NGO’s warm gesture

Fazilka: The Social Welfare Society has come to the rescue of the needy by providing them quilts, as the night temperature dipped to 3-4°C. Shashi Kant, president of the NGO, said so far, 151 quilts had been distributed and 50 more will be given soon. Kant said the quilts were provided after proper screening of the beneficiaries, with the support of philanthropists of the town including Income Tax advocate Baldev Dhuria, chartered accountant Rajat Dhuria, Girdhari Lal Aggarwal, Narinder Maini, Divya Kant, Subhash Arora and Sunil Sethi.

A helping hand for farmers

Gurdaspur: To extend a helping hand to the farmers, an 11-member committees has been constituted in villages across Gurdaspur. These are the months when the wheat crop has to be watered and pesticides need to be sprayed. Gurdaspur is a sugarcane-rich area and during this time, the harvested crop needs to be taken to sugar mills. Committee members are doing it for their brethren, who are slugging it out at the Delhi border. In his native village of Dharowali, Cabinet minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa is heading one such committee. “I believe that the farming community is one big family and we need to help each other. If a farmer is in trouble, do not ask him if there is anything you can do. Think of something appropriate and just do it,” he said.

New Year gift for students

Abohar: The new building of Army Public School, inaugurated at the military station on the Abohar-Sriganganagar road, is a New Year gift for students and staff. Rani Sharma, chairperson, Family Welfare Organisation, said the construction of the building augmented the existing school infrastructure. GOC, Sudarshan Chakra Division, commended the efforts of various agencies for setting up the new school building, which is equipped with well-furnished classrooms, laboratories, library, conference room, administrative office, sports facilities and multi-purpose hall. It has a capacity of 2,400 students.