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Recycle wheat, paddy straw: farm experts
Ludhiana, December 1 In case it is not burnt and instead recycled 8 lakh tonnes of NPK would become available to the soil. This is about 50 per cent of the fertilizer consumption in the state. “Considering that 90 per cent of rice straw and 30 per cent of wheat straw is available to recycle, it would tantamount to re-cycling of over five lakh tonnes of nutrients valued at Rs 400 crore”. The experts pointed out, when Punjab talks of exporting rice it means “exporting” water, as the crop(the paddy) consumes lot of water. The alarming situation of exploitation of groundwater is evident from the fact that 100 blocks out of 141 are categorised “dark” in the central districts of Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Sangrur and Moga, where water table is declining at the rate of 54 cm per year. At 75 cm per year, this fall was steep in 2004-05. According to Dr G.S. Hira, Head of the Department of Soils and Additional Director, Agricultural Research in PAU, “it is estimated that at this rate of exploitation, underground water will touch 70 ft to 160 ft in 66 per cent area in these districts by 2023”. Already, area having water table below 30 feet depth in these districts has increased from 3 per cent in 1973 to 95 per cent in 2005. in fact, watertable is falling in 90 per cent area in the state, he said. Punjab has about 11 lakh tubewells, out of which 9 lakh are electricity-operated. Due to rapidly falling watertable, farmers are replacing centrifugal pumps with submersible pumps at an estimated cost of Rs 2,300 crore. Since the submersible pumps consume more power, consequently, energy requirement was up by 20 per cent in 2001-05. Scarcity of sweet water is forcing farmers to tap “deep saline water” in the south-west districts, where in 40 per cent area underground water is already saline and only marginally fit for irrigation or human consumption. Use of this saline water for irrigation will further make the soil ‘sick’. Moreover, with watertable going deeper in north-east districts and with groundwater flow towards south-west districts, the saline water would flow backward to north-east districts. This would only worsen the situation. Discharge of untreated industrial effluents, domestic and sewerage water is also a disturbing factor to ‘soil sickness and pollution of under groundwater. Presence of harmful chemicals in food due to this is already matter of concern.
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Seed production camp organised
Samrala, December 1 Dr S.R. Sharma, senior scientist seeds, from Punjab Agricultural University gave technical knowledge regarding seed production of wheat (PBW-502) to the farmers. He advised the farmers to maintain isolation distance (3 meter for wheat) as recommended by the scientists while undergoing seed production. Dr Parminder Kaur, Assistant Professor Agroneny, told farmers to protect their crop from seeds and diseases. She also emphasised on the balanced use of fertilizers in the crop. Dr Manmeet Kaur, Assistant Professor, Extension Education, told the farmers about this village scheme and its advantages. She motivated the farmers to start their own seed production. Dr Ranjit Singh, in charge, K.V.M. Samrala, advised the farmers to use seed recommended by Punjab Agricultural University along with their recommended practices.
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Seminar on retail management
Ludhiana, December 1 In the inaugural session Dr (Col) H.S. Singha, Director, GNIMT, welcomed the dignitaries and delegates from various educational institutions. Dr Prem Kumar, President, PCMA, presented the theme of the seminar. He discussed how significantly the retail trading in India had changed over the years from small kiranawalas to big super markets. He showed certain facts and figures to depict the transition of unorganised traditional retail sector into the organised retailing. The organised segment holds just about 1.2 per cent of the current $ 245 billion retail market, which was expected to reach about $ 385 billion by the middle of this decade. The sector was growing at the rate of 25-30 per cent per annum and was estimated to achieve a business valuation of Rs 100,000 crore by 2010. Dr Raghbir Singh, (Department of Commerce & Business Administration, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar) was the keynote speaker. He brought forward critical aspects of retail management. He talked about issues related to customer satisfaction and relationship management, vigilant approach for competition, issues related to human resource management in retailing sector etc. Role of retailing industry in generation of investment, business and career opportunities was also discussed. Dr Raghbir Singh released the souvenir of the seminar and news letter of PCMA. Mr Vijay Asdhir, general secretary, PCMA, proposed the vote of thanks to the guests and delegates. As many as 24 delegates from various educational institutes all over India presented their papers in the two technical sessions held during the first day. Dr Raghbir Singh chaired the first technical session and Dr Narender Singh
(Kurukshetra University) was the co-chairperson. The delegates presented papers on issues related retail reinvention, merchandise planning in retail, changing face of retailing in India, retail banking etc. Dr O.P. Sahni chaired the second technical session. The session covered the research papers related to retail revolution, growth and development in retailing business, retail penetration of financial services etc. The third session chaired by Dr M.A. Zahir was a panel discussion on upcoming shopping malls in Ludhiana. Ms Sandhya Mehta (seminar coordinator, faculty GNIMT) presented a paper on perception of Ludhianvis regarding upcoming shopping Malls in the city. Dr Ashwini Bhalla, (joint secretary PCMA), Prof V.K. Sareen, Prof V.P. Gaur were among the other dignitaries present. The first day concluded with the report of the proceedings and a vote of thanks.
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MBA students visit trade fair
Ludhiana, December 1 DIMT Director R.S. Gupta in press note today said the theme of the fair was infrastructure, power and communications. Over 30 countries like China, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Bangladesh and Pakistan participated in the fair. The aim of the visit was to keep students abreast with new innovations in manufacturing and give them a chance to interact with company executives to learn about their marketing strategies. Students visited various stalls set up by companies and organisations like Ocean Development Department, Punjab Tourism, Haryana Tourism at the fair. Products related to engineering, machinery tools, and dies, automobiles, industrial machinery, refrigeration, air-conditioning, food processing, computer peripherals, etc. were on display. Various states and Union Territories had also set up their pavilions. The students made enquires about products and interacted with marketing executives of the companies.
