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Tribune News Service

Ambala, June 24
The summer is here and the fear of water-borne diseases, such as gastroenteritis, cholera and jaundice, has also started looming large in the city.

Deputy Commissioner Sameer Pal Srow, after a meeting with the health officials and other administration officials here issued an order to prohibit the sale of overripe and under-ripe fruits and uncovered eatables under Section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, in the district.

While presiding over the meeting, Srow chalked out an elaborate programme with officers of the public health and the municipal corporation in order to create awareness among people and take remedial steps against the outbreak of water-borne diseases in the coming monsoon.

Srow has ordered that eatables should be properly covered and constituted teams of health and other officials to check the violation of the Act. He authorised the Civil Surgeon, district health officer, all SMOs, medical officers of the government and local bodies, all food inspectors, health supervisors, sanitary inspectors and all magistrates to inspect any market, building, shop or stall used for manufacturing, storage and sale of contaminated foodstuff or drinks.

He further said such foodstuff can be seized and destroyed in case it is considered unfit for human consumption. Any ice factory or mineral water or food establishment can be closed down if it is found not working in a way to avoid the spread of cholera.

Make-shift stalls in the city near the bus stand area attracted a large number of customers during the scorching heat, who were unaware of the fact that the consumption of exposed cut fruits and ice candies could prove to be a health hazard, he added.

Srow further instructed sarpanches and heads of institutions in rural areas of the Ambala district to launch a drive to apprise the general public the health hazard posed by the consumption of cut fruits.

Patiala, June 24
The Black Elephant Cricket Club (BECC), Patiala, defeated Sunny Cricket Club, Bathinda, by 58 runs in a five limited over match series. They are now leading the series by 2-0 after the second match that concluded at the Railway ground, Bathinda, today.

Winning the toss, BECC skipper Ajay

Bharti elected to bat first. The team scored 124 runs for seven wickets in 35 overs. Abhinav played a super knock of 47 runs and was supported by Pyush 25.

Due to fine right arm leg spin bowling by skipper Ajay five for five and Navandu Sharma four for 15, Sunny Club was bundled out for just 66 runs in 17.3 overs.

Jashan 12, Jagmeet 11 were only batsmen who could reach double figures.

Score

Black Elephant Cricket Club, Patiala: 124 for seven in 35 overs (Abhinav Mehta 47, Pyush 25, Ajay Bharti 18 and Prabjot 14) (Neeta three for 16, Babbu two for 19 and Sukhi two for 14)

Sunny Cricket Club Bhatinda: 66 all out in 17.3 overs (Jasan 12 and Jagmeet 11)

(Ajay Bharti five for five, Navandu Sharma four for 15 and Prabjot one for 12).

Patiala, June 24
The Inter-District Athletics Tournament, earlier scheduled for June 25 and 26 at Polo Ground, Patiala, has been postponed to June 27 and 28 due to the arrival of the Commonwealth Torch in the city on June 26.

Selected players will take part in the senior state championship from July 3. — TNS

Chandigarh, June 24
District Sessions Judge SK Goyal has directed Bajaj Auto Finance to pay a compensation of Rs 8,916 at an interest of 8 per cent per annum to Murli Ram whose vehicle was impounded on account of not paying the last installment.

The company had imposed extra charges for parking the impounded vehicle and for paying the musclemen who had taken the vehicle from Murli.

Pronouncing the orders, the court held, “No accounts have been placed on file to establish as to how the respondents have calculated the penal interest of Rs 3,570 on the amount of Rs 1,084 (the last installment). The defendants have also failed to prove that they have paid Rs 860 as parking charges and Rs 1,000 as charges of the company that had taken into possession the scooter of the plaintiff. To prove this, the defendants could have produced oral as well as documentary evidence. However, no evidence was produced before the court.”

While filing the case, Murli was repenting for not paying the last installment of a nominal amount of Rs 1,084 as the finance company seized the two-wheeler for which he had taken the loan and then auctioned it.

He had earlier filed a case in the consumer courts. The consumer courts had, however, turned down his complaint on the plea that it didn’t have jurisdiction. He then filed a case in the district courts.

A Class IV employee, Murli had filed a recovery suit of Rs 32,000 in the courts. A loan of Rs 21,000 from Bajaj Auto Finance was raised by the plaintiff for buying a scooter. He deposited an initial amount of Rs 3,105 with the company and had to make payment of the rest of the loan in 23 installments. Unfortunately, Murli faltered in paying the last installment of Rs 1,084. The scooter of the plaintiff was allegedly seized by the musclemen on February 12, 2002 and was sold on March 27, 2002 for Rs 10,500.

In its reply, the finance company stated that the plaintiff had taken a loan of Rs 24,000 and was to return it in 24 installments of Rs 1,084. It was stated that one of the cheque was dishonoured, following which the company had served him a legal notice to Murli on February 15, 2002.

Zirakpur, June 24
The police today claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of vehicle lifters operating in the region with the arrest of two gang members and seized three vehicles, including two Alto cars and a Maruti 800, from their possession.

