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PGI’s 40 ad hoc docs fear foul play Chandigarh, August 26 A decision had been taken up at the last governing body meeting on May 12 this year, to re-examine their request, as a similar case had come up at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). “We know that the governing body will give a sympathetic consideration to our genuine request, but the manner in which other ineligible names are being added to the list of 40 doctors by the PGI, we apprehend that the case might be rejected,” said a doctor. Keeping in view the politics being played by some vested interests at the PGI, we might once again take up the issue with the Union Health Minister, Ms Sushma Swaraj, because if our case is rejected once, it will never be taken up again,” said some of the doctors. The request of these doctors, who were appointed on ad hoc basis between 1994 and 1999, before being regularised, was included in the agenda for the last three meetings, but could not be taken up due to paucity of time. The batch of these 40 doctors had written to the former Union Health Minister seeking his intervention, as they were being made to “suffer” for no fault of theirs. “It was for the first time in the history of the PGI that regular interviews could not be held for a period of five years between 1994 and 1999 and all of us were appointed on ad hoc basis during this period,” they said. Senior PGI officials informed that the situation arose because the interviews scheduled for July, 1995, 1997 and 1998 could not be held due to clarification sought by the Director, PGI, regarding a High Court judgement in a case pertaining to recruitment of faculty. This resulted in ad hoc service lasting for several years for this batch of 40 assistant professors. The subsequent request of these 40 doctors to the PGI after their regularisation on the directions of the High Court in 1999 was turned down. “It was only after the refusal of the institute to accept our request for consideration of the ad hoc period that we decided to raise the issue at the level of the Union Ministry,” they elaborated. The date for the next meeting is yet to be decided but these doctors are apprehensive about the fate of their request, which will adversely affect their career prospects. |
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Dr Swami likely to head GMCH Chandigarh, August 26 Sources said Dr Swami would be given charge since Prof
S.B.S. Mann submitted his resignation on Saturday evening. The orders are expected to be issued tomorrow. |
DAV skaters steal the show Chandigarh, August 26 In the final, KB DAV players trounced St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, 10-4. Amandeep scored five goals, Chetanpreet three, while Satish Mishra netted two goals for the team. In the individual events, the school skaters won one gold medal, two silver medals and one bronze medal. In rink race-II, Manjit Singh of the school clinched a gold medal, while Sachin Mohan secured a silver medal in the under-14 section. In road races, Manjit Singh won a silver medal, while Karan Lamba won a bronze medal in the under-14 section. Ms Madhu Bahl, Principal of the school, appreciated the achievement of the skaters and announced special awards for them.
Yog Raj academy wins Yog Raj Singh Cricket Academy won the third friendship cricket under-14 match played at Satluj Public School in Sector 4, Panchkula, today. They beat Satluj Coaching Centre by nine wickets in 16.5 overs. Himanshu was adjudged man of the match. Satluj Coaching Centre won the toss and were bowled out for 116. Nitesh Chopra with 38 runs and Nitesh Bhardwaj with 24 were the main scorer for Satluj Coaching Centre. Pusphsar got two wickets giving 14 runs. Yog Raj Singh Cricket Academy put up a solid opening stand of 99 runs. Himanshu scored 58 runs off 45 balls and hit three sixes and six fours. Manav Vohra scored 39 runs and hit six fours. Brief scores: Satluj Coaching Centre: 116 all out in 24.5 overs (Nitesh Bhardwaj 24, Nitesh Chopra 38, Vipul 13 not out; Pusphsar two for 14 and Akshit two for 21). Yog Raj Singh Cricket Academy: 117 for one in 16.5 overs (Himanshu 58, Manav Vohra 39 not out).
