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Hooters’ day at youth festival
Jobs at Suvidha centre
Net-house technology to boost vegetable production
Rooftop rainwater harvesting mandatory
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Plans for rescued child labourers
Farmers flay move to acquire land
Two killed in mishaps
Jalandhar win sub-jr boxing title
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Hooters’ day at youth festival
Jalandhar, November 2 All the front seats were occupied by students hooting at the performance of teams other than those of their college. Later, the students stood up on their chairs, blocking the view of those sitting behind. After some students raised hue and cry for not being able to enjoy the festival owing to ‘blocked view’, the policemen there on duty pushed them back to their seats. The chairs meant for mediapersons were occupied by students, and lensmen trying to take pictures were asked to get aside. Not just that, teams of various colleges who had come to stage plays were not allowed to bring their heavy sets near the stage on trolleys. They were asked to park the trolleys outside the gate and lift the sets on their own to the venue of festival at the other end of the campus. The boys alleged partiality when they found that the team of one of the colleges here was allowed to take the trolley near the stage. Even the invitation cards for the event which should have been dispatched latest by yesterday reached media offices this evening after the first day of the festival was already over. When asked as to why the invites were being delivered late, staff members said, “We could send these to you only after we received them.” Even the passout students of the campus were seen fuming as they claimed that no invitation cards were sent to them unlike the previous years. Meanwhile, the programme began with the Punjabi flavour of bhangra. Teams from Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Nawanshahr participated in the events. The inaugural lamp was lit by Punjabi singer, Malkit Singh. He was accompanied by Mr Baljit Singh Sekhon, Director, Youth Welfare, GND University. Speaking on the occasion, Malkit Singh said he had started his career from the same stage where he was delivering the address. Later, he also sang his popular numbers “Gur nalon” and “Tutak tutak tutian”. Mr Sekhon said it was for the first time that no politician had been called to inaugurate the festival and that they had chosen their alumni who had made a name for themselves in extra-curricular activities. Besides bhangra, fancy dress, mimicry, histrionics, one-act play, semi-classical vocal, classical instrumental (percussion and non-percussion), classical vocal, rangoli, flower arrangement (fresh and dry) and phulkari competitions were held on the occasion. Skit, mime, group shabad, bhajan, Indian group song, poetical symposium, quiz, elocution, debate, clay modelling, painting (landscape and still life), sketching, cartooning and poster making will be held on the second day of festival tomorrow. |
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Jobs at Suvidha centre
Nawanshahr, November 2 The suvidha centre would cater to the needs of about 40 villages falling in the Bet area in the vicinity by providing them hassle-free accessibility to about 40 services related to different departments. Earlier, a rural suvidha centre at Kathgarh village was set up to cater to the needs of the residents of as many as 45 villages falling in the Kandi area. Mr Parkash Singh, speaking on the occasion, claimed that the Congress government had fulfilled its promise of providing corruption-free, transparent administration. With the setting up of rural suvidha centres, the residents of remote areas would not have to waste their time and money in visiting the subdivision or district headquarters for their routine works related to different departments. Mr Krishan Kumar, DC, said the rural suvidha centres would not only streamline the administration but would also provide employment opportunities to the computer-literate youth. |
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Net-house technology to boost vegetable production
Hoshiarpur, November 2 The technique, being cost effective and environmental friendly, was being adopted by the farmers on the initiative taken by the Punjab State Farmers’ Commission. Dr G. S. Kalkat, Chairman, Punjab State Farmers’ Commission, stated this at New Jatpur village, Hoshiarpur, on the occasion of the Field Day yesterday. The Farm Advisory Service Scheme of Punjab Agricultural University, Hoshiarpur, and the Punjab State Farmers’ Commission jointly organised the function in collaboration with the State Bank of India at Mr Malkiat Singh’s farm. Dr K. S. Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, while delivering presidential remarks, informed the gathering that the net-house technology was cheap as compared to the greenhouse technology, which cost about Rs 2 crore per acre. The net-house technology was being developed keeping in view the growing demand for quality vegetables in the domestic and international market, he added. Dr K.S. Sandhu disclosed that the farmers would be able to get returns worth Rs 1 lakh in the very first year by investing about Rs 2 lakh per acre in the net-houses. Consumers would get insect-free and highly-nutritious vegetables, he said. Dr Manmohan Jit Singh, District Extension Specialist, guided farmers on soil health sustainability. A team of scientists under the guidance of Dr J. S. Hundal, Head, Department of Vegetables, said that experiments had shown that the yields of vegetables cultivated using this technology were about 50-100 per cent higher as compared to those got through the usual methods. The experiments on tomato, brinjal, cauliflower had been very successful. Ms Spinder Kaur Cheema, board member, PAU, Dr Satpal Mehra, Additional Director, Extension Education, PAU, Mr Jaspal Rai, Head, Agriculture Business section of the State Bank of India, and Dr Kulbir Singh, Chief Agricultural Officer, Hoshiarpur, also addressed the gathering. Various departments arranged exhibitions on this occasion. |
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Rooftop rainwater harvesting mandatory
Phagwara, November 2 This was stated by Mr Jaspal Singh, special secretary, Irrigation, while talking to mediapersons here yesterday. He said henceforth no building zonal plan would be approved without this provision. The problem of storing rainwater is peculiar in Punjab. “While we extract more groundwater for use, the remaining stored water is not enough for proper recharge. Every year we lose about one metre of groundwater in the state, and that’s really alarming,” he said. “As rooftops are the main catchment area, the amount and quality of rainwater collected depends on the area and type of roofing material. Pure rainwater can be collected from roofs constructed with galvanised corrugated iron, aluminum or asbestos cement sheets, tiles and slates,” he said. However, roofs with metallic paint or other coatings were not recommended as they could impart taste or colour to the collected water, he added. |
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Plans for rescued child labourers
Phagwara, November 2 Talking to newsmen here today, Mr S.S. Channy, Secretary, Labour and Employment, said that the rescued child labourers would be covered under Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) so that they can avail facilities of free education, textbooks and mid-day meals. Such children could also be admitted in special schools under the National Child Labour Projects (NCLP) sponsored by the Union Government. He said each rescued child would be given a monthly stipend of Rs 100 and Rs 5 per dayfor mid-day meal. These schools were being run by non-government organizations at Ludhiana, Kapurthala, Amritsar and Jalandhar, he said. He also added that orphans and destitute children could be admitted to the shelter homes run by the Social Security, Women and Child Development Department and educated in government schools. |
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Farmers flay move to acquire land
Kapurthala, November 2 The farmers gathered in a large number under the aegis of the Jat Sabha at Bowli Sahib Gurdwara at Nadala in Bholath sub-division here today. Talking to The Tribune, the president of the Jat Sabha ,Mr Jaswinder Singh Kurdal , said that the farmers whose land was located along the Bein would be adversely affected if the administration went ahead with its plan to acquire the land. The Punjab Principal Secretary of Technical Education and Industrial Training ,Mr. P. Ram, also in charge ,Kali Bein cleaning project, had stated on Monday at Hoshiarpur that 20-foot-wide inspection road with cemented brick flooring would be constructed on either side of the holy Bein and 30-foot-wide with fruit and oranamental plants. |
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Two killed in mishaps
Hoshiarpur, November 2 Deep Lal, son of Shiv Singh from Sahri village, was run over by a DMU train at Nasrala village today. According to police sources, the DMU was going to Jalandhar from Hoshiarpur. After taking the victim’s body in its custody, the railway police sent it to the Civil Hospital, Hoshiarpur, for postmortem. In another accident, Narinder Singh, son of Inder Singh from Kalra village, succumbed to his injuries at the local Civil Hospital last night. He was hit by a train near the railway station here on Tuesday. He had sustained serious injuries in the accident. After postmortem, his body was handed over to his family today. |
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Jalandhar win sub-jr boxing title
Phagwara, November 2 Sangrur and Patiala districts got the second and the third positions, respectively. More than 450 youths from different districts of the state took part in the championship. ADGP Rajan Gupta distributed prizes to the winners. Mr Gupta, in his address, exhorted the youth to take part in sports for their all-round development. |
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