AGENCYJAMMU, OCT 24

Union Home Minister Amit Shahon Sunday urged the youth of Jam-mu and Kashmir to work for the de-velopment of the union territory as-serting that the era of “sufferings”unleashed on the erstwhile state hascome to an end.

Addressing his first public rallyhere at Bhagwati Nagar after therevocation of Article 370 barely afew kilometres away from the bor-ders with Pakistan, Shah said thatdecades-old “sufferings” and “dis-crimination” has ended and now itwas time to progress and prosper.

Without naming the NationalConference, Peoples DemocraticParty or the Congress, the UnionHome Minister said, “I don’t wantto name anybody, but three familydynasties for years have ruinedJammu and Kashmir.”

“Now, the era of developmenthas been ushered in Jammu andKashmir,” said the Union HomeMinister.

"The (three) families that ruledJammu and Kashmir for decadeswere questioning, what he (Shah)will be announcing new to the peo-

ple of Jammu and Kashmir," Shahsaid taking a dig at the erstwhilenon-BJP governments in the state.

“I have come with each andevery account of what we have an-nounced and did after revocation ofArt 370 and how many develop-mental and welfare schemes wereintroduced and implemented onground,” Shah said in response toall speculations raised ahead of hisarrival. “What have they given toJammu and Kashmir in the last so

many years?” said Shah. He point-ed out at projects worth in croresthat had not been cleared because ofnon-payment of the “commission”by the executing agencies to fewpolitical leaders before Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi took the reignsof the Centre in his hand. He said ithas been due to Modi and Lieu-tenant Governor Manoj Sinha thatthings have been made possible andpaved way for many halted publicworks to finally take-off.

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HP: Lahaul-Spitireceives snowfall, 80tourists strandedLAHAUL: Several partsof Lahaul and Spiti districthave received snowfall onSunday, the IMD in-formed.On Monday, the Manali-Leh highway was closedfor normal traffic on Sun-day after fresh snow atBaralacha pass in Hi-machal Pradesh's Lahauland Spiti district.According to a disastermanagement official, 80people were stuck in theLahaul-Spiti district due tobad weather on Thursday.

CM announcesupgradation ofhistoricvillage Gharuanas NagarPanchayat

Big boost for Akali Dalin Sunam,mass joinings fromother parties

SHASHI PAL JAINCHANDIGARH, OCT 24:

As a precursor to two-days Pro-gressive Punjab Investors Summit-2021 on October 26 & 27, the Pun-jab Chief Minister Charanjit SinghChanni on Saturday in a meetingmet delegation of German Compa-nies operating in the state.

Notably, the Chief Ministerhad similar interactions few daysback with the Captainsof Industry based inPunjab and is againmeeting more industri-alists on Monday fortheir valuable sugges-tions and feedback be-fore the ProgressivePunjab Investors Sum-mit.

Pointing out further,the Chief Minister saidthat the State activelypromotes business, tradeand infrastructure development inpartnership with the Industry.Channi said the investments of overINR 99000 Crores reflects the enor-mous confidence and trust in theconducive and sustainable ecosys-tem in the state to boost industrialactivity and create humungous en-trepreneurial opportunities and jobsfor State's youth. He impressedupon the industry from the lengthand breadth of the world to choosePunjab as a progressive partner be-ing the most preferred destination

to realise their dreams.Channi further said that these

consultations with industry wouldgo a long way in improving the de-livery of governance thus ensuringease of doing business in the state.

During the meeting, representa-tives of Company shared theirhands on experiences of operationsin Punjab. President VibracousticsIndia, auto component manufactur-er Mr. Jagminder Bawa informed

that the overall efficien-cy of operations in theirPunjab plants is at parwith their anotherplants located in Ger-many. Meanwhile, MD,Claas India, agri imple-ment manufacturer Mr.Sriram Kanan apprisedthe Chief Minister thatrobust connectivity andpeaceful labour rela-tions without domicilecondition in Punjab are

very encouraging for the Industry.MD, Verbio India, biomass to CNGplant Mr.Ashish Kumar informedthe Chief Minister about theprogress of their first plant comingup in Sangrur wherein they have al-ready Invested more than Rs.200Cr as compared to their initial planof about Rs.70 Cr. He also men-tioned that Verbio will replicate thesame model at multiple locations inthe Punjab with the support ofPEDA and Invest Punjab in nearfuture.

AGENCYSRINAGAR, OCT 24

Srinagar-Jammu and Ladakh high-ways remained closed on Sunday forthe second consecutive day due to theaccumulation of snow and continuedlandslides at several locations, a Traf-fic Police control room official said.

The traditional Mughal road con-necting Shopian in south Kashmir toRajouri and Poonch districts of Jam-mu and Kashmir also remainedclosed due to the accumulation ofsnow at various places.

The Traffic official said land-slides, shooting of stones and mudslides occurred at several places onSrinagar-Jammu national highway inRamban sector resulting in closure ofthe road.

“The men and machinery are atwork to make the road traffic-wor-thy,” the official said.

He said stranded vehicles on thehighway at several places were al-lowed to move to safer places. “If theweather remains dry, the highwaywill be open for vehicular traffic to-morrow,” he said.

He said Bandipora-Gurez, Raz-dan top, Machil, Keran and Simthantop roads also remained closed duethe heavy snowfall on Saturday.However, he said, clearance of snowfrom the roads is in progress.

Snow clearance operation wasalso taken up on Srinagar-Leh high-way at Zojila pass and Gumri whereabout one and a half feet snow wasaccumulated, the official said andadded the weather is dry at presentand if it remains favorable, the opera-tion would continue to make the roadtraffic-worthy, he added.

Srinagar-Jammu & Ladakh highwaysshut due to snow, landslides

AGENCYNEW DELHI, OCT 24

Ashish Mishra, the son ofUnion minister Ajay KumarMishra, has contracteddengue in prison. Mishra,who was in prison in con-nection to the violence thatunfolded in LakhimpurKheri, is currently beingtreated at a healthcare facili-ty.

After being in police re-mand since Friday where hecontracted the disease,Mishra was sent back to thedistrict prison on Saturdayfor his treatment, AdditionalSuperintendent of Police(ASP) Arun Kumar Singhsaid.

Ashish Mishra, alongwith three others, was taken

in two-day police custody onFriday evening for furtherinterrogation.

Eight people, includingfour farmers, were killed inUttar Pradesh's LakhimpurKheri on October 3 in vio-lence that erupted during afarmers' protest.

Thirteen people, includ-ing Mishra, have so far beenarrested in connection withthe incident.

Three accused arrestedon Saturday -- Mohit Trive-di, Rinku Rana and Dhar-mendra -- were produced be-fore a magistrate in theevening. The investigatorsmoved an application fortheir 14-day police custodyremand. The hearing on theapplication will take placeon Monday.

AGENCYKANPUR (UP), OCT 24

A Zika virus case has been re-ported in this district of UttarPradesh, a health official saidon Sunday. He said a warrantofficer in the Indian Air Force(IAF) was diagnosed with theinfection on Saturday, the firstin Kanpur. Chief Medical Officer NepalSingh said that the IAF officer was suffer-ing from fever for the past several days and

was admitted to the Air ForceHospital in the district. Followingmysterious symptoms in the case,the blood sample was collectedand sent to Pune for proper exam-ination which confirmed that thepatient was Zika virus positive,he said, adding the report was re-ceived on Saturday. Twenty-twomore samples of persons who

came in contact with the patient and thosewho have the same symptoms have alsobeen sent for examination, Singh said.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, OCT 24

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh.Manohar Lal said that therewill be no shortage of DAPfertilizers in the state. He saidthat although DAP fertilizeravailable in the market thisyear is 11,00 metric tonsmore in quantity than lastyear. Yet in view of the de-mand of the farmers, theChief Minister spoke to theUnion Chemicalsand Fertilizers Min-ister, Sh. MansukhMandaviya overphone to increasesix additional rakeson which the UnionMinister hasagreed. Appealingto the farmers to bepatient, Sh.Manohar Lal saidthat at present 24 rakes ofDAP fertilizer are availablefor the farmers of the stateand five more rakes will bereceived. After talking to theUnion Minister today, a totalof 11 more rakes will beavailable with the state byOctober 31 after receiving 6additional rakes. Directionshave also been given by theChief Minister to take strictaction on the borders of thestate to keep check on theblack marketing of DAP fromHaryana to other states. The

Chief Minister chaired ahigh-level meeting of officersthis evening in which theavailability and demand ofDAP fertilizers were dis-cussed. He has directed theDeputy Commissioners andSuperintendents of Police ofthe border districts of Re-wari, Mahendragarh,Charkhi Dadri, Bhiwani,Nuh and Jhajjar to check thevehicles going out of thestate by setting up nakas in

their respective ar-eas so that DAPfertilizer is not tak-en out of the stateillegally.

The Chief Min-ister has appointedAdministrative Sec-retaries In-chargefor the mentionedsix districts withimmediate effect to

keep a close watch on the situ-ation arising out of the demandof DAP. They will be presentin the respective districts from25 October to 27 October andwill keep an eye on the DAPdistribution. The Chief Minis-ter directed the officers that ac-cording to the farmers whohave registered for Rabi cropson the 'Meri Fasal Mera Byora' portal, DAP fertilizersshould be distributed to thefarmers so that DAP can bemade available to the realfarmers on time.

No dearth of fertilizersin Haryana : CM

Lakhimpur: AccusedAshish Mishra contracts

Dengue in jail

Era of 'sufferings' over, J&K'sstride towards dev begins: Shah

First Zika virus casereported in Kanpur

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2 killed inKashmir snowfallSRINAGAR: Two strand-ed in Sinthan Pass insouth Kashmir's Anantnagdistrict died while two oth-ers were rescued duringheavy snowfall, officialsources said on Sunday.They said, on receiving acall the civil administra-tion, police and securityforces launched a rescueoperation at the pass andfound a person deadwhile the other suc-cumbed during evacua-tion.He said two other personsrescued from the areawere being treated for hy-pothermia and shock atthe Sub District HospitalKokernag.The deceased were iden-tified as Imtiyaz AhmadMir of KhualchulKishtawar and DawoodAhmad Lone, a residentof Dadpath Kishtawar inJammu region.The rescue team had totravel several kilometresin sub-zero temperaturesthrough rough snow cladand foggy terrain to get tothe stranded people.

Civilian killedin cross-firingin JK's ShopianSRINAGAR: A civilianwas allegedly killed incross-firing between mili-tants and a CRPF party inShopian district of Jammuand Kashmir on Sunday,police said.The civilian has beenidentified as Shahid Ah-mad.Around 1030 hrs unidenti-fied terrorists attacked aNaka party of 178 Battal-ion of CRPF at Babaporain Shopian, the policesaid.They said the CRPF retal-iated with fire and duringcross-firing one persongot killed. Further detailsare being ascertained, thepolice added.

Mercury drops asrains lashHaryana, PunjabCHANDIGARH: Rainslashed several parts ofPunjab and Haryana onSunday leading to a dip inthe day temperatures.According to officials ofthe Meteorological De-partment here, Chandi-garh, the common capitalof both states, receivedheavy showers sincemorning, leading to a dropin mercury by a fewnotches. Rain lashed sev-eral parts of Punjab andHaryana as well, theysaid. The present changein weather in the regionwas caused by a WesternDisturbance, a MeT offi-cial here said.

Channi urges idustrialiststo invest in Punjab

Those trying todisrupt peace wontbe spared: HMJAMMU : Union Minister AmitShah on Sunday vowed to thepeople in Jammu, as well as theunion territory and the nation,stating that an atmosphere will becreated where no blood of inno-cent will be spilled. Shah in hisfirst public address here after therevocation of Article 370 also saidthat those trying to disrupt peacein Jammu and Kashmir will notbe spared.“After decades, Jammu andKashmir is on the path of devel-opment and it happened only af-ter the revocation of Article 370,”Shah said at his Bhagwati Nagarrally just a few kilometres awayfrom the borders with Pakistan.“Jammu and Kashmir has en-tered into a new era post Article370 abrogation and I want tomake you (people) aware thatjustice will be done to both theregions and development will betaken to every nook and cornerof the Union Territory,” he as-serted.

MEN'S T20 WORLD CUP Shaheen Shah Afridi takes off after nabbing RohitSharma for a first-ball duck

Talent hunt program organized at Tawi Engineering CollegeDHAR KALAN (V.KUMAR): In Tawi Engineering College Shahpur Kandi, where quality andmodern technology based teaching and training are being imparted to the students, as per the di-rections of the Chairman of Tawi Group of Colleges, Engineer Bidhi Singh Jamwal and MD En-

gineer Renu Bangru, the personality along with the in-tellectual development of the students. Work is also be-ing done for development, under which a program of tal-ent hunt was organized in the college premises under thechairmanship of Dr. Deepak Sharma and Principal Dr.Alka Sharma, in which the students along with the staffof the college participated enthusiastically. In this talent

hunt program, along with patriotic programs, students also participated in cultural programs andchoreographed songs on this Mera India I Love My India and other songs.

