Phagwara Diary: Akali Dal’s SC/BC wing forms 21-member panel
The SC/BC wing of Phagwara rural block, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), held a meeting under the leadership of Surup Singh Khalwad, Mohan Singh Dehati, Harbilas, Massa Singh and others. In the presence of former chairman of Punjab Markfed, Jarnail Singh Wahad and former deputy mayor Ranjit Singh Khurana, a 21-member committee was formed. Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, the committee would be responsible all the political developments in the area. Besides, a list of upcoming programs was also issued.
Social worker seeks repair of roads
Troubled over damaged road in city, Dr Jasjeet Singh Virk, president, Citizens Rights Forum, Phagwara, has written a letter to the project managers of the NHAI against waterlogging on roads at various underpasses of Phagwara. Virk, a social worker, also appealed to the NHAI to install directions boards at the turn of Chandigarh traffic near Konica Resorts and another at the turning traffic at Phagwara near Sugar mill and on the courts side.
Neeraj Chopra and men’s hockey team players to visit alma mater
Olympics medal winners — Neeraj Chopra and men’s hockey team players — are scheduled to visit Lovely Professional University, their alma mater. The university is hosting a gala ceremony to felicitate its students and celebrate their victory in the Tokyo Olympics 2020. At the onset of the Tokyo Olympics 2020, LPU had announced cash rewards for its students who would win a medal at the sports event, which included Rs50 lakh to gold medal winners, Rs25 lakh to silver and Rs10 lakh for bronze. The university will felicitate its Olympic champions in the presence of Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, who will be grace the ceremony as the chief guest on August 31 in a gala event where Neeraj Chopra and ten members of the National hockey team will be rewarded with cash prizes. The university will bestow cash awards of Rs 1.75 Crores to all its Olympic medal winning students. TNS
