NEIGHBOURHOOD

Two die for want of treatment
Tribune Reporters

Yash Pal, a resident of Shahzadpur, sustained injuries in a road accident. He was taken to the Community Health Centre at Shahzadpur, where doctors referred him to the PGI, Chandigarh, but as doctors there were on a strike, he could not get the treatment and died last night.

2 killed as tractor-trailer overturns

Panchkula: Two persons were killed when their tractor-trailer overturned near Nolta in Pinjore block here today. The deceased were identified as Kaka (22) and Mast Ram. While Kaka was a resident of Damdama village, Mast Ram was from Morni.

It was in the evening that the deceased were going towards Damdama village after loading fodder in their tractor-trailer from Pinjore when they lost control over the vehicle and got crushed under it.

Man crushed to death

Ambala: Gulab Singh, a resident of Saha, was crushed to death by a truck near the Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt, on Friday. Gulab Singh was going to the FCI’s office when a truck hit his motorcycle near the Civil Hospital Chowk. He fell down and was crushed under the wheels of the truck. He was rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. A case in this connection has been registered.

Theft at shop

Ambala: Computer accessories, including pen drives and memory cards, were reportedly stolen from a showroom in Punjabi Mohalla, Ambala Cantt. Vipin Gupta, owner of Sahil Enterprises, said thieves had made away with goods worth Rs 1.5 lakh. A case has been registered at the Sadar police station in this connection.

Police accused of inaction

Mohali: Six days after the police registered a case of abetment to suicide against the wife and mother-in-law of 31-year-old Didar Singh, who had ended his life by consuming some poisonous substance, the family of the victim today alleged that the police had failed to arrest the mother-in-law of the deceased.

On the basis of the statement of deceased’s parents, the police had booked Paramjot Kaur, mother-in-law, and wife Kiran Thakur. While Didar’s mother-in-law stays in Mohali, his wife is settled abroad.

It was stated that the deceased was under depression as his wife had left him. He is survived by his parents and two daughters. 

Chandigarh, November 11
The UT health department is apparently driving away from health concerns. The UT has just 10 ambulances, equipped with basic life support system, but only two of them are operational at a given point in time. Also, most are running without ventilators or para-medical staff.

Moreover, the ambulance services do not have any exclusive dedicated number or global positioning system (GPS) installed on them. Likewise, some trauma vehicles available with the police department are being used without a pharmacist.

Also, none of the ambulances available with the UT Red Cross Society is equipped with a ventilator, GPS system, dedicated phone number, other medical equipment and paramedical staff.

The startling facts were placed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court today by the UT Director Health Services, Dr Chander Mohan, during the resumed hearing of a PIL seeking improvisation of ambulances services in the city-based government hospitals.

The ambulance services in Chandigarh are provided by Government Multi-Speciality Hospital (GMSH)-16, Government Medical College and Hospital Sector-32, the police department and the Red Cross Society.

Chandigarh, November 11
Denying a claim for theft of a motorcycle cost an insurance company dearly when the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-I, UT, directed it to pay the claim of Rs 61,816 to the complainant along with a sum of Rs 15,000 in compensation for mental agony and harassment apart from Rs 5,000 as costs of litigation within one month.

The complainant, Ashish Pandhi, a resident of Panchkula, got a Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle insured with the company for a sum of Rs 61,816.

The insurance policy was valid from July 24, 2009 to July 23, 2010. On May 24, 2010, a prospective buyer approached the complainant with intent to purchase the motorcycle and requested for a test drive.

The complainant in good faith handed over the bike to him but the latter fled with the vehicle. Thereafter, the police submitted an untraced/final report.

The company, in a written statement, pleaded that the act of the insured of handing over the key to the vehicle to a stranger and allowing him to take a test drive was in violation of the policy conditions.

The insured should have taken all reasonable steps to safeguard the vehicle from loss and by allowing the stranger to take the test drive of the vehicle, the complainant had endangered the safety of the vehicle.

The forum, comprising its president PD Goel and members Rajinder Singh Gill and Dr Madanjit Kaur Sahota, observed that the complainant had taken the comprehensive insurance policy and got the vehicle in question insured for Rs 61,816. Admittedly, the theft of the vehicle had been taken place during the currency of the insurance policy in question. So company was under legal obligation to reimburse the entire amount irrespective of the fact that the vehicle was being run in violation of the terms and conditions of the insurance policy.

Chandigarh, November 11
The police today arrested four persons, including two juveniles, in several cases of burglary and theft.

The police arrested Abhishek, Chinnu and two others, all residents of Sector 25, and recovered 15 gas cylinders, a VCD player and a television set from their possession.

With the arrest of these four accused, seven cases of burglary and theft have been solved, the police added.

