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Stink story: Garbage gains ground right under MC nose
Amritsar, August 12 The foul smell emanating from huge garbage dumps and the presence of a fish market have made life hell for residents and shopkeepers of the nearby Shaheed Udham Singh and IDH markets. Moranwala Chowk is a perfect example of gross negligence on the part of the civic authorities which have their office housed just at a distance of half a kilometre from the site. The shopkeepers rue that even as the matter was brought to the knowledge of Mayor Shawet Malik (who recently visited the area) and the municipal corporation authorities a number of times, it evinced no response from them till date. The garbage littered across the road is a bane for the area. Building material has also been seen stored there and the entire road has been dug up for repairs and sewerage work for the last few days, making it difficult for pedestrians to cross the area. Dilpreet Singh, a shopkeeper, lamented that the chowk was totally neglected and did not even seem to be a part of the holy city where more than 50,000 visitors and devotees come to pay their obeisance at the Golden Temple. Another shopkeeper Mohan Lal said rag-pickers used the garbage dump to ease themselves during early morning. He said a number of rag-pickers and their gang continued to pick up valuables from the dump and scatter the garbage all over the place giving it a very dirty look. Adding to the dismal surroundings, some of the fish sellers and fruit vendors set up their shops in the evening near the garbage dumps, making the place a breeding ground for infections and other serious diseases. Lal suggested concrete measures to revamp the entire area with the deployment of a task force to clean the area. Municipal commissioner D.P.S. Kharbanda said the matter was in his knowledge and the area would soon be cleared. He said industrialists and various well-off people had approached the authorities to collaborate in taking care of various chowks of the city. He said the corporation was looking forward to this and hopefully many more chowks would be taken care of with active cooperation from the public.
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State to get animal trauma centre soon
Amritsar, August 12 This was announced by Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, rural development and panchayat minister, while addressing the veterinary doctors during a self-analysis day organised by Punjab State Veterinary Doctors Association here today. The minister assured them that services of rural veterinary doctors working under the rural development and panchayat department would continue besides steps would be initiated for regularising their services. Speaking on the occasion, Surjit Singh, general secretary of the association, apprised the minister that the RVO had deposited Rs 2.3 crore in the government treasury by providing facilities for the animals. He said they had also initiated steps for improving the breed of the milch animals besides providing vaccination for more than 43 lakh animals in the state. Dr Abdul Majid, president of the organisation, bringing up the problems being faced by the rural veterinary doctors, demanded the regularisation of their services besides giving them dearness allowance at par with their counterparts.
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Quantity Matters
Amritsar, August 12 Feed and fodder development expert of the animal husbandry department Dr Hazara Singh Cheema, while talking to The Tribune, said green fodder was available in abundance in July and August, whereas its production decreases considerably in the months of September and October. He said in view of the decrease in the production of milk, dairy farmers have to suffer great losses. Cheema, describing the technique of preparing silage, said after cutting the crop at the appropriate stage, the green fodder of jawar, maize, bajra, etc. is chaffed at two to three inches in length. Then this chaffed fodder is put into a silo (a trench specially made for this purpose) and thoroughly pressed either manually or with the help of an animal By pressing, anaerobic condition was created for proper fermentation. Then the pit was covered with a polythene sheet and mud. Good quality silage was yellowish green in colour and had a special smell, he said. He said silage helped farmers to milk the animals to their fullest potential during this period and avoided loss which might otherwise occur due to decreased green fodder. Silage not only met the nutrient requirements of the dairy animal in the lean period, but it also helps the farmers to take another additional crop such as basmati or fodder from the same field as the land becomes available one and a half months earlier to ensure sowing of the next crop. He further said in terms of food value, the maximum quantity of nutrients could be harvested per acre while making silage as the fodder crop was reaped at a stage when it had optimum level of nutrients. Moreover, in the absence of male members even housewives could feed their animals on silage as fodder had already been chaffed and transported to their house. He said many dairy farmers in the Amritsar and Bhikhiwind area of Tarn Taran district have adopted this technique during the current kharif season.
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Indo-US study on diabetes
Amritsar, August 12 A team of doctors, including Dr Rohit Kapoor, Dr SS Gill, Dr Ravijit Singh and Dr Vanita, participated in the camp, which was held at Dr Daljit Singh Eye Hospital here on August 10. The event was held as a part of study being conducted to assess the genes responsible for diabetes. The research study is a collaborative Indo-US project sponsored by National Institute of Health and University of Oklahoma, USA. The US team was led by Dr Dharambir K Sanghera, while the Indian researchers in this study are Dr Jairup Singh and Dr Vanita Kumar from GNDU and Dr Rohit Kapoor, heart specialist and diabetes consultant.
