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Awareness programme for farmers
Ludhiana, October 20 Officials from various departments, including the Directorate of Marketing Inspection (DMI), Central Warehousing Corporation, the FCI and PAU, addressed the farmers. Representatives of NABARD and other banks briefed farmers about the legal framework and documentation required for availing themselves of subsidy/finance for construction of godowns. The scheme also extends for renovation and extension of existing godowns. Farmers were told about methods of stacking goods, pest control and disinfection, documentation of storage, quality assurance and handling of produce. They were also taken on a field visit to rural godowns already constructed by farmers. According to Dr S.P.S. Brar, the storage facility at the village level enabled farmers to enhance their holding capacity, while maintaining quality. It would also lesson the government burden of procuring and storing the agricultural produce, he said. The programme was sponsored by the National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM) Jaipur.
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From
Schools & Colleges Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, October 20 There were competitions in 15 categories, including mehendi, hair styling, embroidery, rangoli, flower arrangement and cooking. More than 100 students participated. At the end of the competitions, the entries of all participants were exhibited. Principal Harmit Kaur appreciated the efforts of the students and said she was impressed with the response. The results are: Flower arrangement — Ravjeet (1) and Harmeet (2); mehendi — Neha (1), Davinder (2) and Jaswinder (3); bindi-making — Rajinder (1) and Sandeep (2); salad decoration — Surinder (1) and Bhawna (2); embroidery — Prabjeet (1) Dalwinder (2) and Monika (3); hair styling — Harpreet (1) and Manmeet (2); traditional Indian cooking — Aditi (1), Harpreet (2) and Mandeep and Surinder (3); crochet — Vandana (1), Savita (2) and Parminder (3); best out of waste — Parminder (1), Manpreet (2) and Rajinder (3) and; tie-and-dye — Surinder (1) and Harpreet (2). Clothes exhibition: An exhibition, “Pehrawa”, was organised at Master Tara Singh College here on Wednesday. It exhibited clothes designed and stitched by students of the Fashion Designing Department. The exhibition was divided into two sections. The first one depicted western wear, including short skirts , dresses, and tank tops while in the Indian section, the dresses were lehngas, sarees, sand salwar suits. A collage, “What women want”, showcased the latest trends in fashion. The exhibition was inaugurated by the college Principal, Dr Madanjit Kaur Sahota. The students had prepared the exhibits under the supervision of their teachers Kanu Verma, Hardeep and Ravinder. Dandia show: Children of Small Wonders Nursery School, Sangat Road, Civil Lines, Ludhiana, organised a dandia party on the school premises on Tuesday. Rangolis gave a festive to the school look. Girls in their ghagras and traditional make-up and boys in their typical dandia dresses danced to the tunes of various dandia numbers. Seminar: Sarabha Nagar, New Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, conducted a seminar on English communication. About 150 students and teachers took part in the seminar. Mr Amarjit Singh, Director, Cambridge, Mr Rishavh, Mr Arun Jindal, Ms Pulkita, Ms Mamta Bawa and Mr Girish delivered the lectures on how to improve English communication. Mr H.C. Gupta, Deputy Director of the school, summed up the views of the seminar. Fancy dress: Child Heart Day-boarding School, Gobind Nagar, organised a fancy dress function related to different characters from Ramayana. Parshant acted as Rama, Prajul as Laxmana, Gagandeep as Sita and Himanshu as Hanuman.
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Overhaul Ayurveda office, plead practitioners
Ludhiana, October 20 Ayurvedic experts here have been seeking overhauling of the department. They pointed out that the department was being given a raw deal. Dr Jawahar Lal, who was earlier posted as the District Ayurvedic and Unani Officer, was transferred to Chandigarh. Since then the department is being handled by the office superintendent. An ayurveda practitioner said. “It is a tragedy that ayurveda, which is now being accepted as one of the premier medical sciences in the world, is getting shabby treatment in its native land”. Ayurveda and Unani Officers posted in various dispensaries are irked over the fact that all communication coming from the district office is signed by the office superintendent who is “officiating” as the district officer though he is neither competent nor qualified for the job. They said they had been receiving letters signed “for” by the superintendent. Besides 42 ayurvedic and Unani dispensaries in the district, there are several ayurveda practitioners and ayurvedic drug manufacturers here. For them, it is difficult to negotiate with a person who has no background of the field. We have no option but to explain to him whether he understands it or not”, said an ayurvedic doctor.
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City doctor attends meet in Malaysia
Ludhiana, October 20 Only four orthopaedicians from India attended the event and Dr Garg was the only orthopaedician from Punjab to participate in the conference.
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Tagore School shuttlers win
Ludhiana, October 20 In the boys’ (under-14) category, Kundan Vidya Mandir School and BCM Arya Model School finished second and third, respectively. In the under-19 category, the second and the third place went to Kundan Vidya Mandir School and Green Land Senior Secondary School, respectively. In the girls’ (under-19) category, BCM Arya School and Tagore Public School secured the second and the third position, respectively, while in the under-19 category.
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