HEALTH

Summer diseases on the rise in Faridabad 
Bijendra Ahlawat
Tribune News Service

Faridabad, April 28
The summer season has started unleashing its adverse effects. Hundreds of residents have been in the grip of water-borne diseases in the town.

The Health Department, on its part, seems to be going on its ordinary pace in taking on the challenge, with the result that the number of patients of diseases like diarrhoea, vomiting, jaundice and cholera has started rising.

Although the phenomenon is related to the change of season, easy availability of food products kept in the open and the supply of contaminated water in some parts have led to the worsening situation.

It is true that the district administration had banned the sale of exposed food articles and fruit in the first week of March, but the subsequent action by the both Health Department and Municipal Corporation Faridabad had not matched the situation. There is no proper coordination and sharing of information between the department and the civic body and as a result, preventive measures have not been taken, say departmental sources.

The Health Department had reportedly taken two samples of water being supplied in the recent past. It is learnt that both the samples have failed the test. As per information, the district has about 85 ice factories and units making ice candies. The department is supposed to undertake regular checking of the water and the products made by these units. It is reported that about eight samples of ice candies have been lifted in the district in the present season, whose report is still awaited.

The sale of sugarcane juice in the open has added to the problem. About a dozen labourers who took such juice recently were down with diarrhoea in Ballabgarh town. As many as 12 persons with stomach disorders were admitted in the civil hospital here on Saturday. Several patients, including children, were already admitted in the civil hospital here. Reports of such patients getting treatment at private clinics have also come in. The SDM of Ballabgarh has ordered the removal of all the stalls selling cane juice and half-cut fruits in the open.

SPORTS

Mustafa Ghouse leads the seeded pack in 
ITF Tennis
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, April 28
Mustafa Ghouse of India has been given the top billing in the prize money $6250 ITF Men’s Satellis Tennis Tournament starting at the R K Khanna Stadium on Monday. Among the seeded players, three are Indians.

Manoj Mahadevan has been seeded fifth while Nitin Kirtane gets the third slot, behind Tomer Suissa of Israel, seeded second.

Eliran Dooyev of Israel has been seeded fourth while Hayato Furukawa of Japan, Ivan Syro and Gjunior Ghendina of Germany have been given the lower seedings in that order.

Eighteen Indian players figure in the main draw of 32. While four Indians have got through Wild Card—Anant Sitaram, Nipun Gupta, Nishank Mishra and Vishal Punna — four made it through the qualifying route. They are Sandeep Kirtane, Rohan Gajjar, Somdev K Dev Verman and Ravikrishna Palivela.

Sandeep Kirtane beat Divij Sharan of India 6-1,6-1 in the final qualifying round match while Rohan Gajjan put paid to the hopes of Ashutosh Singh 6-2,6-4. Ravikrishna Palivla beat Dhananjay Kawade 6-2, 6-4 and Somdev Dev Verman beat

Anjan Viplap 6-3, 6-2 in other qualifying matches.

Among the promising Indian players who failed to make the cut were Ajay Chowdapalli, Vivek Satyajit, Vishal Gupta, Gurmehr Singh and Jaco T Mathew.

The 32 players who figure in the main draw are: Mustafa Ghouse, Sebastian Nidermayer, Vishal Uppal, Anant Sitaram, Vijay Kannan, Nipun Gupta, Sandeep Kirtane, Manoj Mahadevan, Dliran Dooyev, Rohan Gajjar, Shivang Mishra, Vijayendra Laad, Rafel Moreno-Negri, Kamala Kannan, Roy Sichel, Ivan Syrov, Gjunior Ghedina, Igor Levin, Nishank Mishra, Claran Moore, Somdev K Dev Verman, Vinod Sridhar, Elad Stern, Nitin Kirtane, Hayato Furukawa, Vishal Punna, Naoki Arimoto, Raviv Volkovotzky, Rishi Sridhar, Ravi Krishna Palivela, Serguei Demekhine and Tomer Suissa.

Salwan annex cricket title
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, April 28
Inter-city school champions Salwan Boys, Rajinder Nagar, lived upto their image when they beat Hans Raj Model School by nine wickets to annex the Times Shield Inter-School Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Delhi Public School ground, R K Puram.

