HEALTH

Over 2 lakh kids to get pulse polio drops
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, September 3
More than 2 lakh children, below five, will be administered pulse polio drops in Sonepat district on September 14, during the countrywide immunisation campaign, according to the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Balwan Singh.

He told mediapersons here recently that the Health Department has made elaborate arrangement for making the campaign a success. As many as 675 polio centres would be set up in the urban and rural areas of the district for the purpose.

He said that as many as 2,852 employees would be deployed for administering the pulse polio drops to the children. They would be monitored by 100 inspection teams.

As many as 15 mobile teams will go round the railway stations and bus stands for this purpose. Moreover, 42 other mobile teams would be set up to cover the children of the people living in the slums, brick-kilns and labour colonies.

According to the DC, as many as 79 vehicles are being provided to the mobile teams in the district. Special booths would be set up at various places for administering the drops to the children of travellers passing through the district.

The Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme (PPIP), launched in 1995 throughout the country, envisages the eradication of the crippling disease by the end of the millennium. The disease, called polio in short, can strike at any age but generally affects children below three years. The virus enters the body through the mouth and affects the central nervous system of the body crippling a person for life, with no possible cure.

In Sonepat district, the immunisation was provided to the children below five years. The DC claimed that the previous campaigns launched by the Health Department in coordination with the voluntary organisations in the district, had proved a success.

SPORTS

Air Force shoot down City Club
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, September 3
Indian Air Force, New Delhi scored a fluent 3-0 victory against City Club in the Delhi Soccer Association-SAIL Senior Division League at the Ambedkar Stadium on Wednesday. Two goals came in the first half. R Thapliyal drew first blood in the 35th minute and two minutes later L Danny scored the second goal. Inside-left Sonaram completed the tally in the 78th minute.

In another high-scoring match, New Delhi Heroes trounced Mughals 3-1 at the Ambedkar Stadium. Mughals took the lead when Anuj Peter found the mark in the 35th minute. But the lead did not last long as Bhartendu equalised for Heroes six minutes later following a goal-mouth melee. Heroes went all out in the second half to net two more goals when Gamilung Kamei scored a fine brace, with the goals coming in the 68th and 81st minutes.

At the Nehru Stadium, Indian National came from behind to hold last year’s runners-up Hindustan Club to a 1-1 draw. Hindustan forged ahead when Probin Rai found the mark in the 19th minute. Deepak Kumar pulled off the equaliser for Indian National.

Thursday’s fixtures: Goans vs Shahdara (2.30 p m); Tarun Sangha vs Shastri Club (4.30 p m)—Ambedkar Stadium. B. B. Stars vs Collegians (2.30 p m); Simla Youngs vs Raisina Club (4.30 pm)— Nehru Stadium.

Mridul, Rochak shine
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, September 3
Fine performances by captain Mridul Badola (3 for 17 and 41 n o) and Rochak Sachdeva (4 for 10) helped Bal Bharti Public School, Rajender Nagar defeat Diwan Chand Arya School by four wickets in the second Ramjas Inter-School Cricket Tournament at the Ramjas Sports Complex ground. In the second match, Salwan School defeated Ramjas Day Boarding School by 85 runs and entered the quarter-final. R. Sachdeva, who cracked 96 was adjudged the man of the match.

Scores: Diwan Chand Arya School: 122 all out in 32.2 overs (Shailender Kumar 38, Arun Joshi 34, Rochak Sachdeva 4 for 10, Mridul Badola 3 for 17). Bal Bharti Public School: 123 for 6 in 34.1 overs (Mridul Badola 41 n o, Varun Tripathi 32, Arun Joshi 3 for 20, Tarun Sharma 3 for 25).

Salwan Public School: 228 for 8 in 40 overs (Raman Sachdeva 96, Mohit Negi 52, Mandeep Sharma 25, Jagdev Kalsi 3 for 40, Shubhankar Sharma 3 for 38). Ramjas Day Boarding: 143 all out in 37.5 overs.

Fr Peter Mermier Soccer

The ninth Fr Peter Mermier Invitational Inter-School Junior Football Tournament will be held from September 20 at the St. Francis De Sales School ground, Janakpuri. The tournament is open to only school teams, and the matches will be held on a league-cum-knock out basis. Sixteen teams will be competing in the tournament. Entries close with organising secretary S P Saini or the principal of St. Francis De School, Janakpuri, New Delhi-58 (Ph: 25551113, 25510556, 9810867223) between 8 am and 1 pm on all working days. The last date for entries, with a fee of Rs 500, is September 15.

