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Local varieties more sustainable than ficus: NGOs to dist admn
Crime: 3 nabbed with fake currency
Forget mal-alignment, orthopilot ensures 100 pc success: Expert
N-weapon hazards: Seminar, march for peace
Members of the Indian Doctors for Peace and Development take out a peace march on the commemoration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day in Amritsar on Monday. Photo: Vishal Kumar
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Deputy Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu and envronmentalist Baba Sewa Singh plant a sapling at Bundala village on the Jandala-Tarn Taran road.
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ACET Director plans new courses, R&D lab
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Rain belies MC claims on drainage system
Amritsar, July 20 The residents, though enjoyed the rain, also criticised the poor drainage system throughout the city. The more effected is Walled City. “The civic authorities only made promises but do nothing at the ground level,” said Jagdish Singh, a resident living inside Walled City. The chocked sewerage added to their woes, he added. The stagnant water on the roads hampered business, said a shopkeeper on Madan Mohan Malviya Road. Meanwhile, the showers provided much needed relief to the residents from the prolonged hot and humid conditions prevailing in the region. The people were seen cheering every bit of the downpour that has brought down the temperature considerably. The maximum temperature in the city hovered around 39 degrees
Celsius and the minimum 29 degree Celsius with humidity level between 80 and 85 per cent. The city recorded the maximum of 26.9 degrees and the minimum of 23.6 degrees with 70 per cent moisture. According to reports the city received 87 mm of rainfall. |
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Roof caves in, one killed, two injured
Amritsar, July 20
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Local varieties more sustainable than ficus: NGOs to dist admn
Amritsar, July 20 It was observed that majority of the ficus plant saplings planted by the administration on every nook and corner of the city, on roadsides and dividers, under the ambitious ‘go green go clean’ campaign, were destroyed due to strong winds and the rainy season. The representatives of various NGOs took up this matter with Deputy Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu, prior to the launching of plantation drive by the district administration. However, Pannu clarified that the ficus plants were planted by the Municipal Corporation, adding that the administration was emphasising on sowing local varieties such as neem, peepal and bohar, besides fruit trees. Jagmohan Singh of Lok Kalyan Samitee said the district administration could take the help of the environment department of the Guru Nanak Dev University in this regard, besides valuable inputs from its horticulture department. He pointed out that if the administration wanted to plant ficus trees, they should plan to dig big pits as the soil gets loosened during rains, which results in falling of tree saplings. Meanwhile, the administration has fixed a target of planting as many as 10 lakh trees in the whole district, to stem the problem of air and water pollution, which has reached alarming proportions in the region. “This time, we are stressing on local varieties including neem, peepal, bohar, besides arjun, toon and fruit trees like mango and jamun. The pavements along the village roads, besides banks of canals, rakh areas would be covered under this project. About one and half lakh trees would be planted in military areas,” said the Deputy Commissioner. Meanwhile, Pannu, along with Baba Sewa Singh, famous environmentalist and main sewadar of Khadoor Sahib kar sewa sect, launched the plantation drive by planting trees in Bundala village on the Jandiala-Tarn Taran road. Speaking on the occasion, Pannu said increased air and water pollution by deforestation had led to many dangerous diseases. He said important plants and birds have perished due to mindless chopping of trees. He called upon religious leaders to participate and join hands for afforestation. Renowned environmentalist, Baba Sewa Singh said in their attempts to safeguard the environment, they were planting more and more trees by dividing villages in a group of 25 villages where the kar sewa sect, in association with people, would plant neem trees. He appealed people to inform them by forming a group of 25 villages, so that they could plant more and more trees of neem and fruits. He said the residents themselves would look after these trees. Till now, they have planted about two lakh trees in various areas, he added. |
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Crime: 3 nabbed with fake currency
Amritsar, July 20 Those arrested include Sukhwinder Singh, Bikramjit Singh and Harcharan Singh, all residents of Khurmania. Acting on a tip off, the police arrested them when they were waiting for a party to deliver the consignment. According to police authorities, the accused had a strong network with smugglers involved in the smuggling of fake currency. After specific information, the police put up a naka near Khasa. The police team spotted the three accused near the railway gate where they were waiting for the party. A case has been registered under sections 498-A, B, C and D of the Indian Penal Code at the Gharinda police station. Smack
seized, one arrested
The local city police has arrested one Rajesh Kumar (23) of Chowk Lachhmansar for allegedly possessing 500 grams of smack. Police authorities termed his arrest as a major success as he was the main conduit between various drug peddlers operating in the city. In a joint operation, the C-division police station received a tip off that a person was going from Bhagtanwala Chowk to the grain market side, with a huge quantity of drugs. During checking, the police also recovered 5,000 capsules of intoxicants from him.
