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PGI to conduct survey for rheumatic fever in
Chandigarh, November 27 According to the senior faculty members of the department, a similar survey was conducted by the department 10 years ago in the same area in which as many as 30,000 children were checked up and around 100 of them were found to be suffering from rheumatic fever. This time the department aims to check as many as 10,000 children between 5 and 15 years to analyse whether the prevalence of the disease has increased or decreased over the years. The department says that it will consider the earlier project at Raipur Rani for the check up and treatment of the rheumatic heart disease a success, only if in the current project not more than 20 to 30 children are found suffering from the disease. The doctors recommend that the parents should watch out for the symptoms of the rheumatic heart disease in their children. These symptoms are high fever prolonging over a period of time along with pain in the joints. The disease is treated by giving penicillin. |
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Rotary’s blood centre opens
Chandigarh, November 29 The world president of the Rotary International, Dr Glenn E. Estess, a former president of the Rotary International, Mr R.K. Saboo, the Chairman of the Management Committee of the resource centre, Mr Rajan Kashyap, and the secretary of the Centre, Ms Kanta Saroop Krishan, also addressed the function. The function was attended by the representatives of the Health Department and several blood donors. The centre has been set up at a cost of Rs 3.5 crore and has a highly sophisticated equipment worth Rs 2.5 crore. At the moment, the centre is equipped to store nearly 600 units of blood and the capacity will be increased to store 1000 units of blood. Automatic refrigeration and storage devices have been installed that can keep the whole blood for over 35 days while certain components can be stored for over a year. The centre will be open round the clock and anyone can get safe blood without bringing along any replacement donor. The centre will provide blood free of cost to needy and poor patients. Addressing the gathering, Mr Rajan Kashyap, Managing Director of the Centre, said that the government and other health institutions should designate the resource centre as a nodal point for safe blood and its components, and its licence for the separation of blood components should also be expedited so as to start this service here. Ms Kanta Saroop Krishan said that there was an immediate need to form a “motivation cell” in the Health ministry so that more and more voluntary donors could be motivated. Dr Glenn E. Estess, expressed hope that this project would help people in the region to get safe blood. Mr R.K. Saboo, who is also the president of the Governing Council of the centre, informed that the Rotary had been involved with the voluntary blood donation movement right from its inception. The Rotary Club of Chandigarh had gifted a blood van to the Blood Bank Society way back in 1978. On the occasion, an active voluntary blood donor of the city and distinguished lawyer, Mr Manmohan Sareen, addressed the gathering and narrated his experience about how he had been deriving satisfaction from donating blood since 1968. The setting up of the centre has been made possible through generous donation from an NRI, philanthropist Mr Sudhir Bhagwan, in the memory of his father Vishnu Bhagwan. |
St John’s win UT inter-school tourney
Chandigarh, November 29 Batting first St John’s team posted a fighting total of 101 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Vikram Talwar (38) and Aayush Raj Soni (28) were the main contributors towards the total. In reply DAV-8 lost three early wickets to the deadly bowling by Utkarsh Chanana (3 for 11) and the late order wickets were taken by Akshat Sharma ( 3 for 12). In the end DAV team was bundled out for 97 runs. Brief scores : St John’s school were 101 for 7 in 20 overs (Vikram Talwar 38, Aayush Raj Soni 28, Sudanshu 3 for 14). DAV school, Sector 8, were 97 for 9 in 20 overs (Avinash 22, Utkarsh Chanana 3 for 11, Akshat Sharma 3 for 12). National cricket tourney, 2
selected Manav Mangal school wins Manav Mangal High School, Sector 21-C, Chandigarh beat Government Model School, Sector 32, Chandigarh here today to enter the semifinals of the Inter-school cricket tournament being organised in the grounds of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, Chandigarh. GMSSS-32 won the toss and elected to bat. Harpreet of Manav Mangal school bowled beautifully to claim 4 wickets for 29 runs. Due support was given to Harpreet by other bowlers Tanveer (2 for 13 runs), Amarpreet (2 for 17 runs) and Shabnam (2 for 11 runs). Amandeep of GMSSS-32 top scored with 21 and ultimately the team was bundled out for 89 in 14 overs, with one over to spare. For Manav Mangal school, it was an easy target which they achieved in 10 overs, with six wickets in hand. Captain Tanvir’s knock of 16 runs of 14 balls was the highlight. Mandeep of GMSSS-32 bowled beautifully and claimed three wickets for 25 runs. Football tourney from December 24 Maruti Football Club, affiliated to the Chandigarh Football Association, will organise a football tournament at Manimajra from December 24 to 26 on knockout basis. |