DPS sets up tennis centre
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, September 3
Delhi Public School (DPS), Indirapuram (Ghaziabad), has launched a mini tennis centre in collaboration with the All-India Tennis Association. Over 500 children are expected to make use of the tennis facility at the DPS. Chairman of the DPS Society Narendra Kumar, principal of the school, Ms Mita Rai, and development officer of the Asia ITF (International Tennis Federation) Suresh Menon were present at the launch.

Mr Narendra Kumar said all the DPS schools in Delhi will have tennis facility by September end. He said next in line would be DPS Noida and DPS Rohini. 

Bal Bhavan School lift volleyball title

New Delhi, September 3
Bal Bhavan Public School (BBPS), Mayur Vihar, defeated Somervilla Public School, 25-3 to win the Zonal Girls Volleyball Tournament. Bal Bhavan beat RSKV, West Vinod Nagar 25-7, 25-2 and Universal Public School, Preet Vihar 25-10, 25-2 in earlier matches. The team was led by Tiru Lata, and included Shally Ahuja, Vimmy Abbot, S. Negi, Komal Gupta, A. Saxena and Shivani Kapoor.

CRPF, BSF race to gold

The athletes of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security Force (BSF) cornered the gold medals in the 4km and 12km cross country races respectively in the 52nd All India Police Cross Country Championship at the CRPF campus, Kadarpur (Gurgaon). In the 4km race, BSF finished second behind CRPF. Punjab Police secured the third place. In the 12-km cross country race, BSF garnered the gold while Punjab Police and CRPF claimed the silver and bronze respectively. Additional DG of CRPF Himanshu Kumar gave away the prizes. Nine teams participated in the cross country races. OSR

KVS, Pushp Vihar to meet Delhi Cantt in final
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, September 3
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), Pushp Vihar, will take on KVS No 1, Delhi Cantonment in the final of the KVS Under-19 Regional Cricket Tournament. In the semi-finals, Pushp Vihar defeated KVS, Hindon by 24 runs while Delhi Cantt trounced KVS, Sector 8, R K Puram by nine wickets.

Scores: KVS, Pushp Vihar: 125 for 8 in 20 overs (Amit Kumar 51, Ashwani Kumar 30 n o, Nitender Singh 3 for 13, Sunil Kumar 2 for 28).

KVS, Hindon: 101 for 9 in 20 overs (Sunil Kumar 21, Sandeep Singh 17, Ashwani Kumar 3 for 16, Ashok Singh 3 for 22, Alok Kumar 2 for 12).

KVS, R K Puram: 43 all out in 12 overs (Naveen Kumar 16, Varun Kumar 4 for 5, Sarabjit Singh 3 for 8, Sumit Kumar 3 for 14).

KVS, Delhi Cantt: 44 for 1 wicket in 6.4 overs (Banjit Singh 19 n o, Sumit Kumar 12 n o, Ravinder Singh 1 for 17).

Karun impresses

New Delhi, September 3
Karun Chandhok came up with an impressive performance at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium during rounds 19 and 20 of the British Formula 3 Championship (scholarship class) where he secured a pole position, fastest lap and second place in both races. With four races left to go in the 2003 British Formula 3 season, and just four points separating the top three drivers, the championship is headed for an exciting finish.

Karun was one of the few drivers on the grid making his first visit to the 4.3 mile circuit in the middle of the Ardennes forest. Friday’s test session set the trend for the weekend when rains soaked the circuit for two hour-long test sessions. Karun was surprisingly the fastest in the opening session despite his lack of track knowledge. OSR

Rajat Mathur to lead C K Nayudu squad
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, September 3
Rajat Mathur will lead the 18-member Delhi Under-19 team for the C K Nayudu Cricket Tournament against Jammu and Kashmir to be played in Srinagar from September 5 to 12.

Other members of the team are: Narender Singh, Gaurav Chhabra, Saurabh Jain, Mayank Tehlan, Soumick Chatterjee, Rameez Nayamat, Japan Jain (wicket-keeper), Ashutosh Sharma, Ravi Dixit, Pravesh Chikara, Karan Singh, Vinaysheel Beniwal, Kishan Buswala, Pradeep Mann, Rahul Gehlot, Mohit Rana and Rakesh Mohit. Sanjay Bhardwaj will be the coach while Yashpal will be the manager.