HEALTH

Dr Harsh Mohan resigns
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 3
Dr Harsh Mohan, the acting medical superintendent of Government Medical College and Hospital, resigned from the post here today.

According to sources, Dr Mohan who is Professor and Head, Pathology, also put in his papers on December 1 when Dr Raj Bahadur was appointed as Director-Principal of the medical institution.

Dr Harsh Mohan earlier moved the Central Administrative Tribunal against filling the post of Director-Principal on deputation by the administration on November 2.

However the adminstration has already advertised the post of medical superintendent.

Panchkula, December 3
Panchkula continues to live up to its reputation of being a poor cousin to Chandigarh. In fact, the ongoing entertainment-cum-cricket bonanza-Indian Cricket League (ICL) has failed to bring any tangible benefits to the township with big brother Chandigarh cornering all benefits.

Be it the lodging of the players, officials and high-profile visitors, Chandigarh has stolen march over the township as the organisers have virtually given a go by to Panchkula. Interestingly, poor infrastructure and general administrative apathy were largely to blame for this sorry state of affairs.

With hardly international standard hotel, the organisers had preferred Hotel Taj and Mountview in Chandigarh to lodge the top players to the local hotels. While the hotels in Chandigarh make hay, the local hotels are left to accommodate only the supporting staff of the tournament.

“The choice of Panchkula for the ICL tournament was like putting cart before the horse. As infrastructure in the township left much to be desired, the financial benefits are bound to accrue to neighbouring Chandigarh," said Varinder Garg, a local resident.

Even in the ICL venue, the Essel Group had created only partial permanent infrastructure. However, outside the stadium, in the township itself, the provision of the infrastructure to make it a tourist destination leaves much to be desired.

As the stadium would be put use only for a few days in a year, the viability of the surrounding areas becoming a tourist destination was under question.

On the face of it, Panchkula had nothing much to offer on the hospitality and entertainment fronts. So the diversion of business to Chandigarh was expected, conceded a senior functionary of the district administration.

Sources said only recently the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) had stepped up its efforts to make auction of commercial sites, including hotel sites, around Sector 3.The provision of basic infrastructure takes a long time and would be developed in due course, a top functionary told The Tribune.

With Panchkula hogging the limelight in the cricketing world in the wake of the ICL, the pace of development should pick up eventually in the years to come making it a tourist destination. In fact, with adequate funds coming from the Haryana government, face of the township is set for a makeover, the sources added.

Chandigarh, December 3
With his two goals, Sanyukt guided St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, to register a comfortable 3-0 win over Strawberry World Field School, Sector 26, in pool-D of the Chandigarh Football Tournament for St Kabir Trophy being played at the St Kabir School grounds, Sector 26, here today.

Sanyukt opened the account in 11th minute and again struck in the 28th minutes to extend the lead 2-0. In the 48th minute, Mehtab Singh sealed 3-0 victory for Xavier’s.

In pool-A, Saupin’s School, Sector 32, got walk over St Soldier’s International as the latter team failed to turn up at the venue. The other team, which moved ahead without a contest was St Kabir, Sector 26 in pool-C. It got walk over DAV Public School, Sector 8, for not showing up for the match.

In a pool-B match, St John’s School, Sector 26, drubbed Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, by 2-0. Praseej and Krishna scored one goal each in the 45th and 55th minutes, respectively. 

Chandigarh, December 3
Kuljeet Singh of the Institute of Blind, Sector 26, emerged winner in long jump (visually impaired) in the under-15 year age group category during a special event ‘Ability search contest’ organised by the Chandigarh Education Department at Sector 46 Sports Complex here.

The events were held to commemorate the “World Disability Day”. As many as 586 children participated in sports activities like races, long jump, discuss throw, softball throw etc in both boys and girls events.

The participants were from the Institute of Blind, Sector 26, Bhawan Vidhalya, Sector 27, GIMRC, Sector 32, National Association for Blinds, Sector 11, Sadhna Institute, Manimajra, Samarth Residential Care for Mentally Handicapped, Sector 15, Savera C/o St. Stephen’s 45 and all government schools and AIE centres.

Results: Long Jump (15 year boys): 1 Kuljeet Singh, 2 Rohit and 3 Rakesh;

50 m race (6 - 9 year boys): 1 Rihan, 2 Vishal and 3 Rajat; 50 m (6 - 9 year girls): 1 Sapna, 2 Shivangi and 3 Manisha.

