KAO donates Body Suits, Masks to Punjab jails
Chandigarh: Punjab Jail Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Saturday said Khalsa Aid Organisation has provided necessary items and equipment to the Prisons Department for enhancing its capacity to tackle Covid-19 pandemic. ADGP Prisons, Praveen K. Sinha while thanking the Khalsa Aid, said that, “Khalsa Aid Organisation has always come up and played a pivotal role in helping the needy during the exigencies throughout the world and have proved to be the real heroes – who works silently without seeking attention. Humanity shall always hold such noble souls in high regard”. Khalsa Aid Organisation, represented by Amarpreet Singh and other volunteers donated a total of 920 body suits, 5000 masks, 1650 bottles of sanitizer (100 ml) and 23 IR Thermometers to various jails of Punjab. To control the menace of mosquito borne diseases and for disinfection of jail premises, nine shoulder mounted fogging machines were donated by Khalsa Aid, one for each Central Jail.
Pb POLICE DEDICATES DIGITAL REMEMBRANCE WALL
Chandigarh: Punjab Police on Saturday created and launched a digital ‘Remembrance Wall’ to enable the colleagues, family, friends and admirers of deceased ACP Anil Kohli to pay their respects and homage to the brave corona warrior, who met an untimely death in the performance of his difficult duties during the current pandemic. Notably, ACP Anil Kohli was the first Police officer in the country to succumb to Covid-19 on April 18 in Ludhiana. In his message on the launch, Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh commended the State Police for taking the initiative of creating and launching a digital ‘Remembrance Wall’ in the memory of the ACP who gave up his life to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country. DGP Dinkar Gupta said visitors to the wall can post messages in the memory of the valiant officer. While posting his message, Gupta, said, “Dear Anil, you are an inspiration to the entire Punjab Police. Your dedication to duty, your selfless service and your ceaseless acts of humanitarian goodness have endeared you to the entire State of Punjab. Your sacrifice in the line of duty will continue to motivate us for all in the relentless fight against this terrible disease. You have become a beacon for us all in the Punjab Police. May your soul Rest In Peace.”
4 temple trusts contribute Rs 3.75 cr to Govt
Shimla: Four temple trusts in Himachal Pradesh have contributed Rs 3.75 crores to the state government to fight Covid-19, the chief minister's office said. Naina Devi Mandir Trust has contributed Rs 2.5 crores, Baba Balak Nath Shahtalai Mandir Trust Rs 1crore and Laxmi Narayan Mandir Trust as well as Maharishi Markandeya Temple Trust have contributed Rs 25 lakh, the CMO tweeted. Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur expressed gratitude to the temple trusts for their generous contributions to HP SDMA Covid-19 State Disaster Response Fund for the ongoing fight against novel coronavirus.
stranded Kashmiri labourers leave Himachal
Shimla: About 140 stranded Kashmiri labourers left Shimla for Jammu and Kashmir on Friday evening. They left in six buses on Friday at 10.30 pm after Himachal Pradesh government gave them the permission amid the coronavirus curfew.
Journalists urge HP CM for insurance cover
Shimla: The office bearers of Press Club of Shimla led by President Anil Bhardwaj met Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur here and urged that the state government should provide insurance cover to all accreditated and non-accreditated media person of print, electronic and web portals of the state keeping in view the threat of coronavirus. They also requested for medical examination of the journalists working in corona affected areas of the entire state. The Chief Minister assured that the state government would consider their demand sympathetically.
4.78 lakh MT of Wheat procured in Haryana
Chandigarh: Sanjeev Kaushal, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare and Cooperation Departments on Saturday said that 4.78 Lakh Metric Tonnes of Wheat was procured from 33509 farmers in the Procurement Centres of Haryana. With this, the progressive total of 19.26 Lakh Metric Tonnes of Wheat has been procured from 130707 farmers in the State in the last five days. He also added that on Saturday, 20350 Metric Tonnes of Mustard was procured from 7443 farmers in the 163 Procurement Centres of the State and progressive total of 2.41 lakh Metric Tonnes of mustard has been procured from 87294 farmers.