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Symphony of students’ creativity
Ludhiana, December 1 The show began with the lighting of a lamp by the chief guest followed by fusion of melodies, a show put up by the music department. It was a mix of Indian and western music. Adding glitter to the evening was a fashion show by 85 students in traditional and modern outfits. The first one was ‘kids’ round’ where they walked the ramp with confidence. It was followed by boys’ round from the senior section. The main attraction was the designer round in which budding designers of the Fashion Technology Department revealed their creativity through their outfits.
Saree round was another attraction. The last section of the show was Punjabi “virsa” reflecting Punjabi culture.
“Jago”, “Sammi”, giddha and bhangra were also performed.
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Students display cooking skills at contest
Ludhiana, December 1 Competitions: The chief guest was Mr Karamjit Singh Aujla, a writer. The prizes to the winning teams were given by the chief guest.
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Award for college Principal
Ludhiana, December 1 The award was presented to Dr Ravinder Kochhar by Mr Rahman Khan, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, and Mr Bheesham Narayan Singh, former Governor, at a function held in New Delhi recently.
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250 special kids have a day out
Ludhiana, December 1 The World Disability Day will be celebrated on December 3 in which a chain will be formed by special children. The event was organised by the co-ordination committee of the special schools in the city in association with the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(SSA). The SSA is working on special projects in every district of the state to provide elementary education to children irrespective of their disability. The children reached the park in the morning and were visibly excited to take joyrides. They thanked their trainers for the outing. For many it was their first experience. Some parents accompanied their children to the park. Refreshments were given to the children at the park.
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School hands over 27,000
for quake-hit
Ludhiana, December 1
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600 students take part in athletics meet
Ludhiana, December 1 Prof Prithipal Singh Kapur, former Pro-Vice Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev Univeristy, Amritsar and member of the standing committee on Education for Minorities was the chief guest at the opening ceremony. Mr R.S. Grewal, Principal of the host school welcomed the guests and participating teams. Mr R.S. Patial, Principal, DAV Public School, BRS Nagar, Mr S.C. Saxena, Principal, Kundan Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Civil Lines, Ms Paramjit Kaur, Principal of the BCM Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, Mr S.D. Kalia, Principal, BCM Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh Road branch, Ms P.K. Sekhon, Principal, Nankana Sahib Public School, Gill Park, Ms H. Malaki, Principal of St Thomas Senior Secondary School and Ms Yachna Chawla, Principal, USPC Jain Public School were among others who attended the inaugural function. Today’s results: Boys (u-19) - 800 m- Gauravdeep Singh of GNPS, Sarabha Nagar 1, Jaspreet Singh of GHPS, Sidhwan Khurd 2 and Simranjeet Singh of GNPS, Mullanpur 3; 200 m- Gurpreet Singh of GNPS, Mullanpur 1, Dhanraj Singh of GGN Public School, Rose Garden 2 and Gagandeep Singh of Raikot Public School 3; high jump- Harmanpreet Singh of GNIPS, Model Town 1, Rohit of GGNPS, Rose Garden 2 and Rohit of KVM Senior Secondary School 3. Girls (u-19) - 200 m- Gurleen Kaur of GNPS, Mullanpur 1, Manpreet Kaur of GGNPS, Rose Garden 2 and Gurvinder Kaur of DAV Public School 3; 800 m- Parminder Kaur of Raikot Public School 1, Pawandeep Kaur of GNPS, Mullanpur 2 and Inderpreet Kaur of GNPS, Sarabha Nagar 3; 3000 m- Harmanjot Kaur of GHPS, Sidhwan Khurd 1, Ramandeep Kaur of GNPS, Sarabha Nagar 2 and Gurleen Kaur of Raikot Public School 3. Boys (u-16) - 200 m- Sukhdeep Singh of GNPS, Mullanpur 1, Harshdeep Singh of GNPS, Sarabha Nagar 2 and Jatinder Singh of GGNPS, Rose Garden 3; 3000 m- Damanpreet Singh of NSPS, Gill Park 1, Taranjot Singh of Raikot Public School 2 and Simranjit Singh of GNPS, Mullanpur 3; shot put- Jagdeep Singh of GM Public School 1, Khushvinder Singh of GRD Academy 2 and Pushkar of BVM School 3. Girls (u-16) - discus throw- Diljit Kaur of GNIPS, Model Town 1, Rajvir Kaur of Raikot Public School 2 and Lovepuneet Kaur Cheema of GGNPS, Rose Garden 3; 200 m- Harpreet Kaur of Raikot Public School 1, Rajandeep Kaur of GNPS, Mullanpur 2 and Pavneet Kaur of GNPS, Sarbha Nagar 3. Boys (u-14) - shot put- Munish of GMT Public School 1, Spring Dale Public School 2 and Himanshu of GRD Academy 3; long jump- Harpreet Singh of GNPS, Mullanpur 1, Sonikbir Singh of BCM School, Shasri Nagar 2 and Jaskanwal Singh of GRD Academy 3. Girls (u-14) - discus throw- Nancy of Raikot Public School 1, Deepali of BSCM School, Chandigarh Road 2 and Ritika of KVM School 3; long jump- Ravneet Kaur of Sutlej Public School 1, Japneet Kaur of Shamrock Public School 2 and Kiranpreet Kaur of GHPS, Sidhwan Khurd 3.
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Softball trials
Ludhiana, December 1 The selected boys and girls will attend a coaching camp to be held here from December 20 to 25 prior to their participation in the 13th Punjab State Softball Championship slated for next year.
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