In a totally lop-sided title clash, Salwan Boys played like champions to skittle out Hans Raj Model School for 122 for 9 in 40 overs. Hans Raj opted to bat after winning the toss, and it proved to be a suicidal decision.

Skipper Narender Singh scalped four wickets to bag the man of the match as well as the best bowler awards.

Salwan Boys reached the winning target, losing just one wicket, that of Ratan Rawat, for 29. Rawat was named the man of the series. Rachit Kapoor of Hans Raj School got the best batsman of the tournament award.

After Rawat’s exit, Gaurav Sharma and Gaurav Chabra were locked in an unbroken partnership to remain 62 not out and 25 not out respectively.

Scores: Hans Raj Model School: 122 for 9 in 40 overs (Kumar Abhishek 20, Sidhant Mandley 19, Narender Singh 4 for 47, Ashutosh Sharma 2 for 15, Deepak Rai 1 for 12).

Salwan Boys: 126 for 1 in 34.4 overs (Gaurav Sharma 62 n o, Ratan Rawat 29, Gaurav Chabra 25 n o).

AAFI calendar begins with Circuit Meet in Delhi
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, April 28
The crowded calendar drawn up by the Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI) in the year of the Commonwealth and Asian Games will begin with the first National Circuit Meet on May 1 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi.

The second Circuit Meet will be held in Bangalore on May 5 and the third Circuit Meet on May 7 in Chennai.

The National Inter-State Senior Athletic Meet will be held in Bangalore from June 1 to 3, while the Federation Cup Athletic Meet for seniors will be held in Chennai from June 24 to 27. The Federation Cup will be the final selection trials for the Commonwealth Games, the Asian Track and Field meet, the Asian Games and World Junior Athletic Championships.

The North Zone Athletic Championship will be held at Meerut (UP) on August 23 and 24, the South Zone Junior Athletic Meet at Thiruvanathapuram (Kerala) on August 24 and 25, the East Zone Junior Athletic Meet at Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) on August 19 and 20 and the West Zone Junior Athletic Meet at Satna (Madhya Pradesh) on August 20 and 21.

The fourth National Athletic Circuit Meet will be held in Delhi on August 26 while the fifth National Athletic Circuit Meet will be held at Jalandhar on August 28.

Delhi will also play host to the National Open Athletic Meet from September 7 to 9, which will also be the confirmatory trials for the Asian Games.

The National Inter-Zonal Junior Athletic Meet will be held in Kolkata from September 16 to 18 and the National Junior Federation Cup Meet in Mumbai on October 3 and 4.

The Mumbai meet will also be the selection trials for the Asian Junior Athletic Championships. The National Under-22 Athleti Meet will be held in Chandigarh on November 11 and 12 while the National Inter-State Junior Athletic Meet will be held at Shimoga in Karnataka from January 7 to 11, 2003.

The National Cross Country Meet will be held in Goa on February 2, 2003 and the Federation Cup Cross Country at Meerut on March 2, 2003.

The Thane Varsha Marathon will be held at Thane in Maharashtra on July 14, 2002, the Tata Steel Half Marathon at Jamshedpur on July 29, the Travancore Marathon at Thiruvanathapuram on August 9, the Chennai Marathon on November 2, the Salwan Mini Marathon in Delhi on November 3 and the Indira Marathon in Allahabad (UP) on November 19.

The Pune International Marathon will be held on December 15, and the All-India Road Races at Bangalore on June 2. The National Walking Championships will be held at Pune on December 6 and 7.

AAFI engages nine foreign coaches
Our Correspondent

New Delhi, April 28
The Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI) has engaged the services of nine foreign coaches to hone up the skills of the Indian athletes preparing for the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games.

Three new foreign coaches have been engaged in addition to the existing six foreign coaches. Volodymyr Hudilin will be inchare of the hammer throw event for men and women, Anatoly Fatyeyev for combined events and Belski Victor for Horizontal Jumps.

The other foreign coaches/masseurs, who had already been engaged, are Yuriy Ogorodnik for sprints and hurdles, Viktor Omelchenko for jevelin throw, Yurity Minakov for shot put and discus, Uladzimir Polahau for middle and long distance, Inna Zavereva as masseur for women and Sergiy Chevelev as masseur for men.

