HEALTH

Resettlement colony to get health care centre
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 22
Arpana Swasthya Kendra, in partnership with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, will be running a health facility to cater to the needs of 25,000 residents of Molar Bund in Gautam Puri, a resettlement colony near Sarita Vihar.

Speaking at the opening function of the health centre, Ram Babu Sharma, chairman of the Standing Committee of the MCD, said here on Sunday that he was quite impressed by the record of the Arpana people in serving the poor and the underprivileged, and decided that the MCD could entrust the World Bank-funded medical building to them to provide health care to the poor of the area. He promised liberal grants for the Swasthya Kendra to carry on the work. Arpana chief executive R N Sabharwal, tracing the genesis of the social work by his organisation in Delhi, recalled the services rendered by the Arpana family to the poor residents of the Indira camp.

On relocation of those slum dwellers at Molar Bund along with others, Arpana now has the responsibility of caring for the health needs of a larger population. He considered it an opportunity. In fact, it was a privilege extended by the poor of society to the better-off sections. “We are beholden to the poor and not the other way round,” he said.

The chief executive also thanked the people of Japan who had provided the latest equipment and an ambulance for the use of the health centre.

SPORTS

Tanmay, Dhruv sail into TT semi-finals
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 22
Tanmay Gupta of Rukmini Devi Public School and Dhruv Arora of Apeejay School entered the semi-finals of the sub-junior boys singles in the Chandravati Bhatnagar Manav Sthali Open Table Tennis Tournament at the Talkatora stadium in New Delhi. Unseeded Tanmay Gupta upset fourth-seeded Kartik Kukreja 11-6, 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5 while Dhruv Arora beat Varun Anand 11-9 14-16, 5-11, 11-7, 11-8.

In the sub-junior girls pre-quarter-finals, Kanchi Sethi of Convent of Rani Jhansi School created a mild upset when she beat Nishtha Garg 11-5, 13-11, 8-11, 11-8. Devgani Dhingra beat Mehar Malhotra 11-4, 11-1 to win the tiny tots girls title. In the semi-finals, Devgani beat Kendra Gandhi 11-0, 11-1 while Mehar beat Aashna Sachdeva 11-1, 11-2. Kendra Gandhi beat Aashna Sachdeva to take the third place. In the midget category title clash, Maitrey Mahajan beat Bharat Kumar 11-6, 11-6. In the semi-finals, Bharat beat Harsh Gupta 11-9, 9-11, 11-9 while Maitreyi beat Abhishek Srivastava 11-6, 11-5. Harsh Gupta beat Abhishek Srivastava 9-11, 11-5, 11-8 to finish third. Raghav Pangasa beat Sahil Sachdeva 11-4, 12-10 to lift the tiny tots boys title. In the semi-finals, Raghav beat Priyank Sood 12-10, 13-11 while Sahil Sachdeva beat Anmol Kumar 11-7, 11-6. Priyank beat Anmol Kumar 11-7, 11-9 for the third place.

Following are the other results: Sub-junior boys quarter-finals: Dhruv Arora b Varun Anand 11-9, 14-16, 5-11, 11-7, 11-8; Tanmay Gupta b Kartik Kukreja 11-6, 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5; Sajal Khandelwal b Aman 7-11, 11-5, 11-8, 4-11, 13-11; King BK b Akash Verma 11-13, 11-6, 11-2, 11-2. Girls singles quarter-finals: Apna Bhalla b Joshita Bhushan 11-7, 11-6, 11-9, 11-13, 15-13; Esha Monga b Aanchal Batra 11-6, 11-8, 11-8, 13-11; Deepshikha Verma b Prashni Taneja 11-4, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4; Shikha Sharma b Sanya Sehgal 12-10, 11-7, 11-8, 4-11, 11-5.

Ahbab edges past Frontier in Delhi Soccer
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 22
Ahbab sneaked past Frontier Club 2-1 in a Group II preliminary league match of the Delhi Soccer Association-SAIL A Division Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium on Tuesday. Vikram Sharma scored once in each half to account for Ahbab’s goals while Rajesh Kumar pulled off the consolation goal for Frontier. Ahbab has earned three points from two matches while Frontier Club are yet to open their account, after two matches.

Hans Club and Panchkuian were locked in a 1-1 draw in a Group II match. Hans took the lead in the 36th minute through Ahish Ghdiyal while Rajesh Rawat drew level for Panchkuian in the 55th minute. Hans have collected two points from two matches while Panchkuian have earned four points from two matches.

