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Soil sickness discussed
Ludhiana, July 8 The refrain of the meeting was that much of the activities can be done by the farmers themselves without any government help or support. For instance, government intervention is not required to follow the recommended package of practices or delay the sowing of paddy to save water or to ensure a level field for uniform irrigation water or use of tensiometer and leaf colour chart to measure the nutrient and water requirements of the crops concerned. In fact, judicious use of farm inputs is influenced by taking small steps and following the PAU’s scientific and technological recommendations. Meanwhile, the Progressive Bee-Keepers Association also held a meeting which was addressed by Head Department of Entomology, N.S. Butter and other scientists. Association coordinator Paramjit Kaur Pandher said members put questions to entomologists to know how best to rear bees, scientifically collect honey, and market it.
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Power cuts hit paddy hard
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 8 Mr Ajit Singh, Executive Engineer at the local board office, claimed that the problem persisted due to overload and not due to poor maintenance. The problem was multiplied when a large number of farmers got their sanctioned loads increased under the voluntary disclosure scheme. He called upon leaders of various parties to coordinate with the staff to solve the problem and not to create panic. A large number of farmers of Rachhin village have decided to plough paddy fields which have been drying due to water scarcity created by persistent power breakdown. “Instead of continuing bearing loss due to unnecessary consumption of diesel, I, along with my fellow farmers, have decided to sow pulses after ploughing paddy fields,” said Mr Jhalman Singh, who had transplanted paddy saplings in 7 acres. He claimed to have spent Rs 15,000 on diesel during the past fortnight when the transformer remained out of order. Gursher Singh said he had spent Rs 5,000 on diesel for maintaining the required water level in his fields. “However, now it seems impractical to continue watering crops without any hope of getting power in the near future. I have decided to plough the paddy fields as it will save me from further loss,” said Mr Gursher Singh. Lachhman Singh of Rachhin has charged a Junior Engineer with harassing farmers. Mr Budh Singh Rachhin, vice-president, Block Congress, Pakhowal, rued that his efforts to get the grievances of farmers redressed had gone futile. “Though I, along with other senior party functionaries, tried my best to get the faults rectified, the authorities preferred to be silent,” he said.
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Teachers resent denial of pension
Ludhiana, July 8 Dr SK Thaman ,organizing secretary of the organization, flayed the indifferent attitude of the government which was not giving pension benefits to teachers of grant-in-aid private school teachers who retired after May 31,2003. The pension scheme was introduced in these schools as per agreement arrived at in 1992 with the government and the management of schools and facility of double provident fund was withdrawn in lieu of the pension. It is surprising that provident fund deductions made by the schools during the service of the teacher were not placed in PPF account, resulting in losses to teacher when they retired. This needed to be inquired into by some independent agency to give justice to the retired teachers. What was more surprising was that vacancies lying vacant in government grant-in-aid schools and are not fulfilled due to the ban imposed by the state government. The Education Ministry was giving a step-motherly treatment to the teaching community. Members said that there was no use celebrating Teachers' Day if no justice was given to them.
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Mock CAT
by TCY today Ludhiana, July 8 The CAT fever is running high and students are anxious about one of the world’s toughest entrance tests. To help students know and analyse their strengths and weaknesses’ and to put their strategies to test, the TCY is arranging this interactive session for CAT aspirants with their experts. The mock CAT would consist of verbal ability, quantitative aptitude, data analysis and reasoning sections. It would be on the pattern of the actual examination followed by a detailed discussion and analysis of each section of the paper. By virtue of the score in this test, the aspirants would know where they stand vis-a-vis their competitors and the extent of preparation required in a particular section. The TCY experts will discuss the strategies and quicker ways to tackle the different sections. Almost 200 students from various engineering and general stream colleges are expected to participate. The TCY expects students from Ludhiana, Phagwara, Jagraon, Ferozepore, Bathinda, Amritsar and Jalandhar. Mr K.B. Sharma and Ms Amrita Grewal, Verbal experts, will tackle the English usage and reading comprehension sections. Mr Munish Kumar, an alumnus’ of the IIM-C, will crack the quantitative section. He will be joined by Mr Ankur Agarwal. Ms Mukta Gogia, Centre Manager, TCY, BRS Nagar said, “On the basis of performance in this test, the top five aspirants of CAT — 2006 will be given a fee waiver of 50 per cent in any of the TCY programmes.” Selected students will be put in the TCY test series batch, beginning July 10. “The maximum numbers of IIM calls received and converted in the region till date have been by TCY alumni,” claimed Mukta.
