Suspected cholera case in Palsora
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 29
The outbreak of gastroenteritis and cholera in certain slum areas and rehabilitation colonies seems to have been contained as apart from one suspected cholera case from Palsora, only six persons suffering from gastroenteritis were admitted to the government hospitals in the city today.

According to the Director, Health Services, Dr Rameshwar Chander, 23-year-old Bablu, a resident of Palsora, has been admitted to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) with suspected cholera. Only two patients were admitted to the GMCH while out of the five persons admitted to General Hospital, only one hails from the city and the rest are from different parts of Punjab.

Two-year-old Sukh Ram from Palsora, who was amongst the first to be admitted to the Advanced Paediatric Centre of the PGI, with cholera, is still under treatment.

SPORTS

NATIONAL SPORTS DAY
Students highlight nation’s achievements
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, August 29
Sports know no religion , it binds the nation. This was the message conveyed by students of Manav Mangal High School, Sector 21, when they celebrated National Sports Day today on their school premises.

A sports quiz was organised for Class IX students. Students also participated in the collage- making competition. The collages prepared by them depicted the various stages of development of sports in India. Sachin Tendulkar was the main attraction of the collages. A special collage was made for him having the title ‘ The name spells magic’. The students had managed to arrange the photographs of the members of Indian hockey team which had won a gold medal in the Olympics. ‘ Legends of the past, a collage had various sportspersons of the yesteryears on it. There was a special collage dedicated to the sportswomen which showed how they have made India feel proud.

In another activity, Students of Class X had written messages for present players of India. These included; Vishvanathan Anand : A genius none can excel, women hockey team: You have done proud to the nation; cricket team: Our heaps of best wishes for the Oval test, men hockey team : We are waiting for your lost glory, Sachin Tendulkar : Don Bradman of the present cricket, andYuvraj: A role model for today’s youth, yehi hai right choice, India.

Then there was a slogan-writing competition for Class IX class students. The eye catching slogans were; ‘‘ Indian hockey in search of another Dhyan Chand ’’,‘‘Chandigarh is proud of Abhinav Bindra’’, ‘’Past has done its best, present is doing, we shall do the rest ‘’ etc. There was an exhibition match of volleyball for Class IV students. The students in the end pasted all the slogans and collages on 10m long banners each and displayed it at the boundary wall of the school to create awareness amongst the general public and parents of the schoolchildren.

Earlier, tiny tots of the Gurukul also celebrated its annual sports meet in unison with National Sports day here in Sector 20, Panchkula. The events organised like, balloon race, hat race, pack the bag, thread the beads race, kick the ball, sharpen your pencil, sack race, balance the book, sprints, traget throwing. Mr Sanjay Thareja, Director of the school, said last year also they had celebrated the sports day with much fervour.

Sports meet: The annual sports meet of the Kendriya Vidyalya, Number 2, 3 BRD, was held today. Children took part in the various athletics events such as 100 metre, shot put, three legged race, aerobics. Ms Sudesh Prakash, Principal of the school, said, ‘ We cherish to imbibe the self-discipline, sportsman spirit and punctuality amongst students.. The celebrations were graced by Air SB Prasher, AOC, 3 BRD, who was the chief guest.

Basketball meet: New Public School, Sector 18, downed St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, by 39-16 in the boys section while in the girls section, St Anne’s School, Sector 32 prevailed upon St Xavier’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, by 12-9 on the opening day of the Chandigarh State Youth Basketball Championship played here today at the New Public School Courts.

Cricket tourney: As many as 24 teams will take part in the inaugural Shirdi Sai Cup Cash Prize Cricket Tournament to be held at various venues in the city beginning tomorrow. The participating teams have been divided into six pools.

AMBALA
Celebrated: The State bank of India, RA Bazar, Ambala Cantonment, celebrated National Sports Day by holding a football match at SD High School, chakwal, today.

