Second win for Guru Harikrishan School
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, August 24
Guru Harikrishan Public School beat SAN Model High School by 18 runs to register their second win in a row in the Ist Surinder Saini Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament (boys u-19) being organised by the Sunflower Professionals Academy at the Ballonkey Road, Haibowal Kalan, here today.

Batting first, Guru Harikrishan Public School made 132 runs after losing four wickets. Karan Puri and Manpreet played well and contributed 49 and 19 runs, respectively.

In reply, SAN Jain Model High School could scored 114 runs in their quota of 20 overs.

Brief scores: Shree Guru Harkrishan Public School — 132 for 4 (Karan Puri 29, Manpreet 19, Rajesh Walia 11, Parampreet 11, Bablu 12, Vishal 1 for 21 and Shagun 1 for 13); SAN Jain Model High School — 114 for 8 (Sahil 11, Amit 7, Chinton 8, Rarun 11, Vikas 7, Varun 7, Ankur 18, Vineet 5, Karan Puri 2 for 16, Sanjeev 1 for 9, Gurpreet 1 for 11, Satnam 2 for 10, Harbeer 1 for 24 and Sahil 1 for 5).

Cricket tourney

The Ist Sunflower Champions Trophy will be organised from September 1 at the Sunflower Professionals Academy, Ballankey Road, Haibowal Kalan, Ludhiana. According to press note issued here today by Mr Rakesh Saini, former Punjab Ranji player and organiser of the tournament, this will be a knock-out meet. The winners of this tournament will get a cash prize of Rs 7,100 while the runner-up will pocket Rs 5,100.

Entries may be sent by August 28 to Mr Rakesh Saini at the academy office or contacted at phone no 473848.

ADMINISTRATION

MC prepares integrated development programme
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, August 24
The municipal corporation has prepared an ‘integrated development programme’ for development of the city and to ensure qualitative improvement in the civic amenities and infrastructural facilities in the city localities.

The MC Commissioner, Mr S.K. Sharma, said the development of the inner areas of all wards and the over-all progress and development of the city would be ensured. While civic amenities to the localities in outer wards would be provided in a phased manner, the completion of several ongoing projects would help in easing out chaotic traffic conditions.

During a review of the progress of all major development projects and other works relating to roads, water supply and sewerage, Mr Sharma directed all senior MC officials in the Engineering Wing and the O and M Cell to make sure that the projects were completed on schedule and stipulated specification were strictly adhered to.

In order to bring neglected areas at par with others, as many as 208 works of different nature were being undertaken in all the four zones of the city. In Zone A, work had already commenced on 41 projects at a cost of Rs 3.57 crore, while 38 projects (each) were in progress in Zones B and C involving an expenditure of Rs 6.32 crore and Rs 3.83 crore, respectively. Zone D had the biggest share of funds where 91 projects were being executed at an expenditure of Rs 12.02 crore. Water supply and sewerage projects, estimated to cost Rs 1.69 crore, were also in hand in the four zones in addition to the ongoing Rs 34-crore ‘Water Supply Augmentation Project’ and Rs 150-crore HUDCO financed ‘sewerage project’.

Mr Sharma said the ‘Water Supply Augmentation Project’ was near completion. The F&CC had recently approved the installation of another 20 tubewells and 25 submersible pumps in different parts of the city to tide over the occasional complaints of feeble pressure and water scarcity. The project would cost Rs 3 crore.

The MC had also taken effective steps to keep all streetlights functional in the city. At present 48 new projects for providing streetlights in different parts of the city were in progress. The supervisory staff had been instructed to maintain strict vigil on maintenance of streetlight, project entrusted to private contractors.