SPORTS

Taskeen, Kinshuk win tennis titles
Our Sports Reporter

Taskeen outplayed Daksha Mulley of Maharashtra in both age groups, while winning the under-14 title at 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 and 6-3, 6-4 in the under-16 section. Kinshuk made short work of Allan Gomes of Gujarat, winning 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the boys under-14 section.

Britannia campaign

The “best wishes” campaign launched by Britannia for the Indian cricket team for the World Cup today witnessed a massive response here today at Sector 17 and in front of various schools and cinema halls.

The “Britannia Khao World Cup Jao” campaign has already become quite popular with children and youths. Today, the signature campaign lasted more than two hours, with boys and girls in cricket uniform attracting the public.

They wrote fantastic slogans in the form of wishes, including “Yes you can win, you can win, if you play like a team”, “Come on — beg, borrow or steal, we want the cup on Indian wheel”, and “You must win the cup with josh and hosh, tumhare saath hain 100 crore.”

A schoolkid advised the Indian cricket team — “No fix, only six”. Tomorrow, the signature campaign will be held at Sukhna Lake.

PEC XI win

An unbeaten knock of 70 runs by Satish Chaudhary enabled Punjab Engineering College employees cricket team to beat the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, cricket team by seven wickets in the fourth City Beautiful invitational cricket tournament, played here at the Cricket Stadium, Sector 16. In another tie, Government Press, Sector 18, defeated Chandigarh Housing Board XI by five wickets.

Football tournament

Mohali Football Club will organise the first Jarnail Singh memorial open football tournament from January 2 to 4 at the football ground, Phase VIII, SAS Nagar. Those interested may contact BK Flour Mills, SCF I, Phase II, SAS Nagar, at phone No. 223338.

Sanjay Public School win

Sanjay Public Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, defeated Gian Jyoti Public School, SAS Nagar, by nine wickets in the Milo cricket tournament played here today.

CCA to hold tournament

The inaugural Kesar Singh Anand memorial cricket tournament will be organised by the Chandigarh Cricket Association (affiliated to the Haryana Cricket Association) from December 29. Entries close on December 24. Those interested can contact Kamal Mehra at phone No. 654857.

ADMINISTRATION

Pvt parties to sink tubewells in Mohali
Kulwinder Sangha

SAS Nagar, December 21
Dissatisfied with the work of the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board (PWSSB), the Municipal Council has decided to assign the job of sinking tubewells in the town to private parties. Sanction in this regard has been received by the civic body from the state government for sinking six tubewells. Quotations have been invited for sinking three deep-bore tubewells to augment the water supply system in Phases X and XI and the Industrial Area (Phase IX).

The estimated cost of the tubewells in the two residential areas is more than Rs 14 lakh and that in the Industrial Area, a little less than Rs 16 lakh. The time limit given by the council for completing the work is four months. Three more tubewells in Phases I, II and IV are to be sunk later.

It is learnt that the council had earlier invited tenders for sinking three tubewells but only two parties had responded to the invitation. Under the rules, a minimum of three parties should give quotations and only then the work gets allotted.

Earlier, the PWSSB used to sink tubewells for the council. The board had sunk tubewells in Phases IIIA, V, VII (two tubewells) and IX. According to an official estimate, each of the four tubewells were to give a water discharge of 15,000 gallons per hour. The one in Phase I X was to give a discharge of 10,000 gallons.

However, the Executive Engineer of the PWSSB, Ropar, informed the council in a letter dated January 9 that the water discharge without sand came to 5,500, 7,500,6,000,7,500 and 10,000 gallons per hour in the case of tubewells in Phase IIIA, V, VII and IX, respectively. The discharge was far below the estimated figures except in the case of the Phase IX tubewell. The Executive Engineer had stated that the discharge was inadequate as the subsoil strata in Phases I to VII was not proper.

Mr Kulwant Singh, council president, said today that the board had taken between 18 months and two years to sink tubewells. Besides, the water discharge was not as estimated. The council, therefore, decided to get tubewells sunk from private parties.