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Where are PGI ambulances going? Chandigarh, March 18 This is not a stray incident that happened in the PGI. PGI’s transport department runs six ambulances each day to ferry patients day or night from one point in the PGI to another. However one out of these, transports food more regularly than it does patients and two others do not offer services after 5 pm. Patients are ferried on trolleys by relatives and attendants through rickety roads, sometimes for tests, sometimes to the sarai. One ambulance is posted outside the APC to ferry patients from APC to the main hospital or the sarai. However this one delivers cooked food from main hospital to the APC, a job which is supposed to be done by an auto being run specially for this purpose. Denying that the ambulance ferries food, the PGI authorities responsible for the transport facilities say that this kind of misuse is never done. Out of the five remaining ambulances, two shuttle between the new OPD block and the main hospital carrying patients. But their services end at 5 p.m. the OPD closing time. Two ambulances remain at the PGI emergency to respond to the call from outside the hospital and those who need to move about within the hospital. One ferries patients from the Rotary sarai to the main hospital every half an hour but again no services are available after 4 pm. While the ambulance drivers state that they are available for the patients 24 hours but since many patients prefer to walk, their services are not needed, patients show their ignorance of the fact that a service of this variety exists for them. Although the PGI’s main hospital has recently stuck notices informing the patients of the facility, the APC entrance has no such notice.  |
SJOBA rally from March 23 Chandigarh, March 18 The rally will cover a distance of approximately 500 km from Chandigarh to Koti Resorts and back with approximately 250 km being dirt tracks. The route for this year’s rally offers all sorts of surfaces. The tracks have clay, sand, gravel, broken tarmac and tarmac. The first leg of the rally will start as is the tradition, from St John’s High School, Sector 26, Chandigarh. The rally will pass through Rattewali, Morni, Lawasa Chowki, Gaura, Chail, Baikalti and Mashobra with an overnight halt at Koti Resorts. The second leg of the rally will pass through Gannahatti, Naya Nagar, Mallah, Chakki ka Mor, Masulkhana, Kona, Karodia before terminating at St John’s High School. The organisers view the event as a nursery and breeding ground for national rally champions. Noted rallyists who have honed their skills at the SJOBA Rally include Hari Singh, Bittu Mann, Manik Raikhy, Sandeep Singh, MPS Reen, Rai Sodhi etc. The total prize money at this year’s rally will be Rs 1,50,000, an increase of Rs 30,000 over the previous year. Competitions will be held for cars (made or assembled in India), jeeps, including Gypsies and MUVs, and motorcycles and scooters (both Indian made). The organisers have taken adequate safety measures and have provided for ambulances and medical teams along the route of the rally in the unexpected event of a mishap. There would be approximately six to seven crews looking after the FIVs (fast intervention vehicles). |
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Shivalik schools excel
in sports Chandigarh, March 18 In the past, school had been one of the NSTC centre for the Sports Authority of India, apart from being the centre of many sports which also saw players of the school donning national colours. Even when SAI schemes were discontinued by the apex office at New Delhi, Dr Bedi took the initiative of starting a novel idea of having self-sustained sports academies in respective disciplines. The idea cropped up with a hockey academy, then a volleyball academy, an athletics and finally a basketball academy. Mr Bedi said one should always be forthcoming in accepting new challenges, so that even, if one fails in a particular project, there should be enough scope to cover up. He said, once while watching an international tennis tournament being disturbed by rain at the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association Stadium, Sector 10, he developed the idea of having an indoor synthetic courts at their gymnasium indoor hall in SAS Nagar. Mr Bedi said a huge expenditure incurred on the deco-turf synthetic courts proved to be of no use, since a single spell of rain, delayed the whole proceedings. Finally he too approached the said firm, as a result, last year, the SPS-SAS Nagar got its own complete surface in the 120'/120' area indoor hall, being converted into synthetic surface. One can play tennis, badminton, table tennis and even sport such as handball,
basketball, volleyball there. Mr Bedi said the creation of new infrastructure, giving the desired training to its trainees by specialised SAI coaches was not enough. He said for any school to excel in sports, one should be good at hosting tournaments also. He said their hostel in the SAS Nagar was being used by sports personalities, officials and various sports bodies. He cited how in 1999, when India-Pakistan played a One Dayer day and night cricket tie at the PCA Stadium, SAS Nagar, then to accommodate nearly 1000 guests, who had come from Pakistan, Shivalik Public School turned out to be a preferred host. He said the guests from the neighbouring country enjoyed their stay along with food. Then in the same year, the women participants of the National Women Sports Festival held at Panjab University also, were put in the SAS Nagar school hostel. This meet was organised by the Sports Authority of India. Mr Bedi said when last year the prestigious 31st National Games were to be