‘Adarsh Gram Yojna’ inaugurated
Our Correspondent

Jagraon, November 8
As per the planning and directions of Mr Jagmohan Singh Kang, Minister Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries Punjab, Mr Gurmit Singh SDM, Jagraon, inaugurated the ‘Adarsh Gram Yojna’ at Roomi village, about 10 km from here. While presiding over the function he said the village had been adopted for dairy development under the scheme. In near future Roomi will be an animal husbandry model village. On this occasion the Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry Ludhiana, Dr H.S. Gill, told the farmers that under this project interested farmers can avail bank loans for developing model dairy units, piggery, poultry and fisheries. Unemployed youth can earn their livelihood through these. More facilities will be provided to present veterinary hospital, he added. Dr K.K. Sharma, Senior Veterinary Officer, Jagraon, who organised this function asked the farmers to get maximum benefit from this project. Mr Devi Dass, Deputy Director, Dairy, Ludhiana and Mr Jagdish Punaich, A.D., Fisheries, were also present on the occasion.

A seminar having a ‘Technical Session’ was also organised. Farmers were invited to get their problems solved on the spot. Veterinary experts Dr Paramjit Singh, Dr Naresh Kumar, Dr Surinder Bhatia and ADO Mr Parmjit Singh delivered lectures on different subjects. SDM, Jagraon, honoured from progressive dairy farmers of Roomi village. An animal welfare camp was also organised, experts treated animals. Surgical operations were also performed. Sarpanch of the village Gurmail Singh thanked Punjab Government for adopting the village. Dr H.S. Gill said in Sidhwan Bet Block Purain village has been selected. Its inauguration will be on November 16.

Experts blame overfeeding for cows’ death
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, November 8
Giving a scientific explanation of the sudden death of 60 cows in a gaushala in Ferozepore, two senior PAU veterinarians, Dr S S Randhawa and Dr K.B. Singh, said that the animals had died due to over feeding of readily fermentable carbohydrates in the form of grains like wheat, rice, maize etc which were generously offered to these animals either due to religious belief or as left-overs from the langars organised by different religious and social institutions.

Dr Randhawa and Dr Singh further said that the overfeeding of these grains often leads to fatal lactic ruminal acidosis. Similar condition can also occur due to overfeeding of molasses/gur to cows and buffaloes etc. Overfeeding of powdered form of grains/chappatis or crushed grains are more toxic than feeding of whole grains. Other carbohydrate sources like bread, apples , potatoes, sugarbeet, grapes, sugar etc can also cause this condition. Under nourished and hungry dairy animals are more prone to indigestion due to overfeeding of the above ingredients because they tend to eat more than required.

The scientists have advised managers of the gaushalas and the general public not to feed these animals more than the required amount or out of religious zeal. They have further said that feeding of more than 8 kg of grains or more than 3 kg of gur to a normal dairy animal can prove fatal.

They have also advised the managers of gaushalas to keep a check on people coming to give offerings in the gaushalas because ignorance can lead to unnecessary social tensions. In case of any mishaps veterinary doctor should be consulted immediately for treatment. Any delay can take the life of animal. Until help arrives, the affected animals should be fed on 100-200 gm of sodium bicarbonate or magnesium carbonate or calcium carbonate which are easily available. The severely affected animals should not be allowed to drink water for 12- 24 hours .

Stale items like chappatis, dals, vegetables etc should also be avoided because these are often affected by fungus. It may be mentioned that earlier also similar incident took place at Mandi Ahmedgarh, Sangrur and Moga.

Music rules the roost at PU youth fest
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, November 8
The Second Day of the PU Zonal Youth Festival was a limitless feast of music. The eight participating colleges took part in shabad/bhajan and Indian classical music (vocal) competitions held in the morning session. The afternoon session comprised geet, gazal, folk song, vaar singing and group singing competitions. The teams had prepared well and sang with great passion specially vaar songs.

The youth festival had begun with great zeal and fervour at Ramgarhia Girls College yesterday. The D.P.I. (Colleges) Punjab, Ms Nisha Sarad ‘s, very thought-provoking and exhilarating speech marked the beginning of the four-day zonal youth festival. Addressing the students at the inauguration of the function yesterday, she said, “life is a stage and we are mere actors playing our parts. We have to play our parts with sincerity and boldness to make our lives successful. Such “festivals” give students a chance to exhibit their latent talents and help us to bind us to our traditions. Youth festivals provide ample opportunities to students to show their talents and students should not hesitate in taking the opportunities offered.”

The Principal of the college Ms Harmeet Kaur, Head Girl, Anu, and Giani Bhagat Singh, president, Ramgarhia Education Council, welcomed the guests and participants.

Students showcased their artistic and aesthetic skills yesterday .Those students good in fine arts demonstrated their skills in painting landscapes, still life, drawing from life, collage making, poster making and cartoon making. The students made beautiful models of clay too. The teams participating in collage-making contest also excelled by showing deep imagination and skill.The students got a chance to show their oratorical skills too.

Yesterday’s results: Rangoli — Supreet 1 (Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Girls), 2 Anjali (DD Jain College), 3 Sunaina (Khalsa College for Women). Still life — 1 Poonampreet (KCW), 2 Naina (Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Girls). Cartoon making — 1 Nancy Ahuja (SDP College), 2 Surbhi (GCW), 3 Meenakshi (DD Jain College). Poster Making — 1 Anju Dogra (KCW), 2 Supreet (GCW), 3 Amandeep (KCW). Life painting — 1 Prabhjot (GCW), 2 Geetika (KCW), 3 Anu (KCW).

