SPORTS

Kho-kho title for GHS-32
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, October 24
Government High School, Sector 32, clinched the under-17 kho-kho title in the UT Inter-School Kho-Kho Meet. The GHS-32 boys outplayed Sri Guru Gobind Singh Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, by a margin of two points. Earlier in the semi-finals, GHS-32 had overpowered Shishu Niketan Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, by 12 points while SGGSSS-35 had outplayed Government High School, Sector 29, by 11 points.

Skaters excel

Young skaters of KB DAV Centenary School, Sector 7, bagged the overall CBSE national Speed Skating running trophy during the second CBSE National Skating Championship held at Faridabad and concluded last evening. As many as 163 schools comprising nearly 400 skaters took part in this meet. Manjit Singh of Class V of this school clinched first place in Rink Race II (1000 metres) and second place in rink race I (500 metres). Mehak Paul of Class IV of the school secured second place in rink race I (500 metres), and third place in rink race-II (1000 metres).

Mr B.S. Bahl, chairman of the school, congratulated the skaters and its principal, Ms Madhu Bahl, for this outstanding performance of the school in skating.

Volleyball meet

The second day of the Chandigarh State Volleyball Championship at Sports Complex, Sector 7, saw SD Public School, Sector 32, Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, Sports Complex, Sector 7, winning their respective matches in junior boys section.The winners in sub-junior girls section were: Manav Mangal-21, DAVSSS-8, GHS-7 and CC-46, while in sub-junior girls section, those who won their respective matches were, GMHS-26, CC-18, GSSS-27 and GMS-26.

Cricket tourney

Hansraj Public School, Sector 6, Panchkula, entered the final of the under-16 section of the fourth Blessed Edmund Rice Cricket Tournament played here today at St John’s High School, Sector 26. They defeated Army Public School, Chandi Mandir, by nine wickets. In the under-12 tie, St John’s-26 whipped Little Flower School, Panchkula, by 134 runs to enter the semi-final. In under-14 section,YPS, SAS Nagar and Baptist School, Sector 45, reached the last four stage of the meet.

Today,YPS defeated Little Flower School by 119 runs while Baptist -45 downed St Joseph-44 by 75 runs.

Will hockey heroes stir UT out of slumber?
Arvind Katyal

Chandigarh, October 24
Inderjit Singh and Rajpal Singh, both centre-forwards who played a vital role in India’s historic win in the junior World Cup on October 21 are indeed the pride of Chandigarh. But will their sterling performance at Hobart help in improving the infrastructure in the city? Also will they ever get due recognition as accorded to their team-mates hailing from Punjab and other states? Going by past experience, Chandigarh has always adopted a lackadaisical approach towards its sporting heroes. Rajpal Singh and Inderjit are both products of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Senior Secondary School, Sector 35 and Shivalik Public School. Both learnt the rudiments of hockey at the Sector 42 stadium under Jasbir Singh Bajwa, UT hockey coach. However, the turf at the Sector 42 stadium is now in bad shape. Rajpal says they need to practice on astro-turf and hopes the UT Administration comes to the rescue of hockey players by fulfilling this long-pending demand. he said budding youngsters were now not able to practice on turf which might mar the chances of many hockey aspirants.

Yesterday, they were offered handsome cash prizes by the Union Sports Ministry, Indian Hockey Federation and the Punjab Government. But no such announcement of award has come from the UT Administration so far. When asked, Rajpal said yesterday, the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr PS Badal, was kind enough to include their names while announcing the allotment of plots to members of the team hailing from Punjab.

Why has the UT Administration not come up with such policies in respect of players hailing from Chandigarh. Perhaps Chandigarh being a small place, cannot afford to spare such resources.

However, the name of Chandigarh is acknowledged in national circles.

In the past, there have been numerous examples of players opting to shift from the city due to better job opportunities in neighbouring states.

Chandigarh is surrounded by Punjab and Haryana, which have always given top priority to according recognition to its players. Abhinav Bindra, the ace shooter who studied at Chandigarh and also stays here, sends his entry from Punjab in the National shooting Championship. Incidentally, he is one player, who has been given recognition both by the UT Administration and Punjab Government by honouring him at special functions. Sabeeha Dhillon, the young girl shooter, also studied and stays at Chandigarh. She became a national junior champion in air rifle in 1999 at the age of 16 years, while representing Chandigarh.

She also represented India in international competitions. She was ignored on Republic Day and also during Independence Day functions. Now she is representing Punjab. Nadia Saini, the young table tennis sensation last year won titles in three age groups while studying in the local DAV Public School, Sector 8. At the age of 10 years, she was force to reckon with in this sport. Last month she took part in the Haryana State Table Tennis Championship and hopes to reap rewards in times to come since Haryana is considered a sport-loving state.