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CM announces upgradation of historicvillage Gharuan as Nagar Panchayat

SHASHI PAL JAINMOHALI, OCT 24

In order to ensure the overalldevelopment of the villages,the Punjab Chief MinisterCharanjit Singh Channi onSunday announced develop-ment grant of Rs. 68 crore for35 villages of Block Kharar inSri Chamkaur Sahib con-stituency. Besides, the ChiefMinister also announced theupgradation of the historicvillage Gharuan as NagarPanchayat. The Chief Minis-ter also disbursed chequesworth Rs. 14 crore to the Pan-chayats of these villageswhile sanctioning Rs. 54crore more. Starting the 4thday of Sri Chamkaur Sahibconstituency tour from Vil-lage Gharuan falling in BlockKharar of S.A.S. Nagar Dis-trict, Channi distributedcheques to panchayats of 35villages during different func-tions. Addressing the gather-

ing at Gharuan, the ChiefMinister said that in view ofthe historical importance ofthe village, it would be up-graded to the status of a Na-gar Panchayat so as to ensureunhindered progress whichwould also be beneficial tothe nearby villages. Announc-ing Rs. 3.25 crore for the ren-

ovation of sacred sarovar inthe village, Channi said thatno stone would be left un-turned for its beautificationand developing the same as atourist spot. The village peo-ple thanked the Chief Minis-ter for the project. Speakingat village Garanga, Channisaid that his government has

unveiled a special scheme forwaiving off the electricity billarrears of consumers havingload up to 2 KW so that the fi-nancial burden on the peoplecould be reduced. The ChiefMinister further pointed outthat under the scheme, theprocess of waiver been started.

Gurmati Samagam organised to markGuru Ramdas birth anniversary

KARNAL (SHIV KUMAR SHARMA): The Prakash Parvaof Guru Ramdas, the fourth Guru of the Sikh Panth, was cele-brated in Karnal under the patronage of Baba Sukkha SinghDera Kar Seva. Gurmat Samagam was organized by GuruNanak Sevak Jatha in Dera Kar Seva. This information wasprovided by the organizing committee.

Ratan Singh, Rajendra Singh Middha, Preet Pal Singh in-formed that before this, Gurmat Samagam was organized atGurudwara Manji Sahib from 7 pm to 10 pm last evening. Af-ter that, Gurmat Samagam was held at Gurudwara Dera Kar-seva from ten o'clock this morning. On this occasion BhaiShubhdeep Singh, Hazuri Ragi Jatha Shri Darbar Sahib Amrit-sar, Bhai Gagandeep Singh Shri Ganganagar Wale, Bhai Bal-winder Singh Hajuri Ragi Manji Sahib, Bhai Inderjit Singh,Bhai Bhupinder Singh, Bhai Amritpal Singh Bhai BarinderSingh regaled the sangat by reciting shabad kirtan. On this oc-casion, Congress District Convener Trilochan Singh, varioussocial activists were honored by presenting Siropa. The office-bearers of Guru Parva Committee, Idrapal Singh, Ratan Singh,Amrit Pal Singh, Amandeep Singh, Surendra Pal Singh, Ram-gadia, Satwinder Singh, Sarvinder Singh, Kuljit Singh, Sarva-jeet Singh, Manik Singh Sethi, Bhupinder Singh Middha, Preet Singh Middha, Satinder Pal Singh Oberoi were presenton the occasion.

Langah supporters appealto Akal Takht for forgiveness

AMRITSAR (CHARANJIT SINGH): Close associates offormer minister Sucha Singh Langah have once again ap-pealed to the Akal Takht to pardon Sucha Singh Langah.Jathedar Avtar Singh of Langah who reached Sri Akal TakhtSahib said that for the last 190 days we have been continu-ously appealing to Sri Akal Takht Sahib for forgiveness ofour mistake.

Apart from his daily routine at this time, Langah is com-ing to Sri Akal Takht Sahib every day to recite path and alsoapologize to the Sangat for his mistake. Jathedar Avtar Singhsaid that we are appealing to the court of Akal Purakh. Hesaid this is the only case that has been put on hold for a longtime. There is also history that the accused was pardonedeven when he did not come. Jathedar Avtar Singh said thatLangah was now being pushed religiously. When Langah hascome to the Akal Takht like a humble Sikh and bowed down,he should be forgiven. He further said that now people aresaying that Sri Akal Takht Sahib is in someone's hands. Hesaid that Langah should be taken back into the panth by giv-ing appropriate punishment. He said that we have metJathedar Sri Akal Takht Sahib Singh Sahib, Giani HarpreetSingh and requested him to consider the Langah issue sym-pathetically in the meeting of five Singh Sahibs on the oc-casion of Diwali. Satnam Singh, Davinder Singh, SarpanchBalwinder Singh etc. were present on the occasion.

Gurjeet Singh, Dhillon on waiver of outstandingbill less than 2 KW load inauguration of camp

BARNALA (KARANPREET DHANDRAL): To waive the outstanding electricity bills ofthe domestic consumers with less than 2 KW load, a camp for the beneficiaries was also or-ganized in Barnala city which was inauguratedby Punjab Cabinet Minister Rana Gurjeet Singhand Congress Vice President. Only SinghDhillon did it jointly. On the occasion CabinetMinister Rana Gurjit Singh said that such campswere being set up all over the state so that theapplications of the concerned power consumerscould be received and their outstanding elec-tricity bills could be waived. He said that thisdecision of Punjab government would be a greatrelief to the consumers.

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4OUT OF DIFFICULTIES GROW MIRACLES.

JEAN DE LA BRUYERE

THE HUMAN RACE HAS ONE REALLY EFFECTIVEWEAPON, AND THAT IS LAUGHTER.

MARK TWAIN

Book of thoughts Contradictions scar life in India. Contrasts mar any

satisfaction we may derive from our achieve-ments, our strengths, things we can take pride in.

This is a sad truth. It is also an old truth. Can that — theold age of our contradictions — mitigate our sadnessover them? Does the fact that the ironic mismatches inour culture enjoy antiquity make them less of a moraldilemma? No. On the contrary, they become all the moreglaring, all the more in need of expiation, reform.

Mahavira and the Buddha, who knew from their in-ner lights the ugliness of violence, the vileness of selfishliving, taught us new paths to a more balanced life. Near-er our time, Gandhi attempted to do the same. None ofthem had it easy. Gandhi, showing us the path of ahim-sa or non-violence, took violence’s blow on his chest.

“It is in the midst of violence that non-violence ac-quires its deepest meaning.”

That quietly stirring sentence comes from the emi-nent historian of ancient India, Upinder Singh, in her fas-cinatingly written new book, Ancient India: Culture ofContradictions.

The work shows how the contradictions India liveswith have been there, right there, amidst us, from — touse that old cliché — time immemorial. And have beena trouble to the sensitive among us, to those who haveactive consciences, from the same ‘time immemorial’.But not to all. Many more have not been troubled bythem. They continue to be untroubled by them — an-other contradiction.

This is a historical verity.She lists, among the contradictions, the following

between:The ancient celebration, in art and literature, of sen-

sual love or ‘desire’ and the equally old idealization ofdetachment. What is to be sought — maithuna (sexualintercourse) and Kamasutra, Khajuraho and Konarak, orbrahmacharya (celibacy)?

The extolling, in scripture, epic tracts and art, ofgoddesses and of women who have wielded political in-fluence or power on the one hand and the systematic im-miseration of women by the male population of India onthe other. Who are ‘real’ — Kali, UgraTara, the enragedKaikeyi, the outraged Draupadi or the Sita-like daugh-ter, wife and daughter-in-law?

The holding up of non-violence or ahimsa as a virtueand an ideal and the unceasing presence of appalling vi-olence in our society, accompanied by the valorizationof war. Are the battles fought by Rama and by Arjuna,the latter overcoming his doubts on its futility, the trueguides for us or is that to be found in the way out of bat-tles and butchery and into a life of balance as taught byAsoka? Are those braveheart patriots who hurled bombsor sent bullets into British officials.

Slower ocean circulationas the result of climatechange could intensify

extreme cold weather in theUS, according to recent re-search. Throughout Earth'soceans runs a conveyor beltof water. Its churning is pow-ered by differences in the wa-ter's temperature and salti-ness, and weather patternsaround the world are regulat-ed by its activity.

A pair of researchersstudied the Atlantic portionof this worldwide conveyorbelt called the AtlanticMeridional Overturning Cir-culation, or AMOC, andfound that winter weather inthe United States criticallydepends on this conveyorbelt-like system. As theAMOC slows because of cli-mate change, the US will ex-perience more extreme coldwinter weather.

The study, published inthe journal CommunicationsEarth and Environment wasled by Jianjun Yin, an associ-ate professor in the Universi-ty of Arizona Department ofGeosciences, and co-au-thored by Ming Zhao, a phys-ical scientist at the NationalOceanic and AtmosphericAdministration's Geophysi-cal Fluid Dynamics Labora-tory.

AMOC works like this:Warm water travels north inthe upper Atlantic Ocean andreleases heat into the atmos-

phere at high latitudes. As thewater cools, it becomesdenser, which causes it tosink into the deep oceanwhere it flows back south.

"This circulation trans-ports an enormous amount ofheat northward in the ocean,"Yin said. "The magnitude ison the order of 1 petawatts, or10 to the 15 power watts.Right now, the energy con-sumption by the entire worldis about 20 terawatts, or 10 tothe 12 power watts. So, 1petawatt is enough to runabout 50 civilizations." Butas the climate warms, so does

the ocean surface. At thesame time, the Greenland icesheet experiences melting,which dumps more freshwa-ter into the ocean. Bothwarming and freshening ofthe water can reduce surfacewater density and inhibit thesinking of the water, slowingthe AMOC. If the AMOCslows, so does the northwardheat transport.

This is important becausethe equator receives more en-ergy from the sun than thepoles. Both the atmosphereand ocean work to transportenergy from low latitudes to

high latitudes. If the oceancan't transport as much heatnorthward, then the atmos-phere must instead transportmore heat through more ex-treme weather processes atmid-latitudes. When the at-mosphere moves heat north-ward, cold air is displacedfrom the poles and pushed tolower latitudes, reachingplaces as far south as the USsouthern border.

"Think of it as two high-ways connecting two bigcities," Yin said. "If one isshut down, the other one getsmore traffic. In the atmos-

phere, the traffic is the dailyweather. So, if the ocean heattransport slows or shutsdown, the weather becomesmore extreme."

Yin said the study wasmotivated by the extremecold weather Texas experi-enced in February.

"In Houston, the dailytemperature dropped to 40degrees Fahrenheit below thenormal," Yin said. "That's thetypical range of asummer/winter temperaturedifference. It made Texas feellike the Arctic. This kind ofextreme winter weather hap-

pened several times in theU.S. during recent years, sothe scientific communityhas been working to under-stand the mechanism behindthese extreme events."

The crisis in Texascaused widespread and cata-strophic power outages, andthe National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administra-tion estimated that socioeco-nomic damages totaledUSD20 billion. Yin was cu-rious about the role theocean played in extremeweather events.

Yin and Zhao used astate-of-the-art, high-resolu-tion global climate model tomeasure the influence of theAMOC on US extreme coldweather.

They ran the modeltwice, first looking at to-day's climate with a func-

tioning AMOC. They thenadjusted the model by in-putting enough freshwaterinto the high-latitude NorthAtlantic to shut down theAMOC.

The difference revealedthe role of the AMOC in ex-tremely cold weather. Theyfound that without theAMOC and its northwardheat transport, extremelycold winter weather intensi-fies in the US.

According to recent ob-servational studies, theAMOC has weakened in thepast decades.

How changing ocean currents aredriving extreme winter weather

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Literature & Health

Scaling up its number of protests againstBeijing's actions in the South China Sea(SCS), the Philippines this year have

made the highest number of diplomaticprotests to the communist regime in compari-son to last five years against its actions inSCS, said a media report.

The Philippine move hints at a tougherstance in Manila's dealings with China, re-ported Radio Free Asia (RFA).

A total of 153 out of the 211 notes ver-bales, or diplomatic notes, filed over Chineseactions in the South China Sea, were filed in2021 alone, Philippine News Agency quotedthe country's Department of Foreign Affairs(DFA) as saying on Thursday. The disclosurecame after DFA revealed about protestingChina's "provocative acts" against Philippineauthorities patrolling the country's waters."DFA protested the unlawful issuance of over200 radio challenges, sounding of sirens, and

blowing of horns by Chinese government ves-sels against Philippine authorities conductinglegitimate, customary, and routine patrols overand around the Philippines' territory and mar-itime zones," DFA said in a tweet on Wednes-day. Further, the DFA stressed that these Chi-nese provocative acts threaten the peace, goodorder, and security of the South China Sea andrun contrary to China's obligations under in-ternational law. Eduardo Menez, DFA Assis-tant Secretary, said: "The latest protest was is-sued on September 30, so yes the incidents inAugust are covered, but these types of warn-ings are SOP (standard operating procedure)by the Chinese just as our Coast Guards alsoissue warnings. The tweet was issued (Octo-ber 20) upon instructions." One of the earliestdiplomatic protests lodged by the Philippinesthis year was in March when hundreds of Chi-nese vessels were sighted mooring at WhitsunReef in the Spratly Islands.

Philippines scales up diplomaticprotests against Beijing

Good night's sleep can helpmitigate infant obesity risks: StudyNew research from in-

vestigators atBrigham and

Women's Hospital, Massa-chusetts General Hospitaland collaborators suggeststhat newborns who sleeplonger and wake up lessthroughout the night are lesslikely to be overweight in in-fancy.

Their findings of thestudy have been publishedin the journal Sleep.

