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Farmers told to buy inputs from institution centres
Mandi Ahmedgarh, September
26 The camp was inaugurated by Mr Sukhdev Singh Walia, president, Truck Operators Union, and Mr Raghbir Singh Shaharanmajra, member, SGPC, and Director of Milk Plant, Ludhiana, was the chief guest. While addressing the farmers, Mr Munish Joshi and Mr Kapoor Chand, senior functionaries of the organisation, claimed that thousands of farmers of the state had succeeded in lowering the cost of various agricultural products by purchasing inputs through institutionalised centres. “Besides getting quality inputs at the centres, farmers saved a lot of time that was earlier wasted during purchase from traditional markets. The concept of departmental store has further eased their problem,” maintained Mr Joshi. Mr Walia and Mr Shaharnmajra suggested that the farmers should try to improve their economic position by increasing income by adopting subsidiary professions and saving through institutionalised purchasing as well. Mr Jatinder Bhola, president, Municipal Council, and Mr Nirbhai Singh Nathumajra, member, District Planning Board, and Mr Harjinder Singh Kaka, sarpanch, also spoke on the occasion.
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PAU approves 12 new varieties for trials
Ludhiana, September 26 The varieties are: PBW-50, DBW-17 of wheat; DWRUB-52 of barley; BGM-547 of chickpea; ELM-079 of mustard; OCN-3 of gobhi sarson, PSH-569, PSH-652 of sunflower; LC-2063 of linseed; PC-531 of pea; PP-113 of pumpkin; and PD-6 of coriander. PBW-550 of wheat
out yielded the popular varieties PBW-343 and PB-502 by 6.4 and 4.4 per cent, respectively (3-4 q/ha higher). It has a higher degree of resistance to leaf and stripe rust. It possesses resistance to 78 S 84 race of yellow rust, which is a serious threat to wheat in future and also has higher degree of resistance to flag smut. It is earlier in maturity making it less prone to terminal heat stress. DBW-17 of wheat outyielded PBW-343 by 0.8 per cent. It is resistant to stripe rust and moderately resistant to leaf rust. It has good tillering. DWRUB-52 of barley is a variety suitable for malt purpose. It yields 7 quintal/ha higher (16.4per cent) than the presently recommended VJM-201. It is tolerant to yellow and brown rust. It has superior malt quality traits and high malt yield. It possesses high tillering ability. BGM-547 of chickpea is specifically suitable under late sowing conditions. It out yielded the check PBG-1 by 33.7 per cent in the state. Compared to PBG-1 it has bold seeds. ELM-079 of mustard out yielded the check variety PBR-210 by 13.6 per cent. Desirable quality trait is that it has only 1 per cent erucic acid in oil against about 50 per cent in the normal varieties and 43 per cent oleic acid against 11 per cent in normal checks. It has better tolerance for sclerotinia stem rot. OCN-3 of gobhi sarson is a canola quality variety with 1 per cent erucic acid. It yielded 14 per cent higher than GSC-5 and 5.6 per cent lower than Hyola-401 hybrid check. It is earlier in maturity than Hyola-401 by about one week and has bolder seeds. PSH-569 of sunflower yielded 10 per cent higher than the presently recommended varieties. Average oil content (40.1 per cent) of this hybrid approaches the best private sector hybrid SH-3322 (40.6 per cent). It is moderately resistant to stem rot and head rot. PSH-652 of sunflower also out yielded the checks by about 12 per cent. Its oil content is 38.8 per cent as compared to 34.7 per cent of PSFH-118. It has superior oil quality as reflected by 50.2 per cent oleic acid as compared to 41 to 45 per cent in the checks. It is moderately resistant to stem and head rot. LC-2063 of linseed yielded 15.7 per cent higher than the check LC-2023 and possesses 1.4 per cent higher oil content. PC-531 of pea yielded an average pod yield of 150 quintals/ha. The first picking is earlier by about 13 days. It has higher sugars, phenols and ascorbic acid, the excellent quality parameters. Dark green pods are well filled with good sized seeds. PP-113 of pumpkin matures earlier by 16 days for the first harvesting of fruit. It has higher number of fruits of smaller size. The fruits have higher B-carotene and the flesh is golden yellow. It is tolerant to mosaic virus and gives 400 q/ha yield. PD-6 of coriander plants have profused tillering and its leaves are tender, green and excellent in flavour. It is a multi-cut line and late in bolting. It gives 395 q/ha yield of green coriander and 17 q/ha of seed. It has higher content of minerals and oil.
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Procurement of paddy begins in Amloh
Amloh, September 26 Dr Swatantar Karkra secretary, PPCC, Mr Jiwan Kumar Puri, president, Arhtia Association, Mr Jasmeet Singh Raja, general secretary, State Youth Congress, Mr Beant Singh, secretary, Market Committee, and Mr Hemant Panjni were present on the occasion. Mr Dharamsot said if the farmers had any problem in the process of procurement they should brought it to his notice. He cautioned the officials of procurement agencies to perform their duties honestly as the government was committed to lift the produce without any delay. The government has announced a bonus of Rs 40 per quintal to farmers. Mr Jiwan Puri appreciated the Panjab Government to advance the procurement to September 25 from October 1, and demanded to fix procurement price at Rs 650, including bonus into it, so that arhitias might get commission on Rs 650 instead of Rs 610.
