HEALTH

Public Health Dept workers up in arms
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, April 10
The agitating employees of the Public Health Department took out a procession here today to protest against the alleged highhandedness of the district and police administration and the arrest of the employees.

According to a report, carrying placards and raising anti-government slogans, they marched through the main bazaars and reached the mini-secretariat where they sat on a day’s dharna outside the deputy commissioner’s office.

A rally was also held, addressed by the leaders of various employees and trade unions. They demanded the immediate withdrawal of a criminal case against the arrested employees of the union.

Meanwhile, the police have released all the agitating employees of the department except a union leader who was also released on bail by the judicial magistrate on Tuesday.

The agitating employees erected the shamiana outside the office of the superintending engineer, Public Health and sat on an indefinite dharna to press for their demand.

The shamiana was removed on April 8 by the police following the orders of the deputy commissioner who, along with the SE, Public Health, visited the venue of the dharna and asked the employees to lift it immediately.

After their refusal, the DC directed the police to remove the shamiana and round up all the employees sitting on dharna. Thereupon, the police swung into action and rounded up all the employees and taken them to the police station where they were released in the evening barring a union leader.

Addressing the rally of the agitating employees, Mr Jalkaran Balhara, chairman of the Haryana Karamchari Maha Sangh and Mr Ved Vyas Arya, general secretary of the All Haryana PWD Mechanical Karamchari Union criticised the district and police authorities for uprooting the shamiana and whisking away the employees from the dharna site.

They warned that if the criminal cases against the employees were not withdrawn immediately, the agitation would be intensified. They urged the DC to direct the SE, Public Health, to fulfil the legitimate demands of the employees. The leaders of other trade unions also addressed the rally.

SPORTS

Shankar stars in bank win 
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, April 10
A brilliant all-round performance by skipper Bhola Shanker, who scored a strokeful 81 with ten fours and one six and then claimed three wickets for 50 runs, helped Syndicate Bank beat Sonnex Club by three runs in a thrilling DDCA League match at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground.

Syndicate Bank won the toss and elected to bat. Powered by Bhola Shankar’s fine knock, the Bankmen made 275 for 7 in 40 overs and then dismissed Sonnex all out for 272 in 38.2 overs.

Scores: Syndicate Bank: 275 for 7 in 40 overs (Bhola Shankar 81, Dalip Kumar 55, R.S.Negi 24, Faisal Khan 3 for 37).

Sonnex Club: 272 all out in 38.2 overs (Faishal Khan 69,Pankaj Arora 67, Sarfaraz 48, Bhola Shankar 3 for 50,Prakash Karotiya 3 for 34).

Rohtak Road Gymkhana beat Food Corporation of India (FCI) by 38 runs in a Super A Division match at the Jamia Milia ground.

Scores: R.R.Gymkhana: 210 for 5 in 40 overs (Chetan Sharma 71 n.o, Manoj Kumar 35, Ved Prakash 2 for 34).

FCI: 172 all out in 39 overs (Puneet Sharma 58, Pankaj Thakur 34, Abhishek Sharma 2 for 16).

Chandni Chowk Gymkhana beat Bank of Baroda by 116 runs in a B Division match at Kotla I ground.

Scores: Chandni Chowk: 300 for 7 in 35 overs (Kesari Sharma 116, Roshan Kumar 40, Gopal Rawat 38, Ajeet Kumar 3 for 46). Canara Bank beat Bank of India by 52 runs in a B Division match at Kotla II ground.

Scores: Canara Bank: 227 all out in 38.5 overs (Arun Jain 46, Vijay Singh 45, D.V. Chabra 32, Ramesh Sharma 3 for 26).

Bank of India: 175 all out in 31.4 overs (Sunil Rakhra 61,Arun Jain 5 for 37, Jai Singh 3 for 34).

Komal sweeps three golds in athletics
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, April 10
Ramnik Singh of Guru Tegh Bahadur School, Mansarover Garden, who lifted the 100m title on Tuesday, completed a sprint double when he annexed the 200m gold too, when he clocked 23.0 secs in the Banarsidas Chandiwala Inter-School Sports Tournament at the Jawaharal Nehru Stadium in the Capital. Komal of Army Public School, however, stole the day’s spotlight when she bagged three titles.

Komal began her gold hunt with a victory in the 200m sprint final, clocking a time of 29.0 secs.

She then lifted the 400m gold by posting a time of 1:06.8 secs and completed her fine run by snatching the 800m gold with a time of 2:43.4 secs.

Amit of DAV School, Shalimar Bagh clocked 52.1 secs to win the boys 400m gold.

In hockey, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya recorded the biggest victory when they trounced Hamdard Public School 5-0.

In other matches, S.S.Mota Singh Model School, Guru Harkishan Nagar defeated Hamdard Public School, Sangam Vihar 4-1, Salwan Public School beat Guru Harkishan Public School, Loni Road 4-1, Govt. Boys Senior Secondary School, Rohini beat Government Boys Senior Secondary School, Nangloi 4-0, Salwan Public School defeated National Stadium 3-0 and Modern School, Barakhamba Road defeated Central School, INA 1-0.

Salwan Boys School, Rajinder Nagar defeated Gyan Bharti School, Saket by eight wickets in cricket. Ashu of Salwan School, who took three wickets for 17 runs, was declared the man of the match.

