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SPORTS

Canara Bank victorious
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, December 14
Canara Bank defeated the Punjab Financial Corporation by eight wickets in the first Inter-Institutional Cricket Tournament played here at Sector 5 grounds in Panchkula. In the second match, the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation beat HAFED, Panchkula, by 13 runs.

Brief scores: PFC: 99 runs all out in 22 overs (Manoj 30, Munish20, Charan Das 5 for 16, Sanjeev 4 for 12). Canara bank: 99 runs for two in16.3 overs ( Rampal Raghav 44, Charan Dass 20 n.o., Sushil 2 for 24).

In the second match: HSIDC: 145 runs for five in 22 overs (Dilbag Dahiya 30, Negi 31, Rajal Aggarwal 35, Ramesh Bali 2 for 36, J Bakshi 3 for 44). HAFED: 132 runs for eight in 22 overs (J Bakshi 30, Ramesh Bali 29, Deepak 32, Narinder Sharma 3 for 25, Sanjeev Sharma and Rajeev took two wickets each.

ADMINISTRATION

House-to-house garbage collection begins
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 14
The Chandigarh Animal Welfare and Environment Development Society (CAWEDS) today launched house-to-house garbage collection in Sector 15, which has been declared a model sector for cleanliness purposes by the Chandigarh Administration and the Municipal Corporation.

Chief Executive Officer of the CAWEDS Ishwar Singh handed over eight rickshaw carts to an NGO, Yuvsatta, which will collect the segregated garbage to carry it to two designated places. The NGO would charge Rs 15 to 20 per house for the collection of the garbage.

Yuvsatta also decided to launch a campaign with the help of NSS students of the Government College for Men, Sector 11, from December 22 in the sector.

Mayor Lalit Joshi, MP Singh and Ishwar Singh jointly distributed rickshaws to volunteers. Area Councillor Anu Chathrath and Sector 15 Residents Welfare Association President.

Admn officials blamed for inaction
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 14
Following inaction on a complaint of corruption, a local contractor has shot off a letter to the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, Delhi, blaming officials of the Chandigarh Administration for not taking action against an Executive Engineer and for trying to suppress his complaint.

Mr Ved Prakash, a government contractor, has written to the commissioner saying that he had lodged a complaint against an XEN on October 25. The complaint was marked by the UT Administrator to the Finance Secretary for inquiry. Consequently, the Chief Engineer had called him to submit an affidavit stating that he was the actual complainant. In reply, Mr Ved Prakash wrote another letter saying that his signatures could be tallied from the contract agreement for the construction of a road in Sector 50.

Though a month and half has elapsed, neither any action has come about nor has Mr Prakash been called in. In his letter to the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, he said he had exhausted all channels. In his original complaint he had said that the XEN concerned was not releasing his payments. A bribe of Rs 1.40 lakh was allegedly being demanded for a work of Rs 19 lakhs. On this complaint, General Jacob had asked for an inquiry.

Interestingly, another local businessman, Mr Parampal Singh Matharoo, had met the Administrator a few days ago and complained against the same XEN.