First freight train brings in 800-MT of urea

The first rake of fertiliser brought in 800-MT urea on Thursday here. The farmers of the district heaved a sigh of relief as now they will not face any kind of difficulties in procuring it. Divulging details, Cooperative Department District Registrar Sarbjeet Kaur said the first rake has arrived and two more would be coming on Sunday which will bring 1,700-MT urea and there will not be any further shortage of fertilisers. She said the district has a requirement of 14,903-MT urea out of which 11,117-MT is being supplied to farmers through Markfed. She said before the resumption of trains, the district had only 1,133-MT urea in its stock. As many as 100 cooperative societies in the district shall ensure timely disbursal of urea to farmers. The peasantry and traders’ fraternity were a harried lot due to its shortage because of halting of trains and the farmers were also forced to pay more than Rs350 for a single bag of urea. Satpal Manchanda, head of Pesticide Dealers Association, said some of the dealers had also paid lakhs of rupees to get the urea from Haryana and Rajasthan but failed to receive the fertiliser. According to experts of the Agriculture Department, there is an immediate need of spraying urea for wheat and potato crops in these present conditions. They said the wheat and potatoes are cultivated on 1.18 lakh hectare and 10,000 hectares in Kapurthala, respectively, for which there was urgent need of urea.

Voter revisions: 6, 08,467 voters in Kapurthala

Following the final revision of voter lists in the district, the total voters have been counted to 60, 8467. District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Deepti Uppal said of the total voters, as many as 31, 8128 are men and 29, 039 are women and 30 are transgenders. The area has 768 polling booths, of which the most number of booths amounting to 220 are on Phagwara, 190 are at Sultanpur Lodhi, 184 are in Kapurthala and 174 are at Bholath. Phagwara has most voters – 186,598, while Sultanpur Lodhi has 144,854, Kapurthala has 143,432 and Bholath has 133583. Across all four constituencies, male voters are more than the female. Phagwara has 98,268 male voters and 88,323 female voters, Sultanpur Lodhi has 76,739 male voters and 68,113 female voters, Kapurthala has 75,300 male voters and 68,113 female voters, Bholath has 67,821 male voters and 65,760 female voters. “Objections and claims from the public shall be received on the voters list by BLOs on December 5 and 6,” the DC said. TNS

Farewell…Dr Anirudh Pratap

Dean Research and Development of IK Gujral Punjab Technical University (IKGPTU) Dr Anirudh Pratap Singh today retired after serving the institute for nearly 10 years. He has the experience of 35 years of working on academic as well as various administrative positions. During his tenure of job, he worked in state government and Centre govt. level institutions at various locations on various positions. It includes GB Pant Engineering College, Paudi Garhwal, IIT, BHU Varanasi and Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus, Ferozepur. A farewell party was organised by the general administration and public relations department of the university. Vice Chancellor Prof Ajay Kumar Sharma wished Dr AP Singh good luck for the beginning of new innings. He said Dr AP Singh’s services in the university would always be remembered. Dean Academics Dr Vikas Chawla, Registrar Sandeep Kumar Kazal and In charge VC Secretariat Dr Hitesh Sharma also addressed the gathering during the farewell ceremony. Assistant Registrar Saurabh Sharma conducted the stage.