C H A N D I G A R H   S T O R I E S

DAV wham KC in soccer semifinals
Panchkula, August 25
DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, gave a crushing defeat to KC Public School, Jammu, knocking them out by 9-0 in the semifinal of the CBSE Football Tournament (Cluster XIII) being played at Satluj Public School, Sector 4, here today.

Haryana badminton championship begins
Chandigarh, August 25
Rahul Sangwan of Hisar prevailed over Dinesh of Gurgaon and defeated him 12-15, 15-3, 15-7 on the opening day of 39th Haryana State Open Senior Badminton Championship held at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, Sector 3, here today.

Rovers vs Surjit Academy in final
Chandigarh, August 25
The city-based Rock Rovers and Surjit Academy of Jalandhar moved into the finals of 4th S N Vohra Memorial Sub-Junior (U-14) Hockey Tournament with four points and six points, respectively in league matches at Hockey Stadium, Sector 42 here today.

Dadu Majra top circle kabaddi event
Chandigarh, August 25
The hosts Dadu Majra got the first position with 8 ½ points in Circle Kabaddi (42 kg) while the Gopal Pur village remained at the second slot with six points in the two-day “Annual Rural Sports Meet’ at Guru Drona Acharya Stadium of Dadu Majra village, here today. In the 35-kg Circle Kabaddi Saheri village topped with 16 ½ points and bagged Rs 1300 as cash prize and Bajheri village won the second prize of Rs 1000 with six points.

Sub-junior carrom tourney from Sept 1
Chandigarh, August 25
The 33rd Sub-Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship will be held from September 1 to 6 at Skating Rink Hall, Sector 10, here.

MC sends Sanghi case to Administrator
Chandigarh, August 25
The special meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC), held here to discuss the “misbehaviour” of Mr P.C. Sanghi, a nominated councillor, with councillors and officials, today decided to forward the meeting’s proceedings to the UT Administrator for “appropriate action.”

HUDA schemes for Sectors 23, 24 & 25
Panchkula, August 25
The city’s skyline is in for a change. With property prices in the township sky- rocketing, thus making property out of reach for the common man, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) is now planning to re- introduce group housing schemes.

DAV wham KC in soccer semifinals
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, August 25
DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, Chandigarh, gave a crushing defeat to KC Public School, Jammu, knocking them out by 9-0 in the semifinal of the CBSE Football Tournament (Cluster XIII) being played at Satluj Public School, Sector 4, here today.

The DAV team got an edge over their opponents within first seven minutes by netting the first goal and maintaining the pressure throughout the match.

Jagjit scored 3 goals, Harminder scored 2 while Pawandeep, Shakti, Sahludeen and Pankaj scored 1 goal each.

In another semifinal (Pool A), Sanjay Public School, Sector 46, Chandigarh defeated Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, Chandigarh, by 7-0. Shivalik team could not resist the challenge posed by Sanjay Public team.

Manpreet of Sanjay Public School scored his first goal within 5 minutes of the play. Manpreet and Atinder scored 2 goals each while Kamal, Raju and Majid scored 1 goal each.

Chandigarh: U-17 soccer tourney from Aug 31: The Sports Department, Chandigarh Administration is organising Chandigarh Junior Challenge Football Cup Under-17 years (Boys) from August 31 to September 6 at Football Stadium, Sector 17, here. The following teams will participate in the tournament: SAI, Kolkata; Goa Football Association; Nawanshahr Football Club; Gurdaspur Football Club; Mehar Football Academy, Kurali; Youth Football Club, Rurka Kalan; DDA Football Academy, Delhi; Coaching Centre, Ambala; Ryan’s Football Academy, Delhi; St. Stephens Academy, Chandigarh; CFHA, Chandigarh.

Haryana badminton championship begins
Tribune News Service

Rovers vs Surjit Academy in final
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 25
The city-based Rock Rovers and Surjit Academy of Jalandhar moved into the finals of 4th S N Vohra Memorial Sub-Junior (U-14) Hockey Tournament with four points and six points, respectively in league matches at Hockey Stadium, Sector 42 here today.

The Surjit Academy thrashed Gopal Academy of Kurali by 6-3. The first goal of the match was scored by Harinder Singh of Gopal Academy in the eighth minute but the players of the Surjit Academy put up a brilliant performance and scored four goals on the trot.

Manpreet of Surjit Academy, won the ‘Man of the Match’ title.

In the second match of the day, the Rock Rovers team secured its berth in the finals of the tournament after defeating the local DAV Academy by 2-1.

The ‘Man of the Match’ title went to Gautam Pal of the winning team for his bright performance.

Tomorrow, the final will be held between the Rock Rovers, Chandigarh, and Surjit Academy, at 3 p m at the same venue.