"While an associationbetween insufficient sleepand weight gain is well-es-tablished in adults and olderchildren, this link has notbeen previously recognizedin infants," said study co-au-thor Susan Redline, MD,MPH, senior physician inthe Division of Sleep andCircadian Disorders at theBrigham. "In this study, wefound that not only shorternighttime sleep, but moresleep awakenings, were as-sociated with a higher likeli-hood of infants becomingoverweight in the first sixmonths of life."

To conduct this re-search, Redline and col-leagues observed 298 new-borns born at Massachusetts

General Hospital between2016 and 2018. They thenmonitored their sleep pat-terns using ankle actigraphywatches, devices that meas-ure patterns of activity andrest over multiple days. Re-searchers extracted threenights' worth of data at theone- and six-month markswhile parents kept sleep di-aries, recording their chil-dren's sleep and wakeepisodes. To collect growthmeasurements, scientistsmeasured infant height andweight and determined theirbody mass index. Infantswere classified as over-weight if they fell into orabove the 95th percentile onthe World Health Organiza-

tion's growth charts. No-tably, researchers found thatjust one additional hour ofsleep correlated with a 26per cent decrease in infants'risk of being overweight. Inaddition, infants that wokeup less throughout the nightfaced a lower risk of excessweight gain. While it's un-clear exactly why this corre-lation exists, scientists spec-ulate that getting more sleeppromotes routine feedingpractices and self-regula-tion, factors that mitigateovereating. Investigatorsnote that African Americanindividuals and families oflower socioeconomic status-es were underrepresented intheir dataset.

The Road Not Take Two roads diverged in a yellowwood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as IcouldTo where it bent in theundergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the betterclaim,Because it was grassy and wantedwear;Though as for that the passingthereHad worn them really about thesame,

And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had troddenblack.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on toway,I doubted if I should ever comeback.

POEMS

Livestock breeding in India has beenlargely unorganized because of whichthere have been gaps in forward and

backward integration across the value chain.Such a scenario impacts the quality of live-stock that is produced and in turn negativelyimpacts the return on investment for livestockfarmers. Approximately 200 million Indians areinvolved in livestock farming, and that includesaround 100 million dairy farmers. Roughly80% bovines in the country are low on pro-ductivity and are reared by small and margin-al farmers. To enhance the productivity of cat-tle, the Rashtriya Gokul Mission was initiatedin 2014 with a focus on the genetic upgrada-tion of the bovine population through wide-spread initiatives on artificial insemination,sex-sorted semen, and in vitro fertilization.The entrepreneurship development for settingup breeder farms by incentivising private andcooperative model is a step in direction of en-suring organised availability of quality animals

for farmers. This push through recently an-nounced programmes of Government followsa bottom-up approach with a focus on struc-tured breeding programmes and creating mar-ket linkages.

The revised version of Rashtriya GokulMission and National Livestock Mission pro-poses to bring sharp focus on entrepreneur-ship development and breed improvement incattle, buffalo, poultry, sheep, goat, and pig-gery by providing incentives to Individual en-trepreneurs, FPOs (Farmer Producer Organi-zations), FCOs (Farmer Cooperatives Organ-isations), JLGs (Joint Liability Groups), SHGs(Self Help Groups), and Section 8 companiesfor entrepreneurship development and to theState Government for breed improvement in-frastructure. The Breed Multiplication Farmcomponent of Rashtriya Gokul Mission is go-ing to provide for capital subsidy upto Rs. 200lakh for setting up breeding farm with at least200 milch cows/ buffalo using latest breeding

technology. The entrepreneur will be respon-sible for arrangement of land of suitable sizeand would be able to sell at least 116 elite fe-male calves every year out of this farm from3rd year. The entrepreneur would also startgenerating income out of sale of 15 kg milk peranimal per day for around 180 animals fromfirst year itself. This organised hub of breederfarm would further lead to development ofnumber of spokes of dairy farmers who wouldtake benefit of quality breed animal availabili-ty. This breeding farm will breakeven from 1styear of the project after induction of animals inmilk. Moreover, the strategy of incentivisingbreed multiplication farm will result into directemployment for 1 lakh farmers.

The grassroots initiatives in this spherewill be further amplified by web applicationslike e-Gopala that provide real time informa-tion to livestock farmers on availability of dis-ease-free germplasm in relevant centers, vet-erinary care, and mitigates the role of middle-

men by creating an e-market platform for thebuying and selling of quality animals.

The Poultry Entrepreneurship pro-gramme of National Livestock Mission will pro-vide for capital subsidy up to Rs 25 lakh forsetting up of parent farm – with a capacity torear 1000 chicks (hatchery and brooder moth-er unit). Under this model, the hatchery is ex-pected to produce at least 500 eggs daily, fol-lowed by the birth of chicks that are in turnreared for four weeks. Thereafter, the chickscan be supplied to local farmers for rearing.Under this hub and spoke model of entrepre-neurship, the rural entrepreneur running thehatchery will be the hub supplying chicks tothe farmers (spoke). An economic analysis ofthis model projects that an entrepreneur willbe able to break even within a span of 18months after launching the business. Thismodel will go a long way towards mitigatingthe influence of middlemen in the livestock val-ue chain. From the perspective of social im-

pact, the project is expected to provide em-ployment to at least 14 lakh people.

In the context of sheep and goat entre-preneurship, there is a provision of capital sub-sidy of 50% up to 50 lakhs. And an entrepre-neur under this model shall set up a breederfarm and develop the whole chain startingfrom maintaining parent/breeding animals,production of kid/lambs, and will eventuallysell them to the farmers or in the open market.Each entrepreneur can avail assistance for abreeder farm with 500 does/ewe and 25buck/ram animals with high genetic merit fromthe Central/State government universityfarms. This model is projected to generate anet profit of more than 33 lakhs for the entre-preneur per year. A goat farm will also createjobs for processing milk and its byproducts.One unit of a hub under this will create 200jobs. The scheme is expected to create atleast 404 units and will eventually generateemployment for 1.10 lakh people. For piggery,

the NLM will provide 50% capital subsidy of upto Rs 30 lakh. And each entrepreneur will beaided with establishment of breeder farmswith 100 sows and 10 boars – that is expect-ed to produce 2400 piglets in a year. A newbatch of piglets will be ready for sale every sixmonths. This model is expected to generate aprofit of 1.37 crores after 16 months and willcreate 1.5 lakh jobs. We have seen success-ful models under this in Punjab. There is agreat potential for piggery in the Northeasternpart of the country, and the development ofthis vertical could transform India into a majorexporter in times to come. The provision hasalso been made under Animal Husbandry In-frastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) forproviding subsidised loan for balance fundingto be met through financial institution over andabove the capital subsidy.

Author: Atul ChaturvediSecretary, Ministry of Animal Husbandry

and Dairying (Views expressed are personal)

Incentivizing breed improvement through entrepreneurship development

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2021

Hamirpur has thirty more positive CORONAcases on SundayPANKAJ BHARATIYAHAMIRPUR: Thirty more people including one dozen students of the Governmentsenior secondary schools, Bara (Nadaun) of the district were found CORONAPOSITIVE today( Sunday). Sixteen students of the Bara schools were found positiveon Saturday as a result the school was closed by the authorities. There was nodeath was reported from any part of the district, said a spokesman of the HealthDepartment. Those found positive including one of the senior-most officers of thedistrict admitted a spokesman of the Health Department. The officer has been putunder Home isolation. He said that as many as eighty-two samples were testedtoday out of which thirty were found positive.

HIMACHAL/J&KMehndi competitionheld in SSRVM Sr SecSchool

JYOTI SYALUNA: Mehndi competition wasorganized in the premises of SSRVMSenior Secondary School, Una. Inthis, the students of class VIII to XIIparticipated enthusiastically anddisplayed their talent. In Mehndicompetition Vanshika (+2Commerce) got first position, Kanika(+1 Science) got second and Ayushi(+2 Science) and Inderpreet (+2Science) got third position. SchoolManager Sumesh Sharma,Executive Principal Yashpal Ranaand Vice-Principal Brijbala Sharmacongratulated the girl students fortheir better performance. He said thatalong with studies, there should bemany such activities in the life of thegirl students which will help them inevery walk of life. Other teachers andstudents were present on thisoccasion.

Mandi airport isHimachal's own CentralVista Disaster: Avay ShuklaSHIMLA: Jairam Thakur Governmentwhich is working on the internationalairport Nagchala in Mandi district as adream project of Chief minister facingwide range of criticism due it's far-reaching impact on the ecology,environment and agriculture in the hillstate. Recent critic of this project isAvay Shukla who is a retired IASofficer, an environmentalist and a writer.Authoring a blog on the issue heequated the proposed airport to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's Central Vistaproject which was also termed as aneconomical disaster by theintelligentsia. "Mandi Airport isHimachal's own Central Vista Disaster"1975 batch IAS officer Mr Shuklamentioned in blog puting a questionmark on state Environment andScience Technology Council. " In mymore lucid moments ( which are nowbecoming few and far between) Iseriously wonder why Himachal has adepartment of Environment or aScience and Technology Council at all." Mr Shukla pointed out. Neither showsthe least interest in either protecting theenvironment or in exposing thescientific fallacies in the hare-brainedschemes regularly manufactured bythe state's unideated policy makers,former IAS who had faculty membersin Delhi University from 1973 to 75said. The state has been exceptionallyfavoured by the Gods with the mostbeautiful, rich and diverse landscape,flora and fauna; abundant waters in itsthousands of rivers and streams, and aclimate money cannot buy and yet,various governments since 1972 havebeen raping this god-given treasure inthe name of a spurious "development",while their eyes have been firmly fixedon the cash registers, Alumni of HinduCollege exposed poltician for theirbankrupt vision towards the nature.Hailing various activists to fight for thecause of environment, Avay Shuklawho headed Shukla committee reporton the impact of hydropower project onthe Environment says " They havebeen deaf to the protestations of thepeople whose livelihoods, and evenlives, have been destroyed in theprocess.

Snowfall in HP drags mercury downAGENCYSHIMLA, OCT 24

The high reaches of HimachalPradesh have been receivingsnowfall since Sunday morning,thus, increasing the coldwave inthe state, according to officials inMeterological Department.

The gateway to Lahaul Spiti,13,050 ft Rohtang Pass, KunzumPass, Baralacha, Lady ofKeylong, Sapatrishi hill Goshalhills, Shikaridevi of Mandi,Dhauladhar ranges of Kangra,Sachpass, Manimehash, highreaches of

Bharmour and Pangi inChamba, Kinner Kailash ofKinnuar, high reaches of Dodraand Kawar of Shimla receivedanother major snowfall.

Met office recorded 18 cmsnow at Gondhla in Lahaul Spitidistrict, Hansa 10.3 cm andKeylong three cm. Tourist resortDalhousie in Chamba had 77mm rainfall, Kehri 57.2 mm,Una 53.4 mm, Bangana 45 mm,Bilaspur 45 mm, Ghamroor inKnagra 42.4 mm and NagrotaSurian 41 mm and Chamba 32mm, Kangra 24.4 mm andDharmshala 16.4 mm.

The intermittent rain andsnowfall were also recorded inmany other places of the stateincreasing the coldwave.Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnuar districtadministration have announcedalert for the locals and tourists

and urged them not to climb thehigh hills or venture near thewater streams.

The administration haveasked the hotels, members ofPanchayati Raj institutions andlocal self government to awarethe local people and tourists andtrekkers to not move out fromtheir premises as the heavyrainfall may cause any naturaldisaster and snowbound the roadand cause landslides.

Meanwhile, the touristsstranded at Batal in Kaza valleyhave been evacuated safely bythe administration on Saturday.Earlier, 80 tourists were strandedin Kaza subdivision due tosnowfall on October 17 and 18snowfall. With fresh and earliersnowfall two national highwayand 35 link roads aresnowbound.

The inclement weather alongwith heavy rain, snowfall andthunderstorm is keeping thenormal life out of gears as 37roads (35 link and two NH) aresnowbound. Power supply hasalso been disrupted due to heavyrain and thunderstorm in 274areas, mostly in Laual Spiti andChamba. Deputy CommissionerLahaul Spiti Neeraj Kumar said,"Manali-Leh National highwayNo 3 is snowbound betweenDarcha to Sarchu and NationalHighway No 505 is blockedfrom Gramphu to Losar.Including two NH, around 27link roads are also snowboundincluding 12 in Lahaul and 15 inUdaipur. Power supply alsodisrupted by the snowfall in 21distribution Transformer regions(DRT) in district." According toreports from Chamba, seven link

roads are snowbound includingthree in Salooni and two each inTissa and Chamba sub-vision.The power supply is not workingin 250 localities in Chambadistrict as 172 DTR are disruptedin Tissa, 50 in Bhattiyat and 28in Chamba sub-division. Theminimum temperature plummetunder subzero in Keylong ofLahaul Spiti recorded minus 0.7degree Celsius, Kalpa in Kinnuar4.6 mm, Tourist resort Manali7.5 degrees Shimla, Kufri,Dalhousie and Palampur inKangra was ten degrees,Chamba 10.9 degrees, Solan andJubbarhati in Shimla 12 degrees,Kangra 12.6 degrees,Sundernagar and Bhuntar 13degrees , Hamirpur and Una 13.4degrees each, ,Mandi 15.9degrees, Nahan in Sirmaur 16degrees. The Met office hasissued yellow warning as heavyrain, hailstorm, lightening,thunderstorm and snowfall islikely to happen in isolated areasof Chamba, Lahaul Spiti,Kangra, Kullu, Hamirpur,Bilaspur, Una, Mandi Solan,Shimla and Sirmour. Yellowwarning is also issued for Dodra-Kwar, Shimla-Urban, ShimlaRural, Shimla Rural and Theog,Kumarsein Kandaghat andRampur. The Met office hasforecast moderate to heavyrainfall and snowfall in manyplaces in the state during next 24hours.