The police also recovered fake registration certificates, forged stamps of district transport officer (DTO), Yamunanagar, duplicate keys and other equipment like a sharp blade from the accused.

A senior police official stated that after stealing the cars, the gang members used to prepare fake registration certificates on their names and sell them to unsuspecting persons on cheap prices.

DSP, Dera Bassi, JS Khaira stated that two days back one of the gang members identified as Raj Kumar, a resident of Power Colony, Panchkula, was arrested on a tip-off near Zirakpur and a stolen Maruti car was recovered from his possession.

The arrested accused disclosed vital clues about the group members on the basis of which the second vehicle lifter Baljit Singh, a resident of Jhajjar in Haryana, was nabbed near Baltana link road at the Zirakpur-Kalka Highway and a black-coloured Alto bearing fake registration number was seized.

According to sources, Baljit Singh had taken a room on rent at Abhaypur village in Panchkula and used to spend nights in a car as the police found clothes and other food items from the car.

In a preliminary investigation, the accused revealed that one of his accomplices was waiting near Big Bazzar. On the basis of this information a police team carried a raid on the spot. However, the third gang member, identified as Subhash Saini, a resident of Kaithal, managed to flee from the spot leaving behind a stolen vehicle.

The police said more than 12 cases under various sections were registered against Baljit Singh in different districts of Haryana and Punjab. A case under Sections 379, 411, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 473 of IPC has been registered against Baljit Singh.

Chandigarh, June 24
Fourth seed Nischay Rawal defeated top seed Harry Jindal in the semifinal of Amul-AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament being played at the CLTA courts in Sector 10 here today.

With this, Nischay booked his ticket in the final of boys U-18 category. Nischay defeated Jindal in the straight sets. After loosing the first set 6-2, Jindal made his effort to come back, but he failed in his attempt when he lost the second set in a tie-breaker 7-6(8-6).

In another semifinal, fifth seed Suraj Beniwal made it to the final of boys U-18 category after thrashing sixth seed Dhruv Agarwal 6-0, 6-1. He will face Nischay in the final.

In the boys U-14 singles, seventh seed Udayan Bhaskar continued his winning spree by defeating third seed Ishan Kakkar of Delhi 6-1, 7-6(6).

On the other hand, second seed Shrey Gupta of Haryana defeated fourth seed Rahul Seth 6-1, 6-0. Both the winners will now face each other in the final of the U-14 category.

In the girls U-18 singles, unseeded Bhavya Wadhawan booked his berth in the final after trouncing top seed Charvi Saxena 6-3, 6-4.

Aashima Garg defeated unseeded Harsimran Kaur 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3 to face Bhavya Wadhawan in the final, whereas in another match of the girls U-14 singles, third seed Pooja Maurya upset top seed Charvi Saxena 6-2, 6-0.

She will lock horns with fourth seed Nandini Sharma,who defeated Bhavya in the semifinal match 6-3, 7-6(3).

Results: Boys U-14 singles semifinals: Udayan Bhaskar (PB) defeated Ishan Kakkar 6-1, 7-6(6); Shrey Gupta (HAR) defeated Rahul Seth (CHD) 6-1, 6-0; boys U-14 doubles semifinals: Rohit Kumar (HAR) & Vikas Berwal (HAR) defeated Nihit Rawal (CHD) & Paramvir Singh Bajwa (CHD) 3-5, 4-2, 10-4; Shrey Gupta (HAR) & Param Pun (CHD) defeated Rahul Seth (CHD) & Ishan Kakar 5-4(3), 4-2. Boys U-18) singles semifinals: Nischay Rawal (CHD) defeated Harry Jindal (PB) 6-2, 7-6(6); Suraj Beniwal (HAR) defeated Dhruv Agarwal (UP) 6-0, 6-1. Boys U-18 doubles semifinals: Suraj Beniwal (HAR) & Dhruv Agarwal (UP) defeated Kamal Kishore Maderna (RAJ) & Ranjeet Singh (CHD) 4-1, 5-3; Aayush Mintri (PB) & Atul Sri Patel (UP) defeated Sohrab Kanwar (PB) & Hardeep Singh Sadhu (PB) 4-2, 2-4, 10-6. Girls U-14 singles semifinals: Pooja Mourya defeated Charvi Saxena (CHD) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0; Nandini Sharma (CHD) defeated Bhavya Wadhawan (CHD) 6-3, 7-6(3). Girls U-18 singles semifinals: Bhavya Wadhawan (CHD) defeated Charvi Saxena (CHD) 6-3, 6-4; Aashima Garg defeated Harsimran Kaur (HAR) 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3. Girls U-18 doubles semifinals: Charvi Saxena (CHD) & Nikita (CHD) given walk over; Bhavika Wadhawan (CHD) & Bhavya Wadhawan (CHD) defeated Harsimran Kaur (HAR) & Pooja Mourya (PB) 4-1, 4-1.