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Ensure quality
education, Atwal to
panchayats Ludhiana, July 8 Expressing concern over the decline in the standard of education in villages falling in the bet areas near the Sutlej river, he said due to poor transportation and shortage of teachers, the quality of education had been affected. He appealed to the panchayats to take interest to bring about improvement in the functioning of the schools. The Deputy Speaker said with advancement in computer and information technology at the global level, enormous employment opportunities had been opened for professionally educated youth and the stress should be on technical education. He said with the induction of satellite and Internet facilities, the world had shrunk and only with quality education would the youth get jobs in future. He also appealed to
the panchayats and other social organisations to create awareness among the youth against the ill-effects of intoxicants. He addressed such meetings at Hyatpur, Gurugarh, Rajgarh Adiana, Bhattian, Ranwan, Punia, Garhi Tarkhana, Urna, Rattipur Sahijo Mazara, Powat, Behlolpur, Stabgarh, Hassanpur, Attari, Kaunke, Noorpur and Jhuggian villages. Those who accompanied him included Mr Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal, MLA, Koom Kalan, Mr Ujagar Singh, president, Nagar Council,
Machhiwara, Mr Surjit Singh Mangat, Mr Harjit Singh Sherian, Mr Kuljeet Singh,
Mr Gurmail Singh Grewal, Mr Santokh Singh, Mr Jaswinder Singh, Mr Tejwinder Singh,
Mr Jagpal Singh, Mr Manjit Singh and Mr Ajit Singh.
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S D P College students excel
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, July 8 Mr Balraj Bhasin, president, S D P Sabha and College Management Committee, and the Principal, Dr Veena Maan, congratulated the toppers who have maintained the excellent tradition of the college. MA (English) results: Students of MA-I (English) of the Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women have shown excellent results in the examinations conducted by Panjab UniversityThe pass percentage is 94 per cent while five students scored the first division. Jagmeet Kaur got the first position in the college with 67.25 per cent marks. Kuljit Kaur, second, got 63.5 per cent and Namita Singla got the third position with 61 per cent marks. Sheetal Chawla was fourth with 60.25 per cent marks while Meenakshi got 60 per cent marks. Prof G.S.Sarna, general secretary of the college, and Dr Manju Chawla, Principal, have congratulated the staff and students for this outstanding performance. A S College: Khanna: Students of the A S College for Women have brought laurels to the institute by excelling in the examinations conducted by Panjab University in April 2006. According to the Principal, Dr Rekha Bhardwaj, the college recorded a 100 per cent result in MA-1(Hindi) and BA-III in English (Hons). Jagroop and Rajwant Kaur bagged the first and second positions, respectively, by scoring 68.25 per cent and 67.5 per cent in BA-III (English Hons). Of the 16 students who took the examination, nine have secured the first division. In BA-I, of the 344 students who appeared for the examination, the result of 305 has been declared. Of them, 297 students have passed, with 144 students getting more than 60 per cent. Neeraj Goswami stood first by securing 80.77 per cent marks, while Pallavi Joshi was second with 78 per cent and Shailja Vashisht third with 76.12 per cent. The college management has congratulated the Principal, teachers, students and their parents for the result.
