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Kinnow growers in high spirits
Police to educate people on Sanjh Kendra
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Overcrowded school autos banned by DC
F’pur institute selected
Gang of thieves nabbed in Barnala
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Kinnow growers in high spirits
Bathinda, December 3 According to reports, more than 15 per cent orange crop in Nagpur was first damaged due to the excessive hot weather and hailstorm and then due to a fungus attack because of incessant rains in August. The fungus attack had reportedly caused about 30 to 50 per cent fruit fall. The growers in Fazilka district, including parts of Abohar, that produces high quality kinnow, were this time selling their produce in the orchard for anything between Rs 12 to Rs15 (depending on quality) per kg as against Rs 7 to Rs 9 per kg last year. Production of kinnow in Fazilka is also expected to be less than last year because of fruit fall due to the prolonged hot weather and late rains that had initially caused anxiety among the fruit growers. But the loss would now get compensated due to the short supply of orange. However, the retailers here were selling kinnow at an exorbitant price of around Rs 40 per kg. More than 4000 kinnow orchards spread over 22,157 hectares in Fazilka, bordering Pakistan, have come up in the area during the last few years. Surinder Kumar, a kinnow trader of Abohar, said many new markets have opened up this season due to the shortage of Nagpur orange. He was sending truckloads of kinnow daily to Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi and other wholesale markets in the country. A box of 10 kg of kinnow was being sold in the wholesale market in Delhi for Rs 250 to Rs 300, he said. He said the cost of transporting the fruit has sharply increased due to the hike in the cost of diesel and lubricants and he was paying Rs 5.50 per kg as freight charges. A truck of 15 tonne carrying capacity was charging Rs 80,000 as freight charges for Bengaluru against Rs 60,000 last year. This is financially good season for those connected with cultivation and the trade of kinnow. The kinnow pluckers have also doubled their labour charges to Re 1 for each kg of pluck against 50 paise last year. Those who are engaged in packing the fruit in the grading houses were charging 50 paise for each kg of kinnow they pack in corrugated sheet boxes. Prem Babbar, producer of high quality kinnow, said in the days to come, when plucking reaches its peak, the fruit is expected to touch the price of Rs 30 per kg in the wholesale market. Deputy Director, Horticulture, Jagnandan Brar, was hopeful that the kinnow growers would earn good profit this season. (With inputs from |
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Police to educate people on Sanjh Kendra
Mansa, December 3 Each team will visit every police station or Sanjh Kendra. During their visit, these teams will fill up the given forms as well as mention their remarks. The teams will also be made aware of the facilities that the Sanjh Kendras offer to the common man. The police today appealed to various organizations, trade unions and the common man to ensure community participation to make the Sanjh Kendras a successful venture. The members of the various communities as well as Bollywood actor Aman Dhaliwal was also present on the occasion. As a goodwill gesture, the cops will present flowers to the visitors at the police station. Actor Aman Dhaliwal, the Mansa DC and the SSP presented flowers to Magghar Singh from village Kotli Kalan who had come to the Sanjh Kendra. |
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Overcrowded school autos banned by DC
Faridkot, December 3 The head teachers and the principals would also make sure that the vehicles do not carry more schoolchildren. The violators would be penalised, said the DC. Rickety auto-rickshaws, vans and rickshaws, bursting at the seams with schoolgoers, are a common sight on the city roads in the morning and afternoon. |
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F’pur institute selected
Ferozepur, December 3 Dr TS Sidhu, Director, SBSSTC, said the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) has been initiated by the HRD Ministry for the uplift of technical educational standards in the country under which five engineering institutes, including the SBSSTC in Ferozepur, has been selected.
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Award for Rly engineer
Ferozepur, December 3 Earlier, Rakesh had won accolades for publishing two books on railway land management. In these books, Rakesh had come up with brilliant proposals regarding management of railway land and on ways to generate revenue from the same. |
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Gang of thieves nabbed in Barnala
Barnala, December 3 A case in this regard was registered on November 29 on the basis of a complaint filed by Paramjit Kaur Mahant under Section 380 of the IPC at Bhadaur police station. The Barnala police said it had recovered cash, gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 10.5 lakh, from the members of the gang. |
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The damage to the orange crop in Nagpur has come as financial gain for the kinnow growers of Punjab who are in high spirits this season as their produce is fetching a price almost the double of what it was last year. The middlemen and retailers were also minting money because of the shortage of orange.
