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Modern eye hospital in
Mansa Devi complex Chandigarh, June 4 A decision to this effect was taken in the ninth meeting of the board presided over by the Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, who is also the Chairman of the shrine board, here today. The board decided to seek proposals from charitable trusts through an advertisement in the newspapers for setting up an ultra-modern eye hospital. It was decided that the hospital would be run by the organisation which would establish it, but the policy framework would be formulated by the board. It was decided to hold an all-India competition to get the architectural design of the theme museum on mother goddess finalised for establishing it as a unique museum of its own kind. It was decided to give an award of Rs 1 lakh to the best entry highlighting various aspects of mother goddess in its architecture. The Chief Secretary, Mr L.M. Goyal, suggested that the issue to set up the theme museum be again discussed in the meeting of the board after conducting the all-India competition to finalise its plan. It was also decided to set up musical fountains using latest technology at the Shrine complex. The board also decided to acquire over 56 acres of land and use it for educational and cultural promotion of the area. A committee was constituted by the Chief Minister under the chairmanship of the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Mr M.K. Miglani, to complete the formalities to acquire the land. The board also decided that the Dharamshala, for which the Chief Minister had already laid the foundation stone during the Navratras, be constructed by the Department of Public Works (building and roads). The Chief Minister directed the Engineer-in-Chief, PWD (B&R), that the complex should be completed by the beginning of Navratras next year. It was decided that rooms for the dharamshala be got constructed through voluntary donations from the devotees. Interestingly, the functioning of all the three ‘bhandaras’ being run by various organisations at the shrine was also reviewed. It was decided that they would not be allowed to collect donations by issuing receipts at the complex of the ‘bhandaras’. The shrine board would keep its ‘daan patras’ at such ‘bhandaras’ where the pilgrims could make donations. The donations thus collected in the ‘daan patras’ would be the sole property of the shrine board. On the issue of gold and silver donated by the devotees, the Administrator of the shrine board, Mrs Jyoti Arora informed that the shrine had 9.551 kg melted gold. The Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Mr M.K. Miglani, suggested that a part of it be used to prepare gold lockets and ‘mangal sutras’ bearing the picture of Mata Mansa Devi and these be made available to the devotees on payment basis. It was informed that the receipts of the board for the year 2002-2003 might increase to Rs 3.50 crore from Rs 3.21 crore during 2001-2002. It was also informed that the board had a plan to spend over Rs 12.58 crore during the current financial year on developmental works. The expenditure would include holding of functions, organisation of Navratra Mela, developmental activities, sanitation, acquisition of land and administrative expenses. The Finance Minister, Mr Sampat Singh, Minister of State for Urban Development, Mr Subhash Goyal, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Town and Country Planning, Mr Bhaskar Chatterjee, Commissioner and Secretary, Urban Development, Mr Manik Sonawane and other senior officers of the State Government were also present in the meeting. |
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AIDS awareness camp for hair dressers Chandigarh, June 4 Mr Surinder Verma, chairman of the awareness group said the objective of the camp was to create awareness among hair dresses and beauticians and motivate them to bring behavioural change through syndrome care management of STDS in the community. Ms Surya Madura, Assistant Director, IEC, from Aids Control Society said barbers and beauty parlours were at high risk due to nature of their job. He advised them to change blade for each shave. The need for safe sex, safe blood and safe needle was stressed. Ms Sudesh Kalra, Deputy Director, Adult Education, said illiteracy was the root cause of all problems. She appealed to the barber community to join adult education centers and do vocational courses. Mr Vijay Singh Rana, Councillor, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, proposed a vote of thanks. Interaction between participants and magic show on AIDS were the main features of the workshop. |
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Soccer boys return confident Chandigarh, June 4 According to the senior SAI football coach, Mr Bhupinder Bharaj, who also accompanied these boys said, all the boys showed their optimum performance. It was a dream come true for Aita Ram (native of Garhwal), son of a class IV employee of the school, who turned to be star player for St Stephen’s side. Aita praised the sportsman spirit of the UK players. Aita said playing there gave lot of courage to kick the ball and so he scored many goals. Aita Ram struck 17 goals in 10 matches in the UK while he scored six goals in three matches played in Italy. In the UK, the team played 10 matches, having won seven. They scored 45 goals while 13 were scored against them. In Italy, the boys played three matches, lost two and one was drawn. They scored nine goals and 17 were scored against.