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800 take part in SJOBA marathon
Chandigarh, November 29 Divided into different age groups, students, men, women and senior citizens, all clad in bright yellow T-shirts, enjoyed every moment of the 9-km marathon which started and ended at St John’s School, Sector 26. The organisers of the marathon said the event had been revived after seven years to mark the 25th anniversary of SJOBA. The marathon moved from the school to the road alongside Sukhna Lake, Rock Garden, the Punjab and Haryana High Court before moving to the Matka Chowk. From there the runners took the Madhya Marg on their way back to the school. A senior Manager of Food Corporation of India (FCI), Mr TC Gupta, was the chief guest. There were 10 categories, including under-14, 15-19 years, 20 to 39 years, 40 to 59 years and above 59 years. Prize money totalling Rs 45,000 was distributed among the winners. The SJOBA President, Mr Pranav Gupta, said the main objective of the mini-marathon was to promote healthy living and fitness among the citizens of Chandigarh. |
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Professional Cricket
Club enter finals
Chandigarh, November 29 Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Professional Cricket Club lost four early wickets and were reduced to 33 for 4 at one stage. But an unbeaten knock of 74 runs, which included 10 boundaries in just 68 balls, by Radha helped his team to a commanding position on 196 runs in their allotted 30 overs. Chandan Puri and Narinder were the other useful contributors with scores of 47 and 25, respectively. Akashdeep was the most successful bowler on that day for DAV Coaching Centre, picking up four wickets for 36 runs in his six-over spell. The DAV Coaching Centre batsmen could not handle the pace of Himachal Ranji player Parveen Sharma, who gave just six runs in his four overs, picking up two early wickets. DAV Coaching Centre batting failed to fire when it mattered and were eventually bowled out for 149 runs in 28.2 overs. Akashdeep top scored with the bat as well for DAV, scoring 40 runs, with Vishwas Bhalla and Karanvir the two other batsmen who made noteworthy contributions to the DAV, scoring 36 runs each. Ramesh picked up three scalps for Professional Cricket Club and was a handful to handle on the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium pitch. Radha was declared the man of the match for his brilliant unbeaten half century (74), a run out and two wickets to his credit. Professional Cricket Club now face Minerva Academy in the finals of the tournament. Brief scores: Professional Cricket Club 196 for 5 in 30 overs: (Radha 74 n.o., Chandigarh Puri 46, Narinder 25, Ravi Dhaliwal 12, Akashdeep 4 for 36) beat DAV Coaching Centre Sector 8 149 all out in 28.2 overs: (Akashdeep 40, Vishwas Bhalla 36, Karanvir 36, Ramesh 3 for 25, Praveen 2 for 6, Radha 2 for 2). |
Resolution passed in MC
on violation of code
Chandigarh, November 29 Senior Deputy Mayor, Mr Pradeep Chhabra, raised the issue and sought action against the official who had notified the tax in violation of the election code of conduct. His resolution received unanimous support of the House. The death of a pregnant cow during a stray-cattle catching drive in Sector 40, last week by the Municipal Corporation, also came in for criticism from BJP Councillor, Ms Kamla Sharma. She demanded that the Mayor look into the matter and take action for the careless attitude with which the enforcement staff rounded up cattle. The issue of renting out the Sector 34 exhibition ground and rates lower than those approved by the House also came up for discussion. With the election code of conduct in force till November 30, no agenda item was taken up. |
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Goyal to be CAT Vice-Chairman
Chandigarh, November 29 An IAS officer of the 1966 batch, Mr Goyal was the Haryana Chief Secretary for more than a year from 2001. From August, 2003, he served as Secretary in the Union Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs for more than 11 months. Since then he has been working in Patna. Earlier Mr Goyal had a stint with the Central Government as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas from 1983 to 1986. He is expected to join here on December 6, the sources added. |
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Council recommends action against erring sanitary inspectors
Mohali, November 29 The work of sanitation for zones II and III had been given on contract to Gill Contractor. It was found during checking that the work of sanitation was not satisfactory in areas falling under the two zones. The contractor had not employed the required number of safai karamcharis as had been laid down in the agreement and nor was the garbage being lifted on a daily basis. The shortcomings had been brought to the notice of the contactor repeatedly through notices but the council failed to get the desired response. In the last notice sent on November 5, it had been stated that the contract would be cancelled if no improvement was brought about in the work. The contractor failed to given any reply to the notices which showed that he was not interested in the work. As such the contract should be cancelled. Mr N.K. Marwaha said that none of the sanitary inspectors