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SPORTS

100 participate in zonal shooting camp
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, July 18
The zonal shooting camp involving more than 100 shooters from the northern region began at Sector 25 Patiali Ki Rao range here today. This seven-day camp is being organised by the Zonal Shooting Academy to nurture and tap the talent. According to Mr D.S. Chandel, organising secretary, coaches, including Sanjay Chakarvorty, Randhir Singh, and Col J.S. Dhillon, would impart training.

On the first day of the camp, one could witness even the shooters below 10 years taking part in the camp. It may be recalled that the Sector 25 range had remained the venue for many big tournaments like Northern India Shooting Championships.

Football players

The football players of Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, will be allowed to take part in any kind of selection trials for the National School Games in various age groups. The school players were banned from taking part in the pre-Subroto Cup matches to be held next week by the UT Education Department. This was confirmed by Mr D.S. Mangat, DPI (Schools), UT, while talking to this reporter this evening. He said the school authorities met him and gave a representation for allowing the players. Mr Mangat said for the Subroto Cup, Sanjay School as an institution would not be allowed to participate on the basis of a report submitted by the committee as its players had committed irregularities last year in the meet held at Delhi. When his attention was drawn to the reported case of overage players in cricket, which led the whole team getting scrached at the National School Games, he said he would look into the matter. When contacted, Mr T.R. Sethi, director of the school, said that he tried to put forth the positive points in allowing the school players which the DPI (Schools) readily agreed. Regarding the below-14 section players, Mr Mangat said, “It will be examined”.

LG Cup

The knockout matches of the LG Cup league cricket tournament will begin on July 20 with three matches scheduled for the first day. It will be between Indian Express XI versus Maa Saraswati XI, MCC XI versus Sports Promoters XI and Modi Xerox XI versus DAV Coaching Centre.

Skating festival

The second Chandigarh Skating Festival organised by the Wonderland Skate Club will be held on July 20 and 21 at Skating Rink, Sector 10. The competitions will be held in the speed and roller hockey events. According to Mr Ashok Kapahi, general secretary of the club, entries close on July 19 at the above venue.

ADMINISTRATION

HUDA removes encroachments
Property dealers filling rivulet, selling land
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, July 18
Unscrupulous property dealers of Punjab have changed the natural course of a seasonal rivulet, acting as a natural boundary between Punjab and Haryana. Thus prime land belonging to Haryana in Sector 19 here, adjoining Baltana in Punjab, continues to be sold off by these dealers to unsuspecting persons.

Yet another case in this regard came to light yesterday, when a Baltana-based property dealer filled the seasonal rivulet with plinth and then today erected a boundary wall on this recalimed land belonging to Haryana.

Since the land on Haryana side had been allotted to Haryana CID Lines, they immediately brought it to the notice of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Panchkula and the Estate Office, Haryana Urban Development Authority. Taking a strong exception to this encroachment on land belonging to Haryana, the Haryana Urban Development Authority, armed with men and machinery, today decided to get its land back.

Armed with a posse of about 30 cops led by DSP Jagdish Nagar, anti- encroachment staff of HUDA led by the Estate Officer, Ms Geeta Bharti, rushed here in the evening and demolished the wall constructed by property dealer. Two JCBs were used to demolish the wall and remove the plinth in order to reopen the rivulet.

HUDA officials said that they were informed about this encroachment yesterday. “We visited the spot yesterday and saw that the rivulet was being filled with earth. We restrained the property dealer against this as there is a status quo on the land on both sides of this rivulet by both Panchkula and Rajpura courts,” informed Ms Geeta Bharti.

The SDM, Panchkula, Mr M.S. Yadav, said that they immediately brought this to the notice of the Deputy Commissioner, Patiala and the SDM Rajpura. “However, the activity continued today as well and they started erecting a boundary wall around the encroached land today,” he said.

HUDA officials also alleged that the property dealers were assisted by two police officials. While an Assistant-Sub-Inspector of Police was keeping guard yesterday, another ASI was helping the accused today while the wall was being erected.

The Assistant Estate Officer, Mr Bhardwaj, the SDM, Mr M.S. Yadav, and the Tehsildar, Mr Ashwani Kumar Sharma, were present on the occasion. The Tehsildar, Dera Bassi, Mr Sanjiv Kumar, too, visited the spot. Later, the HUDA Administrator, Mr Arun Kumar Gupta, too, came here. While talking to mediapersons, he said that they would file for contempt proceedings against the property dealer and two Assistant Sub-Inspectors of Police.

The police has registered a case against the property dealers on the complaint of the Assistant Estate Officer, HUDA.

Admn allocates additional work
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 18
The Chandigarh Administration today ordered that the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Central), Mr Pirthi Chand, will also look after the work of Nodal Officer for continuing education programme and Additional Inspector-General of Prisons.

Similarly, the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr Gurmel Singh, will also work as Joint Chief Electoral Officer, Additional Registrar Cooperation Societies and Agriculture Census Officer. The Joint Director (Administration), Government Medical College and Hospital, Mr. H.S. Kandhola will also work as SDM (South).