Swimming meet Patiala:
The 20th All-India Inter-Public School Aquatics Championship will be held at the NIS swimming pool from September 5 to 7. The three-day meet, which is being hosted by Yadvindra Public School (YPS), has attracted teams from as many as 11 public schools. The schools that have confirmed their participation are: Birla Public School, Pilani; Daly College, Indore; Delhi Public School (DPS), RK Puram, New Delhi; DPS, Mathura Road, New Delhi; Lawrence School, Dehra Dun; Modern School, New Delhi; Punjab Public School (PPS), Nabha; Pravara Public School, Pravaranagar; Scindia School, Gwalior; and Tashi Namgyal Academy, Gangtok. Ms Mohinder Kaur, mother of the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, will inaugurate the championship. |
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National
car rally comes calling Chandigarh, August 26 The rally will be flagged off from the city and will run in the lower hills, west of Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh. The total length of the route is 500 km and the special stage or competitive section will involve 120 km. The rally follows a cloverleaf pattern where three special stages will be repeated thrice over the two days (September 20 and 21). The rally will be flagged off from Sector 17 Plaza by the Governor of Punjab, Justice O.P. Verma (retd), and will then move on to a spectator super special. Here, two cars will race together on a specially designed off-road track where spectators can witness the action of high-speed racing. The rally will have best drivers in the country like three-time national champion Naren Kumar who finished fourth in the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship 2002 and won the FIA Asian Zone Championship 2001, seven-time national champion N. Leelakrishnan, and a local hero and national champion-2000 Karandip Singh. The rally has been sponsored by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. Medical support for the event is provided by Fortis Heart Institute. This is an opportunity for local drivers to prove their mettle and possibly get selected by teams on the lookout for fresh talent. Only MAI homologated cars All cars must conform to the strict technical and safety specifications laid down by the FIA, Appendix J, Technical Regulations for Group N, 2003. The car classifications will be: up to 1600cc class; 801-1400cc class, up to 800cc class, Gypsy class and the Rally Star Cup. The total prize money will be Rs 3 lakh with the maximum prize going to the winner of the Rally Star Cup to encourage young drivers. Safety features like specially fabricated roll cage that prevents the car from crumpling in when it has turned over, quick-release four-point harness for seats, special rally seats, helmets with a minimum of an ISI mark, complete restrengthening of the car and its undercarriage to prevent the car from breaking up when driving hard on bad road surfaces are just some of the requirements to adhere to for the rally. Entries close on September 13, 2003. For details on the MAI Sporting/Technical Regulations, 2003 and any other enquires send your e-mail to: motorsport1@glide.net.in |
Council for zoning of sanitation work Panchkula, August 26 While the council proposes to distribute the sanitation work into four zones before allotting the next contract, the maintenance of streetlights will be distributed into two zones. These proposals will be taken up during the August 29 special meeting of the council. The council President, Ms Seema Chaudhary, said zoning of the projects would increase efficiency. “Other than this, the terms and conditions for the contract to be allotted have been changed and will be put before the House for the final approval”, she said. While the sanitation contract will end on September 30, the contract for maintenance of streetlights will end by the year-end. It is learnt that as per the new contract prepared by the council for bidders of the sanitation project, the contractor would have minimum 450 safai karamcharis and would have to take care of sanitation projects of 13 villages within the council limits. In order to ensure efficiency, the new contract also stipulates that the contractor will be fined Rs 2,500 in case of a heap of garbage found in the town. In case of maintenance of streetlights, the council has decided to distribute the area into two zones. Regarding the increasing stray cattle menace in the township, Ms Chaudhary said: “The cattle released by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation enter into Panchkula and cause a problem for us. We have now written to the Mayor, Chandigarh, asking him to ensure that their stray cattle is left outside the jurisdiction of the town”. |
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All set for
recarpeting of roads Chandigarh, August 26 At the meeting attended by the Commissioner, Mr M.P. Singh, the Chief Engineer, Mr V.K. Bhardwaj, the Deputy Mayor, Mrs Geeta Chaudhary, the Chairman of the roads committee, Mr Sohan Lal Vaid, Mr Pardeep Chabra and Ms Anu Chatrath, both councillors, a list for works which had been completed and the works planned to be completed in the next four months were tabled. Mr Chawla suggested that the roads where patchwork was required should be identified and the latest machinery be purchased for repairs. The Mayor would visit Sectors 8, 9, 18, 19, 20 and 33 to review the status of works. The list of works to be completed in the coming four months are:
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Politics
in road repairs too? Chandigarh, August 26 In a letter to Mayor Subhash Chawla with separate copies to the Corporation Chief Engineer, the Commissioner and the Road Committee members, the councillor from ward number one, — Mr Chander Mukhi Sharma — says roads in some wards carpeted “as early as 1997” are being recarpeted. However, other roads carpeted before 1996 are being ignored. Such roads, he asserts, are in a “pitiable state”. Giving details, the councillor says a road in Sector 31, and a parking lot in Sector 46 were recarpeted in 1997. But repair work is being carried out once again. On the other hand, there are roads in his ward which were recarpeted much earlier, but nothing is being done. This, the councillor says, in despite the fact that he has talked to the Mayor personally in January this year. Mr Sharma has enclosed a list of 22 roads in “very poor” condition carpeted before 1996, including V-3 roads between Sectors 2 and 11, 3 and 10, 4 and 9, 5 and 8, 12 and 2, 2 and 3, 4 and 5, 7 and 8, 8 and , besides V-4 roads in front of Sector 7 market and Sector 9. The other roads are V-5 roads in Sectors 2, 7-A and B, in Sector 9 and 10, along with Sector 11. Even the parking lots in Sectors 3, 4, 5 and 11, at the rear of Sector 7 and on Madhya Marg are in poor condition. He says the Road Committee has duly approved the recarpeting of almost all roads in his ward, whereas the ones in Sector 31 and Sector 46 have been pushed up without any exigency. “Moreover, the elected councillor of the ward is to be taken into confidence, but no such consent was sought from him”, Mr Sharma claims. Regarding the “Priority Committee”, Mr Sharma alleges that the “same has no mention in the Punjab Municipal Act”, applicable in Chandigarh also. The decision to set up the committee, he claims, “has been taken in a dictatorial fashion, which does not fit in the present democratic set-up”. Confirming the information regarding the letter, Mr Sharma, when contacted, said: “If timely repair is not carried out, more money will be required for the purpose”. The Mayor, meanwhile, expressed ignorance regarding the letter written by the councillor. “I do not remember receiving any such letter”, he said. |
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