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August 30, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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Dev Samaj, New Public School girls in b’ball
final Chandigarh, August 29 In the semifinals played here today, Dev Samaj girls defeated Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Sector 26, 27—17. Prabhjot scored-eight points for the winners, while Aditi with seven points was the main scorer for the losers. In the second semifinal, New Public School, defeated Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, 40-16. Shallu with 14 points was the main scorer for the winners. She was followed by Gurjeet with 10 points. Puneet Dhillon scored eight points for the losers. In the boys section semifinals tomorrow PML SD Public School, Sector 32, will face New Public School, Sector 18, while Shivalik Public School, Sector 41 will take on DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8.
TT tourney Barbie Nagpal of DAV Public school, Sector 8, Chandigarh, and Ravi Dangi of Patiala bagged the kid title in the girls and boys sections of the Professor RS Mehta Memorial Table Tennis tournament, that began here on Friday at the Sector 23 TT hall. In the girls’ section final, Barbie had to toil hard to beat Naina Suri, her schoolmate, in four games with scores being 11-6,11-9, 9-11,11-8. In the boys singles final, Ravi downed Prasoon of Panchkula in three 11-9,11-7 and 11-9. Earlier, in the semifinal (girls), Barbie beat Aishwarya, while Naina defeated Meghna. In the semifinals (boys), Ravi got the better of Rohan of Delhi, while Prasoon defeated Vaibhav of Panchkula.
Gymanastics Gymnasts of Manav Mangal school, Sector 11, Panchkula, stole the limelight by winning 10 positions out of total 12 in the gymnastics competitions organised as part of National Sports day in the Chaudhary Devi Lal Sports Complex, Sector 3, Panchkula. The various winners were, boys: under 8 category : Kartik 1 (MMS), Himanshu 2 (MMS); under-14 category: Ankit 1 (MMS), Ashish 2, (MMS); senior boys: Vinod 1 (MMS); Rohit 2 (MMS); girls: (under-8): Shalu1 (CL DAV-11), Diksha 2 (MMS); under-12: Chahat 1, (MMS); Anjali 2 (MMS); senior category: Bhawna 1 (MMS); Neha (New India Public school) .
Ball badminton meet Government Model High School, Sector 36, defeated Manav Mangal High school, Sector 21, 40-28, 40-28 to bag the sub-junior boys title in the ninth Chandigarh Sub-Junior State Ball Badminton Championship which concluded at St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, here on Friday. St Joseph’s Senior Secondary school, Sector 44 clinched the girls title. They defeated GMHS-36, 37-40, 42-40, 40-35. Neha of St Joseph’s was declared the best player, while Pankaj of GMHS-36 was declared the best player in the boys section.
St Stephen’s trophy The Chandigarh Junior girls football championship for St Stephen’s trophy will begin at the Football stadium, Sector 17, on Saturday. Three matches will be played on the first day. The meet is being held under the aegis of the Chandigarh Football Association..
Football meet for girls The Chandigarh Football Association will organise the Chandigarh State Junior Girls Football Championship for St Stephen’s Trophy from August 30 to September 2 at Football Stadium, Sector 17. According to Mr Ravinder Talwar, president of the association, the four-day meet has been sponsored under the initiative of Mr Harold Carver, Principal of St Stephen’s School. He added that 25 probables would be selected for a coaching camp in preparation of the UT team for the Junior National Football Championship to be held in Uttranchal in the last week of September. The meet will be played on a knockout-cum-league basis. |
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Cricket school opened Chandigarh, August 29 Mr Mahindra, who is also the secretary of the Haryana Cricket Association, assured the office-bearers of the Panchkula District Cricket Association (PDCA) that in future he might consider the proposal of holding state-level camp for juniors here. He also inspected the bowling machine installed there. Among those present were Mr Justice Amarjit Chaudhary, Mr Arun Grover, president of the PDCA, Ms Rajni Thareja, vice-president, Mr Sandeep Moudgil, secretary, of the PDCA, respectively, and a large number of cricket players. |
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Sports Day
celebrated Chandigarh, August 29 While addressing the students, Ajmer Singh stressed on the need for developing sports culture in the country. He said that country could make progress in the field of sports if all the citizens were physically fit. He also dwelled on some of the weaknesses which prevail in our sports policies and practices. Earlier, Principal Balvinder Singh welcomed the chief guest. Dr R.S. Brar, H.O.D, Physical Education thanked the distinguished guests and eminent sportspersons who graced the occasion. |
MC ‘evades’ decision on clipping Administration’s
