Ten times more wheat procured: DC
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, April 12
The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Aggarwal, today claimed that 10 times more wheat as compared to the last year has been procured till date in the district. Giving details of procurement, Mr Aggarwal stated that 7,788 metric tones (MT) of wheat had been procured in the district till date, whereas, last year it was only 775 MT till date.

Stating that it was 10 times more than that for the last year, Mr Aggarwal said that the Foodsup had purchased 1,500 MT of wheat, Markfed 1,310 MT, Punsup 1679 MT PSWC 782 MT, Punjab Agro 1,272 MT, FCI 757 MT, while various traders had purchased 488 MT. Lifting of the procured foodgrain was being done on day-to-day basis.

Giving the procurement details for the Asia’s biggest grain market Khanna, Capt Parveen Vij, District Food and Supplies Controller, Ludhiana, stated that in Khanna, till date 4,790 MT wheat had been purchased as compared to 665 MT of last year. This was seven times more than the last year.

Giving details of procurement by agencies he informed in Khanna that Food Supplies has purchased 1000 MT, Markfed 540 MT, Punsup1,255 MT, PSWC 387 MT, Punjab Agro 700 MT, FCI 600 MT and traders 314 MT.

After visiting grain markets at Jagraon and Mullanpur, the DC stated that the procurement was going on smoothly. He was accompanied by Mr J.P. Mittal, SDM, Jagraon, Capt Parveen Vij, DFSC, Ludhiana and Mr Ripin Kapur, DMO, Ludhiana. He held a meeting with the staff of the procurement agencies and directed that they should remain present in the mandis and should have sufficient quantity of bardana with them. He talked to the farmers present in these mandis and advised them that they should get fully ripe and dried wheat to the mandis. He said the farmers operating combine harvester during night hours shall be prosecuted under Section 144.

He also advised the farmers, who had spread their wheat in mandis, not to do so as they were causing inconvenience to other farmers by spreading wheat in mandi yards for drying purposes, thereby occupying five times more space than required. He talked to the arhtiyas and told them to advise then farmers connected with them to bring dried and clean wheat to the mandis. He checked the working of the power cleaners and also checked weight and cleanliness of the filled bags.

GNIMT students shine in PTU fest
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, April 12
Students of the Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology, Model Town, participated in an inter-zonal cultural festival organised here by Punjab Technical University on April 8 and 9 and won two gold medals and six silver medals.

Dr A.S. Bansal, Director, said around 20 teams from various management and engineering institutes affiliated with the PTU participated in the festival. Abha Bajaj and Vidhi Aggarwal won gold in the debate on “Should higher education be restricted?” The team for group shabad won the first prize. Inderjot Kaur bagged two silver medals in classical vocal solo and light classical vocal solo categories.

In group events like giddha and western group song, the students won silver medal. Vidhi Aggarwal won silver medal in creative writing and Sanjeet Kaur was declared second in the poster making contest.

KVM kids open toyroom
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, April 12
With the inauguration of a new toyroom and an activity room at Kundan Vidya Mandir here today, the tiny tots will now have more fun and games. In the toyroom, several doll houses have been set up in which the child can enter and play. A triple-storey house has car parking facility in the ground floor, drawing cum dining rooms in the first floor and bed rooms in the second floor. The second house has a door from which the kids can enter, and play.

The floor of the toyroom has been built on the pattern on snakes and ladder game and the walls depict illustrations of stories and fairytales. Besides, several soft toys, blocks, magnetic and electronic games are there. In the activity room, the major attraction is the puppet show set.

Ms I. Kumar, Principal, said that the kids inaugurated the rooms this morning. 

Team to inspect PAU
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, April 12
To assess the administrative and academic functioning of Punjab Agricultural University for its accreditation, a team from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will be here from April 17 to 19.