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SPORTS

Qualifying matches for tennis tourney today
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, January 31
The qualifying matches for the ITF Junior Tennis Tournament will begin at Tennis Stadium, Sector 10, here tomorrow. However, the incessant drizzle may disturb the schedule. The main rounds of this meet will begin from February 3. Many local players are in the fray for the qualifying rounds. This was stated in a CLTA press note issued here.

Bridge tourney: The Chandigarh Bridge Association will hold an open pair tournament at Hot Millions II, Sector17-B, here on February 2. According to Mr M.L. Panghotra, general secretary of the association, 40 pairs from Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh are expected to take part.

TT tournament: An All-India Civil Services Table Tennis tournament will be held here from February 14 to 20. According to Mr A.S. Khokhar, Secretary, Central Civil Services, Regional Board for Culture and Sports, Chandigarh the meet would be organised by Director (Sports) of the UT Administration. The selection trials for finalising the team representing RSB, Chandigarh, will be held at TT Hall, Sector 23, on 3.30 p.m. tomorrow.

Taekwondo championship: The ad hoc committee of the Chandigarh Taekwondo Association, affiliated to the Taekwondo Federation of India, will hold the Chandigarh State Taekwondo Championship at Skating Rink, Sector 10, here on February 1 and 2. Twelve clubs have confirmed their participation in this championship., said Mr Anil Vashishta, organising secretary of the association.

ADMINISTRATION

Boring job to be readvertised
Tribune News Service

SAS Nagar, January 31
The Municipal Council here has failed to elicit any response from private firms to undertake the work of boring three new tubewells in the township. According to a decision taken at the monthly general body meeting of the Council held here today, the notice calling for tenders will be readvertised as no one had responded to the last advertisement published on January 7, 2003.

This will be the third time that the advertisement regarding boring of tubewells will be repeated. The first time over when the offer was made in November 2002, only two firms had applied to undertake the work for the Council. But the Council had found their rates too high. Council officials believe that the two firms who had responded to the advertisement the first time have joined hands and are thus not offering competitive rates.

The Council has also now decided to separate the work of boring the tubewell from other associated activities and call for tenders separately for these functions. The three tubewells will be providing drinking water to residential and commercial areas in phase XI, Phase X and Industrial Area phase IX.

Among some of the other decisions that were taken at the meeting here today, the MC has given permission to the Lions Club to construct tin sheds at the cremation grounds in Phase VI and a go ahead for the construction of an octroi post on Kajehri road at the earliest. All other items on the agenda were also cleared.