Add salt only in cooked food: expert
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, March 17
Cooks look out! Do not add salt in the food articles before cooking. As much as 23 to 38 per cent of iodine in the salt is lost in the process. The salt should be added only after food is cooked.

If you find it hard to believe, ask Prof C.K. Hira from Ludhiana’s Agriculture University. According to her just two to three per cent Iodine is lost if salt is added on later in the dish.

This is not all. Dr Hira believes that maximum loss of Iodine occurs when the item is cooked in an open pan and the minimum loss occurs during the process of baking.

Dr Hira was in Chandigarh to attend a two-day workshop on Iodine deficiency disorders organised by the Department of Community Medicine of the PGI, here, on behalf of All the India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, besides Indian Coalition for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, and Micronutrient Initiative. The workshop concluded today.

Addressing the gathering, Dr Saraswati Bulusu from Micronutrient Initiative said they were developing a technology to make salt fortified with iodine and Iron together. Dr Parveen from PGI’s Paediatrics Department added that there was a possibility that jaundice in new-borns was more common in the areas where iodine deficiency was high.

Officer in charge of Haryana’s IDD cell Dr Kulshreshta, meanwhile, revealed that the cases of goitre were declining in Haryana. The consumption of Iodine salt had also improved in the state.

Prof Imtiaz Ali from Srinagar added that Kashmiris living in the rural areas were still using rock salt. Principal of Kangra’s Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Centre Dr T.D. Sharma also appreciated the positive role of media and the district administration in passing orders for promoting the supply of iodised salt through public distribution system.

Anhad, Amitesh play brilliant knocks
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, March 17
Anhad Gill and Amitesh Sidhu played unbeaten knocks of 49 and 29 runs, respectively, thus enabling St John’s High School, Sector 26, to defeat St Joseph’s, Kolkata, by eight wickets in the fifth Blessed Edmund Rice Cricket Tournament for the under-15 section here today.

In another tie, a fine spell of bowling by Dipinder, who claimed three wickets for just four runs, helped St Columbia’, New Delhi in beating St Patrick’s, Asansol, by 43 runs.

Brief scores: first match — St Joseph’s, Kolkata: 122 for nine in 25 overs (Somyadeep 37, Shekhar 20, Abhinav 2 for 12, Gauravpal 2 for 16); St John’s, Chandigarh: 126 for two in 17 overs (Anhad 49 n.o., Amitesh 29 n.o,. Shekhar 2 for 35).

Second match — St Columbia’s, New Delhi: 125 for eight (Dipinder Bedi 16, Raghav 14, A. Roy 3 for 25, A. Saha 2 for 11); St Patrick’s, Asansol: 82 for six (S. Mozumdar 20, Dipinder 3 for 4).

Kinetic Trophy

Eighty-six teams will take part in the eighth Chandigarh League-cum-knock-out Cricket Tournament for the Kinetic Trophy being organised by The UT Cricket Association from March 22.Teams of the Bedi Cricket Club, the Chetna Cricket Club, the Chandigarh Sports Club, the Satluj Coaching Centre, BSNL XI, the Panchkula CC, the MRF CC, New India Insurance XI, Inde Dutch XI, JR Institute, AG, Haryana, Youth XI, the Sun CC, the GMCH-32, and others will take part in the meet.

Body-building meet

The Chandigarh Amateur Body-building Association will hold the ninth sub-junior and the 12th junior Mr Chandigarh Body-Building Championship on March 23 at the DAV College Auditorium, Sector 10. Weighing in will be done at SCO 62-63, Sector 17, on March 22 at 3 pm onwards and final pose down, will be held on March 23.

Bottoms Up Golf a big draw
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 17
Golf enthusiasts surprised everyone at the picturesque Forest Hill Golf Country Club when 52 of them turned up well before the stipulated tee-off time for the exciting Bottoms Up Golf Tournament marking the start of the Holi celebrations.

While the senior golfers were deciding on their choice of drink for the event, the die-hard golfers and the young ones were warming up with light exercises. The ambience and silence made it look like a pious ceremony, about to take place. And what a ceremony it was a glass of Stroh beer or a shot of gin/vodka and off they went for 18 holes of fun golf. They had to repeat this ceremony at every alternate tee. For the non-drinkers it was indeed an unenviable regimen — nine bottles of Pepsi and perhaps a few tablets of Gelucil to ease off the bloating and gurgling tummy. And they came from as far as Delhi, Ganganagar, Patiala, Ambala and Jalandhar to join the revelers from Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali.

The event itself was played on Stableford scoring system as pairs event with each partner taking alternate shots. Sandeep Toor won the nearest to pin prize, being just 30” away from the hole. The longest drive competition saw Ajay Gujral blast 319 yards and DS Bains right on his heels at 314 yards.

The event was won by “almost” Bottoms Up pair of Col Avtar Dhillon and Col Jagat Sekhon, closely followed by SP Singh and Vinod Soni, colts of the Forest Hill Golf Teacher, Col Nirmal Singh. Cdr Gill and Major Talwar finished second runners-up. Two 10-year-olds Dhruv Banerjee and Sahil Saluja announced their arrival on the golfing scene by declaring the Forest Hill Golf Course as an enjoyable place to learn and play golf.

Each and every participant was full of praise for the excellent playing conditions and the superbly manicured greens, a tribute to the Course Manager Mr Lokendera Malik. Prizes for the winners were given, courtesy India’s only manufacturers and exporters, Mayor International, Gurgaon.

“I am playing on a real golf course after 10 years, a course that tests the skills and guts of golfers at all levels”, said the winner who as a services golfer has played all over India. For the non-golfing ladies, Croquert provided an absorbing alternative with Gilco Chandigarh providing the prizes to Mrs Rupi Dhillon, Mrs Komya and the winner Ms Amrita. 

Notices served on 27 hotels
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 17
In its drive against encroachments, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has served separate notices on 27 hotels of Sector-35 B & C on charges of leakage of water from their water tanks leading to water logging, creating unhygienic environment and damaging the road of the back-lane.

Earlier, the Public Health wing had also challaned 8 hotels for creating insanitary conditions last week. The hotels that have been served notices include -Rikhy’s International, Kapil, Sher-e-Punjab, Shangrila Plus, Maya Palace, Regency, Khyber, The Piccadily-35, Monarch, GK International, Lorry, KC Residency, South End, Himmani, Smokin’s Joc’s, Metro-35, Classic, Cafe-Coffee bar, Barista (expresso bar), Hot-Million, Le-crown, Park Inn, Oven fresh, The Eating Mall, Jasmine, Heritage and Sher-e-Punjab.

It has been learnt that the Chief Engineer has called a meeting of all these hotel owners on Tuesday.