Thursday, September 21, 2000, Chandigarh, India
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BATHINDA FARIDKOT FEROZEPORE LUDHIANA "DONATE EYES": Shri Hari Ram
Attri Seva Niketan, Sham Nagar, has undertaken the task
of spreading the message of eye donation in the far flung
area of Uttranchal including Dehradun, Hardwar and Paonta
Sahib with the help of a help van donated by Punjabis
settled in England. Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal, Speaker,
Punjab Vidhan Sabha, flagged off the van on September 13
while Dr Dinesh Garg, eye specialist in Dayanand Medical
College and Hospital, briefed the van team on the mission
which will be carried on till September 25, according to
Mr Arun Attra, founder president of the seva niketan. BLOOD
DONATION: About 75 units
of blood was collected during a blood donation camp which
was organised by the Lions Club, Ludhiana at the
Government College for Boys, on Tuesday. The college
Principal, Dr S.S. Sooch, staff members and students
voluntarily took part in this laudable venture. Dr Sooch,
Mr Ajmer Singh and Mr Rajdeep Singh Gill were among the
first donors on the occasion. Mr R.K. Jindal and Mr S.K.
Sood, the president and Project Director of the Lions
Club, organised the camp with the help of other club
members. Mr Sood donated blood for the forty third time.
The blood collected during the camp was presented to
Dayanand Medical College and Hospital from where a team
of doctors headed by Dr (Ms) Vineeta Malhotra did the
blood grouping test free of charge. PATHANKOT TRUCK
OVERTURNS: Twentytwo labourers who were working at Ranjit Sagar Dam,
were injured at Shahpur Kandi near the dam site when their truck
overturned. All injured were rushed to the Civil Hospital. Five of them
were stated to be in a serious condition. PATIALA CRISIS:
The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) is driving itself to bankruptcy by taking further loans to pay interest on loans already taken by it earlier, the PSEB Substation Station Staff Technical Union claimed here on Wednesday. Union General Secretary Harjit Singh Sethi in a statement here alleged that the state was passing through a financial crisis and the PSEB was facing the brunt. He said to strengthen its vote bank the present Akali Dal government was providing free electricity to some villages. This he stated was in strict violation of the provisions of the Electricity Act 1948. INAUGURATED:
The Commissioner, Patiala division, Mr R.N. Gupta, inaugurated a computer education centre for its first session, 2000-2001, at the State College of Education here on Wednesday. A book written by Dr Kanwaljeet Singh, principal of the college, was also released. Others who spoke at the function were Mr S.S. Walia, Mrs Jagdeep Kaur and Mrs Indira Bagha. A cultural programme was presented by the students of the college. CONTEST: A national group song competition will be organised at Raj Kamal Palace Patiala on September 24 by the Bharat Vikas Parishad to promote nationalism and patriotism among the students. Participants are likely to come from 40 different schools. Om Prakash Bhardwaj, Chairman, Punjab Khadi Board, Chandigarh, will be the chief guest. The president of the parishad, Mr Harinder Singh, said at a meeting in the city that the parishad would donate an artificial limb to a rehri-puller who lost his hand in an accident and would also distribute sewing machines among handicapped women. |
AMBALA JAN SABHA: Jan Kalyan Sabha, an organisation representing 20 colonies build behind Banarsi Dass Mill in Ambala cantt, has demanded better roads connecting their colonies. Mr D.S. Negi of the Jan Kalyan Sabha, talking to newspersons, said the road leading to Hathikhana Mandir is in a bad condition. “Garbage is dumped near Dashera Maidan which makes it difficult for people on foot to traverse the area specially during rainy season,” he said. He said repeated pleas of the organisation for improving the road conditions seemed to have fallen on deaf ears. “Our demand is that the road should be improved at the earliest,” he added.QUIZ: Dr Jyoti Chandra of History Department, Arya Girls College, Ambala cantonment, organised a quiz show in the college hall on Wednesday. There were three teams — Raziya Begum, Lakshmi Bai and Sarojini Naidu. The first position was bagged by Sarojini Naidu team comprising of Bindu, Dimple, Reena, Monica, Lalita and Anshu. The second prize went to Lakshmi Bai team. While Reena of BA-II was declared Quiz Queen, Dimple of BA-I was the first runner up, a release said. Among others, principal Ms Bajaj and Mrs Shobha Dhawan were present. CAMP: Uttam Bharat Vikas, Panchkula, organised an AIDS awareness camp at the Ambala city bus stand. Drivers and conductors of the Ambala depot were given information regarding AIDS and the measures for preventing the disease. Ambala Civil surgeon, Dr R.K. Patnaik, said all efforts must be made to generate awareness regarding AIDS. The organisation distributed free tablets at the camp, a release said. HISAR ELECTRICITY BILLS: The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam has decided to provide the facility of paying electricity bills in banks at Bhiwani and Sirsa, an official spokesman said here on Wednesday. He said the facility was mainly meant for the consumers whose bills exceeded Rs 1000. The bills could be paid through cheques, demand drafts or local pay orders. ROHTAK SONEPAT WATER CRISIS: The Residents Welfare
Association and the Sonepat Citizens Council on Wednesday threatened to
hold a massive demonstration on September 25, if the Public Health
Department authorities failed to restore the evening supply of drinking
water in the city. |
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