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Quality control in construction stressed
Tribune News Service

Faridabad, May 12
A strong need of quality control in all civil construction works, especially in hospital buildings, was emphasised by Mr Durga Shankar Mishra, Project Director and Secretary ( Health), Government of Uttar Pradesh. He was delivering the valedictory address on the successful culmination of a special training programme on “Quality Control in Civil Construction Works”, at Ballabgarh yesterday. The special training programme was organised specifically for civil engineers of UP Health System Development Project (UPHSDP) by the National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCB), an autonomous R & D organisation under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, at its Ballabgarh Unit. Over 100 UPHSDP civil engineers received this 6-day long special training in four batches of 25 to 30 engineers each

SPORTS

Rajender slams unbeaten 125 for Telecom
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, May 12
Rajender Ahir blasted an unbeaten 125 studded with 11 fours and two sixes to help Delhi Telecom beat Lal Bahadur Shastri Coaching Centre by five runs in a B Division match of the DDCA Super League at the Kotla II ground in the Capital.

Batting first, Delhi Telecom scored 222 for 5 in 40 overs, thanks to the blistering knock of Rajender Ahir.

Then Sushil Sharma and Vineet Kapoor produced devastating bowling spells to claim four and three wickets respectively to shut out Lal Bahadur Shastri Coaching Centre for 217 in 39.4 overs.

Scores: Delhi Telecom: 222 for 5 in 40 overs (Rajender Ahir 125 n o, Vinay Mishra 35, Yogener Singh 2 for 40, Satish Kumar 2 for 52).

Lal Bahadur Shastri Coaching Centre: 217 all out in 39.4 overs (Harpreet Singh 72, Yogender Singh 31, Prakesh Khari 31, Sushil Sharma 4 for 34, Vineet Kapoor 3 for 25).

Krishan Buswala came up with a deadly bowling performance of 6 for 24 to steer Professional Management Group to a crushing nine-wicket victory against Ashoka Club in a B Division match at the University ground.

Scores: Ashoka Club: 99 all out in 28.5 overs (Rajvir Verma 19, Bhaskar Vaid 19, Krishan Buswala 6 for 24, Mohinder Bisth 3 for 9).

Professional Management Group: 100 for one in 16 overs (Mahesh Prasad 57 n o, Jagdev Chauhan 27 n o, Gaurav 1 for 27).

Gemini Club beat Ajmal Khan by 14 runs in an A-II Division match at the DAV College ground.

A fine knock of 65 runs by K.Rohtagi was the highlight of Gemini’s comfortable victory to earn full points. The crowd also appreciated his strokeful knock.

Score: Gemini Club: 180 for 9 in 35 overs (Kshitij Rohtagi 65, Ashwin Kumar 34, Naresh Kumar 2 for 21).

Ajmal Khan Club: 166 all out in 26.1 overs (Ashok Chadda 57, Ajay Yadav 42, Aviral Himmat Ramka 4 for 29).

Akansha moves up in Tirath Ram Badminton
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, May 12
Akansha Nehra downed Tulika Negi 7-5,7-3 to move into the second round of the 13th Pt. Tirath Ram Badminton Tournament at the New Era Public School court in the Capital.

In a virtually one-sided encounter in the Under-16 girls’ section, Akansha Nehra played steady badminton to outwit Negi. In another interesting match in the girls section, Smriti Kharbandha got the better of Neha Gill 7-4,7-4. Sweta toyed with S. Sood 7-0,7-2, Vinita Mehta v Sheetal Jindal 7-1,7-1 and Guncha v Sikha Gill 7-0,7-1 in other matches.

In the under-13 boys section, Udit Wadwa scraped past Ankit Sood 8-6,7-0, Naval Kumar b Abhishek Mangla 7-0,7-2, Abhinav Prakash b Ankur Suri 7-1,7-2 and Arpit Kohli v Tarun Bhatia 7-2,7-1.

Sachin fan wins Super Selector contest
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, May 12
Tushar Mali, a marketing expert and a diehard Sachin Tendulkar fan from Mumbai, has emerged as the Super Selector for the Month of April.

The ESPN Star Sports’ innovative, interactive and integrated game show, Super Selector, selected the best team amassing a mind-boggling super score of over four thousand points.

Tushar Mali has won a trip to London to watch a weekend of cricket during the India tour of England. Tushar will join the ESPN Star Sports commentators at Lord’s to watch the India vs England One-Day International on June 29 and at the Oval to watch the India vs Sri Lanka One-Day International to be played on June 30.

“It’s a dream-come-true prize”, exclaimed Tushar Mali to Javed Jaffrey, who hosted the winner’s show on ESPN. Javed Jaffrey will be anchoring the Super Selector game show while Naseeruddin Shah is out of India to meet with his theatre commitments.

New Zealand’s Daryl Tuffy, the least chosen player, did the trick for Tushar.

The 23-year-old fast medium bowler Tuffy amassed 463 points during the month of April, and won Tushar the Super Selector crown.

Tushar Mali will share the ESPN Star Sports’ commentary box with cricketing legends Sunil Gavaskar, Geoff Boycott and Navjot Singh Sidhu.

Sachin Tendulkar and the Australian team are Mali’s favourites. For the April contest, he had entered 50 teams!

Tushar Mali is virtually addicted to this popular game show. “ Well, I love this game show and I desperately wanted to win the big prize”, reacted Tushar.

No wonder,Tushar Mali wants to continue playing Super Selector for as long as he can.

V K Gupta elected president
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, May 12
V. K. Gupta has been elected as president of the Softball Association of India (SFI) in the elections held at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, last week.

Mr Gupta has been a vice-president of the SFI for the last eight years. He is also the president of the UP Softball Association.

The UP Softball Association hailed Gupta’s elevation.

Meat shops to be shifted to new market
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, May 12
The Sonepat Municipal Council has decided to shift all the meat shops from the city areas to the meat market near the slaughterhouse along Drain No. 6 on the Ambala Road.

Giving this information, Mr Y. S. Gupta, Executive Officer of the municipal council, told mediapersons here today that the council had convened a special meeting of the unlicensed meat shopkeepers and they were informed about the directive issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Haryana Municipal (Regulation of Slaughter Housing) Act 1973 on the issue. They were also told that they should seek licences before the sale of meat and slaughter of animals.

He disclosed that the council would issue necessary licences within the period of three months to the shopkeepers selling meat and they should open their shops near the new slaughterhouse situated along Drain no 6 on the Ambala road.

Mr Gupta also disclosed that the council had also issued temporary licences to at least 12 meat sellers: Mr Shyam, Mr Parkash, Mr Ram Kumar, Mr Nem Chand, Mr Bijender, Mr Ashok, Mr Bhim Singh, Mr Ram Kumar, Mr Nahnu, Mr Gopal, Mr Alisher and Mr Ram Mehar.

He warned that the violation of the order issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court would attract legal action against the sellers of meat. He appealed to all the meat sellers to seek licences by May 14 positively. According to Mr Gupta, the municipal council had already received a grant of Rs 7.10 lakh from the state government for the construction of a modern slaughterhouse in the city. As many as 14 shops would be constructed and these would be auctioned to sellers.

The state government, it may be recalled, has allocated Rs 2.42 crore for the construction of modern slaughterhouses within the jurisdiction of the civic bodies in the state during the current financial year. This step has been taken to check the illegal sale of meat by the shopkeepers.