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Adolescents’ health
discussed Chandigarh, February 20 Addressing the gathering, Dr Veena R. Parmar discussed the remedies to such problems. She gave tips regarding diet for adolescents. A food table besides a balanced diet schedule was also given to the students.
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Sports meet for special children Chandigarh, February 20 The one-day event for students of various schools of the city was an attempt to encourage children to perform and improve. At least 140 mentally challenged children drawn from six schools of the city took part in the event. After the oath-taking ceremony, a welcome song was presented by students of Bhawan Vidyalya. Races in 50m,100m, 200m and 400m were held. The winners were awarded medals and participants were given certificates. Mr Sanjay Sardana, president, Lions Club, Chandigarh central, who was the chief guest, applauded the work of teachers. He also announced a grant of Rs 10,000 for necessary equipment for physical training of these students. The children were served a lunch. Pugilists selected Eight women pugilists have been selected by the Chandigarh Amateur Boxing Association for the Fourth Senior National Women Boxing Championship to be held at Kokrajhar (Assam) from February 24 to 28. The team: Bandna, Kulwinder, Kiranjeet Kaur, Vanita Rani, Mandeep Kaur, Satinder Kaur, Ginu Seth and Renu. Cricket final The final tie of the ongoing CRY Cadence Cricket Challenge Cup Cricket Meet will be held at Sector 3 sports complex, Panchkula, at 10 am. The tournament is being organised to help nearly 200 underprivileged children. Teams from various corporate houses like Infosys Technologies, Airtel, Quark Media House, HFCL Infotel, Spice Communications, IDS Infotech, Strategic Marketing and ICICI took part in the meet. Squash meet The Squash Rackets Association of Chandigarh will organise Chandigarh Squash Championship on February 21 and 22 at PEC squash courts, Sector 12. This was stated by Mr H.C. Sharma, secretary general of the association. |
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Parnita is ladies
club golf champion Chandigarh, February 20 Giving details of the two-day event Lady Captain Gaitri M.M. Singh said Parnita had scores of 74 and 78 for a two-day tally of 152. Her nearest rival was 16 strokes behind. Young Kanika Minocha's hole-in-one on the 11th hole and a brilliant back-nine of six over was not enough to get her the title. The nett prize was won by Harinder Sandhu with scores of 71 and 76 totalling 147. Madhu Brar finished runner-up in the nett event scoring 74 and 74 for a two-day tally of 148. Five-time winner Irina Brar, who has not been able to contest for the past two years because of a nagging lower back stress fracture, was a special guest and gave away the prizes. |
Red tape puts MC employee in fix Chandigarh, February 20 First, the services of Mr Dharam Pal Verma, employed as a sanitary inspector, were wrongly terminated in 1996 without a show-cause notice. Now that his case has been decided in his favour, he is bogged down red-tape. About two months ago, the Home Secretary, Mr R.S. Gujral, decided the case in favour of Mr Verma. However, he has not been made to join duty till date. The ordeal started in 1995 when then Municipal Commissioner, who terminated his services, was not his appointing authority. As if this was not enough, an inquiry was conducted under Rule 14 of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules while the termination orders were passed under the Punjab Civil Services Rules. In 1999, the then UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen B.K.N. Chhibber (retd), issued written instructions to the then Adviser, Ms Vineeta Rai, to give him a personal hearing. “I was not given the chance to defend myself,” says an agonised Mr Verma. Mr Verma was transferred on deputation to the Municipal Corporation in November, 1995. By that time, he was under suspension for no specific reason. The then MC Commissioner, Mr M.P. Tyagi, did not allow him to join duty as sanitary inspector. Mr Verma alleges that Mr Tyagi terminated his services though he was not authorised to do so as he was not the appointing authority. Legally the case would have been referred to the Chandigarh Administration. “I was not appointed by the MC and not for a single day have I served under it Mr Tyagi had no locus standi on the matter”, argues Mr Verma Now, Mr Gujral has upheld the plea of Mr Verma and set aside the order of Mr Tyagi.  |
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PUDA auction fetches 18 cr Mohali, February 20 While PUDA managed to sell two of its SCOs in Sector 70 for over Rs 1 crore each, the SCFs in Phases X and XI fetched the highest prizes with the rates registering a 100 per cent increase in less than a year. Eight SCFs were auctioned in Phase X with the average rate hitting Rs 80 lakh, the highest bid going up to Rs 90 lakh for SCF number 27. Similarly seven SCFs were auctioned in Phase XI with the average rate hitting Rs 75 lakh and the highest bid of Rs 81.50 lakh for SCF number 47. Breaking the newly set record of Rs 1 Crore for an SCO in Sector 70, PUDA auctioned two SCOs today at the rate of Rs 1.12 Crore and Rs 1.10 Crore. A total of Rs 14 crore was earned by PUDA by auctioning the SCOs and SCFs. Two of the five advertised single-storeyed shops (SSS) were sold for a total of Rs 68 lakh while six out of the total 17 booths advertised were sold for a total of Rs 1.7crore. PUDA earned Rs 2.11 crore from the sale of three marble and three timbers sites in the phase 11 bulk material market. PUDA had advertised 45 commercial sites for auction today out of which 31 were sold. Since there were few takers for SSSs in Phase 9 and for booths in phase VII and Phase IX, these sites were withdrawn from the auction. |
Open ground used
for dumping malba Chandigarh, February 20 What seems impossible in a planned city like Chandigarh has been happening right under the nose of the authorities. An open ground in Sector 29-C, where trees had been planted and it was used by children to play cricket, has been converted during the past six months. Actually, the problem of dumping malba started when the MC authorities earmarked a low-lying area adjoining the open ground for dumping of
malba. Trucks carrying the malba never used the low-lying area, but dumped it in the open ground which is nearer to the road, said the affected residents. |
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11,000 cases pending in tribunals Chandigarh, February 20 The Presiding Officer of the CGIT, Mr S.M. Goel, besides presiding officer of the labour court T.R. Bansal along with Regional Labour Commissioner Navdeep Sood and general secretary of the Labour Courts Bar Association Karam Singh were also present on the occasion. |
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