Bird flu: monitoring of poultry farms on
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 28
A meeting was held in the office of the UT Chief Wildlife Warden with the Officer in charge, Animal Husbandry and Poultry Department, Chandigarh Administration, officials of Wildlife Department, and officers of the ‘Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)’ today to review the progress on the action plan drawn by the Chandigarh Administration to deal with Avian Influenza (Bird flu).

It was revealed in the meeting that as a precautionary measure, the Veterinary and Poultry Department had already started taking blood and fecal samples of poultry birds for monitoring and surveillance of the poultry diseases. The poultry Department had already circulated guidelines to the Poultry farms for the prevention and spread of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (bird flu) in poultry. Officials of the Poultry Department were conducting regular visits to the poultry farms to ensure compliance of the directions issued to the poultry farmers.

As the migratory water birds have already started coming to Sukhna Lake and other water bodies in the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, the field staff of the Wildlife Department has started patrolling Sukhna Lake and other water bodies twice a day to see the symptoms of the disease in water birds. Two Forest officials have already got trained for the collection of blood and fecal samples and dead birds from the Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Jalandhar.

Blood and fecal samples of migratory as well as resident waterfowls will be taken on a regular basis and will be sent to the Veterinary Department of the Chandigarh Administration, which in turn will send these samples to the Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Jalandhar for examination. The first batch of samples from the migratory birds and resident water birds will be taken in the first week of November, 2005.

Chandigarh State Games
Gagandeep, Ravinder declared best archers
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 28
Gagandeep Kaur of Panjab University campus and Ravinder of SGGS College, Sector 26, were declared the best archers among women and men, respectively, in the archery competitions held on the second day of the Ist Chandigarh State Games here today. They claimed two gold medals each in the Indian round competitions (30m and 50 m).

The SGGS College collected 600 points to emerge as winners for the team trophy in the men’s section. The second position went to DAV College, Sector 10, with 590 points and Panjab University campus were third with 572 points.

Panjab University campus displayed good skills to pile up 590 points for the women’s team crown. MCM DAV College, Sector 36, had to remain satisfied with the runners-up spot with 572 points. The Government College of Women, Sector 11, was third with 560 points.

In the women’s football, Dev Samaj College, Sector 45, and Chandigarh Schools Red played a goal-less draw in a league match at Sector 17 football ground. In another league fixture, Chandigarh Schools B routed the Chandigarh Football Club 6-0.

Results: Archery (women’s finals): Indian round (30m) — Gagandeep Kaur (PU) 1, Ramandeep Kaur (MCM DAVC) 2 and Monika Ahalawat (MCM DAV) 3; 50m: Gagandeep Kaur (PU) 1, Ramandeep Kaur (MCM DAV) 2 and Shivani Kochhar (PU) 3.

Men: (30m): — Ravinder (SGGS College) 1, Sanket Sharma (PU) 2 and Amit Batla (DAV College) 3; 50m: — Ravinder (SGGS) 1, Amit Batla (DAVC) 2 and Anil Kumar (SGGS College) 3.

Team championship (men): — SGGS College, Sector 26, 1 DAV College-10 2 and PU campus 3; Women: — Panjab University campus 1, MCM DAV College, Sector 36 2 and GCG, Sector 11, 3.

Wrestling: 55 kg — Krishan bt Rajesh, Jagminder bt Mandeep and Mukesh bt Raju; 60 kg — Narinder bt Surinder and Kamel bt Ravinder; 66 kg — Narinder bt Ashok, Sureej bt Bijecder, Varinder bt Sami and Ashok bt Sonu; 74 kg — Vinod bt Jaspal, Rajinder bt Jatinder, Saurav bt Rahul and Surjit bt Parveen; 84 kg — Rohtas bt Bijender, Bijender bt Raju, Raj Singh bt Ramesh, Jasbir bt Naresh and Mukesh bt Ashu; 96 kg — Satinder bt Monu, Sanwar bt Amrik, Padam bt Jagminder and Badal bt Rajkumar, Parminder bt Jitender and Surinder bt Ashwani; and above 96 kg — Jagmit bt Rajkumar, Ashwani bt Rajesh, Bahadur bt Gamodoor, Baljit bt Nirmal and Shersish bt Gautam. The semifinal and final bouts will be held tomorrow.