had ever approached a municipal councillor to know the status of work. Neither could they ensure satisfactory work at their own level. They should be held responsible for poor sanitation in parts of the town. Certain councillors said that the civic body should give one month’s time to the contractor to bring about an improvement in his work. In the meantime, council could think of some alternative in case the contract was cancelled after a month. This was agreed to by the House. The council decided to give Rs 50,000 to an architect who had requested the civic body to raise his fee as the scope of work on the council building had increased by about Rs 2 crore. He had told the council that when he had been hired as an architect, the council building in Sector 68 here was to be constructed at an estimated cost of about Rs 4 crore. But later the expansion of the office was taken into consideration which led to an escalation in the cost to Rs 6 crore. Due to an increase in the project cost, he had to pay an additional amount to other consultants. Some councillors questioned the increase in the project cost and said that there was no need to make an additional payment to the architect as this clause had not been included in the agreement. The president, Mr Kulwant Singh, however, convinced the House that some additional payment should be made to the architect as his services had been hired by the civic body when the council had planned to construct a building with a covered area of 45,000 sq ft. But later it was thought that the council would never be able to complete the building if the work was not carried out in one go. As such the covered area was increased to 76,000 sq ft. The House finally agreed to make additional payment to the architect. The House decided to ask PUDA authorities concerned to use proper language while writing letters to the civic body. Mr Kulwant Singh said that it appeared from the letters received from PUDA that the authority was not giving any importance to the council as due respect was not shown to the official to whom the letters were addressed to. The council said that as PUDA was the agency which had to provide basic facilities to the residents, it should lay sewer system in Mataur village. Estimates for the work had been prepared by the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board. PUDA had demolished some public toilets at Mataur village some days ago even when council had asked the authority to delay the action till sewer pipes were laid in the village. It was decided a four-member team of councillors would be attending a professional development programme on “Solid waste management: collection, handling and disposal options” at Hyderabad from December 7 to December 10. The council also recommended eight cases of pension to the aged, widows below 60 years and handicapped persons. |
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Solar power
transformers to be installed at Morni
Panchkula, November 29 He said 90 percent of the total cost of the electrification project was borne by the Union government, while 10 per cent of the cost was borne by the Haryana Energy Development Authority (HAREDA). He said recently a village in Morni, Harson was given electric supply by installing a two kilowatt solar transformer. Each house in the hamlet has been provided with three light points, one for the fan, and two for the lights. Mr Brijendra Singh said for each of the hamlets in Morni, a sum of Rs 4 to Rs 5 lakh would be required for its electrification, depending on the number of households. It may be noted that several hamlets in Morni area, where the number of households are less than 20, have not seen power supply. Since the state power utilities has a policy of not laying cables for supplying power to villages having less than 20 households, as it is economically unviable. It was then decided to install solar power transformers in these hamlets. |
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Orders to relieve Home Secretary
Chandigarh, November 29 Sources in the Administration said that fax messages from the Ministry of Human Resource Development for
relieving the two officers were received this afternoon. However, no conformation of the same was available. The orders did not take the officers by surprise as these were "long overdue". However, bureaucratic circles were rife with talk on why the two officers had been posted out without sending any replacements. Sources added that new appointments were likely to be made in a few days as a panel of officers from Punjab and Haryana, for the posts of CITCO MD and the Home Secretary, had already been received
by the Administration. "The entire process is in the final stages and the names were likely to be announced soon," an officer asserted. |
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Local cricketers Ajay Sikka and Bhageshwar Bhistt have been selected to represent Haryana in the National Cricket Championship. Both are the product of the Sector 19 coaching centre run by Surinder Singh Baijee, general secretary of the Chandigarh Cricket Association affiliated to the Haryana Cricket Association.
Ajay Sikka is a medium pacer while Bhageswar Bhistt is a wicketkeeper. Both have performed well in the Haryana Inter-District Cricket Tournament for the Pataudi trophy.