Chandigarh, November 11
Local athlete Paramjeet Singh of SGGS College, Sector 26, covered a distance of 1.75m to secure the first place in high jump during the ongoing 64th Panjab University Annual Athletics Meet being held on the campus.

Simarjeet Singh (1.70 m) of GN College, Narangwal, secured the second position, while Sourav of PG Government College, Sector 11, jumped 1.60 m and Anil Kumar (1.50 m) of DAV College, Abohar, finished fourth in the event. In the men’s (20 km) walk event, Pardeep Kumar (1:49.34.88 seconds) and Parnam Singh (1:52:23.06 seconds) of SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, attained first two places, while Ajay Kumar (1:58:31.34 seconds) of SGGS College and Sukhdev Singh (2:02:09.51 seconds) of Gobindgarh Public College, Alour, finished third and fourth, respectively.

Results

Hammer throw: Assa Singh, SGGS College (47.82 m), Amritpal Singh, SCD Government College, Ludhiana, (42.16 m), Sukhdeep Singh, GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar, (38.60 m), Harpreet Singh, MRS College, Malout, (32.55 m); 400 m hurdles: Manbir Singh, SGGS College (1:00.00 seconds), Satinderdeep Singh, GN College, Narangwal (1:01.38 seconds), Gurjeet Singh, MR Government College, Fazilka, (1:02.67 seconds), Amandeep, MR Government College, Fazilka, (1:06.45 seconds); decathlon-Simranpal, SGGS College, 5,363 points, Bhaldeep Singh, JC DAV College, Dasuya, 3,083 points, Khushal, Post Graduate Government College, Sector 11, 2,739 points, Amarjit, GN College, Narangwal, 2,732 points; 4x100 m relay: SGGS College, 44.55 seconds, Ajay Tandon, Gulsher Singh, Dharamveer Singh and Khushant. AS College, Khanna, 45.37 seconds, Jagjeet Singh, Manjinder Singh, Tejinder Singh, Singara Singh, SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, 45.41 seconds, Hardeep Singh, Ranjit Singh, Satnam Singh, Balwant Singh, Gobindgarh Public College, Alour, 47.13 seconds, Narinder Singh, Abhishek Chaudhary, Sukhpreet Singh, Pardeep; women-5km walk: Mamta, DAV College, 31:07.02 seconds, Harvinder Kaur, GN College for Girls, Muktsar, 32:23.59 seconds, Kamalpreet Kaur, Khalsa College for Women, Sidhwan Khurd, 34:40.35 seconds, Rajvir Kaur, Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, 37.16.10 seconds; 400 m hurdles: Jagroop Kaur, Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, 1:12.83 seconds, Rajni, GN Girls College, Ludhiana, 1:17.26 seconds, Ramandeep Kaur, GN Girls College, Ludhiana, 1:21.41 seconds, Manisha Devi, Dasmesh Girls College, Muktsar, 1:25.85 seconds, 1,500 m: Ramandeep Kaur, GN Girls College, Ludhiana, 5:29.71 seconds, Amandeep, GGS College for Women, 5:31.88 seconds, Ramanpreet Kaur, GTB Khalsa College for Women, Dasuya, 5:33.03 seconds, Manpreet Kaur, Khalsa College, Garhdiwala, 5:36.50 seconds.

Chandigarh, November 11
Teams of Chandigarh Police Football Club and Delhi Public School, Sector 40, won the title of sixth Kanwar Harbans Lal Memorial Football Tournament in the senior and junior age groups, respectively at the football stadium in Sector 17 here.

In the final (senior category): Police football club defeated Khanna United football club 6-5 through a tie-breaker to pocket the title.

The match was decided in penalties after a 2-2 draw in the stipulated time of 90 minutes. The winning club scored the lead through Jagdeep Singh in 12th minute of the game, whereas he doubled the lead in the 34th minute to make the score 2-0 in the first half. But Khanna United team came back in the match after a lemon break and reduced the margin to 2-1 after Harminder Singh scored the goal in the 47th minute of the game.

In the 52nd minute, Sourav scored an equaliser for the team. In the match deciding penalties, Sanjeev Maria, Harminder Singh and Ankur Khanna scored goals for Khanna united, while Virender and Pawandeep missed the opportunity.

For the winning side, Gurjeet, Jashan, Navdeep and Jagdeep scored goals for the team, while Haardeep missed the chance. Jagdeep of police team was declared man of the match, while Harminder Singh of Khanna United was declared player of the tournament in the senior category.

In the final match (junior category), DPS, Sector 40, grabbed the title after defeating St Solider’s School, Sector 28, in another tie-breaker. DPS defeated the rivals 5-4. Sumat Singh of DPS school was declared man of the match.

Sumit Dhankar of St Soldier’s School was adjudged player of the tournament.