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Love That Legacy
Amritsar, August 12 The tourists were taken round the entire route, including Jallianwala Bagh, Katra Ahluwalia, Saragari Memorial, Gurdwara Santokhsar, Guru Ke Mehal, Toba Bhai Salo, Hindu College, Taksaal of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Chourasti Attari, Chitta Akhara and Akhara Sangalwala. The guests were amazed to see beautiful carvings, wood work and facades of buildings of the walled city. The old havelies, in particular, were a special attraction for the visitors. State convener of INTACH Dr Sukhdev Singh enlightened the participants on heritage sites. He said the government was interested in helping them for maintaining the buildings in a proper way. In charge of School Heritage Clubs, Amrit Lal Mannan, said the municipal corporation authorities should provide proper sanitation facilities in the interior of the city. Also vehicles should not be allowed to ply on the narrow lanes as in the European countries because it creates lot of trouble for the pedestrians. Among others Prof Harkamal Singh and Daljit Singh Kohli also took part in the event.
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Tale of Relations
Amritsar, August, 12 The excellent performance by the artists left the audience spellbound. The play, which depicts the relationship between two unknown persons who develop a close association after a chance encounter in England, was highly lauded by the audience. The play is the story about a woman (played by Anita Devgan), who, after a five-year-long wait and after undergoing a lot of agony and pain, travels to her husband in England along with her two little children, only to discover that her husband has married an English woman. Stunned at her sudden arrival, he virtually ridicules his illiterate wife for coming without any information. Meanwhile, his second wife arrives on the scene and rebukes him. She asks him to take his wife and children out of the house immediately, otherwise she would complain to police. He takes his wife and two children to another house telling them it belongs to a friend of his and he would join them later after sorting the matter with his second wife. But he does not return. After waiting for two days, the female protagonist knocks at a neighbouring house where the male protagonist of the play, a former army personnel lives alone. She narrates her story to him, following which he provides her shelter in the house where they spend their night together in a room using the same quilt. He also assures her that he would help her find her husband. However, they later learn that her husband, along with his second wife, has moved out of their house and nobody knows anything regarding their whereabouts. The two-hour-play then portrays the relationship which develops between the two of them. When she comes to know about the baseless rumours being spread about their relationship, she asks him to marry her and legalise the relationship. However, the hero refuses to do so as he would be unable to fulfill her physical desires. At this the leading lady says it hardly matters as their relationship is a result of an emotional bond and not of bodily desires. With the passage of time, the woman’s daughter and son get married and the man dies of cardiac arrest. In her last moments she urges her children to cover her dead body with the same quilt, which she had shared with her husband when they first met, while performing her last rites.
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Campus Buzz
Amritsar, August 12 Vice-chancellor Dr Jai Rup Singh and director of sports Dr Kanwaljit Singh said the whole nation was proud of him as he carved a niche for India in the sports arena. The VC said Abhinav’s achievement was unique and an outcome of sheer hard work and dedication which would inspire budding players. He said there was no dearth of talent in India and the need was just to nurture it. Inter-college contests
Inter-college taekwondo competitions would be held on August 21 and 22 for men and women, respectively, while tug of war would be held on August 25 and 26 on the university campus. This was disclosed by director of sports Dr Kanwaljeet Singh. He said the “gatka” contest would be held on September 1 on the campus only, whereas competitions for ‘B’ division inter-college kabaddi (Punjab style) championship for men would be organised in various colleges from August 30 to September 1. The league matches would be held on the university premises from September 3 to 5, he added. He said the ‘A’ division inter-college kabaddi (men) matches would be held on September 3 between Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, and SN College, Banga, while the match between SN College and DAV College, Jalandhar, would be held on September 4. Lyallpur Khalsa College would meet DAV College on September 5, he said.
Librarian’s Day
The department of library and information science of the university celebrated Librarian’s Day here on Tuesday. The occasion was marked by presentation of papers, lectures and quiz competitions on the life and works of Dr S.R. Ranganathan to whom the day has been dedicated. Head of the department Dr Amritpal Kaur described about life and contributions of Dr Ranganathan and laws of library science. Dr H.S. Chopra from Bhai Gurdas Library exhorted the would-be librarians to work hard and achieve excellence in their profession.
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Right coaches key to hockey revamp: Ajit Pal
Amritsar, August 12 Talking to The Tribune, he expressed disappointment for Indian hockey as it failed to qualify for the ongoing Olympics. He said it was for the first time in past 80 years that the hockey team didn’t march in the Indian squad for Olympics. “However, there is no point in talking about the issue again and again. Let’s start afresh and move ahead with an eye on the 2012 London edition
of the games,” he said optimistically. Expressing a lot of hopes from Indian hockey, Ajit said, “Year 2010 is going to be a crucial one for hockey as a number of important events, including World Cup, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, would be held in Delhi. Even if we managed first or second position in the Asian games, the team would automatically qualify for the 2012 Olympics.” He said coaches played a vital role in planning strategy of the game and players. So they would be appointed for a longer tenure so that they could produce results. Besides, they would be given a fair chance to justify selection of team players and targets to achieve. Denying proposals of appointing a foreign coach for the team, he said the committee had been emphasising on forming a pool of coaches for training senior, junior and sub-junior players.
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