EDUCATION

Protest against privatisation of govt schools
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 27
Led by activists of Joint Teachers’ Front (JTF), teachers comprising 12 prominent bodies, held a demonstration at Payal on Wednesday to lodge their protest against privatisation of government schools and programme to organise unwanted seminars during summer vacation. The teachers had already took out a protest march at Doraha on May 21 and 23 on the same issue.

According to Mr Surinder Singh Grewal, a member of the presidium of the JTF, the slogan-raising teachers marched to the office of the SDM where a rally was organised to express strong opposition to the proposed move by the government to privatise primary education. Speakers, including Mr Grewal and Mr Sudagar Singh Begewal, demanded scrapping of the privatisation move and cancellation of seminars for teachers during summer vacation.

The protesting teachers burnt an effigy of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh at this occasion and also submitted a memorandum to the SDM, calling upon the government to hold a thorough review of the proposed privatisation of schools and other public sector undertakings.

Prominent among other speakers at the rally were Mr Pritpal Singh (Adhyapak Dal), Mr Kamaljit Singh Doraha (Government Teachers Union), Mr Baljinder Singh (Contract Basis Elementary Teachers Union), Mr Deepinder Singh Maksoodra, Mr Kuldip Singh Mangewal, Mr Rachpal Singh Payal, Mr Satvir Singh Rampur and Mr Amandeep Singh Rarra Sahib.

From Schools
Students exhibit poetry recitation skills
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 27
An English poetry recitation and story-telling competition was organised at Baba Isher Singh (N) Senior Secondary Public School, BRS Nagar, here today.

Around 100 students from nursery to Class V participated in the competition.

Tiny tots from kindergarten performed also took part. Students from Classes I to V recited poems on topics like school, flower, teacher, childhood etc.

The prize winners were awarded by the school Principal.

Competition: A Punjabi essay writing and calligraphy competition was organised at BIS (N) Senior Secondary Public School, BRS Nagar. Students from Classes III to XII participated in the competition.

Students from Classes III to V wrote on subjects like country, school, favourite teacher etc. Students from Classes VI to XII wrote on topics like Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha, Shaheed Udam Singh, Shaheed Chander Shekhar Azad, Lala Lajpat Rai, Guru Gobind Singh, Lord Krishan, Jesus Christ.

Senior students wrote on social problems like female foeticide and drug addiction.

Students with best essays from each class were awarded by the school Principal.

Kanika tops in college
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 27
Kanika Paruthi of DD Jain Memorial College stood first in college in B. Com I year results of which were declared today. She scored 80.3 per cent. Jyoti stood second with 75.8 per cent marks while Kanak Lata stood third with 72.7 per cent.

HEALTH

Free hernia, piles check-up camp from today
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 27
A two-day free hernia and piles check-up camp would be organised at Sidhu Hospital at Doraha on May 28 and 29. This information was given by Dr Gurdip Singh Sidhu, director and chief of surgery at the hospital.

Commenting on the increasing incidence of these diseases, he said that hernia could be cured easily with laparoscopic surgery. “Hernia is a kind of weakness in the abdominal muscles through which intestines protrude outward. This causes a bulge under the skin, which initially appears while coughing or straining, but later when the disease is advanced, it remains protruded outwards. If not treated in time it can lead to serious complications like intestinal obstruction, strangulation and gangrene of the entrapped intestines.”

ADMINISTRATION

Steps to regulate parking of vehicles
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 27
The directions issued by the Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana High Court to the district administration for taking immediate steps to regulate parking of vehicles in paid parking sites and holding car bazars in congested markets in the city should come as a big relief to the local business community, provided the orders were carried out in letter and spirits.

Issuing interim orders on a civil writ petition filed by the Traders and Property Owners Association in Feroze Gandhi Markets here, the double bench of Chief Justice Mr D.K. Jain and Mr Justice Hemant Gupta asked the administration to examine the possibility of providing a particular area for this purpose on Sundays and other days when these particular markets observed weekly holiday.

Taking a serious note of mismanagement of parking lots by the contractors in the city, the Hon’ble High Court directed the Superintendent of Police (Traffic) to look into the difficulties being faced by the residents on account of poor management and overcrowding of parking lots.

“No extra vehicles beyond the capacity of the parking lots are parked therein. Proper sign board shall be put up at each of the parking lot, clearly indicating its parking capacity. If it is found that any parking lot has more than its notified capacity, it will be viewed seriously and Superintendent of Police (Traffic) shall be personally held responsible for this negligence,” the bench observed.

Asked to comment on the intended action to be taken on the directions of the Hon’ble High Court, the deputy commissioner Mr Anurag Verma told Ludhiana Tribune that modalities to implement the court orders were being discussed in coordination with all concerned departments. He, however, maintained that the directions would be strictly implemented in the given time frame and the administration would submit ‘action taken report’ on the next date of hearing of the petition on July 27.