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DEO seeks report in
club employee case
Ludhiana, May 21 The functioning of the club has been mired in controversy with a group of members claiming that the previous Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Verma, had taken action but it was not implemented.
The issue has brought different political groups in the club at loggerheads with members arrayed along opposite lines in support or opposition of the accountant.
At the centre of the issue are the charges that the accountant was being supported or shielded by some influential members and office-bearers.
The DEO, Mr Yash Raj Mehra, told Ludhiana Tribune that he would take action as per the report of the section officer. He, however, added that it looks as a personal complaint and it would have been better if the club management had sought action in the case. Teacher-cum-accountant Davinder Tandon continued to evade the media over the issue when his version was sought. But interestingly, several members and office-bearers of the club called up this correspondent explaining his point of view or to bury the issue. They asserted that it was no wrong for Mr Tandon to work in school during day and in the evening at the club. Mr R.K. Thamman, manager of the club, said he was not aware of the issue as no complaint was made to him.
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PAU to have centre of excellence
Ludhiana, May21 These projects have been approved by the sub committee set up under the Chairmanship of Dr G S Kalkat, Chairman, Punjab Farmers Commission. A committee consisting of Dr Klkat, Dr K S Aulakh, Vice- chancellor, PAU Dr B S Dhillon, Director Research, PAU and Mr Himmat Singh, Managing Director Punjab Agri. was set up by the Chief Secretary, Mr K R Lakhanpal, to study the proposals and formulate the modalities for the utilisation of the special grant of Rs 100 crore given by the Centre. Besides, the PAU autborities plan to strengthen the integrated pest management, shifting of multilocational testing, strengthening of market intelligence and the conduct of impact analysis. According to official information, the PAU authorities propose to utilise Rs 15 crore for equipments and Rs 6.30 crore as working agency . The remaining amount of Rs 78.7 crore is proposed to be utilised to develop Punjab agricultural University has been getting a block grant of Rs 90 crore during the year 2002 to 2005. This has not been meeting the pay and allowances. There has been no fiscal provision under the plan during 2002-05 with the result that the research activities suffered due to highly inadequate working contingencies. The authorities hope that a corpus of Rs 78.7 crore will generate about Rs 6.3 crore annually and the same would provide reasonable working contingencies for taking up research activities. The centre for excellence in crop biotechnology and improvement will concentrate on application of plant biotechnology and hybrid breeding . In wheat breeding high protein and vitreosity should get more importance. Further breeding programme in maize, soyabean, kabuli gram, groundnut and basmati will be strengthened. Some of the proposals pertaining to the animal sciences will be diverted to the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University along with the funds. Under the centre of excellence in farm animal biotechnology efforts would be made to develop fresh water fish prawn. The PAU authorities have emphasised that there is urgent need to diversify paddy-wheat cropping system. Because of this system there is
occurrence of multitude of ecological (depleting water table, deterioration of soil health, deficiency of micronutrient in soil crop and animals, pollution of air and water) and economic problems. There is need to replace paddy with other crops requiring less water. The PAU authorities have further emphasised that there is need for a long- term research strategy for sustaining the tempo of Punjab agriculture. For this the PAU need to update the expertise of its human resources on a larger scale through training in advance centres of learning. The existing infrastructure also needs to be strengthened.
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Khalsa college students shine in BBA exam
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, May 21 The Principal, Dr Virinder Thind, congratulated the students and staff for their good results. Programme: Students of DAV Public School presented a cultural programme. They depicted the agreement made by Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the Britishers during his reign.The programme started with Saraswati Vandana. The students went on to present a jungle show that showcased different animals and their antics. They also presented “rangla” Punjab. The chief guest at the function was the Municipal Commissioner, Mr S.K. Sharma. Workshop: A three-day workshop on leadership concluded on Sunday. It was organised by students of Ryan International School. The workshop was aimed at bringing out the potential leadership in students that lay dormant in them. Over 40 students participated.Modelling: Tiny tots of Guru Nanak International Public School participated in modelling of summer here wear on Saturday. The students came in cool dresses. Summer princess and summer prince were chosen. The Principal, Ms B. Gulati, gave away prizes.
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Students to boycott exams
Ludhiana, May 21 The meeting held today outside Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College. Gurcharan Singh Grewal, president, Sikh Student Federation (Mehta), and Surinder Pal, president, Punjab School Technical Action Committee, put forth grievances of students. The grievances included declaration of re-evaluation result of examinations conducted in December.