PANKAJ BHARATIYAHAMIRPUR, OCT 24

Dr Anil Prakash Joshi, (PadamVibhushan) has said that thedisasters have made theHimalayas their home. Time hascome to check it and to make theHimalayas free from suchunwieldy things. "No tantra ormantra works in this. Disasterswill keep on coming, adescription of disasters is veryessential. In the Himalayas,there will be misbehavior withnature, storms, more big events,earthquakes, etc. will come, sowe have a hold on the system.This is an outbreak of 100-200years but efforts should be madeabout it. It is very difficult tounderstand the science of nature,we have to think afresh, so findways to protect our homes,villages from disasters”.

Dr. Joshi said at the end ofthe three days capacity buildingworkshop under Unnat BharatAbhiyan at Career PointUniversity, Hamirpur onSaturday.

The National DisasterManagement Authority, NewDelhi, organized a three-daycapacity building workshopunder Unnat Bharat Abhiyan atCareer Point University,Himachal Pradesh.

The program wasinaugurated by the UniversityVice-Chancellor Prof Dr KSVerma. As a Patron in its event,Mr J M, K Bindal, ExecutiveDirector, NIDM, Advisor DrChandan Ghosh, Convener DrGarima Aggarwal (NIDM) andCoordination with Career PointUniversity Dr Shashi Poonamand Dr Gulshan Sharma andShad Warsi. Dr K S Kapoor(Former Director, HFRI Shimla)said that plant protection is veryessential in the Himalayasbecause for the upliftment ofany region, the livelihood optionthere has to be increased, underwhich many dams, reservoirs,roads, and bridges areconstructed. Over-exploitationof local vegetation, water, andother materials along with theconstruction of roads andbridges also led to such a pass,he added.

Disasters have madeHimalaya their home:Dr Anil Prakash Joshi

Jethi critises BJP govt on issueof inflation, unemployment

Anand Sharma remembers Himachalonly during election season: Randhir

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, OCT 24

Congress spokesperson Kushal Jethimade strong allegations against theBJP government of the state on theissue of inflation, unemployment andfarmers while addressing the jointpress conference organized at RajivBhawan, Himachal Pradesh CongressOffice. Kushal Jethi said that duringthe rule of the BJP government of thestate, inflation reached its peak.Petrol-diesel prices are increasingcontinuously, the prices of food itemshave increased and the price of LPGcylinder has crossed Rs 1000. At thesame time, by increasing the prices ofpulses available in the depots, theBJP government has broken the backof the people of the state, to whichthe people of the state will give theanswer on the 30th of October. Healso took a dig at the BJP governmentof the state on the issue of farmersand orchardists. He said that duringthe rule of the BJP government,farmers are fighting for their rightssitting on the streets, but the BJPgovernment is sitting silently. In thelast 4 years of BJP rule, the numberof unemployed people in the state is

increasing continuously, but thisgovernment is giving employmentto the people of Bihar and UP.Kushal Sethi, while allegingcorruption on the MukhyamantriAashirwad Yojana free baby carekit launched by the BJPgovernment of the state, said thatunder the MukhyamantriAashirwad Yojana launched by theBJP government is for those peoplewhose children are born in thegovernment hospital. He said that15 essential items are given underthe Baby Care Kit. Its minimumretail price is Rs 1074.98, whereasthe items which are given under thescheme are of very poor quality. Hesaid that the high quality itemswhich are given in baby care kits,the cost of buying them from themarket is less than Rs.500.

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, OCT 24

The State BJP has given a befittingreply to the rhetoric made byCongress leader and Rajya SabhaMP Anand Sharma on the Modigovernment. BJP chiefspokesperson Randhir Sharma saidthat despite being an MP fromHimachal, Anand Sharma neverremembers Himachal. AnandSharma just comes here to enjoyHimachal Darshan during theelection season. Randhir Sharmasaid that the only achievement ofAnand Sharma for Himachal is thathe has manufactured air leaders likehimself in the Congress who cannoteven contest the election of thePresident. The Chief Spokespersonof the Bharatiya Janata Party said,Anand Sharma should tell that if youwere a three-time Rajya Sabha MPand a minister at the Center, thenwhat did you contribute to Himachal.Moreover, where were you when thestate was battling the Corona crisis?Sharma said that Anand Sharma hasno knowledge about the politics ofHimachal. He only comes toHimachal only on election days, give

two statements and then disappear. The Chief Spokesperson said

that there is a dire need for AnandSharma to get political tuitionbefore making statements againstPM Narendra Modi and thecentral government so that he cantalk on facts. Actually, AnandSharma had held the Modigovernment responsible for therising inflation in the countryduring the elections in the past. Inresponse, Randhir Sharmareminded Anand Sharma thatwhen he was a minister at theCentre, he used to blameinternational reasons for the risein inflation. Today, when thewhole world is witnessing a periodof inflation due to Covid, thenAnand Sharma is busy misleadingthe people of the country.

Shoolini University hosts its 5thconvocation, sets new benchmarks

DINESH AGARWALSOLAN, OCT 24

The fifth convocation of Shoolini Universitywas held in offline and online mode onSaturday in which 75 PhD degrees wereawarded and 52 gold medalists werefelicitated. Degrees were awarded to thestudents of the Faculty of Sciences, Facultyof Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the Facultyof Biotechnology and Applied Sciences. Theevent was hosted by motivational speaker andformer IAS officer, Vivek Atray in thepresence of other dignitaries including theFounder & Chancellor of the university, ProfPrem Kumar Khosla, Pro Chancellor MrVishal Anand, Vice Chancellor Prof AtulKhosla, President of the Foundation, MrsSaroj Khosla and trustees Mr Satish Anandand Mr Ashok Anand. The Chief Guest of the

convocation, Prof Trilochan Mohapatra,Secretary, Department of AgriculturalResearch and Education (DARE) & DirectorGeneral, Indian Council of AgriculturalResearch (ICAR) shared, “It’s truly inspiringto see that the students of Shoolini Universityare moving in the right direction, with theright guidance. I would like to extend mysincere gratitude towards the untiring effortsof the faculty to provide world-classeducation and ensure appropriate career &character building of the students.

NUJ (I) meeting heldunder district

president Pankaj Katna

JYOTI SYALUNA, OCT 24

The meeting of Himachal Union of Journalists was heldunder the chairmanship of District President PankajKatna in Santoshgarh, Una. Journalists belonging toHaroli, Tahliwal, Santoshgarh participated in thismeeting and discussed about the state level conventionto be held on November 16. In this meeting AshokKumar, Naveen Kumar, Pawan Sharma, Pankaj Chopra,Sulinder Chopra, Naresh Singha, Munish Chamba,Ashwani Saini along with District General SecretaryBharat Bhushan were present, the program was outlinedin this meeting and the responsibility was assigned to allthe journalist colleagues to make this programme asuccess. Himachal Union of Journalists District Una inSantokhgarh Organized unit meeting. In this, the statelevel conference on 16 November was discussed.District President Pankaj Katna presided over themeeting. General Secretary Bharat Bhushan, TreasurerAshwani Saini, Secretary Ashok Kumar, ManishChabba, Sulinder Kumar, Pankaj Chopra, NareshSingha and other journalists were present in the meeting.

Departmental action against peopleinstalling tillu pumps from main water line

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, OCT 24

Rural Development,Panchayati Raj,Agriculture, Fisheries andAnimal HusbandryMinister Virendra Kanwarhas been heartily congratulated byall the sports associations of districtUna on being elected as thePresident of Himachal PradeshOlympic Association. Madan Puri,President of District CricketAssociation, Suman Puri ofHockey India, Surinder Thakur,District President of Table TennisAssociation, Devendra Sood ofKho-Kho Association, Jagir Singhof Volleyball Association, RajeshSharma and Vinay Sharma of Judo

Association, WushuSports Association.Yashpal Raizada, SunilDayal and BalwantThakur of BoxingAssociation, JitendraKanwar, State Presidentof Himotkarsh Parishad,

Rajiv Bhanot of Una JanhitMorcha said that the election ofVirendra Kanwar as StatePresident of OlympicAssociation is a matter of honorand pride for the entire district.All the sports associations ofdistrict Una have thanked ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakur andUnion Sports Minister AnuragThakur for making VirendraKanwar the President of the StateOlympic Association.

SHANTI GAUTAMBADDI, OCT 24

Residents of the residential colonyestablished by MUDA have to face a lot ofproblems every day due to the problem ofwater, while the department provides waterto the people by running the motor for 12 to15 hours every day, but in spite of that, thepeople are getting full water. Water is notavailable, due to which the residents of thecolony keep cursing the department, in viewof the same, when the SDO Himuda Pradeepformed a team and visited the houses of theresidents of the colony, it was found thatmany people had laid the pipeline which waslaid by the department. Out of that water isconnected directly to their homes byinstalling tullu pumps and apart from theconnections given by the department,

connections are also being made to the mainline and many people's meters were alsofound to be defective. Departmental actionbeing initiated against 40 to 50 people gotwater supply.

E-office training workshop for officers heldBUREAUUNA, OCT 24

The state government hasgiven instructions to makethe files of governmentoffices online, for whichtraining is being providedto the officers andemployees of the offices.Under this, e-office trainingworkshop was organizedfor the administrativeofficers and officers andemployees of DRDA in themini secretariat, which waspresided over by theAdditional DeputyCommissioner, Una, Dr.Amit Kumar Sharma. ADCinformed that online files

will be created through e-office. The files of the lasttwo-three years will bescanned and put on the e-office web portal and theold files will be kept in thearchives. He said that so far50 percent live files havebeen scanned in the statesecretariat and

departmental offices. Hesaid that government workwould be facilitated with e-office and files could beopened anywhere withVPN, which would speedup government work. Hesaid that there would bedigital signature on theonline files, which would

ensure transparency in theworking. In case ofwithholding of files, theauthorities will have torecord concrete reasons. Hetold that even in thecircumstances of epidemiclike Covid, employees andofficers can work fromwork from home. In theworkshop, IT ManagerNarendra Kumar from DITShimla gave training to allthe officers and employeesabout e-office and gavedetailed information aboutit. E-District Manager DITUna Sahil Sharma alongwith other officers andemployees were present onthe occasion.

JYOTI SYALUNA, OCT 24

Under the Clean Indiaprogramme, a virtual reviewmeeting was held with theDistrict Collectors of 15 statesand the officers of Nehru YuvaKendra Sangathan andNational Service Planning. Inthe meeting, Secretary,Department of Youth Affairs,Usha Sharma thanked all theDeputy Commissioners and theconcerned participatingdepartments and stakeholdersfor the efforts being made by

the District Magistrates toachieve the goal of collectionof single use plastic wasteunder the Swachh BharatMission. He said that initiallythe target of collecting 75 lakhkg single use plastic was a

challenge. But with the positivecooperation of all, this targethas been completed in 22 daysand by the 3rd, many timesmore single use plastic wastewill be collected than the target.During the virtual meeting,

Deputy Commissioner UnaRaghav Sharma said that allthe departments in the district,with the help of religious andcommercial organizations,Panchayati Raj Institutions,Mahila Mandals, YouthClubs, National SchemeBharat Scouts - Guides,volunteers of NYK, NGOs,Urban Bodies and commonman, 8100 kg single useplastic has been collected inUna district. A target of up to11000 kg has been set in thedistrict, which will be achievedby October 31.

Sports associations congratulate Kanwar onelected President of State Olympic Asso

Virtual review meeting organizedunder Clean India programme

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Decision of dealers to shut downpetrol pumps will put bad effecton state economy: SacharANKUSH SHARMALUDHIANA: Petrol Pump dealers call ofshut down after 5 PM will effects theeconomy of Punjab and it's a very harddecision of petrol pump dealers. So CenterGovernment should take necessary stepand reduce petrol prices, otherwise the

situation will turn critical forstate. Advocate HarpreetSingh Sachar while statingon issue said that Petrolprices have been reachedRs.108/- per liter in Punjab,which is painful for buyer.Now dealers are also

seeking to enhance their commission inPetrol-diesel, so Modi government shouldtake the petroleum under GST, otherwisedecision of petrol pump dealers in Punjabwill put bad effect on state's economy.

Bring dry paddy toget it's full cost: GargSUMER GARGSANGRUR: Jiwan Garg, member, foodcorporation of India(FCI), said here today,"Corporation is doing a very good job, as inentire Punjab, paddy with 17% moistureonly is being procured by the agencies,which is good for the farmers as well as forthe rice millers". Garg urged to the farmers

of the state that only drypaddy should be brought tothe grain market as only drypaddy is to be procured bythe commission agents."Dry paddy will be procuredas soon as it will arrive inthe market and farmer

brothers get it's full cost as the FCI hasmade very good arrangements in the entirestate", Garg added.

Students made aware aboutimportance of votingKULWINDER KARWAL

SARDULGARH: Under the sweepprogram 097 Sardulgarh, a debatecompetition was organized under theleadership of Harinder Singh Bhullar,Principal of Govt School at Vidya SagarGroup of Institute in village Ahlupur. Inwhich maximum number of studentsparticipated. On this occasion the Principalapprised the students about the importanceof voting rights in a democracy. Thestudents who participated in the debatecompetition were felicitated by the Principalof the institute, Dr. Surinder Goyal withmementos. All the staff and students of thecollege were present on the occasion.

