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AGRICULTURE

Demonstrations on water saving technologies
Vimal Sumbly
Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, May 27
Demonstrations on water- saving technologies and farm machinery were the highlights of field day held at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Samrala, yesterday. The function was presided over by the Director of Extension Education, Dr S.S.Gill.

Engineers from the Department of Farm Power and Machinery of the College of Agricultural Engineering demonstrated to the farmers the usefulness and purposefulness of this Rs.4,50,000 instrument made available to Punjab Agricultural University by CIMMYT (International Wheat and Maize Research Centre), Mexico City.

Dr Gill pointed out that KVK would prepare two fields side by side, one levelled with ordinary implements and the other with the help of laser land leveller, before sowing a crop. Their comparative yields and performance will be compared. Only after the feedback and field trials which are part of the collaborative research project between PAU and farmers, the university would formally recommend the use of this land leveller after appropriate modifications in the same.

The farmers were given live demonstrations on the use of bed maker-cum-planter, multi-crop planter and pulverising roller. Agricultural engineer Dr Jaskaran Singh said that it was very handy when crops recommended for sowing on beds are to be sown by the farmers, as along with making of the beds, seed is also sown simultaneously. Bed planting reduces water requirement by about 30 per cent and gives better crop yield, improves the drainage in case of heavy rains and saves water sensitive crops.. On the other hand, multi crop planter is useful for precision sowing for crops like groundnut, soybean, maize, cotton and sunflower. The pulverising roller is an attachment commonly used with cultivator. It costs around Rs 5,000.

Dr Gill said proper use of water saving technologies, including transplanting paddy after June 15 and farm machinery, can help farmers gain in production and incomes. This would change the present “grim picture of the agriculture”.

Another interesting implement was crop transplanter for transplanting use in vegetables and other crops on beds or even in flat field.

PAU has already gifted a laser land leveller to Sandhora village Cooperative Society of Moga district for custom hiring. The head of the farm power and machinery Dr S.S.Ahuja assured the farmers the end users of the farm implements and also being at the cutting-edge that any suggested improvements would be carried out to make the implements more field-worthy and cost effective.

Tagore school gets 100 pc result
Our Correspondent

Sahnewal, May 27
For the fourth time Tagore International Senior Secondary School here has registered 100 per cent results in the CBSE class X examination. Among the toppers of the school, Navdeep singh secured 90 per cent marks, Satwant Kaur 85 per cent, Navpreet Kaur 84 per cent, Uttamjit Singh 83 per cent and Dildeep Singh got 81 per cent marks.

“All students have done the institution proud by securing high percentage,” said Ms Renu Singh, Principal of the school, while congratulating the students and staff on the occasion.

“It is for the fourth time that the school got 100 per cent result of class X and all students have tried their level best with the support of the parents and the teachers to score as best as possible,” she added.

Guru Arjan Dev's sacrifices recalled
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 27
Spring Dale Senior Secondary Public School, Ludhiana, dedicated today to marking the 400th year of martyrdom of the fifth Guru Arjan Dev and paying obeisance to the symbol of peace and embodiment of sacrifice.

The function started with path followed by the recitation of gurbani and shabad kirtan by Jassimran Kaur, a student of class XII, and other fellow students. The path of Sri Anand Sahib was jointly recited by the students, their parents and the teachers. Ardas was followed by the distribution of parshad and a chhabeel was organised within the campus of the school.

Director and founder, Principal Ms Avinash Kaur Walia and Principal Ms Sandeep Kaur Raikhi addressed the students to follow the path shown by Guru Arjan Dev.

Guru ka langar was also served to all the students and their parents who participated in the celebration of the 'shaheedi purb'.

The entire function had been organised and managed by a team of students with the support of teachers and management of the school.

Seminar on teaching aids
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 27
Teachers of various schools of the district put up an excellent display of teaching aids during the concluding day of English and Art and Craft seminars conducted on the directions of the SCERT at Government In-service Training Centre (GITC) here today.

Ms Gurdeep Kaur, Principal GITC, appreciated the teaching models, charts and posters. She asked the teachers to prepare more innovative teaching material for the welfare of the students so as to generate more interest in their minds about the concerned subjects and topics.

English seminar course coordinator Savita Chadha said communication skills, parts of speech and vocabulary were very important and were discussed with the teachers, who made illustrations on different stories, kinds of nouns and tenses etc. Mr Baldev Singh, Lecturer (DIET), Mr Shakti Kumar, Lecturer, Principal Iqbal Singh (retd) and others interacted with teachers and imparted them with latest knowledge about various topics.

Art and Craft seminar course coordinator Surinderpal Kaur said teachers prepared excellent designs, flower making patterns, paintings, posters mottos and interior decorations etc.

COURTS

42 cases settled at Lok Adalat
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 27
The District Legal Services Authority organised a Lok Adalat here to resolve the disputes between the litigants through amicable settlement. Two Benches heard the cases and disposed of 42 cases involving settlements worth Rs 62 lakh. In all 141 cases were placed before the adalat.

The Bench headed by Mr Tarsem Mangla, Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division) succeeded in persuading litigants in 40 cases for putting an end to their disputes. Around 133 cases were placed before this Bench.

Mr Rajneesh Gupta, secretary of the District Bar Association, played an active role in settling cases before this Bench, being the member of the Lok Adalat.

Another bench headed by Mr Gurbir Singh, Additional District Judge, disposed of two cases out of the eight cases placed before it. Former Bar presidents K.R. Sikri, J.K. Kapila, Ajay Jindal, Anil Saggar, K.K. Bagai, Sandeep Kapoor, Rohit Thapar, and Arvind Markan, Assistant District Attorney, participated in the Lok Adalat.