Joint efforts must to tackle waterlogging: Seechewal

Fazilka: The issue of waterlogging and release of polluted water into the drains, which terminate at Fazilka came to the fore again as MP and environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal raised the issue in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Seechewal has demanded that the state and Centre should work in tandem to get rid of this severe problem. Information gathered by The Tribune revealed that presently more than 30,000 acres are still inundated, resulting in damage to the standing cotton and paddy crops.

New Delhi: There is no move to alter the status of Panjab University, Chandigarh, from state to a Central university, the government said in Parliament. Answering a question by Vikramjit Singh Sahney, RS member, MoS for Education Subhas Sarkar said with regard to conversion of state universities and colleges into Central universities, the ministry had taken a policy decision against it for the reasons of legacy issues, adjustment of existing staff and the affiliation of colleges. TNS