SPORT

Youngsters get tennis tips
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 5
Eighty-two-year-old veteran tennis player of India Kanwar Mohinder Singh today gave coaching tips to young players and students of Chandigarh at the Total Tennis Academy, Sector 11, Chandigarh.

Around 50 boys and girls made use of the opportunity by visiting the academy. He shared his experiences with players and stressed that players should work hard on service. He was happy to see facilities available at the academy and stressed the need for more tennis courts. He was happy to see young kids in the age group of four to eight years playing tennis. He said this was the right age to start playing tennis.

Kanwar Mohinder Singh, who belongs to the royal family of Kapurthala, played tennis for a long time. He started playing tennis at the age of five and has maintained the habit till now. He will leave for Australia to play ITF Veteran Tournament this month. He has won the Veteran National Championship of India thrice and has participated in Wimbledon along with many ITF veteran championships in Austria and Europe. He left the academy with a promise to revisit it.

ADMINISTRATION

Decision to stagger office hours
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 5
The Chandigarh Administration and the Haryana Government have decided to stagger timings of their offices situated in the Union territory.

This decision was taken at a high-level meeting, presided over by the Punjab Governor and UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (Retd). According to new timings, the UT and the Haryana Government offices will function from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. However, the Punjab Government offices will function from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. sources said, adding that new timings will be notified soon.

The decision, the sources said, was aimed at easing the traffic congestion on the city roads during the office hours. It has been observed that several city roads, including the Madhya Marg, witness traffic jams during the office hours since a majority of office-goers used their own vehicles to reach their offices in the absence of an efficient public transport system.

It may be recalled that the staggering of the office-timings had been under consideration for quite some time. It has been pointed that the decision will help ease traffic on the roads. The city has one of the highest per capita vehicles in the country.