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Neha enters second round of AITA meet Chandigarh, October 8 In the boys under-18 section, third seed and local challenge Vijayant Malik outplayed Deepinder Singh, also of Chandigarh, to enter the second round. Another local boy and seventh seed Shiva Sangwan, however, lost to Rishi Rajpal of New Delhi in under-14 boys section tie. Results: Girls under-14 (first round): Boys under-14 (first round): Girls under-18 (first round): Carom meet On the second day of the 13th Chandigarh State Carom Championship played at the St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, Taranpreet Pahwa and Piyush entered the finals of the sub-junior section. K.S. Patwal of the Survey of India bagged the Veteran men championship by beating DS Aithani in a one-sided tie. In the junior boys’ singles, those who made it to the third round are: Taranpreet, Apoorv, Pranjal Sood, Gurkirat, Viren Sood, Neeraj Bharti, Piyush Sood, Mohd Shahnewaz, Varun Sood, Abhinandan, Ankit, Pardeep Mittal, Hardeep Harnal and Sumeet Chakarborty. In the girls sub-junior singles tie, Tina, Nidhi, Bhanu, Harman, Hema, Harshpreet, Pallavi, Nidhi entered the third round.
Volleyball tourney The Government College for Girls, Sector 11, outplayed Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Chandigarh, Sector 26, by three matches to one in the Panjab University Inter-College Inter-Zonal Volleyball (women) ‘A’ Division Tournament played on the university campus today. In other matches of the day, GGS College for Women, Chandigarh, beat MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, 3-0, while in another tie, GCG, Sector 11, defeated Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana 3-0.
Watersports meet The Sports Department, Chandigarh Administration, will hold the Junior and Senior (men and women) Water Sports Tournament in rowing, sailing, canoeing and Kayaking on October 10 and 11 at the Lake Club, Chandigarh. As many as 32 entries have been received so far. The tournament will begin at 10 am on October 10. |
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Banks Olympiad from Nov 1 Chandigarh, October 8 Mr Das said apart from SBOP employees, seven other banks — State Bank of India (cricket), Punjab National Bank (hockey and basketball), Dena Bank (TT), Canara Bank (badminton), Vijaya Bank (kabaddi), Bank of India (Football) and State Bank of Indore (chess and carrom), would participate in the Olympiad. First Banks Olympiad was held at Bangalore in January, 2003, under the aegis of Canara Bank. Though every bank has its own sports meet, but it was decided by the Indian Banks Association to jointly hold a sports meet. Prominent cricketer-turned-commentator Navjot Sidhu, brand ambassador of the bank, was also present on the occasion. Sidhu said he was indebted to the SBOP for taking him on rolls 18 years back. He said at present he was employed as a PRO with the bank, but would continue to market the bank and its schemes in an honest manner. |
MC decision on garbage collection irks residents Chandigarh, October 8 Claiming “harassment” at the hands of garbage collectors, the residents are asserting that the contractors in most of the bin-free sectors have increased the charges by as much as 100 per cent. Giving details, the residents reveal that the collectors, in the absence of any check, are now asking for Rs 50 as against Rs 25 earlier. “The extra money is being charged on the pretext of carrying `horticulture waste,’” the residents allege. The residents add that the collectors are openly “blackmailing” them. “Pay or we will stop collecting the garbage, the collectors are openly threatening us”, Mr Sanjeev Sharma of Sector 9 alleges. “As the areas have been divided between the different collectors and entry of an outsider into the business is strictly prohibited, we are hardly left with any option but to pay”. The system of door-to-door garbage collection was introduced in the city a few years ago by voluntary organisations in an attempt to solve the waste disposal problem. The collectors, in lieu of reasonable amount, were in the business of gathering the waste from house-to-house before disposing of the same at an appropriate place. In sectors where the service was unavailable, the residents were throwing the garbage in “haudies” constructed in front of the residences or even in the backlanes till the waste was collected by the corporation staff. “Once or twice a year, that is,” the residents claim. But with the introduction of the bin-free sectors and the refusal of the corporation authorities to collect the garbage from the “haudis”, the concept of door-to- door collection of garbage assumed greater significance. Little wonder, the collectors, realising that the disposal of garbage at sites other then the ones earmarked would attract a fine of Rs 500, have now hiked their charges. Aware of the problem, the corporation officials assert that the problem will continue till the residents welfare associations are taken into confidence. “Public participation is must if such projects are to be made a success,” a councillor says. Emphasising on the importance of “checks and balances” like in the case of paid parking system, the councillor says, “Basically, the associations should keep their own men to collect the garbage and to ensure against blackmailing”. As per a circular issued by the corporation the residents were “required to arrange for the disposal of the waste”. The waste could “be collectively gathered and disposed of with the help of privately organised door-to-door collection system or through the residents’ welfare associations”.  |
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