Chandigarh’s cricketers like Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Mongia represent Punjab since UT is not directly affiliated with the national cricket body. Mr Sidharth Chattopadhya, senior IPS officer of Punjab and president of the Amateur Judo Association, Chandigarh, had told this reporter the other day that when he was based at Ludhiana as SSP, he had made a strong state judo team by helping them in getting jobs in Punjab Police, but in Chandigarh he was helpleses. Sports experts are of the view that what to talk of any guaranteed awards, the cash awards function of the UT administration has not been held for the past two years.

ADMINISTRATION

Admn invites objections on Apartment Act
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 24
The Chandigarh Administration today invited objections on draft rules framed for sub-division of buildings. Members of the public can give comments and suggestions in this regard within two weeks, following which a formal notification will be issued.

These rules referred to as the “Chandigarh Sub-Division of Buildings Rules-2001” are a precursor to the much-awaited Apartment Act. The modalities of the Apartment Act are being worked out and these will be out soon, official sources said tonight.

* In case of residential properties only one dwelling unit on each floor in plots less than 1800 sq yrds (3 kanals) in size will be allowed. * Independent water, power and sewerage connections to be given. * Basements are not separate sub-divisions. * In commercial buildings sub-division permitted on ground floor but no more than one sub-division in each bay. * Basement of SCO or SCF not to be allowed as separate unit. * No sub-division allowed in industrial buildings.

The new rules will allow sub-division of a building into separate and independent units . Each such sub- building will be recognised as a distinct identifiable property to which the owner shall have title along with proportionate rights in the declared common areas.

Recognition of each such sub-building as an apartment by the Estate Office shall be accorded by way of a fresh letter of allotment or a fresh conveyance deed,as the case may be in supersession of the previous allotment letter. Each sub-division shall be the sole and exclusive property of the declared owners.

A statement issued by the Administration said separate water, power and sewerage connection will be given. In case of residential buildings which are less than 1800 square yards in area only one dwelling unit will be allowed on each floor. In case of plots bigger than 1800 square yards, one floor can have two dwelling units on each floor.

The basement shall form part of the sub-divisions on the ground. In case of more than one sub-division on the ground floor, each sub-division may have a separate basement if building regulations permit.

The garage, servant quarter, outhouse, mali hut or store, not forming part of the main residential building, shall not form a separate sub-division. In case of commercial property, SCO or SCFs may be subdivided into commercial units on the ground floor and a separate unit on each of the upper floors of the appropriate category. No more than one partition will be permitted in each bay.

On the upper floors of commercial buildings also, sub-division will be permitted but again no more than one sub-division per bay, say the new rules. In case of basements, a basement shall not constitute a separate sub-division and shall form a part of not more than one sub-division in the building.

In case of industrial buildings, no sub-division will be allowed.The rules say any work of addition alteration, change in external features and structures or excavation of basement should be prejudicial to the soundness and safety of the building. In case of more than one apartment on one floor, the Estate officer shall permit amalgamation of such apartments and even of apartments on adjacent floors.

For the full text of the rules, members of the public can also access the official website of the Chandigarh Administration http://chandigarh.nic.in, a release of the Administration said. However, information was not available on the site till late night. It will be there tomorrow morning, officials explained.

Bar Council to have new office
Kiran Deep

Chandigarh, October 24
The Punjab and Haryana Bar Council is likely to have a new office soon. The Deputy commissioner has directed the council to vacate the present premises on the fourth floor of the District Courts Complex.

It is learnt that the council has decided to set up a new office in Chandigarh only with a view to avoiding any dispute between advocates belonging to Punjab and Haryana.

Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, the secretary of the council, Mr C.L. Munjal, said that the council could buy a new office in SAS Nagar and Panchkula at a much lower rate than in Chandigarh. But to avoid any dispute the council preferred Chandigarh only.

Mr Munjal said that the Bar Council would take about three months to shift to the new office despite the fact that the Deputy Commissioner had directed it to vacate its office in the District Courts before November 15.

He said that the council had sent a letter to the Administration requesting that “it will take a little time. The council is seriously searching for a suitable accommodation and we hope that the same will be found immediately”.

He added that it was the responsibility of the state to provide a proper place for the council office.

Sources said that the District and Sessions Judge had sent a letter to the Administration on September 17 and asked for getting the premises vacated in accordance with orders of the High Court. The sources said that there was a shortage of space in the District Courts to maintain its record files.

The sources said that earlier the Deputy Commissioner had turned down the request for grant of six months’ time to vacate the premises.

EC to update voters’ lists
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 24
The Election Commission of India will update voters’ lists in the city between November 5 and the first week of December.

‘’Persons attaining the age of 18 years on January 1, 2002, will be registered as voters, while those who have either migrated or died will be removed from the list,’’ an official source said here today.

Enumerators from the Election Department will go from house to house to find the position of the voters, he said. There will be 645 polling booths and they would be covered by 65 supervisors and 650 enumerators. These lists, however, will not be used in the Municipal Corporation elections due in December.