Gurudwara Sri Guru SinghSabha celebrates ParkashUtsav of Sri Guru Ram Dass Ji

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: On second day of SpecialGurmat Samagam Gurdwara Sri Guru SinghSabha Model Town Jalandhar celebratedPrakash Utsav Of Dhan Dhan Sri Guru RamDass ji .A Special presence was made by DrBarjinder Singh Hamdard Chief editor Ajitnewspaper ,S. Tejinder Singh Bittu ChairmanPunsup Punjab S. Jagmohan Singh D.C.PLawand Order, Retd S.S.P S. Rajinder Singh,Rajinder Beri M.L.A, S. Gurmeet Singh D.C.P,Baba Nirmal Dass ji Jaure, Swami ShantaNand Ji Gopal Nagar, Ramesh Mittal LovelyGroup, Daljit Singh Sahota, Bhagwan SinghJohal, Kulwant Singh Mannan, CharandeepSingh, Amarjeet Singh Mittha. Present on thisoccasion were S.Ajit Singh Sethi PresidentGurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Model Townand other members S.Mohinderjit Singh,S.Kanwaljeet Singh Kochhar, Dr. H.M. Hurria,S.Tejdeep Singh Sethi, S.Kultaran SinghAnand, S.H.S. Kaka, S.H.S Bhasin andS.Gagandeep Singh Sethi and other eminentpersonalities also paid their obeisance andsought the blessings of the Almighty.

Sanmati holds 'Mehndi competition'SUKH NAHARJAGRAON: Sanmati Vimal Jain sen. Sec. school conducted"Mehndi competition" for the students of classes 9th and 10th inview of karvachauth festival. Total 45 students participated in thecompetition and all of them expressed a great enthusiasm for thecompetition. School director Shashi Jain telling more about thissaid that the students participated actively and applied beautiful"mehndi" on each other's hands and showed their love for theIndian culture. School teachers Navjeet Sharma, Anita Sharma andAnchal played the judges and selected 3 most beautiful designsand crowed the creators as winners. School director Shashi Jainappreciated the students and motivated them to actively participate in co-curricular activities as they boostconfidence of students.

Big boost for Akali Dal in Sunam,mass joinings from other partiesBUREAUCHANDIGARH, OCT 24

In a massive fillip to theShiromani Akali Dal andBahujan Samaj Party's electioncampaign in Punjab, 66 peoplefrom various political parties,including Indian NationalCongress, AamAadmi Party andthe Dhindsa faction, joinedhands with them, here inChandigarh today.

The joining took place in thepresence of SAD PresidentSukhbir Singh Badal, SAD-BSPcandidate from Sunam BaldevSingh Maan, and many others.Speaking at the occasion, Maanthanked the newly inducted partymembers for the trust they hadimposed in the leadership ofSukhbir Singh Badal. He alsothanked Sukhbir Singh Badal forgiving the party's poll campaignand it's workers a massive boostwith his dynamic approach toproblem solving in Punjab.

"The Badal family andShiromani Akali Dal have nevershied away from any cause thatmatters to the people of Punjab.

This party was built with onegoal in mind only, ' Thebetterment of Punjab', and I takeimmense pride that we havedelivered on that whenever thepeople of this great land havetrusted is with its working. Iwelcome all the people who haveshown faith in our cause, andwho care enough about Punjab tocome forward and join us in thisbattle," said Sukhbir SinghBadal. Also speaking at theoccasion, Akali Dal-BSPcandidate from Sunam, BaldevSingh Maan said, "I thank SardarParkash Singh Badal and SardarSukhbir Singh Badal for always

being at the forefront in the fightto safeguard Punjab's interests. Itis this belief that has brought allthese people into the Akali Dalfold. Every person who wishes tosee a better Punjab for thecoming generations, withoutlosing the essence of what beingPunjabi is all about, should comeand join forces with us. Thisbattle is not about the electionsalone, rather this is a fight to savePunjab for the cominggenerations," Maan said.

Maan also said that thepeople of Sunamclearly wantchange and that they had lost allfaith in the Congress and AAP's

ability to deliver. "Both theseparties are focussed on grabbingpower by all means. Everyone inthese parties wants to be the CM,but nobody wants to work forthe people. They appear onlyduring elections and arenowhere to be found when thepeople of Sunamneed them themost. Can any of them name oneproject for public welfare thatwas delivered in the past 5years? They have lost the moralright to continue. And eventhough they are obligatedconscientiously to resign,knowing them they will cling onto power till the very end. Butnot to worry, the people havedecided to uproot them inFebruary," he further said. Alsopresent during the pressconference were MagandeepSingh Mann, Winnerjit SinghGoldy, Tejinder Singh Sargerhi,Gaggi Singh, Khupal SinghBirkala, Kirpal Singh,Laadbanjara, Harjinder SinghDhandholi, Honey SinghSarpanch, Sukhwinder SinghSukh, Prabhsharan Singh Babbu,and Sarpanch Kesar SIngh.

PSLSA covered around 13000 villages,towns and cities of Punjab twice to

sensitize people about legal services

SHASHI PAL JAINCHANDIGARH, OCT 24

In order to sensitize the peopleof Punjab about Free Legal Aid,procedure for availing differentlegal services andempowerment of women,Justice Ajay Tewari, Judge,Punjab & Haryana High Courtand Executive Chairman,Punjab State Legal ServicesAuthority along with ArunGupta, District & SessionsJudge-cum-Member Secretaryand Dr. Mandeep Mittal,Additional District & SessionsJudge-cum-Additional MemberSecretary on Saturday visitedvillage Papri of District SASNagar. Later, on the instructionsof the Executive Chairman,both the judicial officers visitedthe villages Dharamgarh andBakarpur. They interacted with

the villagers and the studentsand informed them about theremedy of Free Legal Aid byparticipating in the LegalAwareness Programmes. Theyinformed that the State LegalServices Authority has so farcovered approximately 13000villages, towns and cities of allthe 23 districts of the Statetwice to educate the populationabout the Free Legal Aid,remedies against domesticabuse, access to justice andlegal remedies etc.

It was also told that underSection-12 of Legal ServicesAuthorities Act, 1987, awoman, child, any person incustody, specially-abledpersons, SC/ST and any personhaving annual income ofRs.3.00 lacs can avail thebenefit of an advocate to be paidby the Authority.

Farmer training camp will beorganized by agriculture department

on Oct 26: Dr. HartaranpalR.SINGHPATHANKOT, OCT 24

As per the orders of the Punjabgovernment, every beneficiaryshould get the benefit of theschemes run by thePunjab government. AFarmers TrainingCamp is beingorganized on 26thOctober at AuditoriumSailly Road Pathankotin District Pathankot.This revelation wasmade by HartaranpalSingh Saini, Chief AgricultureOfficer, Pathankot. He said thatduring this camp the farmerswould be made aware about therake crops. He said that theDepartment of Agriculture andFarmers Welfare Punjab DistrictPathankot was organizing a

Farmers Training Camp on 26thOctober and during this campexhibitions were also beingorganized for the farmers to dofarming in a technical manner.He said that Amit Vij MLA of

P a t h a n k o tconstituency was thechief guest in thefarmers training campand Dr. Baldev SinghJoint DirectorAgriculture will bethe special guest. Hesaid that the campwould be presided

over by Sanyam AggarwalDeputy CommissionerPathankot cum Chairman(Atma) Pathankot. He appealedto the farmers that by attendingthis camp they can get specialinformation about the care andcultivation of rake crops.

Raja Warring conducts surprise check ofbus stand and PRTC workshop Barnala

KULDEEP SOODBARNALA, OCT 24

Punjab TransportMinister AmarinderSingh Raja Wadingconducted a surprisecheck of Barnala BusStand and PRTCWorkshop this morning.Also present on the occasion wereDeputy Commissioner KumarSaurabh Raj, Senior PoliceCaptain Alka Meena, SDM VarjitWalia, Chairman ImprovementTrust Makhan Sharma, RTAKaranbir Singh Chhina, GMPRTC MP Singh. Speaking toreporters on the occasion, Warringsaid that instructions have beenissued for proper cleaningarrangements and otherimprovements at the Barnala busstand. Speaking on the occasionMakhan Sharma, Chairman, TownImprovement Trust said that

tenders worth Rs. 1 crore havebeen floated for the improvementof the bus stand under which thework would be started soon. Afterthis, the Transport Minister saidthat his department would alsoprovide Rs. 1.5 crore for the busstand of Barnala and with a total ofRs.2.5 crore (Rs.2.5 crore) the busstand of Barnala would betransformed into a new look.Amarinder Singh Raja Wading,Cabinet Minister also spoke to theelderly women about the problemsthey are facing during theirjourney.

Chaudhary inaugurates park developedby NRI after transforming pond

PRITPAL SINGHJALANDHAR, OCT 24

Lok Sabha MP ChaudharySantokh Singh today exhortedthe NRIs to play a proactive rolein social and economicdevelopment of the state. TheMP, accompanied by formerMP and Chairman PunjabTechnical Education BoardMohinder Singh Kay Pee,MLAs Sushil Kumar Rinku andChaudhary Surinder Singh, washere to inaugurate a park namedafter martyr Naik KulwinderSingh who attained martyrdomduring a counter insurgencyoperation. The park has beendeveloped by NRI AmolakSingh Gakhal aftertransforming a village pond.Lauding the stellar role of NRIs,the MP said that NRIs have bytheir sheer hard work anddedication carved a niche for

themselves across the globe. Hesaid that the NRIs had madeevery Punjabi feel proudthrough their exemplary workssone of foreign lands.Chaudhary Santokh Singh saidthat though NRIs have alwaysdone a lot for development ofstate but now more efforts needto done for inclusivedevelopment of state. The MPcategorically said that NRIshave always played a vanguardrole in developing their nativevillages and towns. He said thatsuch concerted efforts are needof the hour so that the state canbe further put on the highgrowth trajectory.

Farmers suffering because of collusionbetween Centre, state govt: Sandhu

HARPREET SINGH GILLRAIKOT, OCT 24

Due to collusion between theCenter and the PunjabGovernment, the sheller owners,the Arhaitya community and thefarmers are facing harassmentwhile selling their paddy crop.This statement was made byBalwinder Singh Sandhu,Constituency In-Charge ofShiromani Akali Dal, whilevisiting Dana Mandi here today.Sandhu said that BJPgovernment was anti-farmer butthe Congress government of thestate was also giving farmers astep motherly treatment. He said

that the Congress had not madeproper arrangements to procureevery single grain of the farmers.Due to which the farmers areforced to spend hungry nights inthe grain mandis. He alsoslammed the government forrevoking the licenses of arhtiyasand sheller owners forprocuring paddy with more than17% moisture content. On thisoccasion,. Balwinder SinghSandhu appealed to the stategovernment to procure onegrain of paddy from thefarmers. He said that if it wasdone so, the SAD will standwith the farmers and artisanslike a rock, and will not hesitate

from holding protests andblocking roads. FormerCouncilor Dr. Harpal SinghGrewal, Bawa Chopra NationalVice President Youth Akali Dal,Dr. Ashok Sharma SeniorDistrict Vice President, YaspalBittu Jain National VicePresident Chamber ofCommerce Akali Dal, Pawanwere also present on theoccasion. Dhaliwal SCAdvisory Committee Member,Gaganpreet Singh ChannanNational Vice President YouthAkali Dal, Surinder KumarChopra, Makhan Singh,Sikandar Dhaliwal, GurjitSingh etc. were present.

Kewal Dhillon inaugurates Free Medical Medicinestarting at Sanjha Asra Welfare Society Barnala

KARANPREET DHANDRALBARNALA, OCT 24

The free medical center of medicine wasinaugurated by Sanjha Asra Welfare Society,a reputed organization of District Barnala, bythe Vice President of Congress, Kewal SinghDhillon. Commonwealth CongressGovernment. With the hard work of themanagement in time, the plant has become aSangana tree serving the needy and the poorwhose service is talked about all over Punjab.Whether it is the work of making Barnala adistrict or the work of a sewage treatmentplant, whether it is a road construction,interlocking tiling work, we are now the firstsuper multispecialty in Punjab to be built at acost of Rs. We are going to build a hospitalsoon which was inaugurated by the HealthMinister and Deputy Chief Minister OPSoni

where the people of our district used to gettheir treatment at PGI Chandigarh. Hepromised to bring a grant from the DeputyCM for a newly purchased life machineworth Rs 25 lakh in Sanjha Asra. On thisoccasion Ranjit Singh Marar, President of theinstitute and the office bearer informed thecorrespondent that this institute was startedfrom 2003 where dental clinic andphysiotherapy center was opened here in2015 and then digital X-ray was introducedin 2016 today.