Mr P.S. Randhawa, branch manager, SBI, highlighted the role of the bank in community service banking and impressed upon the students to excel in academics as well as in sports. Prof Tara Chand, president, Sanatan Dharam Sabha, was the chief guest while school Principal, Mr Lov Kumar Bansal, coordinated the event.

Later, a sapling plantation programme was organised in the school in which Ms Sonam Yangdol, Cantonment Executive Officer, was the chief guest. She asked the students to plant saplings and adopting a tree. among others, Mr P.K. Goyal and Mr Uma Kant Shagla were present.

Day for whom?
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, August 29
Today was National Sports Day. But what was ironical was that only a handful of people were involved in the celebrations. The government officials also did the formality and that too was negligible on this day, which is also the birth anniversary of the hockey wizard Dhyan Chand. It may be recalled that the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, had declared his birth anniversary to be celebrated as National Sports Day.

A former national level sportsman commented, ‘When our youth celebrate Valentine’s day, Friendship Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Rose Day, why then they cannot unite themselves in truly celebrating this day with much fanfare.

Various sports experts feel that apart from organising hockey matches, sports quiz, debates, awareness campaigns showed also be organised to encourage mass participation. The Administration could have come out with banners or posters to make people aware people about this day, they opined.

There was no ‘ friendly hockey match’ today in the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium. The match was planned in order to celebrate the birthday of Dhyan Chand, hockey wizard and National Sports Day by the Chandigarh Sports Department.

Renu is Acting Chief Architect
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 29
Following the superannuation of the Chief Architect, Mr Sarbjeet Singh Sandhu, the Chandigarh Administration today handed over the charge to Ms Renu Saighal Prabhakar. She will work as the acting Chief Architect. The work of the Secretary, Urban Planning, has been handed over to the Finance Secretary, Mr Karan A. Singh

The move was cleared by the UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), today. Ms Prabhakar was chosen as she was the senior most. She has been appointed till a regular appointment was made. The process to appoint a regular Chief Architect and Secretary, Urban Planning, was already underway.

On the issue of appointing a Principal for Government College for Girls (GCG), Sector 11, the Administration was still undecided. In all probability an acting Principal would be appointed within two days. This, till a Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meeting was held to have a regular appointment. Three senior lecturers had staked claims for the top post.

The DPC could be held within 15 days from now, sources said while adding that in the past the posts of principal, GCG and Government College for Men, Sector 11, had been controversial issues.

At least two past principals Mrs Vijay Laxmi and Mr S.N. Singla, of GCG and GCM, respectively, had the orders issued through the Central Administrative Tribunal or a court of law.

The outgoing Chief Architect, Mr Sandhu, and the outgoing Director, Health Services (DHS), Dr Rameshwar Chander, were given a farewell by officials today.

Show-cause notices to MC inspectors
Our Correspondent

SAS Nagar, August 29
Two sanitary inspectors of the Municipal Council here will be issued show-cause notices for being absent from duty during office hours. Orders in this regard have been issued by the Secretary, Local Government, Mr Sarvesh Kaushal.

Mr A.K. Kansal, Chief Vigilance Officer, Local Government, said that two sanitary inspectors, Mr G.S. Cheema and Mr Harinder Pal Singh did not report at the council office the whole day though they had signed the movement register at about 8.15 a.m. on August 27. He said the action was taken on the basis of a report given by the Additional Executive Officer in which he had mentioned that both of them had remained absent from duty.

However, Mr Harinder Pal Singh, told Chandigarh Tribune that they had gone to the Director’s office in Chandigarh alongwith the Executive Officer (EO) who had gone there to attend a court case. They were carrying the relevant documents for the EO.

MC meeting put off
Our Correspondent

SAS Nagar, August 29
The general house meeting of the Municipal Council scheduled for today, was postponed.

Mr N.K. Marwaha, senior vice-president of the council, said the meeting would now be held on September 6.

He said a number of municipal councillors requested the president, Mr Kulwant Singh, to postpone the meeting as they were busy in activities related to Janmashtami celebrations which fell on August 30. Keeping in view the religious sentiments of the councillors, the meeting had been postponed.