The foreign coaches have been engaged at considerable cost in a bid to extract better performances from the athletes in international competitions, including the Asian Games, for India to make some impact as a power to reckon with.

But the point is, will the engagement of so many foreign coaches deliver the desired results? The coming months will give the answer.

SPORTS CORNER
R P Academy beat PDCC

New Delhi, April 28
Rishi Bhardwaj hit 53 runs and Vikrant Dhir claimed 3 for 22 as R P Academy beat Purvi Delhi Coaching Centre (PDCC) by 36 runs in the Jayanti Devi Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Gargi College ground.

Scores: R P Academy: 197 for 7 in 40 overs (Rishi Bhardwaj 53, Kaif Mohd. 42, Pranav Mahendra 27, Rachit Pathak 2 for 23).

PDCC: 161 all out in 39.2 overs (Pramod Dhaka 44, Manoj Kumar 20, Vikrant Dhir 3 for 22, Pranav Mahendra 2 for 25).

Malviya Club record big win: Malviya Club beat Subhania Club by five wickets in a Super A Division match of the DDCA League at the Palam II ground.

Scores: Subhania Club: 85 all out in 28.1 overs (Kundan Mehra 21, Ravi Yadav 19, Raj Kapoor 4 for 15, Anil Kumar 2 for 15, Kuldeep Deewan 2 for 15, Sachin Rana 2 for 25).

Malviya Club: 88 for 5 in 16.2 overs (Padamjeet Shera 29, Ravi Yadav 3 for 29).

Hind Club beat Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) by nine wickets in an A-II Division match at the Kotla No 2 ground.

Scores: LIC: 98 all out in 24.3 overs (C K Bajaj 23, Rakesh Jaitley 22, Aman Kumar 3 for 16). Hind Club: 101 for 1 in 2.5 overs (Dhiman Sanjay 50, Mohd. Javed 31 n o). OSR

Vishal helps Brighto Club enter final
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, April 28
A fine unbeaten knock of 73 by Delhi Ranji Trophy player Vishal Sharma and deadly bowling of 3 for 30 by left-arm medium-pacer K S Rana helped Brighto Club beat star-studded Sonnet Club by six wickets to enter the final of the third A R Gymkhana Cricket Tournament for the BDM Trophy at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Ghaziabad. Sonnet Club, who batted first, crawled to 171 in 40 overs, despite Akash Chopra's 71 runs.

The restrictive, and productive bowling of K S Rana and Raju Grewal put shackles on Sonnet's batsmen, though Devender Sharma posted a fine half century to give some solidity to the Sonnet total.

In reply, Brighto Club, helped Brigto unbeaten 73 by Vishal Sharma, raced to 192 for 4 in 38.4 overs. His match-winning knock came from the quickfire knock of 73. Vishal’s all-round over the field was appreciedted by the crowds.

Scores: Sonnet Club: 191 for 7 in 40 overs (Akash Chopra 71, Devender Sharma 56, K S Rana 3 for 30, Raju Grewal 2 for 34).

Brighto Club: 192 for 4 in 38.4 overs (Vishal Sharma 73 n o, Jagdish Singh 40, Kapil Mehta 22 n o).

ADMINISTRATION

Putting posters on walls may land you in jail
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 28
Posters on the walls and by the side of roads are a blot on Delhi’s landscape. They should be removed and the walls should be whitewashed.

Urban Development Minister A K Walia’s instructions to the officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Public Works Department (PWD) also include a directive to lodge First Information Reports (FIRs) against those whose posters or publicity materials are found to be put up on the roads and walls.

The directive was issued after the minister visited certain roads in Timarpur, Model Town, Azadpur vegetable market, Adarsh Nagar, Pitampura, Saraswati Vihar, Sainik Vihar and Shakurpur resettlement colony in north Delhi on Saturday.

The minister said that the West Bengal Prevention of Defacement of Property Act 1976 was in force in Delhi under which damage to property caused by any kind of publicity material shall invite a fine of up to Rs 1,000 or imprisonment up to six months or both.