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Use of laser leveller demonstrated
Ludhiana, October 6 The use of laser leveller was demonstrated at a field day at Sukhanand, district Moga, on Thursday. At least 300 farmers, engineers and extension education specialists participated. The function was presided over by Conservator of Soil, Ferozepore Dr Sat Pal Singh Gandhi. Speaking on the occasion, Senior Agricultural Engineer and Head, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Dr S.S. Ahuja, said besides saving water, a field levelled with laser leveller ensured a good crop stand. Farmers, he said, however, would have to wait for another three years for it as only private players were presently taking up this operation on custom hiring basis. One good thing that had happened was that some village cooperative societies had acquired this equipment for custom
hiring on affordable cost, he added. The project investigator, Dr H.S. Sidhu of USAID project, said about 150 acres have already been levelled by this technology at Sukhanand. The department at PAU
offered hands-on-training on the use of laser leveller. The farmers and others were taken to the paddy fields leveled by laser leveller before transplantation to show the good crop performance and for an interface with the farmers who had made use of it. Director of Extension Education, Dr S.S. Gill, who presided over the function, said laser leveller would help farmers to increase production and income. Since paddy was a water-guzzling crop and the university recommended its transplantation only after June 15, the use of such technology, when adopted on a mass scale, would help change the present grim picture of agriculture. “Simply shifting the date of paddy transplantation beyond June 15 immensely helps to save water”, he added. Dr Gandhi impressed upon the farmers that water being an important source for sustainable agriculture, its judicious use was important. He cautioned the farmers against the indiscriminate withdrawal of ground water and said if this practice continued, soon there would be more submersible pumps than centrifugal pumps, which would put immense financial burden on the farmers. He was confident that laser leveller would play an important role in conservation of water.
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Time right to sow crops, says expert
Ludhiana, October 6 Farmers are advised to record the incidence of leaf folder and stem borer on the basmati crop. The plantation of sugarcane must be completed before October 15 and the crop must be sprayed with recommended chemicals to control white flies. Reacting to field reports, the agro-meteorologist said it is important to control tobacco caterpillar on cotton through recommended sprays. This is also the optimum time to sow oilseed crops particularly, raya using varieties PBR-210, RLM-619, PBR-91, RL-1359. This is also the time for sowing fodder because fodder sown during this period gives high yield. This is also the right time to sow vegetables, particularly, garlic, radish, carrot and turnip. Only the recommended varieties of these should be sown.
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Ludhiana, October 6 On the concluding function, Dr O.S. Parmar, Director of Extension Education, GADVASU, said the training programme would be very useful for the trainees who were going to Canada. The programme consisted of lectures and practicals. TNS
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GADVASU scientists attend seminar
Ludhiana, October 6 Dr Sikka besides presenting three papers at the conference also acted as panelist on nutraceuticals, an emerging field in veterinary sciences, in the technical session on “Emerging role of Nutraceuticals in Animal Nutrition Research”. On the occasion Dr N.N. Pathak, founder president of the association, honoured Dr Sikka. Both Dr M.S. Pannu and Dr A.P.S. Sethi co-chaired the technical sessions on “Nutrition for Health and welfare” and “Pet Nutrition”, respectively. Dr S. Saijpaul and Dr P.K. Naik attended the technical sessions on “Nutraceuticals” and “Livestock and Poverty Allevation”, respectively.
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Shabad gayan competition held
Ludhiana, October 6 Nineteen students were given Rs 200 each and a certificate for oral recitation of path. Students from VI to X Class scoring more than 85 per cent were given Rs 1200 each. Gurpal Singh of Class X was awarded Rs 1,100 and a gold medal, for his position in the merit list.
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Punjabi film
‘Mannat’ released
Ludhiana, October 6 The entire star cast of the film — Kulraj Randhawa, Jimmy Shergill, Manav Vij, Rupinder Dhillon, Deep Dhillon, Ranit Walia and director Gurinder Singh — were present on the occasion. Jimmy Shergill, who catapulted to fame after his brief but touching role in Munna Bhai MBBS as a cancer patient said, “I have decided to do one Punjabi film a year. Last year, I had worked in Harbhajan’s film ‘Yaaran Naal Baharan’.” “I really felt good working in ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’. My next Hindi film ‘Raqueeb’ will be ready for release in a few months,” he added. Ranit Walia, who provides comic relief in the film said, “I have come from theatre into films and I have realised that films cannot afford as much satisfaction as theatre. However, I am glad that Punjabi films are making a comeback and their popularity is increasing.” Gurinder Singh Grewal, director of the movie said, “Mannat is a very emotional film and has a powerful story and we hope that it would get a good response.” The film has six songs written by Babu Singh Mann and music has been given by Jaidev
Kumar.
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