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January 16, 2003, Chandigarh, India |
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Isha declared best player Chandigarh, January 15 Deepak Sidhu and H. Sarda Devi, however, swept away with men and women singles titles, respectively. Another final, that kept spectators on tenterhooks was played between Akash Sethi and Vikas Kundu (under-19 boys). Mr M. Ramsekhar, Deputy Commissioner, was the chief guest. He appreciated the efforts made by the Chandigarh Badminton Association in hosting this meet in a befitting manner. The pulsating final between Deepak and Ashish went on unexpected lines. With a slow start and points going in favour of Ashish, it appeared if he would wrap up the match with ease. But the day belonged to Deepak whose long rallies accompanied by cross court tosses slowed the rythm of Ashish who mainly concentrated on half smashes and drop shots. Finally, Deepak was able to complete the match at 15-3,15-3. Results: (all finals): boys under-19: Akash Sethi b Vikas Kundu 12-15,15-13,15-10; doubles: Gurjeet and Akash Sethi b Pankaj and Robin 15-9,13-15,15-11; girls under-19: Isha Sharma b Mala Gaba 10-13,11-9,11-8; women singles; H. Sarda Devi b Isha Sharma 11-5,11-0; doubles: Mala and Sarda b Harleen and Bhawna 11-2,13-11; mixed doubles: Sarda and Varun b Ashish and Bhawna 8-11,11-6,13-10. boys under-16: Mandeep b Oscar Bansal 6-15,15-9,15-1; men singles: Deepak Sidhu b Ashish Sharma 15-13,15-13.
Chess meet The Chandigarh Chess Association will hold an Open Prize Money Chess Tournament, sponsored by Wipro India Limited for schoolchildren (boys and girls below-16) from January 26 to 30 at Jawahar Navodya Vidyalya, Sector 25, Chandigarh. Entries close on January 24 at 9417068241.
Selection trials The UT Education Department will hold the selection trials tomorrow at Sports Complex, Sector 7, to select the UT schools athletics team for the National School Games to be held at Bangalore from January 29. The UT Education Department yesterday announced the postponement of the UT Inter-School Athletics Meet which was scheduled from January 21 while it chose to hold the trials on January 16. |
MC imposes fine for dumping malba Chandigarh, January 15 On one such site near the Sector 29 market residents from other sectors, as per corporation officials, had been continuously throwing debris in front of a vacant plot despite a clear warning against this practice. As a result of this, the entire footpath had been covered with malba, making it impossible for people to walk. The Corporation had already issued challans to several residents, besides issuing notices to others, for leaving the building material on the roads, and not dumping it at designated sites. An imposition of Rs 500 fine and recovering the transportation expenditure from the those found littering the city had also been done along with recovering the penalty from the water bill of the persons found littering the city. Around 2,000 persons had been imposed fine in this regard. According to sources in the corporation, the decision to constitute such teams for checking dumping at unauthorised sites had become necessary as a large number of residents were getting the malba removed, but were dumping it at the nearest ‘open space’ even though the site was not designated for the purpose. The corporation had earlier earmarked several ‘malba dumping sites’ all over the city. These spots were low lying and the idea was not only to level them, but also to ensure the removal of useless construction material. The reason behind the creation of such sites was that a large number of residents were not removing the construction material even after several months since the completion of renovation or construction of their houses. The gravel and the sand left behind were, as a result, clogging the drains thereby forcing the water, due to rains or washing of vehicles, to accumulate on the roads. “It was because of these reasons that a decision to create malba dumping sites was taken,” a senior official added. “The residents were asked to throw the gravel at the specified sites, or else pay fine”. The programme was successful to “quite some extent”. “A large number of residents, either out of a sense of responsibility, or apprehending the imposition of fine, had started removing the debris,” the official confirmed. “But somewhere in the process, the labourers, instead of dumping the malba at the specified spot, started throwing it at the nearest open space”, he added. The practice, he further concluded, “would come to an end very soon as the special teams would try and spot the erring residents and take action against them in accordance with the rules and regulations, which would include the imposition of fine”.  |
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100 rehris, pharis removed Chandigarh, January 15 The Tesildar (Enforcement), Mr Bhagwan Dass Vishnoi, said the campaign would continue in other sectors for the removal of the encroachment in the city. The anti-encroachment officials conducted the operation between 11 am and 4.30 pm. The staff focused on the removal of rehris, pharis and encroachments inside the market. Mr Vishnoi said the operation was peaceful. A large number of challans were issued and goods seized. Fearing clashes between shopkeepers and the MC staff, the enforcement wing had kept the local police stand-by for the operation. The encroachers had set up their shops in the parking area in the market creating inconvenience to the visitors to the market. |
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