organised, then the Ropar district authorities had asked him for help and he had agreed. Mr Bedi said the participants of the discipline shooting were then lodged in their hostels and the food for both sportspersons and the officials was also arranged in the school premises. Mr Bedi said even in the recent Assembly elections, the electronic machines were housed in their school and later counting also done. The recent All-India Central Revenue Sports meet was held at Chandigarh from March 7 to 9 and the sportspersons from the Income Tax and Customs Departments were lodged there and the school was host to various sports disciplines. On the future plans, Mr Bedi said a new gymnasium indoor hall in their school premises in sector 41 was on the agenda, then a huge auditorium in SAS nagar was also on the anvil. He was of the view that the school which kept sports on the high priority list along with studies, could always reach the zenith of glory. |
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Dainik Bhaskar, Indian Express win Chandigarh, March 18 In the IE-DS tie, Kamleshwar was adjudged the man of the match, who scored a superb 67 runs and took his side to victory in the last minutes. Brief scores: Ist match: Desh Sewak: 189 runs for six (Arjeet Pal 114 runs (six sixes), Kamleshwar (two wickets). IE— 190 runs for eight in 19.3 overs (Kamleshwar 69, Vishal 19. IInd match: Hindustan Times: 102 runs all out in 19 overs (Manoj Chawla 30, Prem Nanda 20 n.o., Lakshman four wickets, Dinesh and Shekhar two wickets each). Dainik Bhaskar— 104 runs for three in 13 overs (Shekhar 19, Ajay 16, Aman 14,) Extras 38. Khalsa Club win by 7 wkts A fine bowling by medium-pacer Chandan Puri who claimed six wickets for just nine runs enabled Khalsa Club in beating Panchkula Club by seven wickets in the first cash prize cricket tournament organised by Punjab Secretariat Cricket Club at SAS Nagar. He was helped by his team mate Radhey who captured three wickets for just eight runs. In other matches of the day, Kalsi XI beat Domino Club by 23 runs while Panther Club defeated DYFI by 30 runs. In other matches of the day, Mohinder XI beat Star XI by 44 runs. All-India Bridge
championship The Chandigarh Bridge Association will hold the second All-India Bridge championship at Defence Services Officer's Institute, Sector 36, from March 23 to March 25. The three-day meet will be organised under the aegis of Bridge Federation of India. Col AB Singh (retd) and president of the association, said about 40 teams from India would take part in this meet which was being sponsored by the General Insurance Corporation of India. |
Nominations for MC committees poll Chandigarh, March 18 Today was the last date for the filing of nominations for the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship of Roads, Water and Sewage, Environment and City Beautification, Sanitation and Slum Development committees. Mr Chhabra filed his nomination for Roads Committee, Mr Kuldeep Singh for Water and Sewage Committee, Mr Dildar Khan for Environment and City Beautification Committee, Dr B.R. Verma for Sanitation Committee and Ms Shyama Negi for the Slum Development Committee. While for vice-chairmanship, Ms Gita Rani for Roads Committee, Ms Shyama Negi for Water and Sewage Committee, Ms Pushpa Sharma for Environment and City Beautification Committee, Mr Sohan Lal for Sanitation and Slum Development Committee were the lone candidates in their respective committees to have filed their nominations on the last date. Mr Khan and Dr Verma are from the nine-member group of nominated members in the MCC, while rest are from the Congress. All candidates vying for vice-chairmanship are from the Congress party. Mr Jitender Bhatia of the three-member Chandigarh Vikas Manch group also filed his nomination for the post of Chairman of the Electricity Committee. Mr Bhatia is being supported by the 13-member Congress group in the 30-member House. The last date for the filing of the nomination for the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship of five remaining committees is tomorrow. |
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Mayor constitutes committee Chandigarh, March 18 The members of the panel are: Dr K. S. Raju, Mr Pradeep Chhabra, Mr Balraj Singh, Mr Sohan Lal, Mr Vijay Singh Rana and the XEN (Roads). The decision to form the committee was taken by the Finance and Contract Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh on March 14. The committee is likely to file its report in a month. The decision to form the committee had been taken after taxi stand operators urged the corporation to reduce the charges fixed earlier and expressed the readiness to pay parking fee at a reduced rate. Taxi operators had not been paying any amount and made the offer after losing a case in the court. |
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Traffic rule violators warned Panchkula, March 18 In a press note, SP, Mr Manoj Yadav, said the violators of traffic rules would not be spared at any cost. They would not only be challaned but also be prosecuted. He appealed to the motorists to keep every document of the vehicles with themselves while driving. Moreover, the parents should educate their children about traffic rules. It may be recalled that the Home Guard jawan, Manoj Kumar, was beaten up allegedly by a motorcyclist, Sandeep Kumar, when he challaned him for not wearing helmet. Meanwhile, Sandeep a resident of Sector 4, was produced in the court and sent to judicial remand by Ms Aradhana Sahani, Judicial magistrate, (First Class), Panchkula, today. Sandeep was arrested under Sections 323, 353, 186, and 506 of the IPC yesterday. |
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