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11 trains cancelled, crop destroyed
Ambala, July 6 The conditions worsened in low-lying areas as water entered houses and shops in Durga Nagar, Palam Vihar, Ganesh Vihar, Janak Puri, Shanti Nagar and all link roads in the cantonment area. Water also entered pump houses, causing damage to motors of tubewells. It was the first heavy rainfall of the season which took its toll on the transportation system in this area of the state. The torrential rain severely affected the Ambala-Delhi, Ambala-Chandigarh and Ambala-Rajpura sections of the Ambala railway division. Waterlogging on rail tracks affected the running of the trains on these tracks. An official of the Northern Railway said 11 trains had been cancelled as the condition was not suitable to run the trains on the flooded tracks. The Ambala Cantt railway track was also flooded with rainwater. “Due to heavy rain and flooding of Tangri and Markanda rivers in Ambala division, the running of trains was affected,” he added. Many passengers who came to the railway station to catch trains in the morning had to face problems due to torrential rain. Thousands of passengers travelling on the Ambala-Chandigarh and Ambala-Delhi railway tracks were harassed, when a number of trains running on these tracks were stopped near Kurukshetra, Shahbad and Lalru due to excessive water on the railway lines. The signals on the tracks from the Ambala railway station and the nearby stations failed leading to chaotic situation for thousands of passengers. There has been no movement of train traffic after 10 am, the official said. The extreme weather hampered the work, but the situation was being monitored closely to bring the line back up as soon as possible, the official added. The most affected trains were Dadar Express, Kalka Shatabdi, Amritsar Shatabdi and Swaraj Express. Residents in cantonment are worried as the continuing rain could cause more flooding in the area. Now, most of the residents of the area have sewage water in their houses, said Gurmail Singh, a resident of Shanti Nagar. Hundreds of families who were residing near Tangri moved to safer places. Meanwhile, power failure since morning coupled with little water supply throughout the day added to the woes of the people. Power supply was not restored till the filing of this report. There is no alternative arrangement to supply drinking water in the city. The rainwater also entered Anajmandi, where maize crop worth lakhs of rupees was destroyed. A number of link roads, water supply schemes and the telephone lines were also affected in the district. Rajnish (38), a resident of Durga Nagar, died due to electrocution in his house. Deputy Commissioner Sameer Pal Srow visited the affected areas and directed the officials of the department concerned to take immediate measures.
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Girl drowns, youth feared dead
Dera Bassi, July 6 Besides, the family of Balram, a resident of Raiwali, suspected that he was drowned in a choe at Jaula Kalan and Baltana while crossing it yesterday. Balram, who worked at Agro Dutch Factory, went missing after work yesterday. Meanwhile, Rajinder Sharma of Tasimbly village died in roof collapse. Dharampal, also of the same village, was injured as the roof of his house also collapsed. Flood-like situation prevailed in villages surrounding Lalru following heavy rain and breach in the bundh on the Tangri rivulet, near Handesra, at Jodhpur village today. The bundh developed a 40-foot breach and water flooded into nearby villages and fields. Besides, waterlogging caused traffic jam on the Ambala-Chandigarh national highway at Jharmari barrier. Traffic had to be diverted from Zirakpur via Banur and from Ambala via Sambhu. Due to the breach, Jodhpur, Rajapur, Khelan, Malan, Antala and other nearby villages were inundated. Rainwater entered houses and damaged crops. SDM Puneet Goyal, after visiting affected villages along with other officials, said the flooding had been caused due to breach in the bundh. Villagers had been alerted through public address system, he added. Affected villagers demanded proper arrangements to control floods. Also, a seasonal choe near Jharmari caused flooding in Jharmari, Kurli, Jarout, Batouli, Saddopur and Kakru villages. It also led to traffic jam near the Jharmari tax barrier. The tax inspector at the information collection centre said some documents pertaining to tax records were damaged due to the inundation. Jharmari resident Bhadur Singh said waterlogging at the national highway was the result of lack of proper drainage system. Heavy rain also flooded the Dera Bassi bus stand, and Alpha Drug and Panacea Biotech factories at Lalru.
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PU engineer held for graft
Chandigarh, July 6 Padam’s accomplice Nand Lal Kaushal, a subdivisional officer, was also booked in the case, registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Sources said the investigators were examining the role of Kaushal, who could be arrested later. Confirming it, DIG CBI, Chandigarh zone, Mahesh Aggarwal, said investigating officials arrested the executive engineer from his office and Kaushal’s name figured in the first information report. A team of the anti-corruption branch of the CBI raided the engineer’s office on the campus and caught him accepting a bribe from Pardeep Kumar, a private contractor, for clearing his future bills. Kumar alleged that the duo had demanded the illegal gratification from him for the payment he had already made. He had been carrying out some civil work at the university. He had already received a payment of Rs 16 lakh from the university recently. The CBI team set up a trap on receipt of the complaint. Searches were being carried out at residences and offices of the two accused. The CBI would produce Padam in court tomorrow.