Dadu Majra top circle kabaddi event
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 25
The hosts Dadu Majra got the first position with 8 ½ points in Circle Kabaddi (42 kg) while the Gopal Pur village remained at the second slot with six points in the two-day “Annual Rural Sports Meet’ at Guru Drona Acharya Stadium of Dadu Majra village, here today. In the 35-kg Circle Kabaddi Saheri village topped with 16 ½ points and bagged Rs 1300 as cash prize and Bajheri village won the second prize of Rs 1000 with six points.

Raghubir Singh Bhullar and Jagdish Singh Rana got the first and second positions, respectively, in the 100-mt veteran race. The teams of the Chandigarh Police and Desu Majra won their respective matches in the Volleyball Shooting event.

Earlier, the meet, which is being organised by Democratic Youth Federation of India and Guru Gobind Singh Sports Club, was inaugurated by Shri Inderjit Singh Sandhu, Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Director, Sports, UT Chandigarh. Tomorrow, the final match of 48-kg Circle Kabaddi, tug of war, Girls’ kabaddi show match and remaining matches of volleyball would be held.

Sub-junior carrom tourney from Sept 1
Tribune News Service

MC sends Sanghi case to Administrator
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 25
The special meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC), held here to discuss the “misbehaviour” of Mr P.C. Sanghi, a nominated councillor, with councillors and officials, today decided to forward the meeting’s proceedings to the UT Administrator for “appropriate action.”

However, questions are being raised over meeting’s legality as the resolution was not passed under any Section of the Punjab Municipal Act.

The meeting, which lasted for about nine hours, proved to be a damp squib as the original resolution seeking the councillor’s dismissal for alleged “corruption charges” was diluted in the wake of opposition from certain Congress and nominated councillors.

Earlier, while moving the resolution, Dr K.S. Raju, a nominated councillor, gave a detailed account of Mr Sanghis’ activities over the past three years. He was supported by Mr Chander Mukhi, Mr Kuldip Singh, Ms Kamlesh, Surinder Singh, Shyama Negi, all Congress, Ms Kamla Sharma and Mr Rajesh Gupta, both BJP, and Mr B.R. Verma and Ms K. Atmaram, both nominated, and Mr Jatinder Bhatia and Mr Vijay Singh Rana of the Chandigarh Vikas Manch.

However, maintaining a delicate balance between the divided Congress house, Mr Subhash Chawla, a former Mayor, urged the members to resolve the differences inside the House saying that the Mayor had enough powers to “punish” any erring member. He was supported by his party colleague, Mr H.S. Lucky, and Brig Sant Singh (Retd) and Mr C.K. Sawhney, both nominated councillors.

Ultimately, the “diluted” resolution was passed with members agreeing to forward the proceedings of the House to the Administration for “appropriate action”. However, the legality of the resolution, which does not fall under any section of the Act is being challenged by certain councillors. Mr Sanghi also said that he was considering to challenge the resolution.

In his defence, Mr Sanghi claimed that he was being targeted for raising issues of public interest in the House and with the officials of the MCC. Terming the agenda under Section 13 and 13-A of the Act as “non-maintainable”, he claimed that under the Act the presiding officer, the Mayor, was competent to award any “punishment” to an erring councillor.

Alleging that the Mayor, Ms Anu Chatrath, had bowed to the “brute majority” in allowing discussion on the resolution, Mr Sanghi complained that he was not given enough time to refute the serious allegations levelled against him.

Earlier, 13 councillors of the MCC had sought the removal of Mr P.C. Sanghi, for his “continuous misconduct and misbehaviour” with councillors and officials over a period of time.

HUDA schemes for Sectors 23, 24 & 25
Ruchika M. Khanna
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, August 25
The city’s skyline is in for a change. With property prices in the township sky- rocketing, thus making property out of reach for the common man, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) is now planning to re- introduce group housing schemes.

Two years after 90 per cent of Group Housing Societies (GHS) surrendered their land to HUDA in Sectors 23, 24, 25, 27 and 28, HUDA is all set to float new group housing schemes in Sectors 23, 24 and 25. About 16 acres in these sectors have been earmarked for these housing schemes in the three sectors, across the Ghaggar river. These schemes are likely to be floated within two months.

Other than this, HUDA authorities have asked the engineering wing to develop 18 acres of land in Sector 27 for floating group housing schemes. This land was earlier reserved for IT park, but after 250 acres of land for the IT corridor was earmarked in Sector 22, 23 and 32, HUDA authorities have now decided to float group housing schemes in Sector 27.

Official sources say that about two acres in Sector 17, too, are proposed to be offered for GHS. Senior officials say that with land prices in the town escalating and people buying residential plots more for speculation purposes, group housing societies are likely to be developed and inhabited soon.

Till two years ago, the societies were unpopular here and a majority of flats remained unoccupied. It was only after HUDA offered sops in terms of increasing floor area ratio ( from 150 square metres to 300 square metres), decreasing the size of plot for a society( from 1 acre to 0.5 acre) and certain other changes in registration (as compared to 40 members required for registration earlier, only 20 are required now), that the GHS picked up.