Kayaking and canoeing: K-1 500m (heat 1) — 1 Kuldeep Singh Jr 1, Kuldeep Singh 2, Sri Om 3 and Inderjit Singh 4; K-1 500m (heat II) — Manoj Kumar 1, Jaswinder Singh 2, Jagdeep Singh 3 and Muhamad Sukuil 4; K-II men 500m (heat I): — Manoj Kumar and Rajinder Varma 1, Dawinder Kumar and Jagdeep Singh 2, Pawan and Satinder 3 and Muh Sukil and Harbans Singh 4; and K-II men 500m (heat I) — Kuldeep Singh and Jaswinder Singh 1, Sri Om and Daraminder Singh 2, Inderjit Singh and Mantosh 3 and Surjit Singh and Kuldeep Singh 4.

Kinshuk shines on second day of Chandigarh Games
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, October 28
Enthusiasm galore on the second day of the first Chandigarh State Games-2005, which are being played at various venues in the city.

In tennis, it was Kinshuk Sharma, international player, who stole the limelight in the men singles by reaching the quarterfinals. He was joined by another promising players Jitin Bishnoi and Aakash Sharma.

Meanwhile, the shooting events will commence tomorrow at the Sector 25 Patiali Ki Rao shooting ranges.

Tennis: Those who have made it to the last eight of the men singles are: Jitin Bishnoi, Dilpreet Singh, Ayekpam Deepak, Raj Kanwar, Paras Thakur, Kinshuk Sharma, Yogesh Phogat and Aakash Sharma. In women section, those who sailed in the last four are: Neha Singh, Neha Kumar, Poorna, Simer.

In men's doubles, those who entered the last four are: Jitin Bishnoi and Paras Thakur, Gaurav Inder Toor and Shobit Puteja and Gursimran Singh and Gurmehar Singh.

Table Tennis: In the men's team event, experienced team of the Audit Club comprising Patanjli Kumar, Harish Kumar, Vikas Sharma, Harish Sharma and Surinder Sharma won the championship. In the final, they got the better of Manav Mangal School by 3-0.

In the women's section, Coaching Centre, Sector 23, and DAV Public School, Sector 8, will clash for the first position.

Gymnastics: Floor: 1 Y.Ibomcha (ITBP), 2 Madan Lal (ITBP), 3 Suman Bask (ITBP); Pommel: 1 Madan Lal (ITBP), 2 Sanjeev Kumar (ITBP), 3 Rajit Sharma (Ind), 3 Arup Debnath (ITBP); R.Rings: 1 Somnath Dass (ITBP), 2 Ravi Kumar (ITBP), 3 Bansi Sani (ITBP); V. Table: 1 Karan Bahadur (ITBP), 2 Arup Debnath (ITBP), 3 Y.Ibomcha (ITBP), 3 Suman Bask (ITBP).

Parellel bar: 1 Karan Bahadur (ITBP), 2 Bansi Sani (ITBP), 3 Madan Lal (ITBP); Horizontal bar: 1 Karan Bahadur (ITBP), 2 Y.Ibomcha (ITBP), 3 Arup Debnath (ITBP).

Tubling: 1 Ravi Kumar (ITBP), 2 Vinod Kumar (ITBP), 3 Sanjeev Kumar (ITBP).

Trampoline: 1 Sanjeev Kumar (ITBP), 2 Raj Kumar (ITBP), 3 Pardeep (DAV College).

Netball: The Unified Club will meet the Welfare club in the boys final. Earlier, in the semifinal, the Unified Club beat the Golden Club by 11 pts. While the Welfare Club routed the Chandigarh Club by one innings and seven points.