A case has been registered. Smack seized
The central jail authorities have seized several grams of smack from two undertrials, who were lodged in the high security jail. The accused have been identified as Tarsem Singh and Pargat Singh. A case has been registered under sections 22, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act. Opium recovered
The Jandiala police arrested Gurpal Singh of Nona village falling under Tarn Taran district and recovered 2.5 kg opium from him. |
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Forget mal-alignment, orthopilot ensures 100 pc success: Expert
Amritsar, July 20 Dr Avtaar Singh, chief orthopaedic surgeon, bones and joint specialist of Amandeep Hospital, stated on the successful completion of five years of the hospital in treating patients with navigation technology. Dr Avtaar Singh was felicitated by Akali MLA Bikram Singh Majithia on the occasion. Deputy country head Aditya Banerjee of Braun Aesculap was also present. Dr Avtaar Singh opined that earlier the number of patients turning up was very low due to certain misconceptions. The reason was that there were low quality artificial joints and the bone joints used to be placed with just a vague idea. The common cause of the failure of joint replacement through manual procedure was mal-alignment in most of the patients. The success percentage then was 70. But now the scenario had changed. With the computerised navigation system, the success rate is almost 100 per cent, he said and added that this mode of technology still needed to be publicised as people in India were still not fully aware of it. Dr Singh said this computerised navigation system is known as orthopilot. It guides the surgeon to make precise cuts in the knee and remove deformities. This technology had eliminated mal-alignment and human errors in surgery and gave precise results. Blood loss was also reduced significantly with this technique. As the accuracy level was very high now, it had helped in increasing the life of the implants. “Now the patient can comfortably fold his legs and sit cross-legged,” he said. Singh said earlier the patient used to be hospitalised for two weeks, whereas with this technology it had been reduced to five days. About the cost factor of surgery and post-surgery treatment, Singh said the treatment here would be available at between Rs 1.5 lakh and Rs 2.5 lakh.
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N-weapon hazards: Seminar, march for peace
Amritsar, July 20 Addressing a seminar on “Hazards of nuclear weapons” at Government Medical College (GMC), Dr Gurshant said humanity saw mass destruction from atomic weapons in Japan more than half a century ago, yet no lesson was learnt. Members of the Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) and medical students of the GMC held under the tutelage of the Department of Community Medicine, GMC, and the Social Medicine Association to remember the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US Air Force during World War II. They also carried out a peace march which passed through various markets of the city. Among others, IDPD President Dr L.S. Chawla and Government Medical College Principal Dr S.S. Shergill participated in
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Olive telecom launches devices
Amritsar, July 20 Olive Telecommunications showcased its innovative, futuristic and cutting-edge convergent devices, including a wide range of mobile phones starting at Rs 999. The zipbook is available in 4 colours --- black, white, yellow and red --- and with in-built HSPDPA 3G modem in a bundled offer with BSNL. Consumers will be offered 18GB of free download in three months. Malika-e-Kitchen
To promote the cooking aficionados, a contest organised by LG group,
Malika-e-Kitchen, would be held in the city on July 25 where the
selected aspirants would compete with other chosen cooking enthusiasts
across the country. — TNS |
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Baba Sewa Singh starts plantation drive
Tarn Taran, July 20 Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar Kahan Singh Pannu inaugurated the drive. He appreciated the move of Baba Sewa Singh who had planted more than one lakh trees on roadsides leading to Khadoor Sahib township and in other states of the country. Pannu appealed to the people to plant more and more tress to save environment. Baba Sewa Singh, who has been awarded with Padam Shri, said 3,000 saplings would be planted on the 14-km stretch of the Tarn Taran-Khadoor Sahib road. Baba Sewa Singh started this move about 10 years back and the trees planted by him have added beauty to the roadsides of the area. |
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ACET Director plans new courses, R&D lab
Amritsar, July 20 Talking to The Tribune, he said he would strive for developing interpersonal relationship with the students, their wards and faculty members besides emphasising on quality enhancement in the college. “Besides consolidating the existing MTech courses in electronics and mechanical engineering, the management is also interested in starting postgraduation courses in computer science and information technology.” — TNS
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In commemoration of Hiroshima Nagashaki Day, the president of the student wing of the
IDPD, Punjab, Dr Gurshant, expressed his concern over the present allocation of nearly $780 billion for weapons of mass destruction by the US administration against
its paltry spending of $40 billion on basic amenities and health.