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, OCT 24

Blended Learning Platform "Gurbiz"was formally launched today at GuruKashi University, Talwandi sabo.University Chancellor S. GurlabhSingh Sidhu Graced the occasion asChief Guest. Former Director PTU S.Amarjeet Singh Grewal Participated asspecial Guest and Ms. Sonu Grewalgraced the occasion as technical expert.Pro. VC Dr. Pushpinder Singh Aulakhextended a warm welcome to the guestsand participants. Stage was conductedby Pro. VC Dr. Jagtar Singh Dhimanand Dy. Director Public RelationsLavlin Sachdeva. Out lining theobjectives of this project ViceChacellor Dr Neelam Grewal stated that

the faculty members can upload theirlectures, notes, notices, videos and PPTson this platform and the students canavail this facility at any time and place.Technical expert Ms. Sonu Grewal saidthat the students can increase ordecrease the contetnts of theirrespective program. Chancellor S.Gurlabh Singh Sidhu in his addresshighlightd the importance of suchplatforms during the presentcompetitive era.

Blended Learning Platform 'Gurbiz'launched at Guru Kashi University

Married women listening to the stories being narrated on the occasion of Karva Chauth inSingo Mandi on Sunday. Photo by Garg

Dharna to be held in front ofDC offices on Oct 26 by Kisan

Mazdoor Union: Tomar

KULJIT SINGH JANDIALA GURU, OCT 24

Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee PunjabState General Secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher,State Office Secretary Gurbachan Singh Chabbasaid in a written press note that the Delhi Morchais completing 11 months on October 26 and theperpetrators of the Lakhimpur UP incidentOrganizations across the country have decided tohold dharnas across the country on October 26 todemand punishment and other issues. Othercrops including vegetables and green fodder havebeen severely damaged. The farmers leadersdemanded that the Punjab government shouldmake a special girdavari and compensate thedamaged crops at the rate of Rs. 50,000 per acre.Compensation of Rs. 30,000 per acre should begiven. In He said that peasant workers from allover the country were involved in this agitationand the agitation was going on in full swing. Theleaders said that this agitation would continue tillthe return of black laws.

We have thwarted 'conversionmovement' by baptizing 50K

people: Jagir KaurCHARANJIT SINGHAMRITSAR, OCT 24

The SGPC has also taken upchallenge to break the backof ongoing conversionmovement in Punjab. Thisyear, SSGPC has takenspecial steps tobreak the shackles ofthose who are intenton converting peopleto Islam by baptizingabout 50,000 people.Bibi Jagir Kaur,President, SGPC,while talking to thisreporter, said thatfrom December to Octoberlast year, we have baptizedabout 50,000 people. Ourgoal is to accelerate themovement of Amrit Sancharby holding special functionsat various places inNovember, she said. She saidthat some special steps werebeing taken to stem the tideof conversion. During theCoronavirus period we

served people by sendingconcentrators to differentplaces. “We realized thatpeople need oxygen duringthe Corona period, madearrangements for it,” she said. She said that now we havestarted the movement of

Amrit Sanchar inthe field ofDharam Pracharwhich has yieldedvery good results.Initiatives havebeen taken toconnect Sikhfamilies withGurbani, history

and Sikh traditions. TheDharamsal movement athome has also yielded greatresults. Our preachers havegone from house to housecommunicating with theSangat. Bibi said that we areorganizing some specialreligious ceremonies in themonth of November so thatmore and more Sangat can beconnected with Guru Ghars.

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Agrawal Sabha metting held, enthusiasm among youthSARDULGARH ( KULWINDER KARWAL): The entire team of Agarwal Sabha arranged ameeting at the local Besahara Gaudham to discuss the problems of the community. Speaking onthe occasion, President Bhagwant Rai, Master Prashotam Lal Gupta, Satpal Singla, Master JagatRam, Sanjeev Singla, Sahil Garg Chaudhary and Akshay Goyal said that most of the families inthe community are financially weak, who are suffering due to being in the general category and

not being able to avail government schemes. There-fore, governments should issue schemes based onthe economy. He called upon the youth to form WardWise Committees to unite the Aggarwal community,to enhance mutual co-ordination and to address theshortcomings in the customs of the society. On thisoccasion Vicky Mangla, Vijay Gupta etc.

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, OCT 24

Having strong ecosystem, businessfriendly policies and excellent factorsof production, Punjab has become apreferred investment destination forthe global firms in last few years.

In the last four-and-a-half years,investors from across the globe aswell as those from different regionsin the country have shown their con-fidence in Punjab, which has resultedinto securing investments worth Rs99000 crores in various sectors.

The sectors include Bicycle, Agri& Food Processing, Logistics, Phar-maceuticals, Chemicals, Textiles, Al-loy and Steel Sector, Engineering,Auto Components, New and Renew-able Sources of Energy, IT Services,Education, Real Estate and Infra-structure. These investments arecoming into the State from compa-nies from diverse countries includingUSA, UK, UAE, Denmark, Ger-many, France, Spain, Italy, Japan,South Korea, New Zealand and Sin-gapore, said Gurkirat Singh, Ministerof Industries and Commerce, Punjab,adding that Punjab is scripting an un-

matched success story. He said thatPunjab has not only witnessed globalfirms investing in the state for the firsttime but also the existing playershave expressed their satisfaction andenthusiasm by expanding their pres-ence and operations in the State. “Theinvestors’ confidence in the growthstory of Punjab, even in the times ofthe COVID-19 crisis, is a testimonyto the State’s strong infrastructuraland policy framework,” said GurkiratSingh. “We have always got required

support from the Punjab Govern-ment, which makes this state a niceplace to live and work. Punjab is astate of young people, there is a goodopportunity for auto-companies tosetup their units in Punjab,” said Ei-ichi Seto, Director SML ISUZU Ltd.He also said that they have neverfaced labour shortage in the state.Pertinently, the State Governmenthas made consistent efforts in the last4.5 years, to develop an ecosystemwhere both the domestic and global

businesses can thrive competitively.It is encouraging to see it bearing re-sults with global investments pouringin from 10 foreign companies even inFY2020-21. Major investments fromcompanies headquartered in NorthAmerica includes Smarter E-learningPvt Ltd (Software Development),PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd,Cargill India Pvt Ltd, Walmart IndiaPvt Ltd, Netsmartz Infotech Pvt Ltdand Teleperformance India, all withheadquarters in USA. Companiesheadquartered in Europe includingCN IFFCO (Joint venture in foodprocessing with Spanish firm Conge-lados de Navarra), Vadhera Apart-ments Pvt Ltd (UK based group),Hindustan Unilever Ltd, CentrientPharmaceuticals India Pvt Ltd (HQNetherlands), Verbio India Pvt Ltd(HQ Germany, BioCNG production),Hella India Lighting Ltd (HQ Ger-many, Lighting Solutions for Auto-motive), with first-time investmentsby Air Liquide (HQ France; Manu-facturing Industrial Gases), GraepelPerforations India Pvt. Ltd. (HQ Ger-many), Hartmann Packaging Group(HQ Denmark; Moulded Fibre Pack-aging).

Investors bring investments worth Rs99000 cr in Pb in last 4.5 yrs: Gurkirat

Computer faculties of govtSenior Secondary Smart SchoolDhuri Pind got positions inNation Builder Award function

VIKAS VERMADHURI: A state level functionnamed “Nation Builder Award2021” was organised by E.SchoolQuiz Team Punjab for appreciationand honouring the services ofteachers rendered by themthroughout Punjab. The “PrizeDistribution Function 2021” washeld at Government High SmartSchool Rakhra (Patiala). Mr.Mohinder Kumar Garg ComputerFaculty got first position in stateand Mr. Manish Garg ComputerFaculty got third position in thiscompetition while Mr. Nitin GoyalComputer Faculty got district levelposition of Government SeniorSecondary Smart School DhuriPind. Madam Anju Goyal Principalof GSSS Dhuri Pind school and allstaff congratulated them. Mr M.K.Garg said that E.School Quiz teamis performing these types ofdifferent competitions every yearfor long time.

BUNNY SODHIJALANDHAR, OCT 24

Lok Sabha MP ChaudharySantokh Singh Today Exhort-ed The Nris To Play A Proac-tive Role In Social And Eco-nomic Development Of TheState. The Mp, AccompaniedBy Former MPAnd ChairmanPunjab Technical EducationBoard Mr Mohinder SinghKay Pee, Mlas Mr Sushil Ku-mar Rinku And ChaudharySurinder Singh, Was Here ToInaugurate A Park Named Af-ter Martyr Naik KulwinderSingh Who Attained Martyr-dom During A Counter Insur-gency Operation.

The Park Has Been Devel-oped By Nri Mr AmolakSingh Gakhal After Trans-forming A Village Pond.Lauding The Stellar Role OfNris, The Mp Said That NrisHave By Their Sheer HardWork And Dedication Carved

A Niche For ThemselvesAcross The Globe.

He Said That The Nris HadMade Every Punjabi FeelProud Through Their Exem-plary Works Sone Of ForeignLands. Chaudhary SantokhSingh Said That Though NrisHave Always Done A Lot ForDevelopment Of State ButNow More Efforts Need ToDone For Inclusive Develop-ment Of State.

The Mp Said That Such Ef-forts Can Further Get AMajorBoost Only The Punjabis InGeneral And Nris In ParticularSupport The Endeavour OfThe State Government. De-scribing The Park As A Hum-ble And Befitting Tribute ToMartyr Naik KulwinderSingh, The Mp Said That TheBrave Heart Had SacrificedHis Life At Altar Of Mother-land While Defending TheHonour And Integrity Of TheCountry.

Chaudhary inauguratespark developed by NRI after

transforming pond

Guru Nanak Sahara societyorganizes pension donationprogram

SUKH NAHAR JAGRAON: Guru Nanak Saharasociety Jagraon organized 147thLate Sansar Chand Vermamemorial monthly pensiondonation program. The programwas held under the guidance ofchairman Gurmel Singh Dhillonand president Captain NareshVerma at the premises of RK highschool. The chief guests of theprogram were the owners of ShriRadha Rani rice and general millMullanpur Suresh Singla, ManjeetGrewal and Sandeep Sharma. Theguests donated monthly pension to26 needy senior citizens and warmblankets ahead of the approachingwinter season. Captain NareshVerma thanked the guests andsaid that helping someoneunconditionally is the biggest kindof help and surely comes back toyou in surprising ways. At thisoccasion, Ram Kumar Bhalla, Dr.Rakesh Bharadwaj, Pankaj Gupta,Davinder Jain, Amit Khanna, AnjuGoyal, Seema Sharma, ParamjeetUppal, Renu Sharma and otherswere present.

Hash of Mash: ABeacon of Light

RN KHERACHANDIGARH: Pooja Punchhi, aname synonymous with excellencein being a limitless learning coach,has now explored her new facet ofbeing an inspiring author.Needless to say, her latest literarymarvel, ‘Hash of Mash’ promisesto be a beacon of light in the livesof its readers. The book wasreleased by eminent mediapersonality, Mr. HardeepChandpuri in the presence of agroup of literary figures andacademicians at the ChandigarhGolf Club today. “The book by Mrs.Pooja Punchhi presents a vitalbridge between aspiration andsustained success,” affirmed MrChandpuri while congratulating herfor the book release. Aprofessional lifetime coach, Mrs.Pooja Punchhi uses the title‘Purnamuni’ to describe her callingas a counselor of troubledperspectives in a “topsy turvyworld gone haywire in the wake ofthe ongoing pandemic.”

Six vans will apprise districtfarmers for PMS: CAO

SANGRUR (SUMER GARG): In order to providetechnical information to the farmers regarding propermanagement of straw(PMS) the government of Punjabhas set farmers beneficial schemes. Under the schemeduring the year 2021-22 an action plan has been drawn.Chief agriculture officer(CAO), Sangrur Dr. Jaswinder-pal Singh Grewal informed that the department of agri-culture and farmers welfare, under the scheme wouldgive demonstrations, paint the walls, ask the students to

write essays, painting, debate com-petitions at village and block levelcamps were being set up in differentblocks of the district. He said that sofar the department has been con-ducting awareness campaigns in allthe villages of the district from 6th

October to 25th October 2021 to convey the decision ofNational Green Tribunal(NGT), New Delhi to the farm-ers through 6 campaign vans. Apart from raising aware-ness about the disadvantages of burning of paddy stub-ble, the farmers could be made aware of the benefits ofpressing paddy straw or crop residues in the fields. Dis-closing this here today the CAO said that the departmenthas set up 150 camps at village level to guide the farm-ers for the proper management of straw during the monthof September 2021 and the target of camps to be in-creased up to 250 at village level and 10 at block levelby October 2021, besides this all the Block agricultureofficers of the district have been directed to conduct es-say writing, painting, debate etc. competitions in differ-ent schools of the district at the block level.

VERMAQADIAN, OCT 24

A special program was organ-ized at Dayanand Anglo VedicSchool Qadian in which Ash-wini Marwaha and Rajiv Ba-jaj participated as chiefguests. On this occasion, theschool's manager AK VaidShabnam Prabha, KusumBhandari, Paramjit Kaur wel-comed the chief guest. Themain objective of this func-tion was to inculcate the spir-it of sacrifice, affection, hardwork and love in children. Onthis occasion, the studentswho secured excellent marksin the board examinations

were felicitated by the chiefguests by giving them hon-ours. He said that due to thehard work of the school staffand children, they havebrought laurels to their par-ents and the school by secur-ing excellent marks in theboard examinations. He saidthat even during the coronapandemic, the school did notallow any damage to the edu-cation of the children, due towhich the result of the schoolhas been 100%. On this occa-sion, he announced his sup-port for the tiles to be installedin the two rooms of the schooland the courtyard of theschool.

