SPORTS

Chandigarh comfortably placed
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, June 5
Chandigarh piled up 299 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the stipulated 90 overs on the first day of the three-day final match against Jalandhar in the Punjab State Inter-district Under-17 Cricket Tournament for ML Markan Trophy played here today at PCA stadium, SAS Nagar. Earlier, Chandigarh won the toss and elected to bat.

Uday Kaul was the star batsman for Chandigarh with a masterful innings of 108 runs. Other batsmen who supported him were Raj Angad with 79 runs, followed by Gaurav Gambhir with 61 runs. Sumit Kalia claimed three wickets for 79 runs. Vikramjit and Rahul Sarangal were at the crease at nine and one run, respectively.

P’kula team triumphs

Panchkula District Cricket Coaching Centre beat MES, Patiala, 5-0 in a five-match under-12 series played at Cricket Stadium, Panchkula. In the fifth and final tie, Panchkula team outclassed MES by 92 runs. Panchkula won the toss and elected to bat first.

Superb batting performance by Shankar with 64 runs, followed by A. Purusharthy with 25 runs and Karan Goyal with 21 runs, enabled Panchkula score 152 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 30 overs.

In reply, MES was bundled out for 60 runs. Shankar was also declared man of the match. Pulkit Sharma and Karan Goyal were declared joint best players of the tournament. Ankit Sharma was declared best batsman, while Karan Chilana was chosen best bowler. Manveer of MES, Patiala, was chosen best wicket-keeper.

Golf meet

The Chandigarh Golf Association will hold golf tournament for serving and retired civil servants of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and the Government of India posted at Chandigarh. According to Mr D.P. Azad, president, Chandigarh Golf Association, this meet will be held on June 14 at the Chandigarh Golf Club. The tournament would have attractive prizes for the position holders. Entries close on June 12.

Women soccer team

Shruti Kapania will lead the Chandigarh Women Football team in the 11th Senior Women National Football Championship to be held at Chennai from June 8 to June 24. According to Mr Ravinder Talwar, president, Chandigarh Football Association, the team members are: Neetu Chauhan, Baljinder, Simran, Gurpreet, Rekha, Neetu Chaudhary, Richa Walia, Jaideep Kaur, Anita, Pinki Sharma, Rinki Sharma, Manpreet, Tinu Bedi, Shivani, Ayushi, Sugandha and Sameena.

ADMINISTRATION

Rs 10 cr earmarked for Panchkula distt
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, June 5
The Haryana Government has earmarked a sum of Rs 10 crore for Panchkula district under the Kandi project for the current financial year, of which Rs 5.5 crore will be spent on the construction of bridges, roads and link roads under the Rural Development Scheme.

This was stated at a district-level meeting held under the chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner, Ms Satwanti Ahlawat, today. The meeting was called to review the progress of various development activities going on under the Kandi project.

It was also stated that during the current financial year, seven sub-surface dams, five big water harvesters, 20 small water harvesters and 300 cattle sheds would be constructed. Farmers of the area would be encouraged to adopt crop diversification and would be imparted training in the cultivation of mushroom and off-season vegetables as part of the campaign being implemented in the state.

While presiding over the meeting, Ms Ahlawat directed the officers to take effective steps to ensure the active participation of common people in the Kandi project. Expressing her concern over the fast decreasing water table in the district, she stressed the need for creation of storage capacity for storm water, as it would not only meet the irrigation and drinking water needs, but also recharge the underground water table in the district.