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Delayed power connection cost PGI Rs 22 lakh Chandigarh, April 2 The PGI audit report has objected to the expenditure of Rs 22.92 lakh by the Radiodiagnosis Department on getting a CT scan machine repaired when it had already been declared condemned. “Failure of the department in installing two newly acquired machines resulted in an avoidable expenditure of Rs 22 lakh,” said the audit report. As per the report, head of the department in his note on October 8, 2001, claimed that the CT scan machine, Siemens Somoton HIQ, after being used for eight years had outlived its life and finally stopped working on January 1, 2002. During the audit it was found that the department had incurred an expenditure of over Rs 22 lakh during November, 2001, and January, 2002, even though it had outlived its life. Even after incurring the huge expenditure, the machine did not work satisfactorily and finally stopped working. On the other hand the two new CT scan machines, Hy Speed Single Slice (DX-1) and light speed plus Multi Slice, had been received in October, 2001, but were installed in November and December after spending money on repairing the condemned machine. The PGI has to bear the rush of patients from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh. Barring the emergency cases in which CT scan is done immediately, patients have to wait for very long to get a date for CT scan. Majority of the patients coming to PGI are from the lower income group as they cannot afford too get the scan done from private centres.  |
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Release salaries: PGI staff Chandigarh, April 2 Mr Chander said on making enquires from the accounts section at the PGI, they had been told that it could take another week before the salaries could be given. He requested the authorities to make arrangements for payment of salaries from some other funds so that the employees did not have to adopt a confrontationist attitude. |
Floodlit court of volleyball opened Chandigarh, April 2 Mr Bansal appreciated the achievements of the STC trainees in athletics, volleyball, hockey and basketball. He said earlier also the funds were given for concrete basketball courts in Government Model School, Sector 22, and in IS Dev Samaj Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 21. Mr Puranjit Singh, Chief Engineer, UT, said the volleyball court of the SAI in Sector 18 would be made floodlit out of the budget of the Engineering Department. A volleyball match between trainees of the STC-18 was also held. Later, players of the centre were honoured by the chief guest. Tennis tourney There are 120 participants in the second leg of the Total Tennis Academy circuit which began at St Soldier’s Total Tennis Academy, Sector 16, Panchkula, on Wednesday. The events are being held in under-10, under-12, under-14 and under-18 sections. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Mr L.D. Kapoor, Director, TTA. The results are: Boys under-10: Samin Bharghav b Aayush Chandel; Yaask Bansal b Ravmehar Singh; Ardaas Singh b Manik; Ankur Diwan b Sampuran; Prabhdeep Singh b Priyadeep Singh; and Vidur b Raghav. Under-12 : Samin Bharghav b Brijender B Singh; Karan Bhai b Bharat Arora; Sidhartha Bhutani b Jasjeet; and Devin Markanda b Mandeep Arora. Under-14: Aakash b Sagar; Ankit Badani b Arjun Grewal; Jasjeet Singh b Raghavinder Singh; and Sidhartha Baidwan b Jasjeet. Under-18: S Ranamagar b Sushant Arora; Gursimran Brar b Kunal Tuteja; Uday Mehra b Yadu Verma; Jasjeet Singh b Sahil Mittal; Ankit Badani b Sidhartha Bhutani; and Sohail Harsh b Deepak
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New Astroturf at sports complex soon Chandigarh, April 2 Though the approval for relaying the turf had been given by the UT Administration, the process of inviting tenders, and negotiation with vendors took a long time. The project was accorded to South West Recreational Industrial Corporation having its headquarters at Texas, USA, for Rs 1.37 crore, said Dr J.P.S. Sidhu, Joint Director, Sports, UT Administration. The material consignment has reached Delhi and the moment we complete the bank guarantee procedure and other formalities, then the clearance for the turf can be given, Mr Sidhu said. He said the carpeting of the metalled road had been done keeping in mind the technicalities of the field. The experts from the USA would first check the same and then decide about the laying of the turf. Earlier, every turf for hockey in India was laid under the brand name Astro whose rights vested earlier with a company named Balsam. Later this firm was wound up and finally, South West Corporation acquired the term Astro. People generally mistake every hockey turf to be Astro Turf. Mr Sidhu said the same US company had laid a hockey turf in Jalandhar. Mr Sidhu said apart from its regular use by hockey trainees, there was a plan to throw the facilities open to various reputed hockey clubs and organisation teams. The department could also charge lump sum amount from these institutions. |
Drive to check sale of sub-standard products Chandigarh, April 2 The move is significant as roadside vendors have been openly selling ice-creams, milk shakes and banta-bottles prepared by local manufacturers under unhygienic conditions. The consumption of these unhygienically-prepared items has been causing diarrhoea, as well as skin and contagious diseases, besides gastro-enteritis and water-borne diseases. Taking a serious view of the matter, a ban was imposed last summer on the sale of local ice-creams and other products as the food items were being prepared under unhygienic conditions which had led to the outbreak of cholera and other water-borne diseases. The ban was lifted after three months following a change in the season, but nothing was done to ensure the hygienic preparation of the food stuff. The authorities, with the onset of summers, have now initiated action against vendors offering sub-standard products. According to sources in the Health Department, raids have been conducted at Attawa in Sector 42, where oil samples, among other things, were seized. The officials have also been patrolling Sector 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 30 and 38, besides Kumhar Colony and other slums, looking for vendors offering flavoured milk in grimy glasses or adulterated ice-cream. A senior Health Department official, when contacted, said the shortage of staff was not permitting them to carry out the operation in full swing. He added that some vendors, taking advantage of limited resources, surfaced only after the sunset in an attempt to avoid the officials. “The fear of authorities is the last thing on their minds,” the officer asserted. “The vendors, aware of the fact that the enforcement staff of the Health Department is not expected after sunset, violate the rules of hygiene everyday after 8 pm”. |
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Notification
on bar licencees for discos Chandigarh,
April 2 For selling these flavoured drinks in ready-to-drink packaging, the
licence fee will be Rs 35,000 per brand. The licence for selling
imported wine can be obtained for Rs 5,000. These ready-to-drink
beverages can be sold from all liquor vends. A permit fee of Rs 5 per
case will be payable on these beverages. The administration also
fixed the fee that will be imposed on Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL)
when issued to troops or the Central Reserve Police Force Indo-Tibetan
Border Police which will be Rs 7 per bulk litre for 50 per cent of
stocks during the year and this will be doubled for rum. Also duty
on IMFL has been fixed at Re 1 per proof litre. On imported liquor,
this will be Rs 10 per proof litre. An additional licence fee on
imported foreign liquor, rum, brandy, gin, liquor, vodka will be Rs 10
per bulk litre and import fee will be Re 1. |
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