Judo: Girls: below 40 kg: 1 Sonia (CC-21), 2 Sapna (CC-21), 3 Mamta (CC-21), 3 Neetu Singh (CC-21); 44 kg: 1 Ranjana Rana (CC-42), 2 Dimple Sharma (CC-21), 3 Shilpa (CC-42) and Shagun Negi (CC-21); 48 kg: 1 Yashoda (CC-21), 2 Sarita (CC-42), 3 Manisha (CC-21) and Harpreet (CC-21); 70 kg: 1 Yogesh Kumari (CC-42), 2 Jaspreet Kaur (IS Dev Samaj 21), 3 Swati; 78 kg: 1 Tanya (MCM-36), 2 Neetika (Dev Samaj -21); 63 kg: 1 Priyanka Thakur (CC-42), 2 Yakshi (CC-21), 3 Anu Mittal Open (men): 1 Munish Rai (CC-42), 2 Mankuldeep (CC-42), 3 Harmanpreet (CC-21).

Handball: Men: CC -19 beat SGGS-35 by 38-12 , CC-23 beat CC-21 by 24-11, DAV-8 beat DAV-15 by 41-22, SD-32 beat CC-42 by 27-21, CC-19 beat CC-21 by 40-27, CC-23 beat SGGS 35 by 24-6, DAV-8 beat SD-32 by 24-15, CC-42 beat DAV-15 by 13-7.

Women: CC-42 beat CC-21, SD-32 beat CC-23 by 12-8, Sacred Heart beat GMSS-16 by 13-8, GMSSS-19 beat SGGS-35 by 15-6, CC-42 beat GMSS 23 by 15-8, SD-32 beat GMSSS-31 by 14-4, Sacred Heart beat SGGS-35 16-9, GMSS -19 beat GMSS-16 by 12-7.

Laxman, Vikinder rowing champs
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 28
Laxman and Vikinder came first in boys final (double scull) clocking 3 min 34.47 sec in the Chandigarh State Games Rowing Championship for boys and girls being held at the Lake Club. Munshedi Khatoon bagged the title in the girls final (single scull) with the timing of 4 min 29.60 sec.

The races are being conducted on a 1000-m long water-course, as per the RFI rules.

Results:

Boys final: Double scull: Laxman and Vikinder 1st, Shokinder and Manjeet 2nd, Sursh Babar and Rajveer Singh 3rd.

Girls final: Single scull: Munshedi Khatoon 1st, Saroj Bala 2nd, Mona 3rd.

Chetan, Gurinder bag title
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, October 28
Chetan Suri and Gurinder Dhillon bagged the doubles title in the 1st Chandigarh Junior Doubles Ball Badminton Tournament for under-19 which concluded here yesterday at St Joseph’s School, Sector 44. The tournament was organised by the Chandigarh Ball Badminton Association.

In the final, Chetan, a student of DAV College, and Gurinder, a student of Government Model Senior Secondary school, Sector 16, had to exert hard in beating combination of Manish and Himanshu at 2-1 with scores being 35-29, 28-45,36-34.

Admn may transfer more powers to MC
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 28
The Chandigarh Administration proposes to delegate more powers to the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC), the local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal, indicated here today.

Participating in the discussion at the 95th meeting of the civic body today, Mr Bansal said Chandigarh Administration officials might propose to transfer more powers to the MCC at the meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Home Ministry to be held at New Delhi on November 8.

Raising the issue, a former Senior Deputy Mayor, Mr Pradeep Chabbra, termed the recent notification transferring certain powers to the MCC as “mere eyewash”. The Mayor, Mr Anu Chatrath, wanted a special meeting to discuss the transfer power. However, Mr Bansal said the civic body should not rake up the issue when the administration was in the process of giving more functions to the corporation.

In another important decision, it was decided to reduce the age for membership of the community centres for the senior citizens from 65 years to 60 years.

The setting up of the second electric furnace at the electric crematorium in Sector 25, the adoption of the administration’s notification on Right to Information Act, 2005 and the construction of residential quarters at the fire station in Mani Majra were also okayed at the meeting.

Cop suspended
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, October 28
Head Constable Bijender Singh, accused of attempting to sodomize a 10 year- old boy at Old Police Lines here last evening, has been placed under suspension.

The action was initiated against him by the SP Police, after a case was registered against him on charges of attempting to sodomise the boy. The errant cop is, however, absconded.

Interestingly, after a case was registered against him last night, and the police brought the victim to the General Hospital for a medical examination, Bijender, too, reached there. He alleged that he wanted to get his medical examination done, as he had been assaulted by Anil and Raju- the boys who had rescued the victim.

However, when he learnt that a case had been registered against him, he fled away.