SPORTS

Shahzad, Ashok in third round of carrom
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, December 29
Mohd Shahzad and Ashok Bangar sailed in to the third round in the men's singles of the Seventh Raj Kumar Babuta Memorial Prize Money Carrom Ranking Tournament which began here today at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45.

Others who made it to the third round of the men singles are, Sudhir Sidhu and Quyyam Khan.

Today’s results: men singles: (Second roud) Mohd Shahzad b Paramdeep 21-5, 25-0; Ashok Bangar b Rizwan 23-13, 25-11; Sudhir Sidhu b Umed Ali 21-15, 25-8; Quyyam Khan b Arjun Yadav 23-5, 6-25, 25-20.

First round: Pradeep Mittal b Piyush Sood 25-0, 25-0; ArjunYadav b Dhruva Chakraborty 22-7, 20-25, 24-14; Paramdeep b DS Aithani 0-25, 25-7, 25-8; Ashok Bangar b Raj Kumar 24-1, 12-25, 25-5; Umed Ali b Abhinav 18-15, 25-11; KS Patwal b Zaffar Khan 25-6, 25-0; Naushad Malik b SP Dobhal 25-1, 25-0; Devinderjit b Vinod Vashisht 24-1, 25-2; Amjad Khan b Mohd Yousuf 24-5, 25-2.

Women singles (first round) Pallavi Piplani b Bina Chaturvedi 25-0, 25-0; Kiran Yadav b Parminder Minhas 25-0, 25-0; Kumari Kiran b Neelam Yadav 25-11,19-8; Inder Kanta b Harshpreet 8-19,17-15,17-6.

Cricket meet

CNI Church, Kharar won the Inter-Churches Cricket Tournament which concluded here today at Cricket Stadium, Sector 16.

This two day meet was organised by the Jeevan Jyoti Church-CNI, Sector 12, PGI campus as part of the Christmas celebrations. Three teams drawn from CNI Church, Kharar, Christ the King Church, Naya Gaon and Jeevan Jyoti Church-CNI took part in this meet.

Naresh Donald was awarded the man of the match while Dharminder the man of the series. Umesh Joseph the best fielder, Yavesh the best batsman and Amit Suroy the best bowler.

ADMINISTRATION

MLA checks up on absenting staff
Tribune News Service

Mohali, December 29
Kharar MLA Bir Devinder Singh today visited the office of Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Kharar, following complaints of his absence from the office the past few days.

The MLA said out of the 21 persons employed in the office, only seven were present. Out of whom three were class IV employees and the rest were clerks.

“I also visited the office of the sub-divisional officer, Panchayati Raj, who had been absent from duty for the past two days. The movement register was filled out for December 28 but not signed. Similarly, 10 leave applications had been given to the officer but only one had been sanctioned. The rest had not been sanctioned and the persons had proceeded on leave,” he said.

The MLA said he brought the matter to the notice of Director, Rural Development and Panchayats, Sarvjeet Singh who assured to look into it and take action against the erring employees.

“I have sent a report of my visit to the minister, the secretary and the director of the department,” he added.

MC does away with sanitation certificate
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 29
In a significant decision, the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) today decided to do away with the issuance of “satisfactory certificate” by the area councillor to sanitation contractor for the release of payment.

At a meeting here, the sanitation committee decided that instead of issuing the certificate, the councillor concerned, along with the sanitary inspector, would inspect the area once a week.

To dispose of dry leaves on roads, the committee decided to purchase two mobile machines. The sanitation contractors were also allowed to pay safai karamcharis in cash instead of cheques.

The chairman of the committee, Mr Chander Mukhi Sharma, said it would not be mandatory for the safai karamcharis to wear uniforms. Instead, some kind of identification mark such as an arm band would be made mandatory.