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Verma okays helpline for people in distress Highlights * 24 hour suicide helpline to be based in GMCH. * Schools asked to identify two teachers each who will act as counsellors. * Produce articles on how to tackle stress. * GMCH asked document all suicide cases and suggest preventive steps. Chandigarh, June 16 A decision to this effect was taking in a meeting of senior officers presided over by UT Administrator Justice O.P. Verma (retd). Justice Verma said the staff manning the suicide helpline should be properly trained. The staff would be effective and useful only if they were well trained and sensitive. Their first response to a caller could either save the caller or frustrate him or her to take the drastic step. This helpline could eventually turn in a multi disciplinary task force represented by medical professionals, social, legal and educational experts. He said the helpline could be named “Aasha”. Once this helpline was made functional, very wide publicity may be given for its use. Suggesting the long-term remedial measures, Justice Verma said that there should be a thorough study of suicide cases in Chandigarh and the Medical College should document all cases of suicides in Chandigarh. He said after properly analysing the data by psychiatrists, a long-term plan should be prepared to take suitable preventive measures. Justice Verma said to deal with the cases of students under stress especially in the crucial exams, counselling should be encouraged in educational institutions. He said regular parent-teacher meetings should be made compulsory in schools and colleges and psychiatrists and other professionals should be invited such meetings to give counselling to the students and help them fight emotional stress. He said help of the media should also be sought to educate the public regarding ways and means of fighting stress. The Administrator said the Education Department should form a panel of eminent writers who should produce articles on career counselling tackling stress situations. Principals of the institutions should identify students undergoing stress during examination days and arrange for their counselling through their teachers. Such students could also be referred to trained counsellors in this field. Justice Verma said outdoor games were real stress busters. More and more students should be motivated to play outdoor games to tackle stress. He said parents, principals and teachers should remain extra vigilant during examinations months of March , April and May and provide appropriate counselling to those undergoing stress and strain and resultant depression.
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Pulkit, Lakshay move to second round Chandigarh, June 16 In the under-14 section matches, Pulkit beat Sameer Singh, Lakshay Tanwar beat Vijay Bhardwaj, Amit Chauhan beat Sunny Pathak, Bharat Bhardwaj beat Abhinav Dheer, Prateek Patel beat Akshay Chopra, Akshat Joshi beat Vidur Sarien, Jaivardhan Gupta beat Aksah Bansal, Yuvresh Bansal beat Anant Vidur Puri, Parul Verma beat Aditya Malhotra, Sameer Mishra beat Karan Bhai, Mandeep Gill beat Aviral Sharma, Gurmohit Singh beat Arjun
Khanna, Tushar Sharma beat Nitin, Abairaj Singh beat Angad Brar, Arwinder Pal Singh beat Aditya Guwara, while Rahul Jain beat Ketan Gupta. Matches for the qualifying rounds will begin tomorrow at 7 am. The main draw matches in all age groups will begin on Wednesday. Cricket meet:
Jai Mata Trust victorious:
In the first match played, Jai Mata Trust beat Shinestar club by 23 runs. Jai Mata Trust-XI made 66 runs in just 12 overs, with Gaurav scoring 27, Mandeep 20 and Sanjay claiming three wickets for 14 runs. For losers, Virinder made 15 runs. Vikas bagged two wickets for five runs, Tinu claimed two for eight, while Neeraj ended with figures of three for 10 runs. In the second match played, Kali Bari-XI beat Vee Jay Enterprises. Earlier, Vee Jay-XI made 66 runs for the loss of seven wickets with Harish scoring 30 runs. Jasdeep bagged two wickets for 15 runs. In reply, Shiva of Kali Bari-XI helped his team by scoring brilliant 45 runs. Sampat scored 23 runs. Fine show by Avneet:
Avneet Setya, who scored 57 runs and bagged four wickets for 12 runs, helped Chaman Lal DAV Coaching Centre beat Moti Ram Academy by 51 runs in the First Ram Ratan Joshi Memorial Cricket Tournament played here today. CL DAV Centre made 144 runs for the loss of four wickets, while in reply, MR Academy were bowled out for 93 runs. In another match, St Xavier’s-XI beat DC Model Coaching Centre by a narrow margin of two runs. |
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CLTA annual general body meeting Chandigarh, June 16 The house adopted the report of the secretary and placed on record its appreciation for the work done by him. The chairman, CLTA, informed house that the Western Command of the army had agreed to join the CLTA to promote excellence in tennis in an institutionalised manner. As per the proposal, the Army will sponsor trainees while the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association will admit the same number of trainees in the scheme. Mr Justice S.S. Sodhi, Mr M. Ramsekhar and Mr Viswajeet Khanna were elected unanimously as president, honorary secretary and honorary treasurer, respectively. |
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Rs 25 lakh for sanitation
Chandigarh, June 16 The parishad approved a grant of Rs 8 lakh for laying the storm water drainage in Hallo Majra. The parishad also approved installation of street lights in the left-out areas of Khuda Alisher. A sum of Rs 5.22 lakh will be spent on filling a pond in Palsora village and Rs 3.67 lakh will be utilised for filling another pond in Kajheri.
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