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Poster contest registration date extended
Ludhiana, September 26 According to Dr GPI Singh, Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, who is chief coordinator of the poster competition, the completed registration form was required to be submitted by the participating schools by the stipulated date (October 14). The entries were to be completed later at home or school and brought to the venue on the day of the competition along with nominal roll of participating students. The posters on the theme of ‘organ donation’ would have to be displayed by participants or their respective school in the allotted space at Guru Nanak Dev Stadium on October 27. The organ donation being a noble cause and national level sporting competition being held for the first time in India, Dr Singh said.
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Kids celebrate sports day
Our Correspondent
Ludhiana, September 26 It was inaugurated by Mr Inderpal Singh, deputy chief organiser (public relations). Mr Mohan Singh, state secretary, was the chief guest. Vanipreet Kaur, Ripanpreet Kaur, Ramneek Singh and Japnam Singh were among the winners in various events Toppers: Shveta Thapar of the SDP College for Women secured fifth position in Panjab University and second position in the district by securing 85.4 per cent marks in PGDCA.Manisha Tandon of the college got 84 per cent marks, while Pooja got 82.1 per cent marks. Affiliation: Panjab University, Chandigarh, has granted affiliation to Gobindgarh Public College, Alour.Seminar: The Frankfinn Institute of Airhostess Training organised a seminar on service industry for Class XII students of Tagore Public School on Tuesday. The students were acquainted with career options in aviation, hospitality and travel.Meanwhile, to make the students aware about the importance of books, a book week will continue till September 29. An inter-house paper reading contest was held on Tuesday. Tanu, Ekta, Divya, Shivangi and Sehajmeet were declared the winners.
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Get heart tests done regularly
Ludhiana, September 26 This was stressed by Dr Vandana Rajput, a consultant cardiologist at Apollo Clinic, while delivering a patient-education lecture to mark the ‘World Health Day’ here last evening. She said ECG, treadmill stress test (TMT) and echocardiography (ECHO) were the diagnostic tools, used most commonly to know the functioning of the heart. “ECG is the basic and the first tool for investigation in cardiology. It is the only practical means of recording the electrical behaviour of the heart. ECG serves as a gold standard for the diagnosis of arrhythmias (irregularities in heart rate) like atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular tachycardia.” If one suffered from chest pain that lasted for 15-20 minutes and was accompanied by a feeling of heaviness in the chest, an ECG could help detect heart diseases like angina and myocardial infarction, she remarked. According to Dr Rajput, TMT helped to determine the functional capacity of the heart and extent of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). “With the advent of cardio-angiography, the importance of TMT as a diagnostic marker has increased. This test helps to differentiate between people, who need or do not need angiography, which is an expensive procedure. If TMT shows positive changes, the doctor can advise the patient to go in for angiography.” She advised that all professionals, even those who were asymptomatic (did not have any chest pain or breathlessness on exertion), should get an ECG and TMT done once a year, keeping in mind the fact that people as young as 29-30 years of age, got admitted in hospitals for bypass surgery of the heart. Echocardiography, she said, utilised ultrasonic waves (of the frequency of 1-10 mega hertz) to examine the heart and get relevant information. It was a painless, virtually harmless procedure and was also less expensive than other imaging techniques like ‘radionucleide study’. With the help of Echo, the anatomic structure of the heart (all the four chambers, all four valves of the heart, and the great blood vessels) could be examined.
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Make treatment affordable, says minister
Ludhiana, September 26 Addressing a function after the inauguration of heart and lung care centre in Shree Raghunath Hospital here today, Mr Pandey said that the medical institutions and NGOs could play a crucial role towards bringing the latest medical facilities within the reach of the people. The minister handed over a cheque for Rs 5 lakh to the hospital for its development from his discretionary fund. Mr Subhash Jain, son of Mr Jai Kumar Singh Jain, a founder-member of the hospital managing committee, formally inaugurated the ultramodern heart and lung centre in the hospital. Speaking at the occasion, Mr D.J. Jain, vice-president and Mr Prem Gupta, secretary of the managing committee, disclosed that work for construction of a new ICC unit and trauma ward in the hospital had already commenced and on completion, the institution would be in a position to offer better patient care. Among others, Mr Kishan Chand Gupta, Mr Mohinder Gupta, Mr Arun Goel, Mr Surinder Gupta, Mr Vipin Singhania, Mr Varinder Singla, Mr Shekhar Gupta, Mr Chaman Lal Gupta, Mr N.D. Goel, Mr Sudarshan Goel, Mr Jagan Nath Bansal, Mr Rameshwar Das Jain, Mr Jaspal Singh and Mr Sandeep Garg were also present at the occasion.
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Sportspersons protest against stadium ‘misuse’
Ludhiana, September 26 Terming it as rape and vandalisation of sports infrastructure, players of different disciplines carried placards condeming the use of the sports arena for the function. The players protested that walls had been put up in the football ground and the track around it damaged severely. Poles that would support the tents had made innumerable holes in the ground. The players pointed out that there were vast open spaces in the city, especially with the Railways, which were main hosts of the function. The infrastructure at the stadium had been developed after spending crores and all had gone waste now, they said.
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