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All set for wheat
purchase: DC Fatehgarh Sahib, April 5 He said the procurement agencies had deployed their staff at all purchase centres in accordance with government directions. The Food Corporation of India would purchase 33 per cent of the total wheat, Markfed 20 per cent and Punsup, the Warehousing Corporation and Punjab Agro 18, 10 and nine per cent respectively. The DC said this year about 2.60 lakh tonnes of wheat was expected to reach the mandis of the district compared to 2.44 lakh tonnes last year. The auction of wheat would be held twice a day and the Mandi Board would take special care to ensure that only wheat was purchased. Mr Sudan directed the District Mandi Officer to make proper electricity, drinking water and sanitation
arrangements for farmers as well as labourers in the mandis. Mr Sudan directed the DFSC to maintain a liaison with other purchase agencies to prevent the farmers from facing any kind of trouble during wheat procurement and to ensure timely transportation of wheat. He constituted a committee under the headship of the ADC(G) to solve the problems of the farmers on the spot. Mr Sudan said all agencies had been directed to make payments well in time to the farmers and asked the officers to be available in mandis at the time of auction. The Deputy Commissioner said orders had been issued for printing the name of the commission agent, his licence number, the name of the centre and details of the year of purchase on sacks. He appealed to the farmers to bring clean and dry wheat to the mandis to ensure its purchase immediately. |
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‘Farmers worried about environment’ Ludhiana, April 5 Conducted by Mr Sukhdev Singh and Dr Joginder Singh, from the departments of Economics and Sociology respectively and Mr Sarabjeet Singh from the Department of Journalism, the project studied farmers from all parts of the state who had gathered at Kisan Mela held at March 21 and 22 on PAU campus. Out of a total number of 225 farmers who were selected at random for the study, 95 per cent were aware of the fact that ground water was depleting. Most of them viewed the overuse of ground water, particularly for rich crop as responsible for this decline. 87 per cent felt that the shortage would be a big problem in future and concrete steps should be taken to check it. While most of them were aware of the depleting environment, they were not aware of the varsity recommendations for conserving it. More than 50 per cent of the farmers, as per the study, used pesticides according to varsity recommendations. Interestingly, 91 per cent of them felt that overuse of pesticides was spoiling the health of soil and polluting the environment. While 86 per cent of them felt that automobiles were the major cause of pollution, a percentage of 68 of the sample were of the opinion that blind use of pesticides was a major cause. Burning of rice and wheat straw was also considered detrimental for the environment by 72 per cent of the farmers. A percentage of 40 accounted it to cigarette smoke and tobacco. As far as conservation measures were concerned 82 per cent of them said that they were planting trees while74 per cent were willing to plant trees in their fields, provided it did not affect their crop production. The study, which was aimed at finding the awareness of farmers regarding the environment, water shortage and to highlight the major causes of pollution and give suggestions for environmental conservation was conducted on farmers from various cities including Ludhiana, Sangrur, Moga, Faridkot, Jalandhar, Patiala and Gurdaspur. |
Celebration of annual day at Nirdosh Ludhiana , April 5 “Each individual of the society is entitled to enjoy the fundamental rights of the Indian constitution. These children also have the same rights. We, as a sincere members of the society, have a moral responsibility to support them, and provide opportunities to them. These are the aims of the Inner- wheel Club members . They take care of the finances which sometimes run to Rs 20,000 a month. Dr Parveen Narang told the audience that one special teacher and principal of the school, Mr Surat Singh , and three other teachers take care of 30 mentally challenged children with varying I Q’s classified as borderline, mild and moderate catagories. The children are taught how to make candle, artificial flowers, shagun envelopes pot painting etc. They are made to interact with the outside world and are taken out for picnics, to post offices, shops and moreover participate in the
Olympics for the handicapped. The students started the programme with a song,
"Ai malik tere bande hum". They had taken almost two years to learn this song . After the song , they presented a simple skit titled “Dispensary”. Isha presented an energetic dance. The students were able to perform well and there was joy writ large on the faces. Lala Lajpat Rai distributed the prizes to all the students and their joy at receiving the prizes brought great happiness to their parents. The colourful flowers, candles, painted pots made by them were on
display. The MP lauded the efforts of the ladies and wished that more and more women would join this noble cause of looking after these children. Since Ms Narang had appealed for a school van and a hostel, Lalaji promised to give them Rs 2 lakh, much to the delight of all the members. Paramjeet,
Ankur, Manu, and Kulwinder were awarded medals for excellence in sports. Ashok and Rattanjit were declared best students. Ms Manjula Jain said that the aim of the school was to make these children acceptable and useful citizens of the
society. It also aimed to impart adequate counselling to parents. The school wanted to inculcate acceptable behaviour patterns of society and provided vocational training and rehabilitation of the students. Two students have been placed a box factory, whereas two other are working as farm hands.