Scouts and Guides’ installation day celebrations
Our Correspondent

Amloh, November 8
The district unit of Scouts and Guides, Fatehgarh Sahib, celebrated 52nd all-India installation day of Bharat Scouts and Guides at Government Senior Secondary School, Naraingarh, 3 km from here, yesterday. As many as 13 scout troops drawn from 13 secondary and senior secondary schools of the district participated in the celebrations. The scouts and guides pledged to fight against the social evils of dowry and drugs and work for the development of the country.

Speaking on the occasion Mr Bela Singh, assistant State Organising Commissioner, said a decision had been taken during the golden jubilee celebrations of scouts and guides on November 7, 2000, to spread this sacred message to the grassroot level.

Workshop on English teaching
Our Correspondent

Mandi Gobindgarh, Nov 8
Gobindgarh Public School (GPS) organised a workshop on ‘Effective English teaching’ in collaboration with Rattan Sagar Publishers, New Delhi. Mr Manoranjan Sood, an expert in teaching English from CIEFL (Hyderabad), was the resource person, stated a press note here today.

The workshop was held in two sessions. Mr Sood demonstrated various methods of teaching English to pre-primary, primary and middle school students.

Mr Manoranjan explained about poetry teaching, reading skills, self-learning techniques and literary appreciation.

CULTURE

Creative designs at fashion show
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, November 8
The creativity of talented designers was displayed by damsels from Mumbai and New Delhi and budding models from the city in “Graffiti — the fall winter collection”, a fashion show organised by The Roots here on the lawns of City Heart Gardens last night.

The show was choreographed by ace choreographer Kaushik Ghosh. Various rounds, including Western, Indian, Indo-Western, saris, casuals and formals, were held to set the new fashion trends amongst Ludhianvis. In the first round of saris, models wearing satin, chiffon and crepe saris, displayed a variety of draping styles with poise.

The beauties wore designer wear created by students of JD Institute. The students in their “inspiration collection”, showed their creativity by making use of polythene, straw and woodwaste.

The winter collection of the designers was a perfect blend of vibrant, warm and colourful clothes. Kid’s and male models of the city were groomed by Kaushik Ghosh during his 10-day workshop for budding models, held here recently.

Top names in modelling like Aparna Kumar, Manish Dang, Divya Jaitley, Ramneek Paintal, Jayashree Tahiliani, Ritu Singh, Radhika Bajaj, Urvashi and others mesmerised the people of Ludhiana with their gorgeous looks and elegance.

Also showcased were the collections of Woodland and Spykar, the designer wear by Shaddha Gupta and Mansi Arora.

Earlier, talking to mediapersons, Kaushik Ghosh said the city people had not come forward to support the show. “I had great expectations from the hosiery industry here. The people of Ludhiana should know at least what is being made in their own town. But no one supported me and my company and we had to arrange sponsors from places like New Delhi and Mumbai”, he said.

Album praised for meaningful lyrics
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, November 8
A total of 2.5 lakh cassettes of “Raula Pai Gaya”, an audio album by Ravinder Grewal, have been sold in a short span of one and a half months. This was stated during a press conference at Maharaja Regency this afternoon by Mr Inderjit Singh Saini, area sales manager of Lucky Star’s Entertainment Ltd., which has released the album. He said the company had earlier released successful Punjabi albums like “Chhankata 2002”, and “Sohnian Jattian”. The music of the album by Grewal is by Tejwant Kittu.

Mr Jasdev Singh Jassowal, chairperson of the Prof Mohan Singh Foundation, said the company was bringing out video and audio albums of very good quality. He said the company had kept its promise of recording clean music to promote Punjabi culture. “The lyrics of the songs sung by Ravinder are meaningful and in good taste”, he said.

Mr Jarnail Singh, vice-president of the company, said the endeavour was to record music of the purest form, keeping away from cheap gimmicks like using double-meaning words. He said, “We have managed to bring Punjabi music to the international level as promised”.

Mr Pargat Singh Grewal, president of the Prof Mohan Singh Foundation, said for the past 12 years, the company had been trying to promote Punjabi culture. Mr Jassowal urged the company to record music of Punjabi instruments. He was assured by Mr Jarnail Singh that the company would move in this direction.

Tejwant Kittu, music director, said he had made use of an old folk instrument, Dhadi Sarangi, which has gained immense popularity. Mr Nirmal Jaura said the company was giving a break to talented singers by promoting them.

Ravinder, encouraged by Mr Jassowal, started recording cassettes during his college days. He started his education from his village school and graduated from GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana. Ravinder has won the Suran Da Shehzada award-2002. He has been awarded a gold medal by the Punjab Association, Toronto.

His first album was “Padan Nanbke Lati” and since then he has not looked back. Talking of his future plans, he said efforts were being made to portray the lives of martyrs like Udham Singh, Kartar Singh Sarabha and others so that the modern generation was inspired by their courageous and patriotic deeds. The stories would be sung to make them more appealing, he said.

ADMINISTRATION

Ban orders

Ludhiana, November 8
The District Magistrate has issued prohibitory orders to ensure public tranquillity in the district in view of the SGPC elections. The carrying of firearms, lethal weapons and inflammable material capable of causing harm to people has been banned. The orders have been issued under Section 144 of the Cr P C and will remain in force till November 30. TNS