NSS volunteers of HMV, Jalandhar, clean statues

Jalandhar: NSS volunteers of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya cleaned the statues situated at parks and other places in Jalandhar with the collaboration of Health Officer Krishan Kumar and Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar under the guidance of Principal Prof Ajay Sareen. During the morning prayer, Gurwinder Kaur and Mehak Bhatia presented thought of the day. All the volunteers were divided in groups. One group visited Ward No. 78 and motivated the residents to contribute towards making of Swachh Jalandhar. Second group cleaned the various statues of freedom fighters at various squares and parks with the collaboration of Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar. The whole work was carried out under the guidance of Programme Coordinator Swachh Bharat Mission, Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar, Ramanpreet Kaur and NSS Programme Coordinator HMV Veena Arora. The project was started by cleaning the statues of Maharishi Dayanand, Mahatma Hans Raj and Mahatma Anand Swami in the campus of HMV. The volunteers also cleaned the statues of great freedom fighters at Desh Bhagat Yadgaar Hall and Memorial Jung-e-Azaadi. They also cleaned statues at B.R. Ambedkar Chowk, Mahatma Gandhi at the main MC Chowk, Major Raman Dada, Shaheed Udham Singh, and Bhagat Singh. Health Officer Naresh Kumar also motivated the volunteers. Veena Arora thanked Ramanpreet Kaur and her team for her cooperation.

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Voter awareness programmme

Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation Programme (SVEEP), with an idea “Exercise your voting right for a better tomorrow”, was organised by NSS wing, School of Engineering, Lyallpur Khalsa College Technical Campus. The aim of this programme was to make the voters understand that importance of each for a better government. The resource person for the day was Surjit Lal, District Assistant Nodal Officer (SVEEP), Jalandhar. Surjit Lal comprehensively elaborated that it is the moral responsibility of every eligible citizen of INDIA to exercise his/her right to vote and be a part of change.”Talk is cheap, voting is free; take it to the polls”. Students of the School of Engineering gave a patient hearing to the resource person and took a pledge to exercise their fundamental right to cast the vote. In the concluding part, Sukhbir Singh Chatha, Director Academic Affairs, KCL Group, Dr RS Deol, Deputy Director, KCL Group, encouraged the students to exercise their right to vote and motivated the NSS wing for organising such events in future too.

Online Discussion on drug abuse

Under the Buddy programme launched by the Government of Punjab to curb the menace of drug abuse, PCM SD College for Women organised an online discussion on the ill-effects of drugs on the society and the self. Drug abuse has been Punjab’s constant concern and burden and youngsters are most vulnerable to this malpractice. Fulfilling its responsibility towards the society, PCM SD College has pledged to fight against this evil practice under the Buddy programme. In the series of endeavours in this regard, an online discussion on the ill-effects of drugs was held wherein approximately twenty-five students had a healthy and detailed discussion on how drug abuse adversely affects the social fabric of the society as well as physical, mental and emotional health of the individual. The purpose of this activity was to generate awareness among students regarding drug abuse and they wholeheartedly participated by expressing their views on the topic. The members of the managing committee and principal of the college Dr Pooja Prashar encouraged all students to keep participating in such activities and motivated them to keep spreading awareness in the society. The Principal also lauded the efforts of Gurjit Kaur of the Department of English and the Nodal Officer of the college Buddy Programme for organising the activity.

Aid for NCLP schools

Keeping the tough time of COVID-19 in mind where people are losing their jobs or aren’t getting salaries on time, CT Educational Society came forward in order to help teachers of 10 schools falling under National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme. Present on the occasion were CT Group Co-Chairperson Parminder Kaur Channi and the project head Advocate Mohan Sachdeva who donated Rs 2.6 lakh to the teachers of 10 NCLP schools located in Kang Saboo, Model House, Kot Sadiq, Boota Pind, Basti Danishmandan, Babu Labh Singh, Basti Sheikh, Raj Nagar, Sabowal and Mithapur. Telling about the same, CT Group Co-Chairperson Parminder Kaur Channi said, “These teachers haven’t received their salaries from last few months and as they are doing a wonderful service by teaching the children belonging to below poverty line families, we thought of coming forward and giving them a ray of hope and encouragement so that they can continue teaching these needy children.”

birth anniversary celebrated

A special online assembly was organised at Delhi Public School on the auspicious occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh. Students of all classes from pre-nursery to XII paid their respects and reverence to Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th guru in Sikhs, who had a big impact on humanity with all the miraculous deeds he did during his lifetime. Children presented the ‘mool mantra’ and the thought of the day. They shared the significance of the day, the importance of 5 Ks and the Nishaan Sahib. The pious and wise teachings of ‘mercy and goodness for all’ were remembered with great reverence for him. A shabad filled the air with pious vibes. Principal Ritu Kaul shared that the day was observed to pay respects to Guru Gobind Singh,the unique nation builder who fought for righteousness. She also expressed that the school always encourages DPSites to follow the path of truth and courage in their life and tread on the teachings of Guru Gobind Singh. TNS