HEALTH

Hygiene key to check water-borne diseases
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 20
Personal hygiene, safe drinking water and avoiding cut-fruits are the keys to check the outbreak of cholera and diarrhoea, suggest city doctors. Cholera cases have recently started surfacing in slum areas and colonies.

Generally, the symptoms of water-borne diseases — diarrhoea and cholera — are vomiting, stomachache and dysentery, which the doctors say are the result of consuming infected items. Drinking water should be chlorinated or it should be boiled before consuming.

Though a large number of people depend on handpumps for getting drinking water in various colonies of the city, medical experts advocate for a complete ban on their use for drinking purposes. The contamination levels in water drawn from shallow handpumps is quite high, they argue. “The best option would be to use chlorinated water. People must curb the habit of consuming water from any source, especially in summers,” said an official of the Health Department. He takes rounds of these colonies to create awareness among the people about various diseases.

Fruits kept over a period of time, cut-fruits bought from roadside vendors, over-ripe vegetables, sugarcane juice and ice-cream candies fall in the category of edibles that need to be avoided in the season, he maintains.

“Defecating in the open and unhygienic practices among residents are other major reasons behind increased infection in slums,” remarked a senior doctor posted at a government hospital.

Chandigarh clinches Markan trophy
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, June 20
Chandigarh clinched the ML Markan trophy for under 17 section on the basis of the first innings lead against Patiala in the Punjab Inter District Cricket meet played at Mohali today. A superb knock of 107 runs by Siddarth Sharma and another knock of unbeaten 76 runs by Sumit Dhiman and 40 runs by Simrat Bawa enabled Chandigarh to pile up 230 runs for the loss of two wickets in the second innings. Chandigarh had scored 326 runs all out in the first innings while Patiala scored 214 runs for nine in the first innings.

Brief scores: Chandigarh: first innings:326 runs all out in 87.1 overs (Simrat Bawa 143, Vishal Devraj 81 n.o., Siddarth Sharma 33, Ravinder 4 for 40, Rajvinder 4 for 104). Second Innings:230 runs for two in 80 overs (Siddarth Sharma 107, Simrat Bawa 40, Sumit Dhiman 76 n.o.).

Patiala: First Innings:214 runs for nine in 90 overs (Gajinder Singh 67, Tarun Kapoor 31, Harjot Singh 21, Gurkirat Singh 4 for 56, Gaurav Chopra 2 for 51).

Isha Toor wins AITA title
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, June 20
Isha Toor, a trainee of the CLTA Coaching Centre, won the title in the AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament (girls, under-18) that concluded last evening at the at NTA Complex, Gurgaon.

She beat Vishaka Sheoran of Delhi, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Kinshuk Sharma, another trainee of the CLTA, reached the semifinal in the boys under-18 category. In the under-18 (doubles) category, Farid Alam and Kinshuk reached the final.

Pitch and putt contest

Rohan Bakshi gathered 20 points in the open category in the Monthly Pitch and Putt Competition held at the CGA Golf range on Sunday.

In all, there were 22 participants. Dhruv Ghai, with 17 points, was the runner-up. In the junior category, Abhijit Chadha, with 17 points, emerged winner, while Anish Gupta secured 15 points to emerge runner-up. In the girls section, Mani Chander got 15 points and won the title, while Ekam, who secured 11 points, was the runner-up. The best adult award was given to Mr R.P. Chander. Earlier, the prizes were given by Mr J.S. Kesar.