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Palledars resent non-payment of wages,
irregularities Ahmadgarh, May 16 In their latest application to the Deputy Commissioner, Sangrur, copies of which have also been sent to the Food and Supplies Minister, Panjab, the Labour Commissioner and other authorities, the union has drawn the attention of the authorities to the fact that its members have been loading these ‘wheat specials’ at the local railway station since long but now a labour contractor, Nizamdin, in connivance with the Assistant Manager of the FCI’s local depot, are trying to put 32 of their own men on the same job. The members alleged that earlier also an attempt had been made to employ the same 32 men at the FCI depot which was opposed by an independent union of the depot as a result of which the matter had been referred to a court at Malerkotla. After the court ruling against their employment at the FCI, these men were now trying to create trouble at the behest of Nizamdin and Mr.
K. Verma, Assistant manager of the FCI depot. The application further said that the said accused were trying to put their men on this job because the FCI was paying Rs 1.88p per bag for loading at a railway head. In gross violation of their rights, the members of the PPPMU were being paid only 90 paise per bag. They were being denied their due labour wages. And for the past three months, they had not been paid even at the rate of 90 paise per bag as a result of which the economic condition of the union members had become quite bad. The application concluded with a request for a suitable legal action against the conniving officials and early payment of their due wages. Since the union members were apprehensive about an impending confrontation, the application also stated that if any confrontation occured in the near future, Mr.
K. L. Verma should be held responsible for that. Mr. Amarjit Singh Dhaler, president, PPPMU, told Ludhiana Tribune that last year, they had succeeded in getting a balance payment of more than Rs. 11 lakh following an order by the Panjab and Haryana High Court. He urged the authorities to do the needful at the earliest failing which the affected palledars would resort to dharnas and gate rallies.
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2.63 lakh tonnes of wheat procured: DC Fatehgarh Sahib, May 16 He said out of the total wheat purchased, 2.50 lakh metric tonnes has been lifted from the mandis and the remaining stock would be lifted within two days. He further said the agencies had made payments worth Rs 153.15 crore till date and the remaining payment of Rs 18.43 crore would be made within three days. |
COA students end
strike Ludhiana, May 16 The students called off their relay fast today and the Vice Chancellor, Dr K.S. Aulakh, offered them fruit juice. The students said that they would start attending their classes tomorrow. However, the students of College of Agricultural Engineering (COAE) continued their stir even after meeting the Education Minister, Mr Tota
Singh. They said that they were not satisfied and would carry on with the agitation. According to Dr Aulakh, the minister asked them to meet the Minister of Agriculture, Mr Gurdev Singh Badal, as their demands were related to his ministry. He said he would talk to the minister about their demands. Dr Aulakh also said that the students would meet the minister at Chandigarh, along with Mr H.S. Sekhon, Dean, COAE. Mr Tota Singh assured that the students of agriculture would be appointed as teachers of agriculture in schools. He also said that out of the 3,500 vacancies of school teachers to be announced by June 30, the agricultural graduates would also be having their share in these posts. He also said that there would be no requirement of B.Ed. degree for agriculture graduates. The students of both the colleges, accompanied by the Vice Chancellor, Dr Aulakh, Dean, Post Graduate Students, Dr K.S. Sekhon and Dean (COAE) Dr H.S. Sekhon met the Education Minister at Circuit House here yesterday. They were scheduled to meet the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal but due to his preoccupation with the industrialists Mr Tota Singh held talks with them. After the meeting, the students of the COAE were not satisfied even after the minister assured them to fulfill their demands. He also invited them to visit Chandigarh to discuss their problems in detail. Mr Harcharan Singh Kang, a spokesman of the Punjab Agricultural Students Association (PASA), said the Education Minister admitted that their demand was just, The student leader claimed that the Vice-Chancellor assured the students that their demands would be met. Mr Kang said that they would start attending their classes but would keep a close watch that the demands were materialised. He said that the minister also assured to organise a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture to discuss the job avenues as Agriculture Development Officers. Meanwhile, the agitating students of the COAE were demanding that they should be given job opportunities in school as vocational teachers and the vacancies of Agricultural Engineers should be filled. |
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Dastarbandi and painting contests for school children Ludhiana, May 16 For dastarbandi competition 200 students participated. The judges had to note the time the students took in tying turbans and the neatness of the finished turban. Students of all sizes big and small participated in the competition. The judges were Joginder Singh, Jagjit Singh, Sohan Singh, Manjit Singh, Amarjeet Singh and Paramjit Singh. They had tough time picking up the winners. For painting competition, the students were divided into 4 age groups beginning from 1st to 3rd classes and the second group was of classes 4th to 6th . For these two groups the children did not to have to draw but they had to fill in the colours in the figures. In the next group of classes 7th to 10th, the students had to draw pictures on the themes ‘dowry system’ ,’pollution in environment’, ‘slavery of drugs’. In the senior group of classes, plus 1 and plus 2 students had to draw still life objects. The judges for the competition were Ms Sonia and three professors from PAU — Ms Ranbir Kaur, Ms Paramjit Kaur and Ms Jaspal Kaur The students were given certificates and books as prizes. Results of dastarbandi contest (Group A): Simranpreet, Sargodha New High School 1; Gauravpreet, Shri Guru Sabha High School, Model Town 2; Satinderpal Singh, Pothohar School 3. In Group B: Harmanpreet, Sargodha Khalsa High School 1; Charanjit, Guru Hargobind Public School 2; Anikbar Singh, Sargodha Khalsa High School 3. In painting competition: Group A: Deepika, Pratap Public School 1; Nisha, Guru Nanak International Public School 2; Jyoti, Guru Nanak International School, Model Town 3, special prize: Kamini, Government Senior Secondary School, PAU. Group B: Sukhwinder Kaur, Guru Nanak International School 1; Manpreet Singh, Sargodha National Public School 2; Maninder Kaur, Guru Nanak International Public School 3. Group C: Manisha Devi, Government Senior Secondary School, PAU 1; Rajbir SIngh, Sargodha National Public School 2; Maninder Kaur, Guru Nanak International School 3. Group D: Rohit Sharma, D.A.V.Public School 1; Gagandeep Singh, D.A.V. Public School 2; Sukhdev Singh, Pothohar Sayyad Senior Secondary School 3. |
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