Awarded to students get excellentmarks in board examinations

CHET RAM RATANNAWANSHAHR, OCT 24

Spanish promoters Viru San-gowalia, Sarabjit SinghSabi, Sukhwinder Singh,Rossi Spain, Amrik SinghSpain, Bittu Purewal, SabuDhanoa, Bagga Bhaji, LaliThadi, Gurpreet Nawan-shahr, Amandeep Singh, Ra-mandeep Singh today saidthat Kabaddi Cup, dedicatedto the ongoing peasant strug-gle in the country, will beheld on November 6 at GuruGobind Singh Sports Stadi-

um in Jalandhar. They weretalking to reporters whilepreparing for the KabaddiCup for the first time.

They said that interna-tional players will performin this Kabaddi Cup. On thisoccasion, the families ofthose farmers who havebeen martyred in the peasantstruggle will be given finan-cial assistance by the pro-moter of Holland.

An appeal was made tothe families of the martyrfarmers to reach the Kabad-di Cup venue.

Kabaddi Cup promoters offer aid tokin of farmers who died during stir

Birth anniversary of Sri Guru Ramdascelebrated with great fanfare at

Cheema Public School Kishan Kot

QADIAN (SARWAN): Shri Guru Ramdas Ji'sPrakash Parva was celebrated with great fanfare atCheema Public School Kishankot. On this occasion,the teachers and students present were mesmerized bythe kirtan performed by the students of the school.The Chairman of the school Amarinder SinghCheema and Principal Mandeep Kaur congratulatedthe students on this day and also encouraged them towalk on the path of education and truth in life. On thisoccasion Jaswinder Kaur encouraged the students towalk on the path of truth through word singing andsaid that our gurus are our guides and we should makeour life successful by following the path shown bythem and always help the needy and downtrodden

.On this occasion, Rishi Kochhar, the coordinatorof the school, also congratulated the students on thisday and wished them all the best for the future.

HEMANT SHARMARAMPURA PHUL, OCT 24

Local Sheller AssociationMeeting F.C.I zonal directorJiwan Garg. The meeting dis-cussed the problems facingthe shell owners and madeefforts to find a suitable solu-tion.

The main agenda of themeeting was brought to thenotice of the Zonal Directorregarding the rice and lack ofspace in the warehouses Heassured that the issue wouldbe brought to the notice ofFood and Civil Supply Min-ister Piyus Goyal. Jiwan

Garg said he would be com-mitted to making room formore and more spacers in thewarehouse. He promised thatF.C.I.Staff at I Depot will notbe allowed to be reduced.Sheler owners will not be al-lowed to have any problemsduring the season. On this oc-casion, the President of theAssociation, Manveer Singhdhillon Shashi Singla DistrictPresident, Chairman Indrajitdhillon, Bhushan Gupta,Chandan Kant kala, Bhushanbansal, In addition to theNinny Bansal, all membersof the Sheler Associationwere present.

Sheller Association meetingwith FCI Zonal Director

SUKH NAHAR JAGRAON, OCT 24

Municipal council Jagraon atmany occasions finds itselfsurrounding by controversiesdue to the corruption allega-tions. This time, MC Jargaonis in news as it suspendedconstruction of Raikot road.ADC (urban) Sandeep Ku-mar reached the constructionsite to inspect road construc-tion. Giving more informa-tion, ADC Sandeep Kumar

said that he received com-plaint from councilors Amar-jeet Malwa, Satish KumarDaudharia, Sidhu, Dheer inwhich it was mentioned that80 MM plastic molding tileis being used for construc-tion though steel moldingtile was passed in the esti-mate. Moreover, the roadbeing made is elevated morethan required which will cre-ate a problem for surround-ing areas during times ofrain.

ADC urban suspends roadconstruction in Jagraon

Admission to pre-nursery classes starts at Jhorran school

RAIKOT (HARPREET SINGH GILL): Inresponse to the demands of parents, admission to pre-nursery classes is being started at Baba Ishar SinghBaba Kundan Singh (N) Public School Jhorran. Theinstitution is known for providing quality educationto the boys and girls of rural and urban areas and forkeeping them up to date. Disclosing this here today,Principal Palwinder Singh Cheema said that the

school was starting pre-nursery class from themonth of November onthe persistent demand ofthe parents. The admis-sions to the class havealready started. He saidthat the good atmosphereof the school and theexperienced staff arekeen for the holistic

development of the child. Giving more informationabout pre-nursery classes, he said that their mainobjective was to inculcate the habit of bringing thechild from home to school and inculcate good habitsin him through sports activities. Parents should takemaximum advantage of this by enrolling their chil-dren, he said.

Migrant workerkilled in accidentASHOKKAURAPHAGWARA, OCT 24A migrant worker travellingon a tractor was crushed todeath. The investigating offi-cer (IO)Som Nath said thatthe deceased has been identi-fied as Sabar Ali (30 ) a resi-dent of West Bengal and re-siding at Talwann villageAbdul Rahim co –villagerof the deceased told the po-lice that Sabar was sitting onmudguard and fell down dueto potholed road and wascrushed to death beneathtractor’s tire

IO said the police actingunder section 174 of thecr.p.c on a statement fromRahim handed over the bodyto the family after postmortem. The Lohian Khaspolice also initiated proceed-ings under section 174 of thecr.p.c in connection with thedeath of Amarprit Singh aresident of Rupewal coloniessaid IO Sarabjit Singh.

MAHAVIR GOYALAHMEDGARH, OCT 24

The Golden Ladies Club cel-ebrated Karwa Chauth atGreen Avenue, Ahmedgarhunder the chairmanship ofMrs. Seema Garg, Chairper-son of the Club at Garg Ni-was. Mrs Garg said that Kar-wa Chauth is the biggest andholiest festival of the Suha-gans.

After this the Suhaganssang various songs and

hymns. Among them Deep-ak Mere Suhaag Ka, JeevanSathi Saath Mein Rehna, DerNa Ho Jaaye Kahin and otherSanskrit programs were pre-sented. Seema Garg, PalviGarg, Anju Kaura, NidhiSingla, Yasika Jain, Monica,Sonia, Natisa Pooja, Anju,Anjana, Nancy, Mamta, So-nia Singla, Shelley Singla,Nishu Arora, Vandana Garg,Kavita, Neelu Mittal, DiyaKaura,shriya garg were present.

Golden Ladies Club Ahmedgaghcelebrates Karwa Chauth

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, OCT 24

MLA Sunder Sham Arorasaid that the Punjab Govern-ment has done record break-ing development works in thestate and made proper effortsto solve the problems of everyarea. He was addressing thevillagers during the com-mencement of the construc-tion work of the road leadingto village Bajwada in villageQila Barun. During this, May-or Surinder Kumar and Chair-man City Improvement TrustAdvocate Rakesh Marwahawere also present with him.

The MLA said that this 1.53km road is being built at a costof Rs 19.53 lakh, which was along-standing demand of thepeople of the area. He saidthat the Punjab Government isserious about the all-round de-velopment of the villages, forwhich continuous efforts arebeing made by the Govern-ment to provide basic facili-ties in the villages. He saidthat it is very important for thevillagers to be aware of thevarious schemes being run bythe government, because thebenefits of these schemes canbe availed only with the helpof information.

Punjab govt get recordbreaking dev work done instate: Sunder Sham Arora

Heavy rain and hailstormcaused loss of basmati,

peas crop: Farmers

KULJEET SINGHJANDIALA GURU, OCT 24

The sown crop of basmatiand peas has been damageddue to heavy rains from lastevening till late night.Davinder Singh, leader ofthe Kisan Sangharsh Com-mittee, said that the basmaticrop has fallen by 50-60percent , due to which therewill be less production ofbasmati and the farmer willsuffer financial loss. Hesaid that the farmers arefacing a double economichit. Sowing of pea cropgives a seed of about 10thousand rupees for oneacre, the farmer has lost thecrop sown due to rain.

SJIT donates water coolers to

civil hospital

RAJ SADOSHABOHAR, OCT 24 The Surinder Jakhar IFFCOTrust, in view of the need ofRO water coolers in the Sub-divisional Civil Hospital,have gifted two water coolersalong with RO equipment tothe hospital. On the occasion,SJIT trustee Jaiveer Jakhar,City Congress president Mo-han Lal Thatai and CouncilorVipan Sharma were present.SMO Dr. Gagandeep Singhexpressed his gratitude to theTrust and said that the pa-tients had to face difficultiesdue to non-availability ofpure and soft water.

Senior Akali leader and Ex zilaparishad chairman Jasveer SinghDeol says Good By to politics MAMOON RASHID MALERKOTLA: Jasveer SinghDeol a senior Akali Leader and exzila parishad Chairman said goodby to politics. Deol while speakingto Yugmarg said that there is noethics in party now and party

president isauthorisingindustrialists toannounce partyticket toanybody, he saidthat party ticketfrom Malerkotlais Given toMohammed

Younus who is close to renownedindustrialist Mohammed owais whowas party candidate in 2017.There are many who spentdecades serving the party andthere are many who were jailed forthe party and all of them wereneglected so he got hurt with thisdecision and decided to leavepolitics. Jasvir Singh Deol said thatparty workers are working day andnight for the party so they shouldnever be neglected or ignored atany cost.

2nd free check-upcamp at Virk Hospital Karnal

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: The second free check-upcamp was organised by Virk Hospitaland Sarbat Da Bhala Trust for the con-sultation of stomach and liver diseasesin which Dr. Balbir Virk and social work-er Gagnesh Prabhakar inaugurated thecamp. On this occasion, Dr. Vivek Ahu-ja examined 35 patients who reachedthe camp. He said that due to wrongfood, stomach and liver problems areincreasing more in people. If we want toavoid stomach and liver diseases, thenwe have to keep our food and drinkright. On the other hand, social workersGagnesh Prabhakar and HardeepWalia expressed their gratitude to Dr.Vivek Ahuja and he was honoured witha sapling as a gift.On this occasion Pravesh Gaba saidthat now this camp will be organised onSunday, October 31 at Virk HospitalKarnal. He informed that in this camp,stomach and liver related diseases likeblack jaundice, liver diseases causedby alcohol, stomach cancer, vomiting ofblood, acidity/gas formation, indigestionof food, frequent vomiting etc. werechecked.

Nehru Youth Centremembers organisesanitation driveRANVIR PARASHARKAITHAL: Diksha Mishra, Coordinator,Nehru Youth Center, informed that asper the instructions of the Ministry ofYouth Programs and Sports, Govern-ment of India, a sanitation program wasorganized, under which the youth clubmembers went door to door in the vil-lage and collected single use plasticwaste and made the villagers awareabout the harm caused by it.Coordinator Diksha Mishra informedthat from October 1, under this cam-paign, single use plastic collection driveis being run by the Mandal members attheir village as well as at various publicplaces in Khadalwa and Mataur. Its pur-pose is to make this campaign a massmovement and to connect the commonpeople with it by going from house tohouse. Pooja, Shivam, Rishabh, Di-nesh, Sukhdeep, Sahil, Ashu and Man-ish etc. were present on this occasion.

More than 8 lakhvaccinated inKaithal dist: DCRANVIR PARASHARKAITHAL: Deputy commissionerPradeep Dahiya said that no case ofcorona infection has come to light onSaturday, while one person has defeat-ed corona. There are 2 active cases inthe district which are being treated inPGI Chandigarh.Follow the instructions of Covid-19 is-sued by the government to prevent thespread of common corona infection. Ac-cording to the report of the health de-partment, out of 11 thousand 244 coro-na patients in the district, 10 thousand896 patients have been cured.The recovery rate of the district is 96.9percent. The positive rate is 3.18 per-cent and the death rate is 3.07 percent.Out of a total of 9511 persons living inhome isolation, 9511 have recovered.DC Pradeep Dahiya informed thatCovid-19 vaccine is being administeredat all PHC and CHC centers in the dis-trict. There is an appeal from all the res-idents of the district that the personswho have not been vaccinated yet,must get themselves and their relativesvaccinated.

NEWS BRIEFS HARYANA

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2021

Chauhan’s move to give lamps to needyR K KASHYAPYAMUNANAGAR: Taking inspiration from the Skill India programme being run by the Prime Minister ofthe country, Narendra Modi, Municipal Corporation Mayor Madan Chauhan has started a campaign`Chalo jalaye Dipak wahan Jahan andhera hai’. Under this campaign, Mayor Madan Chauhan willbuy earthen lamps and utensils from the economically weak potters of Twin city and distribute themto the people of all sections of the society. So that on Diwali, lamps are lit even in those houses,where the lamps are not lit due to lack of money. Mayor Madan Chauhan launched this campaign onSunday. Under the campaign, a target has been set to distribute earthen lamps and utensils free ofcost to more than one lakh people of Twin city. He also urged the townspeople to use pottery madeby handicrafts men.

RANVIR PARASHARKAITHAL, OCT 24

Satindra Sivach, Managing Director,Cooperative Sugar Mill, inspected themill in the context of preparations forthe Pirai session 2021-22 and gavenecessary directions to the officersand employees. He instructed all thestaff to thoroughly inspect the ma-chinery at their respective stations toavoid any breakdown during thecrushing session. All officers and em-ployees should take special care ofsafety and follow the instructions giv-en by the government to prevent coro-na epidemic and also take special careof cleanliness at their work place.