Long Jump (6 - 9 year boys): 1 Rajat, 2 Rehan and 3 Sada Nand; 100 m (boys): 1 Badri, 2 Vishal and 3 Kuldeep; 100 m girls: 1 Somta, 2 Meenu and 3 Yogita; 200 m (14 year boys): 1 Amit, 2 Abhishek and 3 Lakhminder.

Discuss throw (girls): 1 Manjeet, 2 Alka and 3 Halma, discuss throw (boys): 1 Rampal, 2 Ram Saran and 3 Abhijeet,

Soft ball (6-9 year boys): 1 Parvesh, 2 Harsimran and 3 Himanshu; soft ball (6-9 year girls): 1 Gurvinder, 2 Nitu and 3 Anjali; soft ball: 10 -14 year boys): 1 Jaginder, 2 Jai Parkash and 3 Sanjay; soft ball (10 - 14 year girls): 1 Lalita, 2 Pooja and 3 Ashima.

Chandigarh, December 3
Top seed Sachin Kumar moved ahead beating Varundeep Singh by 5-2 in the boys’ under-10 category on the second day of the The Fort Ramgarh YMCA Total Tennis Championship at YMCA, Sector 11, here today.

Unlike, Sachin, who cruised easily to the next round, the second seed Ishaque Eqbal faced a tough challenge from Abhijit Singh in the tie.

At one stage, he was down 2-4 with two match points against him, but Eqbal came back in the game to level the score at 4-4 before winning the match by 5-4 (12-10).

In under-12 section, both, top seed Ranjit Singh and second seed Nishat Eqbal, cleared the second round registering easy win with an identical score (5-3) over Abhijit Singh and Manik Joshi, respectively.

Third seed Ishaque Eqbal too moved to the next round by beating Yogesh Kuar with ease at 5-1.

The third round of boys under 10 and 12 category will be starting today from 3 pm.

Results:

Boys (under-10) second round: Vaibhav Rattan w/o Gurmehar, Nikhil Deora b Sourav Markanda 5-1, Sachin Kumar b Varundeep Singh 5-3.

Chandigarh, December 3
An all round performance by Sohrab (3 for 17 and 23 n.o.), Nikhil and Rakesh fashioned a victory for DAV Senior Secondary School-8, Chandigarh, against Kundan Vidya Mandir, Ludhiana, in the first semi-final match of the PCA Boost Cup Tournament.

The tournament was played at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 grounds, here today.

Winning the toss, Chandigarh team elected to bat first. With sound batting line, the Chandigarh team scored 312 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in allotted 40 overs.

Nikhil scored 79 runs off 74 balls, Rakesh 91 in 88 balls and Avinash remained unbeaten at 48 runs. Sohrab too contributed 23 not out to enable DAV team to have sound footing. Ludhiana’s Avhinav and Shivam claimed one wicket each for 38 and 55 runs, respectively.

In reply, the Ludhiana team was bundled out at mere 87 runs in 37.4 overs. The Chandigarh bowlers proved too good for Ludhiana’s batsmen.

Sohrab took three and Aman Bharti smashed two wickets for 17 and 16 runs, respectively. Only Shivam Sharma (22) and Abhijeet (18) could score in double figures.

Brief Scores: DAVSSS, Chandigarh: 312/5 in 40 overs. Nikhil 79 in 74 balls, Rakesh 91 in 88 balls, Avinash 48 in 38 balls not out and Sohrab 23 not out. Avhinav 1/38 and Shivam 1/55.

KVM, Ludhiana: 87 all out in 37.4 overs. Shivam Sharma 22, Abhijeet 18 Sharab 3 for 17 and Aman Bharti 2 for 16.

NEIGHBOURHOOD

SAD(A) leader killed in dispute over land
Lalit Mohan
Tribune News Service

Fatehgarh Sahib, December 3
The mortal remains of 106-year-old Shingara Singh, who had participated in the country's fight for freedom, were today consigned to flames in his native Shahzadpur village.

Shingara Singh and his family had made contributions in the nation’s struggle for freedom. He is survived by two sons and three daughters.

The funeral ceremony was held in the presence of a number of villagers and officials of the district civil and police administration, including SDM G.S. Chahal and DSP Rajwinder Singh Sohal. Wreaths were placed on the mortal remains on behalf of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and information and public relation minister Bikramjit Singh Majithia, who also expressed grief over the demise of Shingara Singh.

A guard of honour was also presented by armed forces to pay tributes to the freedom fighter. The elder son of the freedom fighter Bakshish Singh lit the pyre.