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Gymnastics no hinderance to growth:
experts
Chandigarh, February 28 Normally, short statured children are asked to take to gymnastics and taller to learn basketball, netball, korfball. Mr Rajinder Sharma, SAI Gymnastic coach, says this is not true. The men National Gymnastic Champion, Vikas Pandey, who is from Uttar Pradesh, is 5’8” tall. Similarly, Rajesh Kumar of Chandigarh is also more than 5’9”. Mr Sharma, who has been to Romania which is the hub of gymnastics, says though research in Europe has suggested that an active gymnast does have a reduced height while standing and sitting and lesser leg length as compared to non-gymnasts. But once these gymnasts retire from the spot, they grow height. Mr Sharma says short height is normally advantageous in this sport because a shorter person’s centre of gravity is quite closer to the ground than that of a tall person. Ms Sarita Manuja, Principal of DAV Public School, Sector 8, says they dare not start a gymanstic centre in their school fearing that parents of children might oppose. She says gymnastics is one of the three mother sports with the other two being athletics and swimming. She says till the age of nine years, each child must play these sports as in India facilities for athletics and gymnastics can be easily provided. But for swimming, since we do not have much swimming pools in schools, it was a difficult preposition. Ms Manuja says they plan to introduce gymnastics in a big way in their another school coming up in Sector 39. She is of the view that talks and seminars should be organised on this topic so that people could be educated about the benefits of gymnastics in early years. Asked if hereditary factors play a major role in determining height, Mr Sharma says a city-based gymnast, Subhash, is now 5’7” though his father is hardly five feet and mother 4’10” tall. He says in gymnastics we have all kinds of jumping, flexibility exercises, which allow one’s body to expand. He says in girls due to excessive exercise there could be hormonal imbalances, which delay puberty and thus affect height. But this happens for a short period and once a girl gymnast, matures her growth picks up, he adds. |
Offers galore to host Pakistani
guests
Mohali, February 28 The treasurer of the PCA Mr G.S. Walia, says people responding to the PCA appeal could charge the guests for the stay. However, none of the applicants has made any demand for money, Mr Walia adds. The PCA had made the appeal expecting 7,500 tourists from Pakistan as well as several thousands from other states of India to watch the Cricket test match played between India and Pakistan from March 8 onwards. The organisers got a big boost when they obtained the offer to host 250 Pakistani guests free of cost along with food from Mr D.S. Bedi, Principal, Shivalik Public School. The Gujjar Bhawan also offered 15 rooms to lodge foreign guests free of cost. The 47 offers made by the residents of Mohali and Chandigarh mostly would provide with 400 beddings. Many people are also ready to serve free vegetarian food to the Pakistani guests. Some offers have been made mentioning their preferences as some wanted guests from Lahore while some preferred couples from Rawalpindi. Some persons gave preference to host only couples. Mr Walia asserted that the pitch would be a cricket-friendly track and help batsmen as well as bowlers. The match would be interesting and result-oriented one, he believed |
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Governor for more sport exchanges
with Pakistan
Chandigarh, February 28 Travel Agents victorious
Travel Agents of Punjab XI, defeated RL Group of Companies in a cricket match organised at DAV College Cricket grounds last evening. Batting first, RL Group scored 136 runs in 25 overs while Travel Agents of Punjab achieved the target in 20.3 overs. Harminder Singh of Bajaj Travels was declared the man of the match. He was given two Air Canada tickets from India to Canada by Mr Chetan Gupta, Regional Manager, Air Canada. |
Naib Tehsildar stripped
of power on sale deeds
Panchkula, February 28 The decision to withdraw powers from Mr Malik for one week was taken following a preliminary inquiry conducted against him by Tehsildar, Panchkula. The Deputy Commissioner has sought an explanation from Mr Malik, and also sent a report regarding the alleged irregularity to the government. It is alleged that Mr Malik allowed the registeration of the sale deed of a flat in Disha Cooperative Group Housing Society, Bhainsa Tibba, without getting no objection certificates (NOCs) from the Estate Office, Municipal Council and Revenue Patwari. The flat was sold off by the Disha Cooperative Group Housing Society through its member, Mr N.K. Garg, to the Consumer Awareness and Protection Society through its Joint Secretary, Capt G.S. Ghumman. The sale deed of the flat was registered on February 21. Sources say that the clerk refused to issue the receipt of the sale deed registeration, because the NOCs were not issued. Mr Malik himself issued the receipt, but the auditor too refused to audit the receipt. A complaint against the Naib Tehsildar was then made by local resident Parmanand and lawyer Ashish Mittal to the DC and Vigilance Department on February 25. The Tehsildar, Panchkula, was then asked to inquire into the incident, and he submitted his preliminary inquiry report today. |
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1,534 commercial units pay property tax
Chandigarh, February 28 This means that a big number of establishments which have failed to deposit their share will now have to pay 25 per cent additionally tomorrow onwards. The corporation has received a total payment of nearly Rs 50 lakh. Introduced for the first time, the establishments were required to pay their taxes between January 10 and February 10. The date was later extended till today. The corporation will now be required to draw a list of non-payers. This will also involve the assessment of different properties and the rate of applicable tax. In the first stage people had been asked to fill self-assessment forms. The UT Administration had levied 3 per cent property tax on the annual rateable value of commercial, institutional and industrial lands and buildings from November 22, 2004 onwards. Those paying late will have to shelve 25 per cent more than the real price. It has been also pointed out that “in case the corporation had to make the charges, it can also determine the actual market rent of the concerned property by scrutinising Income Tax returns of the concerned unit”. Different offices in the corporation today witnessed a heavy rush of people who had not deposited their tax. An official of a research centre was arguing that “we should be given an extension in time because the final approval for money has to come from Delhi”. A superintendent of the MC said: “The information for tax had been given more than a month back. There was no justification in delay of payment.” A section of those who have not paid the rent are those who are stuck in property related legal cases. One of the owners said “ The current inhabitants of our showroom in Sector 35 were paying us a meagre portion of the due rent. Let our cases be decided by the court and we shall be able to pay the due charges. The corporation should not ask us to pay for a facility we were not enjoying”. |
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