Royal Rangers drubbed State Bank of India 4-0 in a Group I match at the Ambedkar Stadium. Rangers led by two goals at the interval. Joy Paul Raj scored the first goal in the 17th minute while Neeraj Ekka struck home the second goal a minute later. Inside-left Deo Sam increased the lead in the 51st minute while Neeraj Ekka completed the tally in the 54th minute. Royal Rangers have collected six points from two matches while State Bank have not yet opened their account.

In a Group III match at the Nehru Stadium, Delhi Cantt came from behind to hold Garhwal Diamond 1-1. Garhwal Diamond took the lead in the 14th minute through Devender Rawat while Jagdeep equalised for Delhi Cantt. in the 38th minute.

Wednesday’s fixtures: Rohini vs Shakti (3.45 p m); Youngmen vs Victory (5.15 p m)—Ambedkar Stadium. Paschim Heroes vs Victory (3.45 p m)—Nehru Stadium.

Delhi drub Haryana in Under-16 soccer

New Delhi: Delhi drubbed Haryana 3-0 in a Group II league match of the Sub-Junior (Under-16) National Football Championship for the Dr Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy at Haldwani in Uttranchal. The highlight of the match was a brilliant hat-trick by inside-right Anand Kabui. Kabui scored the first goal in the 17th minute while the second goal was netted in the 44th minute. He completed his hat-trick in the 58th minute. Delhi had lost to Punjab by two goals to nil in their opening match. Delhi play against Chandigarh in their last match of the group on July 24. OSR

Girls to be trained in judo, volleyball in sports nurseries
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, July 22
In order to promote sports among the girls, the sports and Youth Welfare Department of Haryana, for the first time in the history of the district, has opened two sports nurseries for girls in the Kanya Gurukul, Khanpur Kalan in the district. The Kanya Gurukul is a girls institution where nearly five thousand girls are receiving education.

According to the district sports officer, V S Dalal, in these two nurseries, the girls will be trained in Judo and Volleyball. With this, the number of sports nurseries in the district are three now with boys’ wrestling nursery at Kharkhoda, he said.

He also stated that as the district had achieved distinctions in various sports activities including wrestling, kabbadi and athletics, the department has increased the number of coaches to 23 in the district. These trainers will train the youngsters even in villages in different sports.

He said that the hefty cash awards being given by the state government to the winners in the Asian and Commonwealth Games have lured the youngsters towards sports.

The awards include Rs one crore for gold medal winner, Rs 50 lakh to a silver medal winner and Rs 25 lakh to a bronze medal winner in Olympic games; Rs 10 lakh, Rs 7 lakh and Rs 5 lakh to gold, silver and bronze medal winners in Asian games respectively. Similarly, the winners of these medals in Commonwealth games are being given cash awards of Rs 7 lakh, Rs 5 lakh and Rs 3 lakh respectively, he said.

Battle royale expected in golf tour opener
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 22
No 1 Mukesh Kumar, who has been leading the Indian golf tour for the past four years, and Jyoti Randhawa, the No 1 professional in Asia, will cross swords in the Rs 18 lakh Kashmir Open, which starts at the Royal Springs Golf Course on Wednesday. A battle royal is expected as the cream of Indian golf will be vying for top honours in the first ‘major’ of the season. A field of 110 professionals and 15 amateurs will tee off, as for the first time, the tournament has attracted a full field. The top prize is an enticing Rs 2,91,600 and a three-year exemption on the tour.

Among the other big names who will be seen in action are defending champion and No 2 in the last season’s Order of Merit Digvijay Singh, former Indian Open champion Vijay Kumar, Harmeet Kahlon, Arjun Singh, Uttam Singh Mundi, Gaurav Ghei, Ashok Kumar, Rahil Gangjee, Rahul Ganapathy and Gurbaaz Maan, and veterans Rohtas Singh, Ali Sher and Shiv Prakash.

Also making his debut on the Hero Honda Indian Golf Tour this season would be Sri Lankan professional Anura Rohana.

Randhawa, who returned from the British Open on Monday, was all praise for the course.

Mukesh Kumar, winner of the title in 2001, was cautiously optimistic about his chances. Reigning champion Digvijay Singh has not only changed his woods and irons, but his swing and putter as well. The main tournament will conclude on Saturday, and the pro-am will be played on Sunday.