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AITA Meet
Chandigarh, July 6 In the women’s singles pre-qurterfinals, Nupur Kaul of Maharashtra ended the challenge of Chandigarh player Bhavika Wadhwan, beating her 6-1, 6-0. Another seeded player Farid Alam (seventh) tasted a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 defeat at the hands of Vishwesh Sinha in the men’s singles category. In the women’s section, three seeded players were ousted in singles event. In another major upset, wild card Sharmada Balu of Karnataka stunned third seed Smriti Joon of Haryana 6-2, 6-1 with ease. The results: Men’s singles pre-quarterfinal: Deepinder Singh Bains (Chd) b Kunal Anand (Dli) (1) 6-2, 6-4; Suraj Beniwal (Har) (Q) b Saurabh Dilip Patil (Mah) 6-4, 6-3; Shantanu Rajput (Dli) (4) b Rithvik Anand (TN) (LL) 6-4, 6-2; Vishwesh Sinha (Mah) (WC) b Farid Alam (WB) (7) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. Women’s singles pre-quarterfinal: Shweta C Rana (HP) (1) b Rimpledeep Kaur (Pb)(WC) 6-1, 6-0; Shalaka Manjunath (Kar) b Abhilasha Mehra (Dli) (WC) 6-3, 6-2; Natasha Palha (Goa) (4) b Bhuvana Kalva (AP) (WC) 6-4, 6-3; Saadgi Rajani (Guj) b Shruti Archita (Mah) (5) 7-5, 7-5; Rajbir Kaur (Pb) b Gundeep Kaur (Pb) (7) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5; Sharmada Balu (Kar) (WC) b Smriti Joon (Har) (3) 6-2, 6-1; Ravnoor Kaur (Chd) (6) b Priyanka Rawat (Utr) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Nupur Kaul (Mah) (2) b Bhavika Wadhwan (Chd) 6-1, 6-0.
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National Hockey Meet
Chandigarh, July 6 While the first half witnessed just one goal, with Gagandeep (Senior) opening the account in the 34th minute, the second half saw complete dominance by Chandigarh team as they pummelled Kerala. Gagandeep Senior was closely followed by Gurjant, who scored a brace, whereas the other scorers for the city team were DP Singh, Harman, Gaurav Tokhi and Gagandeep (Junior), who struck one goal each for the winning team. Chandigarh earned five penalty corners, out of which they successfully converted two. On the other hand, Kerala failed to convert any of their three penalty corners in the course. “I am satisfied with the game of my boys. We got a good start but the momentum has to be maintained,” said Mohan Singh Gill, coach of the local team. The other teams, that won their respective matches today were Punjab, Mumbai and Goa. While Punjab crushed Bihar 9-0, the Mumbai team trounced Chhattisgarh 7-0. Goa defeated Himachal Pradesh 1-0. For Punjab, Jasjeet Singh (17th and 46 min), Karanjeet Singh (42nd and 64th min), Jagroop Singh (12th min), Gagandeep (32nd min), Navjot Singh (34th min), Manjinder Singh (58th min) and Gauravjeet Singh (59th min) scored the goals. In the match between Goa and HP, both teams failed to score till the breather despite some brilliant moves. In the second half, Ibrahim Mulla of Goa converted a penalty corner in the 64th minute and ensured his team’s first victory in the tournament.
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Jeev looks to swing out of rusty patch
Chandigarh, July 6 However, the golf icon from Chandigarh showed improvement with every tournament. He showed glimpses of his form in the BMW International Open at Munich, finishing tied 11th. And to top it all, he came in with a superb seven under par round of 65 on the final day. It was a grand display by Jeev who was six under in the front nine. This stellar show on the last day lifted Jeev well up the leaderboard and he finished on 13 under par, five strokes behind David Horsey who won the title at 18 under par. Jeev again made the cut at the Alstom Open de France at where he finished tied 16th coming back with three under par 68 scores on the last two days after playing rounds of 70 and 73 on the first two days. He now travels to Scotland to play in the Barclays Scottish Open at the stunning Loch Lomond golf course, which begins on Thursday. Jeev will have to get back in top shape and concentrate on the US PGA Tour if he wants to get back into the top-50 golf rankings. Jeev said: “My ranking has dropped just below 100. So the first priority now would be to get back into the top-50. Secondly, it has played havoc with my schedule.” Jeev says his shoulder is feeling much better. “I’d say it is 80 per cent better. I am using a machine that stimulates muscles and increases the blood supply to the injured area.” Jeev’s aim of making it to the top-30 this year will require tremendous effort on his part for the second half of the season. For this, he knows he will have to post some good results. He added: “It seems I will have to play more in America. Yes, it’s going to be a long stay in the US. I am thinking of heading back to India for a week during the US Open, for which I failed to qualify. I need a bit of rest and be with my Harjai and Kudrat. I also need to spend a bit of time on my swing. Because of the shoulder injury, I am bringing a bit of hands into my swing.”
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