Cricket meet Mohali defeated Fatehgarh Sahib by nine wickets in the Minor Districts Senior Cricket Tournament played here today at SAS Nagar. Batting first, Fatehgarh Sahib were all out for 100 runs in 37 overs. Bobby scored 22, Vikram 20 and Ranbir 18 runs. Kailash Sanwal and Manpreet Singh got five and four wickets, respectively. In reply, Mohali were able to achieve the target in 18.2 overs and they hammered 103 runs for the loss of one wicket. Sukhwinder Singh Tinku remained unbeaten with 43 runs . Navjeet Singh Gill scored 41 runs.
Chess meet Sanjeev Biswas won the Chandigarh Chess Championship-2002 which concluded here last evening at Jawahar Navodya Vidyayla, Sector 25. Naveen Bansal bagged second place while Baijnath Prasad and Abhinandan Vohra were placed at third and fourth place, respectively. All the above will take part in the National ‘B’ Chess Championship to be held at Jalandhar in September this year. The final point position at the end of final round is : 5.5 pts Sanjeev, Naveen, BN Prasad; 5 pts- A.Vohra, Anil Raina, Girish.
A promising cyclist The city cyclist Akashdeep Dhillon of St Anne’s Convent School. Sector 32, has made his school proud by also securing 82.4 per cent marks in the Class X CBSE examinations. Akashdeep had taken part in the Chandigarh Cycling Championship held early this year and won various medals in different events. He also bagged honours in mountain biking meet and won second place. Akashdeep said it was due to sport, which infused confidence in him and helped in gaining desired concentration for studies. |
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Giving tips to young golfers Chandigarh, June 4 The main features of these coaching camps are lessons in grip, aim, alignment, stance, posture, chipping, pitching, sand play and putting. Simple yet highly teaching methods will be used at these camps. The youngest participant in the first camp being held from June 4 to 10 is Karan Kochhar, Dr G.S. Kochhar’s grandson. Karan will be taught golf in a unique way, kinesthetically. This method is used when the child cannot respond to verbal instruction at a very young age. The other participants in the first camp are Karan Kaila, Gaurav Kaila, Tarun Kaila, Dhruv Banerji, Nitya Punj, Nagina Chimni, Ashima Singh, Arshia Singh, Sahil Banerji and Uday. Two other camps will be held in this month — from June 18 to 24 and June 26 to June 30. Coach Ajay Gujral lived six years in Moscow. He was the first Indian to be awarded a wild card by the Russian Golf Association to participate in the European Challenge Tour Russian Open Golf Championship in Moscow. |
4.86 lakh allocated for 6 parks in Sec 22 Chandigarh, June 4 This issue could not initially find favour with councillors who thought the slogans might spark off competition from various sects in the community for acceptance of their philosophy. Apprehensions were also expressed that such slogans might lead to the demands for writing religious slogans in parks by different communities. The committee decided to get 25 per cent support from the Councillors’ fund for allocation for parks by members of the committee. The committee earlier allowed allocation of Rs 2 lakh by each of its elected member and Rs 1 lakh by a nominated member. It approved Rs 4.86 lakh for six parks in Sector 22 and one in Sector 17, Rs 2.8 lakh for four parks in Sector-21, Rs 46,200 for a shed in Sector 24 park, Rs 1,09,800 for a park in Sector 7 and Rs 1,33,314 for parks in Sector 47. |
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Blacklisted
houses still incomplete SAS Nagar, June 4 After it turned out that certain employees of the Estate Office had issued illegal completion certificates, a department inquiry showed that owners of 268 plots had benefited from it. However, the completion certificates were not cancelled. Now, PUDA has ordered to take extension fee running into lakhs of rupees from the erring plot holders. Officials of the Estate Office don’t know what to do as there has been no information on the status of these plots. In many cases, structures have been raised on such plots, but the office does not know the dates of completion. Some such houses here are still under construction, even 18 months after the owners were issued completion certificates. The field staff has been asked to conduct a survey to know the status of the plots. Sources in the Estate Office said it was difficult to ascertain the dates of completion. The extension fee collected from such plot owners could even run into a few crore rupees. The owner of an incomplete 1-kanal house in Phase VI here had been issued a completion certificate on December 21, 2000, but he still has to pay an extension fee Rs 2 lakh. The sources said there were many such cases. |
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Anti-encroachment drive in Sec 40, 41 Chandigarh, June 4 All these opening had been created on road openings thus compromising the safety of the road users. The gates were confiscated and would be returned only when the owners closed the entry with brick and cement. The team also removed structures in Sector 41 where residents were putting to use the roof of three-storey house. In the same sector two occupants had extended the balconies. Another house owner in Sector 40 had not been deterred by a drive against him in the past one week. The CHB team, in its previous effort, had removed the gate of an illegal entry in his house. but the owner had still carried on with commercial activity. This time not taking any chances his entire illegal construction was removed. |
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