In another match, Hans Raj School, Punjabi Bagh defeated Frank Anthony Public School by 61 runs. Abhinav Bali of Hans Raj School, who scored 63 off 35 balls, was adjudged the man of the match.

The football tournament, which has been plagued by walkovers, witnessed yet another walkover, when Salwan Public School failed to turn up for their match against St. Marks School, Meera Bagh. Modern School trounced NP Boys School, Lodhi Road 3-0 in the only match to have been played.

In table tennis, 14 second round boys singles and six first round girls singles matches were played.

In exciting matches, Hinta Kaur of Guru Harkishan Public School, India Gate beat Pallvi Anand 11-0, 11-3, 11-6 while Sakshi of Bal Bharti Public School, Pitampura beat Sheena 11-2, 11-3, 11-6 to move into the second round.

In badminton, 15 first round matches were played. Lakshay Manjani beat Saurabh Sharma 3-7,5-7,7-4,7-2,7-3 and Vaibhav accounted for Yogesh Kumar 7-0,8-6,7-2 in singles.

In doubles, Yogesh and Abhishek defeated M S Rawat and Aseem Pal Singh 2-7,7-1,7-3,7-0. In a girls singles match, Subhi beat Swati Nehra 7-5,7-1,7-3.

Sumit Dogra cracks century in Sood Cricket
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, April 10
A swashbuckling unbeaten century knock of 110 off 102 balls with two sixes and eleven fours by Sumit Dogra powered Youngsters Cricket Club to a three wickets victory against State Bank of Patiala in the 12th Om Nath Sood Memorial Cricket Tournament for the HRS Trophy at the Khalsa College ground in the Capital. Youngsters, who won the toss and elected to field, justified the decision when their bowlers, chiefly Surinder Dyma and Jitender Solanki, restricted State Bank of Patiala to 215 for 7 in 40 overs.

And then Sumit Dogra unleashed his batting might to help Youngsters post a thrilling victory. Sumit Dogra was adjudged the man of the match. Dogra helped speed up the scoring after Youngsters tottered at 142 for 5 off 30 overs. State Bank of Patiala had made 152 for 4 after 30 overs.

Scores: State Bank of Patiala: 215 for 7 in 40 overs (Munish Bali 66, Gurpreet Singh 46, Rajiv Sirhindi 34, Surinder Dyma 3 for 31, Jitender Solanki 2 for 49).

Youngsters Club: 217 for 7 in 38.2 overs (Sumit Dogra 110 n.o, Paras Dogra 31, Munish Bali 2 for 40, Ranjiv Sharma 2 for 36).

Thursday’s fixture: Lal Bahadur Shastri Club vs Youngsters Club; 8 am.

Eight teams for Mayor’s Shield Cricket

New Delhi, April 10
Eight teams, divided into two groups, will participate in the third phase of the Mayor’s Shield Cricket Tournament to be held at the Mohan Meakin ground from May 20. Out of the 48 teams who competed in the second phase of the league, eight teams qualified for the third phase. They have been divided into two groups.

Khanna appointed: Former Indian wicket-keeper Surender Khanna has been appointed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as the Zonal Talent Resources Development Officer for 2002-2003 (North Zone). BCCI vice-president C.K.Khanna said Surender Khanna will witness junior tournaments for identifying talent in the country.

Vikash Saish stars: A fine knock of 73 by Vikash Saish and deadly bowling by T C Naidu (4 for 29) helped Vidarbha beat Madhya Pradesh by 62 runs to enter the quarter-final of the Indian Oil and Hero Honda-sponsored fourth National Inter-State Veterans Cricket Championship at the Swai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur. Due to overnight rain, the match started late and was limited to 30 overs each side. Vidarbha will meet Rajasthan in the quarter-final at Jaipur. Scores: Vidarbha: 194 for 7 in 30 overs (Vikas Saish 73, Sameer Gurjar 33, Rohit Talwar 3 for 43).

Madhya Pradesh: 132 all out (Thomas 34, Rohit Talwar 25,T C Naidu 4 for 29, Parveen Hignekar 3 for 12).

Tiger in action: Star Sports will telecast the complete coverage of the Masters from the Augusta National Golf Club throughout the first Major of the year, culminating with live coverage of the final round at 3 am on April 15 (India time). In defence of improvements in equipment technology, the famed club co-founded by the legendary Bobby Jones have re-designed nine of their equally legendary 18 holes and added 285 yards in length. Now measuring 7,270 yards in total length, Augusta 2002 is a radically different track to the layout where Tiger Woods won his second Masters title last year. The changes have been made largely to eliminate 300-yard drives and put the emphasis on strong iron play. Phil Mickelson, David Duvai and Woods all had a share of the lead at least once in the final round and it wasn’t until the last few holes that a clear winner was evident. OSR

Gyan Bharati lose to Bournvita Academy
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, April 10
Former Test player Arun Lal’s Bournvita Cricket Academy defeated Gyan Bharati South Delhi Cricket Academy by five wickets in their tour of Kolkata.

Scores: Gyan Bharti South Delhi Cricket Academy: 170 all out in 38.2 overs (Prateek Pawar 61, Varun Sudan 23, Ankur Julka 35, Harindam Chaki 2 for 23, Depanjan Mustafi 2 for 31, Prabajit Das 2 for 33). Bournvita Academy: 173 for 5 in 33.1 overs (Kaushik 37 no, D Mustafy 37, S.S. Das 41, Naman Khanna 2 for 31).