Punjab establishes 12 modern pack houses
SAS Nagar: To ensure natural ripening through scientific methods, 12 modern pack houses have been established across Punjab wherein fruits are being ripened at cold stores through ethylene gas under controlled temperature of 15 degree. These pack houses have been setup at ludhiana, Phagwara, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Batala, Moga, Ferozepur, Abohar, Bathinda, Sangrur, and Patiala, said Punjab Mandi Board secretary TPS Sidhu on Sunday. He said that the fruits in natural form also get ripen through ethylene gas which generates naturally as in general rapping with newspaper is being done for ripening.
Technology to be used for info dissemination
Chandigarh: Haryana Information, Public Relations and languages Minister, Kavita Jain, has said that under Digital India, technology would be put to greater use for dissemination of information to the general public about the decisions taken by the state government. Jain said that an improved information system would be developed for villages and for the poor and needy people to ensure that they benefited from the policies of the state government. The capabilities of officers and employees of the department would be optimally utilised to achieve this aim, she said.
Fiitjee students tops in NTSE Stage 2 Exams
Chandigarh: Six Fiitjee students are selected out of total 7 students from Chandigarh in NTSE STAGE 2 Exam. The city ranks 1, 2, and 3 are secured by Fiitjee students. Suchit Verma Center Head Fiitjee Chandigarh expressed his happiness and congratulated all the scholars for their perseverance and dedication while emerging successful at the national level. Chandigarh topper Pranav Goyal secured 115.05 out of 145 marks and Archit Bansal secured 2nd position with 113.7 marks.
Haryana Chief Minister expresses grief
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar lal, has expressed deep grief over the demise of Chander Bhan, father of Ram Niwas, Additional Chief Secretary, Home. Chief Minister said Chander Bhan (88) was a staunch Arya Samaji, a great teacher and a preacher. He was popularly called ‘Mahashay Ji’ due to his writings against social evils and moral degradations that have come to plague the society. The Chief Minister conveyed his heartfelt sympathies to the members of the bereaved family and prayed that the departed soul might rest in peace.
Act on NGT orders, Kiran Choudhry asks CM
Chandigarh: Kiran Choudhry, leader of the Haryana Congress legislature Party, has asked the BJP Government, led by the Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar, to immediately act on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), demolish the restaurant and banquet hall the land owner has been running on two acres of land in Ankhir village of Faridabad district since 1978, and restore forest there. She said the NGT order empowered the authorities, including the police, Faridabad MC, Forest Department and the Haryana State Pollution Control Board, to initiate action against the owner for conducting non-forestry activity which was a clear violation of the law. “The two-part order ordering action to stop any non-forest activity and directing restoration of the forest in the land in question must be executed fast and all non-forest activity in the Aravallis brought to a halt”, she demanded.