Residents celebrate festival of lights with gaiety

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, November 5

The festival of Diwali was celebrated with fervour and tradition in the city. People clad in new attire, thronged temples and distributed sweets and savouries among friends and relatives.

Eco Diwali Awareness rally at Kanya Maha Vidyalaya

Kanya Maha Vidyalaya (Autonomous) celebrated Eco-friendly “Green Diwali” by organising an awareness rally. The rally was jointly organised by PG Department of English and Department of Student Welfare in order to spread awareness in society about celebrating “Eco-friendly Diwali’’. More than 200 students participated in the rally with placards showing slogans like “Green Diwali, clean Diwali” and “Pollution-free Diwali”. Students chanted slogans regarding green and pollution-free Diwali in order to spread awareness. Principal Prof (Dr) Atima Sharma Dwivedi addressed the students and gave tips to them for celebrating green Diwali and to avoid bursting of crackers, to make use of diyas over electricity and sharing gifts with the needy ones etc. She appreciated the efforts of the students and said youth is expected to lead society and they must continue with such productive initiatives in future also.

Lyallpur Khalsa College

Students of the Department of Post Graduate Political Science, Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, celebrated Diwali with great pomp and circumstance through the art of making rangoli and lamps, wherein college Principal Dr Gurpinder Singh Samra graced the occasion as the chief guest. Dr Samra told the students in detail about the history of this day and said that such festivals inspire us to live together and keep us connected with society. He congratulated the department and the students and said that just as a lamp dispels darkness with its light, so too the students should enlighten their way of life with the light of knowledge and lead the society with new thinking. This is the tradition of Lyallpur Khalsa College. The head of the department Prof. Manpreet Kaur welcomed Principal Dr Samra.

Thalassemia Ward, Civil Hospital, Jalandhar

Diwali and Bandi Chhor Diwas was celebrated at the Thalassemia Ward of the Civil Hospital, Jalandhar. President Dr. Navneet Kaur along with members and associates of the Sahara Sewa Samti, Jalandhar, disbursed Diwali gifts to the Thalassemia patients. Dr. Navneet Kaur, and members of Thalassemics children Welfare Society, Jalandhar, gave Rs 200 to each Thalassemic for enjoying the festival. The Agaaz society also distributed Diwali gifts to the patients and staff members of the ward. Er. TS Bhatia, General Secretary, Thalassemic Children Welfare Society Jalandhar was present on the occasion. While majority of the Thalssemic children hail from economically poor sections of the society, they collectively celebrated Diwali at the ward with their parents in an evening of celebration and cheer.

Apahaj Ashram

Diwali festival was celebrated at the Apahaj Ashram, Jalandhar, which was presided over by Vijay Sampla, chairman SC/ST Commission, Governemnt of India. Dr Girish Bali IRS, (Additional Commissioner, Income Tax) and Dr SK Kalia IPS, (IG police). Sampla congratulated Chairman of the Ashram Trust Tarsem Kapur and appreciated the steps taken by the management for the environment among the inmates of the ashram. Dignitaries said such important functions must be celebrated along with such people to boost their morale who are handicapped, old, living alone and are neglected by their own relatives. Dr Girish Bali IRS, Additional Commissioner Income Tax appreciated the services of management team of the ashram and the donors for their contribution towards the living of the residents. Sunita Kapur (Co- Chairperson) Lala Ram Kishore Kapur Viklang Sahita Trust explained the importance and reason of Diwali celebration in India and the role of Lord Rama while in exile. Jagdish Raj Raja (Mayor) appreciated the services being provided by the management and assured to construct the roads on entrance in the ashram. Tarsem Kapur told that three wheel chairs are distributed to the needy persons and thanked all the participants for attending the function by sparing their valuable time. Dr. Vijay Mahajan MD, Tagore Hospital, Manoranjan Kalia (former cabinet minister), Sushil Rinku (MLA) Kuldeep Bhagat, Bunty Neelkanth (Counsellor) Babbi Chadha (Counsellor); Mohinder Singh Gullu Director Punjab Agro, RK Bhandari (president), Brij Mittal (Finance Secretary), Subhash Aggarwal (Senior Vice President), Manohar Lal Sharma (Vice President), Baldev Katyal (Secretary), Sanjay Sabharwal (Joint Secretary), Umesh Dhingra (Advocate) Prince Grover, Dr. Parwinder Bajaj, Dr. Jagdeep Singh, among others were also present on the occasion.

Unique Home

Celebrating the Festival of Lights in a unique manner, the Sports and Education Minister Punjab Pargat Singh on Diwali Day visited ‘Unique Home’ and shared the festivities of Diwali with orphan and abandoned girl child. The minister, accompanied by his wife Barinder Preet Kaur, visited the Unique Home run by Bhai Ghaniya Ji Charitable Trust for Orphan and Abandoned Girl Child. He interacted with Bibi Parkash Kaur who has been running this home since decades and lauded the service being rendered by them for the upbringing of abandoned girl child. The former Olympian said that Bibi Parkash Kaur has emerged as a beacon to inspire others for selfless service of society. The minister said that the festival of lights is being celebrated across the country but sharing the joy of this festival at Unique Home has casted a soothing effect on his psyche. The minister also distributed sweets, fruits, gift packs and other things to the girls. Pargat Singh hailed the service being rendered by Bibi Parkash Kaur in line with the ideology of Guru Nanak Dev.

Chaudhary celebrates Diwali with villagers

Phillaur Assembly segment incharge Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary celebrated Diwali with villagers in Lasara on Thursday. He extended his greetings to people on the auspicious occasion of Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas. He inaugurated the newly-installed floodlights at the stadium. Later, he visited Dera 108 Sant Baba Mela Ram Maharaj, Sachkhand Nagar, to pay obeisance and seek blessings from Gaddi Nashin 108 Sant Paramjit Das Maharaj.

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