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More than 3.5 lakh children receive polio drops
Ludhiana, May 21 Dr Sharma also released gas balloons with thermocol plates carrying slogans of polio eradication tied to them, on the occasion. The Senior Medical Officer of Civil Hospital, Dr Manjit Kaur, along with members of rogi kalyan samiti, were also present on the occasion. Exhorting the medical professionals and members of public to join hands to make the district polio-free, Dr Sharma emphasised that not even a single eligible child should remain uncovered in the polio immunisation campaign. The Civil Surgeon went around a large number of polio booths set up in different localities of the city, as also transit posts, which had been set up to provide polio drops to travelling children. He said 25 transit posts were covering the highways while another 25 had been set up on railway stations. He said information received from different places had indicated that around 65 per cent of the eligible children had been vaccinated in the district. Dr Sharma also visited a polio booth established on Aarti Chowk by the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP). Dr Gursharan Singh and Dr I.S. Bagga were present on the occasion. According to IAP functionaries, arrangements had been made to distribute biscuits and whistles to the children coming for immunisation at the IAP post. Dr G.L Goyal, Director, Health and Family Welfare, Punjab, who was also in the city to take stock of the pulse polio drive, visited several slum areas and other vulnerable localities along with the Civil Surgeon and Dr Kuldip Kaur Sahni, District Immunisation Officer. According to Dr Rajinder Gulati, Head of Paediatrics Department, ESIC Model Hospital here, who was coordinating 40 posts as in charge of Sector 11, ‘‘pulse polio immunisation will continue round the clock from May 21 to 23, at railway station. Vaccinators will keep working in three shifts for which 36 volunteers and supervisors had been deployed at the railway station. These posts are being supervised by two supervisors from the Railway Hospital’’, he added. He said out of these 40 posts, 14 were transit posts, including nine at railway station, two each at Bus Stand and Bharat Nagar Chowk for the incoming and outgoing buses and another at ESIC Model Hospital. Dr Gulati further added that from the second day onwards, the house-to- house activity will start and the children below five years of age, who had not got polio drops, would be covered during the next two days. The transit posts will remain operational on all three days. Earlier, Dr B.K. Jain, president of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics, Punjab, inaugurated the pulse polio booth at General Bus Stand. Also present on the occasion were Dr Rajinder Gulati, secretary, Dr Deepak Bhat, treasurer and Dr Harinder Singh, executive member of the state branch. The NCC cadets and NSS volunteers from Ramgarhia Girls College worked as volunteers at several polio booths in different parts of the city and assisted medical and para-medical staff in the immunisation drive. Meanwhile, the Coordination Committee of Para-Medical and Health Employees, Punjab, claimed here that even though the employees of health department and para-medical staff participated in the ongoing pulse polio campaign all over the state, they also sported black badges to register their protest against the policy of privatisation of the government and handing over 1,193 dispensaries to zila parishads and panchayat samitis. SAMRALA: The second round of pulse polio was inaugurated by Mr Amrik Singh Dhillon, MLA, Samrala, at the local civil hospital today. In his inaugural address he appealed to the people to participate activily to make the programme a success in order to eradicate polio.
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Gaurav Rathi rules the pool
Ludhiana, May 21 More than 200 boys, drawn from as many as 57 branches of the Delhi Public School, took part in this four-day championship. Mr Narendra Kumar, chairman, Delhi Public Schools Society, New Delhi, was the chief guest during the prize distribution ceremony. Students of the school performed kathak and kalbelia dance which was appreciated by the gathering. The bhangra team of the school with its impressive performance had the audience tapping their feet to the beat of the drum. The star attraction of the show was the performance by the noted stage actor Ehsaan Qureshi of the Great Indian Laughter Challenge fame. He made the audience rolling with laughter. Ms Seema Malik, principal of the DPS, Ludhiana, thanked the chief guest for sparing his valuable time to be amongst the students. Results: 50m breaststroke — Gaurav Rathi of DPS, New Delhi 1, Prateek Sejwal of DPS, R K Puram, New Delhi 2 and Advait Madhok of DPS, Navi Mumbai 3; 100m butterfly stroke- Prashant Tokas of DPS, R K Puram, New Delhi 1, Deva Solanki of DPS, Mathura road, New Delhi 2 and Nikhil Chitale of DPS, Indore 3; 200m individual medley- Gaurav Rathi of DPS, Mathura road, New Delhi 1, Prashant Tokas of DPS, R K Puram, Dew Delhi 2 and Akshay K S of DPS, Bangalore South 3. 100m breaststroke- Gaurav Rathi of DPS, Mathura road, New Delhi 1, Prateej Sejwal of DPS, R K Puram, New Delhi 2 and Akshay S Sarkaria of DPS, Bangalore South 3; 50m backstroke-Abhishek Chugh of DPS, R K Puram, New Delhi 1, Tajinder Singh of DPS, Bathinda 2 and Aditya Vaishya of DPS, Mathura Road, New Delhi 3; 4x50 m relay- DPS, Mathura road, New Delhi 1, DPS, R K Puram, New Delhi 2 and DPS, Bhopal 3.
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Jalandhar eves retain softball title
Ludhiana, May 21 Gurdaspur eves secured the third position beating Sangrur. Earlier in the semi finals, Jalandhar beat Sangrur 18-1 while Ludhiana outclassed Gurdaspur 3-0 to set up the title clash. In the league matches, Sangrur defeated Fatehgarh Sahib 10-0; Ropar beat Amritsar 4-0; Gurdaspur drubbed Moga 10-0; Jalandhar blanked Patiala 10-0; Sangrur got the better of Hoshiarpur 8-4 and Ludhiana routed Ropar 10-0.
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