SPORTS

Coaching camp for carrom players from today
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, June 4
The Panchkula District Carrom Association will hold a coaching camp, beginning tomorrow, at Saupin’s School, Sector 9, Panchkula. Gagandeep, a national-level carrom player will impart coaching and the timings will be from 7 am to 11 am and 3 pm to 7 pm. In this camp, Mr RS Yadav, an international Grade ‘A’ umpire will also deliver lectures on the ‘laws of carrom’.

Summer camp

The annual summer sports camp for sportspersons of the city began on Thursday evening at various coaching centres. The camp, which will continue till June 21, will see activities in various disciplines at the centres run by the UT Sports Department. According to Dr JPS Sidhu, Joint Director, Sports, UT, the camp would give insights into various weaknesses under the guidance of coaches. He said the trainees would also be served juices. More than 500 trainees are attending the camp in both the boys’ and the girls’ sections. Dr Sidhu said they had also planned to take the trainees to a hill station for high-altitude training. He said a possible destination could be Patnitop in Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier they had decided on Solan but due to an acute water crisis during the summer, they had dropped the idea.

Camp concludes

A fortnight-long summer camp for as many as 280 students concluded on Thursday evening at Ryan International School, Sector 48. Students played cricket, volleyball, football and basketball in the morning and evening sessions. According to Ms Poonam Sharma, Principal of the school, students also participated in various indoor activities such as art craft and western dances. Dr Kewal Singh, Assistant Director, Sports, UT, was the chief guest.

ADMINISTRATION

Admn to close illegal guest houses from June 18
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 4
All illegal guest houses in the city have to go after June 18. The Chandigarh Administration will start the process of closing the guest houses which are operating from private residences and also those running from shopping areas without proper sanction.

This comes after a direction of the Punjab and Haryana High Court with regard to the functioning of the guest houses in the city.

The Administration has formed a committee comprising The Assistant Estate Officer, the Land Acquisition Officer, the SDO (buildings) and SDO (Enforcement) to hear the appeal of each guest house owner.

From June 18 onwards the guest houses which are operating from commercial areas without having paid the conversion charge will not be allowed to continue. A week will be given to the owners of the guest houses to appear before the committee. The next two weeks will be given to the guest house owners to deposit the conversion charges. The money which may run up to Rs 10 lakh has to be paid in lump sum and no instalments will be allowed.

Several guest houses had opened in commercial areas after shop-cum-offices (SCO’s) were allowed to be used for all kinds of trades. The hotel industry comprising people who had paid huge sums to bid for plots in auctions protested. The Administration fixed a conversion charge for people wanting to use the SCO’s for such commercial use.