The members were grateful to Dr B.P. Mishra, and Dr Parveen Sobti of DMC Hospital for their active cooperation. |
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School building — a victim of government indifference Ludhiana, April 5 Roofs of the building are caving in and walls have developed deep cracks. Termite infestation has destroyed doors and windows. Long grass has grown over the roof-top of the building. None of the five rooms of the school seem safe for use. Under such circumstances, all the classes have to be held in an open space outside the rooms. With the weather becoming warmer with each passing day, students and teachers keep looking out for shady corners. The students said that they keep shifting their benches with the direction of the sun and when it is noon, there is hardly any corner where they can take shelter. The teachers say that it is difficult to manage classes in the open space as the students get distracted with the slightest disturbance. The teachers said that to check the entry of the students inside the unsafe building, they had locked three rooms but the doors of the other two rooms had collapsed and an all-time vigil had become must to ensure the safety of the children. Besides, space problem also caused difficulty in the smooth conduct of the annual examination held in March this year. Nearly 100 students, including some private candidates, had to be accommodated in the school sans any building, said the teachers. Interestingly, the school had received a grant of Rs 1 lakh from the government in the previous session for renovation purposes, but the grant had remained unutilised. The teachers said that the grant came in the name of the headmistress who had been transferred from the place and for three months, they were unaware of the grant received. Later, when they came to know about the grant, they were busy in December examination and census duties, they said. The teachers said earlier, they had written several letters to the Public Works Department who said that they would renovate the building soon, but none of the officers had come for help. They said that they were planning to write to the District Education Department to renew their grant for the current session. |
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Free power sought for PAU farms Ludhiana, April 5 At the meeting, participants discussed ways of controlling financial mismanagement in the university. Dr Aulakh stressed the need for wiping out the university-budget deficit. The deans, directors and heads of various PAU departments participated in this meeting. The VC said power bill should be reduced by curtailing the use of electricity and avoiding wastage. He also stress the need for observing punctuality and accountability for an efficient administration.
He also constituted a five-member committee of senior officials that would suggest measures to cut the red tape in matters of administration, finance and purchase. |
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Probe into malpractices at schools sought Ludhiana, April 5 Stating this in a press note, members of the federation said that public schools of the city were charging exorbitant building funds, admission fee and tuition fee and the administration was indifferent to the situation. He said that prices of books and school uniforms were also very high and the schools had contracts with certain book shop owners and uniform manufacturers, who were paying them significant amount of commission. The members said that a check on the situation by the administration was a must and that action against erring schools be taken.
They said that they would gherao the DC office if the condition was not checked. |
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Forum fines TV dealer Ludhiana, April 5 According to the complaint, Ms Trishla Rani Jain had purchased a colour television of LG company for Rs 18,250 on January 29, 2000. The complainant stated before the forum that on April 21, 2000 when she along with her family members were watching the television, they noticed some smoke which was coming out of it. After that she lodged a complaints with the respondent on April 22, 2000, she added. The complaints stated: “After two days of lodging the complaints, a mechanic came to check the television and he told her that there was no fault in it and asked for sending it to the service centre. As such the television was taken to the service centre and after 15 days, on May 8, 2000, it was given back to the
complainant after repair.” The complainant alleged that the television had not been repaired properly. The complainant stated that she informed the opposite party regarding the fault in the television on May 10, 2000, and asked the respondent to change it. The complaint stated that the mechanic who came to repair the television told the consumer that the fault could not be removed and she was given an old television for the
time being and assured that it would be replaced soon. It was alleged that the behavior of the opposite party was against norms. The respondent pleaded that no assurance was given to the complainant as alleged. The respondent stated that the complaint had lodged the complaint with the service station of LG company and not with the opposite party. The respondent further stated, “The complainant was given a new television set of 20 inches and the same was working properly. “ The forum observed that the respondent had replaced the television of 21 inches with a 20-inch television. The forum further stated that it had been conceded that the difference of the price of the television was Rs 1,800. The forum held that there was a clear deficiency on the part of the opposite party and, accordingly, directed the respondent to pay Rs 1,800 as the difference in the price of televisions, Rs 1,000 for deficiency in services and Rs 500 as cost of litigation. |
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