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Entrepreneurship development
programme
Ludhiana, July 8
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Films alone can’t bring social change: Shabana
Ludhiana, July 8 Shabana was here today along with her writer-lyricist husband, Javed Akhtar to perform in a play being organised by the Ludhiana Sanskritik Sammagam. Talking to Ludhiana Tribune, she said as an actress she had performed roles in about 150 films during a career spanning over 30 years. About some controversial movies like “Fire”, she said there was some resistance initially, but later on people accepted the movie. She said she had no grudges against anyone. She added, “You do some different sort of films and some people do not like those, while some others like them too much.” To a question on having distanced herself from the world of movies, she remarked, “No, not at all...I can never distance myself from films.” She said: “Today I am here in your town to perform live on stage”, while asserting that the actress in her can never die down. She said she was also carrying forward the work of her father, the late Kaifi Azmi, who had started a lot of social work in his native Azamgarh area. She said she was inspired by her father, who lived a life of simplicity and great values. Going down memory lane, she said her father felt extremely happy working with the common masses, the son of the soil as he was and proved to be.Shabana had special praise for Ludhiana. She said, “I have come here earlier also. Ludhiana appears to be doing well on the cultural front as good mushairas are regularly organised here.” She said Ludhianvis should be genuinely proud about Sahir Ludhianvi, the great poet whose contribution to the Hindi film industry remains unparalleled. About her role as a parliamentarian, she said it was one of the biggest roles one could perform as it provided her a chance and platform to air the problems of people and “participate in the decision-making process that concerns each one of us”. She said there was nothing wrong in celebrities joining politics as good people must join politics.
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Amblyopia or lazy eye — get
treatment early
Ludhiana, July 8 Lazy eye is the single biggest reason that necessitated the development of Paediatric Ophthalmology as a sub-specialty in CMC. Lazy eye is particularly serious because it can be treated only in childhood, while the brain is still developing. Beyond the 8-10 age-group, lazy eye cannot be treated by any means. Also, the response to treatment is quicker and more complete in younger children, ideally below 4-5 age-group. Giving details about the factors which lead to this disease, Dr Satish said that any eye disease that causes the brain to receive an unclear image from the eye during childhood can cause lazy eye. The most common causes are refractive errors (need for spectacles), squint (crossed eyes) and cataract. While paediatric cataract has a predilection for affecting the lower socio-economic population, the other causes of lazy eye show no preference for gender or social class. "Although statistics say 2-5 per cent of the population is affected by lazy eye, being a referral centre, we see about 4 to 5 new cases ever week in our clinic at CMC", said Dr Thomas. He added that parents have to be careful about the symptoms of this disease as only advanced cataract and squint may come to the notice of parents and teachers. Children would often not realize that their vision is subnormal, especially if one eye is good. It requires a trained paediatric ophthalmologist and sometimes special equipment to detect early cases of lazy eye, especially in children not old enough to read. School vision surveys have shown so many cases of undetected refractive errors and lazy eye that pediatric ophthalmologist recommend an eye check up for every child around the age of school admission (3 years) by a paediatric ophthalmologist. This is also the time when treatment of amblyopia would be most effective. He further added that unfortunately there is no other way by which this disease could be prevented. So it is all the more important to detect it early so that it can be treated on time. CMC has a paediatric eye clinic functioning on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
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4 city lads for PCA coaching
Ludhiana, July 8 According to a communique from the PCA, the selections have been made on the basis of their performance during the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament (u-16) for the Sushil Bali Trophy conducted recently. The cricketers include Rattan Singh from Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha Nagar, Jasha Sidhu of the Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, Akhil Aggarwal from Kundan Vidya Mandir School, Civil Lines and Sakshamjit Singh of Baba Ishar Singh Senior Secondary School, Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar. These upcoming players will be attending the camp at Mohali where Dronachrya awardee, Mr Desh Prem Azad. Another coach Bharti Vij, former Punjab Ranji player, would assist Mr Azad during the camp.
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