The Managing Director said thatthe mill has set a target of crushingmore than 45 lakh quintals of sugar-cane during the upcoming crushingseason. Everyone has to work togeth-er and help the mill to get more bene-fits by cutting down on unnecessaryexpenses. With the cooperation of all,the mill achieved encouraging results

during the last Pirai season and notonly waved its flag at the national lev-el in technical skills but also at thestate level as Kaithal Mill was de-clared as the best mill in the state. Heappealed to the employees that all theemployees should work diligently sothat the mill can get better results dur-ing this crushing session.

He informed that the production ofbriquettes should be ensured as per thecapacity from the bagasse briquetteplant established in the mill and highgrade jaggery and sugar should be pro-duced in the jaggery plant. He also in-

structed the farmers to supply fresh andleafless sugarcane to the mill so that thesugar recovery rate of the mill could befurther increased. The mill administra-tion will provide more facilities to thefarmers during the crushing season sothat the farmer who brings sugarcane tothe mill does not have to face any kindof trouble. He informed that the millhas set a target of crushing more than45 lakh quintals of sugarcane duringthe upcoming crushing season. Thechief engineer of the mill, A.A. Sid-diqui informed the Managing Directorthat all the preparations for the upcom-ing Pirai season have been almost com-pleted in the mill and various machinesare being trialled and a program ofBoiler Pujan will be organized on Oc-tober 27. On this occasion, the chiefengineer of the mill, A.A. Siddiqui,Chief Chemist Kamalkant Tiwari, En-gineer Lovelesh Kumar, RamphalSharma, Avanindra Kumar, Kiran Ku-mar, Satyajit Lal and other officers andemployees of the mill were also pres-ent on the occasion.

Annual NCC training camp

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: On the third day of Joint Annual NCC Training Camp- 145 atPandit Chiranji Lal Government Post Graduate College under the aegisof 7 Haryana Battalion NCC Karnal, Colonel Naresh Arya, Command-ing Officer, Battalion Karnal highlighted the objectives of NCC. He saidthat the cadet would become a better person after the joint trainingcamp. He said that map reading, drill, weapon handling, combat skillsand firing exercises are being done during the camp. Cultural, quiz, de-bate competition will be organized among the cadets. He said that thecadet should apply the things learned in the training in his life. Cadetsare being trained to use weapons. Along with this, education and train-ing for leadership and personality development is being imparted. Cap-tain Praveen Kaushik and Associate NCC Officer Dr. Kewal Krishnasaid that range drill is necessary to maintain discipline. During that time,security and discipline at the range is essential. All cadets are requiredto have knowledge of range working methodology.He informed that with the motto of One Shot, One Kill (One Shot, OneEnemy) the cadets are learning to use weapons. In this training, thecadets are also given information about opening and attaching theweapon, cleaning the weapon, filling the magazine, aiming with the rightarm, trigger operation etc.

Makkar chief coordinatorof Sahakar Bharti Haryana

RAJENDERA KHATRYKARNAL, OCTOBER 24

Neeraj Makkar of Chandigarh has been appointed theHaryana State Chief Coordinator of Sahakar Bharti or-ganisation. He was appointed by the national organisa-tional secretary Sanjay Pachpire and National GeneralSecretary Uday Joshi during the state level conventionof Sahakar Bharti Haryana Pradesh today in Karnal.Neeraj Makkar has thanked Sahakar Bharti for his ap-pointment.

400th centenary celebrationof Data Bando ChorSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: The 400th centenary celebrations of Guru Data Bandi Chhorare being celebrated across the country. Guru Har Gobind Singh Ji Ma-haraj had freed 52 kings from the captivity of Mughal King Jahangir.This day is being celebrated as Data Bandi Chhor Diwas. They wereimprisoned in the fort of Gwalior. As part of this 400 year centenary cel-ebrations, Nagarkir-tan will be taken outfrom the gurudwarain Gwalior, leavingthe donor captive.This Nagar Kirtanwill be led by BabaSewa Singh Khan-dur Sahib. NagarKirtan will reachKarnal on October30 at 5 pm.The Nagarkirtan willbe warmly wel-comed in Karnal.This informationwas given by the head of Dera Kar Seva Baba Sukha Singh and the of-fice bearer of Guru Parv Prabandhak Committee, S. Inderpal Singh. Hesaid that Nagar Kirtan will reach Namaste Chowk in Karnal on October30 at 5 pm. Here it will be welcomed by the Sikh Sangat led by BabaSukha Singh. After that it will reach Dera Kar Sewa via Mira GhatiChowk. Will take overnight stay here. After that, Dera in Karnal willleave from Kar seva at eight in the morning. From here it will reach Nir-mal Kutia Chowk via Urban Estate including Sector 13. From here it willleave for Amritsar Darbar Sahib. It will be welcomed instead. BabaSukha Singh has appealed to the sangat of the surrounding towns towarmly welcome this Nagar Kirtan.

Guru Ramdas Maharaj’sPrakash Utsav heldRR SHELLYKARNAL: The Prakash Parv of the fourth Guru of the Sikh Panth, Chau-thi Patshah Shri Guru Ramdas Ji Maharaj, was celebrated in Karnal un-der the patronage of Baba Sukha Singh Dera Kar Sewa. Gurmati Sam-agam was organised in Dera Kar Sewa by Guru Nanak Sevak Jatha.

This information was given bythe organizing committee.Ratan Singh, Rajendra SinghMiddha, Preet Pal Singh saidthat earlier Gurmati Sam-agam was organised at Gur-dwara Manji Sahib lastevening from 7 pm to 10 pm.After that Gurmati Samagamwas organised at GurdwaraDera Kar seva from 10 amtoday. Diwan was decorated

in it. On this occasion, Bhai Shubhdeep Singh, Hazuri Ragi Jatha Sri Dar-bar Sahib Amritsar, Bhai Gagandeep Singh Sri Ganganagar Wale, BhaiBalwinder Singh Hazuri Ragi Manji Sahib, Bhai Inderjit Singh, BhaiBhupinder Singh, Bhai Amritpal Singh Bhai Barinder Singh, glorified theGuru. An unbroken langar was laid. On this occasion, Congress DistrictConvenor Tarlochan Singh and various social workers were honoured bypresenting Siropa. On this occasion, Guru Parv Committee officials Inder-pal Singh, Ratan Singh Amrit Pal Singh, Amandeep Singh, Surendra PalSingh Ramgadia, Satwinder Singh, Sarvinder Singh, Kuljeet Singh,Sarvjit Singh, Manik Singh Sethi Bhupinder Singh Midha, Preet SinghMiddha, Satinder Pal Singh Oberoi were present.

Dr Ashok gives plateletsfor 2nd time in 10 daysSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKURUKSHETRA: Dr. Ashok Kumar Verma, a sub-inspector appointedin the NCB of Haryana state, has given platelets twice in 10 days.Tonight, he received information from Karnal that there is a great needfor platelets for a young man, so as soon as he got the information, hereached Karnal and donated platelets to Chawla Laboratory. On the

other hand, due to lack of aplatelets kit in Kurukshetra, he alsodonated platelets to another youthunder treatment at Kalpana ChawlaGovernment College. Sub-Inspec-tor of Police Dr. Ashok Kumar Ver-ma, who has been donating bloodsince 1989, said that dengue hasspread in Haryana and to avoidthis, do not allow clean water to col-lect because dengue mosquitobreeds in clean water.Along with this, every healthy per-

son should come forward to donate platelets because due to lack ofplatelets, human life is in danger. Platelets play a major role in stoppingbleeding. He said that the process of giving platelets takes about 60 to90 minutes. At present, donating platelets is the biggest service insteadof donating blood at the time of dengue. Dr. Ashok Kumar Verma saidthat even today people have to wander here and there for blood, whileblood donation camps are being organized every day. It is a matter ofcontemplation. The President's Police Medal for Police Services, Nation-al Gold Medalist Diamond Blood Donor and environmental watchdog Dr.Ashok Kumar Verma not only donates blood himself, but in North India,he campaigned for the awareness of blood donation by millions of youth.has awakened. He has donated blood 145 times and platelets 67 timestill date. In the year 2021 itself, he has donated blood 3 times andplatelets 7 times. 375 voluntary blood donation camps have also beenorganised so far, in which 45549 people have benefited from the collect-ed blood and they are doing all this work without any banner.

DARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI, OCT 24

A demolition drive wascarried out by MC inNilokheri Kisan Basti to-day. Prince Kumar, Mu-nicipal Secretary ofNilokheri said that colo-nizers are cutting coloniesin the town without thepermission of the govern-ment, and added that suchcolonies will not be al-lowed to develop in thetown.

He informed that to-day's action has been taken as per the orderof the Deputy Commissioner. The founda-tion and walls of structures under construc-tion have been demolished.

The MC secretary says that the publicshould not invest their hard-earned moneyin the illegal colonies. Before investing in

property, they should come to the municipaloffice and get information and only afterthat they should buy and sell a property.

The MC secretary said that no coloniz-er should cut the colony in the unapprovedarea, otherwise similar action will be takenby the municipality in future.

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Mega PTM held atGumthala Rao school

NIRMAL SAINIRADAUR: A Mega PTM meeting was held at Government PrimarySchool Gumthala Rao, in which the parents of the children studying inthe school participated. Arriving at the meeting, the parents discussedvarious problems in the children's studies such as difficulty in gettingonline education, short opening of school, internet not working properlyin the village and lack of staff members in the school.The parents demanded in the meeting that all their problems should beresolved as soon as possible, so that the children's studies are not af-fected.School teacher Ratan Singh said that attempts will be made to addressall the issues raised by the parents on priority basis. At the meeting, theparents were also shown the progress report of the online examinationof the children.Pankaj Kumar, Sonu Tomar, Rajni, Pinki, Sunita Devi, Jaswinder Singh,Razia Begum and Shikari Devi were present on this occasion.

Target to crush 45 lakh quintalsof sugarcane at Kaithal Mill: MD

Karnal residents praised for comingforward and donating blood

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, OCT 24

Former member of HaryanaStaff Selection Commission,educationist and social work-er Ramsharan Bhola Advo-cate today said that there isno greater donation thanblood donation. We can savepeople’s lives through it, headded.

He said that whether it iscoronavirus epidemic or anydisaster, there is always ashortage of blood. He ex-pressed satisfaction over thefact that the people of Karnalare the biggest blood donors.Whether it is thalassemia orany crisis here, all of themare at the forefront of blooddonation.

He was speaking todayas a chief guest at the BloodDonation Program and UNODay Program jointly organ-ized by the Red Cross Soci-ety and the Anti-CorruptionBureau of India ADA Center.

The program was chaired byKulbir Malik, Secretary, RedCross Society. Earlier onUNO Day, the youths whowere sworn in by the ADRCenter took out a march. Thiswas followed by a blood do-nation program.

The chief guest inaugu-rated the program by lightinga lamp. After this, the guestswere welcomed. FormerChairman of Nilokheri BlockCommittee Ramphal Ror waspresent as a special guest. In-formation about the program

was given by National Presi-dent Rajesh Jindal.

In his presidential ad-dress on the occasion, Secre-tary of the Red Cross SocietyKulbir Malik said that every-one must donate blood.Among those who donatedblood on the occasion wereSaksham, Sahil, Rajendra,Randeep, Sushant etc. andMaivar Sanjeev Batra,Naveen Bindal, Ajay Jain,Sushant Rohila, Harish Ku-mar, Harvinder Singh andSurinder Kumar.

YUGMARG BUREAUOn the occasion of Karva Chauth in theold age home, the members of the YouthVeerangana Sanstha celebrated the festi-val by giving fruits, sweets and matthi tothe elders present there. On this occa-sion, all the members came to knowabout the condition of the elders and

shared their views with them. The elderspresent there recited and listened tohymns, members of the Youth Veeran-gana Sanstha entertained them by danc-ing. Brijbala, Sonia Kashyap, KomalArora, Priya Gaba, Asha Shrestha, Sr-ishti, Ansha Bareja and all the memberswere present.

Youth Veerangana Sansthavisits old age home

Demolition drive carriedout in Nilokheri

Procession taken out tomark Valmiki Jayanti

NIRMAL SAINIRADAUR, OCT 24

A procession was organized in Gumthala village on the occa-sion of Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti. Director of Elite MiningCompany B-17 Vipin Sharma, who was the chief guest on theoccasion, inaugurated the procession by cutting a ribbon.

The procession started from Valmiki temple, passedthrough the streets of the village before returning to the tem-ple premises. The procession was given a grand welcome bythe villagers by showering flowers at various places. Chiefguest Vipin Sharma said that Maharshi Valmiki composed Ra-mayana and gave a holy book to the society., which taughtpeople the lesson of life.

Woman who went missing afterquarrel with husband found in MP

NIRMAL SAINIRADAUR: Hina, a resident of Bagwali village in the area, who wentmissing after a quarrel with her husband about three months ago overthe good education of her children, has been recovered by the policefrom Chitrakoot, a town on the border of Madhya Pradesh. The womanwas living in an ashram there. Investigating officer Satnam Singh tookthe woman to Yamunanagar with the help of a female police officer andrecorded her statement in court.The investigating officer said that in the statement, the woman ex-pressed her desire to stay with her husband. On which the police sentthe woman home to her husband. Dharmapal, in-charge of Jathalanapolice station, informed that about three months ago, on August 8, Hina,a resident of Bagwali village in the area, got into a quarrel with her hus-band over the good education of her children. Due to which Hina hadleft the house.The husband had lodged a report of her disappearance at the policestation. Satnam Singh was investigating the case. He found the missingperson’s location in Chitrakoot of Madhya Pradesh. The police reachedthe spot and recovered the woman.