powers Chandigarh, August 29 But when a councillor, Mr P.C. Sanghi, insisted on creation of a new cadre for the MC employees, the Mayor, Mr Subash Chawla, suggested that a fresh agenda item on the issue should be brought up in the next meeting after a thorough discussion by the councillors. A number of councillors protested that the officialese was coming in way when chairmen of different committees, constituted by the General House, sought information on the issues of their concern. Mr Balraj Singh and Mr Surinder Singh, both councillors, cited instances when the information sought by them was inordinately delayed by the officers. Cutting across political equations, the councillors said as per the recommendation of the General House, they were not being provided with a copy of the maintenance projects allotted in their area. The Mayor assured the councillors that information would be provided to them in future. BJP councillors, led by Ms Kamla Sharma, pointed out that in the past two years Congress councillors had failed to clarify the powers of various committees. An agenda item on the recarpeting of V-5 roads in Sector 35 at a cost of Rs 20.61 lakh attracted arguments from Mr Sanghi, who said there was no need to recarpet roads with 40 mm thick asphalt instead of 25 mm thick semidense concrete. Objecting to the view point of Mr Sanghi, another councillor, Mr Pardeep Chhabra, said the engineers in the corporation were technically equipped to make the decision. Due to the increase in the specification of the road thickness, the cost of recarpeting increased by Rs 6.06 lakh, informed the Mayor. The General House approved carpeting of V-6 roads in Sector 32 (A and D) at a cost of Rs 25.7 lakh. When the agenda item was tabled, Mr Sohan Lal Vaid and Ms Shyama Negi pointed out that the roads in slum areas and rehabilitation colonies were in poor condition. The agenda item was finally passed. The House also approved an agenda item to strengthen a system to tap rainwater from the catchment areas of railway land, Charan Singh Colony and Vikas Nagar in Mauli Jagran at a cost of Rs 118.41 lakh. On the issue, Mr Lalit Joshi pointed out that the corporation had taken up the issue after a year. The House deferred the recarpeting of V-3 roads between Sector 39 and 40, as the UT Administration had been urged to recarpet the road on behalf of the corporation and a reply was awaited. The Mayor informed that the issue of creation of posts for the Municipal Corporation Slaughter House had been referred to the Finance and Contract Committee. When the Commissioner pointed that the appointments would be on contract basis, Ms Anu Chatrath, contended that contractual appointments could not be made against regular posts. The Mayor informed that the posts would not be filled if the operation and maintenance was privatised. The House unanimously passed a resolution to allot plots to safai karamcharis and permit the holding of Yoga and art classes in the community centres on payment of Rs 500 per month. The Mayor said the issue of allowing of computer classes in community centres would be brought up in the next Finance and Contract Committee meeting. When a councillor pointed out that the corporation had failed to get permanently occupied community centres vacated, the Mayor said action would be taken. Earlier, an half-an-hour question-and-answer session was held. During the meeting, BJP councillors led by Ms Kamla Verma, were found wanting in support when she and another councillor, Mr Rajesh Gupta, demanded action against the husband of a councillor, Ms Harpreet Kaur, for allegedly misbehaving with them during the tea break on the issue of development of a park in Sector 27. When the Mayor asked for witnesses, other councillors kept quiet. |
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Sanitation goes into private hands Panchkula, August 29 The decision was taken at a meeting of the House under the presidentship of Ms Seema Chaudhary. A majority of councillors of the Congress opposed the move. Opposing the decisions, councillors of the rival group said the House had taken a wrong decision. It was decided that the sanitation work in each zone would be allotted to one contractor after floating tenders. A contractor with five years’ experience in related fields alone would be considered for the contract. A supervisor, equipped with a mobile phone, would be deployed in each zone to keep a watch on the sanitation conditions of the area. The MC also decided to deploy five employees in each village for the job. Apart from this, a tractor-trailer would be provided to each zone by the MC to carry solid waste. The House decided that all bulbs, tubes, wire and other accessories used for streetlighting should be from branded companies with the ISI mark. To look after streetlights, a Chief Electrical Inspector would be appointed. The contractors would be fined of Rs 25,000 in case of a complaint. Those present on the occasion were Mr O. P. Sihag, Executive Officer, Ms Kuljit Kaur, Vice-President, and municipal councillors of the civic body. |
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