accepting laminated passes and only slips were being allowed. Complaints against parking arrangements also came up before the House meeting. |
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